Chapter 375: Double-line pressure, double-line advancement

The main clash between Chelsea and Bayern Munich will kick off on 5 April, with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid joining them in the Champions League quarter-finals on the same day.

The matchup between Manchester City and Real Madrid is also very exciting for fans, only Juventus has the best luck to pinch the soft persimmon Benfica, which is basically half a foot in advance of the Champions League semi-finals.

The remaining 6 continental giants basically do not have a guarantee of who will win, and it seems that whoever enters the semi-finals and who is eliminated is very reasonable.

Including Chelsea, it is normal for them to be eliminated by Bayern Munich in the end, and at most many neutral fans will regret it.

But if it is not enough to say that Nandawang's victory over Chelsea is an upset, at most Chelsea has a better chance of winning now.

In general, this year's Champions League 1/4 knockout round is very interesting, there are enough strong dialogues, and the teams that can finally reach the Champions League semifinals also have the strength to win the championship, which is full of gold.

Neutral fans can have a good time.

It is the team that has suffered to reach the quarterfinals of this year's Champions League, in addition to continuing to work hard in the Champions League, it also has to bear huge sprint pressure in the league.

None of this year's Champions League quarter-finals have taken a dominant lead in their respective leagues.

Chelsea and Manchester City are now level on points, and it looks like they are ready to go head-to-head in the final rounds of the league.

Bayern are ahead of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, but the current lead is only two points, which is not a big deal.

Juventus are now only one win ahead of Napoli, who are second in Serie A, and will need to play a crucial game against Napoli at home in the future.

Not to mention Benfica, they are not even as good as Sporting Lisbon in terms of points right now.

La Liga's three internal friction is even more serious, temporarily ranked first Barcelona now has 72 points, the second Atletico Madrid has 70 points, and the third Real Madrid has 69 points, and the fierceness of this fight is also extremely rare.

It can be said that this year's Champions League quarterfinals are gritting their teeth and desperately fighting for the championship on both fronts, which end wants it, and which end does not dare to let go.

At this stage of the season, it is a rhythm that is likely to collapse globally when it is a sigh of relief, and who can bear the consequences of the collapse of the season?

It's a pity that the number of champions is fixed, and some teams can get their hopes in the end, and naturally there will be teams that fall short at the last moment and leave the game regretfully.

In this regard, all the big teams that still have a chance to fight for the double are not exceptional.

Chelsea, even though they are the strongest on paper, are no different from other contenders right now, and they must grit their teeth and push forward on both fronts.

If you have to talk about advantages, then the current Chelsea is actually the same as the three teams of Real Sajen, most of the main players in the team have already experienced a successful season, and have more "successful" experience.

Those of them who have won the treble in a single season know how to adjust their end-of-season mentality and how to keep the game in the run-up to the title.

This is their most valuable wealth of experience, and it is also the characteristic that gives them an advantage over other big teams.

In contrast, the players of the four teams are now facing great pressure on the schedule, and they are indeed more relaxed than other competitors.

This is intuitive when you look at the recent league results of several of their teams.

The pressure is great, but these teams have unceremoniously continued to maintain their winning streak when they returned to the league, and the consistency of the game at critical moments is still the first gear in Europe.

Chelsea, for their part, earned a valuable week's rest from a win over Liverpool before a well-formed 4-1 thrashing of the Hammers, giving City no respite.

However, after the end of the 31st round of the Premier League, the international break followed, which caused problems for the big teams in the major leagues and gave many teams time to make the final adjustments of the season.

And while Mourinho is reeling from the international break, his old rival Pep Guardiola is praying that injuries don't catch his players.

But as the old saying goes, the more this person is afraid of something, the more likely it is to encounter something.

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola both don't want their players to suffer injuries when they take part in this round of international friendlies.

As a result, both Chelsea and Manchester City have key players injured while playing friendly matches for their countries!

When he got the injury report of the player, Mourinho and Guardiola, the two coaches, both chose to scold the national football associations.

Pep Guardiola scolded the Spanish Football Federation for being unreliable, and playing a friendly match could injure Fabregas, the core of his midfield.

Mourinho, for his part, has been as bitter as ever at the FA.

Pep Guardiola has injured a midfielder, but Chelsea have injured two important players at the back in a row!

Maguire sprained his ankle while battling with his opponent and is tentatively expected to have to rest for two weeks, and is already sure to miss the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern.

Bertrand has also suffered a fatal thigh muscle strain, and while he is no longer Chelsea's main left-back, he is also an important rotation player at the back.

With his current injury, Chelsea will have to rely on Cesar Azpilicueta on the left side to get a hard top.

If the Spanish full-back were to be injured again, it would have been completely fatal for Chelsea's preparations at the end of the season!

Playing two friendlies and injuring two important players in the backline, how could Mourinho not curse his mother?

But at this point, in addition to two more verbal condemnations to vent their frustrations, more complaints will not make Maguire and Bertrand come back in the firing line.

In desperation, Mourinho also had to engage in tactical experiments, asking Tripildo to find a feeling of playing on the left wing on the training ground.

After all, in the case of lack of people, Lao Mu can only try to tap the potential in the team.

Not to mention Kieran Trippier, Mourinho even played the idea of Li Ang, who made Li Ang give Lao Mu a great surprise when he played as a central defender before?

But this time, in the face of Uncle Bird's expectant eyes, Li Ang could only wave his hand again and again to say that he really couldn't do it.

Although he has a balanced left and right foot and no bad speed dribbling, his current crosses feel really average, and it would be too fucked up to play as a full-back and not deliver accurate crosses!

There is really no one in the team to top the left wing-back, so Li Ang has nothing to say about going up, but now that Trippier still has the potential to transform, Li Ang feels that Lao Mu should not put his hope on himself first.

Mourinho also felt that he was a little anxious afterwards, Leon is capable, but it is impossible to say that he will change his position.

Previously, Li Ang was able to play a good cameo as a good central defender, which has given him enough surprises, and now he is still counting on Li Ang to play a good full-back, which is indeed that he thinks too much.

Fortunately, Kieran Strippier's recent training to play left full-back has a good effect, he kicks the right-footed left wing-back, cuts inside and walks in the midfield to organize passes, and may really be able to give the opponent a "surprise" at the critical moment.

After a couple of training matches, Mourinho and the rest of the Chelsea coaching staff were relieved that they were no longer as nervous as they had been.

With the left wing-back hole barely plugged, Chelsea don't have to worry too much about their subsequent results.

Chelsea have plenty of reserves at centre-back, with Harry Maguire out injured and John Terry, Gary Cahill and even Kurt Zouma all on top.

If you only look at the type of central defender and the effect of the partner, these three substitute central defenders and Thiago Silva are quite suitable and there is no problem.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League on April 2, the central defensive combination of John Terry and Thiago Silva supported Chelsea's defense very well, and there was no chaos.

Although Terry has played almost a full season of bench rotation this season, he has maintained good form, has rich defensive experience, and is very reliable in key moments.

It was also thanks to the excellent performance of the two central defenders that Chelsea kept a clean sheet of 2-0 against Aston Villa in the 32nd round of the Premier League, extending this season's win to 27!

With one game in hand, Chelsea remain at the top of the Premier League with 27 wins and four draws.

Manchester City are close behind, with 27 wins, 1 defeat and 4 draws, and Chelsea are second in the Premier League.

The resilience of Manchester City this season is simply beyond words, and they have been playing until now, biting Chelsea's ass and refusing to let go.

And in the 34th round of the Premier League, they still have a good chance to talk directly with Chelsea to regain the top spot.

They had previously lost to Chelsea in direct conversations, which had led to the loss of the top spot in the league.

If they can succeed in getting revenge on Chelsea, then the suspense of this season's Premier League title may really have to wait until the last round of the league to end!

And both teams still have the possibility of breaking 100 league points until now.

Since the establishment of the Premier League, there have been cases where the champions and runners-up have fought to the final round of the league, but it is really unheard of for the champions and runners-up to get more than 100 league points at the same time!

In terms of strength and fierce competition, Chelsea and Manchester City have been the most in the history of the Premier League this season.

This is certainly a great thing for Premier League fans, but it is a bit too cruel for the players of both Chelsea and Manchester City.

If the two teams stagger their prime, they can easily build a league dynasty.

But fate has made it difficult for these two teams to compete fiercely in this turbulent era of the Premier League's reshuffle.

But there is only one throne, one of their two teams can become the king, and the other can only swallow the bitter fruit, watching their team continue to create points records that belong to the Premier League runner-up.

It's actually an honor, but it's too bitter, and it's etched in the history of the Premier League as the most successful underdog, and it's just a backdrop in the end......

The second direct meeting between the two teams this season was very eye-catching, but before they decided the outcome of the season, the arrival of the Champions League quarter-finals ignited the enthusiasm of the fans.

On the afternoon of 5 April, the whole Chelsea squad left for Munich ahead of schedule, and Leon was once again at the Allianz Arena in Munich, which he was already familiar with.

In this world-renowned top football stadium, Leon has too many game memories.

He has played Bayern Munich here for Real Madrid and has worked hard for Chelsea in this stadium.

Luckily, he tasted the joy of victory far more often than the bitterness of defeat in this stadium.

Of course, he always remembered the pain of losing to Munich that season when he moved to Chelsea.

Chelsea are not short of quality against Bayern Munich, and Leon is eager to play against a top European team like Bayern, and he has never won enough.

This time they met Bayern again at the Allianz Arena, and Leon and his teammates never thought about drawing with Bayern first, and then returning to Stamford Bridge in the second leg to fight Bayern to the death.

They came here to win!

No matter how hard Bayern at home is and how difficult it is, they have to forcibly gnaw this super hard bone!

After stepping on the field at the Allianz Arena in Munich that evening, the photo of Leon smiling confidently at the camera and making a victory gesture immediately spread all over the Internet with the release of Chelsea's official tweet.

Looking at the photo of Li Ang directly comparing the two victory gestures, no fan thought that Li Ang was simply posing for the camera.

It is clear that Leon has expressed his full confidence in the victory through this photo.

Dare to make such an expression of confidence at Bayern's home stadium, I have to say that Leon is really bold!

And his expression quickly caused a dissatisfied response from many Bayern fans and the German sports media.

But for Li Ang, the new Mr. Golden Ball, the German media only expressed some dissatisfaction, indicating that Li Ang needs to have more "respect" for Bayern.

Other than that, they didn't make any other overly counter-attacks.

No way, Leon's previous win rate against Bayern was really high, and even after losing to Bayern at Chelsea last season, Leon's individual performance over two legs was impeccable.

For such a "Bayern nemesis", the German media are still somewhat weak-minded.

They also don't want to be like the sports media in Catalan, where every time they get into a verbal fight with Leon before a game, they have to be ridiculed by fans around the world after the game.

Bayern fans are also very practical and put their energy into cheering for the home team first.

If Bayern can win this round, they are naturally qualified to talk about Leon.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to fight back early in the event that the home team loses.

Leon didn't know that the German media and the local Bayern fans were facing him.

He had won against Bayern many times, had the mental advantage and was well rested on the eve of the game.

The next morning, after completing the final practice, he was in the mood to stop and answer a few questions when he asked for an interview with a German media reporter outside the training ground.

On the evening of April 6, Li Ang, wearing the captain's armband, led his teammates on the journey of the big battle against the dazzling lights of the Allianz Arena and the gaze of 10,000 people.

As far as the eye could see, all the old rivals he was familiar with.

Lewandowski, Ribery, Robben, Muller, Thiago, Xavi Martinez......

In the handshake session, Li Ang also greeted his old acquaintances with a bright smile almost the whole time.

His confident stance made countless Bayern fans on the TV feel very uncomfortable.

But for Chelsea fans, Leon's confident smile is what they want to see before the game!

At 8:45 p.m. Munich time, the referee on duty blew the whistle for the start of the game.

At this moment, Leon also pressed forward to meet the Bayern players who pushed the kick-off ball over the halfway line.

The temperature and lights are just right tonight, so it's a good time for him to win!

(End of chapter)