Chapter 354 UEFA Champions League Top 8

Returning to Liverpool the next day, in the afternoon of the same day, the second round of the Champions League top 16 knockout stage was all over, and seven of the eight teams that had been promoted had also appeared.

Among them, at the Meacha Stadium, the match between Inter Milan and the defending champion Porto was not decided. The two teams drew one-to-one in two rounds. It took the play-offs on the 16th to determine the promotion quota. The other seven confrontations were all over. England advanced to two teams, Italy advanced to two teams, and Germany only Bayern Munich barely advanced, and all Spanish teams were eliminated. The remaining two teams were Ligue 1 leader Lyon and Dutch strong team Eindhoven.

In seven games, Eindhoven defeated Monaco 2-0 away and advanced with a total score of 3-0 in two rounds.

In the game, Eindhoven strikers Hathelinck and Beasley scored successively, and star Givette was sent off with a red card for a bad foul in the 76th minute. This fight is not much interesting. The main reason is that the two teams are not strong contenders for the championship, and the natural media has paid less attention.

Bayern Munich, which attracted attention, lost zero to home Arsenal at the Hebry Stadium.

But due to the two-goal advantage in the first round, Bayern Munich still advanced with a narrow victory of 3-1. Arsenal still continues their sluggish performance in the Champions League. London's Gunners always seem to be a tragic team in the Champions League. Although their offense is extremely gorgeous, their defense is gorgeous in the big team. The front line was unbearable, and the tragedy of the gunman made London fans feel very depressed.

Fortunately, there is also Chelsea.

At Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea's home game against Barcelona is definitely one of the most watched games of the day!

Both teams are the focus. Chelsea is the team with the lowest odds of winning the Champions League this season, and Barcelona is the dream team for the media. The two teams are the most noteworthy in terms of grudges and gorgeous style. And the Stamford Bridge is like a single-plank bridge. Chelsea and Barcelona, only one can pass, and the other must fall.

Just like the attention of many media, the two teams performed a great game - with great shots, great saves, great passes, great steals... Even the fatal mistakes made by both sides are vaguely revealing a little heroism!

Chelsea made a fantastic start.

In the first 20 minutes, Good Johnson, Lampard and Duff scored three goals in a row. The score of '3: 0' not only saved the loss in the first round at Camp Nou, but also turned the loss into a profit. Chelsea once had an advantage. But the gap between the team and the team is as huge as the gap between people - Chelsea, led by Mourinho, still insists on defensive counterattack even at home. They shrink back in their own half-time and persists, while Barcelona still chooses to attack aggressively even in the away.

The first 20 minutes of the game belonged to Chelsea. They played the most perfect defensive counterattack in the world, but in the next 20 minutes of the game, Barcelona interpreted the world's sharpest position attack - no fan can imagine that a relatively passive team on the scene can score in 20 minutes in a row. Three goals, but Chelsea did it. Similarly, no fan can imagine a team that is three goals behind at the beginning and can rise again in such a short time, but Barcelona has done it.

Chelsea defender Ferreira's foul in the penalty area opened the door for Barcelona to goals, followed by Ronaldinho's fantastic in-situ shot, which fully demonstrated the extreme football skills of the World Footballers.

God's pen!

At such a time and place, fans may think that Ronaldinho will use the inner instep, outer instep, arch and even the heel, but I'm afraid even God can't guess his toes! Ronaldinho used his toes to make all Chelsea fans have to marvel at this goal!

What they witnessed seems to be a miracle that can only happen in four-dimensional space!

It's a magic pen, it's understandable!

Perhaps the happiness of scoring three goals in a row came too fast, so that Mourinho's team tried to finish 70 minutes earlier. Barcelona taught Chelsea a lesson with the sharpest attack in Europe. The score of 3-0 made the battle continue, and Barcelona regained a weak advantage.

There have been statistics: if the total number of goals scored in the first 45 minutes of a football match is more than 4, in the second 45 minutes, more than 80% of the total goals scored by both sides will not exceed 1.

If neither team scored in the second half, Barcelona will advance with the advantage of one more away goal. If there is a goal in the second half, who will the goal belong to?

Chelsea!

When walking to the edge of the cliff bit by bit, the Chelsea did not forget the advantage of the height header they still had. After Cech struggled to hit Pujol's header on the goal line, it was Chelsea' turn to give tit for tat - William. Garas won a valuable corner kick with a rare assist in the whole game. Terry jumped high and headed in Barcelona's penalty area with an absolute height advantage compared with the Spaniard!

At that moment, all the teammates and opponents around him can be ignored...

Kill!

Terry's final kill!

Terry knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League with a hammer!

When the bald referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Mourinho excitedly hugged Lampard. The whole Stamford Bridge, the whole London and the whole England were hugging. They defeated the powerful Barcelona and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. It was not easy to win.

"You can pursue whatever you want to have."

Barcelona played wonderfully, and their ending was also helpless. At the same time, you have no stronger reason to blame Chelsea's utilitarian playing method, because similar topics have long been old. What's more, Chelsea's desire and dedication, efficiency and solidity from beginning to end are enough to awe any opponent.

Mourinho has once again become the focus of Europe!

In this way, in addition to Liverpool, two of England's four teams have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The other two teams did not perform well. Arsenal fell, and Manchester United also fell under the gorgeous style of AC Milan. At San Siro Stadium, AC Milan beat Manchester United 1-0 and reached the quarterfinals with a total score of 2-0. At the same time, AC Milan also maintained an unbeaten record of ten consecutive games against England at home in Europe.

Generally speaking, England has two losses, and its results are good and not bad.

Italy's three teams have achieved much better results. AC Milan has successfully advanced, and Inter Milan's promotion still has some suspense, but Juventus eliminated the Galaxy Battleship by two goals in overtime at Alp Stadium and entered the quarterfinals.

Interestingly, before the match between Real Madrid and Juventus, Real Madrid President Perez said in an interview that he was sorry that Barcelona was eliminated by Chelsea.

Perez said: "I think according to the situation of the game, Barcelona should completely eliminate Chelsea to enter the quarterfinals, which is also what I had hoped for, but unfortunately they were eliminated in the end. What impressed me was Barcelona's passing in the game. The tacit cooperation and beautiful passing between the players show that they are the representatives of Spanish football. I'm just sorry for such a result.

Perez's expression was obviously a little gloating.

Perez didn't expect that they also performed well in the game against Juventus, but they were eventually eliminated because of two mistakes in the defense. This time, Perez is not just a pity. In the stands, he was already dead when he scored the first goal for Juventus.

Now Real Madrid is eliminated from the Champions League and is eight points behind in the league. This season, it will be extremely disappointing. Coincidentally, Perez just celebrated his 58th birthday before this game. This birthday gift is really a little bitter.

At the end of the game, Ronaldo had been leaning in the Alpine player channel for a long time, but the tears in his eyes did not make him a tragic hero like Baggio. When the alien appeared at Caselle Airport in Turin, he was greeted by abuse and saliva, not by Juventus fans, but by Real Madrid fans.

"Only profit is the only way! It's only profit!"

Three thousand Real Madrid fans in white regard Ronaldo as an idle man who only takes money and does not work. He broke the 50-day "ball shortage" in the last league. Lussberg encouraged him that one day the boos would turn into applause, but the reality was still extremely cold.

Not only Ronaldo, but in fact, almost no one in Real Madrid was spared to become a target except Casillas, Elgra and Gravesen. Lussberg angrily opened the channel, pushed all the shots aside, and refused all interviews. And there was a more terrible voice among the fans, and someone had shouted, "Perez is out of class!" This is the first time that the current chairman of Real Madrid has taken office since he took office in 2000.

Losing put Real Madrid in an extremely embarrassing situation. For them, this season has ended in tragedy ahead of schedule...

The above are all focused teams. There is too much news to report in this round of the top eight, and the easiest team to advance will be Lyon, the champion of Ligue 1.

In this game, Lyon beat Bundesliga champion Werder Bremen 7 to 2 at home. Forward striker Wiltod played a hat-trick, and Eschne also scored twice. In the end, the French Champions League One eliminated the Bundesliga champion with a total score of 10 to 2 and easily advanced.

The call for "water goods champion" has resounded throughout Germany!

This is probably the most embarrassing. Last season, Wender Bremen beat Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga championship. This season, it also qualified in the group stage of the Champions League, but now it has met the enemy Ligue 1 champion. Weddar Bremen, with the aura of the Bundesliga champion, actually lost to the opponent's embarrassing score of 10 to 2. It's really depressing.

The smuggled champion is very realistic...

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In the top eight of the UEFA Champions League, except for the battle between Inter Milan and Porto, all seven teams have been produced. The other seven teams are: Chelsea in England, Liverpool, AC Milan in Italy, Juventus in Italy, Lyon in France, and Bayern in Germany. Munich and Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Before the draw of the quarterfinals, each team is thinking about the opponents they will meet.

The seven teams identified now must have strengths and weaknesses. Every team has what they want to meet and what they don't want to meet. Among them, AC Milan must be that other teams don't want to meet. I'm afraid that in addition to having a feud with them, and I'm not sure about advancing to Inter Milan, no team wants to meet this top European team. Rich family.

Among them, there is Chelsea!

Chelsea head coach Mourinho has always been a big-mouthed person. Many media reporters like to please him to make some news worth breaking news. This time, when Mourinho was in a good mood after Chelsea defeated Barcelona and advanced to the quarterfinals, these media reporters succeeded again.

On this day, a report in The Sun is an exclusive interview with Chelsea coach Mourinho.

In the interview, Mourinho said, 'For Chelsea, not all roads lead to Rome': "... I'm glad that the team can meet Barcelona. What's more, we beat them. We gave full play to the team's advantages and hit Barcelona's weakness, but the Italian team is not easy to be defeated.

In the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, there are already AC Milan and Juventus. More fans take it for granted that Inter Milan's victory over Porto to advance. This time, there are three teams that Chelsea does not want to meet.

For the Italian team, Mourinho has always admitted that he has no confidence.

Although the Portuguese led Porto to the Champions League last year, he did not encounter any Italian opponents on his way to the top. He only defeated Lazio in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

"I'm willing to play against big teams, big coaches and big players, but I don't want to play with Italians. They are all perfect defensive experts. They are the most difficult team to beat in Europe. Unlike the French or Spanish, you can't compete by perception. You should be smart enough and have good thinking ability."

For the three Italian teams, no one wants to meet AC Milan. They have won the Champions League six times.

If Chelsea is an upstart who breaks into the upper class with rubles, then AC Milan is a nobleman in continental Europe, and they represent the highest level of European football.

Even Mourinho has to admit this.

Last season, he and his men Ferreira and Carvalho returned home in the Champions League, but the Italians are more experienced. Ancelotti won two Champions Leagues while playing in Milan. AC Milan's defenders Maldini, Costacuta, Nesta and Cappo are all regulars in European arenas-- -

They just contemptuously smashed the new generation Rooney and C from Manchester United. Ronaldo's challenge!

The other two teams are also not easy to deal with. Inter Milan won the Champions League twice. Adriano's outbreak made the whole of Europe feel horrible. Mourinho doesn't want to meet Brazilians now. He only wants to see him again in the second half of this year, provided that he appears in Chelsea.

Inter Milan's Mancini has just started his coaching career, but Juventus' Capello is Mourinho's very respected opponent. Capello led AC Milan to win the championship ten years ago, and now he hopes to lead Juventus to win the Champions League for the third time. The old woman's strength lies in his watertight defense. He only lost two goals in eight Champions League games, which even Mourinho sighed.

Three teams, each of which is very hot.

Except for Italy's top three, Mourinho believes that it is difficult for other opponents to shake Chelsea. Bayern Munich's lightning attack defeated Arsenal, but they lacked the creativity to defeat Chelsea, and the injured Robben was not a big problem to deal with his old club Eindhoven.

"What I hope to meet most is still Lyon or Liverpool." Mourinho said.

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Mourinho's provocative speech obviously graded the top eight teams.

The first level is AC Milan, Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan, which has not been confirmed to advance. The second level is Bayern Mourinho, Eindhoven, Liverpool and Lyon can only be regarded as the third level, which is the weakest team in the quarterfinals. Such a speech will obviously arouse public outrage.

After the release of the report of The Sun, many media reporters began to criticize Mourinho and Chelsea, and the whole of Europe began to make a big shock. More media reporters were unconvinced about the level of their own team. For example, French journalists were obviously dissatisfied with Mourinho's classification of Lyon as 'the most desired opponent'. ..... Although other teams have the same ideas.

But Liverpool's speech is completely targeted.

Liverpool's strength is here. Among other things, with a player like Don Jack, any team will have a headache. Mourinho actually said that he wanted to meet Liverpool, obviously because the two have a direct competitive relationship in the league. Liverpool is the greatest threat to the Chelsea League championship. It's normal for Mourinho to say so.

After so many rounds of league, now the two teams are anxious on the scoreboard. The other teams are stunned by the continuous victory of the two teams. The score gap between the two teams and the two teams is getting bigger and bigger. Arsenal and Manchester United have given up the championship competition in advance. It can be said that now which of the two teams loses one game first, who will The opportunity was lost.

At this time, Mourinho came to such an argument, which was obviously a naked provocation.

Soon, Benitez was interviewed, and there was a lot of noise outside. As Liverpool's head coach, it was impossible for him to study football in the room. In the interview, Benitez's sharp first sentence mentioned: "The last time they lost to us."

This has proved everything!

Mourinho said that his team wanted to meet Liverpool the most, and almost directly pointed out that Liverpool and Lyon were the weakest teams, but what kind of team did Chelsea lose to Liverpool?

But when the reporter asked the Spaniards to look forward to the European championship trophy, Benitez seemed to be very low-key.

"We are not thinking about winning the Champions League. Now we are just waiting for the draw to see who we will meet next. Maybe, of course, just maybe, we can advance all the way, but now we don't want to start talking about winning the championship trophy."

Subsequently, Benitez was satisfied with Liverpool's current results. After all, this was his first season of coaching the team: "I enjoy my time in Liverpool. I respect the fans and the club. As a coach, I had a very, very happy time in the club. I also I really enjoy the feeling of winning this kind of competition.

The Guardian commented: "The current Liverpool is in a transition period. Although it is difficult to say success at present, the changes brought by Benitez are obvious. The team began to pursue "retro" ball control and delicate cooperation and rhythm. Although its performance in the Premier League is still not stable enough, this is a change. The price of revolution, if you want to get out of the shadow of Hollior's conservative style in the past, the Red Army still has a long way to go, but it can't be broken. Today's changes can at least give people hope for revival.

At the end of the article, The Guardian mentioned the current situation in Liverpool. They talked about Don Jack: "This black-haired boy from Morocco in Africa has brought hope to Liverpool in the transition period, and his continuous goals have guaranteed Liverpool's results. The Spaniard's best decision was to take him to Anfield.