If life is seen as a road of no return, then the Champions League knockout round is a one-way bridge.

When the draw hands put two teams together, it is as if they were placed at opposite ends of a bridge, and moving forward, only one of the two teams can pass through the bridge, while the other team is doomed to be pushed down in the middle.

Rijkaard said before the game that he had played a lot of games like this, he knew how brutal such games really were, so he knew exactly how to play the game and he was confident that he and his team could get a good ending from Stamford Bridge.

But in fact, he not only overestimated himself, but also underestimated the cruelty of the game.

Ronaldinho is injured and out, it doesn't matter, there's Joe Cole.

McConn didn't pass the physical fitness test before the game, it doesn't matter, there is Sun Jihai.

Chelsea's huge bench squad gives Ye Qiu a lot of room to rotate, while Rijkaard doesn't seem to have learned any lessons from the first round of knockouts, and he doesn't seem to have figured out where Barcelona's 433 lost in the end.

After the start, Chelsea did not press as heavily as before, but adopted a steady tactic, Ye Qiu has extraordinary confidence in his team's defense, and Barcelona is also not proactive, but wants to adopt the possession tactics that he is good at, and slowly tear apart Chelsea's defense.

But the problem is that Ye Qiu doesn't have the leisure to play games with Barcelona slowly.

In the 15th minute, Lampard retreated to the midfield and passed straight behind the right side, Rooney quickly inserted the ball, advanced to the front of the Barcelona penalty area, picked up the back point, Drogba followed and stopped the ball, suppressed Puyol with his body, turned and volleyed.

In this way, Chelsea broke the Barcelona goal in the most direct and brutal way

But before Barcelona could adjust, a minute later, Chelsea's right-hand Joe Cole broke through and used his skilful possession to cleverly get rid of Belletti and dribble laterally.

It has to be said that Joe Cole scored a total of three goals here, for Joe Cole himself, the goal is indeed very sure and confident, and this volley is indeed very powerful, and the accuracy is enough, but Valdés reacted very quickly, made a save, and played the ball down, only to be hit by Lampard after the stoppage, 0

Chelsea is like a fierce Kong Wu macho man, Barcelona is a weak scholar, when the scholar wants to reason with the macho man slowly, discuss the Renaissance, and talk about the Qi family governing the country and the world, the macho man directly punched him down, and did not forget to turn his head ruggedly and take a sip.

And just when Rijkaard was about to make adjustments, it was another Chelsea attack, Joe Cole quickly cut into the middle, and after winning the ball, he kicked a delicate through ball in the front of the penalty area, Rooney inserted the ball and formed a single knife, facing the attacking goalkeeper Valdés, Rooney calmly pushed the shot, 0

This goal completely destroyed Barcelona's will to resist, and after falling behind 0 on aggregate, their morale has fallen to the bottom, and there is no hope of a comeback and a comeback, and Chelsea have consciously stabilized the situation after scoring consecutive goals.

If the first 15 minutes of the opening game were more like a warm-up, then in just seven minutes from the 15th minute to the first minute, Chelsea completely taught Barcelona what is the sharpest attack in the world

It doesn't reason with you, it doesn't give you a chance to prepare, it makes you unable to resist, as long as you have a loophole, then you can only wait for death

Ye Qiu is not the kind of conservative faction who is a little rich and safe, even if Barcelona has no will to fight back, Chelsea is still firmly in control of the situation of the game, and is not ready to give Barcelona the slightest chance, and even Chelsea is still organizing and planning attacks, but not playing so fiercely as at the beginning, but retaining some strength.

What about Rijkaard?

Completely stunned, he was overwhelmed by Chelsea's frenzied attack from the opening kick-off, and he was powerless.

In fact, whether it is now or Ye Qiu's previous life, many people are skeptical about Rijkaard's coaching ability, because the only time he has proven himself is when he worked with Ten Carter in Barcelona.

After Ten Carter left Barcelona, Rijkaard's team entered the collapse period of the Dream II team, and then Rijkaard himself was dismissed, and then Rijkaard coached other teams successively, but none of them achieved satisfactory results, and even although they did not have too dazzling results, Ten Jkaard was more popular than Rijkaard.

Now, Ten Carter was poached to Chelsea by Ye Qiu and entered his coaching staff, Rijkaard did not have this assistant, and his shortcomings and deficiencies were completely exposed, at least in the knockout rounds of these two legs, he did not show the tactical quality that a first-class European manager should have.

Even Cruyff himself said that Rijkaard's side spent too much time and energy on unnecessary possession and the pursuit of brilliance, lacked lethal attacking methods, and the input and output were completely disproportionate, on the contrary, Chelsea may not be as gorgeous as Barcelona, but they are more efficient and have more quality of play.

And Rijkaard's ability to adapt on the spot has always been a weakness that everyone criticizes.

In the first half, the two sides were in the score of 0, tacitly chose to end, and in the second half, Barcelona wanted to make a counterattack, but Chelsea used three sharp counterattacks to warn Barcelona, don't provoke me again, otherwise I will destroy you

Perhaps Rijkaard was really unconvinced and continued to strengthen the attack, while Chelsea fought back with a quick counter-attack, Joe Cole won the ball on the left and crossed, Drogba didn't get a header, and Puyol shook his head to clear the line.

Joe Cole delivers a corner kick and Terry heads in the box, 40

Barcelona were completely stunned at this time, and they found themselves helpless in the face of Chelsea's almost impregnable defence, but their own weak defence, exposing the goal to Chelsea's fire again and again.

Maybe it was the fear of losing again, or maybe it was the overall score of 0 down, which caused Barcelona to completely cease, and in the end they did not muster up the courage to press out to attack, but chose to sit and wait for death.

In the end, the game ended in four, and Chelsea beat Barcelona with a hitching 0 aggregate score over two legs to qualify

Chelsea's knockout of Barcelona was followed by a decision in the round of 16, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus, Lyon, Ajax, AC Milan, Porto and Bayern Munich reaching the quarter-finals.

Among them, Mourinho's Porto is still no worse this season than last season, but this team is more of a defensive counterattack on the field to win, they met Inter Milan in the knockout round, as a result of the two legs of the two sides scored a goal, Porto away to Inter Milan, and finally eliminated the Italian giants in two legs.

Looking at this season's Champions League, Porto has scored a total of 3 goals, including this goal in the knockout round, which can be called the weakest offensive team in this Champions League.

But the problem is that no one dares to underestimate this team, because Mourinho's team is the most brutal team in this Champions League.

After the Champions League last-16 knockout round, UEFA began the draw for the knockout stage and semi-finals the following day.

Chelsea are divided into the top half of the table, the opponent is Bayern Munich, a giant team from the Bundesliga, and Porto and AC Milan are in the same top half with Chelsea, both are very difficult teams, Ancelotti's AC Milan has also played very well this season, it is indeed not easy to mess with

In the second half of the zone, Liverpool vs. Juventus, and Ajax vs. Lyon, Van Basten's team has gradually rebounded after two seasons of reorganization, especially after selling Van der Vaart's three stars, they have received more than 100 million euros in transfer income, which has increased Ajax's investment in all aspects.

Eliza Moon has done well for several of Ajax's stars, with the arrival of Angel Di Maria and Chilean Sanchez strengthening Ajax's wide flanks, and with Marcelo Marcello, Ajax's young players are outstanding.

But because of their age, they haven't been able to play the absolute main force for the time being, and they are more just rotation players, so their reputation is not obvious.

On the contrary, it was central defender Thiago Silva, who failed to play in the main team in his first season at Ajax, but this season he quickly adapted to Ajax's tactics and environment, showed his strength, and became the core of Ajax's backline.

The gradual maturity of a group of young players such as Mascherano, Yaya Toure, De Jong, Maduro, Heitinga, and Babel has contributed to the improvement of Ajax's strength this season, and has also contributed to Ajax's dominance in the Eredivisie and its emergence in the Champions League.

However, if this team wants to make a difference in the Champions League, I am afraid it is still difficult, but the draw is lucky, the round of 16 knockout met Monaco, and after entering the strong, they met Lyon, all from Ligue 1, which paved the way for Ajax to continue to move forward, if they can pass the semi-finals, there may not be no upset in the final, or even the possibility of winning the championship.

Returning to England from the Champions League, Chelsea face the knockout stages of the FA Cup, away to Tottenham Hotspur.

It was definitely a tough game, especially since the game was played at White Hart Lane, and Tottenham, who are also London clubs, were not going to be merciful to Chelsea, with Dutch manager Joel and technical director Frank Arneson both ambitiously shouting the slogan of beating Chelsea at home and aiming for the FA Cup.

Especially Arneson, this guy can't wait to eat Ye Qiu's flesh, gnaw Ye Qiu's bones, and have the opportunity to meet again, anyone can see the anger in his eyes, and he frequently accepted media interviews and made remarks before the game.

But in the game, although Chelsea still rotated, including Messi, Fabregas, Van Persie and other players all started, but Tottenham still had no way to take Chelsea, because Ye Qiu's attitude was clearer, you go all out, I played on the bench and the young team, so I played defensive counterattack.

In the end, Franck Ribery's goal helped Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 0 away to advance to the semi-finals.

What made Ye Qiu feel depressed was that the opponent in the semi-finals was Ferguson's Manchester United, and the other matchup was Arsenal and Blackburn.

With little hope left for the league, it was clear that neither Arsene Wenger nor Alex Ferguson wanted to end the season empty-handed, so they both started to push hard for a previously underappreciated cup competition and reached the semi-finals.

The P round of the Premier League, which was postponed because of the League Cup final, was also scheduled for March 15 after the FA Cup match, the opponent was West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea played at home, Ye Qiu still played as a semi-main force and half a substitute, and defeated West Bromwich Albion 0 at home.

As a result, Chelsea's lead quickly extended to 17 points with the same number of games played, which all but means Chelsea will win the Premier League early with nine games remaining.

So, after the play-off match, all the Chelsea fans turned into a sea of blue as if it were a holiday, and Chelsea fans took to the streets to start their championship celebrations early.

Four days later, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 4l at home and Arsenal at Blackburn Rovers at Uj, so the gap remains unchanged, but with only eight games remaining, Chelsea will undoubtedly win the title in April as long as they maintain that advantage.

After the 30th round, the two-week national team match day was ushered in, and the national teams of all countries have ushered in the World Cup qualifiers and some international competitions, because Chelsea had negotiated with the national team manager before, and this time Chelsea was in a good situation, so Ye Qiu did not have any difficulty in the call-up of the national team.

This person needs to give each other faces, you helped me before, and I must show it now.

During the national team training camp, Ye Qiu only went to the United States once, and stayed in London for the rest of the time, accompanying the pot-bellied woman Huang Chu, and even the task of watching the national team games was handed over to Ten Carter and Roland.

Two weeks later, Chelsea were in the third round of the Premier League, beating Southampton away.

However, Arsenal are clearly not ready to give up, beating Norwich City 4L at home to maintain a 17-point gap, while Manchester United were forced to draw by Blackburn Rovers in 00.

Three days later, Chelsea hosted Champions League knockout opponents Bayern Munich.

Because of the previous national team games, Ye Qiu did not do his best when he played Southampton, but this time he played Magath's Bayern Munich, he did not keep his hand at all, and played his trademark attack from the beginning of the game.

In the first minute, Chelsea made a quick advance, Deco found Drogba in front of him with a long diagonal pass, the Ivorian carried Bayern Munich central defender Robert Kovac with his body, and the header was ferried to Ronaldinho, the Brazilian cleverly crossed diagonally to the right, Rooney inserted and burst into the penalty area and then stopped and knocked back, Lampard followed up with a direct volley, and the ball went into the net

After opening the scoring, Chelsea still did not relax their attack, taking strong pressure on both sides of Bayern Munich, and the midfield also directly crushed up, adopting a high-post defensive front-court pressing tactics to press Bayern Munich.

In the 18th minute, Makelle intercepted and divided to the right side, McCone took the ball to the center circle and passed long behind the Bayern Munich defense, Ronaldinho inserted the anti-offside position successfully, and after getting the ball, he probed into the penalty area, faced the attacking Kahn, and calmly pushed it into the net, 0

After that, Chelsea has always maintained a strong attack, and Ye Qiu has a deep understanding of the Germans' tenacious will to fight, so he kept calling on the players on the sidelines to continue to attack.

In the first minute, Deco stepped forward to get the ball, and then crossed diagonally to the space behind Lucio and Lizarazu, and Lampard cut in and chested the ball before turning and volleying with his left foot, and the ball went into the net again, 0

Chelsea's strong attacking pressure made Magath's team unable to parry and fight back, Bayern Munich was almost pressed by Chelsea in the entire first half, and the field was very passive, and in the second half, Bayern Munich played a face-saving attack, and midfield superstar Ballack shot from a distance, penetrating Van der Sar's goal, 3

But soon, Chelsea attacked again, Ronaldinho won the ball in front of the field and used his personal skills to shake off the defenders, gently rubbed the ball in the middle of the penalty area, Lampard headed the ball into the box, Drogba blasted in front of the goal, and broke Kahn's goal again.

The whole Chelsea crowd at Stamford Bridge went crazy

No one thought that in the face of the giant Bayern Munich, Chelsea would play such a fierce offensive, and even pressed the Bundesliga squad to no temper, even if the Bundesliga team has declined in recent years, but Bayern Munich is still a tiger, why has it been suppressed so embarrassed in the European arena?

As the season gradually entered the final sprint stage, Chelsea also gradually showed strong stamina, the thickness of the team's bench, coupled with Ye Qiu and the coaching staff through an effective rotation mechanism, scientifically adjusted the physical fitness of the players, so that Chelsea reached the second half, the performance did not decline at all, but more and more into the state.

After playing Bayern Munich, the German newspaper Bild published a shocking headline on the front page.

Who will be able to stop Chelsea?

The kicker also expressed his satisfaction with Chelsea's 4-l's home win over Bayern Munich, believing that European football would enter the Blues dynasty in full swing and enter a period of Chelsea rule.

"We are witnessing the rise and pinnacle of a great team"

The Times also published a headline like "Giant Chelsea" on the front page, believing that this season Chelsea has also allowed itself to enter the ranks of giants after killing other giants, and if the team can become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League after the Champions League restructuring, then Ye Qiu's Chelsea will be great

But just when everyone thought that Chelsea would continue this strong momentum and rush to the bottom of the pack, Chelsea suffered a blow to the bottom, and Ye Qiu shouted in an interview with the media after the game, "I hate that damn Ferguson the most", which caused a new round of hype in the British media.