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Chapter 82 Champions League quarter-finals

After playing against Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid welcomed Dortmund at home. There was no such thing as the fans of the game booed Chu Zhongtian, and there were cheers for him.

Because he had a heavy blow to Dortmund in the first round, Mourinho did not send the strongest lineup in this game. He let the players who had missed the game due to injury appear and found a feeling, and the players who had been playing for most of the season had a chance to rest. C. Ronaldo sat on the bench, Kaka, who had returned from injury, and Ozil started respectively. The forward was also replaced by Benzema, Alonso was replaced by Khedira, Pepe and Carvalho rested with the center back, Ramos and Albiol partnered with the left back, Gareth Bale, and Aveloa, the right back.

Chu Zhongtian still started. Everyone else had rested, but he did not rest, which further showed how much Mourinho valued him. Last season, the person who was treated like this was C. Ronaldo. Whether it was the domestic league, the Champions League, or even in the Cup of del Rey, C. Ronaldo had to start all the starts and play all the games, and would never accept the fate of being replaced in advance.

All the other main players were replaced and Chu Zhongtian was left on the court. No matter what Mourinho was thinking, at least the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch Real Madrid's Champions League matches were very happy - what did they stayed up late to watch the football? Isn't it just to see the wonderful performance of their compatriots?

In the CCTV Sports Channel rating survey, even snooker had higher ratings than football programs before, so that CCTV gave up broadcasting several football matches in order to broadcast Ding Junhui's snooker game, which made fans very upset. Why is snooker with higher ratings than football, the world's number one sport? Many fans are puzzled. There is a big reason here that there are Chinese people in snooker billiards. Many Chinese sports fans will pay attention to this game, so the ratings exceed football. In addition, the extreme support and extreme disgust of football are very serious. Fans who like AC Milan will not go to watch Inter Milan's game broadcasts, and there are not many fans who support Barcelona who choose to watch Real Madrid game broadcasts.

With such a point, the ratings of football naturally cannot beat snooker.

It's different now. Chu Zhongtian is in Real Madrid. Many neutral fans and Chinese who are not football fans will be interested in this game. The ratings have soared and have completely surpassed snooker. Now let alone snooker, even F1 cannot compete for Real Madrid's game broadcast because Real Madrid has Chu Zhongtian. This is the guarantee of ratings and a golden signboard.

As long as Chu Zhongtian is there, it will be worth so many Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV for half a night.

※※※Because of the big score in the first leg, the second leg was basically lost. Dortmund also knew that it would be difficult to achieve the goal of their defense if they wanted to chase four goals in a row at the Bernabeu Stadium, and at the same time, Real Madrid, which is famous for its sharp attack, failed to score a goal.

Since that's the case, then don't just want to advance, just attack with all your might, and strive to capture Casillas' goal at the Bernabeu Stadium more than once.

Maybe there is still some hope to be able to play a counterattack... With this idea in mind, Dortmund started attacking from the first minute of the game, constantly seeking opportunities to score goals.

Real Madrid seemed a little panicked at the beginning - they didn't expect Dortmund to be able to fight them so hard. Within ten minutes of the game, Dortmund shots were very threatening and almost scored, forcing Casillas to make a world-class save.

Seeing the team's poor performance, Mourinho stood up from the coach's seat and shouted at the stadium: "Chu! Chu!"

The core of the team is Chu Zhongtian now. He must take responsibility for the team's current poor performance.

Mourinho did not directly tell Chu Zhongtian what he should do. He just expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation of the team to Chu Zhongtian. He believed that Chu Zhongtian knew what to do.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian does know what to do, and he is trying to change the current bad situation.

Change is not difficult. As long as you don't lose the ball, once you lose the ball, the game will move rapidly in a direction that is not conducive to Real Madrid, which is something that all Real Madrid people don't want to see.

As long as the goal is not lost, there is still a chance. And the chance is great. After all, this is Real Madrid's home court. When fighting at their own doorstep, Real Madrid players will quickly calm down. Now Real Madrid's record is excellent, and their relationship with the fans is also very harmonious. When the team performed poorly in the past, they would hear deafening boos at home and see the waving white handkerchief. Now they won't. Whether Real Madrid is playing defensive counterattack or actively attacking, fans support them with singing and cheers.

With such an excellent atmosphere, it is very quick for Real Madrid players to get rid of this panic.

What Chu Zhongtian has to do is to speed up this process. Organize several more high-quality attacks to calm down the teammates and understand that Dortmund is the visiting team, and they are just three tricks.

Soon, Chu Zhongtian took the initiative in the midfield with the help of Khdira, Kaka and Ozil.

Kaka and Ozil have always been considered unable to coexist, but in fact, it is just that they have not fully utilized their respective characteristics. Kaka and Ozil have completely different characteristics, so there is no problem of similar styles that are incompatible.

Ozil has delicate skills and excellent passes, while Kaka has sharp dribbling and can directly threaten the goal.

According to their different characteristics, Chu Zhongtian gave them different balls. Ozil's excellent small skills made it easier for him to get rid of defense in a very small space, so it doesn't matter even if he gave the ball under his feet.

As for the pass to Kaka, Chu Zhongtian tried to use a straight pass with advance amount, so that Kaka could increase the speed and rush to catch the ball. Once it ran, Kaka's entire energy could be exerted.

Chu Zhongtian was like a conductor of an orchestra. He knew the characteristics of each member and under what circumstances could he achieve their best level. So under his command, Real Madrid quickly regained the initiative and began to frequently threaten Dortmund's goal.

Mourinho did not ask the team to fight back in this game, because of his huge lead and he still slid to fight back at home, which is inappropriate. Although Real Madrid fans can tolerate his defensive counterattack for victory, Real Madrid fans are still pursuing offensive football, which is good-looking and elegant football. With such a smart person, how could he miss such a great opportunity that will not harm the interests of the team, but also please the fans and the media?

Before the game, he told Chu Zhongtian that the tone of this game was offense.

So Real Madrid and Dortmund launched a wonderful offensive battle at the Bernabeu Stadium. Both sides scored a total of six goals, which made the fans who stayed up late to watch the game excited.

Chu Zhongtian scored his second goal in the UEFA Champions League this season in the 55th minute of the game. The score was already 3:0 Real Madrid led the way.

The total score became 8:1, and the game completely lost its meaning. Real Madrid fans in the stands have already started celebrating their advance to the quarterfinals in advance.

But the Dortmund players did not give up, they were still looking for opportunities to score goals.

In the 67th minute, they scored the first goal of the game. Then another goal was scored five minutes later, and the score once became 3:2. Dortmund's players saw hope of equalizing the score, and they went crazy to pursue the second goal.

Real Madrid did not play well enough during this period. After leading by three goals, they were a little relaxed and were not active enough in running. Fortunately, two goals from Domond woke them up and scored two more goals in the remaining time, completely ending the game.

Benzema was named the best in the game after the match because he scored a hat trick in the game.

Eliminating Dortmund to advance to the quarterfinals did not make Chu Zhongtian excited because it was a matter of course. With Real Madrid's strength and recent state, if you can't even enter the quarterfinals, it would be a shame and a huge joke.

Other Real Madrid players are not as excited as last year. Last year, Real Madrid eliminated Lyon and advanced to the quarterfinals, but even Chairman Florentino couldn't help but stand up in the stands and dance. Only Real Madrid knows best how long they have been waiting at this moment. The moment they broke the curse feels really great.

Now... it's like men are always the most excited when they are broken, but after doing too much, they become accustomed to it and don't feel anything to be excited about.

※※※After the quarterfinals were decided, UEFA held another draw, which was the quarterfinals and the last draw in the Champions League in a season.

The eight teams are divided into two parts, each four teams are in a large area. The two teams decided by these four teams enter the semi-finals and finally advance to the finals.

The final of this season is held at the Allianz Stadium in Munich, which is half of the home court for Chu Zhongtian. When he was playing football at Hoffenheim, he came here to participate in the game a lot, and he had very good memories on this stadium.

Moreover, he has many friends in Germany, but he is very eager to return to Germany.

Just like when he returned to Wembley.

The result of the lottery is very dramatic and full of gimmicks.

Real Madrid, led by Mourinho, met his former club, Inter Milan in the quarterfinals.

When this result came out, there was a burst of knowing laughter on the draw.

This was Mourinho's first matchup with his old club since leaving Inter Milan. Before that, he led Inter Milan and Chelsea in the Champions League knockout match. At that time, Inter Milan defeated Ancelotti's Chelsea. In the round of the trip to Stamford Bridge, Mourinho was quite gentlemanly. He did not cheer and celebrate after the team scored a goal. After eliminating Chelsea at the end of the game, he hurriedly left the stadium after shaking hands with Ancelotti.

The fans have a deep affection for him in any club he has been in.

To this day, Inter Milan fans still miss Mourinho. When Leonardo loses again, the shouts of "Jose Mourinho" sounded in the stands.

This is also something that makes Leonardo uncomfortable. He understands his ex-Benitez's feelings - it's like he found a beautiful girlfriend, but his girlfriend always cares about the benefits of her ex-boyfriend. Once he has something that he doesn't meet the requirements, he says to himself: "If this matter is my ex-boyfriend, it will definitely satisfy me!"

This is really hurtful.

However, compared with Benitez, Leonardo is a smart man. He did not ask the club to erase Mourinho's traces from the top and eliminate Mourinho's influence as soon as Espanyol took over, just like Espanyol. Not only will it not be as he wished, it will be subject to a very strong rebound. So Benitez was dismissed in a sad way in just half a season. He offended almost everyone who can offend, whether it is a player or a club senior.

Leonardo is much smarter. He comes little by little, and sometimes even shows his importance and respect for the "legacy" left by Mourinho, so he can lead the team to win a row of victories as soon as he took office, reversing the previous decline.

However, the failure in the Champions League quarterfinals and Milan derby instantly knocked him to the bottom. Many Inter Milan fans were not happy for long, and began to miss Mourinho again.

Some Inter Milan fans even joked that after being eliminated by Barcelona in Real Madrid's Champions League semi-finals, Florentino jokingly suggested that Mourinho, the "parallel" head coach who caused Real Madrid to lose to Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, would snorkeling Molarion to rehire Mourinho back to Inter Milan to coach.

This time Real Madrid and Inter Milan met in the Champions League quarter-finals. The protagonists are no longer stars like C. Ronaldo, Kaka, Chu Zhongtian, Etoo, and Sneijder, but only Mourinho.

How will he face his old club, and what will the Inter Milan fans feel when watching the two games?

This is the topic that the media is most interested in and the gimmick that is most worthy of hype.

After the lottery results came out, Mourinho was soon surrounded by reporters on the scene. They all wanted to hear what Mourinho had to say about the lottery results.

Mourinho obviously had prepared for a long time. From the moment the lottery results came out, he might have simulated the interview in his mind.

"I'm very happy to be able to revisit the old place. I have a deep affection for Inter Milan, just like I do with Chelsea. Of course, I'm proud of being the head coach of Real Madrid. I look forward to the match between Meazza Stadium and Inter Milan, and I hope the one who performs well can advance to the semi-finals."

So what does he say about Leonardo?

"Leonardo did a good job in Inter Milan, but he didn't reach my level." Mourinho's arrogant personality was revealed again. Perhaps the only one who can praise himself like this may be Mourinho.

Leonardo has indeed not reached his height yet - because he has not even won a Champions League championship... Although he is facing his old club, Mourinho is not ruthless, and the first shot of the psychological warfare has already started without realizing it.

Faced with Mourinho's provocation, Leonardo chose to keep a low profile: "Inter Milan still misses him, and I also hope that so many people will remember me long after I leave this club."

The game has been going for a while, and the psychological battle between the two sides has reached the end and has not gone deeper. After all, before that, there was still a domestic league. It is already March, and the domestic league has only more than two months left. It can be said that it has entered the sprint stage of the league championship competition.

Barcelona and Real Madrid were not assigned to the same region in this draw, so the possibility of two teams meeting in the quarter-finals or semi-finals is gone. Now we can look forward to the two teams meeting in the finals.

If that is true, Chu Zhongtian will meet Barcelona in the final for two consecutive years. I wonder if everyone will have aesthetic fatigue...※※Real Madrid, back to the league, defeated Espanyol 2:0 away and was unbeaten in the 27th round of the league. Following this momentum, they are likely to win the championship with an unbeaten record. If this is true, it will be a very impressive result for Real Madrid and Mourinho.

At the same time, they will firmly suppress Barcelona. Even if Barcelona maintains a complete victory in the subsequent games, they will eventually lose the league championship by one point. For Barcelona, ​​this is probably second only to the same points but the league championship is lost by the winner.

After the game between Espanyol and Real Madrid, the domestic Spanish media found a new topic. First, the pro-Barcelona Catalan media criticized the Spaniard for deliberately letting the waters for Real Madrid, because the Spanish did not fight fiercely in this game, and they did not cause too much trouble for Real Madrid.

How can the Espanyol Club tolerate such accusations? You should know that they have always been incompatible with Barcelona. From their names, we can see that Barcelona claims independence, while the Espanyol Club has a name that expresses its position and the motherland.

Espanyol Club Chairman Sanchez Libra was very angry at the Barcelona media reports. He declared war on Barcelona: "Next time in the Barcelona derby, we will be very happy to let you see what 'sports spirit' is!"

Real Madrid fans also cheered for Espanyol this time. The enemy's friend is friends. It is not uncommon for Real Madrid fans to stand together. Many Real Madrid fans even happily recalled the league in the penultimate round of the 2006-2007 season, which is extremely dramatic and unforgettable. At that time, Real Madrid relied on Van Nystruei's home goal to tie the score. But Barcelona led Espanyol 2:1 at that time. If the score remains until the end, Real Madrid will fall from the top of the league standings, allowing Barcelona to occupy the top of the league standings with two points. In the last round, Barcelona challenged the weak team away, and there was no suspense to win. Therefore, in fact, the competition for the league championship is the second to last round.

As a result, not long after Van Nistruei equalized the score, Espanyol's Raul Tamudo also received an assist from Dela Pena and scored, tied the score 2:2!

When Tamudo also scored twice and scored his second goal in the game, Camp Nou was silent, and many Barcelona fans covered their faces with their hands, unable to believe their eyes.

Real Madrid fans have re-reported the old story, obviously hoping to inspire Espanyol to strive for the first place in the Barcelona city derby at that time, defeating Barcelona, ​​and further widen the points gap between the two sides.

According to the schedule, the next round of the same-city derby between the two sides will be held in the previous round of the national derby. The results and processes of the same-city derby will deeply affect the results and processes of the national derby.
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