Chapter 384: Battle Juventus!

Liverpool slaughtered Aston Villa 7-1 away at Villa Park in the 26th round of the league.

Liverpool, who had been questioned in their previous two games with a 0-0 draw with Sunderland and a narrow 1-0 win over West Ham United, used a massacre to show England how terrifying their attacking power was.

Jiang Chenxi, who scored a hat-trick in the game, once again became the focus of media praise after the game.

Counting the hat-trick against Aston Villa, Jiang Chenxi has scored his fifth hat-trick this season, which also makes him equal the single-season hat-trick record that originally belonged to the legendary Alan Shearer, which was Alan Shearer's record of five hat-tricks for Blackburn in the 1995/1996 season.

Alan Shearer's five hat-tricks that year were against Coventry, Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Bolton Wanderers, as well as Tottenham Hotspur.

Jiang Chenxi's five hat-trick opponents were Manchester United, Southampton, Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa.

In addition to Aston Villa, who is the vice-president of the league, several other teams are strong, among which Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal are old rivals, and from the perspective of the strength of the opponents, Jiang Chenxi's five hat-tricks seem to have a higher gold content than Alan Shearer.

Of course, there is no need for such an analogy, the media only needs to tell the world that Jiang Chenxi has equaled a great record, how powerful and amazing he is.

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“Goooooooooooooooaaaal! Ronaldo! Ronaldo! Great goal! He helped Real Madrid take the lead away! ”

Cristiano Ronaldo rushed to the sidelines to the roar of the commentator and faced the camera lens, where the Portuguese star showed the world his famous celebration.

Syllable!

Jiang Chenxi turned off the TV, although Real Madrid is only leading 1-0 now, but the Romans' shield is now knocked open, and it is no longer a problem for Madridians to win away, and the most important thing is that that guy will not allow the team to miss the front foot in the Rome Olympic Horse.

Jiang Chenxi defended the 2015 FIFA Golden Ball Award, which stimulated Ronaldo and Messi a lot, especially the former, from the news reported by the Madrid media, it can be known that the Portuguese have become stricter on themselves, and even Real Madrid's medical team has to track Ronaldo's physical condition at any time, worried that he will train too hard and cause himself to be injured.

In the end, Real Madrid beat Roma 2-0 away with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Jesus to take the lead in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Yes, the Champions League knockout rounds are on!

In the two games played on February 16, Real Madrid beat Roma 2-0 away, while Bayern Munich also beat Gent 2-0 away, and has already stepped into the quarterfinals of the Champions League with one foot.

A day later, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was played twice, and Paris Saint-Germain beat Chelsea 3-1 at home thanks to goals from Neymar, Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani.

In the other highlight game, Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-0 away at the Emirates Stadium, Messi returned from injury scored twice in the game, and the Gunners, who had two shots at home in the first leg, are likely to be out of the quarterfinals of the Champions League for six consecutive seasons, while Barcelona who won the game are unbeaten in 33 consecutive games.

"Cristiano Ronaldo scored a very good goal at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, while Messi, who returned from injury, scored two goals for Barcelona, and the two superstars have already given Jiang a test with their outstanding performances, what kind of performance will the two consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or performances be in the face of Juventus, who knocked Liverpool out of the tournament last season? We'll see! ”

Of the eight games in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, four games have been played first, and the performances of Ronaldo and Messi are even more eye-catching.

Liverpool have an FA Cup game ahead of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Juventus.

This is the fifth round of the FA Cup and Liverpool's opponent is Blackburn.

On February 21, Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers 6-1 away, Jiang Chenxi scored twice in the game, and had an assist, which is still reflected in the data of Klopp in order to prepare for the Champions League match with Juventus, and only let Jiang Chenxi play half a game.

After the game, Liverpool's "Echo" praised Jiang Chenxi, saying that the team's number one star was in good shape, which gave them the confidence to avenge the Serie A champions.

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The Champions League quarter-finals between Liverpool and Juventus are a very gimmicky confrontation in the round of 16.

First of all, the two teams have a grudge, and there is no need to say more about the Heysel tragedy, take last season, Liverpool was eliminated from the Champions League by Juventus, and the two sides met again a year later, which was a revenge battle for Liverpool.

In addition, the old grudge between the two teams' focal stars, Jiang Chenxi and Pogba, is also the focus of media attention.

After Liverpool was eliminated by Juventus in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, the triumphant Pogba sent a photo: it was captured by the camera, a silent photo of Jiang Chenxi watching his team go out from the stands.

Now this matter has been dug up and hyped by the media again.

Speaking of which, Jiang Chenxi is now a two-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, but what about Pogba? The only individual accolade he can now win is the European Golden Boy Award, but the gap between the Golden Boy Award and the FIFA Golden Ball Award is huge.

In a word, the two of them are not the same coffee at all.

However, the interesting thing is here, although Jiang Chenxi's status in football is much higher than that of Pogba, but the two are of the same age, he is only less than a year older than the French, and Pogba, as a representative of the 92 and 93 generation of players recognized by the media, will naturally be compared with Jiang Chenxi.

Of course, this is also directly related to Pogba's personal personality and the operation of his agent Raiola behind the scenes.

None of Raiola's players are honest children.

This super agent only has money in his eyes, as long as he can have a topic, as long as he can have enough influence, he doesn't mind his player's perverse personality.

Under Raiola's management, Pogba is not only a player, but also a glamorous fashion darling and a tireless social expert.

The media even joked that Pogba cares more about his hairstyle than the champion.

It's a player who is constantly talking.

Outside Juventus' training base, Pogba was surrounded by journalists.

"I have confidence in myself and the team, the victory belongs to Juventus!"

"Jiang is Mr. Golden Ball, he deserves respect, however, some people will become afraid because they are too respectful, I am different, my goal is to defeat him!"

"Pogba made a lot of nonsense and threatened to defeat Jiang Chenxi!"

"Pogba speaks wildly!"

The media was flooded with reports about Pogba's remarks.

However, soon, Pogba's agent Raiola came out to refute the rumors, saying that the media misinterpreted the meaning of Pogba's words, "What Paul means is that he is excited to be able to play against a superstar like Jiang again, he is hungry for victory, and the stronger the opponent, the more excited he is!" ”

In this way, people were soon surprised to find that the pre-match atmosphere and topics of the upcoming Champions League quarterfinals between Liverpool and Juventus all revolved around Pogba, and even the topic of another party, Jiang Chenxi, was not as good as this French boy.

Countless spotlights have made Pogba the cover before this big fight.

The pre-match media campaign basically had Pogba's shadow.

This is still the case that Jiang Chenxi ignored Pogba's jumping up and down and did not come out to respond, if Jiang Chenxi really stood up and fought with Pogba, the popularity of the French would be even higher.

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On 23 February, the Liverpool squad arrived in Turin.

At the airport, many reporters surrounded Jiang Chenxi, wanting to interview him.

"Jiang, do you have anything to say about Pogba?"

"Jiang, what do you think of this game?"

"Pogba said Juventus won, he won't change his hairstyle for three weeks, what do you think about that?"

Jiang Chenxi's head was big, yes, these words said by the reporters, the reporters hyped Pogba and his grievances, he didn't want to pay attention to it at all, although he was also a little angry, but more heads were too big to pay attention to.

Who is he?

A two-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner!

It's the man who overwhelms Mero!

Pogba?

Who's that?

Before boarding the bus, Jiang Chenxi stopped, faced countless microphones, and said, "In my motherland, there is a proverb: if you talk nonsense, you will be slapped with a big mouth!" ”

After speaking, Jiang Chenxi boarded the bus without looking back.

"Oooo Cool! ”

"Boss, so handsome!"

"I just said, the captain won't put up with that guy all the time!"

"Come on, come on, give money, give money!" Firmino shouted, and he and a few teammates opened the market on how long Jiang Chenxi could endure before responding.

Manager Klopp glanced at the players and ignored them, this kind of self-entertaining activity is not gambling, but will enhance the relationship between the players, and he will not intervene.

I still can't hold back.

Jiang Chenxi talked and laughed with everyone, and then shook his head.

For Pogba's player, Su Xun and the team have analyzed, this player is indeed very individual, in many ways, it is Pogba's own super brand and market awareness that has pushed him into the spotlight, and his every move has been infinitely magnified. When he does well on the field, he gets a full round of applause; Of course, when he doesn't play well, criticism comes like a flood.

It doesn't matter if you're doing well or not – it's okay with me to see if you're good or not:

This time, blow you up!

Crushing strength!

Shut up!

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February 24.

Turin, Italy.

Juventus Athletic Stadium.

This is their new stadium.

At present, only one club in Serie A has its own stadium. Their new stadium is modelled on the Premier League's state-of-the-art stadium and can accommodate up to 40,000 spectators, with no running track and no fences in the stands, allowing fans to watch the game up closer. There are supermarkets and restaurants around the stadium.

The Juventus Stadium opened in 2011 and was almost full, earning the club a lot of money. Cruyff has previously commented on Serie A that only Juventus in Serie A has come out of the economic crisis because they have their own stadium - an inexhaustible cornucopia.

The loneliness of Serie A in recent years has been caused by many factors, including the impact of the Italian economic recession and the lack of broadcast rights marketing. Most of these Serie A teams do not have their own home stadiums, which is also a big reason for the decline of Serie A. In terms of stadiums, Serie A has similarities with the Chinese Super League, where all stadiums are owned by the government, and clubs can only lease stadiums from the government.

The drawbacks of this model are obvious: not only do teams have to pay a loan fee a year, but they also have to share the same pitch with their city rivals. The most famous are the two teams of Milan City, who share the same field, AC Milan fans call it "San Siro", and Inter Milan call this stadium "Meazza".

What's more, many of the leased stadiums are not professional stadiums, but complex stadiums. As a result, the fans' viewing experience and the comprehensive business development around the event are greatly reduced. As a result, many Serie A teams dream of building a stadium of their own. AC Milan and Inter Milan have had such thoughts, but the Italian government department does not allow the consortium to buy private land, coupled with financial problems, so the new stadium of Milan has not been followed.

In this regard, Juventus have cleverly taken a different approach. Through negotiations with the Municipality of Turin, they "leased" the rights to use the former Alp Stadium for 99 years at a lower price. Although it is still nominally a lease, this long-term low-cost lease agreement is actually equivalent to Juventus owning the stadium for 99 years. After that, Juventus spent a lot of money to build a new Juventus stadium.

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The stands at the Athletic Juventus stadium are already full.

On the pitch, players from both sides are warming up before the game.

The director knows very well what the gimmick of this game is, and the camera gives Jiang Chenxi and Pogba close-ups from time to time.

The French star has a new hairstyle today, which is a new product that combines the half-mohican hairstyle and the half-kill Matt hairstyle, and the hair on the back of the head also has a special pattern, many Chinese fans in front of the TV saw this 'pattern', and almost laughed:

This pattern is impressively two Chinese characters: chop hands!

Fans are messy, speculating as to whether Pogba knows what the term means. Does he know? You know?

He wouldn't have thought that this sentence was used in Chinese to express the great determination to do something, right?!