This season's Champions League quarter-finals are interesting.

Among the eight teams are three La Liga teams, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League, two in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, and one in Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain.

Serie A teams were wiped out in the round of 16.

And there is a particularly interesting phenomenon in the round of 16 of the Champions League this season, that is, all the teams that qualified for the first place in the group defeated the team that qualified for the second place in the group and won the quarterfinals.

As early as the draw for the quarterfinals, many media reporters began to write articles to analyze this phenomenon in depth, believing that this is a signal that the strength and weakness pattern of European football is changing, especially the comprehensive withering of Serie A.

Of course, some people have also calculated that Serie A is the league with the least investment in the transfer market over the years.

Professional football, to put it bluntly, is to burn money.

Real Madrid's quarter-final opponent is Borussia Dortmund, another German team, but Real Madrid beat Dortmund 4-0 on their home turf with Yang Yang's hat-trick and Isco's goal, which surprised everyone.

Carlo Ancelotti also once again lined up the 352 formation in this game, and at the same time freed up Isco, which attracted a lot of praise from the media after the game, because Real Madrid switched back and forth between different formations such as 352, 433 and 442, and even 4321 Christmas trees this season, and they all played very well.

The main reason is that the team's bench is thick enough to adapt to different tactical plays, which is a headache for opponents.

With one foot in the semi-finals, Real Madrid will face another matchup in the top half, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two teams were also on the same page, and as a result, at Old Trafford in the first leg, although Manchester United scored first, Bayern Munich's Schweinsteiger quickly equalised for the German side, and the two sides ended up with a one-on-one draw.

But this is not a small advantage for Bayern Munich, as they have an away goal.

David Moyes' side have been underwhelming this season, currently sitting in seventh place in the Premier League, and many are even worried that they could miss out on next season's Champions League and even European qualification.

Real Madrid are also closely watching Manchester United's movements, as the Galacticos have always been full of interest in Manchester United's goalkeeper David De Gea, who is Manchester United's best performer this season, and the overall quality has improved greatly.

In contrast to Manchester United's poor performance, Pep Guardiola's side have performed quite well in the Bundesliga, with an unbeaten record of 25 wins and three draws in 28 games, and are the only two unbeaten teams in European football, the other being Real Madrid.

But Real Madrid's results are even better because they are unbeaten on all fronts, and this is the only team.

Judging from the results of the first leg, Real Madrid's most likely opponent should be Bayern Munich.

After playing Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid did not rest, because it was the league again.

But the next night, many Real Madrid players, including Casillas and Ramos, gathered at Yang Yang's home to watch Barcelona's match against Atletico Madrid.

As a result, it surprised everyone.

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One-to-one!

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, more than a dozen Real Madrid stars were a little silent in the huge living room.

Because they really don't know what to say.

Barcelona was forced to score 1-1 by Simeone's team at their home stadium, which has to be said to be a big upset, because it means that Barcelona lost the lead in the first leg.

"Simeone's team is getting dirtier and dirtier the more they play, and the more they play, the more stable they are, and whoever encounters this defense has a headache." Xavi Alonso shook his head and sighed, he has always been one of the most thoughtful and analytical players in the Real Madrid squad.

"Pique was wronged and was put on the spot by Diego Costa for no reason." Ramos laughed a little gloatingly.

It happened in the twelfth minute of the first half, when Atletico Madrid's back field played a long ball up front and Diego Costa and Pique fought for the top together, only to be squeezed away by Pique.

Pique is also very cunning in playing, with a lot of small moves and a lot of experience, and this time he wants to jump on Diego Costa's shoulders to not only press the opponent, but also grab points.

If it's someone else, you'll be pressed by you, at most you'll be angry, this kind of thing is too common in the game, not to mention Pique, Ramos doesn't do this kind of thing, to put it bluntly, this is a defensive skill of a central defender.

But Diego Costa is also a bad guy, he saw Pique pressing him to jump, he simply didn't fight, and walked away.

Pique had already jumped with Diego Costa's body, and as soon as the Brazilian striker walked away, Pique immediately lost his balance in mid-air, and the whole person fell to the ground, and it was his ass that landed first.

This fall was really miserable, and Pique was thrown off the field directly.

However, Diego Costa was unlucky and was substituted soon after with a thigh muscle strain, but substitute Diego scored a world-class goal in the second half to open the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

The Real Madrid star has also had mixed reviews about Diego Costa's move, with some arguing that it shouldn't be, while others taking it for granted, because Pique's move itself is irritating.

Of course, Yang Yang secretly observed that most of the attackers who supported Diego Costa were frontcourt attacking players, and most of the defenders who thought they shouldn't be defenders, obviously, defenders often did this kind of thing, for fear that the frontcourt attackers would learn from Diego Costa's bad move.

The final score of the game was 1-1, and Barcelona suffered a loss, but in general, it was a pattern of two tigers competing for each other.

Barcelona have paid the price for Pique's serious injury, and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa is also expected to miss the second leg.

"From the current situation, it is still Atletico Madrid who has the advantage." Yang Yang analyzed.

The main reason is that Atletico Madrid's defense is fundamental, so Diego Costa's injury has an impact on their attack, but the defense has little impact, and they must play defensive counterattacks, but Barcelona is different, its own back line is weak, once Pique is absent, the front attack can not open the situation, then the back line can be dangerous.

"Except for the opening stage, Barcelona basically found their own rhythm, and the passing and possession coordination was also good, but they always had no way to take Atletico Madrid's defense, and the Sheets Army was ruthless enough, paying the price of six yellow cards, a total of 24 fouls......"

Yang Yang looked at the statistical big data after the game, shook his head and smiled bitterly a little speechlessly.

That's the style of Atletico Madrid.

Simeone is like an underworld boss, and the players at Atletico Madrid are like the thugs under his command, a group of ruthless characters.

Sometimes Yang Yang even thinks that a player of Diego Costa's type can only play the greatest tactical value under a manager of Simeone's type.

"There were also thirty-five interceptions." Xavi Alonso noted other stats: "Overall, Atletico's tactics worked, but the foul tactics themselves were very problematic, especially when it came to the knockout stage, and if you were to eat a card again, you would have to suspend the game. ”

Although over the years, many teams and fans have been calling for UEFA to reform the Champions League to avoid some players missing important games due to yellow card suspension, but in fact, so far, UEFA has not made a decision, and it is said that it is possible to clear yellow cards in the semi-finals from next season, but the details have not yet been announced.

In other words, there is still a considerable risk in this style of play of Atletico Madrid.

Of course, from the team's point of view, Atletico Madrid also has no choice, because their strength itself is only like this, Simeone can bring this team to this height, itself is quite rare, the bench thickness is not enough, they do not have enough financial resources to build a more complete and stronger team, so they can only maximize the strength of the team on the existing basis.

From this point of view, whether it is Atletico Madrid or Simeone, they are worthy of respect.

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The roof leak happened to rain overnight.

Barcelona had just been held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico Madrid at their home stadium, followed by a transfer ban from FIFA.

As early as 2007, FIFA set up a system to inspect and supervise the transfer regulations of professional players, some of which are dedicated to supervising and protecting the transfer of players under the age of 18.

For example, if Barcelona wants to bring in a young player, it must first be within 50 kilometers of the training base, which is not an age limit, and if it is done within an EU member state, the player must be at least 16 years old, and if it is a non-EU player under the age of 18, then the player's parents must work in the country where the club is located and must not be employed by the club.

In the past few years, Barcelona's La Masia has brought in 10 foreign players under the age of 18, six of whom have been banned by FIFA, including three Korean teenagers.

This time, FIFA has also issued a strict order to ban Barcelona's transfer registration for the next two transfer periods.

Barcelona is understanding and appealing about this, because once implemented, it means that from now on, Barcelona will not be able to buy players in the summer and 2015 winter breaks, which will be extremely fatal for Barcelona.

Just suffered a setback in the Champions League, and as a result, FIFA's transfer ban was ushered in, for a while, it seemed that the whole world was making enemies with Barcelona, which made Barcelona panic, Barcelona fans and the Catalan media were even more angry, and some people even believed that this was Real Madrid's behind-the-scenes manipulation, hoping to prevent Barcelona from the Champions League and Copa del Rey finals.

But for the situation in the outside world, for the accusations of the media and fans, Real Madrid has always remained silent and stayed out of the matter.