Chapter 138 Good Luck and Bad Luck

The player also faces a penalty from UEFA after Inter were knocked out of the Champions League.

Then came the Milan city derby.

Everyone thought that Inter Milan might lose this game.

If that's the case, as long as Lazio can beat Reggina away, they can lead Inter Milan by eight points.

With ten rounds left in the league, this point difference is enough to be called a "natural moat". It is almost impossible for Inter Milan to overtake and reverse.

Therefore, Inter Milan is very likely to be completely thrown away by Lazio in the domestic league just after being eliminated from the Champions League, losing the chance to compete for the championship.

But in fact, it was Inter Milan, which put all bets on the league title, beating Milan 2:1 at home.

In the first half, Milan took the lead with the goal of Ronaldo, who joined the team during the winter break.

In the second half, Cruz equalized the score for Inter Milan. In the 75th minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic completed the reversal lore.

Inter Milan relied on this victory to double-kill their rivals Milan in the same city.

After the game, the media finally had a favorable voice for Mancini.

Everyone said that even if Inter Milan cannot win the league championship this season, with these two Milan derby victories, Mancini may still be able to sit in the position of Inter Milan coach for a while longer.

Winning the Milan Derby boosted Inter Milan's morale.

For the first time in the post-match press conference, Mancini put forward the goal of "we want to compete for the league championship".

"Being out of the Champions League is not the end of the world. We still have the league title to contend for. The difference of five points is nothing." Mancini said at the post-match press conference.

And his players echoed him.

For example, the super striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who didn't score a single goal in the Champions League this season, stood up to support Mancini. Although he performed poorly in the Champions League, he maintained his excellent state in the league. Although there are not many goals in the Serie A total scorer list, they are all key. If it weren't for his goal in this game, Inter Milan would not have won.

Sweden, which has been silent since the Champions League, finally has the opportunity to come out again.

"We have hopes of winning the league title,

As long as we don't give up. "

He said so in an interview after the game.

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Now Inter Milan won the Milan derby, and the football was played to Lazio. The pressure also shifted.

Five points is a very subtle gap.

If Lazio win this game, they can continue to maintain a five-point lead.

But if they don't win, then the situation is complicated.

They lost the ball and only led Inter Milan by two points. A draw is only three points.

It's just a game difference.

Inter Milan will have a chance to fight Lazio to the death.

So Lazio must win this game.

Even after just playing a difficult Champions League game. Chang Sheng also did not rotate in this game. With exactly the same starting lineup as the last Champions League game, Lazio just went away to challenge Reggina, who is ranked ninth in the league.

As a result, the game was full of ups and downs.

In the 26th minute, Regina took the lead.

At the end of the first half, Lazio finally equalized the score. It was center Falcao who scored the goal.

In the 65th minute, Regina took the lead again.

Since then, Lazio has been unable to score.

And Chang Sheng found that his players were tired and exhausted.

So he made a decisive substitution.

Lazio, who replaced three people, regained their firepower.

In the 79th minute, Ledesma took a direct free kick 30 meters away from the goal. Blast off Regina's goal.

But even a draw means nothing to Lazio.

So after the goal, Falcao went straight into the goal, snatched the ball from the Reggina goalkeeper, and ran to the center circle.

The rest of the Lazio players didn't celebrate the goal either, but they all went back to their own half and waited for Reggina to kick off.

There were a little over ten minutes left before the end of the game.

Lazio must score another goal.

Regina began to shrink the defense, preventing Lazio from scoring.

In the last ten minutes, Lazio has basically been attacking around Reggina's half. The ball from Regina's side couldn't even pass the center line.

After nearly ten minutes of indiscriminate bombing, the score was still tied at 2:2!

"I think the happiest person at this time must be Mancini!"

The narrator said so.

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Mancini, who was watching the game on TV, heard this. laughed.

Yes, he is very happy.

But if Lazio presses heavily, but Regina uses a defensive counterattack to kill at the last moment, he will be even happier!

For the first time since the team was knocked out of the Champions League, he saw the smile of Lady Luck.

The light is waiting for you in front of you. The darkest hours are over...

After Lazio tied this game, the difference between the two sides was only three points.

With three points, one game can be done.

Let Lazio continue to lead for the time being, and Inter Milan will follow behind. They win, we win too.

When they can't win. We still win, and then we can overtake it!

Then wait until the thirty-sixth round, Inter Milan will welcome Lazio at home.

At that time, it is an excellent opportunity to give Lazio a fatal blow!

Although the game was still a few minutes away, Mancini was already looking forward to how to play the next game in front of the TV.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise from the TV, which woke him up.

When he looked at the TV.

Discover the Lazio players celebrating!

The commentator was shouting: "Lore!! Lore!! Lazio lore Regina!"

Mancini's mind was a little unresponsive.

His eyes were fixed on the celebrating Lazio players on the TV screen.

The live TV seemed to know what he wanted to watch and quickly cut to Lazio's dugout.

I saw Chang Sheng rushed into the field with his arms open, turned around and ran down again. Then hugged with his assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez and Guardiola.

Immediately after, the live score was played at the bottom of the TV screen.

2:3!

The home team Reggina is in front and the visiting team Lazio is behind!

Mancini was completely stunned.

What the hell is going on?

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Yeah, what the hell is going on?

It seemed that Lazio had nothing to do against Regina before...

How did Lazio reverse it in a blink of an eye?

If you are watching the game live, you will regret it because you missed the scene just happened.

But thanks to the developed TV broadcasting technology, the advantage of watching the game in front of the TV is that there is a slow motion replay anytime, anywhere!

In the replay, Mancini saw it clearly.

When Nocerino kicked a seemingly desperate long-range shot from outside the penalty area and blasted the football towards Reggina's goal. Regina's defender Lucarelli suddenly stretched his foot.

Of course he wanted to block the ball.

But after the football was all over his lap, it didn't fly out of goal range. It was a goal that changed direction and flew to the other side!

There is no suspense about what happened next. The goalkeeper swoops in the wrong direction, the football flies into the goal...

Own goals!

An own goal let Lazio escape!

When Mancini saw this scene, he squeezed the remote control with both hands...

Has God abandoned me? !

Why does this kind of shit luck happen to my opponent and not me?

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"Poor Regina! They almost made it! But... Poor Lucarelli... Maybe the ball wouldn't go in if he didn't stretch his feet... Look at the ecstatic Lazio players...they All terrified! This is football. Ladies. Gentlemen, this is football. Maybe you work hard, but a last-minute incident, maybe a bad luck. Maybe it can ruin all your hard work... This It doesn't seem fair at all. But that's football, that's life..."

Lucarelli lay on the ground, covering his face with his hands.

The Regina teammates around him looked surprised and pained.

They couldn't believe that their 90 minutes of hard work would be ruined in such a situation...

Looking at Lazio again, Nocerino was immediately embraced by the Lazio players.

There was also an almost carnival celebration on Lazio's dugout.

Reversed to win, Lazio will continue to maintain a five-point advantage over Inter Milan!

This may be a watershed season!

God is watching them all!

What reason do they have for not winning the championship?

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After the game is over. Chang Sheng took the initiative to shake hands with Reggina's head coach Walter Mazari, and patted him on the shoulder to express his understanding.

For such a result, Mazari can only shake his head.

His team played well in the game, took the lead twice, and came close to taking a point in the end. In the end, there was no score and nothing was left.

After shaking hands, Chang Sheng walked onto the court, and he took the initiative to walk towards the opposing defender Alessandro Lucarelli who scored an own goal in the game.

He holds his head. Press his head on his shoulder. Then he patted him on the back and comforted him: "Don't let bad luck get you down, Alessandro."

Alessandro Lucarelli put his hands on his hips, allowing Chang Sheng to comfort him and pat him.

Just like a wooden man. He didn't express anything to Chang Sheng's comforting words.

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In the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng, who narrowly escaped and continued to maintain a five-point lead over Inter Milan, did not arrogantly state that they still lead Inter Milan by five points.

Instead, he said his team somewhat did not deserve the victory. Because it was Regina who played better.

"They are very tenacious, and I admire their tenacity. For me. I like teams that know they are losing and stick to the end and never give up. They almost did it, if it wasn't for the own goal. If... to be honest, I'm ready to accept the draw. But that's football..."

"We didn't play well and I'm a little embarrassed to win this game. Actually, I think a draw is the best result for both teams. But alas...Mazari is a very good player. Good coach, Lucarelli is also a very good player, I hope he will not be affected by this own goal."

As for why Lazio did not perform well in this game, Chang Sheng believes that there are two reasons: "On the one hand, we are too tired and have continuous high-intensity games. On the other hand, we are a little slack, which is the main reason. The Champions League's promotion to the quarter-finals seems Let the players breathe a sigh of relief. But in fact, the league is a marathon. Before the end, any time period of slack will make us lose the championship. Leading by five points is not safe at all."

It stands to reason that Chang Sheng's words and actions are very decent, so there should be nothing to blame.

But don't underestimate the lower limit of the media.

After the press conference, some media still believed that Chang Sheng was performing, and the scene where he stepped forward to comfort Lucarelli after the game was obviously a fake.

"Just imagine, how could an unruly mad dog who is an enemy of the whole world do such a tender thing? So it's very simple, he just got cheap and behaved. This is a change of direction to show off!"

Some media commented on Changsheng's approach in this way.

In this regard, Chang Sheng sneered on his personal website: "For a person whose mind is full of conspiracies and tricks, warmth and understanding are indeed a little extravagant..."

And then Lucarelli also stood up to speak for Chang Sheng.

"He's a good guy," Lucarelli said. "He came up to me after I scored an own goal and said: Don't let bad luck knock you down. I'll always remember that!"

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In this way, Lazio relied on this good luck to continue to maintain a five-point lead over Inter Milan.

There are still ten rounds left in the league, and the competition for the league championship is becoming more and more intense.

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