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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 642 The Only Exception

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    After the first two quarter-finals, Newcastle, which had always been confident, had a bucket of cold water poured on their heads. These optimistic guys began to realize that a two-two draw with their opponents on the road did not mean that they would definitely be able to win at home.  For the right to qualify, if you lose the game at home, even if you lose only 0-1, you will be eliminated by your opponent.

    Mourinho was very satisfied with this. He even wanted to thank Arsenal and Real Madrid. They used their defeat to teach Newcastle players a vivid lesson, allowing them to start taking the upcoming games more seriously.  Of course, whether Arsenal and Real Madrid are satisfied with the role they play is not within Mourinho's consideration.

    Two of the four teams that were favored before the game had already lost, so Newcastle, a team that was also favored, had to be more vigilant. However, for the other team AC Milan, they don't seem to need to worry too much -  In the first round, they defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 at home, and the possibility of being overturned away from home is not high.

    What no one expected was that this season's Champions League was destined to be a crazy Champions League. Just like the 2002 World Cup, countless traditional strong teams fell one after another. In the group | there were already two teams, Inter Milan and Valencia.  The team is eliminated and can only play in the UEFA Cup. Three strong teams, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Even if a few more teams are eliminated, it is not impossible.

    "We only need to focus on ourselves." Mourinho said in an interview before the game: "The elimination of Arsenal and Real Madrid has nothing to do with us - they are not in the same zone as us, we just need to play well  Good every game, just keep going along our route. Arsenal being eliminated is not good news for us, because it proves that they will focus all their attention on us in the league.  Catching up will become more difficult.¡±

    Real Sociedad's head coach Denue used Chelsea to encourage the players - Chelsea can do it, we can also do it, and we will definitely be able to do this by defeating Newcastle on the road to qualify.

    After a suffocating wait, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals finally started.

    In the neat chorus of more than 50,000 fans at St. James Park Stadium, players from both sides appeared on the field. Compared with the previous game.  There are no changes to Real Sociedad's lineup.  In fact, this lineup already has all the good cards in Denue's hands, and he has no cards to replace.

    Mourinho has enough confidence to rotate, with goalkeeper Given and right back replaced by Kufuor.  The two center backs Dawson and Lucio, the left back Hart, and the midfielder transformed into a diamond midfielder.  Makelele serves as the defensive midfielder, Stewart and Dyer appear on the wings, Nie Fei bursts forward, and the forward partners are also Shearer and Ibrahimovic. Mourinho intends to go head-to-head with the opponent in the midfield, through the midfield four  The offensive suppressed the opponent's three-man midfielder and then gained the upper hand.

    The game seemed strange from the beginning. Real Sociedad tried desperately to pick up the pace and compete with Newcastle, while Newcastle kept slowing down the pace.  Using several players with excellent skills in the midfield to deal with opponents - the world is turned upside down. The La Liga team, known for its delicate skills and short passing coordination, actually plays a fast attack and flies on both wings, and uses fast pace and long passing.  The Premier League team known for its punches controlled the ball in the midfield.  Such a weird situation made the ESPN commentator not know what to say.

    "This situation makes people feel a little bit ridiculousThe Premier League team played to control the ball, but the La Liga team played to play long passes-this may be a manifestation of the globalization of football? But we seem to understand  What Real Sociedad needs is a victory or a high-scoring draw, so they try to speed up the game so that both sides make more mistakes and score more goals, while Newcastle only needs a zero-to-zero or two.  It was just a one-to-one draw, and it was precisely for this reason that the situation in today¡¯s game was formed.¡±

    The commentator saw it very accurately. It was indeed the factors he just mentioned that led to this reversed situation. However, Mourinho did not use ball control just because of this.  In terms of tactics, he has confidence in the skills of Newcastle midfielders, especially with Nie Fei as a transfer station, it doesn't matter if the skills of others are rough.

    In the first half hour of the first half, Newcastle's four-man midfielder completely suppressed Real Sociedad's three-man midfielder. Especially in the absence of a full-time defensive midfielder, Nie Fei was simply at home in the frontcourt.  , constantly helping his teammates create offensive opportunities through his fierce breakthroughs and just-right distribution of the ball. Real Sociedad's defenders can only run around to put out fires.

    Before the end of the first half, Newcastle's offense finally scored. Nie Fei's breakthrough in the frontcourt created a penalty area.Taking a direct free kick at the top of the arc, Hart lived up to his reputation as a "free kick expert" and hit the ball into the upper right corner of the goal with a beautiful left-footed curved kick!

    Westerveld had nothing to do with this free kick and could only

    He watched the ball go into the net, one to zero, Newcastle took the lead in the 44th minute!

    During the halftime break, Mourinho encouraged all the players. At the same time, he also reminded the players that our advantage is not too big now, so we must be careful - Arsenal also took the lead before the end of the first half.  Scored a goal, but the final result was to be eliminated by Chelsea. They have reminded us with painful lessons, so we must not live up to their sacrifice-poor Arsenal was used as a teaching material by Mourinho.  It is estimated that if Wenger knew about it, he would definitely fight Mourinho desperately.

    After the start of the second half, Newcastle continued to struggle with their opponents in the midfield. The poor Real Sociedad players almost collapsed. It is obvious that they are not as adaptable to playing fast-paced games as Newcastle are to playing with the ball. Facing the Newcastle defense that is ready  They made frequent mistakes, but were constantly beaten back by Newcastle's advancing tactics.

    In the 23rd minute of the second half, Newcastle expanded the score. Ibrahimovic cleverly passed the ball to Dyer in front of the penalty area. Dyer's volley from a small angle was blocked by Westerveld, but the ball flew in front of Shearer.  The Magpie captain naturally did not miss this opportunity and easily pushed the ball five meters in front of the goal.

    This goal sealed the victory. In the following games, the head coaches of both sides frequently deployed their troops. Time passed quickly, and the score was still fixed at 2-0.

    Finally, as the referee blew his whistle, Newcastle eliminated Real Sociedad with a total score of 4 to 2 and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League!

    Fifty thousand Newcastle fans celebrated with huge cheers that Newcastle once again made history and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League. Newcastle's performance convinced them that this season will be a dream season!

    After the crazy celebration, the players went home to rest, but Mourinho and Pei Wei ignored the fact that they were extremely tired and began to ask about the results of another Champions League quarter-final game.  The winner of the match will be their opponent in the semi-finals.

    When they knew the exact news of that match, both of them were stunned, and then they saw huge joy in each other's eyes!

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    Among the four teams that were favored before the game, AC Milan's situation is undoubtedly the best.

    They have a four-to-one advantage at home. Unless Deportivo can beat them at home by more than three goals or a score of three to zero, they will be eliminated. But look at their defense, Marty  Ni, Nesta, Stam, Cafu, this defense line is undoubtedly a perfect defense line in theory, and in the past year, their performance can be said to be the best in the world.  It is because of this solid defense that AC Milan won the European Champions Cup last season!

    ??Is it possible for Deportivo to score more than three goals with such a defensive line?

    Therefore, even AC Milan players believe that the away trip to Spain is just a routine matter.

    ¡°But Deportivo doesn¡¯t think so.

    Maybe it was Monaco's performance that inspired Deportivo, or maybe Deportivo never thought about giving up this game. In short, in this game, they played the most soul-stirring performance in this European Champions Cup.  game, and even played their best game in the European Champions Cup.

    Only five minutes into the game, Uruguayan forward Pandiani sent the ball into the AC Milan goal. This was a powerful header.

    AC Milan, who suffered a blow at the beginning, never expected that this was just the beginning of their nightmare.

    After half an hour of back-and-forth, Belleron's powerful shot from the front of the penalty area once again broke through the fingers of Brazil goalkeeper Dida!  Two to zero, Deportivo narrowed the score gap to one goal!

    Ten minutes later, before the end of the first half, Luke's goal made all Deportivo fans excited, three to zero!  It only took Deportivo for forty-five minutes to close the seemingly impossible gap. At this time, no one doubted their ability to complete a super reversal!

    The stars of AC Milan couldn't believe what happened to them - they had a huge advantage and the best players, but they were overwhelmed by their opponents and scored three goals in the first half!

    The nightmare continued. In the 76th minute of the game, Fran¡¯s goal tied the score.Set at 4-0, they also eliminated their opponents 5-4 with this score and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League!

    Magical Night in Riazor!  The greatest comeback of the season!

    So far, three of the four teams that were favored before the game have fallen, and Newcastle is the only exception!
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