Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 655 The Only Exception

After the first two quarter-finals, the Newcastle fans, who have always been confident, seemed to have been poured cold water on their heads. These optimistic guys began to realize that a [-]-[-] draw away from their opponents does not mean that they must Being able to get the right to qualify at home, if you lose the game at home, even if you only lose [-]-[-], you will be eliminated by your opponent.

Mourinho is very satisfied with this, and he even wants to thank Arsenal and Real Madrid. They used their defeat to teach Newcastle players a vivid lesson, making them start to take the upcoming game more seriously—— Of course, whether Arsenal and Real Madrid are dissatisfied with the role they play is not within the scope of Mourinho's consideration.

Two of the four teams that were optimistic before the game have already hung up, and Newcastle, a team that is also optimistic, has to be vigilant, but for another team, AC Milan, they don't seem to need to worry too much—— In the first round, they defeated Deportivo [-]-[-] at home, and the possibility of being overturned away is not high.

What no one expected was that this season's Champions Cup is destined to be a crazy Champions Cup. Just like the 02 World Cup, countless traditional strong teams fell one after another. In the group stage, there were already Inter Milan and Valencia. Two teams are eliminated and can only play in the UEFA Cup. In the quarter-finals, three strong teams, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, were eliminated. Even if a few more teams are eliminated, it is not impossible.

"We just need to focus on ourselves." Mourinho said in an interview before the game: "Arsenal and Real Madrid have nothing to do with us-they are not in the same area as us, we just need to play well. Well every game, it's enough to stick to our line. Arsenal eliminated? Not good news for us, because it proves that they will focus all their attention on the league, we are in the league It's going to be more difficult to catch up."

The head coach of Real Sociedad, Denue, used Chelsea to encourage the players-Chelsea can do it, and we can do it too. We will definitely be able to do this after defeating Newcastle in the away game.

After a suffocating wait, the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals finally started.

In the neat chorus of more than 5 fans at St. James' Park, players from both sides appeared on the field. Compared with the previous game, Real Sociedad's starting lineup has not changed in any way. In fact, this starting lineup is already owned by De Nuey. Good hand, he has nothing to trade.

And Mourinho has sufficient confidence to rotate, the goalkeeper Shay, the right back was replaced by Kufuor, the two central defenders Dawson and Lucio, the left back Hart, the midfielder changed into a diamond midfielder, Mark Lele served as the defensive midfielder, Stewart and Dyer appeared on the two wings, Nie Fei rushed forward, and the forward partners were also Shearer and Ibrahimovic. Mourinho intends to head-to-head with the opponent in the midfield, through the offensive of the midfield four Suppress the opponent's three-man midfielder, and then gain an advantage in the situation.

The game seemed very strange from the very beginning, Real Sociedad desperately wanted to speed up the tempo, and played against Newcastle, while Newcastle kept slowing down, using several skilled players in the midfield to deal with the opponent-this The world is turned upside down. The La Liga team, known for their delicate skills and short pass coordination, actually played a fast attack and flew on both wings, while the Premier League team, known for its fast pace and long pass, played control in the midfield. Ball, such a weird situation that the ESPN commentator didn't know what to say.

"This situation feels a bit ironic... Premier League teams play possession and La Liga teams play long balls - maybe this is a manifestation of the globalization of football? But we seem to understand , what Real Sociedad needs is a victory or a high-scoring draw, so they try to speed up the game as much as possible, so that both sides will make more mistakes and score more goals, while what Newcastle needs is only a zero-to-zero or a draw. It was just a one-to-one draw, and it was precisely because of this that the situation in today's game was formed."

The commentator saw it very accurately, and it was indeed the factors he just mentioned that caused this upside-down situation, but Mourinho didn't use the ball just because of this. Tactics, he has confidence in the skills of Newcastle's midfielders, especially with Nie Fei as a transfer station, it doesn't matter if others have rough skills.

During the first half hour of the first half, Newcastle's four-man midfielder completely suppressed Real Sociedad's three-man midfielder, especially in the absence of a full-time defensive midfielder, Nie Fei was like a fish in water in the frontcourt , Constantly helping teammates create offensive opportunities through their sharp breakthroughs and just-right distribution of the ball, the defenders of Real Sociedad can only fight fires everywhere.

Before the end of the first half, Newcastle's offense finally scored a goal. Nie Fei made a breakthrough in the frontcourt and created a direct free kick near the top of the penalty area. Hart lived up to his reputation as a "free kick expert". A beautiful left-footed curve ball hit the ball into the upper right corner of the goal!
Westerveld had nothing to do with this free kick, he could only watch the ball go into the net, 404-[-], Newcastle took the lead in No.[-] minutes!
During the intermission, Mourinho encouraged all the players. At the same time, he also reminded the players that our advantage is not too big now, so we must be careful-Arsenal also took the lead before the end of the first half. scored goals, but the final result was eliminated by Chelsea. They have reminded us with painful lessons, so we must not live up to their sacrifices-poor Arsenal was used by Mourinho as a teaching material again, It is estimated that if Wenger knows, he will definitely fight Mourinho desperately.

After the start of the second half, Newcastle continued to entangle with their opponents in the midfield. The poor Real Sociedad players almost collapsed. Obviously, they played fast-paced games and were obviously not as good as Newcastle playing ball control. Facing the Newcastle defense line that is ready for battle They made frequent mistakes, but they were constantly beaten back by Newcastle's advancing tactics.

No.203 minutes of the second half, Newcastle expanded the score. Ibrahimovic cleverly passed the ball to Dyer in front of the penalty area. Dyer volleyed from a small angle and was blocked by Westerveld, but the ball flew in front of Shearer. The Magpies Naturally, the captain would not miss this opportunity, and easily pushed the goal five meters in front of the goal.

This goal sealed the victory. In the following games, the head coaches of both sides dispatched troops frequently. Time passed quickly, and the score was still fixed at [-]-[-].

Finally, with the whistle of the referee, Newcastle eliminated Real Sociedad with a total score of [-]-[-] and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League!
Fifty thousand Newcastle fans celebrated with huge cheers that Newcastle once again made history and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League. Newcastle's performance convinced them that this season will be a fantastic season!
After the wild celebration, the players went home to rest one after another, but Mourinho and Pei Wei ignored the fact that they were extremely tired and began to ask about the result of another Champions League quarter-final match. The opponent who wins the game will be their opponent in the semi-finals.

When they learned the exact news of that match, both of them were dumbfounded, and then saw great joy in each other's eyes!
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Among the four teams that were favored before the game, AC Milan's situation is undoubtedly the best.

They have a four to one advantage at home, unless Deportivo can beat them by more than three goals or a three to zero at home, they may be eliminated, but look at their defense, Marti Ni, Nesta, Stam, Cafu, this line of defense is undoubtedly a perfect line of defense in theory, and in the past year, their performance can also be called the number one in the world. It is because of this strong line of defense that AC Milan won the European Champions Cup last season!

Is it possible for such a line of defense to be scored more than three goals by Deportivo?

Therefore, even AC Milan players believe that the away trip to Spain is just a routine.

But Deportivo didn't think so.

Maybe it was Monaco's performance that inspired Deportivo, maybe Deportivo never thought of giving up this game. In short, in this game, they played the most soul-stirring game in this European Champions Cup A game, and played their best game in the European Champions Cup.

Just 5 minutes into the game, Uruguayan striker Pandiani sent the ball into the goal of AC Milan, which was a powerful header.

AC Milan, who suffered a blow at the beginning, never expected that this was just the beginning of their nightmare.

After half an hour of see-saw, Belleron's strong shot from the front of the penalty area once again broke through the ten fingers of Brazilian goalkeeper Dida!Two to zero, Deportivo narrowed the gap to one goal!
Ten minutes later, before the end of the first half, Luke's goal made all the Deportivo fans excited, three to zero!It took only 10 minutes for Deportivo to fill the seemingly impossible gap. At this time, no one doubts that they have the ability to complete a super reversal!

The stars of AC Milan couldn't believe what happened to them-they had a huge advantage and had the best players, but they were smashed by their opponents and scored three goals in the first half!

The nightmare continued. In the 706th minute of the game, Forlan's goal locked the score at [-]-[-]. They also eliminated their opponents [-]-[-] through this score and entered the semi-finals of the Champions Cup!

Riazor Magical Night!Greatest comeback of the season!

So far, three of the four teams that were favored before the game have fallen, and Newcastle is the only exception!
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