QPR appears unstoppable.

On 2 March, they won 3-1 away at Southampton. However, Manchester United beat Norwich City 4-0 to give the difference in goal difference between the two teams to four goals.

On March 9, QPR faced Sunderland at home, and in order to save strength for the Champions League, Simeone hid some of the main players, including Ricardo.

After a 1-1 draw in the first half, it took Ricardo, who only came on in the second half, to score a hat-trick in 14 minutes, beat his opponent 4-1, and successfully reached the top - because in this round, Manchester United was unexpectedly forced to draw by West Ham United!

QPR quietly reached 73 points, while Manchester United had 71 points. In terms of goal difference, QPR is only one goal less than Manchester United.

Then on March 12, QPR hosted Galatasaray.

Galatasaray is still in a 442 formation, goalkeeper Muslera, defenders Eboue, Kaya, Nouku, Riera, midfielder Felipe. Melo and Sneijder, Altentop and Inan play on the wings, and the strikers are Yilmaz and Drogba.

Such a lineup is also a team in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, and Simeone does not dare to take it lightly.

Ronaldo and Modric were injured and couldn't help it, he came up with the strongest lineup that could come out, Handanovic, Alex. Sandro, Alderweireld, Van Dijk, Kyle Walker, Fernandinho, Pogba, Nainggrand, Ricardo, Neymar, Klose.

Galatasaray kicked off, and they were mainly anti-visitors, launching a fierce attack from the start, and pressing high like QPR.

Just in the fourth minute, Galatasaray made a good tackle in front of Sneijder and sent the ball to the feet of Yilmaz, the striker swept into the box and turned to shoot, but Van Dijk tripped him with his outstretched leg.

However, due to the obstruction of vision, the referee did not see it and refused to award a penalty, and QPR escaped.

One minute later, Sneijder sent another ecstatic through ball, Drogba received the ball in the box and shook off the angle with a nimble angle that was not commensurate with his size, and volleyed hard, Handanovic saved the ball bravely to avoid the situation where QPR was behind at the beginning.

QPR of course not willing to be pressed to play, in the 8th minute, QPR made a successful steal in the midfield, Pogba transferred the ball widely, Neymar received the ball and walked to the defender to send the ball to Klose's feet, Klose tried to arc with his left foot in the penalty area, Muslera held the ball.

In the 11th minute, Ricardo broke through and quickly crossed the bottom, Klose hit the goal with a header near the penalty spot, and Muslera turned into Spider-Man and hit the ball with one palm.

After a corner, Van Dijk nodded in and Muslera cleared the danger again.

In the 13th minute, Drogba won the ball in front, turned and played a clever pass to Yilmaz, who had a one-on-one chance, but his stab was miraculously blocked by Handanovic with his foot.

A series of quick offensive and defensive transitions made the fans at the scene breathless.

Simeone frowned incessantly.

I didn't expect Galatasaray to be so fierce when he played with momentum.

He motioned for his team to slow down, not to rush the attack, and to keep the ball firm.

Simeone's tactical approach is not to focus on possession, but he is a pragmatist, and as long as possession helps his team win, possession is fine.

QPR recycled a bit of formation and took a steadied start at home. After all, the last round was played 1:1, and QPR only needs to play 0:0 at home to advance, so it is the opponent who is in a hurry to score, and QPR does not need to be in a hurry.

As soon as this mentality relaxed, the goal actually came.

In the 19th minute, Neymar sent in a cross after pedaling on the wing, Klose jumped high and Muslera rushed out to pick up the ball.

But Neymar's pass was arcing, and Muslera found that he was not sure how to hold the ball steady, so he changed his mind and knocked the ball out with both fists.

The ball flew out of the penalty area, Pogba stopped the ball on his chest, raised his leg and shot, the ball turned into light, and he was planted headlong into the net.

"Pogba Goalllllll! He opened the scoring for QPR with a brilliant world wave! The youngster is getting better and better this season, he has a strong body, great technique and a brilliant mind, and it's impossible not to be a player like that! The narrator has nothing but praise for Pogba.

Less than three minutes after the goal, Ricardo burst into the box on his own and faced two defenders in the bag, and he played the ball near the penalty spot with an inverted triangle pass, but Pogba's push was too straight and Muslera held the ball firmly.

QPR missed a good chance to extend the score.

In the 34th minute, Galatasaray almost equalized, Eboue passed the ball to the back post, Sneijder stopped the ball and fired hard at the first time, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the post.

Galatasaray made a comeback one minute later and they were awarded a free-kick from 30 yards out.

The QPR players thought it would be Sneijder who took the penalty, but Sneijder flicked the ball lightly, and Altentop shot hard from distance, and the ball drew a strong arc straight towards the goal.

Handanovic did his best, but it was too long for him to hit the inside of the post and bounce into the goal.

Galatasaray equalised! The two sides are back on the same starting line.

After conceding the goal, the QPR players were a little impetuous.

Three minutes later, Galatasaray made a successful tackle in midfield and the ball was passed to Sneijder. Sneijder glanced up and decisively sent a through ball over 40 meters. Yilmaz cut in at high speed, and Van Dijk turned a little slower, two positions behind.

Handanovic immediately gave up, but Yilmaz touched the ball first, poked it lightly, and the ball rolled past Handanovic's feet and into the goal unhurriedly.

Having conceded two goals in 3 minutes, QPR's morale has been devastated!

And this goal conceded makes them quite passive, and now even if QPR scores a goal, they will be eliminated due to the disadvantage in away goals.

To qualify, they must score two goals!

"The situation is very bad for QPR," the commentator analyzed, "and the QPR didn't play smoothly today, and one of the key factors was that Melo defended against Ricardo very well. Melo was quite rough today, while Ricardo had scruples and couldn't let go. Melo ignored the camaraderie of his Brazilian team-mates and repeatedly black-footed Ricardo, a lethal tactic that the referee had been turning a blind eye to, as if to balance the penalty that had been missed in the opening period. ”

"If QPR wants to make a difference and advance to the next round, it has to activate Ricardo. And Neymar and Klose should also play a bigger role and not rely on Ricardo's side alone. ”

"On top of that, Simeone has to pay attention to Sneijder. Just because the player is older doesn't mean he's got too much to be wary of, Sneijder plays a very important role in Galatasaray's team. ”

'In addition, the QPR defence has to find a way to defend Drogba, Drogba is in very good form today, although he has not scored yet, but if he is not restricted, he will score sooner or later.