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Chapter 331

Liverpool, an opponent who has met three times in a row in the Premier League, I don’t know what kind of mood Chelsea fans are holding to prepare to watch the semi-final confrontation. Anyway, many people are already considering whether to book the final tickets in advance .

Even many Liverpool fans feel a little sad about their future opponent after eliminating Juventus. After all, Chelsea has left them with too many painful memories this season. After the final, he was knocked down by his opponent again.

When Liverpool eliminated the "Old Lady", many Liverpool fans sang the team song away, as if their era of the Red Army had come again, Shankly's soul once again made God favor Liverpool, and they wanted to let the The prestige of the Red Army reverberates in Europe!
Mourinho and Benitez have to accept this face-to-face duel again this time, but surprisingly, after Liverpool eliminated Juventus, Mourinho did not mention his opponent in an interview, he just He told reporters that he will prepare well for the semi-finals.

Anyway, the reporters in England didn't seem to have much opinion on who would win the semi-finals. What made them excited was that, a few years after Manchester United won the Champions League, there was finally another Premier League team that could stand The Champions League final is on.

As for whether Liverpool will be the lucky one or Chelsea will be a representative, there is not much difference. After all, for the Premier League, they need the Champions League trophy too much now. They want to use such a trophy to prove one thing. The Premier League is definitely the number one league in the world now!

Don't those giants in Serie A and La Liga often laugh at the Premier League, except for Liverpool, there is no era that can dominate the European arena?Now Chelsea and Liverpool will shoulder the heavy responsibility of winning the championship, let those people take a good look at how terrible the rise of the Premier League is!
In many cases, it takes more courage to admit than to oppose the reality that a Premier League team is doomed to reach the 2005 Champions League final, and the semi-final two weeks later will be turned into an out-and-out by Liverpool and Chelsea. British Derby".

There have never been two English teams reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League at the same time, only Leeds United and Celtic in 1970, and Liverpool and Dundee United in 1984, but that was between the English and the Scots. Cooperation is not the history of English clubs.

But now those England fans can finally roar at those Serie A and La Liga giants who once dominated the European arena, I have come back!The horns of John Bull have now turned over you guys who stand in the way, now it's time for the Premier League to rule!
Many times, facing reality is more painful than escaping from reality. The pain is that Juventus actually only needs a 1:0 at home to successfully enter the ranks of the semi-finals, and the process of the game once seemed infinite It was close to this goal, but the "Old Lady" led by Capello, after experiencing ten offside penalties at home, was euthanized like a terminally ill person whose painful nerves were excised.
This time Liverpool won the strong dialogue in the most Chelsea way. They used the iron barrel defense to stifle the delusions of those Italian fans. Similarly, they also ground Del Piero and others in this kind of strangulation. Human spirituality won the tickets to the semi-finals with the most unappreciative way of playing. After the game, some reporters in England even wrote in the report that we killed them with the tactics of the Italians.

But those Italian journalists and commentators lamented helplessly at the moment of the end of the game. Juventus is now too weak to kill a team that can rank seventh in the Premier League. They not only lost the game , It made Serie A lose another fortress.

Originally, when the Premier League officially emerged, Serie A was chased and intercepted by opponents because of its weakening economic conditions. Perhaps more than ten years ago, they could still laugh at the English's backwardness. Even Zola and Vialli could not play in Serie A. The main players in the game can all succeed in the Premier League, which makes many Italian fans look down on the poor and rich Premier League.

But in just ten years, the Premier League is now so strong that the Italians are desperate, especially when Chelsea began to rise rapidly with the support of a lot of money, the gap between the Premier League clubs and the Serie A giants has gradually narrowed. shrinking.

Just look at the European competitions in the past two years. Chelsea has reached the semi-finals for two consecutive years, but last season, no Serie A team appeared in the semi-finals. Maybe you would say that was an accident, but this The season is still the same. Now there are two Premier League teams in the top four, but there is only one AC Milan left in Italy. As long as they can reach the final, they must meet their opponents from England head-on.

"The demise of the small World Cup is unavoidable. The financial gap has made Serie A no longer a gold rush for players. Only the Premier League can attract those high-level players to join. Perhaps this situation will further increase in the next ten years. , until we are utterly hopeless."

This is the prediction of the Italian media for the future. With the influx of foreign funds into the Premier League, Italy’s attraction to those world-class stars is declining year by year. Even giant clubs such as AC Milan and Inter Milan have to guard against their players. The Premier League poached.

This is not alarmist talk, but a real situation. With the Premier League clubs spending tens of millions of euros to acquire players, it is estimated that only Inter Milan in Serie A is willing to invest so much money, and that is because of Moratti. The reason for the mad chair.

Even AC Milan said before the end of the season that they may not bring in any big-name players in the summer transfer market, and Galliani's work focus is on renewing the contract with the players In fact, in the case of Serie A's decadent economic situation, even a big-name team like AC Milan can only dig out its potential in its own league, buy someone?The transfer fee of tens of millions is indeed not a small burden.

Especially the checkbook that the Chelsea team has already opened has put pressure on many teams. No one knows what kind of storm these lunatics are planning to create in the transfer market. It is difficult to make a sound, this is the helplessness of the Serie A team.

Maybe the fans of Serie A could still laugh at the English’s sloppy way of playing on the field, but since this season, they have already felt the changes in the opponent’s tactics and playing style through real games, and the group of Englishmen have become smarter up.

Especially after Mourinho joined Chelsea, it seems that many Premier League teams have suddenly become enlightened. They know how to weigh the pros and cons in the game. Some stupid mistakes are gradually disappearing from the Premier League teams. Very smooth.

Defensively, reduce turnovers, and kill the opponent's control. This style of play has gradually penetrated into the tactical play of the Premier League team. Maybe the Italians should look up now. When the Premier League teams encounter them, they will also Playing a defense that is even more concrete than them.

After Liverpool eliminated Juventus, now many Serie A fans have put their last hope on AC Milan. They can only count on this Rossoneri, which has been galloping in the European continent for many years, to win in the final in Istanbul. Get rid of those rude Englishmen.

But they have to overcome the hurdle of Eindhoven first. After 120 minutes of hard work, the Lyon team, which many people were optimistic about, failed to break through at the Philips Stadium. This group also expects to break into the semi-finals again The Frenchman finally fell in the penalty shootout.

This is also the first time a penalty shoot-out has occurred in the UEFA Champions League this season after reaching the knockout stage. In the first half, Lyon relied on Wiltord's goal to lead Eindhoven in the No. 12 minute, but The team led by Hiddink fought back strongly in the last ten minutes.

In the nearly desperate attack, Eindhoven gambled successfully. Before the end of the game, they relied on Alex's supplementary shot in front of the goal to penetrate the goal guarded by Kupe and put Eindhoven's life on the line. Huo Wen team dragged back to the battle for the top four seats.

However, in the ensuing game and overtime, although the offensive firepower of both sides was very fierce, they failed to knock on the opponent's goal in the end. They could only enter the final penalty shootout with a total score of 2:2 in the two rounds. , that is no longer a battlefield where strength determines everything.

But the French have never had any advantage in penalty shootouts, from the national team to the club. Maybe only when Zidane leads, they can have a bit of luck in penalty shootouts, but such good luck It was not passed to Lyon.

Two of four free throws, this is Lyon's penalty score. After Coupe tried his best to save Beasley's penalty, his teammates failed to live up to the expectations, no matter how much Lyon occupied in the game. With a long-term advantage, they could only leave the Netherlands with a depressed face in the end.

However, Hiddink didn't seem very excited about his team's victory. No wonder, this Dutch old man who was able to lead the South Korean team all the way to the World Cup semi-finals really didn't need to cheer for such a result in the Champions League semi-finals, and he I also know that this is already the limit.

"The gap between us and AC Milan? Maybe the quality of the trophies in the honor showroom of the two teams can explain everything." This is what Hiddink said to reporters after the game. The Dutchman is very clear, A large part of PSV's ability to enter the semi-finals is due to luck.

Want to hack AC Milan?Like what the Deportivo team did last year?It is estimated that Hiddink himself has not thought about it, but his brain is still clear. This time Ancelotti's team will definitely not make the same mistakes as last year. Eindhoven has no chance.

The semi-finals, one is already considered a miracle, maybe the fans of Eindhoven should put aside all distracting thoughts and get ready to enjoy the semi-final against AC Milan, after all, guys like Kaka and Shevchenko are not often able to Came to hang around Philips Stadium.

For the match between AC Milan and Eindhoven, it seems that there will not be too many surprises. Now there may only be a little suspense in the match between Chelsea and Liverpool, but how big is this suspense? Maybe the first round of the game is over. After that, the answer will be revealed.

Lin Yi watched the first round of the semi-finals, turned his head and said to Mourinho, "This season, we want Liverpool people to remember how painful it is to be knocked down by the same person five times."

Is there suspense?Maybe, but for that boy Lin Yi, none of this is a problem. . .

(I don't know how Mourinho is feeling now. In Real Madrid, he really doesn't have too many tactical choices, alas.)
(End of this chapter)