The first leg of the Champions League quarter-knockout tie will be played first by AC Milan and Super Laco, Porto and Lyon, on 24 March, while matches between Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal will take place on 25 March. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the last round, Porto did without Jose Mourinho and beat Manchester United in the quarter-finals, probably due to the fact that the new manager did not adjust the formation too much.

The strong matchup between Real Madrid and Bayern Murihei was also won by Real Madrid, so no team in the Bundesliga could reach the quarter-finals and stop in the round of 16.

Jose Mourinho showed his strong side in this round of fixtures, being unbeaten in charge of a chaotic Chelsea side that has lost 2-1 in all three meetings with Arsenal this season, and neither London side have ever progressed to the last four of the Champions League.

Crespo was on the bench with a calf injury sustained in training on Monday, with Mutu returning to the starting line-up. Compared to last weekend's league game, Claude Makelle and Parker came into the starting line-up in place of Graimi and Gronshire respectively. For Arsenal, the injured Ljungberg started at right midfield in place of Gilberto Silva.

Two teams who knew each other well were in no hurry to attack in the opening stages, with Bridge's two beautiful defences on the left to keep Arsenal's cross at bay.

In the 7th minute, Lauren crossed from the right, and Bergkamp curled a low shot from outside the penalty area, and Ambrosio calmly confiscated it.

In the 10th minute, Bridge cut in from the left to force Lauren to win a free kick for a defensive foul, and Mutu fired a direct shot from 28 yards out, which Lehmann confiscated in front of goal. A minute later, Arsenal also won a free-kick on the left, Bergkamp loisted into the box and Campbell nodded wide.

In the 19th minute, Thierry Henry broke through from the left and crossed, and Ashley Cole slipped 12 yards out in front of the middle and missed the opportunity.

In the 21st minute, Vieira quickly took a free kick from the midfield to the right side of the penalty area, and Henry's header was easily confiscated by Ambrosio.

In the 22nd minute, Claude Makelele played a long ball from midfield, Gudjohnsen headed back from the edge of the box, and Parker's shot from 20 yards out deflected off Campbell's leg and lost his threat.

In the 27th minute, Makelle picked up a cross to the left side of the penalty area, and Parker's return pass near the bottom line was confiscated by Lehmann.

In the 31st minute, Mutu cleverly broke away from Toure and burst into the left side of the box from 30 yards out, but his low shot was directly confiscated by Lehmann.

In the 34th minute, Edu split the ball on the left side of the box from the middle, and Bergkamp's left-footed shot from 18 yards out was saved by Ambrosio and confiscated.

In the 37th minute, Arsenal cleared a corner, Parker passed straight to Gallas on the right side of the penalty area, the Frenchman passed the ball to the far post, and Gudjohnsen's shot from the left side of the box was blocked by Campbell. In the 43rd minute, Parker crossed diagonally from the right, and Mutu's header went wide.

In the second half, the two sides picked up the tempo of the game.

In the 49th minute, Arsenal's corner was cleared, but Chelsea cut the ball past Bergkamp and Lampard's long-range shot from 28 yards was headed wide of Campbell.

In the 51st minute, Henry seemed to shoot in the upper left corner of the penalty area, Ljungberg missed the ball in front, and Ambrosio calmly confiscated the ball. Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute when Frank Lampard's long pass from the back was met by Lehmann who made a mistake and Gudjohnsen slotted home with a left-footed effort from 30 yards out on the left.

In the 55th minute, Edu's shot from outside the box went high. Chelsea then went on a surge of attacks, with several crosses from both wings struggling to clear the ball.

In the 57th minute, Mutu played a backheel pass to Frank Lampard in the top left corner of the box, who shot was saved by Lehmann, and Gudjohnsen cut in a volley that was blocked again by Lehmann.

In the 59th minute, Ashley Cole crossed from the left edge of the penalty area, and the unguarded Pire scored the ball eight docks in front of the goal.

In the 64th minute, Edu's cross from a free kick from the right was saved by Ambrosio, Campbell's header from 14 yards out was cleared by John Terry.

In the 65th minute, Makelele received the first yellow card of the game for handball at the back, and Henry fired directly high from 30 yards out.

In the 68th minute, Mutu's powerful shot from 20 yards out on the right was blocked. Claudio Ranieri then brought on Crespo and Joe Cole to strengthen the attack, while Arsene Wenger also brought on Reyes and Gilberto Silva to strengthen the midfield.

In the 79th minute, Crespo's shot from inside the penalty area was blocked by Campbell. In the 80th minute, Duff crossed from the left, Campbell's header cleared, and Gudjohnsen's volley from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked.

In the 83rd minute, Desailly tackled Vieira, who broke through at the back, and Spanish referee Gonzalez showed him his second yellow card and was sent off, so Desailly will miss the second leg of the match between the two sides.

In the 85th minute, Reyes' shot from the left side of the box was confiscated by Ambrosio.

In the 86th minute, Reyes crossed from the left, Bridge cleared to Pire, and the Frenchman shared the ball with Henry on the right side of the penalty area, Henry turned and fell to the ground and shot into Ambrosio's arms.

In the 91st minute, Bridge crossed from the left, and Crespo volleyed with the outside of his right foot from 10 yards in front of the goal, which Lehmann confiscated directly.

Chelsea continued their embarrassing history of 17 games without a win against Arsenal, but when you think that Chelsea have lost 1-2 in all three previous games, Abramovic still agrees with Mourinho's record this time.

In this game, Momo and head coach Héctor Cooper also conducted research after the game, and finally came to the conclusion that they would rather meet Arsenal again than Chelsea coached by Munirio, and Real Madrid's abandoned Makelele is really Momo's most troublesome opponent.

Makelele's attributes can be said to be mutually restrained with Momo, Makelele's physical fitness is excellent, timely filling, can check and fill the gaps for the team's defense, and Momo's best thing is to find loopholes, of course, the most important thing is that Makelele's speed is not slow, and his height is about the same as Momo, which is equivalent to being able to stare at Momo, which also caused some trouble to Momo.

You must know that in later generations, some people will say this about the combination of Messi + Xavi + Iniesta in Barcelona, why are they so tacit? Because they are about the same height, they can see each other at a glance.

Of course, there is still something to be thankful for, that is, Real Madrid does not have Makelele, according to the previous situation, this game is still Beckham as the back, although Beckham often has bright spots in the back position, but in terms of defense, and those professional backs, Beckham is still very far behind. (To be continued.) )