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Chapter 515 Breaking the record again
After the four games in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, the English media was full of jubilation, and the fans of the Premier League were even more excited. After three seasons, the Premier League once again reproduced the glorious scene where three teams entered the Champions League semi-finals. Except for Newcastle who eliminated Real Madrid with a total score of 10-[-] in two rounds after a tough fight, Chelsea easily defeated Celtic with a score of [-]-[-] in two rounds and entered the Champions Cup semi-finals. Arsenal was drawn [-]-[-] by Barcelona at home and trailed [-]-[-] away In the last [-] minutes of the game, two goals from Fabregas and Nasri led to a [-]-[-] draw with Barcelona. In the end, they eliminated Barcelona tenaciously with more away goals and entered the semi-finals. Now in the semi-finals, apart from Inter Milan, which beat Bayern with a goal at home and entered the semi-finals with a score of [-]-[-] in two rounds, the other three teams are all from the Premier League!

The grand occasion of three Premier League teams entering the Champions League semi-finals has appeared several times before, but before this time, no one was optimistic about the Premier League team being able to do this. After all, except for Chelsea’s opponents who were not as strong, Newcastle and Arsenal’s opponents were La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Of course, this scene is not what UEFA wants to see. Apart from not wanting to see an extremely strong team, they also do not want to see an extremely strong league. The scene of besieging other teams!In addition to the Premier League team, Barcelona, ​​which is the most competitive in the Champions League, has also been eliminated. Who can prevent the Premier League team from reaching the top?
Although Inter Milan’s competitiveness in the Champions League has increased a lot after Benitez took over, because Benitez himself is a coach who is very good at playing cup games. This season’s entry into the semi-finals is also a proof, but the overall decline of the Italian Super League is also an indisputable fact. Can't keep it, facing the encirclement and suppression of the top three in the Premier League, it is obviously very difficult for Inter Milan to stand out from it.

Not to mention the troubles of UEFA, the Newcastle team who returned to Newcastle was cheered like heroes. Now no one doubts that they will be able to win all the championship trophies at the end of the season.

In the Champions League semi-final draw two days later, the two teams that had the chance to win the Triple Crown were unexpectedly drawn together. Mourinho and Benitez, two well-connected coaches, had another chance to confront each other after Benitez went to Italy.

For this result, the Chinese fans are extremely excited. They have seen the confrontation between Benitez and Mourinho, two coaches who have coached in China, in the Premier League many times.

Newcastle is currently the most popular European team in China, because they have two main players of the Chinese national team and a Chinese owner. Inter Milan used to be the team with the most fans in China.
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The Chinese fans were happy, but Mourinho and Pei Wei were a little upset.

Compared with Inter Milan, Mourinho is more willing to run into Chelsea or Arsenal. After all, Newcastle did not fall behind in the match between Chelsea and Arsenal this season. On the contrary, for Benitez, a coach who has been in the Premier League for so many years, he knows everything about Newcastle. From the perspective of knowing himself and the enemy, Newcastle is at a disadvantage first.

What's more, for Mourinho personally, Benitez has always been the opponent that makes him feel the most headache. Even when facing Ferguson and Wenger, Mourinho feels that he is more confident. A point that Austria can take advantage of; and Wenger's extremely firm use of offensive tactics makes Mourinho feel very happy. His tactical style and Newcastle's personnel composition can just restrain Wenger and Arsenal's style of play;On the contrary, when facing Benitez, Mourinho won and lost about the same number of times. At the same time, although Benitez is a man of few words, he is actually restrained.

A few years ago, in order to curb the strength of the Premier League, UEFA let the Serie A and Premier League teams fight in the Champions League quarter-finals for several consecutive years. Most of the time, the Premier League still had the upper hand.

However, before this game, Newcastle still has three league games to play. With only eight games left in the league, Newcastle can temporarily focus on the league. Now only Arsenal and Chelsea are capable of competing with Newcastle for the league championship. Arsenal are only one point behind Newcastle. What a mistake, Chelsea still have a chance to win the championship.

The FA Cup final will be held after the league ends, that is to say, in the next period of time, Newcastle will play as many games as Arsenal and Chelsea. This also makes Newcastle full of confidence in the next league. Newcastle's next three league opponents are Bolton, Stoke City and Aston Villa.

Newcastle, who had just defeated Real Madrid and had reached its peak momentum, was naturally not something Bolton and the newly promoted Stoke City could resist. In two consecutive away games, Newcastle won their opponents with an undoubted victory.

In these two games, Long Bisheng scored again, and the number of goals in the league has reached 24. As a new striker who joined the Premier League, this answer sheet could not be more perfect. With this goal, Long Bisheng equaled the record of the most goals scored by foreign players in the first season of the Premier League created by Torres in the 07-08 season. Torres scored in the last round of the league and broke Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of 23 goals. Now, Long Bisheng still has [-] league games to play!If he scores again, he will be able to become the foreign player who has scored the most goals in his first season since the establishment of the Premier League!

In today's information-rich world, Long Bisheng himself may not have considered this issue before, but after the game against Stoke City, the media immediately found this topic and started to discuss it enthusiastically.

"The English media is no different from the German media. When I almost broke the Bundesliga scoring record, the German journalists also hyped it up like this. It's boring." Long Bisheng shook the newspaper in his hand and said.

"Hehe, that's what journalists do for a living. Without them, you wouldn't be so famous, and my work wouldn't be so easy...Be normal, Aaron." Ning Xi picked up the newspaper with a smile: "But they are also useful. If they hadn't dug up this gimmick, you and I wouldn't have known that you were quietly about to set this record."

Lu Xiaoshan also chimed in: "Yeah, Brother Long, next you will work hard and score a few more goals to try to break this record. This is an opportunity to make a name in history. Although it is usually not remembered by people, when someone approaches this record, the reporters will start to hype it. At that time, Brother Long will be able to show his face in the media even after he retires."

"Well, what you guys said is also reasonable...then I will try to break this record in the next league match, so as not to be distracted by this matter in the Champions League match." Long Bisheng rubbed his chin and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I have always been the focus of the newspapers these years..."

Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan laughed at the same time. They were very happy to see Long Bisheng becoming more and more famous. What woman wouldn't want her man to be successful?
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Villa Park Stadium.

"Newcastle, which has won two consecutive victories, encountered Aston Villa's tenacious blocking in the away game! It seems that Aston Villa wanted to give Newcastle, who defeated themselves and won the League Cup, a look. They played very tenaciously at home. It is now the second half, and the score is still zero to zero. There has been news from another field that Arsenal leads Portsmouth [-]-[-]. If Newcastle cannot win this game, they will be overtaken by Arsenal again. , This is very detrimental to Newcastle, which is about to go to the Champions League. It seems that Newcastle’s coach Mourinho has pushed the game a little bit. He put Gerrard and Messi on the bench, which made Newcastle’s offensive firepower plummet! Long Bisheng, who is only one goal away from breaking Torres’ record for scoring the most goals in his debut season in the Premier League, has not shown much so far. He is closely guarded by Aston Villa’s defenders!”

Just when the commentator said this, Long Bisheng received a pass from Carrick in the midfield, got rid of the opponent's defender and passed it to Baxter in front, then rushed forward quickly and received a pass from Baxter.

"Long Bisheng received the ball, he was going to shoot from around 30 meters! Stephen Warnock tackled him, yellow card! But the yellow card was worth it, Villa stopped a threatening Newcastle attack again!"

Mourinho on the sidelines already seemed a little uneasy. He called Messi and Gerrard who were sitting on the bench and asked them to warm up and prepare for the game.

"Messi and Gerrard are warming up on the sidelines. It seems that Mourinho has already noticed his mistake. It is right to retain their fighting power before the Champions League, but Newcastle does not have much advantage in the league now. If they fail to win this game, it will set back the spirit of Newcastle, which has won two games in a row, and it will affect the Champions League game instead!"

Just as Messi and Gerrard were warming up, Long Bisheng and Bell were already standing in front of the ball. Bell has always been Newcastle's first free kicker, but this free kick is 28 meters away from the goal. Although Bell can also play a very threatening arc, it is still too far away.

Seeing that Long Bisheng was also standing in front of the ball, the Villa players and goalkeepers who had set up the wall had their minds at ease. At this distance, it was likely that the monster Long Bisheng would hit the goal directly. Anyway, the angle of his shot was only at the far post, and there was not much change. Just block the route of his shot.

After the referee blew the whistle for a free throw, Long Bisheng began to speed up. When he ran close to the ball, just as Villa's goalkeeper was trying to block his straight shot no matter what, Long Bisheng suddenly ran over the ball!

As soon as Long Bisheng ran away, Bell, who was blocked by his body, was exposed. Seeing that Bell ran close to the ball, the Villa players were collectively excited again, and all focused on Bell...

Bell, who was running close to the ball, did not shoot, but pushed the ball forward obliquely. The ball flew towards the front of Long Bisheng without slow speed. After being shaken back and forth by Long Bisheng and Bell, the Villa players could no longer turn their attention to Long Bisheng in time.
Now, since there was no barrier from the human wall, Long Bisheng shot the ball to the other side where the goalkeeper was. After adding those few steps, Long Bisheng had shortened the shooting distance to about 23 meters. In almost a second, the ball flew into the goal roaring!
The goalkeeper, who was still guarding the far corner of the goal, only had time to turn his head and saw that the ball was already spinning in the goal...

"GOOOOOOOOOOOAL——Excellent free-kick coordination! Long Bisheng pretended to shoot and then ran forward. Bell pushed the ball forward accurately. Long Bisheng, who was already running, took the opportunity to shoot! One to zero! Newcastle finally broke the deadlock in the second half! Long Bisheng is No. The 20-year-old Torres has become one of the best super-scorers in the Premier League and even in the world, what kind of development will Long Bisheng have in his future?"

The commentator shouted loudly, and thousands of Newcastle fans at the scene burst into long-suppressed cheers!
Messi and Gerrard, who were warming up on the sidelines, looked at each other, and then smiled at each other.

"It seems that we don't need to play." Messi said, and Gerrard nodded.

Sure enough, after the re-kick-off, Mourinho called back Messi and Gerrard, and used the players on the field to finish the rest of the game. Although Aston Villa launched a fierce attack at the last moment of the game, they still couldn't break through the gate of Newcastle, which was united. With [-] to [-], Newcastle won the third victory between the Champions League games in the most labor-saving way. They have reached their peak state and waited for the visit of Inter Milan!
(End of this chapter)