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Oh-my-god, Zhou brutally killed Liverpool's last hope.

Zhou! He did a great job! The game... over!

Marcel Leif and Bob Clem uttered a shout at the same time as Zhou Tiancheng pushed Liverpool's last set-piece opportunity out of the penalty area, but the mood was completely different.

At the same time, four minutes of stoppage time in the second half had passed. Kasai glanced at his watch, pointed his hands to the middle circle, and whistled two short and one long whistles, announcing the end of the game.

The game is over! With Zhou Tiancheng's penalty kick, Schalke 04 drew 1:1 away and eliminated Liverpool with a total score of 3:2! Congratulations to Zhou Tiancheng, he will represent a Chinese player for the first time in the Champions League semi-finals. This is a moment to make history. However, there is some bad news to share with fans.

Duan Xuan paused before continuing: The other match that was going on at the same time has also ended. Manchester United defeated Chelsea 1-0 at home. That is to say, Schalke's opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2004 will be the defending champion...

The Chinese fans in front of the TV breathed a sigh of relief. Duan Xuan gasped for breath, they thought something happened to Zhou Tiancheng.

Nimma! Can you stop playing with the heartbeat like this, Duan Xuan's cadence makes my heartbeat speed up.

What kind of bad news is this? Is it normal to meet the defending champion after entering the semi-finals? Still want to rely on luck to win the championship? When will the football media in our country not rely on luck to pick opponents, and the national football team will not be far from the World Cup gone.

Isn't this the thinking of poor students? Good students don't care what questions the teacher asks.

Duan Xuan never expected that his words would cause Chinese fans to laugh at themselves every day.

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A day later, the other two quarter-finals also determined the promotion teams. Barcelona drew 1:1 at home with Bayern, and eliminated their opponents with a total score of 5:1. On the other hand, Arsenal exploded in the away game, beating Villarreal 3:0 and advancing with a total score of 4:1.

However, that night, Bayern, which had just been eliminated, issued an official announcement that shocked the entire German football world: After friendly negotiation between the club and myself, Mr. Jurgen Klinsmann will no longer be the head coach of the first team with immediate effect. Mr Inkers takes over as first-team manager for the remainder of the season.

Although rumors about Heynckes' replacement of Klinsmann have already spread, it is only a gossip after all, and some media are waiting to see if Bayern really makes up their minds. Another part of the media is guessing when Klinsmann will hand over the pointer.

After all, at the league level,

Bayern has a recovery momentum in the second half. Klinsmann has completed a certain amount of self-salvation, and hastily attacked the coaching position. The club is difficult to explain. However, losing four goals to Barcelona at home gave Bayern executives a reason to cut Klinsmann decisively. It is reasonable to change coaches at this time. And it also allows Bayern fans to see that the club's top management is actually working hard, which can block the mouth to a certain extent and ease the pressure of public opinion.

Even at night, Bayern's official announcement caused great repercussions immediately. However, some careful media and fans began to feel confused after reading this seemingly normal coaching change announcement.

The amount of information hidden behind the announcement is slightly larger. The key is the last sentence lead the team to complete the rest of the season.

This sentence fully shows that Heynckes is just a firefighting coach, that is, the nature of a transitional coach. So here comes the question: What are the performance indicators set by Bayern's top management for the remaining games? After the season, how likely is Heynckes to become a regular?

As for the results, it is actually not hard to guess. The German Cup championship and the qualification for the Champions League must be in Bayern's plan. As long as one of them fails to meet the standards, it is estimated that Bayern will not renew Heynckes next season.

The news of Bayern's coaching change is the headlines of all German sports media, but this sudden news caught Schalke's coaching staff by surprise.

The next round will challenge Bayern in an away game. Originally, Slomka had already made all the plans, but the opponent suddenly changed coaches, and the prepared plans may not be of much use.

However, this is not enough to make Slomka mess up. Schalke's overall style of play has long been perfected.

On the other hand, Heynckes, who has just taken office, is actually under more pressure. He has only taken over the team for three days, and he has to face Schalke 04, who has already touched the championship trophy with one hand. He didn't dare to overthrow the previous coach's tactics, and now he has no time to make tactical changes, so the first thing he did when he came to the team was to stabilize the morale of the army and inspire fighting spirit.

And after the Schalke team arrived in Munich, the pre-match press conference, Heynckes' official debut as head coach, attracted widespread attention.

Interestingly, this game can also be regarded as Heynckes rebelling against his former owner in another capacity - he had coached Schalke in the 2003-04 season, but the results of that season were not satisfactory, Schalke only won the league seventh.

When talking about Schalke, Heynckes also talked about the experience of coaching in Schalke: I am very lucky. I have coached and am coaching two of the best teams in Germany. Schalke is very strong. , It has been like that since I was coaching. With a tough team and now with key players like Zhou Tiancheng, it is not surprising that they have achieved the current ranking.

The Munich reporter immediately followed up on this topic and asked Heynckes if he had any targeted measures against Zhou Tiancheng. Heynckes smiled strangely: This topic is not suitable to talk about here. But you should know in your heart that no matter whether you are an individual or a team, we all With the best players in the entire Bundesliga and even in Europe, you will not be helpless against players of any level.

The Chinese reporters present and the media in Gelsenkirchen shrugged disapprovingly: Benitez thought so too. It's not like being blocked from the Champions League semi-finals.

Of course, they won't point it out, but they are secretly happy in their hearts. This kind of mentality is definitely the rhythm of following in Liverpool's footsteps!

The local reporters in Munich noticed that Heynckes had a deep meaning, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. This kind of smile usually shows that he has a bottom in his heart.

These reporters were just as excited. Bayern players are all experienced and experienced. What they lack is not technology, but a person who needs to lead them out of the psychological dead end at this time, and obviously. Good at handling the internal relationship in the locker room, good at guiding and communicating with the players, this is one of the things that Heynckes is obviously much better than Klinsmann.

Changing coaches is like changing knives. Most of the time, it is emphasized that the tactical changes of the new coach will bring immediate results. But for the rich, it's not always the case.

Because, the rich star itself is a knife! An excellent new coach just needs to make these sharp knives shine again. ()