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Chapter 503 Wonderful off the field

In the No.30 round of the league, in order to prepare for the upcoming home game against Real Madrid in the first round of the Champions League, Newcastle sent quite a few substitutes in the game against Bolton. The result was a [-]-[-] draw with the Premier League Nursing Home in the away game. Long Bisheng's goal allowed Newcastle to take away a point from the away game. However, no one expressed any dissatisfaction with this result.

Newcastle naturally attaches great importance to this quarter-final match. If they can pass Real Madrid, maybe the semi-finals will be much easier to play, because in the four quarter-finals, apart from Real Madrid's fierce battle against Newcastle, Arsenal will face Barcelona, ​​and Inter Milan will face Bayern Munich. The on-the-spot performance is a little better.

Newcastle's schedule is host first and guest first, so it is naturally a bit unfavorable in the two rounds of knockout rounds, but there is no way to do it. In the Champions League quarter-finals, who will play host first and guest first will be decided by lottery. It can only be said that Newcastle's luck is not very good.

In order to prepare for this game, Newcastle's main players who did not play in the last round of the league did not even leave Newcastle, but stayed to prepare for the game. Although their approach caused some controversy, no one cares about such things now. After all, everyone knows what is most important now.

After all, Newcastle still has a certain lead in the league, and the Champions League game is not careless. Newcastle can make mistakes in the league, but they can't make mistakes in the Champions League!
What's more, it's still the host before the guest!At the Bernabeu, no one dares to win lightly, which means that the first round of Newcastle is equivalent to a decisive battle. If they can't get enough advantages at St. James' Park, then it is almost unimaginable to hope to play at a higher level in the away game!
And the schedule during this period is also very terrible. After playing Real Madrid at home, the weekend league game will be an away game against Chelsea, and then they will not have the slightest chance to breathe. They will return home to face their league opponent Birmingham in the middle of the week, then they will play against Manchester United at home in the FA Cup semi-finals on the weekend, and then go to Spain to play against Real Madrid in the middle of the week...

Except for Birmingham, which may be a little easier to play, the other games are all extremely deadly games, and it can even be said that there must be no mistakes in one game-this is why the Triple Crown is such a difficult honor to obtain. If you advance on several fronts at the same time, the later you will encounter stronger opponents, and the more intensive the schedule will be!

At the end of the so-called crossbow, it is impossible to penetrate Lu Jin, not to mention that these opponents are definitely not Lu Jin, but thick walls one after another!
Even if Newcastle is an armor-piercing projectile, how many thick walls can it penetrate?
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When the Real Madrid team came to Newcastle, their expressions were very serious.

Although this Real Madrid lineup is comparable to that powerful Galaxy Battleship, Newcastle has been the team with the best overall performance in the Champions League in the past ten years. The powerful Barcelona has won two league titles, but the Champions League has still become an irreparable shortcoming in Real Madrid's heart.

So even though Hiddink led Real Madrid to the league championship last season, his position is still not stable. If he can't win the Champions League this season, it is estimated that Florentino will change his coach again.

For a group of superstars in Real Madrid, they are also approaching the age of going downhill. Kaka is 32 years old, and Ronaldo is 29 years old. For these two former Premier League and Serie A top players, they transferred to Real Madrid at the same time at a sky-high price but failed to help Real Madrid win the tenth Champions League. The later stages of their careers can also be regarded as failures.

Therefore, in the interviews before the game, both Kaka and Ronaldo expressed their desire to win the Champions League this season. Ronaldo even compared the 01-02 season when Real Madrid won the Champions League for the last time. That year was also the World Cup year. It was also before the start of the World Cup.

Newcastle reacted quickly to Ronaldo's remarks. Messi replied with a smile in an interview: "Unfortunately, it might be a little bit effective if he won the Champions League final. Don't forget how thrilling it was for Real Madrid to win that game. Besides, it was a World Cup year before the 06 World Cup. Why didn't Real Madrid even make it to the quarter-finals? But one thing is the same. They failed to win the league championship in 06 and 02."

Mourinho was not too polite to his Portuguese fellow: "Cristiano Ronaldo's choice to go to Real Madrid was the biggest mistake in his career. The Premier League trained him. He could become the World Footballer in the Premier League. He won the league championship and the Champions League at Manchester United. But what about Real Madrid? The Champions League has not even entered the final. Real Madrid is indeed the best team in the world with the most glorious history, but it is not the best that suits him best. It might be easier to score goals in Spain, but Ronaldo should aim not to score more goals, but to get the honor."

On the surface, these remarks are a pertinent suggestion to C. Ronaldo, but in fact they are mocking Real Madrid's poor performance in the Champions League over the past decade.

Real Madrid reacted immediately, and Hiddink countered: "We were the La Liga champions last season. What is Newcastle? They were just like us last season, only the quarter-finals. In terms of the results in the Champions League last year, we are the greatest team in the history of the European Champions Cup. What about Newcastle? Except they have a good boss in the past ten years... If there is no Pei Wei, Newcastle can enter the Champions League is enough to make them happy."

In this regard, Mourinho just responded lightly: "Fortunately, we still have nearly ten years... At least for the past ten years, we have entered at least the quarterfinals of the Champions League every time."

Pei Wei did not support Mourinho as usual. He and Florentino have a good personal relationship, and he has a good relationship with Hiddink. Hiddink, who has been the head coach of the national team in China for at least four years, knows that he can get this contract. His mouth is equally strong in two years, but Newcastle has not won any championships." Mourinho quickly responded: "Diarra? I don't know how many Diarras Real Madrid have, and I don't know whether this Diarra is from Mali or French. I only know that Diarra in Real Madrid is a midfielder, but the best midfielder in the world is our Essien." The implication is that the best midfielder in the world is playing under my command. Do you look down on me, a coach with a strong mouth?I don't even know who you are.

Mahamadou Diarra was so angry that his face almost turned white. French midfielder LS Na Diarra has left Real Madrid this season. He even said that he didn't know how many Diarras there are in Real Madrid. It's too bullying. Could it be that he wants to have a popular name? Isn't this name also chosen by his parents, he can't make the decision...

According to the usual practice, before the start of an important game, the members of the two teams will naturally fight a war of words. First, they can engage in psychological warfare with their opponents and exert pressure; It's also quite interesting to attack each other, isn't it just for fun.

However, compared with Real Madrid’s coach and players playing together, Newcastle except for Messi’s response to Ronaldo’s conversation at the beginning, the other players did not express any opinions. They just let Mourinho speak out against the crowd and show his style. This is also Newcastle’s practice.

But this trick has been used too much, and everyone else knows Mourinho's habit, so Real Madrid's reaction is not too intense. People like Kaka, Benzema, Ramos and others did not focus on the war of words.

After all, the excitement off the court is just an appetizer. The real excitement can only happen after the game starts, and what the fans look forward to most is what happens on the court.

(End of this chapter)