Chapter 1123: Respite

The first leg of the quarter-finals of the 0708 Champions League season was the most upset in history. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Roma 2-1 Real Madrid

Olympiax 0-0 Chelsea

Porto 2-0 Inter Milan

Lyon 1-1 Manchester United

In terms of strength and fame alone, the results of these four games can be called unfavorable, if Liverpool and Barcelona are not capable of superstar pressing, I am afraid that they will not escape the fate of being upset, even if there are Chen Yu, Messi, the two giants are also playing very hard.

The other two games, Fenerbahce 3-2 Sevilla, were also a surprise, Sevilla's momentum in La Liga is still very strong, many people think they can get out of Istanbul's Stadium Hell, Turkey's Stadium Hell's Stadium has proved to completely take the team up a notch.

The match between Arsenal and AC Milan is the focus of this round, the oldest Milan with an average age challenges the youngest Arsenal with an average age, the Champions League super hegemon who has won the Champions League five times and the Premier League giants who have never won the Champions League are confrontational, AC Milan certainly has a rich Champions League heritage, but Arsenal is now the leader of the Premier League, and it is a home game, and the number of people who are optimistic about Arsenal is a little more, but the final result also shows that AC Milan is really old and spicy enough, Arsenal has such a fierce momentum, It was another home game, but in the final result, but it was not able to take any advantage, and the score of 0:0 allowed Milan to take the initiative in their own hands.

Arsenal's only advantage now is that they have not been conceded by AC Milan at home, so if they can score one goal at the San Siro in Milan, Milan will have to score twice, and in a sense, this advantage will also partially offset Milan's home advantage.

The only two favourites to win this season's Champions League are Liverpool and Barcelona.

However, in the face of a team that is obviously more than a grade lower than him, the coaches and players of Liverpool and Barcelona were cautious after the game, and did not dare to talk about winning and defending the title lightly.

Barcelona is strong this season, coach Rijkaard has frequently said that he must get the second Champions League trophy in Barcelona's history, and after this game, he said that the team that has come to this position has no weak team, and despising any team may pay a heavy price, although Barcelona has achieved a good result on the road, but if you want to advance to the quarterfinals, you still need to maintain today's fighting spirit and competitive state.

Liverpool's opponent Schalke 04 has less Champions League experience than Barcelona's opponents Celtic, but Liverpool have played harder than Barcelona.

After the game, Liverpool's manager Benitez still had palpitations, "It's a bit of a fluke to be able to win this game away, if it weren't for Chen Yu's final kill, we would have gotten a draw at most, the result must be very ideal, but we must not be careless, Schalke 04 will not give up easily, there will definitely be a tough battle back to Anfield, we must be ready." “

In response to Chen Yu's idleness in the first half, the reporter asked if Chen Yu was restricted, Benitez said that it was his intention, "Chen Yu has played a lot of games in recent times, and he has hardly been rested, in order to give full play to his power, we mainly let him recover his physical strength in the first half, and only let him attack with all his strength in the second half, and finally received good results." ”

When the reporter interviewed Chen Yu after the game, there were two questions that were asked the most, one was that Chen Yu's goal was deliberately rebounded, or was it unintentional. The other is what Chen Yu and Neuer said in the game.

To the first question, Chen Yu told the truth, saying that Neuer reacted quickly, acted sensitively, covered a large area, and it was not easy to break the goal he guarded, but Neuer was young and inexperienced, so he played a trick and hit the earth, and sure enough, he broke Neuer's ten finger pass.

Regarding the conversation between him and Neuer in the game, although there was no excessive content, Chen Yu said with an unhappy face that he had no comment.

Now Chen Yu has a lot of skills to deal with reporters hyping himself, and there is actually nothing to say about a question like this, but the more he doesn't say it, the more curious fans and reporters are, and the more they pay attention, the easier it is to improve Chen Yu's reputation.

After the game, Liverpool spent the night in Germany before returning to England the next day.

Almost non-stop, three days after returning to Liverpool, Liverpool welcomed Middlesbrough, who finished 12th in the league.

Middlesbrough is relegated without worries, there is no hope of European competition, it should be one of the best teams to play, for such a team, as long as they play without temper at the beginning, they will basically win later.

For Liverpool, the important thing now is not the strength of the opponent, but their own form and fitness, a week of double games, their physical fitness and spirit are almost to the limit, otherwise they would not have played so badly in Germany and Schalke 04.

Leaders Arsenal played a game two hours before the Liverpool game, and Arsenal, who had just finished a tense Champions League game, did not perform well and were held to a 2-2 draw away from Birmingham, who were bought by the Chinese owner.

Before the 27 rounds, Arsenal was two points ahead of Liverpool, and now Arsenal is forced to draw, Liverpool can jump to the top of the table by beating Middlesbrough, even if it is a draw, it will not be opened up by Arsenal, the situation is very favorable for Liverpool, the mentality of the coach and players is also very calm, Benitez even sent three players who did not get the opportunity to play in the Champions League to start.

With this relaxed mentality, the Liverpool players overcame mental and physical fatigue and played well, and finally beat Middlesbrough 3-2 at Anfield, overtaking Arsenal and once again topping the table on goal difference.

Perhaps stimulated by Arsenal's draw, Manchester United played passionately, beating Newcastle United 5-1 away and narrowing the gap to the top of the table by two points.

The Blues Chelsea also want to be strong, but their opponents are city rivals Tottenham Hotspur, although Tottenham Hotspur is also relegation and has no hope of European competition, but they and Chelsea are bitter rivals, even if they have no hope of winning the title, they will never want Chelsea to win the title.

Chelsea had played extremely well in this game, but Tottenham were no less than them, Chelsea led four times, Tottenham equalised four times, and finally drew 4-4 at home, and almost completely ruined Chelsea's dream of winning the title.

After playing the 27th round of the league, Liverpool finally got a week's rest, which is very valuable for Liverpool.

The Liverpool players are already physically and mentally exhausted, continue to play, and do not know when they may collapse, and a week's rest, although it is unlikely to completely eliminate the physical and mental exhaustion of the players, can at least help to alleviate it.

Back at Liverpool, Rafael Benitez gave his players a day off to relax.

Chen Yu wanted to sleep beautifully, but the biological clock formed over the years accurately allowed him to wake up at half past six in the morning.

Chen Yu didn't get up, and continued to lie on the bed and pretend to sleep.

It wasn't until nine o'clock that Chen Yu got up from the bed.

When I came to the living room and saw Zhang Shubin sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, Chen Yu said, "Uncle Zhang, you didn't go out." ”

Zhang Shubin smiled gently: "There is no arrangement this morning, Xiao Yu, there is a good breakfast in the kitchen, you can bring it to eat." ”

Chen Yu said: "Okay, I'll wash it first." ”

After washing, Chen Yu took out the milk, eggs and pizza from the kitchen and sat down at the table to eat.

After swallowing a glass of milk, two eggs and half a piece of pizza, Chen Yu came to Zhang Shubin's side and sat down, and said, "Uncle Zhang, is there any news?" ”

Zhang Shubin was reading a Chinese newspaper, listening to Chen Yu ask him, he casually put down the newspaper, took off his reading glasses, and said: "It's nothing, it's all old, I looked at the news of your game yesterday, and your hat trick made the headlines of the Sino-British Times." ”

Chen Yu said indifferently: "What about newspapers such as "The Sun" and "The Times"? ”

Zhang Shubin said: "The Sun is just in the sports section of the headlines, the Times is in a prominent position, if Rooney scores a hat-trick, you see, absolutely all newspapers are in the headlines, we Chinese still need to make greater efforts to succeed here." ”

Zhang Shubin is very emotional, he has worked hard in Europe all these years, he is also a successful person, rich and famous, but even so, he can still feel the discrimination he has received in the white society, and some things cannot be easily changed by money and reputation.

There are many people who say that as long as you have money, you are an uncle everywhere, this sentence sounds reasonable, but in fact, it doesn't work all the time, just like in Indonesia and Malaysia, the Chinese are very rich, but their social status is not high.

Chen Yu smiled: "Not every country gives foreigners special national treatment like China, and I am content now, and after retiring, I am not ready to live in Europe." ”

Zhang Shubin said very seriously: "Xiao Yu, you are already thirty years old, it's time to think about personal problems, you can't go unmarried for the rest of your life, I returned to China before, your parents and grandparents called me and asked me to urge you, I want to talk to you about this today." ”

Zhang Shubin used to often talk about marriage during meals and chats, but today he talked to Chen Yu solemnly.

Chen Yu sighed and said, "Uncle Zhang, wait a little longer." ”

Zhang Shubin frowned and said, "Wait? When do you have an exact time? ”

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Zhang, I think I'm still very energetic, and there's no problem with fighting until I'm thirty-five years old." ”

Zhang Shubin didn't have a smile on his face, and said: "It's no problem for you to play to forty, as long as there is a team that wants you, but you can't help but get married, your parents and grandparents are not around, here, I am still your elder, I don't care about your life's events, I can't see your grandparents and father and mother when I go back." ”

Chen Yu saw that Zhang Shubin was a little anxious, and knew that it might be his parents who put pressure on him, so he had to say, "Uncle Zhang, let's wait until the end of this season." ”

Zhang Shubin said: "It's not about waiting for the end of this season, but after the end of this season, we have to make a decision." ”