Chapter 67 Second Round against Zurich
On April 5, the two second rounds of the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League were held at the same time. They were Chelsea at home against Manchester United, and Schalke 04 against Real Madrid at home. As a result, Chelsea defeated Manchester United 3:1 at home, with a total score of 4:3 and Schalke 04 at home 4: 1 defeated Real Madrid, with a total score of 5:3, and both advanced to the quarterfinals.
It is not unexpected for Chelsea to eliminate Manchester United, but it is a surprise that Schalke 04 can beat Real Madrid at home. You should know that Real Madrid's current lineup is also extremely strong, especially their two sides. Cristiano Ronaldo and Bell are known by Chinese fans. In order to "fly with 200 million", they have also performed very well this season. The goals scored by the two people accounted for almost three-fifths of the team of Real Madrid, but such a lineup fell at the feet of Schalke 04.
On the evening of April 6, the other two second rounds of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will also be held at the same time, namely, Zurich's home game against Gosau and Barcelona's home game against Bayern Munich. Now there is a Premier League team, a Bundesliga team, and a Swiss Super League team in the top four of the Champions League. If Barcelona is eliminated, there will be two Bundesliga teams, and the La Liga team will be completely destroyed. Fortunately, Barcelona's home performance at Bayern Munich was good, with a 1:1 draw, and their probability of promotion is still very high.
Zurich sent Marcelinho to start in this game. He replaced Dejoric, who started in the first round. Zurich also returned to the usual tactics of the 442 diamond midfield, which shows that their tactics in this game will be mainly offensive.
Due to the suspension of Salyhovic and Antunović at the same time, Lin Fenglei sent Silva to the centre-back position, Lima entered the starting line-up and hit the front midfielder, while Ivanovic served as a single midfielder. In this game, Ivanovic's task will be very heavy, and he must take the lead at both ends of the attack and defense.
After the start of the game, the two teams began to attack immediately without any temptation. This scene made the fans shout, and many people were also a little confused. Why are the tactics of the two teams in this game completely different from the first round?
In fact, playing against each other is an inevitable choice for two teams. For Zurich, they have to win at least two goals from Gosho to advance. Can they win two goals by defense? For the Gosau team, they also need to score away goals to ensure their advantage, because by defense, the Gosau team has two less generals on the defensive line, and it is difficult to defend Zurich's crazy offensive - you know, Zurich's attack power is also very strong, Marcelinho and Bjelyka players this season. In addition, it has scored more than 50 goals for Zurich, which is already a terrible number.
The unlucky turn of this game came to the Zurich team. In the fifth minute of the opening, Marcelinho made a ball at the top of the arc in the penalty area. Using the tacit cooperation between Chevali and Silva, Gericca broke into the penalty area and made a low shot. The ball had bypassed the hand stretched out by Checarelli, but it hit it with a "dang" sound. On the right post of the goal, he bounced back to the penalty area, and then was kicked out of the sideline by Ribeiro's big foot.
He sighed longer than Jerica. In the last game, due to the tactical arrangement of head coach Castella, he became a cover to attract Gosho's defense in the front court. There were few opportunities to really get a shot. In this game, he was in good shape. He didn't think about it. Luck blocked his goal.
There is a saying in football, "The side that wastes opportunities will have retribution." Just three minutes later, the retribution of the Zurich team came. Ribeiro throws an out-of-bounds ball in the front court. Avazzini received the ball and knocked back to Ivanovic, who was inserted in the middle. Ivanovic immediately divided the ball to Ribeiro. At this time, Avanzini had got rid of the defense and ran near the bottom line. Ribeiro made a timely direct pass and handed the ball to Avazzini's feet, Avazzinima From the left foot to the middle, the ball flew to the front point with an arc. Egman jumped high and beat Jin Huo. A powerful header hit the ball heavily on the crossbar, and then bounced into the upper left corner of the goal. Although Zurich goalkeeper Miller made a save, he did not even touch the skin.
More than 40,000 Zurich fans in the game were silent. They were still annoyed by the shooting opportunity that Gerika missed three minutes ago, but they didn't expect that their turn would be broken so quickly. Originally, Zurich's good performance in the first round and the first few minutes of this game gave them hope, but they didn't expect that after just a few minutes, this hope would be dashed. Now the total score is 0:2 behind, and the away goal is also behind. Can Zurich still turn over successfully?
Castella blushed with excitement. He sat in the coach's seat and read a few words, but no one knew what he was talking about, maybe he didn't even know himself? He has high expectations for this round of duel. If he can eliminate Lin Fenglei, he will definitely be amazing and his value will be doubled. He felt that he had done a good job. He had almost seen the back of the goddess of victory, but he was really unwilling to touch the corner of the goddess of victory's skirt.
This game is a gamble for him. There must be a lot of opportunities for the two teams to fight against each other. It depends on who has a stronger ability to seize the opportunity. However, in just 8 minutes, fate played a joke on him. First, the middle post of Bijeka's shot popped up, and then Egman's shot also hit the goal. The box was lucky to bounce into the net. Can we be more unlucky?
It turned out that the Zurich team could really be more unlucky. In the 18th minute of the game, their left midfielder Spalf stepped on the ground for no reason in the process of running without a ball and fell to the ground in pain. After the team doctor's examination, his left foot was seriously sprained and he could not stick to the game. Castella could only His face turned pale and replaced Spalf with Vasquez.
Then Marcelinho's long-range shot at the front of the penalty area was very threatening. Unfortunately, Checarelli reacted quickly. He soared into the air and pushed the ball with his fingertips. The ball changed its direction slightly, and then fell on the net. Some Zurich fans with a bad angle saw the net shaking and thought that the ball had entered. There was a huge cheer, and then, when he saw Marcelinho go to the corner kick, he knew that it was an empty joy.
Marcelinho's corner kick did not pose much threat, and the ball was withdrawn to the penalty area to help defend Egman's head out of danger. Since the two big men with excellent headers, Salyhovic and Antunović are not there, Egman and Kodinho must also come back when they take corner kicks and free kicks to help the defense.
In the 25th minute of the game, Zurich launched an offensive again, but their pass was broken by Chevali. Bjerika came forward to intercept it. Chevali passed the ball to Gugleman, and Gugelman opened the ball to the front court with a big foot. Kodinho headed the ball back to Ivano in the front court. Veitch, Ivanovic immediately divided the ball to Hollensten on the right side under Shachiri's force. Hollensten pushed the ball forward with the ball and sent a oblique pass in the running. Kodinho, who had run to the front of the penalty area, headed the ball to the middle. Egman kept pushing the ball directly with his foot arch and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Kading Huo's head. After the ball ferry, he took the opportunity to break into the penalty area and just got the pass. Facing the attacking Miller, he pushed the far corner with his right foot and expanded the score to 2-0 for the Gosho team.
Kadingho's goal silenced all the Zurich fans, and only thousands of Gosho fans who went away with the team cheered. Some Zurich fans even cried. Did the dream of entering the top four of the Champions League be shattered so quickly?
The battered Zurich players fell into a brief chaos. After they sent out the midline ball, Marcelinho knocked the ball back to Salami. The power of the ball was a little big. Salami didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't think about it. Inadvertently, the ball stopped a little far away and was actually robbed by Lima. Lima. After that, he launched a counterattack on the spot. He ** took the ball to the front of the penalty area and made a strong long shot, which almost expanded the score again. Fortunately, the ball was slightly out of the goalpost.
Castella witnessed this scene and was furious. He rushed to the court and shouted at the players on the field: "TMD, what are you thinking? Don't you want to kick? If you don't want to kick me, I will admit defeat as soon as possible, so as not to waste time. You can also save a little physical strength, which is good for everyone! If you still want to play, just kick it seriously. It's not the Swiss Super League now. This is the Champions League. The whole world is watching you. Don't humiliate me!"
The captain and goalkeeper Miller of the Zurich team also rushed up and shouted at his teammates.
Under the scolding of the head coach and the captain, the players of the Zurich team were finally scolded and woke up. They launched a fierce counterattack with an unprecedented momentum. In just five minutes, Shaqiri and Bjeka had a very threatening shot. Fortunately, Chekarelelli performed as well as ever, so he did not let The Zurich team quickly scored one point.
The fierce performance of the Zurich team also made the Zurich fans see hope. They regrouped and spared no effort to cheer for the Zurich team. In the cheering of the home fans, the Zurich team became more and more brave, forming a siege against the goal of the Gosau team. The formation of the Gosau team is not Don't take the initiative to recycle to cope with the huge defensive pressure.