Chapter 387: The Anglo-German War
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It stands to reason that AC Milan is the stronger of the two teams, and from the overall evaluation of the players and the fame of the big stars, AC Milan obviously has a certain advantage. Although Chelsea's stars are also famous, Frank Lampard, Makelele, Terry, Drogba and others are also considered to be at the star level, but there is still a gap compared to Schepchenko, Stam, Crespo and other stars who have won enough honors in world football.
AC Milan is another top team, while Chelsea are just a quasi-giants who have emerged this season.
From this point of view, it seems that this game can be called an 'upset'.
But obviously, this term does not fit.
Even before the first leg, the major bookmakers offered lower odds for Chelsea to win than AC Milan, which means that more people were still optimistic that Chelsea could beat AC Milan.
It's a little incredible, but it's a matter of course when you think about it.
Chelsea's record this season is so conspicuous that it is not only highly regarded by the mainstream media and fans, but also makes its popularity grow rapidly, according to statistics, if you count Asian fans, Chelsea has grown by at least 20 million fans in one year this season, which is almost threatening the number of Manchester United fans around the world.
Of course, this is not an official statistic, but it also shows that Chelsea have developed rapidly this season.
There must be a reason for such rapid development, Chelsea's record is not without brilliance, if they go out to draw with Manchester City on the bench, they almost won all of them, in the context of this kind of results, how can fans not be optimistic about Chelsea!?
In short, for the result of this encounter, except for the Italian media who shouted pity, other European media took it for granted, and one of the two super teams must be eliminated, which is also something that there is no way for football rules to do.
For the media in the ancient Oriental countries, there is no need to think so much about it in the report, whether it is a major sports TV station or a magazine or newspaper, they just need to advocate it.
Almost immediately, these sensitive journalists will know about any disturbances in the ancient Orient. The imperial court station reported on Wang Li a while ago, and when commenting on the game, he did not forget to promote Wang Li, which made many peers puzzled, but this did not prevent them from doing the same thing.
So, the day after the end of the game, Wang Li was about to be blown into the sky by these media!
"Wang Li challenges the entire AC Milan backfield alone!"
"Classic goal, European top 8 Wang Li kicks football!"
"At that moment, the gods descended to earth! Wang Li, the inheritor of Chinese football! ”
…… In short, within a day, Wang Li was directly sealed into the altar.
Not all of the media reports in the ancient Oriental countries are carried out in China, and some of them are sent abroad, or used as a reference by some European media. Almost all of the reports throughout the day were touting Wang Li, and those fanciful words made these Europeans stunned, and they now know that there are so many ways to praise people!
However, the English media is obviously very capable of learning, and good things must be absorbed, as a result, in the third day of reporting, the English media also praised Wang Li to the sky, almost only England is unique, but the lack of Wang Li will become a world disaster, in short, after the game with AC Milan, in an inexplicable atmosphere, Wang Li's reputation has risen, and even UEFA is considering whether there is an opportunity to make Wang Li a figure like Maradona and Pele.
These two world-class champions are all in South America, which has always made UEFA uncomfortable, and they also feel that it is necessary to produce a 'football king' for Europe, and Wang Li clearly fits this requirement, with excellent football skills, handsome looks and extraordinary background (mixed race).
Of course, this is not something they can completely decide, unless the England team can win the World Cup, otherwise it will be very difficult for Wang Li to overtake Malaydona and Pele in the world's influence.
It's been a weird atmosphere in the Chelsea squad these days.
The outside media reports are so hot, not only Wang Li, but the whole Chelsea are about to be praised by them. Almost every player in the team has been featured in the newspapers, which has made everyone a star. Although compared to Wang Li, the others are much different, but this does not prevent them from feeling strange in their hearts.
Even though there has been media touting Chelsea all season, the massive coverage has left them a little flustered.
However, head coach Jose. Jose Mourinho was quick to spot this in the unusual atmosphere in the team, which is absolutely stifled for a team and he knows that the unbridled media coverage has affected the team, which is by no means good news.
As a result, the Portuguese introduced a "closed training": until the end of the season, the players must live in the club for all the time they train in the team, except for time off.
This countermeasure worked very well, and after hearing the news, the arrogant atmosphere in the team was immediately vented, and instead became full of complaints.
However, Wang Li was not emotional, and the reports from the outside world could not affect his mood at all.
In an interview with the German newspaper "Kicker", a reporter asked: "You are very successful, you have gained such prestige and skills before the age of 19, if you go back to the history of football, I am afraid that no player is better than you at the same age, do you have anything to say about this?" ”
"I never thought about that, I want to get more wins, more championships."
'So, where are Chelsea's goals now? Where are your goals? ”
Wang Li threw out the answer without hesitation: "Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul (the venue for this season's Champions League final)!" ”
Champions League final!
If Wang Li was asked about his current goal, he would answer without hesitation. Although he is only competing in the European Champions Cup for the first time, that does not prevent him from already aiming for it. And the current Chelsea are of course the same, the goal of the Quadruple is not delusional, it can be pursued.
The media were not surprised by Wang's words, Chelsea's goal this season is to win the title, which everyone knows, but to the surprise of these media media, almost all Chelsea players are full of confidence that they want to win the title, this kind of unity from the whole team is absolutely very rare.
In fact, this is still influenced by Wang Li's interview, and he reminded his teammates in a few simple words: This season is not over yet, and we have not yet won the quadruple crown!!
………… The day after the match between Chelsea and AC Milan, the second leg of the other quarter-finals was also concluded.
First of all, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan played against each other, originally for this matchup, everyone's expectations were still very high, both teams are the world's top, who wins and who loses has a lot of suspense, but the result was unexpected, in the first round of the meeting, Inter Milan lost 0:2 at home to Bayern Munich.
On the second day of AC Milan's elimination, Inter Milan challenged Bayern away, and the Italian media were expecting the Milan team to go to Germany to complete the big reversal, but the disappointing thing was that Inter Milan lost another 3:0, and Bayern Munich easily advanced with a score of 5:0 over two legs, and Milan both heroes folded their wings in the top 8 knockout rounds.
The match between Liverpool and Juventus was not shocking, at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool won 1:0, this situation is not good, for the away team Juventus, there is still a good chance to return to the home field, but unfortunately, Juventus is still not aggressive when they return home, and the two teams played 0:0 in the 90 minutes of the game.
As a result, Liverpool, a traditional aristocrat who was caricatured by the European media as a 'rough' team, unexpectedly advanced to the semi-finals.
Combined with Chelsea's promotion, both teams in England have progressed to the semi-finals, a result that has cheered the English media, who believe that the spring of English football is coming.
There are only four teams in the Champions League semi-finals, and now there are two teams in England, so the final is likely to become a civil war for the Premier League teams, which gives the always proud Englishmen the capital to brag and the capital to be arrogant.
Of course, this is a tragedy for Italian football.
AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Italy has three teams in the Champions League quarterfinals, but all three teams were eliminated, this situation, others are sad.
But as a result, there is joy and sorrow, at least in this year's Champions League, there is no place for Italian teams.
The other game was a big upset, Eredivisie powerhouse PSV Eindhoven drew 2-2 with French giants Lyon over two legs, and then eliminated Lyon 4-2 on penalties, which was really unexpected.
In the round of 16, Lyon scored 10 goals in two legs against Werder Bremen, and this terrifying attacking ability made it seem that their victory over PSV Eindhoven was taken for granted, but they were eliminated.
This also has to make people feel that anything can happen on the football field - for example, Wang Li kicked the football last time...... In this way, the Champions League semi-finals are all released, with two teams from the Premier League, a German lineage giant, and a Eredivisie powerhouse.
This result makes people fall through the eyes, in Europe fans think that La Liga and Serie A should be the big winners, because their strength is there, the strength of several giants is the world's top, although La Liga teams are all eliminated in the round of 16, but Serie A is still favored by everyone, after all, they have three teams, even according to the probability, the three teams will leave at least one of them, besides, if it comes to strength, all three teams will qualify, it will not be surprising.
It's a pity that the Premier League is dominant, which also makes fans lament the rapid development of English football and the decline of Serie A's 'mini-World Cup'.
………… After all the semi-finals were announced, UEFA soon held the draw for the semi-finals.
All the media in Germany, England and the Netherlands were very concerned about the ceremony, and the main reason was that Chelsea and Bayern Munich were clearly the strongest of the four, and the top four teams were clearly strong and weak, and each side wanted to meet the weaker team.
The Dutch media believe that PSV Eindhoven would do well to meet Liverpool so that they are likely to reach the final, regardless of whether they win the title or not, which is a surprise enough. And if they meet Bayern Munich, then it will be really difficult for them to reach the final, the strength of this Bundesliga giant is undoubted, and it is unlikely that they will continue to upset and qualify.
Of course, they still have a fight.
And if they meet Chelsea, they will almost only be eliminated!
This is not to say that in the minds of the Dutch media, Chelsea are much better than Bayern, but now this Blues are almost the nemesis of the weak team, and this season's record has proven everything, as long as the opponent's No.21 is on the pitch and the opponent can't limit his play, then the result will be a big defeat! This has been proven in countless competitions.
Can PSV Eindhoven's defenders keep Wang Li? Almost all the media are not optimistic.
The media in England and the media in the Netherlands have similar thoughts, they hope that Chelsea can meet Bayern Munich, Liverpool meet PSV Eindhoven, so that the strong against the strong, the weak against the weak, both Premier League teams have a chance to qualify for the final, and the Champions League final is likely to turn into a civil war for the Premier League teams!
This is the most satisfying result.
The German media don't have so much thought, they just want Bayern to meet a weak opponent and easily qualify for the final, as for whether the opponent is Liverpool or PSV Eindhoven, both teams are similar, and they don't care at all.
In anticipation, the draw was finally out, and both the English and Dutch media were satisfied - Chelsea vs Bayern Munich, Liverpool vs PSV Eindhoven.
The Dutch media and fans were excited to see the result, as their team met the weakest of the other three teams, so they had a good chance of continuing to push forward and march to the Ataturk Stadium.
The English, on the other hand, feel that both teams in their country have a good chance of winning, and they are likely to see a showdown between the two English teams in the final, which greatly satisfies the vanity of the Englishmen when it comes to football, and yes, they have always lacked self-confidence in football, because England have not done well in the world competition.
If you get rid of these little ninety-nine in your heart, the strong team against the strong team, the weak team against the weak team, it is what the fans want to see, I am afraid that UEFA is also interested in this result, no one knows whether there is a cat in the middle, but it is undeniable that everyone is satisfied with this result.
For the Liverpudlians, they met PSV Eindhoven, the weakest, and Benitez even burst out laughing when he learned of the result.
In fact, as the manager of Liverpool, no one knows the strength of the team better than Benitez, and if they meet Bayern Munich or Chelsea, it will be too difficult for them to qualify, so before the draw, Benitez kept praying to God that the team would meet PSV Eindhoven.
Perhaps God heard his prayer and his wish was granted.
At this time, Liverpool's media immediately moved out the 'historical record' to prove that this is a signing.
PSV Eindhoven has played 23 times with English teams, with 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, which is mediocre and does not see anything, but in recent years, Liverpool and the Eredivisie team have played 9 times, but have achieved 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Dutch media came up with another statistic as a refutation: PSV Eindhoven played against English teams three times in the 87/88 season and finally won the European Champions Cup, and this season if you count the group stage, PSV Eindhoven also played England three times, so they will definitely reach the final.
This is a far-fetched reason, but the weakness of the Eredivisie in recent years has made it impossible for their own teams to do well in European competitions, and they have to refute the English media with this strange reason in the 80s.
In fact, this confrontation between Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven will only be followed by the relevant media and fans, and for most people, the focus is of course on the Anglo-German clash between Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
Even Manchester United can't deny that Chelsea are the best team in the Premier League for English football this season, so Chelsea has a past for English football. In Germany, Bayern Munich can be said to be a dominant company, and they represent German football as a matter of course, so this semi-final was completely hyped by the media as a "Anglo-German war".
"It's going to be a classic European football feast!!"
"The clash between the old and the new nobles, who will have the last laugh!!"
'Pele: I'm bullish on Chelsea, their players are real warriors on the pitch.'
…… Various media reports have been introduced, and the war of words between the British and German media has intensified.
The prediction of the football king Pele made the German media ecstatic, and the English media kept cursing that the Brazilian has nothing to do with Chelsea, even if he is optimistic, don't show it in front of the public!
At this time, Pele's big mouth has been proven by many facts: any team that he says is 'favored' will basically not have any good results...... Journalists immediately gathered at Chelsea to interview them about their feelings about Pele's 'bullishness'.
'I don't think it's anything, we're going to be winners for sure, and that comes out of his mouth means the same thing as it comes out of the mouth of a regular fan. Not only is he optimistic about Chelsea, we are also confident of winning, and every Blues fan is optimistic about Chelsea, isn't it? It doesn't mean anything, I never believe in the so-called 'prophecy', only strength is the most important thing. ”
At a press conference, in front of a large number of media, Wang Li stood next to Mourinho and said this sentence easily.
In fact, Chelsea's mind is not there in the media for the Champions League, as they are about to face an English civil war - the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.
Although many media outlets don't care about this cup semi-final, it is an extremely important game for Chelsea, who want to win the 'Quadruple', they can only win and not lose!
(To be continued)