Chapter 24 Real Madrid

Although Pacheco was unhappy, what "Gazzetta dello Sport" said was still correct. In the domestic league, Lazio really rarely encountered opponents.

In the thirteenth round, in the home game against Parma, Lazio had half of the substitutes in this game because they had a Champions League group match with Olympiacos in the middle of the week.

In this way, Lazio still defeated Parma 2:0 at home.

Next up is the Champions League group stage.

Before this, everyone thought that the qualifying situation of Group C had been basically determined.

Before this round of group matches, Lazio ranked first with nine points. Real Madrid is second with seven points, Olympiacos is third in the group with four points, and Werder Bremen are bottom with three points.

In this round, Werder Bremen faces Real Madrid at home, and Lazio welcomes Olympiacos at home.

Although it is an away game, everyone thinks that Real Madrid can definitely defeat Werder Bremen.

Not to mention the Lazio game, there is no suspense.

In this way, Lazio has 12 points and Real Madrid has 10 points. Olympiacos still has four points and Werder Bremen still has three points. The qualifying teams in this group are Lazio and Real Madrid.

In the final round, Real Madrid faces Lazio at home, which will be the game that determines who can qualify as first in the group.

Real Madrid wants to fight for honor, while Lazio is more realistic - qualifying as first in the group can successfully avoid many potential strong opponents, which will help them go further in this event.

This is the analysis before the penultimate round of the group stage.

But when this round of group matches ended, everyone discovered that the situation was completely different from what they thought!

Real Madrid lost to Werder Bremen 2:3 in an away game!

Lazio tied with Olympiacos 2:2 at home.

Now, the situation of this group is much more subtle.

After five rounds of group matches, Lazio ranked first by 10 points. Real Madrid are second with seven points. Werder Bremen is third with six points and Olympiacos is third with five points.

In addition to Lazio gaining the right to qualify in advance,

The other three teams all have the possibility of qualifying from the group.

Real Madrid, who was originally aiming for the first goal in the group, found out after Lazio tied with Olympiacos. They even had doubts about qualifying for the group stage.

Therefore, after the game, the Madrid media accused Chang Sheng of deliberately letting the team go. Because in the game against Olympiacos, Changsheng did not send in all the main players, but just like the previous league game against Parma, it was still a mix of general main players and half of the substitutes.

His original intention is to let more players accumulate experience in playing Champions League games.

I just didn't expect to be forced to a 2:2 tie by the tenacious Olympiacos.

However, Chang Sheng does not regret this arrangement.

Unexpectedly, this arrangement became the reason for the Madrid media to accuse him.

There's a reason the Madrid media are so angry.

If they cannot defeat Lazio in the final round, they will face a serious challenge in qualifying.

Because once Werder Bremen wins Olympiacos, it will surpass Real Madrid with nine points - whether it is a loss or a draw, Real Madrid will be eliminated. They drew with Lazio and have eight points. The loss to Lazio was by seven points. It couldn't be better than nine points.

If Olympiacos beats Werder Bremen at home, Olympiacos will have eight points, and Real Madrid will at least draw. After the draw, they are tied with Olympiakos on eight points. However, Real Madrid had an advantage in the match against Olympiacos, so they were able to qualify in the end.

Of course, for Real Madrid, the best result that is relatively acceptable is a draw between Werder Bremen and Olympiacos.

In this case, as long as Real Madrid can draw with Lazio at home, they will be able to qualify for the group.

Of course, if Real Madrid loses...it will be tied with Werder Bremen on seven points.

It is necessary to compare the winning and losing relationship between the two sides.

The relationship between Real Madrid and Werder Bremen is slightly complicated.

The results of the two sides' confrontation were one win and one loss. It’s a tie.

Then the goal difference between the two sides was compared. As a result, the total score between the two sides was 4:4, which was another tie.

Moving on to comparing the number of away goals scored between the two sides when they have played each other.

This time, Real Madrid finally took advantage. They have two away goals to Werder Bremen's only one...

If Werder Bremen and Olympiacos draw, this will be the final result.

Real Madrid still qualified from the group.

But qualifying in this way is for Real Madrid. This is simply a disgrace.

The most successful team in the history of the Champions League has to rely on so many comparisons to decide whether to advance...

It’s embarrassing to say it!

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The game that would decide Real Madrid's fate was quickly approaching.

After two rounds of Serie A. The entire Lazio team is about to embark on a journey to Madrid.

In these two league games, Lazio defeated Siena 1:0 away from home and defeated Catania 4:1 at home.

Falcao scored twice in the final game.

The number of league goals has reached twelve.

His agent, Claudio Mosio, felt the time was right.

So the day before the team left for Madrid, he found the winner in the head coach's office at the Vermelo training base.

"I'm here to talk to you about Falcao's new contract. My players and I believe that an annual salary of half a million euros is not in line with his current performance."

Claudio Mosio sat on the sofa in the head coach's office, while Chang Sheng sat behind his messy desk.

Because of the angle, Mosio could only see half of Chang Sheng's face, and sometimes not even half of his face. Because they are all blocked by the monitor.

Chang Sheng leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair.

Now, Massimo couldn't even see the last half of his face.

Chang Sheng's voice came from behind the monitor.

"Yes, no problem, we can talk about a new contract." Chang Sheng replied.

But in fact, Chang Sheng does not have much hope that Falcao can successfully renew his contract.

Lazio can give Falcao an annual salary of up to two million.

This money is already quite a lot for Falcao. But when Falcao becomes the Serie A Golden Boot, he may not notice it... The most important thing is that his agent will not notice it.

If Falcao transfers to another team, they can get an annual salary of 5 million, which is still "up"!

Compared with five million, two million is nothing.

Brokers are typically profit-seeking and can earn 5% of five million, so why only 5% of two million?

Before the crucial game against Real Madrid, Falcao's agent came to him. To put it bluntly, it was an invisible demonstration - my team is very important to your team, and I hope you can seriously consider this. One point, and then give us a contract that satisfies us!

Because of the away game against Real Madrid, Falcao will definitely play.

When the time comes, seeing Falcao's outstanding performance, Chang Sheng will naturally give Falcao a big contract.

Choosing this time to come to talk to him about contract renewal, I have to say that Claudio Mosio is quite capable.

But... doesn't he know that Lazio has a salary cap system?

Or does he think the salary cap shield will be broken because of Falcao?

How is this possible?

Lazio's current economic situation makes it absolutely impossible to let go of the salary cap system.

The maximum salary of two million euros cannot be changed. Even winning games cannot exceed this standard.

Why does Falcao break this salary cap?

If Falcao’s agent thinks his player is unique and indispensable in Lazio’s squad...

Sorry... I still have Cavani waiting to be called in Naples.

In fact, Falcao will eventually be sold, the difference is just that he sells it late and sells it early.

Chang Sheng hopes to sell it later, but if Falcao's situation does not allow it, it will be sold as long as the price is right.

No one in his team has been indispensable since Getafe.

If someone wants to threaten him with the team's status, Chang Sheng doesn't mind letting them know who gave him the team's status...

"After the game against Real Madrid, let's discuss the new contract in detail."

Chang Sheng just sent away Claudio Mosio.

Mosio had nothing to say.

Now for the team, playing Real Madrid away from home is indeed the most important priority.

Although Lazio has already qualified early, they still have to compete for first place in the group. Even if it is not for the sake of first place in the group, it is just a personal grudge between Chang Sheng and Real Madrid, and they must win this game.

If the media in Madrid are still under the illusion that Lazio will let them go, I'm afraid they will be disappointed.

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When Lazio arrived in Madrid, Chang Sheng told reporters swarming outside the airport: "If you are still fantasizing about Real Madrid beating Lazio at home and then successfully qualifying from the group... I have to say, sorry, maybe You will be disappointed."

"It seems that the situation at Real Madrid is not good..." After listening to Chang Sheng's words, a reporter on the live connection said to the host behind him.

And Chang Sheng has said so. Calderon can't be too pretentious this time to praise Chang Sheng.

Both sides could only remain silent.

Schuster was under quite a lot of pressure.

It would be exciting if Real Madrid failed to qualify from the group stage...

Real Madrid fans are also lamenting, why do they encounter a winning streak when they need victory most?

Chang Sheng's feud with Real Madrid gives him enough reason to kill Real Madrid.

Now if I ask many Real Madrid fans if they regret their relationship with Chang Sheng, I guess many will say they regret it... (To be continued)