Chapter 329: Consecutive double kills to reach the finals
In the end, Chelsea beat Barcelona twice this season.
Chelsea not only progressed to the last eight, but also broke the embarrassing situation of not tasting a win at Camp Nou.
A day later, the draw for the quarter-finals was in, with Chelsea drawing against fellow league rivals Manchester City.
Manchester City can be said to be a god in the Premier League this season, and even Chelsea, who is in charge of Jose, has not been able to make any gains in the game with Manchester City.
Manchester City are also considered to be the most likely team to stop Chelsea from Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
In fact, with Jose's return, Manchester United and Manchester City, who had the best seasons in the Premier League, have already played their best games, and there is no one left to stop Chelsea.
In the end, Chelsea won all the remaining Premier League games with a wave of nine consecutive wins.
In the two games against Tottenham and Liverpool, Jose contributed one goal and one assist, which allowed Chelsea to keep the chase on Manchester City.
On 5 April, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Manchester City kicked off at Stamford Bridge.
Although it has entered April, the weather in England is still very wet and cold, the sky has been drifting with light rain that day, and the temperature is only 8~9 degrees Celsius.
After the break, Chelsea continued to close their defence.
In today's world, there is no other team that dares to play against Manchester City except Barcelona.
In the 12th minute, Gundogan shot from outside the penalty area.
Jose confiscated the ball directly.
Without the slightest pause, Jose kicked the ball straight into the goal.
Eden Hazard won the ball and ran wildly.
Eden Hazard crossed diagonally from the left and the ball found its way to Alvaro Morata.
In front of the six-yard box, Morata kicked the goal.
Unfortunately, it was saved by Ederson.
It doesn't end there.
Otamendi couldn't clear the ball in time.
Alvaro Morata flies and stabs the pass.
Hazard shoots hard at the ball.
The ball went in.
Chelsea were the first to break the deadlock.
In the 20th minute, Alonso crossed.
Cesc Fabregas swooped in from 25 yards from outside the box.
The goal went in again, 2-0.
Fans know that the game is decided.
It's just that I don't know if Manchester City will have a chance to fight for an away goal.
In a surprise move, Chelsea added another goal in the 31st minute.
Eden Hazard crosses on the counter-attack.
Alvaro Morata heads in from the edge of the six-yard box.
The ball flew into the net again, 3-0.
Although this is a match between two Premier League teams, after all, it is the Champions League and the mentality of the players is completely different.
In recent years, although Manchester City has risen rapidly in the Premier League with its big investment, they have always struggled to perform well in the Champions League.
In the second half, Manchester City launched a fierce attack.
However, Chelsea are in good order under Jose's command and might have scored if Alvaro Morata hadn't wasted chances on a number of occasions.
In the final first leg between the two sides, Chelsea beat Manchester City 3-0.
A week later, the second leg kicked off at the Etihad Stadium.
Aiming for a comeback, Manchester City launched an onslaught from the start.
However, Eden Hazard and Moses relied on counter-attacks to score back-to-back and take a 2-0 lead at the end of the first half.
With an aggregate score of 5-0, Chelsea also lost their desire to attack.
Before the break, the Chelsea defenders had a leak in their attention and the unmarked Jesus had a chance to shoot with his feet.
Jose was more than 90 percent sure of the ball but still couldn't stop it from flying into the net.
This also proves that everything is possible in not 100% cases.
In the end, Chelsea eliminated Manchester City 5-1 on aggregate to advance to the last four.
In the semi-finals that followed, Chelsea will face Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
On the other side, Real Madrid played against Liverpool.
Some Premier League fans are beginning to look forward to the Champions League final once again in the Premier League.
The game against Bayern Munich is still two weeks away, and Chelsea still have a league and FA Cup game to play before that.
Coincidentally, both games were played against Southampton.
In the end, Chelsea beat Southampton twice in seven days, almost knocking Southampton out of the psychological shadow.
An FA Cup win over Southampton saw Chelsea progress to the final on 20 May, where they will face the Red Devils Manchester United.
Compared with the FA Cup final, what made Jose even happier was that Wang Churan's graduation thesis passed successfully.
The difficulty of a medical dissertation is not comparable to that of economics.
It is said that among all the professional disciplines at Oxford University, medicine ranks among the top three most difficult to graduate from.
Wang Churan lost several pounds for this graduation thesis, which made Jose feel distressed for a while.
Passing the graduation thesis means that undergraduate graduation will no longer be a problem, and the next thing Wang Churan has to do is to prepare for the graduate school entrance examination.
Seeing his wife's efforts, José almost wanted to help her through the system.
In the end, however, José held back and did not do so, and he was not sure whether the forces behind the system would approve of him doing so.
Speaking of systems, José has not received a task from the system for a long time.
Now even if Jose wins, the system will only silently increase the points reward for him, and as for the treasure chest or something, it is long gone.
Does it mean that the system doesn't have to exist?
In the eagerly anti-awaited wait of the fans, the Chelsea-Bayern match has finally begun.
At the Allianz Arena, Bayern took the initiative from the opening kick-off, pressing Chelsea's attack almost the entire time.
Bayern had 60 per cent possession and had 17 shots on goal and seven inside the net.
However, Bayern's attack was all easily defused by Jose, who once again turned into a wall of sighs.
In contrast to Bayern's pressing attack, Chelsea can only rely on a steady counter-attack.
Before the end of the first half, Jose shifted widely at the back.
The ball reached Moses' feet.
Moses breaks through and crosses from the right.
The unmarked Alonso nodded the ball back in the back of the net.
Neuer struggled to make a save, but it was still difficult to prevent the ball from flying into the net.
Surprisingly, Chelsea had a one-goal lead away from home.
In the second half, Bayern stepped up their pressing in front.
However, the backline led by Jose did not give Bayern any chance at all.
In the 57th minute, Chelsea had another chance to counter-attack.
Willian crosses diagonally from the right into the middle of the box.
Alvaro Morata gets on the ball and shoots with his feet.
Neuer flew and pounced.
Hazard grabbed the point in front of the goal and made a follow-up shot at the first time.
The goal went in, 2-0.
This result came as a surprise to everyone.
In the end, Chelsea beat Bayern Munich by two goals away, and it can be said that there is almost no suspense in advancing to the final.
A week later, the second leg kicked off at Stamford Bridge.
After falling behind on aggregate, Bayern could only attack with all their might.
In the 17th minute, Lewandowski fell in the penalty area.
The referee ruled that Cahill had committed a foul.
Bayern were awarded a penalty.
For this penalty, although Bayern fans eagerly expected Lewandowski to score, Jose extinguished their hopes on the spot.
In the second half, Bayern made a mistake at the back.
Tolisso returned the pass, and Ulreich made a mistake in clearing the ball.
Alvaro Morata gets the ball and shoots from close range.
The goal went in, 1-0.
At this point, there is no suspense in the game.
Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 3-0 to advance to the final.
(End of chapter)