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Volume 11 2004 Chapter 727 Harmonious Quarterfinals

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    "Three to two, Newcastle were victorious, beating Aston Villa at home for their sixth successive victory. The victory keeps them one point clear at the top of the pack as the scoreline shows  , Newcastle's victory was not easy. They equalized twice after falling behind twice, and finally won the game with captain Shearer's header. Lennon, a teenager under the age of 18, made his first appearance for Newcastle.  Excellent performance, Shearer's goal was due to his precise cross from the right. Lennon once set the record for the youngest player to play in the Premier League at Leeds, but he was not able to play in the Premier League after moving to Newcastle.  Occupying a position in the first team and appearing in the Premier League a year later, Lennon's performance proved that he is still the dazzling young winger"

    After this round of games, all major media in England used enough pages to exaggerate Lennon's appearance. From this, it seems that we can see something in common between the English football media and the Chinese football media -  ¡ª¡ªThey are very patriotic, and at the same time they are very capable of causing trouble.

    Although Mourinho has seen everything, he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the English media for Lennon's first appearance on behalf of Newcastle. In his opinion, although Lennon is excellent, he is not yet qualified to take up the position.  When he was the main force, he was only 1.69 meters tall and his ability to fight was weak. At the same time, his breakthrough method was still relatively monotonous. At least at this stage, he was incomparable to Nie Fei. Even Dyer had to.  Much more experienced than him.

    Mourinho has never liked praising or killing players. He hates it even more when the media praises a player to the sky when he performs well and sends him to the 18th level of hell when he performs poorly¡ª¡ªMy man, performance  I can only say whether my performance is good or bad, who are you to say?

    But Lennon is no longer a rookie. After all, he played in the Premier League more than a year ago and also set a record that is difficult to catch up with. Naturally, he will not be as excited as a young guy who has never seen the world.  (Although he is just a young boy), he still participates in training as usual.  Mourinho saw this and breathed a sigh of relief.

    In fact, at this time, even if there is any sign that Lennon is about to fly, Mourinho can only postpone it one step. The reason is very simple-the Champions League quarter-finals are about to begin.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from Pei Wei's birth to now - including the period of rebirth.  I have never hated UEFA so much - although after entering the Champions League quarter-finals, the games will basically be tough battles, but Newcastle's luck seems to be too bad. In the draw, although they did not  They were drawn with Chelsea in the same league, but they met another European super giant - Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga Hollywood.

    The quarter-finals matchup is like this. In the first half, Chelsea plays Juventus first as away and then home, and Newcastle plays Bayern Munich first as home and then as guest.  In the second half, Lyon played PSV Eindhoven first as home and then as guest.  Inter Milan versus AC Milan played first as a guest and then as a host.

    The most eye-catching game in the quarter-finals is the Milan Derby, but Mourinho will not pay attention to the game between these two teams now - the Milan Derby is in the lower half.  If you don't reach the finals, you won't be able to meet these two teams.

    During the trip to China before the start of this season, Newcastle had played against Bayern.  But it was only in a friendly match, and there was still a considerable gap compared with the official match. In that match, the two sides tied at 3-3. Mourinho was still very careful about Bayern's offensive power.

    And this relationship also gave a certain friendly atmosphere before this game.  After all, Pei Wei, the helmsman of both clubs, and Beckenbauer still have a certain personal relationship.  It's just that Bayern's new head coach Magath showed strong confidence when he arrived in London for an interview this season.

    "We hope to break through Newcastle's gate first. Now we are in better physical condition than Newcastle, so this determines that we have to rely more on physical combat. Due to the winter break, I think our physical fitness  There are more reserves than Newcastle."

    "Newcastle has remained unbeaten at home and unbeaten in the Champions League since Mourinho took office? I think any record has to be broken, why not this game? For us, there is no record in the past.  Meaning, when it comes to records, the German team has always had an advantage in the game against the English team. Naturally, Mourinho will not let him take advantage of it easily: "I agree with Mr. Magath.  In other words, past records are meaningless in today's gameThe advantage of the German team against the English team is also meaningless.  The game of football is not all about physicality. Bayern has many players with excellent skills, but I doubt they can perform this in the game.  "

    The implication is that Magath will only use simple and crude tactics in the game and cannot let his subordinates??Technical players play to their strengths.

    Compared with the bickering between coaches, the players seemed much more peaceful. Kufuor, who had played for Bayern for eight years, expressed his gratitude to Bayern in an interview, but he still believed that  , after these two Champions League quarter-finals, "there is no doubt that Newcastle" entered the semi-finals.

    Ballack, who has become the soul and core of Bayern, expressed his gratitude to Newcastle Chairman Pei Wei, "It was he who made me reach the point where I am now from an amateur player, and he did not stop me from returning to Germany and participating in the Bundesliga.  The league, for me, he is the most important person in my football career, more than anyone else."

    At the same time, the core of the German national team also said that he is "looking forward to playing against Nie Fei, his former midfield partner in Yunjia Tianyu, as an opponent." Speaking of which, if the two play at the same time in these two games (this is very  It is possible), will be the first match between the two in the European arena - in the past time, although the teams played by Nie Fei and Ballack have often been able to play in the Champions League, the two  But they have never met.

    I saw that the atmosphere between the two clubs was very good from the chairman to the players, except for the two head coaches who were a little bit irritated - I guess the people from UEFA were very moved after seeing this - nothing should happen now.  Is there some trouble?  We also want to build a harmonious society. It would be great if you could be so harmonious.

    When thinking this way, the adults of UEFA have completely forgotten how they go to great lengths to arrange games between enemies and confrontations between enemies in order to attract attention and increase ratings

    I guess when the conflict broke out between Newcastle and Barcelona, ??some people were still secretly enjoying themselves - there was another pair of enemies, and they could create gimmicks in the future. If you don't do this, the broadcast fees for the Champions League  How come the rising tide lifts all boats every year?

    For Mourinho, this game is indeed difficult to play. Although Magath's words are meant to boost morale and exaggerate his own advantages, there is one sentence that is true - the Bundesliga has been over a month.  There is a winter break, and the Premier League not only has no winter break, but also has many more games than usual during the New Year period. In terms of physical fitness, Bayern does have a big advantage over Newcastle.

    However, Mourinho is not unprepared for this situation. In fact, in the last league game against Aston Villa, he took a risk and hid four main players, otherwise it would not be so difficult to win.  Even Mourinho himself is worried.

    Successful risks will naturally reap fruits. At least in this game, the four absolute main players Lucio, Makelele, Nie Fei and Ibrahimovic can play in their best condition. Their good condition is Mourinho  The greatest confidence.

    Twenty minutes before the start of the game, Mourinho reported the squad for this game.

    The main eleven: goalkeeper Cech, defenders Maicon, Lucio, Dawson and Bernard, midfielders Essien, Makelele, Ribery, Nie Fei, forwards Ibrahimovic and Drogba.

    Seven substitutes: goalkeeper Given, defenders Trabelsi and Kufuor, midfielders Janas and Stewart, forwards Shearer and Larsson.

    Bayern's lineup is like this. The goalkeeper captain Kahn, the four defenders are Sagnol, Robert Kovac, Demichelis and Lizarazu, the midfielder is five, and Saliha is on the right.  Mijic, with Ze Roberto on the left, the three in the middle are Hargreaves, Frings and Ballack, and the lone forward is Dutch striker Makai - another striker Pizarro last week  He was injured and missed in the league, which is why Magath changed his customary 442 to 451.

    For away games, use a five-man midfielder to increase the thickness of the defense. For the offense, try to rely on the personal ability of super striker Ma Kai. If you can counterattack and score, it is best. If you can't counterattack and score, getting a draw is not bad¡ª¡ªthis  This was probably Magath's wishful thinking.

    "It seems that Magath is not as confident as he said."

    After seeing Bayern Munich¡¯s lineup, Pei Wei smiled and said to Mourinho.

    "That's natural." Mourinho nodded: "Rhetoric words can only inspire the morale of the team, but if you want to win the game, it is not enough Although Bayern does have an advantage over us in terms of physical fitness, but  In just two rounds, this advantage is not so easy to show. On the contrary, Bayern is much worse than us in terms of personnel preparation - playing 4-5-1 to strengthen defense and counterattack can only show that.  Magath knows the time well.¡±

    At this time, Magath, who Mourinho said was "aware of current affairs", also walked out of the locker room and sat down on the visiting team's coaching bench.

    Players from both sides are scattered on the court, and the game is about to begin
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