Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 656 Choices
When the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup were all over, the major sports media in Europe and even the world lamented that this Champions Cup has entered an era without giants!
Among the four eliminated teams, apart from Real Sociedad, the other three teams are undoubtedly European giants!It is not even an exaggeration to say that it is the three giants that have created an era!

Arsenal, who have remained unbeaten in the league this season, are considered to be the most beautiful team; Real Madrid, which created the Galacticos era in the previous seasons, won two Champions Leagues in the past four years; and AC Milan , not long before this game, the fans of Milan City just voted this team as the club's third great era after Sacchi's "Immortal Milan" and Capello's "Invincible Milan"— - "Wonderful Milan"!But who would have expected that the joy would be so short-lived?
As for the four teams that have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, two are emerging giants that have injected fresh blood and received huge sums of money this year, Chelsea and Newcastle, and Deportivo and Monaco even have this advantage. None. It would not be uncommon for such a team to have one or two teams enter the semi-finals. After all, the Champions League has never been short of upsets, but like this year, the semi-finals were all occupied by non-rich teams or teams without rich background This has to be said to be a miracle.

What makes the fans even more excited is that all the teams that have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League this time are all teams that have never won the Champions Cup in history. That is to say, no matter what the final result is, No. A team that has won the Champions League will be born this season.

Now the Premier League has a long face. The Premier League teams accounted for two of the semi-finals, and among the two eliminated teams, Arsenal was eliminated by Chelsea, and Royal Sociedad, which eliminated Manchester United, was also eliminated by Newcastle. On the side, it proved the invincibility of the Premier League team. What made the British media even more happy was that the Serie A team was wiped out, and there was only one La Coruña left in the La Liga team. Beyond Serie A and La Liga, it has become a proof of the best league in Europe!
However, Pei Wei and Mourinho don't care whether the Premier League is the best league in Europe. What they care about is who their opponents will be in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The opponent is La Coruña, which makes Mourinho very happy. Although this La Liga team has been a strong contender for the La Liga championship in the past few years, their coach Irueta is also the best player in La Liga. One of the good coaches, but for Mourinho, he would rather meet Deportivo than AC Milan!
Not for other reasons, just because AC Milan's Champions League experience is too rich, whether it is a player or their head coach, and this is exactly what Newcastle lacks the most.

Another point is that Deportivo, known as the "Super Deportivo", is not in an stable state. When they play well, they can play extremely exciting and crazy games, but when they play badly, they are like two different teams. Such a team is undoubtedly much easier to deal with than the calm and experienced AC Milan!

However, the first round of the semi-finals is on April 21, and there is still almost half a month before now. The consideration of this game can be delayed a bit, because during this period, Newcastle will play three Premier League games League, and on April [-], that is, a week later, Newcastle will welcome the league leader Arsenal at home. This game is undoubtedly a very important game.

Although he has decided to put his main energy on the Champions League, Mourinho is obviously unwilling to give up the league. After all, he is only two points behind Arsenal, which is a gap of one game. , but Newcastle is not without a chance.

Before playing against Arsenal, Newcastle will challenge Southampton away in the league, and Arsenal will face Liverpool at home. This game is also a good opportunity for Newcastle.

So although the main players felt tired after the game, Mourinho still sent most of the main players in this game, hoping to win the game and continue to put pressure on Arsenal.

But the result of this game disappointed Newcastle fans.

Newcastle had a perfect start, Ibrahimovic scored the first goal for Newcastle in the 7th minute, but 305 minutes later, Southampton's young center Beatty header equalized the score, No. 5 minutes, came forward and assisted Woodgate headed Nie Fei's free kick into the opponent's goal. Dramatically, after only [-] minutes, Woodgate, the hero who scored a goal, became a sinner-his header failed to clear the siege. In the opposite direction, the ball quickly flew into the gate guarded by Shay - an own goal, and Newcastle was once again tied by the opponent.

Southampton, who fell behind twice and equalized twice, launched an attack against Newcastle with incomparable courage and took a considerable advantage. Finally, in No.808 minutes, Swedish midfielder Svensson used a wonderful free kick to overtake the score !

All Newcastle fans have an ominous omen in their hearts-is Newcastle about to usher in their fourth loss of the season?

But just 2 minutes later, Newcastle equalized the score!Viduka, who had just been replaced by Mourinho, equalized the score with a goal grab. Newcastle narrowly escaped in stoppage time!

Despite a point at the end, the draw was not good news for Newcastle, who got through Henry's hat-trick and Adrienne Adrienne in the fifth minute with a goal from Hyypia. Jarno's icing on the cake led the opponent 5-[-]. Although Owen pulled back a point before halftime, Liverpool still lost [-]-[-] away to their opponents. Arsenal also extended their lead to [-]-[-] with this victory. point.

Although this point difference is not too big, there are only six rounds left before the end of the league, and Arsenal still has one less game. If they can't beat their opponents in the next face-to-face, then Newcastle's hope of winning the championship will be extremely slim.

But the result of this game obviously disappointed the Newcastle fans.

Although in this game, Newcastle played very hard. At home they once suppressed Arsenal, which is famous for its gorgeous offense and offensive football, in their own half, but Arsenal did not give Newcastle any chance to score. After nine and 10 minutes of fighting, Newcastle had no choice but to accept a zero-to-zero draw.

Newcastle did not have a chance in the game, they had [-] shots, but Lehmann's wonderful performance and the help of the goal post killed all Newcastle's offenses, and Arsenal's defense also performed extremely well. More than once in the middle of the attack, Ibunifehile and the others were destroyed.

When the final whistle sounded, all Mourinho could do was shake his head helplessly, then stood up and reached out to Wenger who was also walking towards him.

"Professor, congratulations... It's just that there are still five rounds in the league, and we won't admit defeat easily." Mourinho said while holding Wenger's hand.

"Jose, I have to say that Newcastle have done a good job this season." Wenger said in a deep voice: "In addition to Manchester United, we have two more strong opponents... I am very satisfied that we can get a point today .”

"When did Arsenal settle for a point? It makes me wonder," Mourinho said with his usual sarcasm.

Wenger shrugged his shoulders, and was not angry because of the sting in Mourinho's words: "In some games, it is enough to get one point... After all, no team can beat all opponents, let alone for the league. One point for us was enough to guarantee our advantage, José, that's football."

Mourinho was silent. He knew that there was nothing to blame for Wenger's tactical play in this game. No coach would risk failure for the so-called "beautiful football", even Wenger, in this game As long as they get one point in the game, it is enough to guarantee their greatest advantage.

Pei Wei smoothed things up next to him: "Come on... We performed well today, and Arsenal performed even better... Don't forget, we still have next year, don't we, Mr. Professor?"

Wenger laughed and nodded: "That's right, we still have next year... I think next year, Newcastle's threat will be even greater, but this year's league title is ours! After missing the Champions League, we don't Will miss the league again!"

Looking at the back of Wenger's departure, Mourinho sighed: "It seems that this season it will be difficult for us to move forward in the league."

"Yeah, the professor's desire for the league championship will be the biggest driving force for Arsenal to move forward..." Pei Wei also sighed: "And we have to be distracted by the Champions League, this is probably the difference between us .And compared with the league, the goal of the Champions League seems to be more realistic. Among the remaining opponents, we are capable of defeating them no matter who they are. In the next eight games, we cannot use all our strength to attack, otherwise we might be like Leverkusen in 02..."

"We should make a trade-off." Mourinho nodded.

Five days later, Newcastle played as a substitute in the league and drew with Aston Villa [-]-[-] away, while Arsenal won [-]-[-] at home and extended their lead to six points. At this point, everyone can see that Newcastle has given up the league and is preparing to specialize in the Champions League. Arsenal's league title is already within easy reach.

PS: After all, not many male students went there today, I just drank two bottles of beer deliberately...

My wife will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow, and I have to accompany her to the hospital in the morning. I can only update two chapters tomorrow. Lao Guo, I will try my best to update three chapters. If I can’t, please forgive me.

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