The smoke of Serie A has temporarily disappeared, and the Champions Cup has ignited the wolf smoke again. The second leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions League will be played on Wednesday, and the final four of the Champions League will be announced after that.

At present, eight teams, Galatasaray, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Leeds United have one foot in the last four.

Real Madrid vs Galatasaray

The injury situation in the Real Madrid squad has been serious lately, and there is little hope of Morientes recovering. However, manager Bosque is pleased that main striker Raul will be back in this game, and Real Madrid's substitute striker Guti has been in a heroic form recently, scoring a hat-trick in the league last week. Galatasaray, who have been dark horses for two years in a row, are in good shape, winning 3-2 at home to Real Madrid in the first leg, which gives them more away illusions, maybe they can beat Real Madrid to advance to the semi-finals?

Manchester United vs Arsenal

Arsenal lost the first leg with an away lead and returned home to a difficult situation. Left midfielder Ljungberg was injured in the last league game and will surely miss out on this revenge game, while main defender Campbell has also been suspended at this crucial moment. The opponents, Manchester United, are full of personnel, which is absolutely bad for Arsenal to reach the last four of the Champions League. And the worst thing is that Manchester United have already won the league title eight rounds ahead of schedule, and they can play with Arsenal without distraction, and Arsenal, who are already second in the league, have no advantage to speak of.

Deportivo La Coruna vs Leeds United

La Liga's new champions Deportivo La Liga lost 3-0 in the first leg at the feet of Leeds United, and it may not be possible to do more if they rely on their perfect home game alone. Injuries and suspensions in Deportivo La Coruna's squad have taken a toll on their strength, while a strong Leeds United will be playing with the strongest squad.

Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich

Inter Milan won 5-1 away at Juventus last week, while Bayern Munich suffered a 3-1 defeat at their Olympic Stadium to league title contenders Schalke 04. The stark contrast between ecstasy and the crushing defeat undoubtedly gave Inter Milan an absolute advantage in morale.

And Inter Milan leads 4:2 on aggregate, facing Bayern Munich, who has been in a slump recently, the powerful Inter Milan is very likely to successfully reach the semi-finals. In terms of team staffing, Inter Milan's Zanetti and Di Biagio were unable to play due to injury, and Farinos was suspended due to red cards.

Bayern Munich, who have home advantage, is not alone, the core of the midfield and captain Effenberg is suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Elber received a red card directly in the last game, and they cannot play with the full main lineup.

Just two weeks ago, after Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 4-2 at home, it was thought that the Italian would reach the semi-finals of the Champions League with his head held high. Bayern, who lost away from home, also lost their absolute mainstay Effenberg and Elber, who were no longer favored at the time.

Two weeks later, the German media is still not optimistic about Bayern Munich.

Perhaps only the Bayern boss thinks there is still a possibility of a comeback.

So if they beat Inter Milan, does Bayern Munich have any battle plan?

Heathfield said Bayern should have scored as soon as possible in the early stages of the game, so they have a good chance of coming from behind. 'I know how difficult it is, but I hope we can score first in the game and that will make a fundamental difference. It's going to be difficult to break down Inter but I'm confident we can do it. ”

'It doesn't matter when you score, the key is that you need to be patient and waiting. Inter also want to score as quickly as possible, as they did against Juventus, and they have shown that they can tear any opponent apart when they play their best, and we have to be wary of that. ”

'There are a lot of great players in both teams, but I just care about whether our players can show their quality to the fullest, we can't expect Inter to play out of shape and win, we have to work hard for it.'

'The team has not decided, Effenberg's absence will have a big impact on us, but it is also an opportunity for Ballack, who will be the new core of Bayern. He's always wanted to prove that he can be a leader for Bayern, and now his chance has come. ”

Effenberg was unavailable and Heathfield pinned their hopes on the young Ballack.

For Bayern Munich head coach Heathfield's vow to turn the tables, the Italian media sneered. According to Milan Sport, Bayern is nothing more than the overlord of the Bundesliga.

"Although Bayern are still the leaders in the domestic league, their quality should not be overestimated. Heathfield have always thought their players have a lot of Champions League experience, but they have struggled to qualify for the Champions League this season. In addition, Inter Milan has no less talent than Bayern. It should come as no surprise that Bayern have been knocked out of the last four for the second year in a row. ”

"Hope for Barak? Perhaps Heathfield forgot that Ballack had been Zheng Zhi's helper at Bayer Leverkusen, and that he had been living in Zheng Zhi's shadow. ”

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Inter Milan are also full of confidence, and after arriving in Munich at noon on Wednesday, the Inter Milan captain was interviewed by "Kicker" in front of the hotel.

A group of Italian reporters wondered why Zheng Zhi would be so friendly to Germany, in Italy, his relationship with reporters was bad, and he really had no other good memories except for taking the initiative to talk about Buffon in an interview yesterday.

They don't know that German sports journalists only focus on things on the arena and don't care much about the private lives of the players, which may be the reason why Zheng Zhi has the opposite attitude towards them.

Speaking to Sport Bild, the captain said: "We will reach the semi-finals with a complete defeat for Bayern Munich, the game is very important for the team and for me, we have already taken the first step to conquer Bayern in Meaza two weeks ago, and now we need a decisive second step." ”

"It's not the most important game of the year, I think I'm going to play two semi-finals and the final, and that's when I talk about what is the most important game."

Regarding Ballack's replacement of Effenberg as the core of Bayern's attack, Zheng Zhi expressed his support for Ballack.

'Ballack has the ability to be a leading figure for Bayern, he is the best successor to Effenberg and I think he is also the best player in Germany and he should lead the German team to revival.

"But unfortunately, I'm not going to make him happy tonight. It will be Inter Milan who will win, he can only look forward to next season and I wish him the best of luck in winning the Bundesliga this year......"

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Mourinho then also made harsh remarks in his pre-match press conference.

"If Inter Milan don't come back here and can't qualify for the last four of the Champions League, I will leave Inter immediately, I won't have the face to stay on it anymore!"

"Even if I win the Serie A, I think it would be a losing season to suffer this kind of humiliation in the Champions Cup."

This is equivalent to a life and death situation.

Maybe anything can happen in football, but Mourinho personally can't accept such a result, which may be why he has been successful all the time?

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At the Stadio Olimpic, Heathfield continued to use the 343 formation, which once gave them a 2-0 lead, but then he reverted to the formation in a conservative manner, and as a result, Inter scored four goals in a row to turn the game around. By the time he reacted and wanted to get back in formation, it was too late.

Today, he had no choice, he had to play 343, and he couldn't stop attacking, let alone conceding in defense.

Bayern Munich, who have no way out, have no choice but to fight on their backs, unless they give up early.

Bayern Munich (3-4-3): goalkeeper Kahn; Defenders: Kufuor, Lucio, Lizarazu; Midfielders: Jeremes, Salihamidzic, Ze Roberto, Ballack; Forwards: Sauer, Santa Cruz, Sergio.

Although Inter Milan is short of major generals in the midfield, Mourinho still plays 4312.

Goalkeeper: Frey.

Defenders: Panucci, Materazzi, Blanco, Grosso

Midfielders: Wanpeta, Zheng Zhi, Pirlo, Dalma

Forwards: Ronaldo, Vieri

Bayern wore the red jersey and National Milan wore the white away jersey.

As soon as the match began, Breitner, the guest of honor on German national television, immediately spotted a problem:

"No, Inter Milan's formation is not 4312, but 442, Pirlo and Zheng Zhi's positions are almost parallel, and Dalma plays the left midfield."

"These are the two wings that want to contain Bayern."

"Without the midfielders, Inter Milan's attack should not be as fierce as in the first leg, but the side defense has been strengthened, and it will not be easy for Ze Roberto and Salihamidzic to break through their wings."

Breitner's point hit the nail on the head.

Considering that Ballack has become the only central midfield for Bayern Munich, without the threat of Effenberg, Mourinho removed a midfielder and played 442. It was enough to have Zheng Zhi and Pirlo in the middle, and the two wings had to guard against Ze Roberto and Salihamidzic.

At the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich attacked wildly, Salihamidzic on the right took the ball and collided with Sarr in succession, and the former completed the first cross. Santa Cruz and Blanco battled for a landing spot in the box, and Blanco was knocked to the ground by the young Santa Cruz.

The offense is ineffective.

The 35-year-old Blanco looks a bit inferior to the youthful Santa Cruz, who defended Jankel quite well in the first round, but now he has suffered a big loss in the first confrontation with Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz looks like nothing has happened.

I have to say that Blanco is really too old, he has not renewed his contract with Inter Milan until now, and he may have to leave Inter Milan at the end of the season.

Blanco rubbed his chest as he got up from the ground, and glanced at Santa Cruz with some confusion, as if he was a little suspicious. It stands to reason that Santa Cruz is easier to deal with than Yankel, but people just collide like this, and they can't bear it?

Breitner immediately commented, "Santa Cruz is scrappy,"

"This confrontation shows that he dares to fight hand-to-hand with his opponent."

"It's completely different from when he first came to Bayern Munich."

"Today's forward preference is Santa Cruz over Jankel, and I guess Heathfield has taken a fancy to Santa Cruz."

"Dare to fight hard!"

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Inter Milan's attack started from the middle and did not go to the side, and the pass between Pirlo and Zheng Zhi was quite smooth, one to two, one to two, Jerimes and Ballack one by one, but still could not prevent Zheng Zhi from stuffing the ball straight to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo took the ball in the penalty area to face Lucio, and when he lost the space to break through, he continued to use his bicycle to confuse Lucio, and then slammed to the right, trying to enter from the right, but was indeed ruthlessly stabbed by Lucio, and the ball was lost.

Lucio's judgment was ruthless and accurate.

Ronaldo was defeated, Lizarazu launched a counterattack from the left, and the ball passed straight to Ze Roberto, who and Sergio hit the wall and quickly cut in, Ballack came up, but was followed closely by Zheng Zhi, and after protecting the ball at his feet, he went to Zheng Zhi!

But after just one step, he dunked the ball back, turned around, sent the ball out with his long legs, and suddenly stuffed it to the right!

Fake and true!

A calm pass found Sauer on the right flank.

Ballack plays quite smartly, Zheng Zhi can't help it, the opponent has been getting stronger and smarter, if it was before, Ballack would probably have broken through to the end, and now he has learned to play with his brain.

The two men rushed to the back point at the same time and jumped, and Sergio suddenly stepped between them. This sudden change caught Zheng Zhi off guard.

Sauer crosses again!

Rear point!

Sure enough, it was a tactic.

Sergio came to fend off Zheng Zhi and then gave Ballack space to jump at the back post, Panucci was too late to come to help, and Ballack stretched his arms in the air like an unstoppable bomber, his head slammed into the ball.

Knock –

The ball hangs in the top left corner of the goal.

Frey didn't have anything to do, he didn't even make a save.

The ball was too fast.

“goal!”

“goal!“

“goal!“

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!“

"Michael Barak!"

'He lived up to expectations and scored first for Bayern Munich.'

"He still scored on Zheng Zhi's head, and Zheng Zhi, who is known as invincible defensively, has now become his underdog."

"It doesn't seem like it's a fantasy for Bayern Munich to get a 2-0 at home."

A similar start to the first leg.

Zheng Zhi stood in place, looking at Barak's rushing back, and a smile suddenly squeezed out of the corner of his mouth.

This bastard.

It's changed, too.

He couldn't help but sigh.

It's a familiar tactic, and in the past, Gresco and Lucio used to play that role, using them as cannon fodder for Ballack, resisting opposition defences and creating space for Ballack, and that's what it is now.

Everyone is learning and improving......

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'Heathfield is in the same situation as in the first leg again, what will he do this time?'