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- In the first round of the four quarter-finals, the English team stole the show.
Newcastle defeated Bayern 4-2 at home, while Chelsea also defeated the veteran Serie A powerhouse Juventus 2-1 at home. Tony and Terry scored two headers. Juventus only relied on Cana in the second half. Varro's goal recovered one point. In the other two games, Lyon was tied 1-1 by PSV at home, while AC Milan relied on Stam and Shevchenko's goals at home to score 2-0. Defeating the city rival Inter Milan, one foot has entered the semi-finals.
In other words, the Premier League is likely to occupy two seats among the top four. If it can occupy two seats, among the four major leagues alongside the Premier League, La Liga has long been wiped out, and there will be no team left in the Bundesliga. In Serie A, at most there is only one team left.
Although this doesn¡¯t mean much. Two years ago, Serie A still occupied three of the semi-finals of the Champions League. But for the habitually arrogant English media, this seems to have proved that the Premier League has become the number one in Europe and even the world. league!
But in fact, neither Mourinho nor Benitez are as relaxed as the media made them out to be.
Newcastle's situation is better. After all, the advantage of two goal difference is relatively large, while Benitez's Chelsea only won one and allowed Juventus to get an away goal¡ª¡ªyou know, Juventus is a Serie A team, and it is the most standard Serie A team. Under the leadership of the standard Italian coach Capello, winning 1-0 is probably their best way to win. As long as they get a score of 1-0 at home, they will be able to eliminate Chelsea.
What's more, whether it is Bayern or Juventus, they are only external enemies to Newcastle and Chelsea. They also have internal enemies - Newcastle is Chelsea's internal enemy, and Chelsea is Newcastle's internal enemy.
Thirty-one rounds of the Premier League have passed. With only seven rounds left, Newcastle and Chelsea are 83 points and 82 points respectively. Their lead over Manchester United and Arsenal is already quite large. In fact, their only opponents are each other.
Seven rounds of competition, one point difference, what does this mean? Meaning over the next seven rounds. Both sides will try their best to grab points in the league. Lay the foundation for the final decisive battle!
In the last round of the league, Newcastle faced Chelsea at home Before that, no one can breathe a sigh of relief!
The problem is that they can't breathe a sigh of relief in the Champions League - how long can a person not breathe a sigh of relief? It won¡¯t be too long, and it¡¯s the same if you change the team!
In the media and newspapers. Saying Newcastle and Chelsea are the hope of the Premier League and the dignity of the Premier League also puts a lot of pressure on them.
Although neither Mourinho nor Benitez are people who work hard for fame, playing in the Champions League is not just for fame. There are also practical benefits!
With every step you take in the Champions League, you will get a lot more benefits!
TV broadcast sharing, home game income, increased club reputation, improved image Even if a player plays one more game in the Champions League, his reputation will increase a lot! So even if they grit their teeth, Mourinho and Benitez will go as far as they can in the Champions League!
??And Chelsea is facing the same situation as Newcastle. The games they play in April. As much as Newcastle!
Although Chelsea¡¯s first team has more players than Newcastle, these are the players Benitez often uses. It may not be more than Newcastle!
After all, Mourinho has been operating in Newcastle for more than a year, and Benitez has only been in charge of less than a year. This extra year means that Benitez can command more players with ease than Mourinho. Neo wants less!
You must know that over the past year or so, Mourinho has never stopped transforming Newcastle. Except for a few players, all of his players were personally selected by him and Pei Wei. Now Newcastle, It has been deeply marked by Mourinho's imprint.
And Chelsea still bears a strong imprint of the Ranieri era. Although Benitez bought and sold many people, after all, he did not have enough time.
Mourinho and Benitez know that when the Champions League is so tight now, the league may have to give up temporarily.
In this situation, you don¡¯t need to pay too much attention to the gap of one or two points in the league. After all, in the last round of the league, both sides still have the opportunity to directly compete. Although if one side can take the lead before the final round of the league, If the advantage expands to more than three points, then the direct confrontation in the last round will be meaningless, but the question is¡ª¡ªare they capable of doing this?
fromThe two teams were entangled at the beginning of the league. Sometimes Chelsea led, sometimes Newcastle led. Although Newcastle led much more often, it was only four points ahead of Chelsea at most.
At this point in the league, no one is sure to do this, especially since both teams have already entered the quarterfinals in the Champions League, and there is no reason to give up the Champions League match.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Mourinho and Benitez made a decision in unison.
The thirty-second round of the match is on April 9. Chelsea faces Birmingham at home, while Newcastle faces Tottenham Hotspur away.
Neither of these two teams are particularly strong. Although Tottenham are Arsenal's mortal enemy and a well-known team in London, their results this season have not been very good and they are currently only ranked ninth. position, Birmingham is ranked 14th, compared with Newcastle and Chelsea, it is a step behind the boss.
It¡¯s just that when these two teams saw the lineups of Newcastle and Chelsea, they were all angry.
Without him, Newcastle and Chelsea sent out a standard full substitute lineup in these two games.
Except for captain Terry, midfielder Lampard and forward Toni, all the other players Chelsea sent were substitutes. Newcastle was even more exaggerated. Except for midfielder Essien and forward Drogba, the other players who had participated in the game were all substitutes. All the main players from the last Champions League game did not play!
Even if we are a bit behind you in points and we are still a mid-table team in the Premier League, why do you look down on me so much?
This is probably what the players from Birmingham and Tottenham thought after seeing the lineups of Newcastle and Chelsea.
Although Newcastle and Chelsea have the financial resources, there are also first-class players among their substitutes, such as Chelsea's Gudjohnsen, Ke?man, Cudicini, and Bridge, and Newcastle's Kufuor, Trabelsi, and Given. , Janus, Shearer none of them are worse than the main players of these two teams, but such a large rotation before the start of the second round of the Champions League obviously means that the league is easier to play than the Champions League. Well, that means we are easier to deal with!
As soon as this lineup came out, Tottenham's head coach Santini and Birmingham's head coach Bruce didn't need to mobilize. The players of both teams were already in high morale, clamoring to give their opponents who despised them a good look. "Given's clearance ball was blocked by Simon Davis with his bodyThe ball rolled into the penalty area, Defoe! Defoe shot! Given pounced on the ball, but the ball still flew into the goal! Tottenham scored a goal at home Ahead of zero! Nice goal!¡±
With the passionate shouts of the commentator, huge cheers rang out over the White Hart Lane stadium.
This is the 42nd minute of the first half. Tottenham played proactively at their home court. They did not give up their offense except defending Newcastle's attack, and finally took the lead before the end of the first half!
On another field in London, Birmingham also performed extremely well. In the first half, they withstood waves of Chelsea's attacks. Although the goal was shaky, Chelsea did not break the goal!
Twenty minutes after the start of the second half, Newcastle still failed to break through Tottenham. At this time, news came from Stamford Bridge, another stadium in London, that made Mourinho happy.
Birmingham is also ahead! Uruguayan striker Pandiani opened the door guarded by Cudicini with a beautiful header in the 65th minute!
The teams ranked first and second in the standings are actually led by the teams ranked ninth and fourteenth - this has never happened in the Premier League in recent years!
"Perhaps we are too trusting" Mourinho said softly to Pei Wei. The "us" in his mouth naturally included Benitez.
"This is the advantage of the weak team. If the strong team is distracted by the Champions League, the weak team will naturally have a chance to defeat the strong team" Pei Wei seemed very open-minded about this: "The Champions League is equally important. Besides, we are still one point ahead, so even if we lose a few points, it won¡¯t be a problem. I don¡¯t think Chelsea can continue their winning streak before playing against us. After all, if our current points were compared to previous years, it would be more than enough to win the championship.¡±
"That's what I say, but I won't let Tottenham take away three points. Maybe we can't maintain the winning streak, but in the away game, we must get at least one point." Mourinho stood up, Robert and Lennon were called from the bench and asked to warm up. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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