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Chapter 42 Knockout Stage

After the game against Freiburg, even though Kaiserslautern entered the devil's schedule, they still maintained a very strong strength in all aspects of the game, and the state of the players was not affected by the tight schedule. What ups and downs.

On February 2th, in the fifth round of the league, Kaiserslautern faced Benfica at their home court. Although Jiang Feng chose a large number of substitute players in this game, amidst the cheers of the home fans, he finally won by 4 With a narrow victory over Benfica than 2, Kaiserslautern, which has won 1 games in 5 games, accumulated 5 points and locked in the first place in the group one round ahead of schedule.

On February 2th, the 7th round of the Bundesliga was held as scheduled. Kaiserslautern went to the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium to challenge Stuttgart. Kaiserslautern received a severe challenge in this game. In 20 minutes, Stuttgart counterattacked successfully, and then conceded the ball again in the stoppage time of the first half. In the first half, they fell behind 8 to 0. This is the first time Kaiserslautern has played in the halftime Falling behind by as many as two goals, after Jiang Feng's adjustment in the second half, Ronaldo quickly pulled back a goal in the 2th minute.

Then in the 78th minute, De Rossi's long-range shot successfully equalized the score. This goal also made Stuttgart retreat across the board in an attempt to hold the tie. There was an momentum of breaking the boat.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Ronaldo's personal breakthrough caused the opponent's foul. Kaiserslautern got a free kick in the front court at the last moment, and practiced free kicks with Juninho Jr. Ronaldo, who has been around for a long time, personally took the penalty of this self-created opportunity.

In the end, Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick went through Stuttgart's goal, and Kaiserslautern staged a soul-stirring and shocking reversal in the away game 3-2, completely interpreting the spirit of the Bundesliga Red Devils.

Ronaldo, who scored twice in the league for the first time, hugged Jiang Feng and cried after the game. I don't know if Ronaldo did it on purpose. Anyway, his nose and tears wet a large area of ​​Jiang Feng's Armani trench coat, making Jiang Feng I can't laugh or cry.

And after the victory, Kaiserslautern received another good news, that is, Bayern lost. Bayern Munich challenged Cologne, which was deep in the relegation zone, in this game. In this game, Cologne set up an iron barrel formation against Bayern at their home court. Bayern had 17 shots and 10 shots on goal in the game without a single goal. Instead, they were defeated by Cologne in the 89th minute of the game. The team succeeded in a sneak attack, and this shot that resulted in a goal was the second shot of the Cologne team in this game.

The final score of the two teams was also fixed at 1-0. Cologne unexpectedly defeated Bayern at their home court, which was also the biggest upset of this round.

This result also shows that Bayern, which was originally 5 points behind Kaiserslautern, was once again opened up by Kaiserslautern. The point difference between the two teams in the standings has become 8 points.

On February 2th, the last round of the UEFA Cup group stage, Kaiserslautern will go to Spain to play an away game against Villarreal, Kaiserslautern, which has already won the first place in the group ahead of schedule. Jiang Feng sent a large number of substitute players and youth team players, such as Ibrahimovic, De Rossi, Kaka and Quaresma did not even go to Spain with the team.

The final result of the game was not beyond everyone's expectations. Kaiserslautern, who had only sent substitutes and youth team players, lost 0 to 3 to Villarreal in the away game.

In this way, the group stage of the UEFA Cup 8 groups is all over, and the top 16 list is also produced.

Liverpool and Lyon in Group A qualify together; the two teams qualifying in Group B are Udinese and Newcastle; Group C is the group where Kaiserslautern is located. Real Real came in second and got another qualifying place in this group; in Group D, Alaves and Tottenham had the last laugh; in Group E, there were no accidents, and it was rare for Real Madrid to fall into the UEFA Cup Successfully won the first place in the group, and the second place in this group is the giants Eindhoven from the Eredivisie; the F group is the opposite. The biggest upset of this UEFA Cup, Athens AEK won the first and second places in the group. Atlanta joined hands to enter the round of 16; the qualifying teams in Group G were Hertha Berlin and Everton; in Group H, Valencia and Perugia had the last laugh, while Jiang Feng’s old club Leyton Orient lost all six games Conceding 19 goals without scoring a goal was dismal, which also made Leyton Orient a joke in European football.

In the final 16 teams, the Premier League occupies four seats, La Liga has the same four seats, Serie A has three seats, the Bundesliga has only two seats in Kaiserslautern and Berlin Hurt, one in Ligue [-], one in Eredivisie, The last one is from Greece.

Judging from the distribution of this seat, the Premier League, the five major European leagues, has slowly begun to exert its strength.

The day after the end of the group stage, UEFA drew lots for the round of 16 in Zurich.

In the end, Kaiserslautern was divided into the lower half, and the eight teams in the lower half were Kaiserslautern, Liverpool, Udinese, Alaves, Atlanta, PSV Eindhoven, Everton , Perugia; the eight teams in the upper half are: Real Madrid, AEK Athens, Hertha Berlin, Valencia, Lyon, Newcastle, Villarreal, Tottenham.

According to the rules of this round, the 16-to-8 matchup list in the first half is: Real Madrid vs Newcastle, Athens AEK vs Villarreal, Hertha Berlin VS Lyon, Valencia VS Tottenham.

The matchups in the second half are: Kaiserslautern VS Everton, Liverpool VS Atlanta, Udinese VS Eindhoven, Alaves VS Perugia.

According to the competition rules of the UEFA Cup this season, the team with the first place in the group has the home court advantage, so Kaiserslautern will be home first and then away. The UEFA Cup 16-to-8 match will start on February 2.

Therefore, there is still plenty of time left for Jiang Feng. After learning who the opponent is, Jiang Feng immediately arranged for the club's scouts to start collecting information on Toffee according to his past habits.

After getting such a matchup table, the outside media are also conducting a large-scale analysis, analyzing which of the 16 teams has the greatest chance of winning the final championship. Of course, Real Madrid must occupy the top spot in these analyses. The number one position. After all, the Galaxy Battleship fell to the UEFA Cup. If they still can't win the final championship, they will definitely be criticized by the media. According to the analysis of many media reporters, Kaiserslautern's chances of winning the championship are ranked first. 16th place among 5 teams.

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