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Chapter 182 Earth Defense War ([-])

The national team match day is over, and the next is the final sprint stage of the major leagues, a critical period that determines the final results of a season.

It's a pity that on the Bundesliga side, due to Bayern's strength, the Bundesliga champion has long been out of suspense.

On March 3, in the 30th round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 27 played against Hoffenheim at home.

The current Hoffenheim is a standard relegation team, ranking 17th in the Bundesliga.

Although it will be the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of last week, Schalke 04 still arranged all the main players to play in this game.

Because the Cosmos team Barcelona was drawn in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Stevens also lacked confidence and didn't think his team could eliminate the opponent.

At the Schalke Stadium, Lee Chenglong scored twice in the first half, and Finnish striker Pukki, who came off the bench in the second half, scored another goal. Schalke 04 easily won Huo Cun 3:0 at home.

而本轮其他比赛中，多特蒙德客场2:1击败斯图加特，勒沃库森客场4:1击败杜塞尔多夫，就连最近接连丢分的法兰克福也客场3:2击败了菲尔特。

But the most exaggerated is Bayern, who slaughtered Hamburg 9:2 at home.

Allianz Slaughterhouse, that really deserves its reputation.

In the Bundesliga standings after this round, Bayern has 72 points, Schalke has 54 points, Dortmund has 52 points, Leverkusen has 48 points, and Frankfurt has 42 points.

Judging from the points, Bayern is currently ahead of No.2 Schalke by 18 points, and they will be able to win the championship early in the next round at the earliest.

And Frankfurt is obviously about to fall behind. Schalke 04 leads them by 12 points, so there is no need to worry about qualifying for the Champions League.

Therefore, today's Schalke 04 is trying to play the Champions League as much as possible, and strive for the German Cup championship.

In this round of competition, both Lee Chenglong and Kisling scored twice, and Lewandowski scored a goal.

So in the scorer list, Lee Jackie scored 21 goals, Lewandowski scored 20 goals, and Kisling scored 18 goals.

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After the league, the next step is the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

This season, three teams from the Bundesliga have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In the first round, the duo in the Ruhr area will be a guest in Spain, while Bayern will be at home against the Old Lady.

German sports TV has set goals for the three German teams competing in the Champions League.

"According to the current situation, there should be no problem for the extremely strong Bayern to win Juventus at home. The only thing to pay attention to is not to let the opponent get away goals."

"As long as Dortmund play normally in the away game and do not lose, then there is no big problem for them to return to the Westfalenstadion and win the game in one fell swoop."

"The only worry is Schalke 04. They face Cosmos Barcelona in the quarter-finals, and they will be away at Camp Nou in the first round. The possibility of them losing is very high. The only thing they can do is try not to lose away. Too much."

"As long as they don't lose too much in the away game, they still have a chance to return to the home game."

"No matter what the final result is, we should all bless these three teams."

"This season, three Bundesliga teams have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and they have not met each other in the quarter-finals. This has given us an opportunity. For the first time, there may be three Bundesliga teams. Chance to enter the semi-finals of the Champions League."

In the UEFA Champions League in the 97/98 season, although three Bundesliga teams entered the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League at that time, Bayern and Dortmund directly encountered each other in the quarter-finals. It is impossible for three teams to enter the semi-finals together.

In fact, that year, Bayern and Dortmund were eliminated after a direct match in the quarterfinals. Leverkusen also lost to the final champion Real Madrid in the quarterfinals. Only Dortmund entered the semi-finals.

And in the history of the Champions League, not to mention three Bundesliga teams entering the Champions League semi-finals together, or two teams entering the semi-finals, that has never happened before.

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Facing Barcelona, ​​Schalke 04 is considered to be an absolutely weak side.

But Li Chenglong thinks this matchup is quite good. First of all, the attention of the game will be very large. Unlike the Celtics in the top 04, Schalke [-] easily won the game by a big score, but they didn't get much. Pay attention, because everyone thinks it's just pecking at each other, and it doesn't matter what the result is.

And facing Barcelona, ​​even if you lose the game, you will not be blamed. Others will think that the loss is justified, because you are facing the Cosmos team.

And once a good result is played against Barcelona, ​​it will immediately get a lot of attention, and it can even be said to attract the attention of the whole world.

The most important thing is that Li Chenglong knows that the current Barcelona team, which has the name of the Cosmic Team, is actually on the decline, and it is not an invincible Cosmic Team at all.

So the situation of Schalke 04 is not as pessimistic as the German media imagined, Schalke can have a chance to gamble.

Give it a go, the bike turns into a motorcycle.

So before going to Spain, Li Chenglong was not pessimistic when interviewed by the media.

"Barcelona is really strong and Messi is the top player, but we don't need to be afraid."

"Football is not a game where the strong win, but a game where the winner is strong."

"Only the team that wins in the end will be recognized. There have been many matches in football where the weak beat the strong. Why can't we be next?"

In addition to Jackie Lee, there are people who are not afraid of Barcelona, ​​and that is the big-mouthed chairman Tenis.

He behaved more confidently in front of the media than Jackie Lee.

"I'm actually happy to draw Barcelona, ​​it's a good chance for us to get revenge."

"We are currently unbeaten in the Champions League and Barcelona have lost two games. They should be the one to be afraid of."

Regardless of whether Tenis's self-confidence is faked or really stupid and bold, this time can just boost the morale of the team.

So far this season, Schalke 04 has 5 wins, 3 draws and remains unbeaten in the Champions League. It is currently the only three unbeaten teams, the other two being Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain.

And Schalke 04 and Barcelona had one and only one encounter in the European War, that is the Champions League in the 07/08 season, and it happened to be the quarterfinals. But in the quarter-finals, Barcelona was eliminated by a 1-0 home and away game.

So now if Schalke 04 can really eliminate the opponent this time, it is indeed revenge.

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April 4st, April Fool's Day, was also on this day, the entire Schalke team departed from Dusseldorf and boarded a flight to Barcelona.

Schalke 04 needs to go one day in advance to prepare for the defense of the earth against the space team's defense of the earth.

Coming out of Barcelona Airport, there were not many Barcelona fans "picking up" the scene. Instead, there were many Schalke fans who rushed to Spain in advance. They cheered loudly for the Schalke team at the airport.

It seems that Barcelona fans also feel that facing the cannon fodder Schalke, there is no need to do those interference moves, and they will win anyway.

If facing teams of the level of Real Madrid and Bayern, Barcelona fans would never dare to be so calm.

This is also convenient for Schalke, who can prepare for the game without interference.

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