Chapter 126: The Champions League Situation
This is the second round of the Champions League group stage, Chelsea won after Atletico Madrid, there is basically no problem in qualifying for the group stage, and Chelsea are also on a solid break in the Premier League, which also means that Chelsea may be one step closer to winning all three trophies this season.
In the concurrent match, in the key match of the second round of the Champions League group stage, Paris Saint-Germain, which has new signings Neymar and Mbappe, defeated the visiting Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich with a score of 3-0 at the home stadium of the Parc des Princes.
The firepower of Paris's new attacking line and Bayern's less successful tactical system were the subject of post-match discussion.
Manchester United, Celtic and Barcelona also won away from home, while Juventus also beat visiting Greek side Olympiacos at home.
Basel beat Portuguese giants Benfica by a big score at home.
Qarabag lost 0-7 at Stamford Bridge in the first round of the game, and this time they faced last season's Serie A runners-up Roma at home, and the disparity in strength seemed to indicate that there was not much suspense in this game.
Just 15 minutes into the game, Roma led 2-0 thanks to goals from Manolas and Dzeko, and thought the team would lose again by a big margin like the previous game.
However, in the 28th minute, home striker Pedro Enrique leveled the score at 1-2, and it is worth mentioning that this goal was also the first goal of the Champions League for Qarabag.
In the next hour, the Red Wolves never broke through the door of the home team's goalkeeper Shešić, and the Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper tried to keep the goal from losing several times in high and low blocks, and received a game-high 8.2 points in the post-match rating.
Although Qarabag lost the game again, the steely defense of this game made people shine, and the team is currently at the bottom of the group after two rounds.
The Turkish Super League team finished third in the group stage of last year's Champions League by one point and failed to enter the knockout stage.
The Turkish Super League team is full of stars, including Portugal's fast horse Quaresma, Dutch winger Babel and veteran Pepe, who just moved from Real Madrid this summer, to face visiting Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.
Leipzig is the runner-up of the new Bundesliga, and the team has young talents such as Timo Werner, the most popular player in German football this year, as well as Forsberg and Keita, so the two sides are evenly matched, and the only advantage of the home team may be the experience in European competition.
Just at half-time, the Turkish Super League team lost the suspense of the game, and the lead of two goals was maintained to the end, you must know that Leipzig was in the middle of the Bundesliga last season, and the team that successfully disrupted Bayern was successful, but the two teams with equal strength in this game were separated early, which is a bit surprising.
After two rounds of battles, the Turkish Super League team is at the top of the group in Group G, you must know that in this group of teams, in addition to the above two teams, the other two teams are from the Portuguese Super League Porto and the French League 1 Monaco, the four teams are actually very similar in terms of team strength, Besiktas now has 6 points, and the group qualification situation is more optimistic.
Although Monaco's rising star Mbappe transferred to Paris this season, the strength of the team should not be underestimated, after 7 rounds, Monaco is only 1 point behind Paris in the Ligue 1 standings.
Porto have also been on a hot streak lately, winning all of their league games so far, but Monaco did not bring good league momentum to the Champions League, and the home team conceded three goals in a row and lost unfortunately.
Porto, on the other hand, was able to beat their opponents away from home with only 4 percent possession in the whole game and take all three points, which can be said to be the most ideal result.
And Porto goalkeeper Casillas's record of 175 European appearances also made him the first man in history.
After two rounds, Porto ranked second with 1 win and 1 loss among the several teams in this group, which is very beneficial to the subsequent qualification.
Basel and Benfica are the biggest difference in the Champions League, with the home team Basel winless in the Champions League last season, with 2 draws and 4 defeats in the group stage.
Visitors Benfica finished second in their group last season, losing to Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals, and as last season's Portuguese Super League champions, Benfica have an unbeaten record against the Swiss side, and all signs are trending in Benfica's favor.
However, the process and result of the game seemed to be much worse than most people thought, and the Swiss Super League giants broke Benfica's away dream with 5 goals in the second half, and the score of 5 goals also created the largest point difference in this round of Champions League games.
At the end of this game, Benfica lost both games and finished bottom of the group, while Basel, who won a big victory, overtook CSKA Moscow to reach the second place in the group, thus breaking the embarrassing situation of not winning a game in the last competition.
And Arsenal lost 0-2 away to Burnley, which was a big upset.
On Chelsea's way back to London, Jones received a call from his best friend and agent, Bauer.
"Jones, congratulations." Bauer's words were filled with joy.
"You're the first player ever to wear a cap in the Champions League at the age of 17, and you're the only one to do so! Now that many awards have been called to me in advance, you will definitely win the award this season! ”
"What's the award?" Jones asked curiously.
"The European Golden Boy Award, there are many awards, but now it's just a reminder, the European Golden Boy Award is the award you have the best chance of getting, if you continue like this, this award is basically yours."
"The European Golden Boy Award is hosted by Italy, voted by journalists from major European media, and the candidates are limited to those under the age of 21, which is the best young player of the year." Bauer explained to Jones.
In 2017, Jones' year is now the year he performs in the Premier League, Champions League, and World Cup budget! It's not an exaggeration to say that Jones is the hottest player this year! And in the transfer market, Jones's value has reached a sky-high price of 60 million pounds! But presumably Chelsea won't sell it either! ”
In the Champions League and the Premier League scorer list, Jones is far ahead, the Champions League is 6 goals and 4 assists, behind him, closely chased by the Astana team's Tevumasi, scored 5 goals in second place, and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is in 9th place, Jones is now leading many chasers.