Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 519 The Influence of Two-Line Combat

On February 23, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals was all over.

The tone of this first leg was one of sadness and despair for the Italian side.

Both AC Milan and Roma were upset successively and lost to their opponents at their home courts.Among them, AC Milan lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0:1, while Roma was even worse, allowing the opponent to score three goals at home, and lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 2:3.

Inter Milan's supporters first laughed at AC Milan, and then at Roma, but they were also unlucky. They lost 0:1 at home to Bayern Munich.

Among the four Italian teams that have reached the round of 4, only Naples' performance is exciting. They beat Lyon 0-[-] at home.

No wonder the "Gazzetta dello Sport" said that February 22 was "a sad day for Italian football".

The two giants of Milan City all fell to the ground at their home courts, and the traditional strong team Roma lost to the team from Ukraine. The pride of Italian football needs a grassroots team like Naples to defend it. It really makes people feel Ironically……

Italian football is indeed on the decline.

This reality makes many Italian fans feel sad.

If there were any surprises in the first round of the match, Chen Yingxiong's hat trick counted as one.And Arsenal beat Barcelona 2:1 at home.

For a long time, everyone believed that Barcelona was invincible-the faux pas against Inter Milan in the semi-finals last year was only a mistake, an exception-especially this season's Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid with Mourinho, was once considered to be invincible. It is a team that can challenge Barcelona's dominance, but at Camp Nou, they lost a humiliating 0:5.This game made the whole of Europe feel that Barcelona is invincible.However, Arsenal insisted on defeating Barcelona at their home court. Although the opponent scored an away goal, victory is always victory.

In the Champions League scorer list, Messi did not score, Eto'o did not score, and only Gomez scored a goal.Now Germany's "Super Mario" is on an equal footing with Eto'o with seven goals.

Chen Yingxiong's name is on the list for the first time this season, and the number after the name is - "3".

The whole of Europe is discussing whether Naples' Chen Yingxiong can complete an unprecedented comeback and become the top scorer in the Champions League after playing six fewer games.He is now four goals behind the top two top scorers.Originally, this should be a particularly huge gap, but when you think about it, before a game, he was still seven goals away from No.1, and suddenly felt that the gap of four goals was not worth mentioning...

There are already European bookmakers offering different odds on whether Chen Yingxiong can defend the top scorer, ranging from 33 to [-] to [-] to [-]. It can be seen that the bookmakers are not sure, I don’t know if they should be optimistic Chen Yingxiong still bad-mouthed him.

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On March 20st, the last match of the seventh round of League No.[-], the key battle of Serie A, this is the contest between League One and League Two.It stands to reason that this game should be a close contest.

However, the impact of Naples' two-line battle on the whole team began to appear. Naples, who played with all the main players, lost 1:3 to AC Milan in the away game.During the game, most of the Naples players looked very tired, although they did not have a double match this week.

This is the impact of continuous two-lane combat. The league has basically played one-third of the time, and the physical strength accumulated by the players since last summer is almost exhausted. At this time, when encountering two-lane combat, the Champions League The pressure is much greater than the domestic league.

In terms of dealing with two-line combat, the traditional giants AC Milan is far better than Naples.

Naples lost to AC Milan, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.If they continue to win like this, they may have to lock in the league championship in advance like Chen Yingxiong... That would be too boring.

They don't necessarily hate Naples, but AC Milan's victory will help increase the suspense of the league this season, which is what everyone wants to see.Except for the Naples fans, no one wanted them to win the championship early.

AC Milan, who is now ranked second in the league, has defeated Naples, who is ranked first. Although the rankings of the two teams have not changed, the points gap between them has narrowed from four points to one point.

This is a gap that people can imagine.

The difference of one point, and considering that Naples will usher in the test of the domestic league and the UEFA Champions League, this point may become a watershed in determining the final league champion.

Is Naples holding on to this point?Or will AC Milan complete the reversal in one go?

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Losing the game against AC Milan frustrated the entire Napoli team.Before the game, they all knew how important this game was.

Everyone is trying their best to defeat their opponents, which can widen the gap between the two sides and prepare enough "strategic depth" for the next Champions League game.

If they can beat AC Milan, Naples will have a gap of up to seven points. For the league, this is a considerable lead.

The results failed to come true, which naturally made the entire Naples team very frustrated.

Even Chen Yingxiong, who had a goal in the game and scored his No. 20 six goals this season, was not interested.

"I scored? Yes, so what, the point is that we lost!"

The loss to AC Milan is really critical. The one-point gap means that the team will not be able to relax for a long time, but will always be tense.In this way, the ghost knows when it will collapse, maybe in the domestic league, maybe in the Champions League, the worst thing is that both lines collapse at the same time...

No one expected such a result.

But the fact is that after losing to AC Milan, everyone's nerves immediately became tense.

On the way back from Milan to Naples, there was much less laughter among the players.

Even Mazari was frowning and feeling a headache.

But this is far from the time to worry about the team's precarious situation in the league. Naples is about to usher in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Although it is said that the home court has already led the opponent by four goals, football is round. Who knows what will happen at Lyon's home court?

Naples, which has played against UEFA many times, dare not take it lightly.

Therefore, Mazari still has to send the strongest lineup in this game and cheer up.

In fact, for a team like Naples, they should have made a choice between the league and the Champions League long ago. After all, their bench thickness is far inferior to that of the giants, and they do not have the strength to fight on multiple lines and bloom on multiple lines.

The smart way is to do all the work in one battle and choose a front to break through.

Many teams of the same level as Naples will choose the Champions League.Because the league is too long, a slight mistake may lead to extremely serious consequences.The Champions League is different. The Champions League is a home and away knockout match. An excellent performance in one or two games can make you go further in this competition until you reach the final.If you are lucky, winning a championship is not out of the question.

The UEFA Champions League is an investment project with quick results. If you want quick success, you have to choose the UEFA Champions League.

As for the small and medium-sized teams, they don't want the giants to have such strong strength, funds, and background.Therefore, it is easier for them to choose the strategy of quick success and quick profit. The Champions League is a big stage, and it is obviously more cost-effective to be famous on this stage than to work slowly in the league.

There is another more important reason - money.

The UEFA Champions League bonus distribution plan for the 2010-2011 season is like this-entering the top 32 will directly receive a bonus of 390 million euros.For every game in the group stage, you can get 55 euros, which is 330 million after six games. 390 million plus 330 million equals 720 million. This 720 million euros is a fixed bonus. This bonus does not matter whether your team ends up in the group There are outlets.This is also the main reason why many small teams desperately want to enter the Champions League.They don't want to win the championship, they just want to get the 710 million euros, which is still a huge amount of money for a small team, and they can still do a lot of things with a little money. Some teams have a year's budget Probably less than 710 million euros...

In addition, if you can win in the group stage, you will get 80 for each win, 40 for a tie, and nothing for a loss.

This is an extra bonus, but many small and medium-sized teams may not count on it. Those teams from Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and other small leagues are basically the targets of their groups. Win?extravagant hope.

Each of the sixteen teams that enter the knockout stage will receive a bonus of 300 million euros, and if they advance to the quarter-finals, they will receive a bonus of 330 million euros.The top four is 420 million.In the end, whichever team can win the Big Ears Cup at the final Wembley Stadium will receive a bonus of 900 million euros, even if it is the runner-up, there will be 560 million euros.

For those teams that are capable of making an upset, the UEFA Champions League is obviously more attractive than the league—the revenue of the league mainly comes from the distribution of TV broadcasting. The distribution of TV broadcasting fees in each league is different, but one thing is the same Yes, that is, the giants always take the big head, and the small piece of cake is shared by other teams.

Unlike the Champions League, it depends entirely on results.

Therefore, mid-level teams are more inclined to give it a try in the Champions League. Even if they can't win the championship in the end, it would be good to be able to take one more step forward in the Champions League.

A team like Naples belongs to the kind of team that must bet on one side. The Champions League has more benefits, so it is obvious that the Champions League should be chosen.As for the domestic league, with Naples' current strength, it is easy to guarantee the top four, and the top three is not a problem. As long as they can guarantee to continue to participate in the Champions League next season, they will win, the league champion?Stop daydreaming!
But now Naples has such an idea-we not only want to go further in the Champions League, we also want to win the championship in the league!

Naples is a team that is not afraid of anything. Since the era of football king Maradona, they have always played the role of challenging the rules and despising authority. They want to reap brilliance on two fronts at the same time. This idea is not good for them. It's nothing more than normal...

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PS, the outbreak is over, but there will be another outbreak in a few days~
It's only been three days in February, so I'll continue to have the audacity to ask everyone for a monthly pass!This month's monthly ticket trend looks very gratifying!I hope we can maintain this momentum, thank you very much!
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