Won the first victory in the last three rounds of the league.
Of course, the victory of this game did not make Lazio close the gap with Juventus.
Because Juventus also won.
The two sides are three points short.
These three points are more or less, and less or less.
If there is another direct dialogue between Lazio and Juventus, the three-point gap is meaningless now.
However, Lazio and Juventus have all played two games this season.
Next, the three-point gap should be smoothed out, which is not just for Lazio.
Even if Lazio can win all the time, it will take something for Juventus to catch up.
If Juventus continue to win, Lazio will never catch up with Juventus.
But whether other teams can beat Juventus is not up to Lazio.
In case other teams see that Juventus is too strong and unwilling to go all out, there is nothing they can do to win.
Even if it is only three points away, the initiative for the league title is no longer in Lazio’s hands.
They want to see other people’s faces.
Lazio were supposed to win three championships this season, but now they find that they are most sure of only one Italian Cup left.
The league depends on others’ faces. What about the Champions League?
Their semi-final opponent in the Champions League is Barcelona, which eliminated Bayern Munich.
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In the past seventeen years, Barcelona has won a Champions League title in addition to Guardiola.
Generally speaking, Barcelona has maintained a relatively high level in the past ten years.
Unlike Real Madrid, it’s ups and downs.
Barcelona has a slight advantage in the league, and in the Champions League, it has also broken into the quarter-finals of the Champions League for many times.
This team’s stable performance is due to their youth training camp system.
Their youth training system has been providing excellent players to Barcelona’s first team for a long time.
These players come from the same system as the first team, so they can "run in" and integrate into this team.
This ensures the tactical continuity of Barcelona to the maximum extent.
Few teams can continue to use the same style of tactics for so many years.
Barcelona did it.
Even Lazio are constantly looking for change.
Their stability makes Barcelona’s performance not bad, even if it is not.
Of course, with Barcelona’s position, they will not be willing to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League every year.
For a giant like Barcelona, not winning the championship is a failure.
So after five consecutive seasons in the Champions League, they invited Guardiola.
Guardiola became the head coach of Barcelona again this season.
His goal is only one-champion! But not the league champion, but the champions league champion!
It has been five years since Barcelona won the Champions League last time. In these five years, Barcelona’s best achievement was to reach the Champions League final, but Lazio, who owns Messi, turned it upside down.
That was the closest they got to the Champions League, and since then, their best result has only been the semi-finals.
It is clear that after Guardiola coached Barcelona, the team’s performance has indeed made a great progress this season.
In the league, they have suppressed Real Madrid, and they are far ahead. It is no longer a problem to win the league title this season.
However, the results in the league are not valued by Barcelona at all now. After the decline of Real Madrid, it is natural for Barcelona to dominate the league.
Guardiola’s Barcelona wants to win the Champions League.
Barcelona and Lazio, who are so obsessed with the Champions League, met without any suspense.
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In the draw for the Champions League quarter-final, everyone saw the possibility of Lazio and Barcelona meeting, because UEFA divided the two teams into the upper half.
As long as they can eliminate their opponents, they will definitely meet in the semi-finals.
This is another kind of "double insurance" of UEFA.
If Manchester United can’t stop Lazio, then there is Barcelona.
In terms of strength, Barcelona is better than Manchester United.
It shouldn’t be a problem to stop Lazio.
Moreover, Guardiola and Changsheng have a good personal relationship, which may also make Changsheng have some troubles when facing Barcelona.