Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 657
Two Premier League teams are going to the Champions League semi-finals, which is a big event for the Premier League-this is the first time that two teams have entered the European Champions Cup semi-finals at the same time, and it is the first time after a year. Once a Premier League team appeared in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Last season's glorious Serie A this season can be described as extremely miserable. Compared with last season's grand occasion of three teams appearing in the Champions League semi-finals, this season's group stage has eliminated two strong teams, Lazio and Inter Milan. It was so miserable that even the qualification for the UEFA Cup was not obtained. Juventus was also eliminated in the quarter-finals, and AC Milan was eliminated in the quarter-finals. It's gone downhill.

This season's dark horse rampage also seems to indicate that the European continent has entered an era of rising heroes, but no one expected that this situation only appeared this year-this season is a subversive season.

The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on April 21 and 22, with Newcastle again on Wednesday, starting with Chelsea away to Monaco.

In this game, Monaco suppressed Chelsea with a mercury-like attack from the very beginning, especially Roten's breakthrough on the left made Chelsea's right back Melchiot very difficult to guard against - the Dutch player who replaced Johnson The defender couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm at all. In the 17th minute, Roten's breakthrough created a free kick. He personally drove the ball into the penalty area. The ball hit Crespo and changed the line. Everyone hit the ball in front of the gate guarded by Ambrosio!
Monaco had another great chance after that as Morientes' header went just wide, but a passive Chelsea equalized six minutes later, with Gudjohnsen's assist helping Crespo in front of goal A strong shot tied the score.

The ensuing game fell into a stalemate. Although they were still suppressed by Monaco, Chelsea gradually reversed the situation, and they ushered in a good opportunity after the start of the second half. Veteran Desailly put in an assist and was fiercely attacked by Greek international Ziks The referee showed a red card without hesitation, and Chelsea gained the numerical advantage!

Chelsea, who had the upper hand, launched a fierce attack, but Monaco defended extremely tenaciously. The Italian goalkeeper Roma performed particularly well, saving several very threatening shots from Chelsea in a row.

At this time, Ranieri made a wrong judgment. After seeing Pursau being replaced by a defender, he thought that Monaco had no ability to counterattack, so he replaced defender Mel with striker Hasselbaink Chiot, changed into three forwards to strengthen the offense.

The heavily pressed Chelsea defense was full of flaws, and Giuly quickly made them suffer. In a beautiful quick counterattack, he broke through and passed Morientes, who was unguarded in the penalty area, and the Spanish striker relaxed in front of the goal. Breaking the net, two to one, the passive Monaco took the lead!

Just 5 minutes later, Roundup, who came off the bench, scored again. Monaco defeated Chelsea [-]-[-] in a passive situation and gained a considerable advantage!

"Raieri is too greedy, he shouldn't underestimate Monaco's ability to counterattack."

After watching the game, Mourinho commented: "If he can be more cautious, then they can at least get a one-to-one draw in the away game, and even win... He replaced a defender It will only make Deschamps fight back with determination, and there is no defender in the backcourt who can keep up with Giuly in speed, and failure will happen sooner or later."

"Maybe it's because he's under too much pressure." Pei Wei said: "I have invested so much in the league, but I can only achieve the same results as last season. Abramovich will definitely not be satisfied. It was his only life-saving straw. Under pressure, it is normal to resort to faint tricks... Abramovich is good at everything, but he likes to meddle in team affairs too much, and Ranieri is not a person who can bear it. People under pressure...Chelsea, this year will probably be the final four."

"What about us?" Mourinho asked suddenly.

Pei Wei laughed: "Our goal? Of course the champion..."

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Although the club has never announced that the goal of this season is to win the Champions League, but the game has reached this point, it must be false to say that the club has no ambition to win the championship, and Newcastle fans are also eagerly waiting for the team to appear Schalke Stadium (Champions Cup final venue)!
In the first round of the semi-finals, Newcastle played at home against Deportivo who came to challenge.

Like Real Sociedad, Deportivo's performance in the league this season is not very good. The top four positions are not worrying, and there is no hope of winning the championship-so the head coach Irueta also focused on the Champions League- Entering the semi-finals means that there is only one step away from the final, and who would not pay attention to the European Champions Cup, which represents the highest honor of European clubs?

For this game, the head coaches of both sides have made the most careful arrangements and sent their strongest lineup, hoping to get a good result after the game!

After nine 10 minutes of the game, Irueta smiled, and Mourinho raised his face. The final score of the game was zero to zero. No one scored even a goal, but for Newcastle He said that failing to win at home is tantamount to a failure.

He never expected that Irueta would use such tenacious defensive tactics against him. In this game, Troussier's formation was nothing unusual. It was also a four-five formation, but he used What's more, it's a completely different defense and counterattack tactics from the time against AC Milan!

Four defenders, two defensive midfielders hardly cross the center circle, and even the two full-backs Sergio and Forlan almost acted as full-back tactics, only Belleron and Tristan Let's harass the front, facing such an iron barrel formation, Newcastle tried their best and couldn't get in. In the end, they could only accept a zero-to-zero draw.

"This old guy is so embarrassing." After shaking his face and shaking hands with Irueta, Mourinho thought silently in his heart.

Deportivo Deportivo have always been famous for their smooth offense. Mourinho originally thought that they would still attack Newcastle in this game and use offense to get as many away goals as possible. For this reason, Mourinho O also deliberately put two full-backs with relatively strong defensive capabilities on the wing, but it didn't work at all. It was too late when Mourinho started to adjust the lineup to increase offensive players. Coruña barely passed the half-time and stubbornly kept the tie until the end.

According to the statistics of the whole game, Newcastle's shots were as high as 21 times, thirteen times within the range of the goal frame, and Deportivo's shots were only seven times, and they were within the range of the goal frame four times-but the final result was that Deportivo was in the goal frame. St James' Park took away a draw, which also allowed them to take a certain advantage in the second leg of their home game.

In the post-match press conference, Irueta, the old Jianghu, did not look complacent. He first complimented Newcastle's strong offensive ability, and then said that it was very difficult for Deportivo to win a goal at St. James' Park. "Such a draw is very beneficial to the second round of the game, but we still can't relax, because Newcastle is fully capable of winning a victory at our home court, we must play in a better state than today The next game so that we can be on the field in the final."

Mourinho naturally wouldn't take Irueta's words seriously. If such an old Jianghu shows weakness after getting what he wants, he would be a fool if he listened to the truth: "I have nothing to say about today's game. La Coruña were tenacious and they got what they wanted. But the draw at home is not all bad news for us as we only need a win or a draw with one goal to qualify, After half a month, it will be time to see the outcome."

The two teams in the semi-finals of the Champions League had one loss and one draw. This made the British media, who were overwhelmed before the game, began to lament again. In their view, Chelsea's situation is already quite bad, and Newcastle's prospects are not good. Optimistic, it seems that in the past ten years, only Manchester United has been competitive in the Champions League in the Premier League. They are still inexperienced.

Interestingly, after these two semi-finals, Newcastle and Chelsea, the two disadvantaged teams, are about to meet in the league, but it is doubtful that in the face of the disadvantaged situation in the Champions League, "Lu Bu How much will the "Legion" and "RMB Legion" put in this almost irrelevant league?
But unexpectedly, neither Mourinho nor Ranieri stayed strong in this game. Instead, they used their main players to launch a fierce confrontation. In the end, the two sides drew two to two. Ibrahimovic and Shearer each scored a goal in the second half, and Lampard's long-range shot tied the score before the end. After this campaign, Arsenal left The championship is only one step away, and although they also drew this time, they only need to score four points from the remaining four games to be able to secure the championship.

PS: I'm afraid there are only two chapters today. I didn't expect the hospitalization procedures to be so complicated, including the medical insurance procedures. I ran for a day today, and my wife was checking in the hospital, mother.

There must be another chapter in the evening. Everyone, get ready for the monthly pass after noon tomorrow. No matter how much or how little, Lao Guo will definitely pay it back. I will try my best not to owe any debts this month. If I owe it, I will pay it off soon. .

(End of this chapter)