Chapter 246: The Massacre in the Champions League (2)
At the end of the first half, the Basel players were almost sitting on the grass, and they couldn't accept the strong gap - they were looking forward to victory before the game, and now they wanted the nightmare to be over soon. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
5 to 0!
Five goals were scored in the half, how can the game continue? They all wanted to give up the game and go back to their home country sooner.
But the game isn't over yet......
At half-time, Wan Sheng only praised the team's performance, and did not limit the number of goals, now it is the Champions League, the more goals, the more it will increase the team's reputation, as for the opponent Basel, that is not in his consideration.
"Keep up the good work and get more goals!"
That's what Wan Sheng said, but the game definitely went into garbage time, so he still chose to make substitutions and let those players with less experience play.
Raphael Varane is on.
Isco came out.
But Falcao was not replaced, Wansheng also expects Falcao to score again, Falcao has five goals in the Champions League group stage, plus these three, his Champions League goal tally has reached 8, directly chasing Messi's 11 goals.
At the same time as Atletico Madrid's performance rises, Wansheng also hopes that his player data can be better, after all, the championship team needs the first scorer, every time the media relies on the player, it will say 'Messi of Barcelona', 'Real Madrid's C-Ronaldo', he also hopes that his players can become the top stars in the media, and the key to cultivating a 'top star' in the media is to need direct data.
Now is the opportunity.
It was also a bit of a surprise that Falcao was not substituted, the game was meaningless, the team would definitely be able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so as the striker who scored three goals, he deserved to be substituted at home to enjoy the applause of the fans.
But...... No?
Falcao quickly understood what Wan Sheng was planning to do, "It turns out that the boss wants me to score again!" Immediately, Falcao's heart became hot.
In the second half, Falcao tried harder to run up front, but at this time he wanted to score, and it must have been a little difficult, not because the team was poor, but because the opponent defended him much more tightly.
Not a single Basel player will not pay attention to Falcao, because the opposition scored three goals in the first half, and they would rather miss others in defence, and they must also pay attention to Falcao.
Whenever Atletico Madrid push into the box, you can see that Falcao always has at least two defenders around him, while other players, such as Raul Garcia and Isco, are sometimes unguarded.
Atletico Madrid took the opportunity to score two more goals in a row, with goals from Isco and Kevin De Bruyne respectively.
Basel is completely devastated!
Little did they know that the team would suffer a seven-goal defeat at the Calderón Stadium!
Journalists in the media were in an uproar, all thinking about how to report after the game, and if the game ended here, Basel would have suffered a humiliating defeat, 7-0 also set a record goal difference in a single game in the Champions League knockout round.
But Basel's players don't think about it that much, and now their only obsession is not to let Falcao score, and nothing else, especially the two centre-backs Tammy Abraham and Dragovic, who are even more closely marked by Falcao.
In the layers of marking, Falcao also struggled to find opportunities.
After 80 minutes of the game, Falcao simply retreated to the back, no longer facing the front to bear the defensive pressure, and by this time the players of both teams played very casually, both sides knew that the game was meaningless, but played very relaxed, Atletico Madrid found an opportunity to shoot, and the defense of Basel attack was no longer so tight.
It was a good chance for Basel to score a face-saving goal, but they didn't expect that the next goal would not belong to them, it would still belong to Atletico Madrid, and it was something they had been trying to defend...... Falcao!
In the 87th minute of the game, Falcao received a pass 10 meters before the center circle, and he suddenly started to cross the opponent's defender Cabral, and then took up his foot to volley on the line of the penalty area.
The cold shot surprised goalkeeper Sommer, and by the time he reacted, the football was already flying in front of him.
It's too late!
Sighing inwardly, Sommer could only watch the football fly into the goal.
8 to 0!
Atletico Madrid created an unprecedented gap in the Champions League knockout round, and Falcao also completed the 'big four' in the Champions League knockout round, with 9 goals in the Champions League, chasing Messi's 11 goals, ranking second in the Champions League scorer list.
At the end of the game, 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans cheered and boiled, and they witnessed the team's eight-goal victory in Europe.
The camera keeps pointing at Wansheng.
Wan Sheng walked over to greet the players and hugged each player who came off the field, and it can be seen from the camera that the expression on Wan Sheng's face has not changed, it only needs to be described in one word - laugh.
He laughed all the time.
Wan Sheng couldn't help but laugh, it was difficult for him to become serious.
The team performed so well, beating Basel by eight goals and breaking the record for the largest goal difference in a single game in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, which will only have one name in the future, and that is Atletico Madrid.
Wan Sheng hugged the players one by one, and after everyone was off the field, he remembered to shake hands with Basel coach Vogel, who was very personable, and he waited there with a depressed face.
When the two shook hands, Vogel became even more depressed, "It's hard for me to imagine that you guys are doing so well. ”
"Thank you."
Wan Sheng thanked him, and then heard Vogel continue, "Congratulations on making it to the quarterfinals, it's time for me to go back and comfort my players." ”
Vogel then turned and walked back.
Wan Sheng looked at his back, feeling like he had seen a loser, and couldn't help but recall what he looked like when he first came to this world, and immediately couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, feeling that he was thinking too much.
I was a failure at the time, but Vogel wasn't a failure!
Vogel has just become the head coach of a professional team, and the time is not long, he was able to lead the team to play in the Champions League for the first time as a coach, his luck is also very good, and he also led the team to a historic knockout round, even if he was slaughtered by Atletico Madrid and eliminated from the round of 16 of the Champions League, Basel's results are enough to explain to the media and fans, they are a small league club after all, and advancing to the knockout round is historic, and advancing to the quarterfinals is completely extravagant.
Therefore, Vogel is still very successful with the team, even if he experiences a big defeat, it will not affect his status in the hearts of Basel fans.
At the press conference after the game, Wan Sheng didn't talk much about the big win, after all, it was a kind of injury to the opponent, he rarely had a little more 'sympathy', just said, "I'm very happy to see the team break into the quarter-finals, but this is not the end, for us, the Champions League has just begun!" I hope the team can keep performing. ”
Basel boss Vogel said: "Today's result was painful for me. Atletico were fast-paced and we were completely out of control. ”
After the press conference, Wan Sheng said no more about the game.
Atletico Madrid won the game by 8 goals and was indeed hearty, but no matter how big the score was, it was only one game, not that scoring eight goals could directly enter the final four.
On the third day, the knockout rounds of the Champions League round of 16 were all over, and all three teams in La Liga advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other five teams were AC Milan in Serie A, Chelsea in the Premier League, Marseille in Ligue 1, Benfica in the Portuguese Super League and Atletico Greek, the dark horse of Cyprus.
Spanish football has a big harvest!
The Spanish media excitedly reported the news of the Champions League, because three Spanish teams entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which represents the glory of Spanish football in the Champions League!
Among the other five major leagues, the Premier League, Serie A, and Ligue 1 have only one team in the quarterfinals, and the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich simply folded its wings to the round of 16 and lost to Chelsea in the English Premier League.
For Bayern Munich's 'fall', Wan Sheng also has a lot of feelings, he still remembers that the Champions League champion in his previous life will be Chelsea, the final is between Chelsea and Bayern Munich, and now with Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich can only rank second in the group, and meet Chelsea in advance to the round of 16, so he lost to Chelsea cleanly, and he didn't even have a chance to enter the quarterfinals.
That's the butterfly effect he brings!
But Wan Sheng just sighed, he has changed too much in the football world in this life, and he doesn't care about this anymore.
Next, the Champions League quarter-finals draw began.
UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The teams that entered the quarterfinals sent representatives to participate in the draw ceremony, the draw for the quarterfinals was much simpler, and there was no grand award ceremony, it was a direct draw, so most of the clubs came to the assistant coaches, managers, etc., and the teams that paid more attention to the draw could only be the head coach or chairman, and Atletico Madrid only sent Ruan Hailong, the head of the athletic department, as a representative.
Although the draw was simple, the results were highly watched.
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League adopts the rules of completely liberalizing all restrictions, not only are there no seeded teams, but there are no evasion rules for the same National League team, which makes it possible for all teams to meet in advance, and the three Spanish teams are very dangerous.
There are four favorites in the Champions League this season, namely Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, and all three La Liga teams are favorites.
This is also what Spanish fans care about.
When the draw results came out, the Spanish media got the good news, the three teams in La Liga did not meet in pairs, and they also staggered another big favorite to win the championship - Chelsea.
Real Madrid were lucky to meet this season's Champions League dark horse Atletico Greece.
Atletico Madrid also had good luck and ran into the underdogs in the quarter-finals, Ligue 1 side Marseille.
Barcelona's luck is not so good, they will face Serie A giants AC Milan, and the two teams are sure to fight the battle of the century.
The remaining game is between Benfica and Chelsea.
When the draw results came out, the Spanish media rejoiced, because the Champions League semi-finals are very likely to have three La Liga teams, which is equivalent to Spanish football dominating the Champions League, judging from the matchup, this may be very big.
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are not a problem to advance, the only suspense is whether Barcelona can beat AC Milan, and with the current situation of AC Milan, it is very difficult to beat Barcelona, so Barcelona also has great hope of qualifying.
Wan Sheng also exhaled a long breath.
If you encounter a difficult opponent in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the team will have to spend a lot of energy to deal with it, which can easily affect the league, and the current competition between the team and Real Madrid in the league is too tight, and then distract the energy is likely to make mistakes, and if there is a mistake in the league competition, it is likely to fail in the end.
Wan Sheng didn't want to see Mourinho's smug face.
Ahead of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid will have to focus on returning to the league as they are about to play against Barcelona.
The same can be said for Barcelona, who are holding their back to beat Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona can be said to hate Wansheng to the core.
Although there is actually no conflict between the two sides outside the game, Wansheng led the team to defeat Barcelona again and again, which is enough to make the two sides absolute rivals.
Every time Wansheng led the team to defeat Barcelona, he had to ridicule two sentences, so that the Barcelona people could only hold back, so they kept the hatred in their hearts even more.
In fact, the escalation of the hatred between the two sides is more mainly the competition between each other, the two sides are direct competitors for the league title, and this season's Copa del Rey final will meet again, and in the Champions League, both teams have also entered the quarterfinals, and they may meet in the future.
In this competitive situation, Wansheng has been 'advertised' as Barcelona's worst enemy!
Before the game, the Catalan media didn't talk about revenge anymore, they all had a shadow on the word, every time they talked about revenge, the final result was not good, and they had to be ridiculed by Wan Sheng, and if they continued to talk, they would only make the opponent laugh.
So before the match between the two teams, the Catalan media seemed very calm, they held their breath, and waited for the game to end, waiting for Barcelona to win before making a big report.
Atletico Madrid supported the media, as always, talking about the record of the two sides in the past two seasons, and then used this to show that Barcelona still has no chances in this game.
These reports are all media praise for their support for the team, and there is nothing special to say.
Atletico Madrid was well prepared for the game, and Wan Sheng focused on training defensive runs and formations before the game, in order to limit the performance of individual Barcelona stars and the overall attack.
When it came to the game, Atletico Madrid did the same, they kept running back and forth, ensuring attack and defense, while also increasing the scramble and tightening the restrictions on Barcelona.
Tactically, there were no changes for either team.
What neither Wansheng nor Guardiola expected was that the match was very close to each other, and from the very beginning of the match, with Diego Costa and Alves having a physical altercation, the situation was a bit out of control. (To be continued.) )