Chapter 163 Real Madrid's Dilemma

Although Pacheco was very upset, what "Gazzetta dello Sport" said was correct. In the domestic league, Lazio is really rare.

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

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

Next is the Champions League group stage.

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

Before this round of the group stage, Lazio ranked first with nine points. Real Madrid is second with seven points, Olympiacos is third in the four-point group, and Werder Bremen is last with three points.

In this round, Werder Bremen will face Real Madrid at home, and Lazio will welcome Olympiacos at home.

Although it is an away game, everyone thinks that Real Madrid can definitely beat 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 will face Lazio at home, which will be the game that will determine who can qualify as the first in the group.

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

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

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

Real Madrid lost 2:3 away to Werder Bremen!

Lazio drew 2-2 with Olympiacos at home.

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

After five rounds of the group stage, Lazio ranked first. Real Madrid are second with seven points. Werder Bremen are third with six points and Olympiacos with five.

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

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

Real Madrid, who were originally going for the first goal of the group, found out after Lazio tied Olympiacos. They even had suspense about qualifying from the group.

So after the game, the Madrid media accused Chang Sheng of deliberately releasing water. Because in the game against Olympiacos, Changsheng did not send all the main players, but was still the same as the last league game against Parma, with a mix of regular main players and half of the substitutes.

His original intention was to allow more players to accumulate experience in the Champions League.

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

But Chang Sheng did not regret such an arrangement.

Unexpectedly, this arrangement became the reason why the Madrid media accused him.

There is a reason why the Madrid media are so angry.

If they can't beat Lazio in the final round, they will face severe challenges in qualifying.

Because once Werder Bremen wins Olympiacos, they will overtake Real Madrid with nine points-whether they lose or draw, Real Madrid will be eliminated. They draw with Lazio and have eight points. Losing to Lazio, it was seven points, and there was no way it could be bigger than nine points.

If Olympiacos beats Werder Bremen at home, Olympiacos will have eight points, while Real Madrid will at least draw. After the draw, they share eight points with Olympiacos. 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 can get the right to qualify for the group.

Of course, if Real Madrid lose... that's seven points with Werder Bremen.

It is necessary to compare the win-loss relationship between the two sides.

The relationship between Real Madrid and Werder Bremen is a bit more complicated.

The results of the confrontation between the two sides are one win and one loss. It was a tie.

Afterwards, the goal difference between the two sides was compared. As a result, the total score of the two games was 4:4, and it was a tie.

Go ahead and compare the number of away goals the two sides have scored against each other.

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

If Werder Bremen and Olympiacos draw, it will end up like this.

Real Madrid is still out of the group.

But to qualify in this way, for Real Madrid. It's just 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 will determine the fate of Real Madrid is fast approaching.

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

In these two league games, Lazio beat Siena 1-0 away and Catania 4-1 at home.

Falcao scored twice in the last match.

The number of league goals has reached twelve.

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

So the day before the team went to Madrid, he found the winning team in the office of the head coach at the Formello training base.

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

Claudio Mocio sat on the sofa in the head coach's office, and Chang Sheng sat behind his cluttered desk.

Because of the angle, Moxio can only see half of Chang Sheng's face, and sometimes he can't even see half of his face. Because it is blocked by the display.

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

This time, 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 has no hope that Falcao can successfully renew his contract.

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

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

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

Compared with five million, two million is really nothing.

Brokers are typically profit-seeking, they can earn 5% of 5 million, why only 5% of 2 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, I hope you can seriously consider this A little, and then give us a contract to our satisfaction!

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

Seeing Falcao's outstanding performance at that time, Chang Sheng will naturally give Falcao a big contract.

I chose this time to talk to myself about contract renewal. I have to say that Claudio Mocio 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 is absolutely impossible to let go of this salary cap system.

The maximum salary of two million euros cannot be changed. Even Chang Sheng cannot exceed this standard.

Why did Falcao break the salary cap?

If Falcao's agent thinks his player is unique and indispensable to Lazio...

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

In fact, Falcao will be sold in the end, the difference is only late sale and early sale.

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

Since Getafe, no one has been indispensable in his team.

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

"After the game against Real Madrid, let's talk carefully about the new contract."

Chang Sheng just sent Claudio Mocio away.

Moxio had nothing to say.

Now for the team, the away game against Real Madrid is indeed the most important and top priority.

Although Lazio has already qualified ahead of schedule, they have to compete for the first place in the group. Even if it is not for the first place in the group, it is just a personal grievance between Changsheng and Real Madrid, so they must win this game.

If the Madrid media are still imagining that Lazio will let them go, I am afraid they will be disappointed.

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

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

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

Both sides can only be silent.

Schuster was under a lot of pressure.

If Real Madrid can't make it out of the group stage, it will be lively...

Real Madrid fans are also lamenting, why did they meet Chang Sheng when they needed victory the most?

The grievances between Chang Sheng and Real Madrid gave him enough reason to kill Real Madrid.

Now let’s ask many Real Madrid fans if they regret the quarrel with Chang Sheng at the beginning, and it is estimated that many people will say regret... (to be continued)