Southern suburbs of Madrid, Spain, Leganés Bloc Stadium.

The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round.

The two teams, who had to shake hands at the Parc Olimpico in Lyon a week ago, met again at the Stade Blok in Leganes, but by this time the situation of the two teams was very different.

This past weekend, Lyon suffered a 2-0 defeat at Nancy, suffering two consecutive defeats in Ligue 1 and failing to score in both games, conceding six goals, which sent Lyon down to seventh place in the league again, and the young coach Garde, who was in charge of the first team for the first time this season, suffered the strongest crisis of confidence since taking charge.

On the other hand, Chinatown, after playing Lyon away, returned to Spain and sat at the Brogue Stadium to welcome the vice-president Zaragoza.

Pochettino rotated his squad and started a number of youngsters, including Roberto Firmino, Kevin De Bruyne, Isco and Koke, only to win 5-1 at Zaragoza after conceding a goal at home.

What's even more commendable is that the five goals came from five different players, with Isco and Pelle both passing and shooting, and Danilo, Raphael Varane and Roberto Firmino all scoring goals.

The 5-1 win over Zaragoza made this group of young players in the China City team unanimously praised by the outside media and fans, Pochettino's team also showed strong attacking momentum, and Pelle's role in the team was also recognized and affirmed by everyone.

The equalizer in the Champions League away and the big reversal of Zaragoza at home gave confidence to the whole of Chinatown.

As soon as the game began, Chinatown launched a fierce attack on Lyon, especially on the left flank.

Hazard and Alba's left side is very skillful and tacit, the Spanish left-back boldly pressed forward from the beginning and actively participated in the attack, and Hazard also kept running flexibly on the left and in the middle, coupled with the middle of Rakitic was very active, China City opened with a stormy attack.

In the ninth minute, Hazard relied on his excellent individual ability, after receiving Alba's pass on the left side, he cut into the front of the penalty area horizontally, shook off Lyon defender Gonalong, and directly kicked the ball and hit the goal, opening the scoring for China City.

It was a goal that ignited enthusiasm at Block Stadium.

After the goal, Chinatown attacked again, and soon consciously stabilized the defense and let Lyon attack.

The league lost two in a row, the first leg of the Champions League was forced to draw 1-1 at home, and the opponent was given an away goal, and when it came to the away side, it was conceded in nine minutes, which made Lyon feel anxious and the psychological pressure increased dramatically.

But as a result, after Lyon began to increase its offensive, Chinatown held firmly and counterattacked.

In the 22nd minute, China City seized an opportunity to launch a counterattack, Pelle received a long pass from the backfield, and the header was given to Hazard, and the Belgian pushed the ball directly and passed the ball diagonally behind the Lyon defense, Aubameyang tore through the Lyon defense like a bolt of lightning, chased the ball and pushed the goal to score.

With two goals in a row, Lyon was completely stunned.

Garde was also struggling with the team's situation, making two substitutions at half-time in an attempt to launch a frantic counterattack against Chinatown, but Pochettino was clearly prepared for this and quickly gave countermeasures to continue the defensive counterattack.

Leon's targeted tactics for China City are gritting his teeth with hatred, wanting to press up and attack, but he is afraid of being counterattacked.

On the other hand, Chinatown, with two goals in hand, also took the initiative on the field and coped with it with ease.

In the 69th minute, teenager Alvaro Morata came off the bench to replace center forward Pelle, who had played the main game for two consecutive games.

Soon after, Eden Hazard, who played a pass and a shot in this game, was also replaced by Firmino, and De Bruyne also came on to replace Herrera, Pochettino obviously has the intention of training this group of young players.

Until the 84th minute, the midfielders of China City played a wonderful match in a row, De Bruyne and Rakitic continued to hit the wall, Rakitic passed diagonally to the right, Aubameyang successfully countered offside, dribbled along the right side, crossed to the goal on the right side of the penalty area, and substitute Morata quickly followed, grabbing a point in front of the goal.

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“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！”

The long sound of the goal was heard over the radio at Block Stadium, but was quickly drowned out by frantic shouts from the scene.

3-0!Alvaro Morata scores his first goal in the Champions League!

All the Chinatown players rushed to the sidelines, and the scorer Alvaro Morata was so excited that he was about to take off his shirt, but was quickly stopped by his teammates who caught up with him.

"Haha, at this time, Morata should be calm, don't let yourself get a yellow card. ”

All the fans in the stadium cheered.

3 to 0, China Town can basically be said to have been promoted safely!

Champions League quarterfinals!

That's the last eight of the Champions League!

Pochettino also looked extremely excited on the sidelines, constantly waving his fists and shouting over there, venting his inner excitement.

He bet right, he made the right decision!

The Copa del Rey final, the Champions League quarterfinals, these two heavy report cards are the strongest counterattack against all those who question him.

But it's not enough, it's not enough.

This series of outstanding results has given Chinatown the courage and confidence to go back to the quarter-finals and the league to return to the top four, and he will have to achieve better results than last season, better than all previous seasons.

Thinking of this, Pochettino suddenly felt full of passion, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar.

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"Three to zero, that's it!"

When Gao Han saw Morata score, his first reaction was to laugh, followed by laughter.

With an aggregate score of 4-1, Chinatown has basically advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and Pochettino has also exceeded the club's expected goal.

At this time, the live TV camera was given to the sidelines, and Pochettino's hands were clenched into fists, and the excited appearance of looking up to the sky and roaring was clearly presented in front of the live TV camera.

After Zidane saw it, he shook his head and laughed, "He is probably choking enough for a while." ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Sergio Garcia also laughed, "When the team is in 11th place, how much pressure there is, you can see, the group of media reporters who scolded him at the beginning will probably sing the praises of Pochettino tomorrow morning, and will praise him for how wise and correct his decision was." ”

"The media is all this kind of urine. Makelle shook his head.

Modern professional football and the media are inseparable symbiosis, the two industries complement each other and depend on each other, but the core purpose of the media is to promote sales, so they will do everything to cater to their readers.

Star-making and star-destroying have become a means that the media never gets tired of treating professional football.

For example, in the United Kingdom, football stars are the idols of the whole country, and the media will always desperately pack some players who perform well, which is why England always produces talented young players and the reason why the value of players is generally high.

Every year, countless players rise to fame and ruin in the media hype, and the media gets a steady stream of hype from it, and authoritative newspapers such as The Times and The Guardian are relatively good, but gossip newspapers such as The Sun are the main ones.

This is true in the United Kingdom, and it is similar in Spain, where Chinatown is located.

"Some people say that money is a man's courage, and results are the confidence of a manager, I believe that after this period of experience, Pochettino will become more mature and more confident, and this season will be a new peak in his career, depending on his own creation, see how high the bottom can rush, how far to go. ”

Gao Han is also very unaccustomed to the behavior of the media, but this is the general environment, not a person, a team, or even an industry can change, as a head coach, the only thing to do is to learn and adapt to it, and finally use it.

Chinatown has been able to play this step this season, which is already an extraordinary performance, and one of the lucky points is that the team's draw is lucky, from the group stage to the round of 16 knockout round, several opponents are similar in strength to Chinatown, which makes Chinatown, the new team in the Champions League, although it is very difficult, but also fought all the way.

But what you're going to encounter next is all hard bones.

The quarter-finals of the Champions League are definitely a test of a team's strength.

However, after the tempering of this season's Champions League, Chinatown's overall strength has improved greatly, and several young players in the team are also growing rapidly, coupled with the maturity of Pochettino, I believe that the future of Chinatown will be bright.

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The 3-0 win over Lyon gave Chinatown a flood of praise, and coach Mauricio Pochettino and Eden Hazard, the core of the frontfield, won numerous applause and praise.

Three days after playing Lyon, Chinatown is back in the Madrid southern derby.

The first leg between the two sides was won 3-2 at home to Chinatown, and Getafe was bent on revenge, just in time for Chinatown's midweek bloody defeat against Lyon, Luis Garcia wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

Not to mention the result, he really picked it up.

Castro's goal in the 42nd minute gave Getafe the lead for the time being.

But what was really worrying was the two yellow cards from Isco and Roberto Firmino in the first half, and the two youngsters were clearly not calm and rational, and Pochettino decisively replaced them at half-time, and as a result, Chinatown was completely revitalized in the second half.

Ander Herrera, who came on in place of Isco, opened the scoring for China City, before Eden Hazard provided an assist down the left and Ilia Ramendi put the lead in front of Eden Carvajal, before defender Carvajal scored the third goal.

In the end, China Town reversed Getafe 3-1 away to complete the season double against their southern opponents.

A week later, Chinatown welcomed Levante.

The team currently sit fifth in La Liga, one position ahead of Chinatown, while both teams are currently very small behind fourth-placed Valencia and are strong contenders for the top four in the league.

Therefore, Chinatown prepared carefully for this game, and finally beat Levante 1-0 at the Blok Stadium thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's goal in the 51st minute, with Eden Hazard on the left flanked by the assister.

The win lifted Chinatown up one place in the league standings, overtaking Levante and moving up to fifth, just one point away from fourth-placed Valencia.

Unai Emery's bat team performed very unwell in this round, and when they were leading by two goals, they were forced to score two goals in a row by Real Mallorca, and the original three points became one point, which is really frustrating.

At the end of the 27th round, China Town relied on this wave of three consecutive wins, the league ranking rose all the way, and finally grabbed the tail of the top four in the league again, and the competition with Valencia has also completely entered the white-hot stage.

The team's top scorer Aubameyang also scored 16 goals, tied with Torres, second only to Messi and Higuain, of which Higuain scored 18 goals, but Messi rode the dust and scored 33 goals, locking the top scorer in La Liga ahead of schedule.

Three days after the 27th round of La Liga, the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds were all over.

The next day, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League was held as scheduled.

(End of chapter)