The Anfield match came to an end, and in the end, Liverpool defeated Benfica 3-0 thanks to Zhang Tiehan's brace and Gerrard's follow-up shot, and the score of the two teams was 3:1 over the two legs, and Liverpool successfully eliminated Benfica to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

But after the match between the two teams, the result became unimportant.

More media attention is on Zhang Tiehan, focusing on his return, Zhang Tiehan was diagnosed in December and said that he would recuperate for six months, only half of the time, Zhang Tiehan has returned to the field of play to replay, which is really surprising, and what is even more surprising is that Zhang Tiehan's appearance is still so good, he seems to have not been affected by the injury at all.

Is this an injury that will take care of it for half a year, and it will even affect your career?

Many people find it incredible.

Because of this, almost all the questions after the game were about Zhang Tiehan, part of it was Zhang Tiehan's recovery from injury, and the other part was Zhang Tiehan's performance and goals in this game, as for Benfica being eliminated or something, the English media no longer cared.

So Benfica coach Koeman looked very idle after the game.

No one came to ask him questions, no one paid attention to him, and Koeman seemed redundant in the post-match press conference, with almost all journalists, including those from Portugal who supported Benfica, siding with Benitez to cover him...... There is a reason why reporters are so enthusiastic, and they hope that Benitez can say something about Zhang's return, such as some accurate news.

Seeing the situation like this, Benitez didn't 'hide' anymore, and he told the reporter conclusively. "After the club's physical examination, Zhang's injuries have fully recovered."

Reporters were prepared for the news, but heard Benitez say it accurately. They were still very surprised.

Many people asked this question, and Benitez answered them one by one.

Next, reporters were concerned about Zhang Tiehan's state, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals in the game, and his condition looks very good, but no one can guarantee whether he will continue, after all, he has just returned from injury.

After getting the exact news, some media began to speculate about the European Golden Boot Award in July. This award belonged to Zhang Tiehan last year, but this year it is not necessarily true, Zhang Tiehan has scored ten goals in the Champions League. Undoubtedly the player with the most goalscorers, but in the Premier League, he has long been left far behind by Thierry Henry due to the absence of many rounds. So far, Henry has scored twenty-three league goals. Zhang Tiehan has only thirteen, and with ten rounds of the league remaining, Zhang Tiehan wants to catch Thierry Henry's goal, which, according to the Sun's commentary, is 'unrealistic'.

This is also the regret expressed by many Liverpool media, with Zhang Tiehan's steady dìng table, they even once thought that the awards for goalscorers should belong to Liverpool.

About that. There are also media interviews with Zhang Tiehan.

"Top scorer? European Golden Boot? Zhang Tiehan was stunned when asked, he really hadn't thought about this question recently. It's also a rare time to be humble, "I hope to get the European Golden Boot, and I will work hard for it, but I can't be sure what the final result will be......"

Immediately, Zhang Tiehan expressed doubts, "But this award can also be won by players in other leagues, right?" I won the European Golden Boot in Italy last year......"

Of course!

The European Golden Boot is an award for players competing in all leagues in Europe, and it is based on the points system to evaluate goalscorers, with two Champions League places, the coefficient is 1.5, the league coefficient of a Champions League place is 1, the Premier League, Serie A and other five major leagues have a coefficient of 2, the player with the highest goal points in a single season can get the Golden Boot Award, although Henry has scored a lot of goals, but it is still a little difficult to get this award, so far, the highest score is Luca Toney from Serie A Fiorentina, He has scored twenty-five Serie A goals and Thierry Henry is far worse by comparison.

In other words, if Zhang Tiehan wants to win this award, he must at least surpass Henry in goals.

I don't really care too much about these Zhang Tiehan.

He rarely thinks about those things on weekdays, as long as he plays every game, will he be afraid that the award will go to someone else? Zhang Tiehan has always thought so, so he doesn't pay attention to these things at all.

After the match between Liverpool and Benfica, the results of the other European round of 16 matchups are also in.

The most noteworthy match in England is the match between Chelsea and Arsenal, Chelsea's last-16 opponents are Barcelona, who lost to Barcelona by a goal in the first leg, and back at Stamford Bridge, it will not be easy for Chelsea to knock Barcelona out.

The second leg of the meeting between the two teams has attracted more attention than Liverpool vs. Benfica, after all, both teams are world powerhouses, and the grievances accumulated by the two teams last season will also be resolved in this game, and finally Barcelona completed their revenge, they played 1:1 at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea, and Chelsea were eliminated by virtue of the 2:1 advantage over the two legs.

Before the match between the two teams, The Independent predicted that Mourinho would boldly use two strikers to break down Barca's goal.

According to the previous Chelsea game tally, Drogba and Crespo have scored six goals for Chelsea in their 127 minutes of combined playing time, an average of one goal every 21 minutes!

Such a sharp combination of forwards is absolutely terrifying!

But Jose Mourinho, who has always been an unpredictable coach, did not choose to do so, as The Independent commented, "Perhaps from the first minute to the last minute of the game, he never felt that Chelsea could beat Barca." ”

Didier Drogba has said that "he was born for the 'big game'" and before leaving Chelsea for Egypt to play the Africa Cup of Nations, he said he would use the trophy to repay Mourinho for his "feat" of playing for his country. Crespo was the darling of the Champions League, scoring nine of his first eight Champions League games for Inter Milan in 2003, only to miss the rest of the game due to injury. Last season, he scored six goals for Milan in the Champions League in his limited playing time, including two goals in the first half of the final for Milan to "see the champion".

As a result, the Independent boldly predicted before the game: Mourinho will destroy Barcelona with two strikers. It's not impossible. Prior to that, Chelsea had a proud record in the five games in which the pair played together. Only 15 minutes against Liverpool did not help the team to the final victory.

To Colchester. It was two goals in 27 minutes, and the score went from 1-1 to 3-1; Against West Ham, the two had the same effect in 30 minutes of joint playing time, with two goals, 3-1; Against Wigan, the score went from 0-0 to 1-0 in both 55 minutes.

Mourinho ended up playing as a striker with only Drogba.

He sent three "wingers" to support the Ivorians in the back. As it turned out, he was wrong, and from the first minute of the game to the second half, Drogba got a lot of chances. But none of them scored, and he didn't dominate the battle with Puyol, which didn't change in the second half, and Mourinho eventually got tired of it and finally replaced Drogba.

Crespo's arrival immediately made an immediate difference for Chelsea. The increased use of ground coordination allowed the Argentines to win points in the penalty area.

The entire second half seemed to belong to Crespo, who came off the bench.

The Argentine striker's cousin is worthy of his value. His fame, but time was running out, and he ultimately failed to help Chelsea score, whose only goal came in stoppage time, when they were fortunate enough to be rewarded with a 'penalty' that was scored by defender John Terry and by Frank Lampard.

After the match between the two teams, almost all the English media questioned Mourinho's appointment.

"Crespo is perfect. Crespo has been scoring goals since the start of the league until now. He played less minutes and scored more goals than Drogba, but Mourinho didn't seem to like him, so he had to play as a substitute ......"

That's what the public media says.

There are also many media angry that Chelsea were eliminated, directly tearing their faces to question Mourinho's ability, such a strong Chelsea has been eliminated from the Champions League in both seasons, even if Chelsea is strong in the league table, it is still dissatisfied.

Chelsea are very personable.

Speaking after the game, Frank Lampard gave high praise to Chelsea and Barcelona in his frustration: 'They are a great team, Ronaldo is like a magician and I think they will have the last laugh in this season's Champions League. ”

The Blues were held out of last season's Champions League semi-finals by the Reds, knocked out of Monaco 3-5 on aggregate the year before, and this year Chelsea were planted under Barcelona again: "I don't want history to repeat itself, we are always disappointed, and this year we were kicked home again. I'm not saying anything else, you know? Two or three months without exciting, thrill-filled competitions were simply the biggest sting on us. ”

On the night at Camp Nou, Frank Lampard and Ronaldinho exchanged shirts amicably after the game, and when they came face to face, the pair shook hands and smiled at each other. Ronaldo has no winner in sight, Lampard doesn't have the loser's head down, it's all a feeling of pity.

Frank Lampard said of Ronaldo: 'When I played against him, I felt that he was a player with a lot of energy, but off the pitch he was so humble and kind. He always has a smile on his face when he plays, and no, he has a sunny smile at all times. ”

Speaking after the game, Ronaldo said: 'Frank Lampard is a true versatile midfielder who fits perfectly for Barcelona and I would love to play alongside him. Now everyone is saying that Frank Lampard and Thierry Henry will come to Barcelona and if I am the owner, I will sign both of them. ”

The mutual compliments between the two made the hot two teams play in harmony after the game.

So Abramovich played Ronaldinho's mind again, and once again exited the Champions Cup ahead of schedule, Abramovich is no longer willing to listen to Mourinho's "collective will" and "team fighting power" passionate statements, and the Portuguese coach's rejection of signing individual technical stars.

In Campano, the Russian giants finally understood that Chelsea had lost without Ronaldo, and there was no talent enough to restrain Ronaldo.

This fact is unacceptable to Abou, because in today's football, especially after Florentino's departure, he believes that only Chelsea can netting the best of the world's footballing elite.

Now the most watched stars in football can be counted on one hand, La Liga is nothing more than Ronaldo Jr., Serie A is nothing more than Shepchenko, and the Premier League is nothing more than Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard, and none of these players Chelsea have.

They have Frank Lampard and John Terry, but these two are not the most eye-catching players, and they are not the type of players who are eye-catching.

Frank Lampard's aura is completely obscured by Steven Gerrard.

As for Terry?

It's strange how eye-catching a defender can be.

Almost all of Europe's most eye-catching stars have been linked to Roman Abramovich, who has never given up chasing Ronaldinho, Zhang Tiehan has twice missed Chelsea and Steven Gerrard almost arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer.

And Zhang Tiehan has become the key to the disagreement between Abramovich and Mourinho. (To be continued......)