Chapter 355: Champions League Round of 16

The voices of these conversations, all of them were full of amazement, four times against Chelsea, three hat-tricks, everyone, including Chelsea fans, could only look in amazement, they were not in the mood to be disappointed by their team's equaliser, the important thing was Zhang Tiehan, who completed the third hat-trick against Chelsea.

Chelsea fans are absolutely impressed with Zhang Tiehan.

Two years ago, Zhang Tiehan arrived at Stamford Bridge with Wigan Athletic, where he scored a hat-trick for his third against Chelsea and his first at Stamford Bridge...... He has only been to Stamford Bridge twice in total.

What else could Chelsea fans think about besides being helpless?

No, someone else came up with it.

For example, in the past two years, the summer transfer rumors, every time the number 13 on the field seems to be very close to Chelsea, but why did he not come to Stamford Bridge in the end, but became a member of Liverpool? Thinking of this, Chelsea fans immediately felt unbalanced.

He should have belonged to Chelsea!

They all thought so.

It doesn't seem to matter anymore that the game is won or lost.

Not only Chelsea fans, but also various media commentators and neutral fans feel that the outcome of the game is not important, no matter what the outcome is, Liverpool and Chelsea will definitely join hands to qualify for the group, the victory or defeat does not matter at all, the important thing is Zhang Tiehan's table xiàn, Zhang Tiehan's hat trick.

They will only mention the outcome of the game, but they will definitely write about Zhang Tiehan's third hat-trick against Chelsea!

With no one 'watching', the game on the field continues.

Chelsea seemed to want to score another goal at the end of the game, but Liverpool were very stubborn and retreated across the line, even Zhang Tiehan returned to the penalty line, his height and ability to defend high-altitude balls, which helped Liverpool's defense a lot.

The Iron Bucket Formation is naturally not something that can be broken in a short period of time.

The result ended with three minutes of stoppage time. Chelsea failed to score again and the game ended 3-3 in a draw that meant Liverpool win.

It's away!

This is the last game of the group stage!

Liverpool have a points advantage!

The game was just a draw, but 'strategically' Liverpool won and they were in the Champions League group stage. With a record of four wins and two draws, he won the first place in Group G with 14 points, and advanced to the round of 16 of the Champions League as the first in the group.

Chelsea, on the other hand, can only be placed in second place......

It may have been a bit of a shame for them, it was an opportunity to make up for their mistakes, but they didn't take it, and for Mourinho there was more to the problem, a draw really didn't matter, and Chelsea's results won't be affected much. And the post-game is the most troublesome.

He had to face questions from the media, which were undoubtedly related to Zhang Tiehan's hat-trick.

He will probably also have to face Abramovich's questioning, and the question will probably be related to Zhang Tiehan, who has always wanted to bring Zhang Tiehan to Stamford Bridge.

The fans also need to be appeased.

Before leaving the pitch, he even heard a Chelsea fan shout 'We need Zhang!' Let him come to Stamford Bridge".

He still has a lot to do.

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The contest between the two sides ended, and Liverpool finally appeared as the first in Group G, and at this time, all eyes of Europe were also focused on the Champions League. The match between Liverpool and Chelsea was the final game of the final round. At the end of the match between the two teams, the rankings of the other groups were also released.

The one that is in the spotlight is Group B. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal have a mediocre record in the league but have shone brighter than Liverpool in the Champions League, winning all five legs before drawing 0-0 at home to Ajax on the final matchday. It is worth mentioning that Thierry Henry missed a penalty before half-time, and Ajax halted Arsenal's Champions League victory, and the two teams also won the group first and second respectively.

In Group A, Bayern may be in pain. They were always top of the group, but Juventus caught up behind them, and in the final round, Juventus won the group by a narrow margin of 'one more goal away from home'.

Now Bayern have to face choices, Lyon, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Villarreal, Arsenal, Liverpool...... These teams are a huge headache for any manager to choose an opponent among them, and this is exactly the problem that Magath will face, with the draw for the knockout rounds of the Champions League about to be revealed, but in any case, Bayern's opponents will not be able to escape the above teams.

Barcelona beat Udinese 2-0 away in Group C to top the group with five wins and one draw, with Escro and Andres Iniesta netting twice in the first five minutes to put Udinese's hopes of qualifying in a draw.

In this way, Group C will be promoted by Barcelona and the lucky Werder Bremen.

Group D is England's main concern, Manchester United's Champions League results have been very poor, as a result of their last game they lost 1-2 away to Benfica, and the other Villarreal beat Lille 1-0 to advance to the round of 16 with Benfica, Lille finished third to qualify for the UEFA Cup, and Manchester United could only finish bottom of the group to say goodbye to this season's European competition.

AC Milan in Group E defeated Schalke 04 3-2 at home in a do-or-die battle, and entered the round of 16 with PSV Eindhoven, who also won the group, while Schalke 04 was eliminated and had to go to the UEFA Cup.

In Group F, Real Madrid, which has just undergone heavy personnel changes, head coach Luxenburg and technical director Sacchi have left, won and then lost away from home, losing 1-2 to Olympiax, former Barcelona star Rivaldo scored the winning goal for Olympiax, but this defeat did not change the fate of Real Madrid's second promotion in the group, but the winning Olympiax was not as good as the Rosenborg who lost 1-2 to Lyon in the other game, and was still at the bottom of the group and missed the League Cup.

Inter Milan, who finished top of Group H early, came off the bench to draw 1-1 away at Glasgow Rangers, while Slovakia's Artemidia drew 0-0 at home to Porto in the other game, leaving Inter Milan in the last 16 of the group, while Artemidia played in the UEFA Cup and previous year's champions Porto were empty-handed in Europe this season.

That's it for the eight groups in the Champions League.

After the final round, for Liverpool. A draw against Chelsea is good news, because strong teams such as AC Milan and Barcelona are all top of the group, and according to the Champions League round of 16 draw rules, Liverpool's opponents in the round of 16 will be Bayern Munich, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, Real Madrid, Benfica and Werder Bremen.

This group of teams is much weaker than the first team of Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Villarreal, Arsenal and Lyon.

Of course, it is not good luck to draw Bayern and Real Madrid. But in the end, Liverpool have more chances of good luck, after all, no matter which team wants to meet an underdog team in the round of 16, rather than a strong team, especially after Liverpool has experienced a difficult game, they want to work hard to have some effect, rather than doing useless work.

European media and fans pay attention to the Champions League round of 16, but Liverpool is actually not optimistic.

The most promising is the 'dream team' Barcelona.

It's not just the media that sees it, but also some teams that have reached the last 16 of the Champions League, such as Bayern Munich, where many people are talking about the Champions League. They finished second in their group and will almost certainly face a strong team in the first round of the knockout round, but Bayern didn't care much about the draw, and captain Kahn was rather indifferent, "Reaching the last 16 is a reward for our efforts. If we want to win the title, it doesn't matter which opponent we face in the next round. Everyone will continue to work hard until they succeed. ”

Indeed, if you want to win the championship. Sooner or later, there will be strong teams, although it can be a headache to meet any opponent in the first place in the group. But who wants to meet Bayern Munich.

Bayern also finished second in the group stage last year and had to face a tough opponent in the knockout round, but "in last year's quarter-finals, we eliminated Arsenal. Why can't we continue to be successful this year? ”

Magath can indeed have some confidence in his team, at least in the two-legged tie with Juventus, Bayern Munich is more of a strong player.

However, there is one opponent Bayern that they still don't want to meet. "I think the best team in Europe right now is Barcelona. This will be the strongest opponent we could ever meet. Ballack said after the game that he thinks Barcelona are the strongest team in Europe at the moment.

Lahm also said, "Barcelona are super strong. ”

But even against Barcelona, Bayern Munich is not without a chance of winning. In the 98-99 season, Barcelona, which had Rivaldo, Figo and others at that time, was also in the best form of the team, and won the championship in La Liga, but in the Champions League, it was out of the Champions League because of two defeats to Bayern in the group stage.

In addition to Bayern, players from other teams interviewed also said that Barcelona are a strong opponent.

The individual is Zhang Tiehan......

After the match with Chelsea, many media interviewed Zhang Tiehan, congratulating him on completing his third hat-trick against Chelsea, and also asked Zhang Tiehan to comment on the team in the Champions League.

Zhang Tiehan said, "I don't know if anyone wants to meet Liverpool, but I will let them know that Liverpool is the strongest opponent." ”

"Barcelona? Maybe it's good, but for me they're no different from Villarreal [the other Spanish team that topped the group], I haven't played against them, a lot of people say they're strong, but I don't know how, and if we meet in the quarter-finals, the 'Dream Team' name would belong to Liverpool. ”

This...... Is it to book the semi-finals in advance?

A group of media reporters could only smile wryly.

But they also have to give a lot of praise to Zhang Tiehan, who scored a hat-trick against Chelsea and scored six goals in two trips to Stamford Bridge, and Zhang Tiehan may have a good relationship with Stamford Bridge.

Faced with this question, Zhang Tiehan just laughed, "Maybe, I like to score goals at Stamford Bridge, those Blues fans are very enthusiastic. ”

He was referring to one thing that left the pitch after the game.

After the match between the two teams, when they left the stadium, everyone heard a lot of Blues fans shouting, "Let Zhang come to Stamford Bridge", which is very interesting, Zhang Tiehan is very satisfied with the attitude of the Blues fans, doesn't this prove that he has conquered the Blues fans with his watch?

As for going to Chelsea or something, forget it.

The Blues fans want him to go to Chelsea, the Liverpool fans want him to stay at Anfield, and the support of the fans wherever he is is is that this is the most important thing. (To be continued......)