i am a football star

Chapter 117 Before the start of the Champions League

After Liu Ting scored the goal, Sunderland still didn't look like they wanted to counterattack, and they were still in a defensive posture. It seemed that they wanted to wait for the midfield coach to adjust, so the score of 1:0 was maintained until the midfield.

During the intermission, Heynckes had nothing to adjust. After all, the advantage of the scene was too obvious, and the opponent didn't seem to have much ability to resist. At most, he should pay attention to the opponent's counterattack.

At the beginning of the second half, Sunderland did not press out to attack. Liverpool continued to dominate the game and quickly expanded the score.

In the 57th minute, Liu Ting received a pass from Gerrard and crossed into the penalty area from the left. Sunderland goalkeeper Flop wanted to come out to collect the ball but took the ball and let it go.

"Modric!! It's him again!! He is in good form recently. He broke the gate of Real Madrid a week ago. I think Heynckes is going to have a headache. Gerrard has recovered from his injury, but Modric is in good condition. When Torres comes back soon, I don't know how he should arrange the starting lineup. Could it be that he should play 442 as a substitute?"

The British commentator is trying to find a way for Heynckes, and Heynckes is also a bit of a headache. Gerrard is the soul of Liverpool's team, and it is impossible for him to be a substitute if he is in good health.Although Modric is capable, he is always on the ramp, and it is okay to let him sit on the bench for a few games, but if he does not get too many opportunities to play for a long time, he will definitely want to transfer and leave.

Hey, I can only take one step at a time.

Modric's goal reassured the fans for the time being. It is relatively safe to lead by two goals. At least Liverpool will not be equalized immediately if the opponent accidentally scores a goal.

In the middle of the standings, Sunderland had nothing to desire, and they didn't start to change forwards until the 70th minute. They wanted to fight, but Liverpool didn't give them a chance.

In the 76th minute, Cisse also got the chance to play. He also won the applause of some Liverpool fans when he played.

Interestingly, Heynckes also replaced Modric with Zheng Zhi in the 82nd minute. After three years, Cisse and Zheng Zhi played together again. I don’t know if they have any thoughts.

Liverpool won Sunderland cleanly 2-0 at home, stopping the downward trend in the standings.

Among the other giants in this round, Manchester United reversed Newcastle United 2:1 in the away game. Newcastle led Manchester United at home in just 9 minutes of the opening game. Unfortunately, they were reversed by Manchester United in the second half, and Kevin Keegan lost to Ferguson again.

After Newcastle United lost 1:5 at home to Liverpool in the first half of the season, they have been on the edge of the relegation zone for a long time, making Newcastle management decide to change coaches. Kevin Keegan then took office, but it seems that Newcastle United still failed to get rid of the relegation zone.

Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0 away, still 3 points behind Liverpool.

阿森纳则是客场3:1胜升班马西布罗姆维奇，终于摆脱了连平不进球的耻辱。此前阿森纳已经连续四轮联赛0:0，这场如果再是一场0:0，阿森纳将会成为英格兰联赛历史上第一支联赛连续五轮0:0的球队，相信阿森纳球迷不会喜欢这样的记录。

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In the next week, Liverpool can prepare for the Champions League and Real Madrid games with peace of mind.

Teams in other leagues have a league game in the middle. For example, Liverpool's opponent Real Madrid has a Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid in the middle. The schedule of the Premier League is that there is an FA Cup quarter-finals in the middle.

Recently, UEFA announced the latest European war points. Liverpool surpassed AC Milan to rise to the top of the list by beating Real Madrid in an away game last week, becoming the club with the highest points in the European war.

AC Milan reached the UEFA Champions League final three times and won twice in five years from 03 to 07. It occupied the top spot in the European Championship for a long time. However, AC Milan failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League last season.

Among the top ten points in the European War, the four giants of the Premier League occupy four places. Serie A's AC Milan and Inter Milan are shortlisted. La Liga Barcelona and Sevilla are in the top ten. Real Madrid has fallen out of the top ten for many years.

The UEFA Champions League is approaching. In the first round of the round of sixteen, only Bayern has secured the promotion, and the other teams still need to work hard for the second round.

Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby, which may be good news for Liverpool.

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, the three giants other than Liverpool all advanced to the semi-finals, and the remaining one was Aston Villa. If Villa didn't take advantage of the points to lead Arsenal to secure the fourth, why would they think about the FA Cup?It looks like he is giving the professor an assist for the fourth round.

With the coming of the Champions League, the major media will naturally provoke a war of words, especially the English media and Italian media. Who made the theme of the round of [-] be the Premier League vs. Serie A?

Soon some media summarized the war of words between Britain and Italy from the first round to now:
1. The British media kept saying that the Italians just like to dive, but Chelsea's beast striker Didier Drogba fell on the court intermittently like a plague;
2. The Italian media constantly criticized the Premier League as a league relying on foreign bosses, foreign coaches and foreign aid. In fact, as the representative of Serie A, Inter Milan, you can’t even see an Italian on the bench;
3. The country that has the upper hand in the three contests will declare that they are the best league and play the best football. In fact, Spain occupies the first place in the league rankings and national team rankings;

4. Whoever wins the game between Arsenal and Rome will be described as a representative of beautiful football art football, while the loser will be labeled as flashy art football and useless;

5. British fans will sing 'you old Italians who love to dive' during the game, while Italian fans will respond by saying 'you drunks from England'. Once there is a conflict outside the stadium, British fans will smash all the bars where they can drink, while Italian fans will ride scooters and throw firecrackers at the British;
6. Cristiano Ronaldo claims that he is better than Pele and Maradona, but he will not say that he is better than Ronaldo;

7. Lampard only needs to shoot long-range in front of the penalty area, and he will get a UEFA-approved goal, even if the ball has been refracted eight times on the field in front of the goal;
8. The British media accused the level of law and order in Italy at the level of the 19th century, while the Italian media accused the British fans of always drinking and making trouble.

Well, there is a lot of saliva in the British and Italian media battle, but Liverpool is playing Real Madrid, and it has not been involved for the time being.

Real Madrid went to Liverpool one day earlier to adapt to the venue, so the reporters were happy.

The monk Pepe first came out to express his position: "The next game is different from the first leg. I don't think Liverpool will be as stubborn at home as they were at the Bernabeu. We have a chance and we must make good use of this."

In the first round, Heynckes arranged for away defense, which was basically a defensive counterattack. Originally, Heynckes would have been satisfied with a 0-0 match. Unexpectedly, Modric scored a goal at the end of the game.

Real Madrid captain Raul also needs to come out to speak out. Raul was criticized for his poor performance in the first round, but he still has to find Raul if he has difficulties.

Now the former Real Madrid chairman Calderon has resigned, the new chairman has not yet been elected, and there is only one acting chairman. The team is in a precarious situation. Raul needs to stand up and say: "About ten years ago, Real Madrid completed a great game at Old Trafford. We drew 0:0 at home with Manchester United. When we came to England, we beat Manchester United 3:2 away to advance and finally won the Champions League. That game will give us passion and courage. game."

In fact, Raul's last sentence already has a bit of the meaning of "even if we lose, we must stand and lose", and he wants to achieve a glorious defeat, such as an away draw with Liverpool.

What Raul was talking about was the Champions League knockout match against Manchester United in the 99/00 season. In that game at Old Trafford, Raul scored twice.

Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos said: "We have a psychological advantage in our historical record against Premier League teams."

So far in the Champions League, Real Madrid have met England once in the group stage and 1 times in the knockout round.

The group match was in the same group as Leeds United in the 00/01 season. Real Madrid double-beat Leeds United to qualify for the first place, but Leeds United came second in the group and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League that year, winning the titles of the White Roses and the Young Guards.

In the knockout round, Real Madrid encountered Premier League teams 4 times and eliminated their opponents 3 times. Manchester United was eliminated by Real Madrid twice.

Liu Ting said in front of the reporter: "If we compare history, Liverpool's record against Real Madrid is 100% victory."

Real Madrid is the Champions League winner with the most 9 Champions League titles, and Liverpool is the Champions League winner with the third most 5 Champions League titles. The two teams have only faced each other once, that is, the 80/81 UEFA Champions League final. Liverpool defeated Real Madrid 1-0.

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