Chapter 168: Champions League Quarterfinals Matchup Table Released

On March 7, the second round of the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League kicked off. Real Madrid had 7 away goals and played with a youth lineup. In the end, Carlos Vela scored a hat trick and defeated the Parrots 3:1 without any suspense!

Since the Mexican demon officially joined Real Madrid on January 2, he has scored 13 goals, with terrifying efficiency! In fact, it is not just Carlos Vela. Any attacking player of Real Madrid has burst out with incredible energy under the training of Crazy Lee!

The results of the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round were announced. Real Madrid advanced to the quarterfinals with a huge score of 10:5!

After the end of two match days, the other 7 seats in the quarterfinals also have their own owners!

On the match day of March 6, Arsenal defeated the only Ukrainian team Kip Dynamo 3:0 at home, and occupied a place with a total score of 4:0 in two rounds! Defending champion Barcelona beat Benítez's Liverpool 1-0 at home, with a total score of 2-2, but fortunately advanced with an away goal! Italian wolf pack Roma was defeated, losing 0-2 to Portuguese giants Porto at home, and was eliminated with a total score of 0-4. Bats Valencia beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at home, defeating the Bundesliga overlord with a total score of 3-2!

The next day, in addition to Real Madrid, Italian giants Inter Milan, with Adriano's double goal and Argentine center forward Crespo's icing on the cake, swept Sporting Lisbon 3:0 at home, with a total score of 3:1 to occupy a place in the top 8. Manchester United unexpectedly tied with Benfica 2:2 at Old Trafford, and finally advanced to the top 8 with a total score of 5:3 in the two rounds. Mourinho's Blues once again showed the world its tragic nature in the Champions League, losing to AC Milan 0:1 away, and after a total score of 1:1 in overtime, they were eliminated by Ancelotti's disciples in the penalty shootout!

After the first round of knockout matches of the Champions League, La Liga unexpectedly maintained its strength in the group stage. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia remained in the next round of PK. In particular, the Bats defeated Bayern Munich 3:2, which was considered by many media and fans to be the biggest upset in the first round of the knockout matches. Flores' "strong arm-cutting" strategy of the Bats was temporarily successful. The league was hopeless, and the King's Cup was eliminated by Sevilla. Valencia has put all its energy into the Champions League!

Only the Red Devils Manchester United and Arsenal survived in the Premier League BIG. In contrast, Serie A also retained two teams - the two giants from Milan. What made sports betting companies lose a lot was the Portuguese Super League. Porto stood out, and it was quite like the style when it won the Big Ear Cup. As for the Bundesliga... naked tragedy - it became the second league to be completely wiped out after Ligue 1!

On March 8, the results of the draw for the second round of knockout matches of the Champions League were announced, and the top 8 matchup table was produced!

Real Madrid and Serie A giants AC Milan are going head to head, first at home and then away, and the first round will be held at the Bernabeu on April 4!

The other six teams also started to fight, Serie A No. 2 Inter Milan played against Premier League No. 2 Manchester United, and the Catalan giants Barcelona and the Bat Legion Valencia were fighting against each other. The Arsenal Arsenal will go to the Portuguese Dragon Stadium, and the Gunners are trying to become the dragon slayers!

Of course, for the giants, there is still some time before the Champions League on April 4. The most urgent thing now is to stabilize their position in the league. Because of the double games a week, those "pseudo-giants" who were originally trampled under their feet are already eyeing to achieve "the serfs singing" on the standings!

On March 11, Real Madrid "challenged" Recreativo, the newly promoted team ranked third from the bottom in the La Liga standings. In order to preserve the fighting power, Crazy Li made rotations. Except for Ronaldo, who was gradually creating the total number of league goals in a single season, and Beckham, who was working hard for the World Footballer of the Year, the Real Madrid camp was full of young players. Even a few guys from Castilla got the chance to come on as substitutes!

Although Recreativo tried their best to win, the huge gap in strength still made the game lose suspense early in the first half. Ronaldo played a solo performance in the 19th minute, which he did not know how many times this season. Five minutes later, Higuain headed the ball into the goal after receiving Beckham's corner kick. In the 35th minute, Guti scored a long shot from the penalty arc. In the 45th minute, Cannavaro once again headed into Recreativo's goal in the corner kick tactics!

It is worth mentioning that all four goals were assisted by David Beckham. As the season progresses, Beckham is becoming more and more comfortable in the defensive midfielder position. A research institute has found through statistical data that Beckham ranks first in interceptions and steals among all midfielders in the five major leagues, apart from goals and assists. He is on the verge of becoming the world's number one defensive midfielder!

Unfortunately, although Li Tongfan made timely rotations, the adverse effects of fighting on three fronts gradually emerged. The players' physical reserves gradually became difficult to support, and this situation eventually led to the situation that Li was most reluctant to see - large-scale injuries!

After the winter break, Croatian junior Modric, who has gradually established himself as the team's main winger, strained his calf during a header during routine training on the morning of March 13. After a brief diagnosis by team doctor Gonzalez-I The report concluded that Modric needs at least 3 weeks of training. Of course, if Ito Yun uses his "omnipotent" acupuncture and qigong massage, he may recover faster!

Misfortune never comes singly. Four days later, the 33-year-old Italian national team captain Cannavaro sprained his ankle while making a tackle and was also out for three weeks!

As a result, together with King of the Ring Raul, at least three of the first team's main players will be unable to participate in the game against AC Milan on April 4!

Of course, Real Madrid is not the only one suffering from this disease. All the giants in the five major leagues have suffered injuries to their main players!

The time has come to truly test the head coach's ability. The last two months of competition are like a super girl draft, and those who persist to the end are the pure men!

On March 18, they faced the Yellow Submarine Villarreal, which ranked seventh in the league standings, at home. Portuguese winger Quaresma got the chance to start!

Speaking of which, the four players who joined Real Madrid during the winter break, Carlos Vela, Diego and Kompany, all gave satisfactory answers to Real Madrid fans, but Quare, who is tied for the highest transfer value with Diego, was Sima did not perform to the level expected!

The Spanish media has begun to list Quaresma as one of the parallel import players signed by La Liga this season. This is a bad habit that the media can never change. When Diego joined Real Madrid, he had not even played a game because of his worth. Due to problems with experience and experience, he was directly included in the top ten parallel imports in the future. As a result, the Brazilian midfielder performed brilliantly after three or four games, and suddenly the news turned to the opposite direction and one-sided praise!

To be clear, the media does this to create enough gimmicks to attract readers' attention, such as the top ten parallel imports, the top ten handsome guys, the top ten losers, the top ten... But if as a head coach, you also follow the media and make noises , that’s crazy—because you paid 20 million euros to bring in that so-called “parallel import”!

Therefore, Li Tongfan is very concerned about Quaresma's current situation!

In Lao Li's view, Quaresma's poor performance is mainly due to personality reasons, because the Portuguese seems to be very unsociable. He has been on the team for nearly three months and has not even made a single friend. This situation has caused The most direct consequence is that Quaresma is always outside the team as a whole when playing on the court. After getting the ball, he will only cover his head and carry it wildly. Over time, the Hammers are no longer willing to pass the ball to the Portuguese...

As for the reasons other people said, such as lack of strength, that is nonsense. Quaresma was even able to lead Porto to score goals against Chelsea when he was in Portugal. Is this also a lack of strength?

Therefore, Lao Li gave Quaresma some mental guidance before the game and made it very clear when arranging tactics in the locker room. Today's game will focus on Quaresma's side. Through the Portuguese A personal breakthrough disrupts the submarine's defenses!

In order to cooperate with the winger tactics, Li Tongfan even took Ronaldo out of the starting lineup in the name of one rotation and replaced him with the king of the small penalty area and Higuain, two centers who are more adaptable to Quaresma's crosses from the wing. !

Lao Li took such pains to activate Quaresma, not only for Portugal personally, but also for the subsequent games. In case of another injury, there will be a qualified firefighter by then!

At 22:00 on the evening of March 18th, the competition officially begins!

The media really exclaimed when Quaresma appeared in the starting lineup. This move even attracted Villarreal's head coach Pellegrini, who is known as the "intellectual engineer"!

In view of the previous poor performance, the submarine did not focus on Quaresma until Real Madrid used two simple wing attack tactics on the Portuguese side to knock on the door of Villarreal. Only then did Legrini realize something was wrong!

"Beautiful assist... Ricardo Quaresma..." the commentator on Spanish National TV couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is the second assist for the Portuguese Magic Wings in the first 30 minutes, incredible dribbling. With his extraordinary ability, Ruud Ruud and Higuain received his care successively..."

The Portuguese Magic Wings are resurrected!

The two assists restored Quaresma's confidence a lot, especially after the goal, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Higuain were the first to run over and give him hugs, which made him feel that his teammates didn't actually mean to look down on him. Think again about the private conversation and tactical arrangements of head coach Crazy Li before the game...

At this moment, Quaresma had a strange feeling that he was about to take off, just like he did in Porto, Portugal, to find his own way!

After 80 minutes, the game ended. Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-0 at home. Quaresma scored a hat trick of assists! ——

Tomorrow will be the beginning of the battle with AC Milan. Xiaodao will continue to exchange monthly tickets for inspiration from FM2007! Crazy asking for monthly tickets!