Chapter 159: A sigh
After the match against AC Milan, the main players of Lazio can finally rest in the next league game.
Next away to Livorno, Lazio relied on the substitute lineup to get a victory, 1:0, the score is not big, but it is good to have three points.
Because next week it will be the Champions League group stage again.
Lazio currently have two wins from two games in the Champions League and are top of the group with six points.
Real Madrid and Olympiacos have both won just one game, finishing second and third.
Fourth place goes to Werder Bremen, who have not won a single match so far.
Originally, everyone thought that Olympiacos would be the bottom team in this group, but they didn't expect to be replaced by Werder Bremen now.
It was a big surprise.
However, Werder Bremen is obviously not the opponent of Lazio, who is in good form.
When the Lazio players stepped onto the Weser Stadium with that mentality, they were met with a head-on attack.
Just ten minutes into the game, Lazio was scored by Werder Bremen.
And next, the initiative of the game is in the hands of Werder Bremen!
Lazio's players tried to regain the initiative, but they couldn't.
Werder Bremen is already fully in shape, and this time it was Lazio who followed Werder Bremen's rhythm.
At the start of the second half, Werder Bremen scored another goal to give them a 2-0 lead at home.
Lazio didn't pull a goal back until the 77th minute, when Benzema pulled a goal back.
But it didn't help.
The tempo of the game did not go back into the hands of Lazio with this goal from Benzema.
In the end, Lazio lost the game in a surprise away from home.
After the game, Werder Bremen's head coach Schaaf looked very proud: "Please don't say that this game is an upset, this is not an upset. We beat Lazio, and rightfully so! β
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Chang Sheng was silent about this.
He just trained his players one by one on the plane back to Rome from Bremen.
"Do you think your opponent is easy to deal with? Because they are the bottom of the group. But who says that a team with a lower ranking must lose to a team with a higher ranking? Don't forget what team Lazio was before. We're worthless either! So are we going to raise our hands and surrender? So how could there still be today's Lazio? So don't think that the opponent is weaker than us and ranks lower than us, we can definitely win! This is what happens to the enemy with pride! This game is a lesson for you, don't underestimate any game, no matter what opponent you face! β
Because of losing in the Champions League. As a punishment, Lazio's training intensity increased.
In the league at the weekend, Lazio beat Udinese 2-0 at home.
Finally, I can't see that kind of pride and contempt for the enemy.
Chang Sheng then satisfactorily canceled the punishment.
The intensity of the training was reduced to normal levels.
After the game, the team also has a day off.
With no Champions League group stage left in the middle of the week, Lazio can concentrate on preparing for the weekend's Rome derby.
Roma have also been good this season.
It can be said that Roma have had good results in both seasons. Apparently also affected by the phonegate incident, but it was a positive one.
Due to the lack of enough strong opponents, Roma have always been able to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League in these two seasons.
If you just compare your current results with your past self, Roma fans can still feel good.
But their sworn enemies in the same city are not far away.
Watching the neighbor's life is much better than his own. It's inevitable that people will always be a little jealous.
As Roma fans rejoiced that they had qualified for the Champions League for the new season, they turned their heads to see neighbours Lazio celebrating their league title in Plaza de EspaΓ±a, and it was as if they had been poured cold water on their heads.
No good mood is gone.
People are more popular than people......
Of course, in this Rome derby, Roma fans can laugh at Lazio's defeat away to Werder Bremen, who are bottom of the group.
But when it comes to the thought that they also beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home, these Roma fans can't laugh at it.
Because regardless of what Schaff says, everyone knows that Lazio's loss to Werder Bremen was just an accident. This will not affect their final group qualification, which is what makes Roma fans the most unhappy. Now no one can deny the fact that Lazio are a strong team.
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Before this Rome derby, Chang Sheng did not take the initiative to provoke a war.
If someone thinks it's because of the ever-winning nature. That's a big mistake.
Because he's been like that in his last Rome derby. I don't want to be like the first time he played Roma, all kinds of war of words.
After analyzing the results, the media believes that this does not mean that Chang Sheng is low-key, but quite the opposite. This shows that Chang Sheng has completely failed to take Rome seriously.
For this sworn enemy in the same city, Chang Sheng felt that there was no need to use psychological warfare to interfere with the opponent, just rely on hard power. Lazio can beat Roma too!
This fact made the Roma fans even more unhappy, and although they were unhappy, they could not save their poor self-esteem by beating Lazio in the game.
Reality makes them suffocated.
They want to have a good time, even if it's a referee's misjudgment. That's fine!
It's a pity that Chang Sheng didn't even give them such a chance.
Roma haven't won even once.
This result was very unhappy for Roma fans.
Franco. Sensi is perhaps the most unhappy of all Roma fans.
Because he is the president of the Club of Rome.
He brought Chang Sheng with his own hands, and let him go with his own hands, and finally pushed him to the mortal enemy.
The relationship between the two sides is like fire and water. Chang Sheng has ridiculed him in public more than once, and he has criticized Chang Sheng many times.
Chang Sheng once told Sensi that if he didn't want to put too much pressure on his heart, it was better not to go to the game.
Sensi, on the other hand, is very stubborn in every Rome derby, going to the scene. It doesn't matter if it's in the league or in the Italian Super Cup.
Except, of course, after that early exit. The old man's psychological quality can be regarded as practiced, no matter what the game loses, he never quits early, he always persists until the end of the game.
Even the pre-season Italian Super Cup.
But in this game, Sensi may not be able to go to the scene to watch the game.
He had a sudden fainting a month earlier and was seriously ill and hospitalized.
He was discharged from the hospital after half a month.
This Rome derby. He was going to see it.
But from his personal doctor to his family, no one agreed.
provoked Sensi to lose his temper once.
But even then, no one agreed to his request.
In the days leading up to the race, the matter was also put back on the agenda.
Sensi was going to watch the game.
"This is my team, I'm going to go live and cheer them on!" Old Sensi sat down in his chair and slapped the armrest vigorously to the circle of people standing in front of him.
From the doctor to the family, they all stood in front of themselves in a circle.
"And this is our home field, and I, as the chairman, have to go!"
Everyone looked at each other. The eldest daughter, Rossella, stood up: "Dad, your body is no longer suitable for going to the scene to watch the game. You have to respect the doctor's opinion. β
The personal doctor next to him nodded.
Sensi spread his hands: "What are you worried about?" Worried about me getting irritated? I've been through so many failures and I'm used to it. Moreover...... This game is our home stadium, our home stadium! β
No one said anything, everyone just looked at him.
Old Sensi looked at everyone's eyes and sighed.
"Okay......" he shook his head.
He already knew the results.
Even at home, Roma will lose to Lazio......
That man, as long as he fights Rome, he will come hard. Unless he leaves Lazio. Otherwise, this disparity of power will always exist.
"As you wish, I'm not going to be there."
After speaking. He stood up slowly with his hands on the armrests.
The eldest daughter, Rosella, and his wife, Maria, tried to come up to help him, but he waved to stop them.
"No, I'm not that old. I'm only eighty-one years old! β
He was resolute, and then turned and walked to his study.
A group of people from behind watched his back in silence.
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Roma's home game against Lazio started on time on the evening of 31 October.
President of the Club of Rome, Franco. For the first time, Sensi did not appear on the podium of this match.
This was reported in the media two days before the game, so no one was surprised.
But it still caused a lot of discussion.
The official news is that Chairman Sensi is not in good health. Not suitable for live viewing.
But some people said that he was always angry and didn't want to go to the scene to be abused anymore.
Regardless, Sensi was not able to attend the Rome derby for the first time since he became president of the club.
Some of you may already realize that an era in Rome is slowly coming to an end.
Instead of Franco. Sensi sat on the podium by Rossella, the vice-president of the Club of Rome. Sensi. Sensi's eldest daughter, the second most powerful man in the Club of Rome.
And Franco. Sensi, on the other hand, sat in front of the TV and watched the game live.
Beside him was his wife, Maria. Sensi.
In addition, the private doctor is also waiting outside at any time, for fear that something will go wrong.
At this time, the score on TV was already 3:1, and it was not the home team Roma who scored three goals, but Lazio.
Roma only scored one goal, which was a bit of a face-saving experience.
In the TV, a close-up shot of Chang Sheng was just given.
He was high-fived his assistants.
Twenty-five minutes remained, but no one doubted that they would lose the game.
β3οΌ1οΌ Lazio wins! The narrator on the TV was talking.
Maria. Sensi turned her head to look at her husband, a little worried.
But Sensi was expressionless.
"It's a shame that if AS Roma hadn't given up, maybe the situation would have been reversed by now...... Franco. Sensi has let go of the opportunity to make Roma a real giant! β
Maria suddenly heard her husband next to her sigh. (To be continued.) )