Section 455 Quarterfinals
For a football team, nothing is a better litmus test than a game. Whether a team is strong or weak can only be best proven by non-stop play. Three years ago, Dortmund was born, for two consecutive years, they beat Bayern, and then in the Champions League, they passed the final and fully proved their own strength, but three years later, Dortmund, who continued to sell people and could not introduce qualified supplements, and at the same time suffered a wave of injuries, finally was unable to do anything in strength, and the results began to regress significantly, and at this time, Wolfsburg, which was originally underestimated by people, began to be noticed.
This wolf castle, after a long period of growth, has finally become a powerful team. They reached the quarterfinals two years in a row and won the championship in the league, which made their shine begin to attract media attention. After Dortmund has already started to decline, how high can Wolfsburg's future be and how much they can achieve, as their quality is displayed, this is gradually becoming the focus of everyone's attention.
The German media, with their expectations for Wolfsburg, once again verified the strength of Wolfsburg over the weekend. Against Brunswick, Wolfsburg once again proved just how tough they are.
In the 35th round of the league, Wolfsburg won again. After the Champions League, Wolfsburg's schedule can be said to be a lot easier. The opponent they met in this round was nothing more than a league relegation team, which can be regarded as relieving their pressure somewhat. In the middle of the match, they showed their strength again, attacking from the beginning and then pressing their opponents almost all the time. In the game, Perisic opened the scoring for the team, and then the rotation of Olic received a pass from Kevin De Bruyne to extend the score further, and also allowed Wolfsburg to win comfortably.
The 3 points were easy to reach, and Wolfsburg still played well on both fronts. In this game, they once again proved that they are a strong team.
Of course, Brunswick just kept relegating the team. Defeating them is not such a great thing. Wolfsburg want to prove themselves, after all, they still need to show their quality in the Champions League, and after this weekend. With all the midweek games over and the Champions League quarter-finals out on the horizon, it will be interesting to see if Wolfsburg can continue to win the rest of the game.
After all, this time the Champions League quarterfinals. It seems that its strength is not weak. Except for Wolfsburg and Manchester United, there is no one underdog in the other teams. If the wins of Manchester United and Wolfsburg were upsets, the wins of other teams are basically all reasonable.
For example, Bayern, there is naturally no problem with their victory: their opponent was originally a slightly inferior team like Milan, and because of too much psychological shadow, Bayern did not dare to be careless after returning to the home stadium. Although because of the away win. After returning to the home stadium, Guardiola did not let his team abuse Milan with all his might, but even so, they still advanced to the quarter-finals with a game of 21 at home with an aggregate score of 51.
This year's Bayern, in the face of weaker opponents than them, is indeed a lot more stable. Compared to the previous games against Serie A teams, there was always too much psychological pressure, and they have been very consistent this year, with an aggregate score of 51. It can also be said to be a proof of their strength.
And Milan still scored a goal in the end, and they also kept a little fig leaf. They finally scored a goal, and they were not completely slaughtered, and they were not too ashamed after all. It's just that. From now on, they want to retain their psychological advantage over Bayern, but it is unlikely.
It often takes a long time for a strong team to build a psychological advantage over other teams, but once it fails, this psychological advantage is completely lost. Milan used to have a terrible psychological advantage over Bayern. However, their own failed team building plan in the past two years made them unable to fight against the strong team after all, and they also lost their psychological advantage after all.
It's just so sad for a big club. Just look at this year's Champions League matches to see how big the advantage of the giants is in the current Champions League. The wealthy family has funds and heritage, these are their advantages, and they are originally a wealthy family, but they played themselves to death, which is really an unforgivable thing.
If you look at the other teams, they don't have that kind of problem. For example, although Chelsea played very ugly in the Champions League, the scene played under the coaching of Mourinho made the media all over Europe question, thinking that he had abolished all the technical efforts that Chelsea had made so hard, and now Chelsea is playing more and more Mourinho in the Champions League, but it is undeniable that his team still won. Chelsea had no problems against Galatasaray's calibre as they comfortably prevailed to progress to the quarter-finals.
Chelsea are a clear testament to how strong they are as a big club. They sold Juan Mata and Kevin De Bruyne this winter, and the team's tactics changed dramatically under Jose Mourinho's guidance, but even so, they managed to make it to the last eight. No matter how much skepticism they face, as long as they have such results, they don't need to worry about anything.
Jose Mourinho has proved that even if he falls out with Real Madrid, he is still a world-class coach. It's just a pity that even if he proves it, not too many people care.
Because when Chelsea won, Real Madrid won just as easily. In the Champions League, Chelsea have an overwhelming advantage against Galatasaray, and Real Madrid have an advantage over Olympiacos, who will only have a bigger advantage than Chelsea. Moreover, Real Madrid under the coaching of Ancelotti has played much better in terms of tactics than in the Mourinho period, and the current Real Madrid fans are very satisfied with Real Madrid and are not in the mood to miss the Mourinho period. Now Real Madrid only has the European championship in its eyes, and nothing else.
Of course, Real Madrid still has a lot of enemies if they want to win the championship. For example, their old rival Barcelona is one of their biggest competitors. And the battle between Barcelona and Arsenal has no suspense. Although Barcelona has further declined in strength this year because of the change of coach again, and Messi, who is not in form, has also made them very suppressed by Madrid's two teams in the league, but even so, in the Champions League, they still showed excellent strength.
Of course, Barcelona can win, to a large extent, because their opponent is the Arsenal team, in the Champions League, it is always habitual to drop the chain in the round of 16, so many years, it has become an inevitability. This situation has not improved this year, and in the Champions League, they are still playing a mess.
This result is largely related to their injury situation: especially in the first leg of the Champions League, because they have just passed the intensive schedule, Arsenal, which has too many injuries themselves, cannot even arrange a formal center forward, which also makes their attack blocked, without any outstanding performance. In contrast, although Barcelona has not played as well as in the past this season, the level of stars is still much higher than that of Arsenal, so in this round of games, they still won easily.
La Liga teams are really good in the Champions League, such as Atletico Madrid, which also successfully defeated Juventus at this time.
In the past few years, Atletico Madrid have not had a good performance in the Champions League. This La Liga powerhouse has always been known as Real Madrid's city rivals, and one of their most striking characteristics is that they always prefer to play in the Europa League rather than the Champions League in European competitions. Although this year's Atletico Madrid played very differently than in the past, they even pressed Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league, and became the top of La Liga, but this team is known for its defense and dirtiness on the field, although they are strong, but they have not been favored.
However, they proved themselves in the Champions League this year and, more happily, through the match against Juventus. Atletico Madrid showed their defense in La Liga this season, and the opponent they met happened to be Juventus, these two teams in the game, a 00, a 10, the game completely presented a comprehensive style of play, and in the end, Atletico Madrid slightly better attack, let them win the game.
Their victory also made La Liga the only team with three teams to advance to the quarter-finals. In the round of 16, there are four teams in the Premier League and three teams in the Bundesliga, but after the quarter-finals, they are all reduced to two.
La Liga's performance in Europe is still one of the best in several leagues. And this year, Atletico Madrid has also played well in addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona, which makes them look extremely good in the Champions League. If other teams encounter them, I'm afraid they all have to be careful, and these teams are not easy to deal with.
However, the team that has been able to survive to this point is not easy to deal with. is now the only team in the top eight that is not among the four major leagues is also a local tyrant team like Paris Saint-Germain, and the current Champions League quarterfinals are almost all strong teams.
It is precisely because the opponent is strong that the media will worry about Wolfsburg. In the next match, no matter which opponent is drawn, it is destined to be a tough battle, which is not easy for Wolfsburg.
It's just that the media are worried about Wolfsburg, but they don't know that Wolfsburg is already mentally prepared to deal with all the problems at this time. To be continued.