Chapter 48 Delaying Time (One Hundred Thirteen/One Hundred Thirty Four)

During the halftime break, the TV hosts and guests were discussing Nottingham Forest's turf, which was really terrible.  M

Everyone thought that the quality of Nottingham Forest's turf should not meet the requirements of the Champions League.

So Nottingham Forest will definitely be punished by UEFA after the game.

However, some people disagreed.

"Punished by UEFA? That's not necessarily the case. Think about it, what is the relationship between UEFA, Lazio, and Chang?"

Someone asked.

As soon as this was said, everyone was silent.

Yes, with the relationship between UEFA and Lazio, will they help Lazio?

That's really impossible even if the sun rises from the north...

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At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Lazio still contracted its defense, while Nottingham Forest continued to bombard Nottingham Forest's penalty area.

It's just that the intensity was more intense than in the first half.

Nottingham Forest wanted to put more pressure on the ever-victorious Lazio.

Changsheng expected this, so he reminded his players during the halftime break.

So Lazio players pay attention to this.

In defense, the action is as clean and neat as possible. With the ball at your feet, you will never try to organize a counterattack, nor consider any short pass penetration.

Just one action - kick it out!

Such a game is certainly not good to watch.

But who cares about the viewing experience at this time...

Nottingham Forest has never been the kind of team that pleases neutral fans.

At the critical moment of life and death, Lazio can't put the preferences of neutral fans first.

The next game is Nottingham Forest bombarding Lazio,

while Lazio shrinks its defense and kicks the ball to clear the siege.

For those fans outside Europe, this is a game that needs to stay up late to watch.

Originally, I thought that the contest between the strongest team and the darkest dark horse in this group should be very exciting.

Who would have thought...

In the end, it would look like this.

Many fans who stayed up late to watch the game yawned.

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After the game entered the 65th minute, the head coaches of both teams began to make frequent substitutions.

Mainly Nottingham Forest.

Tony Twain made continuous substitutions. He quickly used up all three substitutions.

They were mainly offensive adjustments. The purpose of the substitutions was to strengthen the offense.

Changsheng used up his second substitution and further strengthened the defense.

When the game reached the 80th minute, the pace accelerated again.

Because until now, the score was still 0:0!

Lazio was quite tenacious!

Of course, they also paid a big price for this. The four players on the back line all had a yellow card.

This made Lazio's defense more difficult.

Nottingham Forest just kept attacking their back line, forcing them to make mistakes, or making them afraid to use their best when defending.

At this time, the head coaches of the two teams did not sit in the coaching seats, but stood on the sidelines, nervously watching the field.

Not only them, but also in the stands. In front of the TV, no fans of both sides could still sit.

Nottingham Forest fans are naturally looking forward to the team scoring, but time is running out. Can they score a decisive goal in the last ten minutes?

After losing to Lazio away, if they want to qualify from the group, they must win at home.

This is related to whether they can qualify. So everyone is very nervous.

As for Lazio, the fans will no longer want to win this game unrealistically. They have the same idea as Changsheng, as long as they can draw with the opponent away. That is a great victory. They are now particularly worried that the team will be killed by Nottingham Forest at the last moment.

In the past, when they watched Lazio games, they were very relieved because the situation was always under Lazio's control.

How could Lazio at that time be compressed by the opponent in its own 30-meter area and bombarded?

It was something that they dared not even think about.

Now, that long-lost palpitation is back. But they don't like it at all...

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With less and less time left in the game, both head coaches frowned. Their expressions were not good.

But if he was really in his heart, Tony Twain was probably more anxious.

He had taken great pains. This was Nottingham Forest's best chance. If they still couldn't beat Lazio, it would be a failure for him.

Changsheng thought a draw was a victory, and he was right.

In today's game, a draw was indeed a victory for Lazio, but a complete failure for Nottingham Forest.

After the game, he and the Nottingham Forest Club would definitely be under tremendous pressure because of this bad field, and they would even face punishment from UEFA.

So Nottingham Forest could be said to have paid a very huge price. If they couldn't win, they would have lost both the wife and the army.

This was absolutely unacceptable.

Changsheng felt a little better.

Time was on his side.

It looked like Lazio's defense was very well organized.

The young Campoli and Sepieri were in the front, their defense was very tough, they often did front defense, or forced Nottingham Forest's offensive players to be unable to turn around and could only retreat.

Jose Passarella, who was experienced but not as physically fit as before, was at the back, playing a role similar to a sweeper. He dealt with all the balls that leaked from the front. He roamed the entire back line and made up for the defense at any time.

Originally, Nottingham Forest's offensive means were very simple and they were not good at positional warfare. Now that Lazio arranged the defense in this way, their offense was even more difficult to penetrate.

In addition, Ter Stegen was in good shape in this game, and some of Nottingham Forest's threatening shots were resolved by him.

With ten minutes left in the game, Nottingham Forest had already had as many as 27 shots in this game, and 11 shots hit the goal frame.

But the score was still 0:0!

Ter Stegen played an indispensable role in this.

"The main goalkeeper of the German national team. He showed a good competitive state when Lazio needed him most. The field factors did not affect his performance at all. He blocked Nottingham Forest's shots again and again! Just completed another wonderful save!"

Facing this German iron gate, Nottingham Forest players also seemed helpless.

After each shot was saved, their standard action was to hold their heads with both hands.

Because they lost another chance to score.

They also knew that as the game time was running out, their chances were getting fewer and fewer.

If they didn't score, they would really be tied!

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In the last ten minutes of the game, the game became more and more intense, and people kept falling on the field.

At this time, the experience of Lazio players was reflected.

As long as they fell to the ground by themselves. It would basically be difficult to get up.

They would have to linger on the ground for half a minute or a minute.

There were also Lazio players who began to cramp and rolled on the ground in pain holding their calves.

Tony Twain looked very anxious and dissatisfied on the sidelines. He kept protesting to the fourth official, thinking that the Lazio players were delaying the game.

But it was useless.

No matter whether the Lazio players were really injured or fake injuries. As long as they kicked the ball out of the field, the game had to be suspended, and then the team doctor had to go on the field.

This was the rule. The referee could not turn a blind eye to the Lazio players lying on the ground and demand that the game continue.

In this way, it would definitely delay the effort.

Tony Twain could not change this no matter how much he protested.

Lazio goalkeeper Ter Stegen was late for a yellow card for delaying the game.

But this did not affect the determination of the Lazio players to continue to delay the game.

In the next few minutes, the game could not even proceed normally.

Because it was always interrupted by Lazio players who frequently fell to the ground and acted in pain.

There was a deafening booing in the stands of the City Stadium, which was the fans of Nottingham Forest venting their dissatisfaction.

They were very dissatisfied with Lazio's blatant delay of the game time.

Of course. When they expressed their dissatisfaction, they would never think about the situation of their stadium...

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At the last moment of the game, because of the delay of the game time, the players of both sides clashed on the court.

At that time, the Lazio player was injured and fell to the ground. It stands to reason that the Nottingham Forest player who picked up the ball should kick the football out of the boundary, let the team doctor come on the field, and let the Lazio player receive treatment.

However, the Nottingham Forest players considered that the Lazio players must be delaying the game time again, so they ignored the Lazio players' gestures asking them to kick the football out of the boundary. Instead, they continued to attack.

If Wu Lei hadn't stopped them with a collision foul, maybe Nottingham Forest's attack would eventually form a shot!

When Wu Lei fouled. There was a huge booing on the court.

The referee's whistle was drowned out...

Wu Lei's foul also triggered a conflict between the players of both sides.

Nottingham Forest players believed that Wu Lei's action should be sent off with a red card.

Lazio players thought that Nottingham Forest players had no sports ethics of fair play.

The two sides pushed and shoved for a long time.

Of course, the first people to roar at the referee were Lazio players, and the most enthusiastic ones in the conflict were also Lazio players.

Because it is obvious that this kind of conflict on the field is good for Lazio.

Even Lazio's head coach Changsheng was fanning the flames on the sidelines!

He protested to the fourth official that Nottingham Forest players had no sports ethics!

His endless entanglement naturally caused dissatisfaction among Nottingham Forest fans in the stands.

Their boos made the atmosphere on the scene even more heated and tense.

The players from both sides kept pushing and shoving on the field, and time slipped away in their conflict...

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