The strongest winger

Chapter 737 Ginger is still old and spicy

The next day, the mainstream European media tacitly used the same headline as the headline: the crazy second half.

"Last night ended two 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the second half. Interestingly, the results were beyond everyone's expectations. Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-4 at home, while Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 4-1 at home. That means the situation in the lower half is very clear. If there is no accident, the semi-final match will definitely be Chelsea VS Barcelona!"

Both the London media and the Catalan media even announced in advance that Chelsea and Barcelona will start two earth-shattering contests in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Messi, who returned to Barcelona from BJ at the beginning of the 2008-2009 season, took over the No. [-] jersey left by his predecessor Ronaldinho.

Because Ai Luo's data is more amazing than him, scoring an astonishing 31 goals in 38 league rounds, only 44 goals away from the Premier League record of 6 goals created last season, and it must be explained that Ai Luo did not participate in all 31 rounds of the league, 38 goals were scored in his 24 starts and 2 substitute appearances, and he also reached double digits in the assist list.

Of course, the Catalan media will naturally not use Aiello's advantages to compare with Messi, they use the whole.

Spain's victory in the European Cup in 2008 was largely related to Barcelona's tiki-taka tactics. As a loyal fan of tiki-taka tactics, Barcelona has adopted your tactics for more than 20 years. From La Masia to the first team, they are all based on pass and control. Barcelona's ball possession rate in many games this season even exceeded 70%, completely practicing pass and control to the extreme.

In addition, head coach Pep Guardiola has added a more modern idea to the traditional tiki-taka tactical concept, perfectly integrating the pass control organization and high-position pressing.

Therefore, the Catalan media is full of confidence that Barcelona may meet Chelsea in the semi-finals.

Juan Ramos, who had been slapped in the face by Aiello countless times, took the opportunity to stand up and said in the official column: "Mourinho is a plagiarist of Barcelona, ​​but he didn't learn the real skills. Instead, he figured out a set of defensive tactics that went against the trend. It's really ridiculous. And what about Ai, the best scorer in Premier League history? In a low-level league like the Premier League, what is there to show off? If Barcelona vs. Chelsea in the semi-finals, then the result must be Barcelona beat Chelsea!"

Before the English media had time to speak, the local media in Valencia couldn't help it. In their minds, Ai Luo was equivalent to a god-like existence. The former defeated general Juan Carlos dared to blatantly and out of context say that Ai Luo was wrong.

"Valencia Sports" also published a statement on its official website: "Is Barcelona really invincible? Maybe in Spain, but they are not in Europe. Chelsea with Ai is recognized as the 'cosmic team'! Why does Barcelona beat Chelsea? By mouth?"

The English media immediately joined in the bombardment of the Catalan media.

Against this background, not many people have noticed a news announcement on Liverpool's official website: "Thanks to Rafael Benitez for his outstanding contributions to Liverpool in the past five years, but today I have to announce a sad news. After the two parties reached a friendly agreement, Rafael Benitez will no longer serve as the team's head coach..."

Suddenly, the whole of Europe was shaken.

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Although Liverpool’s official answer on the surface was that an agreement was reached through friendly negotiations between the two parties, everyone knows that this is just a cover. During Christmas, it was revealed that Liverpool executives gave Benitez an ultimatum, either the league champion or the Champions League champion. Now in April, Liverpool ranks fourth in the league.

Moreover, in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, they lost 1:4 at home to Chelsea. Anyone with a little vision can see that Liverpool is powerless, so Liverpool officially announced that they reached an agreement to take care of Benitez's face. After all, as a famous European coach, it is very embarrassing to be fired.

When Ai Luo saw the news that Benitez had left the position of Liverpool's head coach, he didn't feel relieved for a long time.

In his impression, the time when Benitez left office should be in the summer of 2010, just to take over from Inter Milan who lost Mourinho...

But soon, Ai Luo reacted.

After the little wings of his little butterfly flapped gently, it has already caused great changes in the world of football, and many results are very different from his impression.

On the weekend, Chelsea played against Bolton at home. The Chelsea players in the game continued the state of the game that beat Liverpool in the middle of the week. They defeated the Premier League 'nursing home' Bolton 4-0 cleanly.

With only 6 rounds left in the league, they still lead Manchester United by 9 points. The defending champion of the league is already infinitely close. If Manchester United loses or draws the next day, it will be even better...

It is a pity that Manchester United defeated Sunderland 2:1 in the away game with goals from the hot Cristiano Ronaldo and Italian teenager Macheda, thus chasing Chelsea.

However, this will not affect Chelsea's defending journey. With only 6 rounds left in the league, the 9-point gap is still an insurmountable gap.

And in the middle of the week, Manchester United has to put more energy into the Champions League quarter-finals, because they were scored two away goals by Porto in the first round of the home game, which means that they must win the game at the Dragon Stadium to enter the Champions League semi-finals.

Of course, standing 3:3 with Porto at the Dragon Stadium can also qualify for promotion, but this risk is too great...

Midweek starts with Chelsea playing Liverpool at home and Bayern Munich playing Barcelona.

只是这两场欧冠1/4决赛次回合较量在比赛前已经失去了悬念，切尔西客场4：1击败利物浦，而巴塞罗那则在主场干净利落的4：0击败拜仁慕尼黑，落后的一方想要在九10分钟逆转比赛晋级欧冠半决赛基本上是不可能发生的事情。

Especially in the match between Chelsea and Liverpool at home, Liverpool's morale can be said to have fallen to the bottom, with a large number of injuries in the midfield, and Mascherano and Lucas were also suspended for cumulative yellow cards.

Chelsea defeated Liverpool 2-0 at home and advanced to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League with a total score of 6-1.

In another UEFA Champions League quarter-final at the same time, although Bayern Munich was at the Allianz Arena at home, it did not give them hope of advancing. Messi's early goal set the tone for Barcelona to advance to the Champions League semi-finals.

In the end, Bayern Munich drew 1:1 with Barcelona at home, and the latter advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 5:1.

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When the results of the promotion came out, no one was surprised. After all, they had already seen the clues in the first round of the quarter-finals.

But at this time, the London media and the Catalan media started a confrontation.

Since the 2004-2005 season, Chelsea and Barcelona have become life and death. In that season, the Catalan media believed that Chelsea was an international mercenary, a victory bought by money. In the 2005-2006 season, the conflict between the two teams reached its peak in the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League.

At that time, it directly led to the early retirement of the referee Swede Frisk.

Now that Chelsea and Barcelona meet in the more important semi-finals of the Champions League, there will inevitably be a bloodbath.

The headline of the "World Sports Daily" reported on the day: "It is really exciting to finally meet Chelsea in the semi-final! I believe this semi-final will be the same as the UEFA Champions League 1/8 final three years ago, defeating Chelsea by a big score! Because Barcelona is stronger than Barcelona three years ago! And it also has a phenomenal star like Messi. How can we be eliminated? In addition, the coach of Chelsea is the famous 'executor'. He made the then young referee Frisk retire early..."

Obviously, the intention of "World Sports Daily" is to make the conflict between Mourinho and the referee public.

With Mourinho's low profile in the past two seasons, many referees have followed their own professional ethics and have no intention of blacking Mourinho at all.

But it’s different now. The Swede Frisk was a young referee trained by UEFA, and he was very popular in the refereeing circle, but because of Mourinho’s remarks, he was ruined. Therefore, the refereeing circle is very dissatisfied with Mourinho, and UEFA officials are also very dissatisfied, but because of the principle of fairness and justice, plus time can destroy many things...

It's just that it's different now that it's brought up again.

This means that the semi-finals of the Champions League between Barcelona and Chelsea will very likely be off the whistle.

However, Mourinho Jiang is still old and spicy. The first time the "World Sports Daily" talked about this topic, he said in an interview with the "Guardian": "Some things exist objectively. I can't let my team suffer from being dumb. I can fully guarantee my honor to God!"

(End of this chapter)