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Chapter 594 Huo Cun Miraculously Arrogant Premier League

After the draw for the quarter-finals, major European bookmakers updated their odds of winning the Champions League. Since Manchester United drew Porto, which is recognized as the weakest among the quarter-finals, the odds of the Red Devils also surpassed Barcelona, ​​which was the number one before. , ranking first in the odds list alone.Barcelona odds fell to second.

The top three in the Premier League are Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, followed by Hoffenheim and Bayern, while Porto is rightly at the bottom.Arsenal's odds beat Hoffenheim, indicating that bookmakers are optimistic about Arsenal's victory over Hoffenheim, but the difference in odds between the two teams is very small, Arsenal is 1 to 7, while Hoffenheim is 1 to 7.5.With the current strength of Hoffenheim, the gaming companies dare not put all their treasures on the old strong team Arsenal.

"Daily Mail" said that Arsenal's odds are so close to Hoffenheim, probably because of Hoffenheim's defensive counterattack ability in the elimination of Villarreal. Heim scored the first goal, Wenger's team must be difficult to play.However, Hoffenheim's style of play is similar to that of the Premier League teams. When facing the real Premier League technology flow, whether their pressing and passing can be effective is also a huge question mark.Don't look at Hoffenheim slaughtering Manchester United in the Super Cup, but that kind of semi-friendly match cannot be used as the standard for the Champions League, and the odds offered by the bookmaker are still very reasonable.

Before the draw, the British media were unanimously worried that Platini would count against the Premier League, but now even the most critical and selfish British media have to admit that this is a top draw for the Premier League.

"The Sun" said: It is not so much that the quarter-finals are encircled and suppressed by the European continent, it is better to say that the Premier League encircled Europe.Manchester United has basically reached the semi-finals.In the other half, no matter who wins Liverpool or Chelsea, they will occupy a seat in the semi-finals. That is to say, there must be two seats in the Premier League among the semi-finals.The match between Arsenal and Hoffenheim is about [-]-[-], and Arsenal's experience and skills are likely to allow them to win.So the final result may be Sanying vs Barcelona again.

The British "Times" uttered wild words, "Judging from the draw of the quarter-finals, this year's Champions League final is basically a copy of last season, the difference is which two teams enter the final.

In fact, since Milan broke through the top three of the Premier League in a flashback in 07, no team has been able to beat the Premier League giants.In the past four seasons, 16 of the 9 teams in the semi-finals of the Champions League came from the Premier League, and there were English teams in the finals every year. If this continues, the Champions League will have a tendency to become the FA Cup. "

The optimism and arrogance of the British media angered the German and Spanish media. "World Sports Daily" pointed out: "The Britons, who have been frustrated by the failure of the national team for many years, are eager to use the success of the club in recent years to save face for themselves, even though their national team coach is an Italian. Breaking through from the Premier League's top three teams and winning the Champions League, why can't Barcelona do it."

The "Bild" laughed and said: "Although in the eyes of many people, the success of the Premier League does not belong to the English, but to the Russians, Americans and UAE, but the British gentlemen are still proud of it. But the British counterparts are happy. It was a little too early, they only thought of the best result, in fact the worst result is that Hoffenheim eliminated Arsenal and Manchester United in a row, while Bayern eliminated Barcelona and the Premier League, and the two Bundesliga teams advanced to the final.”

After being drawn to Hoffenheim, Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger had no joy or sorrow, because he knew the Bundesliga rookie very well. In an interview with UEFA's official website after the draw, Wenger said, "We will definitely not As happy as Manchester United but not as upset as Liverpool and Chelsea, in my opinion, it is a close game, either can win, but please think back to 2006, when we were only at the end It took only one game to catch the last train of the semi-finals and reach the Champions League final. Since it has been done, it means that we are not impossible to copy, and history is always an amazing coincidence."

Wenger hopes to repeat history, while Hoffenheim hopes to create history. When Rangnick knew that the opponent was Arsenal, he told reporters that Arsenal was his favorite team. The professors are similar, they both like playing on the ground, they both like technical flow, and they both like to train young players, but Rangnick hopes to beat Arsenal in this great contest. Rangnick said, "Whether we win or lose, every step we take They are all making history. In the history of the Champions League, there is no one who won the Champions League for the first time, but I hope we have the opportunity to do it. If this dream can really come true, I don’t think I can even retire now. No regrets."

Two Bundesliga teams broke into the quarter-finals, which is a breakthrough for German football, and it is also a kind of pride. Although it is quite difficult for the two teams to break through the encirclement of La Liga and the Premier League to enter the final, the German media is still very enthusiastic Very optimistic about the prospects of the two teams in the Champions League.

"Bild" headline is "Bundesliga challenges Anglo-Spanish domination". "Facing Barcelona and Messi in the quarter-finals is definitely a difficult challenge for Bayern. However, judging from the favorable schedule and outstanding historical record, it is not impossible for Bayern to pass Barcelona. Bayern In addition, in the history of the European war, Bayern has played against Barcelona 1 times and achieved an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 4 draw, which is an eye-catching performance.

Hoffenheim’s difficulties are no less difficult than Bayern’s. Arsenal is a European technology stream comparable to Barcelona. Under the training of the Premier League, they still have a strong confrontation ability. Hoffenheim wants to eliminate Arsenal. Some luck is needed, and Hoffenheim's schedule is also unfavorable, they first host and then away.But Hoffenheim has the world footballer Li Huan, who has scored 11 goals in the Champions League. Arsenal can't think of a way to deal with Li Huan, and they are likely to fall in the ditch of Hoffenheim. "

The title of "Kicker" is "The Bundesliga divides into two ways, Hoffenheim wants to make history", "Bayern goes to the Iberian Peninsula again, Hoffenheim goes to the British Isles, the Bundesliga divides into two ways to challenge England and West Powerful, with Hoffenheim almost locked in the league title, the Bundesliga breaks through the quarterfinals of the Champions League, becoming the biggest expectation of German fans.

Bayern is getting better under the leadership of Klinsmann. They hope to return to the glory of eight years ago. No one thought that Hoffenheim could reach the quarter-finals before the start of the season. Now they have replaced Bayern as the Bundesliga If they can break into the final and win the Champions League, they will become legends that will never be surpassed. "

After the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Hoffenheim began to prepare for the match against Arsenal two weeks later. After they were tied by Frankfurt, they still led No.2 Wolfsburg by 12 points. There are ten rounds to end, even if they lose four games in a row, Wolfsburg will have to win four games in a row to tie, and Hoffenheim's goal difference far exceeds that of Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim's league championship is basically worry-free, and the games against Hannover 96 and Hamburg were used by Hoffenheim for training.

Hannover 96 is a weak team, and Hoffenheim is playing at home. Rangnick adjusted several attacking lineups in one game, with three forwards, two forwards, one high and one fast, double high combination, Ruud van Nistelrooy , Demba Ba, Saviola and Obasi showed their offensive power to the fullest, and finally defeated Hannover 96 [-]-[-].

But Rangnick was not satisfied with the team's offensive power. In the next away game against Hamburg, Rangnick was still adjusting the striker and tried to transfer Li Huan to the left back position for the second time. At right back, the midfield also sent a full attacking lineup of Eduardo, Sarihovic and Arshavin.

However, this change in Hoffenheim was obviously too big. Although the Hamburg team was not used to it, the Hoffenheim players themselves were also not used to it. In the end, the Hamburg team drew 3:3.However, Li Huan, who was transferred to the left back, performed extremely well. He scored two goals, and the total number of goals reached 22. He surpassed Ibisevic to become the top scorer in the Hoffenheim team. Forsborg's Grafite has one less goal and is expected to defend the league's Golden Boot.

The team was tied, but Rangnick was very happy. It seemed that he found a way to deal with the Champions League opponent Arsenal from the league.

However, the German media are worried about Rangnick's desperately rehearsing the offensive lineup. Arsenal's style of play is very famous in Europe. Their strength can definitely be ranked in the top ten in Europe, but they have never won the Champions League. The main reason is that Arsenal's defense is not good and their willpower is not firm enough. In other words, their style of play is too narrow, so they have been repeatedly suppressed by Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League in the past two years.

The German media believes that Hoffenheim should drill their defensive lineup, like they did against Villarreal, and use dense defense and counterattack to kill Arsenal. There are counterattackers like Li Huan and Arshavin, and there are Ruud van Nistelrooy and Demba Ba. To grab some players, Hoffenheim did not play defensive counterattacks, but practiced offense in the league. This is indeed a bit brain-dead.

Even Hoffenheim's mouthpiece "Rhine Neckar Zeitung" is questioning what Rangnick wants to do, does he want to play against Arsenal?Arsenal is not Bayern, let alone Villarreal, and it is very different from Manchester United. Even in the Premier League, Chelsea and Liverpool use solid defense, brutal interception and sharp counterattack to deal with Arsenal. Why? Lannick put his ready-made experience to use, but focused on practicing offense.

"Bild" senior commentator Haverman said bluntly: If Rangnick uses the half-baked offensive football he learned from the Premier League to play against Arsenal, he will definitely die ugly.

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