Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 632 This guy is really strong

As the only professional club in Newcastle, Newcastle is not without so-called rivals in the same city. In fact, both Sunderland and Middlesbrough are located around Newcastle and are very close to Newcastle. However, the relationship between Newcastle and these two clubs is different. There is a world of difference, Sunderland has always been Newcastle's biggest rival, so that when Sunderland was relegated last year, some Newcastle fans publicly declared: "I am so happy this season. We entered the Champions League. Arrived in League One."

However, their relationship with Middlesbrough is good. When Middlesbrough applied to join the professional league, the Newcastle club enthusiastically canvassed votes everywhere, which eventually made Middlesbrough a professional team.

However, for a professional team, a good relationship usually means a good relationship, but when it comes to face-to-face, they still have to work hard.

In this game, Mourinho made a rotation to the starting lineup. Ibrahimovic, Robert, and Lucio sat in the stands. They were replaced by Viduka, Stewart and Dawson. Middles Middlesbrough almost changed their main force all over the place. Juninho, Zenden, Miles and other main players also did not appear. In the League Cup competition.

But this is also understandable. After all, Middlesbrough's bench thickness is far inferior to that of Newcastle. Their main players did not get a good rest in the previous game. If you lose a few main players, you will really be blinded.

Facing such a team, Newcastle won at home without much effort. Viduka opened the scoring for the team in the second half, and Shearer scored a penalty before the end. Newcastle easily won [-]-[-].

After this game, Newcastle consolidated their second position. In another strong dialogue, Arsenal conceded a goal in the first minute of the away game, through captain Vieira and Adriano. Newcastle overtook Chelsea with three goals and finally won the game, while Manchester United was tied 1-[-] at home by Leeds. After this round, Newcastle led Manchester United and Chelsea by three points and seven points respectively, and continued to be tight against Arsenal. Can't give up.

After defeating Middlesbrough, Newcastle began to prepare for the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, they.

In the previous draw, Newcastle had good luck. They met Lyon, who was almost the weakest among the eight first-tier teams. —In addition to the three Premier League teams Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, and Real Madrid in the same group as Newcastle, the other three teams are AC Milan, Juventus and Monaco, needless to say the first two , although Monaco was the runner-up of Ligue [-] last year, but in history they broke into the Champions League final this year.

Although the schedule of home and away is not beneficial to Newcastle, it can make them sit at home in a better state, and it is also a good help in terms of physical fitness.

Lyon is a well-deserved overlord in Ligue 06, but in the Champions League, their results have not been very good, and now Lyon has not completed the great cause of five consecutive championships (Pei Wei was reborn in [-], so naturally he can't see the back two titles), although they have already won two consecutive titles in Ligue [-].

Compared with the good luck of Newcastle, the luck of Real Madrid, which won the first place in this group, is not very good - they were unlucky to meet the strongest team among the eight No.2 - the old enemy Bundesliga overlord Bayern In Munich, this matchup is undoubtedly the most eye-catching game in the quarter-finals. The unlucky Real Madrid and Bayern have both become victims of UEFA in order to increase the ratings-there are always a few unlucky ghosts every year.

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At 25:07 on the evening of February 30th, St. James' Park was full of seats. [-] Newcastle fans and [-] Lyon fans packed the stadium to the brim. Even so, there were still many Newcastle fans who failed to buy the ball Tickets, if there were not enough bars in Newcastle for them to watch the game, these fans would probably have fallen into trouble.

Their enthusiasm is also justified-this is the first time in the history of Newcastle to participate in the Champions League knockout game, last year they stopped in the second round group stage, and in 98 they did not even qualify for the group stage-inadvertently , Mourinho created another Newcastle history.

Neither Pei Wei nor Mourinho will care about this kind of history or record. After all, the history created so easily has no value. Only a real champion can make Newcastle fans really feel satisfied. .

How did you say that?The rapid progress is due to the low starting point. Compared with clubs such as Manchester United and Arsenal that have already won quite a lot of honors, Newcastle's starting point is indeed low enough, but this does not mean that Pei Wei will easily satisfy some of the so-called record of".

Lyon's main lineup that swept Ligue [-] has begun to take shape. At least in their starting lineup, Pei Wei saw quite a few familiar names: the goalkeeper is Coupe, the right back is Belgian international De Frede, and the left back is France. Veteran Delmotte, two Brazilian central defenders Kacapa and Edmilson, double defensive midfielders are Ghanaian international Essien and Malian Diarra, left midfielder French international Malouda, right midfielder is also French international Govou , the middle is the Brazilian Juninho Jr., and the single striker is the former Bayern striker Elber. This lineup is also one of the best in Europe.

Mourinho formed a lineup of [-], Given, Kufuor, Lucio, Woodgate, Bernard, Makelele, Janus, Robert, Nie Fei, Ibrahimovic and Vidu Card, Shearer's state has not been very good since the beginning of the new year. He only scored two goals, including a penalty kick. However, Viduka's state is very good. He has scored in several consecutive games, so he replaced him. Shearer became the starting striker.

Shearer was not present, and the captain's armband was worn on the arm of goalkeeper Ji Wen. This also aroused Pei Wei's concern-after Petr Cech arrives next year, Ji Wen may not be able to guarantee his main position, and the third captain Spy Germany is now basically reduced to a substitute. After Shearer retires, who will be the captain?
However, Shearer still has nearly two years to retire, and I hope to find a suitable captain by then.

The referee's whistle interrupted Pei Wei's cranky thoughts, looked up, the game has already started!

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At the beginning of the game, Newcastle launched a fierce attack-it's not good to play first home and then away. In order to ensure the home advantage, you must win and you can't concede the ball. This caused a lot of trouble for the home team's offense. , but there is no way to do it, who wants you to get No.2 in the group stage.

Nie Fei took the ball in the middle, and Essien immediately went up to meet him. Although Nie Fei's position is the right midfielder, he usually appears in the middle of the game. Lyon's coach Le Guin is naturally very clear about this, so he The task given to Essien is to defend Nie Fei - he believes that this strong midfielder can cause a lot of trouble for the Chinese footballer.

"Damn, this guy is really strong." Essien was still one meter away from Nie Fei, and Nie Fei felt the huge pressure from the other party, muttered in his heart, and immediately took the ball to the side and flicked horizontally. To get past your opponent.

"Beep—" the referee's whistle sounded, and then the entire stadium immediately rang out with huge boos.

Nie Fei lay on the ground depressed and watched Essien stretch out his hand towards him, grabbed his hand and got up. When Essien saw that Nie Fei was about to change direction to break through, he quickly turned around halfway and stuck to Nie Fei. Before Nie Fei had time to react, he was knocked out by Essien, and the referee immediately called a foul.

"Damn, this guy is not generally strong."

Although Nie Fei is a bit skinny, he has been in Europe for so many years. His confrontation ability is quite good, but this Essien's strength is as big as a buffalo. The two are not on the same level at all. If it weren't for the referee Considering the home court factors, this close defense may not be enough for a foul.

"That guy is strong enough. I think Dawson and Woodgate are not as strong as him, and his speed is quite fast." Mourinho muttered in surprise.

"Do you want him? I'll buy it for you next year." Pei Wei whispered in his ear.

"Let's see." Mourinho said vaguely. After all, it was just a game, and it was impossible to tell whether a player was good or bad.

Pei Wei snickered in his heart, it’s no wonder you don’t want him. Historically, Essien and Didier Drogba were the two people named after Mourinho took office at Chelsea next year, both of which cost Abramovich over 1000 million pounds. Being ridiculed by all the media as being taken advantage of, the two black big men became Mourinho's two most successful signings.

After restarting the game, Nie Fei learned his lesson and began to use his own speed and technique to deal with Essien, but the effect was not very good. Essien was strong and his speed was not slow, so after a few touches, Nie Fei ran to the right way to go.

It's not that Nie Fei is afraid of Essien, but that Nie Fei's main position today is on the right - in order to defend Lyon's left forward Malouda, Mourinho dispatched Ku in the game with excellent defensive ability and average assist ability. Fore played, so Nie Fei's task was even heavier--if it weren't for this, Nie Fei would be very interested in playing a few games with Essien.

After Nie Fei went to the right, he did not get rid of Essien. The midfielder also followed Nie Fei to the right, but this was right in Nie Fei's arms - the lack of Essien in the center would have a considerable impact on Lyon's defense in the center. You must know that Janus's ability to plug in the offense is very good.

PS: Update for vote 60.In addition, I recommend a signed football novel "Forward", which is currently being recommended for the cover of sports.

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