Chapter 481: Champions League quarterfinals

However, while the victory was extremely encouraging for Real Madrid, it had the opposite effect on the country's internal stability.

Jose Mourinho's desire to increase Lin's playing time and allow him to start in the league will undoubtedly make things difficult for Florentino, who has already agreed to Benzema and Higuain.

And Florentino is also more inclined to start Benzema and Higuain, after all, the future of the two is still very clear, especially Benzema, but Lin Dong's future is not destined to be in Real Madrid.

But Lin Dong's performance is there again, unlike the controversy when he first arrived in La Liga, and now Lin Dong, almost all of Europe, admits that he has grown into one of the best strikers in football today.

In the end, it was Lin Dong himself who came forward to quell the civil strife, for Real Madrid, Lin Dong no longer had any feelings, and even felt disgusted with the erosion of Real Madrid's locker room.

Compared with his previous thoughts, Lin Dong's only idea now is to complete the task and get the reward of the system, so Lin Dong took the initiative to find Mourinho.

"Boss~~~ I don't need to start the league," Lin Dong said in the office.

"Are you sure?" Lin Dong's choice was beyond Mourinho's expectations.

"Yes~~~ I would rather compete for the Champions League than in the league, and the stability of the team is a guarantee that we can go further in the Champions League," Lin Dong said.

"Okay~~~ I know what to do" a simple and direct conversation.

With the end of the call, Real Madrid's civil strife has come to an end, and I don't know if Lin Dong's initiative to withdraw moved the so-called God, and Real Madrid's Champions League road seems to have become particularly smooth.

Lin Dong continued to start the Champions Cup in midweek, and with the aftermath of the victory over Barcelona, Real Madrid sent another 4:0 at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, and sent the Ukrainian giants back to Ukraine with a score of 7:2 over two legs.

Lin Dong scored twice again, expanding his Champions League goal tally to 12, which was enough to win the Champions League Golden Boot in the past.

Currently, the most goals scored in a season since the Champions League was restructured is 14, and the first person to set the record is the legendary José Altafini from AC Milan, who set it in the 62-63 season.

Since then, there have been very few people who have been able to equal this record, and the world's top league is not just talking, and in the decades since, so many world-class strikers in European football have been able to reach 14 goals, and Messi is currently the only one, and it was only equaled last season.

Lin Dong is now infinitely close to this record, now the round of 16 has just ended, next, Real Madrid has a quarter-final, and the most important quarter-final opponent is not strong.

Galatasaray, a team from Turkey, if Real Madrid finally beat Galatasaray, then the semi-final opponent will be the winner from Malaga and Borussia Dortmund.

Although Malaga no longer has the same momentum in La Liga, but in the Champions League, Malaga's performance is still remarkable, and even the Spanish media began to cheer for Málaga to let Malaga kill Dortmund.

However, this is a bit difficult for Malaga, Dortmund is more than a cut above Malaga, you know, in the quarter-finals, they stepped on the corpse of Manchester United to break into the quarter-finals.

At present, La Liga occupies the most places in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, with three more teams, in the second half, Barcelona reversed AC Milan to enter the quarterfinals, and the opponent in the quarterfinals is Paris Saint-Germain, a super giant from France.

Then there is the Bundesliga, the two teams in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich and Dortmund, the five major European leagues, the Bundesliga is undoubtedly the healthiest league, the Germans' strict prohibition and restraint of football also play a role, plus the German Football Association has proposed youth training in recent years, German football has ushered in spring again, and geniuses have emerged one by one.

Compared to the health of German football, Italian football is endless darkness, and there is only one team left in Serie A, Juventus, which has pushed Serie A into darkness.

However, if you really want to say that it is not as bad as the Premier League, it is the first time in the past 17 years that there is no team from the Premier League in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

You know, the Premier League is known as the world's first league, well~~~ Although the world's first league has been surpassed by La Liga, even so, the strength of the Premier League has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the past ten years, the Premier League has occupied 22 of the quarterfinals of a total of 80 seats, far exceeding La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga, and the Premier League has also won 3 Champions League titles and 3 Champions League runners-up in the past ten years.

The three major British newspapers lamented, and the Guardian was the most direct, using "Shame" to describe the performance of their respective teams in this Champions League and Premier League, especially Manchester City, as the Premier League champion last season, Manchester City did not say that it appeared, and it was directly at the bottom of the group.

The defending champions are similar to Manchester City, who are only third in the group stage and have undoubtedly been a losing season.

Arsenal have failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for three years in a row, but Arsenal fans should be used to their team playing soy sauce every year.

The most surprising thing is Manchester United, it is estimated that the whole of Europe did not expect that the experienced Ferguson actually capsized and lost to the young man Klopp.

The age of the two managers is also reflected in the two teams, with Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund dominated by young players, with very few over 30, while Manchester United are still dominated by veterans, with most of the players over 30.

However, the joys and sorrows of the Premier League are good news for other leagues, after all, the Premier League has been too domineering in recent years, standing with a lot of money, and frequently poaching other leagues.

The top four teams in the Champions League quarter-finals are Real Madrid vs. Galatasaray, Borussia Dortmund vs. Malaga, Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain in the second half and Bayern Munich vs. Juventus.

In the face of this draw, the Spanish media and the German media have shouted about the civil war, and the Spanish media must hope that Real Madrid and Barcelona will break into the final.

Although there is still Malaga in the quarterfinals, no one really thinks that Malaga can really reach the final, and the quarterfinals should be the limit of this La Liga team.

The German media also hope that Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will meet in the final, especially at Wembley Stadium in England.

With the football feud between Germany and England for nearly 100 years, the Germans are certainly not willing to let go of this opportunity, and Wembley Stadium is the home of the England national team.

Especially Bayern Munich, in last season's Champions League final, Bayern Munich lost to Chelsea, and the final was held at Bayern Munich's home stadium Allianz Arena.