Chapter 240: Quarterfinals against Barcelona

At the draw at UEFA headquarters, Atletico Greek, the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season, drew Real Madrid, and the other six teams were very disappointed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

So the remaining non-mainstream league team Benfica became the quarter-final opponent that the other five teams all wanted to meet.

Of the five Champions League quarter-finals, Borussia Dortmund are the most likely team to meet on the cards, having met in last season's Europa League final.

With Arsenal drawn to Bayern Munich, Dortmund's chances of meeting Benfica have increased infinitely.

Sporting director Zorc, who represented the team at the draw, was even ready to shake hands with Benfica general manager Rui Costa.

As a result, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Benfica were drawn by Chelsea, which means that Dortmund will meet Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Barcelona this season has been in shaky form, chilling, and a team that no team wants to bump into.

In the Champions League 1/8 finals, he defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3:1 away and Bayer Leverkusen 7:1 at home, with an aggregate score of 10:2.

Such an opponent is not happy for anyone.

Dortmund's sporting director Zolke, who appeared on the broadcast camera, had a dark face, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was unhappy.

Of course, Barcelona's sporting director Subisareta's expression was no better.

Borussia Dortmund is a tough nut to crack for Barcelona, and they may not even be able to bite it, with last year's UEFA Super Cup being the best example.

They lost 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund with one more man.

However, thinking of Messi's hot state, Subisareta was in a much better mood, and he took the initiative to turn his head and stretch out his hand to face Dortmund's sporting director Zorke, who was sitting in the back row.

At the same time, in the lounge of the Stobelari Training Center, Tang Zheng caused 'public outrage'.

Hummels bore the brunt of the attack and was ready to lead everyone to 'communiqué personal vendettas' in order to avenge Tang Zheng's past bullying.

Anyway, the law does not blame the public.

But......

This time there was another accident.

Rushing to the front, he found that he was, yes, yes, ...... Sold by teammates again.

The punishment he faced next was horrific.

Hummels' horrific screams were soon heard in the lounge of the Stobelari Training Center: "Help!SOS!!"

Gotze turned a blind eye, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, this ...... Mats, too, was bold enough to rebel. ”

Sven Bender tweeted a tweet with Lewandowski recording the video and Piszczek directing the video......

Unsure of what was going on, Reus turned to Grosskreutz, his teammate from the youth team.

"Here's the thing......"

Grosskreutz put his arm around Reus's shoulder.

Even manager Jurgen Klopp put his arm around assistant coach Jellico Bouvac's shoulders and chatted about something.

All in all, the Dortmund players in the lounge of the Stobelari training centre did not show the annoyance they deserved, and the atmosphere was very good.

On the other hand, Gamble Sports City, Barcelona's first-team tactical hall.

Coach Pep Guardiola frowned, and in the draw for the quarter-finals, the last thing he wanted to meet was not Real Madrid, but Dortmund.

The European Super Cup last August is still fresh in my mind.

Messi, who scored five goals in a single game at home in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, also frowned, and that game was arguably the most ugly game since he became famous.

In the ninety minutes of the game, there was not a single successful breakthrough.

This kind of data is unique throughout my career.

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In the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season, La Liga, the English Premier League and the Bundesliga each have two teams, and the remaining two teams are the Portuguese Super League and the Cypriot League.

Among them, Atletico Greeks entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League is a shocking upset.

Being able to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, they have no further ideas, and it doesn't matter which opponent they meet, so there are not too many emotional fluctuations when they draw Real Madrid.

Bayern and Arsenal are awkward when they draw together, strong dialogue.

Benfica, who are not in the mainstream league, drew Chelsea in the Premier League, which is also a focus battle to watch.

But the more interesting game is another Champions League quarter-final in the bottom half.

Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona!

Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona have met three times in their history, all of them in the UEFA Super Cup.

The most recent meeting was last year's UEFA Super Cup, where Borussia Dortmund beat new Champions League champions Barcelona 3-1 with fewer men.

The other two UEFA Super Cup matches were the meetings before the UEFA Super Cup restructuring, with Barcelona 2-0 at home and 1-1 away

Overall, the two teams have met three times, with one win, one draw and one defeat, and interestingly both the total number of goals scored and the total number of goals conceded are the same.

It is equivalent to saying that the two teams have no winner or loser in the past historical encounters, so the next two-legged competition in the Champions League 1/4 finals will change the history of the two teams.

It doesn't matter which team it is, you should give it your all.

And in last year's European Super Cup, Dortmund and Barcelona had a certain grudge.

Therefore, in addition to Arsenal and Bayern Munich, the 1/4 finals of the Champions League focused on the analysis of European media, as well as Dortmund and Barcelona.

As for the two matches of Real Madrid vs Atletico Greeks and Benfica vs Chelsea, a simple focus is sufficient.

After all, in terms of strength, the gap is a bit big.

However, for Borussia Dortmund, the priority is the domestic league and the German Cup semi-finals, which will be rekindled in the middle of next week.

Before the Champions League quarter-finals begin, they need to maximize their league points advantage as much as possible.

The first leg is played at home at the standard kick-off time of the Champions League, at 8.45pm on March 27, and the second leg is a week at the Camp Nou.

Because Tang Zheng will miss the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals with three yellow cards, Klopp hopes to take the lead in the league, and then use the two-season unbeaten home game against Barcelona, and wait until the second leg.

At the weekend, Borussia Dortmund host Werder Bremen.

This season's season is fundamentally different from last season, with 11 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses and 39 points, ranking sixth in the league.

With nine games to go in the 2011-2012 Bundesliga, they are currently eight points behind fourth-placed Schalke 04.

However, Tang Zheng, who was determined to miss the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, seemed to vent his frustration on the visiting Werder Bremen, and assisted twice to help Dortmund easily win the game 2:0.

After playing in the league, Dortmund also have the German Cup semi-finals in midweek.

Considering that the team drawn in the semi-finals is the little-known German second division team Gretelhoff, Klopp has made some adjustments to the main lineup.

After all, the first leg of Barcelona's Champions League quarterfinals will be ushered in at home in the middle of next week, and it is still in the absence of Tang Zheng.

In this game, Tang Zheng did not appear in the starting lineup, he sat on the bench.

Obviously, this is Klopp's desire to adapt to the team without Tang Zheng.

It's just that the result made him a little disappointed, Dortmund without Tang Zheng is like another team, and the overall strength has dropped by a whole notch.

The most obvious place is the hardness of the defense in the middle and the transition from defense to attack, in terms of micro-technology, Gundogan is really not a star and a half star behind Tang Zheng.

Thankfully, he had good news.

If nothing else, Pirlo, who was injured in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, is likely to return in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

In the end, thanks to Lewandowski's scramble in a penalty area scuffle in the second half, Dortmund defeated Gretelhoff 1-0 away and advanced to the German Cup final for the third consecutive season.

The other semi-final of the German Cup is the focus of the German Cup.

Bayern Munich, who are currently in the top of the standings, host Borussia Mönchengladbach.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Bayern Munich defeated their opponents 2:1 at home, and they met Dortmund in the final.

This German Cup final is also the third meeting between the two teams in three seasons.

Two finals, one semi-final.

As a result, it all ended in a victory for Borussia Dortmund.

Dortmund are unbeaten in eight meetings in the last three seasons and have won all of their last six games.

But at this time, no one has the heart to put it until the final of the German Cup at the end of the season, and their priority is to meet the challenge.

The first leg of the league and Champions League quarter-finals.

The two matches in a row are a severe test for the giants.

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Before the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2011-2012 Champions League, Borussia Dortmund played Cologne away.

Tang Zheng missed the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, and the away league against Cologne was naturally not in rotation, after all, the German Cup semi-finals in midweek were against different opponents, and the strength gap between the two teams was very large, and there was no game to play in the second half of the league.

And at this stage of the season, the players' physical reserves have also reached a relatively delicate stage.

As a manager, Klopp also has to know how to rotate the main squad reasonably.

Although most of the main players were hidden for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, Dortmund, led by Tang Zheng, still got a victory at the Rheinenergy Stadium.

0:3

At the end of 90 minutes, the home team is in front and the away team is behind.

The domestic league has just ended, and the focus of the German media and the mainstream European media is on the Champions League quarter-finals that will be rekindled in the middle of next week.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona are the two most important matches.

Catalonia, after finishing the domestic league, Barcelona quickly plunged into the preparation for the Champions League.

Coach Pep Guardiola is in a much better mood now than when the draw came out, as he learned from UEFA officials and media reports that Tang Zheng will miss the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

This could not be better news for Barcelona, who lost to Tang Zheng in last year's UEFA Super Cup not so much to Borussia Dortmund.

In that game, except for one goal, Messi did not have any other dazzling data on the offensive end.

Even the proud penetration of the middle could not penetrate the midfield led by Tang Zheng, and even weaker than Dortmund in local confrontations.

This will not happen even against Real Madrid.

Now, Tang Zheng is absent from the first leg, and the original away plan to win the draw has become a victory!

And it must be won!

The whole Dortmund team preparing for the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals seems to be a little lacking in self-confidence, and they lack Tang Zheng to stand in the middle for the first time in a major game, and they are somewhat lacking in confidence.

Andrea Pirlo has returned from injury to participate in joint training, but it is unrealistic for him to play in the first leg of the high-tempo Champions League quarter-finals.

Therefore, manager Jurgen Klopp had to choose to win at home to a draw and leave the decisive battle in the second leg.

Tang Zheng is not only a player at Dortmund, but also like the spiritual sustenance and leader of a team, and no one can replace him.

To keep the draw and win, it is natural to give priority to defensive counterattacks.

High pressing is Klopp's mastery and the best tactic to limit Barcelona's Titi-Taka.

Dortmund's biggest feature is that they can run, plus they play at home, as long as they don't take the initiative to die, there is a lot of hope for a draw with Barcelona.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the tactical hall, had some words that he kept holding, he wanted to say but didn't want to say.

Because Klopp's choice of relatively negative tactics is linked to his accumulation of yellow cards and suspension, if Klopp's tactical choice is denied in person, it is somewhat suspected of not giving face to the manager.

Two days before the match, the entire Barcelona team arrived in Dortmund.

They were warmly 'welcomed' by the local Dortmund fans, especially Sergio Busquets.

Dortmund fans clearly remember that it was Busquets' acting skills in last year's European Super Cup that caused Gundogan to accumulate yellow cards before being substituted, so that Dortmund played one less game.

If it weren't for Tang Zheng's amazing performance, last year's European Super Cup would have been in Barcelona's bag.

Secondly, Barcelona's MVP combination was also 'welcome'.

As early as the draw results, Messi, Villa and Pedro showed a strong desire to win away from home on various occasions, believing that Dortmund's astonishing record was meant to be beaten by the visiting team.

Barcelona, on the other hand, is a record-breaking team.

Borussia Dortmund have been unbeaten in all competitions since the start of the 2009-2010 season, so how did Barcelona win?

With the title of defending Champions League champion?

Joke!

Westphaa Lun Stadium is Europe's No. 1 Devil's Home Stadium!

God comes to punish God! Buddha comes to punish Buddha!

No, Westerners don't believe in gods and Buddhas.

In their hearts, even if God came to Westphalian Stadium, they should lower their profile.

Can Barcelona be presumptuous just by virtue of being the defending champions?

Fans expressed their dissatisfaction with Barcelona's superstar, and Dortmund players also used their personal social networks or media to express their dissatisfaction.

Captain Kyle publicly stated: "Unbeaten at home for almost three seasons, no matter which team comes next, it's impossible to take away a win!"

For Kyle's words, Dortmund fans and the German media are absolutely supportive.

Bayern Munich haven't won a single game here in the last three seasons, is it possible for Barcelona?

Indeed, it is possible.

That...... It's just a possibility.

In the blink of an eye, the first leg of the 2011-2012 Champions League quarter-finals was played at the Westphasco Lun Stadium.