Chapter 338: A German Tank Blown Up by an Air Raid

2-1, it was a happy ending for both coaches.

In the post-match press conference, Bei and Capello even talked about the past when the two were in Italy more than 20 years ago.

Back in the mid-90s, when Fabio Capello was in charge of AC Milan, Benitez travelled to Italy to ask him for advice.

Capello graciously allowed the Spaniard to visit the team's physical and tactical training, and the two discussed the formation and tactics in depth, and soon became friends without much to talk about. Both of them love to drink rum, which is abundant in Spain, have a drink, talk about the world, and have the heroism of a hero.

Benitez happily recalls this time: "My idol was Sacchi, but Capello had great success after Sacchi left Milan. It's hard to play, it's even harder to defend, and Capello will have a hard time getting more trophies after Sacchi has created a dynasty for AC Milan. But Capello is clearly a winner, as you can see from his experience. ”

Capello is undoubtedly the most successful club manager in European football over the past 15 years.

He won league titles at Milan, Real Madrid and Roma before taking charge of Juventus, and since he took over from Sacchi in 1991, he has won six league titles, including a Champions League.

But it's such a Serie A coach who made a mistake at Anfield today.

If it hadn't been for Cannavaro's last-minute goal, he wouldn't have known how to account to the Torino fans when he returned.

'There's no doubt that TO, like Gianluigi Buffon, is a world-class goalkeeper and it's not easy for us to break down his goal.

'It may have been that we had too long a break and all the players didn't get used to the rhythm of the game after the start, so it was a two-goal deficit.

"I'm to blame for it all."

'But we played well in the second half, whether it was Piero or Nedved, Cannavaro was very active.

'The only thing I'm satisfied with is not the goal, it's the bounce back when the team is 2-0 down, and this game is a machine that adjusts us and I think we will get back to our best as soon as possible.

"There is still hope for the Champions League, and when I return to Turin, I will give the fans a satisfactory answer."

No wonder Capello is so confident, as a loyal supporter of the "1-0 doctrine", he has a thousand ways to get Juventus to beat the attacking Reds 1-0 at home.

Cannavaro's valuable away goal was enough to turn Juventus back from defeat at home.

Just like they did when they eliminated Real Madrid.

After the game, "Milan Sport" commented: "There are three points that make Capello passive Trezeguet unable to start, Nedved has just returned and is not suitable for the game, and Emerson is in a slump." ”

'Blasi's technical disadvantage is clear, and if Capello wants to win, he has to have Emerson at his best in midfield.

There are countless arguments like this, and almost all media and public bodies agree that it is not difficult for Juventus to win the game at home.

Platini also said: "Juve got a good result, if not better. They're just not in good form but they've got the posts, they've got away goals, they've got two legs. ”

"Back in Turin, they'll definitely qualify!"

This is Juventus' 23rd Champions League appearance so far.

In their last 174 matches, they have a total of 88 wins, 40 draws and 46 defeats, second only to Real Madrid and Bayern.

With such a superior resume, even after the 1-2 defeat on the road, Juventus is still far stronger than Liverpool's 10 to 1 in the odds to win the championship offered by William Hill.

In the other game, PSV Eindhoven held Lyon to a 1-1 draw away from home.

Both teams are evenly matched, and the odds of progressing to the semi-finals are similar.

The only thing worth mentioning was that South Korea's golden boy Park Ji-sung perfectly made up for the gap left by Robben's departure, assisting his team-mate in the final moments of the game to help the team equalise.

Lee Yong-pyo, who played with him in PSV Eindhoven, is now also a key player in PSV Eindhoven, and the two South Koreans are thriving in PSV Eindhoven, which can't help but make domestic fans wonder if the arrival of Hao Junmin and Jung Ji will add new vitality to PSV after the summer transfer window opens.

The Champions League continues, on April 6, London, Stamford Bridge.

Frank Lampard stands out from the crowd.

On this night, Mourinho was nowhere to be found on the pitch at Stamford Bridge, but Mourinho was present in every corner of Stamford Bridge.

If you have to use a very typical character to describe this strong-willed person, he is the black man in "The Matrix" whose mental power is everywhere.

Due to the aggressive remarks made by Munirio on the sidelines during the last game against Barcelona, the Portuguese young coach was banned by FIFA for two matches.

Jose Mourinho, the man in black, is gone, but the horror he left behind is in the bones of every Chelsea player. The Portuguese who was sent off did not even bother to use modern tools such as mobile phones and walkie-talkies, and simply threw a very old bag at his assistant Brito to level Magath, leaving no room for retreat.

In fact, when Magath landed at Stamford Bridge with the flagship of German football, he also carried with him a certain pride in the recent elimination of Arsenal in the quarter-finals - if he had already crossed Arsenal, why couldn't he cross Chelsea, also from London, in the Premier League?

What's more, the away and home schedule will always leave you with a chance to save everything.

But Arsenal is Arsenal and Chelsea is Chelsea – a Chelsea like no other in the world.

From the first minute of the game, it was surprising to find that the Blues had opted for a 'retro football' style of play – a long ball and a lob. even took the initiative to abandon the midfield in the attack, which is very different from Arsenal's attacking style of French ground layer by layer!

The Germans' experience of knocking out Arsenal was wiped out in an instant.

Just four minutes into the game, Chelsea's lightning strike was sparked by captain John Terry's long ball over 50 metres from the back.

On the line of Bayern's penalty area, although Kovac grabbed the top before Drogba to the first point, it was Duff who grabbed the second point, the Irishman gently flicked to the right, and Joe Cole, who came from the right side, shot from a long distance at the first time!

It didn't look like a very threatening shot, but it all changed the moment Lucio instinctively stretched out one of his "God's feet" - the ball flew into the German goal in a curled line with the optical principle of "angle of incidence equals angle of reflection".

Even the Lion King Karn could only leave a helpless glance back.

Since then, Chelsea's attacking tactics have been revealed, with the Blues' midfielders aiming for the top of Didier Drogba's head before aiming for the opposition's goal.

This powerful centre-forward, who is as strong as an ox but often feels flawed, finds his place most accurately under such a clear tactic - using Drogba like Ronaldo or Adriano or Shevchenko would be a mistake like a donkey's lips and not a horse's mouth!

The key is that Mourinho knows his players better than everyone else - using long balls to rush, playing Drogba's header and impact, and then using other players to frantically grab the second landing point and carry out the goal, so as to achieve the "lips and teeth" of "donkey" and "horse".

It was 100 per cent carpet bombardment, long balls from the back in sports battles, corners, free-kicks on the flanks and even throw-ins up front, and the Blues were determined to execute what seemed to be the simplest yet most direct form of attack.

One, two, three

While the German tanks were still fighting for territory on the ground, the British fighters had already secured victory over the city of London.

Gradually, Bayern lost first the air and then the ground in the defense inside and outside the penalty area.

For the Blues, Didier Drogba is the beacon, Duff is the front, Gudjohnsen is the model and Makelele is the wall.

But the real leader is Frank Lampard!

The night was destined to belong to Frank Lampard and his left foot, and when the Premier League man's 'Iron Man' turned 180 degrees to finish the shot, it was a certain 'modern beauty' of Chelsea's 'retro football'.

"It was a shot that only TO can keep, and he taught me how to shoot into the corner of the net in that position!" – Frank Lampard recalled after the game.

It can be seen that he seems to want to break through the door of an old man with this shot.

By the time the score reached 4-1, all the suspense seemed to be over.

But in the last minute, the sudden whistle of the Dutch referee who was more than 2 meters and Ballack's penalty shot still stopped the suspense completely.

If you're a neutral fan, you don't get too caught up in the truth about the penalty. You'll only care about how the Bundesliga giants will greet the Blues when they return to the Allianz Arena.

Abou, Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard and all the blue fans enjoyed such a winning night first. Who else in Europe can stand in the way of the unbeatable Blues?