54: Quarterfinals: Against Barcelona!
In the end, Bayern were unable to stop the Red Devils as Juventus fans would like...... Bayern, who were all substitutes at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, lost 3-1 to Manchester United, and Bayern's big players such as Leon, Pizarro, Hargreaves and Kahn all wore casual clothes and watched from the sidelines.
Manchester United joined forces with Bayern to advance, but Bayern fell to second place in the group, and Bayern conceded five goal difference in the last two games, and they are the same as Manchester United with four wins and two defeats, Manchester United outperformed Bayern in terms of goal difference, goals scored and win-loss relationship......
The first place in the group and the second place in the group, this is not important to Bayern, anyway, the draw for the quarterfinals is the draw rule of the first of the four groups against the second of the four groups, and the same group does not meet.
And most importantly - which of the eight teams in the quarter-finals is the underdog? Except for Ajax Leon, who is a little confident, the other six are all traditional European giants!
After the match between Bayern Munich and Manchester United, the final quarter-finals of the 02-03 season were:
Group A, the Catalan Lions Barcelona, although they are called the ruins of the dynasty, although they have been left far behind by the Galacticos Real Madrid in the league, but their performance in the Champions League this season is really good, in the six games in the second stage, Barcelona won five and drew one! In addition to the away draw against the Magpies, they double-killed the big international and double-killed the pharmaceutical factory! They qualified as top of Group A, and Barcelona are also the most desirable of the four group winners Bayern are likely to meet León - how many Barcelona fans are there in this period? Hmph, it is no exaggeration to say that before Xiao Luo went to Catalonia, among the ten La Liga fans in China, seven and a half were Real Madrid, half were Laco, half were Valencia, and I am afraid that only one and a half were Barcelona fans!
The ruins of the dynasty are the best synonym for Barcelona right now, and their performance in the Champions League is not unrelated to the fact that they have all but given up the domestic league - what can Catalonia do? Can they overpower the Galactic Battleship Real Madrid?
Bayern, the other team in Group A, will not meet because they are second in the group like Bayern, and they are Inter Milan! Although Inter Milan finished second in the group in the domestic league, it was a dark period in the club's history for any Inter Milan fan...... The Champions League is weak, and the league has missed the championship in a row, but historically, Inter Milan has reached the Champions League semifinals this season.
Group B winners Valencia are one of four possible Bayern group winners, and Valencia had the last laugh in Group B's clash of attacks, with the Bats' flashy and fluid attack making them a force to be reckoned with in the Champions League.
The other team in Group B is Ajax, with the Eredivisie giants contributing five draws in Group B! If the match between Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and Valencia was a big fight, then Ajax were a lewd counter-attack - but their pragmatic choice proved to have allowed them to beat Arsenal with one win and five draws.
In Group C, AC Milan won the first place in the group somewhat unexpectedly and reasonably, and they beat the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, which also made Real Madrid an opponent that the group leaders did not want to meet!
There is no need to introduce Group D, Manchester United qualified first in the group, and Bayern qualified second in the group.
"In this way, it seems that the second place in the group is more cost-effective, the first of the four groups, Manchester United we will definitely not draw, Barcelona, Valencia, AC Milan, in addition to AC Milan is difficult to deal with, Barcelona if they meet me, they can definitely use the future Barcelona style of play and the future La Masia Film and Television Academy's individual performance to let them sing and conquer at the Camp Nou...... As for Valencia, the Bat Army is good at attacking, but their head coach Benitez is a lewd guy, so ah, God bless Bayern must draw Barcelona! Before head coach Heathfield left for the draw in Switzerland, Leon also blessed in his heart......
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As it turned out, Bayern's luck was really good! They've got the lottery!
They drew Barcelona!
"God forbid! Hahaha, Barcelona! After learning that Bayern's opponent in the quarterfinals was Barcelona, Leon suddenly felt that Bayern could fully focus on the league.
Barcelona? Hmph, Ronaldo hasn't gone to save the ruins of this dynasty yet, and the devil knows which nightclub Ronaldinho is in Paris now hugging the French blonde beauty for fun.
Leon still remembers a famous commentary by Huang Jianxiang in his previous life, the age of Barcelona fans is generally five years younger than the age of other giant fans - this is a big truth, after all, Barcelona has only begun to increase fans after the rise, before that, Real Madrid's fans have been cultivated by Redondo and Hierro, Manchester United has been cultivated by Cantona, Beckham, Giggs and others, not to mention Serie A, AC Milan has the Dutch trio, Inter Milan has the German troika, Juventus is a banba, Liverpool has a balloon star like Michael Owen, and Bayern likes to broadcast the Bundesliga......
Of course, Barcelona have created a dream team in the last century - but after the crushing defeat to Milan, Barcelona began a dark era that turned into a dynasty ruins...... Perhaps only the most loyal Barcelona fans are still following Barcelona at this time, and they are the only ones who are qualified to celebrate with Barcelona when they have achieved one glory after another.
As for hugging Barcelona's thighs? How many are over eighteen?
After the draw for the quarter-finals, almost no one expected Barcelona to replicate their magical performance in the second stage of the group stage, because they faced Bayern Munich, who defeated Manchester United and Juventus in the second stage.
Of course, the most eye-catching matchup in the quarterfinals is not Barcelona vs. Bayern, but Manchester United vs. Real Madrid!
It seems that the flying shoe incident will still happen, Leon clearly remembers that in the second leg of the quarter-final match between Manchester United and Real Madrid, Ferguson abandoned Xiaobei...... Old Trafford will always have one king – Alex Ferguson.
The clash between the Galacticos and the Red Devils is sure to attract the attention of fans around the world, and the winner of both teams will face the winner of Bayern Munich and Barcelona for a place in the final!
In the other semi-section, AC Milan drew Ajax and Inter Milan drew Valencia, and if nothing else, the Milan duo could meet in the semi-finals.
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The two-legged match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona will be played on March 27 and April 6, which means that Bayern will be able to concentrate on the league for the next 50 days.
In the nineteenth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern went to challenge Bielefeld away, and in the face of the menacing Bundesliga giants, Bielefeld almost collapsed, and Bayern Munich continued to lead the Bundesliga standings after winning the opponent 2-0 effortlessly.
Before the start of the Champions League quarterfinals, Leon was also constantly fighting monsters and upgrading in the Bundesliga, and now he is a star level 10, the early stage of the quasi-superstar realm, Leon hopes to use this nearly 50 days to improve his strength to the middle of the star level 10.
In the twentieth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich ushered in the Hamburg team they had lost in the first round at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, and encountered Hamburg again.
Bayern controlled the rhythm throughout the game, Leon Will is a never-ending machine, constantly running back and forth in attack and defense, Leon's physical fitness has now been completely honed - anyway, his physical fitness can be recovered after drinking after the game, so after becoming the main force and core of Bayern, as long as he plays a full 90 minutes of the game, Leon has not run less than 10,000 meters in a game!
Even when the opponent is weak, Leon's running will not stop. So the fans in Germany also affectionately gave Leon a new nickname: "Little Sports Car." ”
In the 21st round of the Bundesliga, because Bayer Leverkusen lost in this round, Bayern also got the opportunity to open the points gap between Bayern and the pharmaceutical factory, but in the derby battle in the same city, Bayern Munich was forced to draw by Munich 1860 1-1.
The city derby is really not easy to play no matter what the strength of the opponent in the same city is, otherwise Barcelona and Espanyol would not have killed so badly in every game......
However, what made Leon vomit blood was that Bayern had the upper hand in the whole game and drew it, after all, no one could have predicted the final result in a football game. But Nima, do you know who the player who equalized for Munich 1860? It's actually Shao Jiayi!
Damn! The Chinese prodigy, who had only joined Munich from Yanjing Guoan in 1860, scored his first goal in the Bundesliga, a beautiful world wave.
Leon is also speechless, but there are indeed a lot of Chinese football talents in this period, such as Yang Chen in Frankfurt, Li Tie who partnered with Mad Dog Graveson in Everton, Sun Jihai who played for Manchester City, and Shao Jiayi in Munich 1860.
Alas, alas, is there still such a scene ten years later?
If you don't mention the national football team, you hate iron and steel.
After being held to a surprise draw by Shao Jiayi, Bayern were unable to further open up the lead gap, and thanks to Werder Bremen's winning streak, Bayern are now two points ahead of them and four ahead of Bayer Leverkusen......
In the 22nd round of the Bundesliga, it seems that in order to vent the resentment of being forced to draw by Munich 1860 in the last game, Bayern Munich beat Nuremberg 6-1 away! León opened the scoring with a push, Elber scored a hat-trick and Pizarro and Santa Cruz were the icing on the cake!
With Bayern's mighty chariot moving forward in the league and several of Bayern's scouts already in Catalonia, the Germans are really good at studying their opponents, and Bayern Munich's scouts keep Barcelona up to date every week.
"The current situation of Barcelona is very bad, their performance in the Champions League can be understood as the result of their abandonment of the league - their new No. 10 Riquelme has not been able to integrate into the team for a long time, Ovimas is in good shape, but he is no longer the Peter Pan of the year, Saviola's performance is far from the height of Argentina, Cocu is their most consistent player, and the young Xavi is not to be underestimated, but judging from Barcelona's recent games, Xavi's offensive organization is good, Defensively, however, it is impossible to match León, with our midfield certainly beating Barcelona and Kluivert in good form up front. Now Barcelona's biggest problem is their intra-team contradictions, since Figo left Real Madrid, Barcelona no longer trust outsiders, Ovimas and Kluivert and Cocu, Frank de Boer These Dutchman's outstanding performance is supporting the current Barcelona, but this is also Barcelona's problem, the contradiction between the Dutch gang and the local gang will be where we can take advantage! ”
Judging from the report of Bayern scouts, they predict that in this knockout match between Bayern and Barcelona, Bayern's probability of qualifying has exceeded 70%!
It is said that Heathfield smiled from ear to ear when he got this scouting report, but in training, Heathfield still had a serious face: "Our opponents in the quarter-finals Barcelona are very strong, they are a top team!" ”
Perhaps this is called the way of governing the army? Tell the players that the opponent is strong and make them more vigilant, but in reality? Heathfield is already sure of victory!
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