green mercenary

Chapter 362

Rome, the capital and largest city of Italy, is also the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the country.So far, it has a history of more than 2500 years.It is a world-famous historical and cultural city and the birthplace of the ancient Roman Empire.

Bai Xiaotian came to the Apennine Peninsula this time, not for tourism.But together with the team, to conquer one of the two kings here.

Lazio and its arch-rival Roma share the Stadio Olimpico as their home court. Judging from the naming, Roma seems to have the upper hand everywhere.Whether it is the team name, stadium name or team emblem, they all reflect this ancient city.In fact, Lazio is named after the "Lazio Region" in Italy. From the perspective of affiliation, Rome is still the son of Lazio.

The Rome Derby is the football feast second only to the Milan Derby in Italy.Every time the two teams meet, the [-] seats are packed.

When PSV Eindhoven and his team came to the Olympic Stadium in Rome, it was already surrounded by fans.

"Excuse me, Mr. Boy, will you still take drugs for today's game?"

"Goodbye boy, do you think you can beat Lazio away without drugs?"

"Hello, bye boy"

The reporters who can come over are of relatively high quality, and the fans who stand outside the safe zone are not so friendly.They put Bai Xiaotian's head and skull together, held up the notice board, and cursed loudly.

"Fuck off, drugged bastard!"

"You are not welcome here, opportunistic oriental pig!"

"Denial! Deny entry to players taking drugs!"

"Such a player will defile the sacred Olympic arena!"

Bai Xiaotian didn't pay any attention to the reporters approaching, nor did he respond to the fans who were yelling at him from a distance, and walked into the stadium with the team.

"Don't pay attention to them, Bai!" Van Bommel leaned over and put his arm around Bai Xiaotian's shoulder.

"I thought I should be quite popular in Italy, but it seems that I was thinking too much, haha!"

"Actually, you have quite a lot of fans in Italy!" Van Bommel took advantage of the situation to comfort him.

"I don't know if they came to Rome today!" Bai Xiaotian teased.

Van Bommel shrugged his shoulders and made no excuses.

Just when everyone was about to enter the locker room, Bai Xiaotian suddenly said: "Lazio is going to die!"

"What?" Van Bommel thought he was hallucinating.

"If Lazio can't produce results, they will be finished after this season!" Bai Xiaotian said again.

"What do you mean?" The surrounding teammates also pricked up their ears when they heard Bai Xiaotian's words.

Bai Xiaotian likes to study opponent intelligence and data before the game, everyone knows this.So before the match, they can always hear some cold knowledge about the opponent from Bai Xiaotian, and relieve the tense atmosphere before the match.

Indeed, as a powerhouse in Serie A, Lazio has been brilliant.And the glorious period is not far from now, only a few years ago.

In 1988, the rules of Serie A were amended and the number of league teams increased to 18. Lazio was able to return to Serie A and regain a new life.

In 1992, Sergio Cranioti, the owner of the food company CIRIO, bought Lazio. His arrival rewrote the history of the club again. The team kept buying new players and became a strong contender for the Serie A title.

The runner-up in 95, the third in 96, the fourth in 97, and in the last game of the league in 99, they lost to AC Milan by one point and missed the championship.

However, the Lazio team defeated Manchester United in the UEFA Super Cup to win the championship that season, which established good confidence for the next year's Serie A championship.

In the 99-00 season, under the leadership of coach Eriksson, Lazio successfully aspired to the top of the Serie A list, and won the Coppa Italia in the same year, becoming a rare double in Italian history.And in the 00-01 season, defeated Inter Milan 4-3 and won the Italian Super Cup.

As the saying goes, prosperity must decline. In this "little World Cup" in Italy, Lazio's rise just caused waves.Milan, Inter Milan, Roma, Juventus and other powerful opponents have shown their muscles in the new season. After selling Nedved, Jugovic, Vieri and Veron successively, Lazio only won the third place in the league.

Such a result can only be reluctantly accepted by the fans.They expect that in the new season, Lazio will achieve more glory.

But the reality gave Lazio a slap in the face.

The economic base determines the superstructure. After the glory days, Lazio has been troubled by financial problems, and its performance has gradually declined. Cirio Foods went from bad to worse, and even got caught up in a financial scandal.

Due to internal and external troubles, the team's performance at the beginning of the new season was also very unsatisfactory.

In the first seven Serie A games, Lazio had a record of one win, four draws and two losses, with seven points in seven games, which made the fans very dissatisfied.

More importantly, in the Champions League group stage, Lazio has lost three games in a row.

Lost to Galatasaray 0-1, Nantes 1-3, PSV Eindhoven 0-1.In other words, Lazio must win every next game before it is possible to qualify from the group stage.

The two-line defeat in the league and the Champions League made the fans wonder what happened to the club, and at the same time "saved" the club in their own way.

The most low-level means of intimidating, slandering, and insulting Eindhoven players away from home have become the only way for fans to help the club.

Coupled with the fact that Bai Xiaotian memorized the financial statements of Cirio Food Group and other data, although everyone heard it in a cloud, they finally understood one thing: if Lazio can't use the results to repay the consortium behind it this season, then after this season, the ownership of Lazio will become the bank.

For banks, cashing out players and auctioning them off for banknotes is what they like to do.The capitalists are too lazy to run the club to win the Serie A championship!

Under the panic, Lazio's existing stars also entrusted their agents to start looking for a good next home.It's not that the players are cold-blooded, but that there are too few players like Del Piero and Totti.

"In the words of our hometown, it is "a dog that can bark does not bite"! The performance of the Lazio fans today has already shown that they are on the verge of collapse!" Bai Xiaotian made a final summary.

"Oh, Lazio is so pitiful! Bai, after listening to you, I found that Lazio is worse than us. I couldn't help but help them!" John de Jong put his hands together, showing a look of compassion.

"Relieve them? What kind of relief? Take this important Champions League match?" Kevin Hovland said with disdain on his face. "Don't forget, our situation is not much better! The next game cannot be taken lightly, otherwise we will become the next Lazio!"

"Huh? Take this game? Don't be kidding!" John de Jong's face became grim when he heard this. "No one can stop us from winning this victory, no one!"

"No!" The other team members heard John de Jong's shout, and they also shouted together.

Bai Xiaotian snorted, Lazio, it seems that it will be difficult for you to survive until the end of the season!
(End of this chapter)