Chapter 757: Four games, four major suspense
In the final moments of the game, Arsenal almost completely gave up attacking, probably for them, this 1:2 score is still relatively satisfying, although they can not win away from Real Madrid or draw Real Madrid, but at least one away goal, which is enough, it is much better than Juventus to lose directly to 1:3, although it seems that there is only one goal difference, but in fact it is a world of difference.
Real Madrid are attacking around Arsenal's penalty area, and if they want to score another goal in the final stage, as long as they can score one more goal, the situation will be much better, and it will be relatively easier to play against Arsenal away from home at that time.
However, Arsenal's block-and-gun defense in the final stage still held their own goal, and did not let Real Madrid get any decent chances, and the final score was locked at 2:1, and Real Madrid beat Arsenal at home.
Real Madrid was not particularly excited after the win, but it was still quite happy to see the fans, so everyone waved their arms and celebrated a little, anyway, it is better to win than to draw or lose.
Of course, Arsenal has nothing to be happy about, although this game has achieved half of Wenger's goal, but after all, it is not the complete goal, although the back withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of Real Madrid, but in any case, it still lost, and there is no reason to be happy if it loses.
But then again, such a score makes the second-round matchup full of interesting suspense.
That's what UEFA likes, and that's what neutral fans like, and no neutral fan likes to see the two sides decide the winner so quickly. That's too boring.
Arsenal, who have received a satisfactory result, how will they play when they return to home? It is to continue such defensive counterattacks. Or do you want to go back to the way you used to play? Will they be able to beat Real Madrid at home and keep themselves from conceding?
Real Madrid are in excellent form. However, they were given a headache by Arsenal's sudden defensive tactics, so will they be able to have a bloodbath away from home? Or was it a narrow win by Arsenal and then lost the chance to qualify for the last four?
All of these are exciting suspense and things that make people think about it.
Different moods, different thoughts, all came to an end with the first leg of the quarterfinals.
On the same day, there was another match that was played at the same time, and that was between Atletico Madrid and Benfica.
Beat Arsenal 2-1 at Real Madrid. While defending their home dignity, Atletico Madrid also narrowly beat Benfica 3-2 at their home stadium.
The strength of these two teams is basically equal, and the Portuguese giants were considered to be nothing more than a piece of cake destroyed by Atletico Madrid before the game, but who would have thought that it was Benfica who scored first.
Atletico Madrid, who were behind at home, were in much the same situation as Real Madrid, playing very awkwardly, and it was Diego Costa who stepped up and scored a goal to equalise.
However, as soon as they equalised, Benfica scored again. Once again, the score was overtaken.
Perhaps it was Benfica's aggressiveness that infuriated Atletico Madrid, and after the second half, Villa and Juan Mata scored goals each to help Atletico Madrid win narrowly at home. However, with such a scoreline, it will not be easy in the next leg, if Simeone has no better way to solve the team's defensive problems. Then when it comes to Benfica's home stadium, just wait to be destroyed. After all, they have two away goal advantages.
It is worth mentioning that in this game. Juan Mata, who moved to Atletico Madrid from Chelsea, has been particularly impressive, not only with an assist, but also with a goal, all three of which are directly or indirectly related to him.
When the media interviewed him after the game, he said to the media: "My old teammate Lin Yu can play well in La Liga, so I, a former La Liga player, can't fall behind!" ”
In addition, Diego Costa now has seven goals in the Champions League, the same as Lin Yu, so in an interview, Diego Costa said very seriously: "At least I can't let him surpass me, he can score, I can score!" ”
The "he" in his mouth everyone knows that he refers to Lin Yu.
A day later, the first leg of the other two Champions League quarter-finals was over.
First up was Chelsea's narrow 1-0 win at home to Bayern Munich, with Chelsea's strong defence making it very hard for Bayern Munich to play and a goal stolen by Eden Hazard in the closing stages of the game.
Although a small 0:1 away win may not be a big deal for Bayern, but losing is always a little unpleasant, last season they were a two-legged difficult elimination of Chelsea, this season looks more troublesome, although Chelsea is less Lin Yu, the offensive ability has dropped a lot, but the defense has not been weakened, so Bayern Munich wants to score from Chelsea, in fact, it is not easy.
The other was that Barcelona lost 0:2 to Paris Saint-Germain away from home, a score that many people did not expect.
After the game, the media also interviewed Lin Yu about this matter, and Lin Yu said: "Barcelona is really useless, hurry up and advance to the semifinals, I am still waiting for revenge!" ”
This is what he said in his heart, there are not many opportunities to meet Barcelona in the Champions League, and if Barcelona is eliminated this season, then the revenge in the Champions League will not be avenged.
Hatred is such a thing, the longer it intervals, the lighter it will be, so revenge still has to be reported this morning to have pleasure.
The direct result after these two games is that neither Lewandowski nor Messi can score, so now the gap between Lin Yu and Messi is still three goals, and the gap with Lewandowski is one goal.
Speaking of which, this season's Champions League quarterfinals are really lively, four games, there is no abnormality to determine the early end.
Real Madrid 2:1 Arsenal, this one has suspense;
Atletico Madrid 3:2 Benfica, this suspense is even greater;
Chelsea 1:0 Bayern Munich. There is no doubt that to the Allianz Arena. Chelsea, who are determined to defend to the death, will give Bayern Munich a taste of what the ultimate defense is, and this game is also full of unknowns;
Paris Saint-Germain 2:0 Barcelona. Although from the point of view of the score, this game seems to be the least suspenseful, but how terrible Barcelona's home stadium is, I believe many people know that because of this, Barcelona does not mean that there is no chance, just because it is Barcelona, so the suspense of this game is also not small.
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Regardless of the suspense of other matches, the Spanish media is most concerned about the three teams in La Liga.
Let's just say Real Madrid. In this game with Arsenal, people were very optimistic about Real Madrid before the game, and sympathized with Arsenal, believing that Arsenal had just lost to Manchester City and lost at least three or four goals after coming to the Bernabeu.
However, the final result was unexpected, Arsenal's tenacious defense opened the eyes of many people, and even locked the final score at 1:2, if it were not for the excellent play of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lin Yu, I am afraid Arsenal may have won.
As for Arsenal's sudden change in the beautiful tactics of attacking coordination. When it comes to defensive counter-attacking tactics, the media doesn't bother with it, as long as it can achieve good results anyway.
Because of this, Arsene Wenger is once again known as a "master tactician". The real coach of the century, what else did he say completely defeated Lippi, so that Lippi simply had no chance.
After all, you can only lose by one goal away from home. There is also an away goal, which is a pretty good record by any means. The key is that the opponent is Real Madrid, who has the most firepower for two consecutive seasons.
Even so, of course. It can't be said that Real Madrid can't do it, or that Arsenal's hopes of promotion are even greater.
In the bookmaker's odds, as well as the network survey, it can be seen that the majority of people think that Real Madrid can advance, after all, Real Madrid's strength is there, not that you Arsenal can turn the tables if you want to, just say that the score of the first leg makes the duel between these two teams appear in some suspense.
'We saw Arsenal's bravery and tenacity, but they still lost away to Real Madrid, so how do Wenger play when they get back at home? If they continue to choose to defend to the death, they are obviously putting themselves on the losing side first, after all, they are already behind. However, if you choose to play against the attack, then the back line will inevitably become more porous, and whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo, Lin Yu, or Bale, it is very likely that they will take this opportunity to score. ”
"Real Madrid's offensive is still very strong, it is definitely not something that can be defended casually, what we are most worried about now is what kind of way Wenger will take to deal with Real Madrid, I wonder if Wenger will be able to make us happy again?"
Unlike the confidence in Real Madrid, the media criticized Lin Yu's performance, even though he scored the winning goal, but it was still disdainful of the media because of his bold words at the Champions League awards ceremony.
“…… Although Lin Yu scored again, we can obviously see that his form is not as good as before, if he just wants to help Real Madrid win the Champions League, then it may still be possible, but why does he say that he can win the Champions League Golden Boot? ”
"I think Lin Yu must regret not scoring a few more goals on Juventus now, if he can score a few more, I believe the gap with Messi has been flattened now."
"Of course, Messi didn't score either, but Barcelona played away, if he returned to home, Messi would definitely score, and he would score a lot of goals, because he had to lead his team to the last four, but Lin Yu had to face Arsenal's home stadium, which should be more difficult than scoring at the Bernabeu."
For such remarks, the Madrid media naturally disagreed, they are now Lin Yu's staunch supporters, and they also believe that Lin Yu may win the Champions League Golden Boot, after all, from so much chasing to only three goals away, which has shown Lin Yu's strong strength.
"I don't know what some media are trying to say, Lin Yu scored and Messi didn't! Who's the better performer? It's ridiculous that someone is still speaking for Messi! ”
"If you look at the current situation, the possibility of Real Madrid advancing to the semi-finals is still very high, even if there is suspense, it is not so big. But what about Barcelona? Barcelona lost 0:2 away to Paris Saint-Germain, Messi is still worried about whether he can enter the semi-finals, maybe his Champions League road has one game left, and Lin Yu still has more games. ”
"I'm really surprised, I wonder if some of the media are talking nonsense, and the players who score goals are not as good as the players who don't? It makes sense to hate someone, okay? This completely unjustified annoyance, I really don't know what they think. ”
"Lin Yu scored a very beautiful world wave in the game against Arsenal to help Real Madrid get a victory, and Messi will never be able to kick that goal! In just three games, Lin Yu scored seven goals, such a result, looking at the entire history of football, is unprecedented, the key is that this is the knockout stage of the Champions League, this is not the group stage! So we have reason to think that even if he misses the group stage, Lin Yu can still win the Champions League Golden Boot! (To be continued......)