Chapter 507: Before the second leg of the lively Champions League semifinals

It's just that when they saw that it was Torres who got the one-on-one chance, they were a little relieved, and the whole world knew what was going on with Torres's one-handed shot

Mignolet was a little weak this time and did not dare to attack, but stayed on the goal line.

Torres leaned slightly and was about to hit the door. Mignolet reacted and pounced.

However, Torres took the ball over and pushed the inside of his left foot towards the near corner.

Mignolet misjudged the direction and the ball rolled into the goal line for the second time

"Fernando - Torres !!!"

Torres didn't celebrate after the goal because Liverpool were his former club and his first game since leaving Atletico Madrid, his first team in the Premier League, and he has very good memories for Liverpool.

Although it was not easy for Torres to score a goal in the league, when his teammates gathered around him to celebrate, he still raised his hands with a blank face to signal that he would not celebrate.

The Chelsea players could understand that, so after hugging Torres they returned to their place.

And the feelings of Liverpool fans are very complicated, whether it is for Torres or Gerrard.

When the score came to 2-0, the outcome of the game was already sealed. Chelsea won 2-0 away at second-placed Liverpool and helped City close the gap.

With two rounds left in the league, Liverpool still has a chance to compete for the title, and Liverpool's next opponents are Crystal Palace and Newcastle United, which are not particularly strong teams, especially Crystal Palace, who have just completed the task of relegation and are now wantless.

Manchester City still has a game against Everton, who is fifth in the league, and Everton's still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League in theory, so this game will definitely not be easy for Manchester City to play.

It's just that everyone is not very optimistic about Liverpool because Manchester City has not yet gotten used to the collapse of the league title, and they are the same as Liverpool this season, with only league games left, without the interference of the Champions League.

In the last league title race, they forced their city rivals Manchester United to collapse at the last minute

At the post-match press conference, Mourinho said, as always: "The team has completed the task of this season ahead of schedule by entering the Champions League, of course, it would be better if it could directly get the Champions League main match, and there is no need to play the Champions League play-offs, Chelsea does not have the tradition of playing the Champions League play-offs, so I really don't know if the direct team can pass the test of the play-offs, but some teams that often play play-offs and focus on the play-offs for more than ten years should play, because they have never fallen in the play-offs, Every year, I entered the Champions League smoothly."

Mourinho insinuated and seemed to be thinking about Arsenal's third-place position.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said that the season is not over yet, and Liverpool's goal of winning the league has not changed.

Manchester City manager Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini said that he would not give Liverpool a chance and wanted the league title? Don't think about it this season

Arsenal didn't get involved in the "big chaos" between the other top three, they kept a low profile and wished that the media would forget about them and then concentrate on preparing for the next game.

After the end of the league season, Wenger did not dare to give the team a holiday, because they will soon leave for Madrid.

Now that many media outlets are also focusing on the competition for the title of the Premier League, La Liga and other major leagues, the coverage of Champions League matches by teams such as Arsenal and Chelsea has weakened a little.

Arsenal arrived in Madrid a day earlier than planned, where they train at Atletico Madrid's training base.

It was also very interesting that Atletico Madrid travelled to London for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, and Arsenal lent their training base to each other for adaptation. And Arsenal went to Madrid to play, and Atletico Madrid also lent their own training base to Arsenal.

Arsenal's arrival in Madrid a day earlier surprised many media outlets, as they didn't have time to prepare to take pictures of Arsenal at the airport.

Well, they actually just wanted to see if Li Zihan was on the same flight as the Arsenal players.

Arsene Wenger did not announce the starting line-up in advance, and when reporters asked about Li Zihan's injury at the pre-match press conference, Wenger also said that he was not optimistic.

On Ancelotti's side, Mr. An also said that Real Madrid is united, aiming for the tenth Champions League title, which is the greatest in the club's history, and Real Madrid has a huge advantage after getting two away goals in the first leg, and at the same time facing Arsenal in the second leg of the game, he will not be careless to lose Jingzhou.

On the other hand, the pre-match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid is also in full swing, and the Champions League officially enters the climax stage at this time of year.

The match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea was played a day earlier, with the starting line-up and 18-man squad also announced at the end of the day.

Atletico Madrid is the main force, the back line is the old captain Godin with Miranda Felipe and Alderweireld on the left and right, Koke, Raul Garcia and Gabi as midfielders, the two wingers are Turan and Juan Forlan, the center forward is naturally the hot striker Diego Costa, and the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois, who Chelsea loaned to Atletico Madrid, naturally also appeared in the start.

Chelsea also gave John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nemanja Matic, Frank Lampard, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Willian and Fernando Torres in the starting line-up.

There was already news before the game that Thibaut Courtois was no longer content with his loan days, and if Chelsea did not indicate his place in the team, then Courtois would have to reject a new contract extension and seek a new home.

Chelsea is also very troubled by this matter, because although the current Petr Cech is old, he is still in good shape, it can be said that he is old and strong, and the goalkeeper position has a long career.

With Thibaut Courtois and the age-old Cech, Chelsea's options are a bit difficult to get started with. Because such a choice must choose one or the other and lose the other, and Chelsea want to choose both

The best option Chelsea offer is for Thibaut Courtois to remain on loan at Atletico Madrid for another year, then Chelsea's main goalkeeper will remain Petr Cech for another year, and Courtois will return at the end of next season with Cech as the second goalkeeper.

It's a perfect solution, and Cech will be no longer young at the end of next season, and there will be no problem for the team or himself as a substitute goalkeeper, and Courtois is only 22 or 3 years old at the time, just ready to come back.

It's just that Courtois didn't agree to the plan, and Courtois's agent said that the Belgian international is ready to play for the big first team and become the No. 1 goalkeeper. If Chelsea can't give an answer at the end of the season, then Courtois will have to find another way.

Chelsea would have scoffed at such an attitude, Mourinho is not a threatened person, but he can't help but like to join in the fun.

It has not been 24 hours since Courtois's agent said this, and La Liga giants Real Madrid and Premier League upstart Manchester City have all expressed interest in the Belgian. Although Casillas is now in good form and gradually returning to the main lineup, he is not young after all, and Real Madrid is also beginning to look for a successor for San Cassie.

Manchester City's Joe Hart may be in his prime, but England's international form has been up and down, leaving City struggling in the early and middle stages of the season. So Pellegrini doesn't want to be angry with Joe Hart anymore, he needs a stable goalkeeper, Courtois is a good choice, his performance in Atletico Madrid in the past two years is obvious to all, and the goalkeeper who can suppress San Cassie will not be bad.

This blatant digging of the wall made Chelsea very angry, they like to dig into people's corners, but they hate to dig into their corners.

What annoyed Chelsea the most was that Arsenal also came out to join in the fun, and the professor said in an interview that Arsenal are very interested in Courtois and Cech, and it depends on who Chelsea chooses. Arsenal's current main goalkeeper is Szczesny, but perhaps without the pressure of competition, Szczesny's form has been up and down like Joe Hart.

Arsenal's defence is problematic, but the goalkeeper also bears some responsibility, because according to the statistics, Arsenal can only rank in the bottom few in the Premier League in terms of the number of shots on goal, but the number of goals conceded is already in the upper middle.

The higher the ranking, the better, the higher the shots and the higher the goals conceded.

Therefore, Wenger also has to introduce a stable and good goalkeeper to form a competitive relationship with Szczesny in the future, and Wenger will use whoever is in good shape at that time.

And Wenger is hoping that such a statement will put some pressure on Szczesny and allow him to perform well in the next game.

It's best not to concede a goal, because Arsenal have lost two goals at home, and if they are conceding away from home, they don't have to play

For Arsenal's digging behavior, Mourinho is very unhappy. He said that Li Zihan was a waste at Arsenal, and it was better to come to Chelsea. If Li Zihan comes to Chelsea, he will definitely be able to resonate with players such as Oscar and Hazard, and Chelsea is willing to pay 40 million pounds plus Torres and Demba Ba to bring in Li Zihan