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Chapter 314 Professor: We have to overcome Barcelona this time
As the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ends, the Champions League quarter-finals are announced.
In the remaining three games, Dortmund won Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 at home. Lewandowski showed his power and disrupted the opponent's defense to pieces.
Manchester United returned to their home court and started playing with Valencia.
As a result, Valencia fought tooth and nail and Manchester United stole two goals in the second half.
Van Persie extended the score with a cold shot, and Rooney killed the game with a free kick.
Barcelona's match against AC Milan was also quite dramatic. Barcelona lost 0-2 away in the first leg and returned to home to win 4-0.
The quarter-finals are over, and the Champions League has become a competition for the five major leagues.
The teams promoted to the Premier League are Arsenal and Manchester United.
La Liga still has Barcelona and Malaga.
The Bundesliga has Bayern and Dortmund.
The representative of Serie A is Juventus.
There is only one PSG left in Ligue [-].
Among the other seven opponents, Sun Ke certainly hopes to draw Malaga.
Malaga is now very much like Arsenal in previous seasons, with one and a half lineups to conquer the world.
Encountering a dense lineup and some injuries, basically only one lineup is left until the end.
Once you encounter such an opponent, you may win two goals in the first game, but the opponent will not be able to fight in the second round.
The second team I want to meet is naturally Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain are definitely strong on paper, there is nothing to say about this.
After all, Ligue [-] does not have the rules and regulations of English football. As long as you have money, you can buy the best players.
Many English players have strong regional attributes. For example, no matter how much money Manchester City spends, they can't beat players of Rooney and Gerrard's level.
But Ligue [-] is very different. As long as you have money, you can buy the best players in Ligue [-].
After all, French football not only controls the resources of its own football, but it is also the first stop for many African players on their way to Europe.
The strong rise of Paris Saint-Germain can not only obtain the best players in Ligue [-], but also turn other Ligue [-] teams into its own talent base.
After all, black players choose to work...only for the money.
Moreover, French football launched an unprecedented youth training project in the 90s, and the scope of youth training directly radiated to all French African countries.
After reaping dividends at the World Cup in France, French football has now become the largest player talent market in Europe.
Even Leyton Orient has brought Mane and Kante this season. If it were not for the labor certificate issue, Koulibaly would also be a member of Leyton Orient.
If these three players come from the youth training systems of the Premier League and Championship, 0 can be added to their value.
The most important thing is that the number of good players in France is more than the four British football associations combined, so Paris is naturally growing faster than Manchester City.
In the 2022 World Cup final, the French team fell behind by two goals in the first half, and No. Deschamps dared to change two players in a row in 30 minutes.
The reason why Deschamps dared to make such a substitution is because there is basically no difference in strength between the French team's main players and substitute players. In many positions, who to choose or not depends on the head coach's ideas.
The same situation applies to the England team. The head coach must have really no choice but to dare to make such a substitution when it is a desperate fight.
If nothing else, just talk about Camavinga's performance after playing, you can see how rich this French team's lineup is.
But no matter how thick the Paris lineup is, Sun Ke feels that Arsenal will have no problem playing against Paris.
The biggest confidence comes from the fact that the intensity of the Ligue [-] league is too low, and Paris cannot encounter opponents with similar intensity as Arsenal.
Even in Ligue [-], which is not very competitive, Paris still bowed to Montpellier last season.
Paris is strong in Ligue [-] and relies on its ability to crush them.
Even if the players are in trouble on the court, they can win in just 10 minutes.
Sun Ke felt that the reason why Paris struggled in the Champions League was because the opponents they encountered in the group stage were too weak.
If you give Paris Saint-Germain a highly competitive group and fight their way out in a bloody battle, how can it be possible to beat Schalke 04 and still falter.
Platini put his "own son" in a rookie group, either because he was born in an ordinary family and the structure was too small.
Any wealthy family will provide extremely strict education and mental training to their eldest son.
Therefore, when the Rich House completes the handover of the helm, the ship can still move forward normally.
If Paris can get out of the group of Real Madrid, Dortmund and Manchester City, its status may rise several levels.
Among these seven opponents, the one Sun Ke least wants to encounter is Bayern.
This Bayern team is really a bit unbelievable. Head coach Heynckes has produced works both as a player and as a head coach.
He led Real Madrid to defeat Juventus in the Champions League final 15 years ago, and he has coached Bayern twice, so he is very prestigious in the club.
And speaking of the lineup, it's really scary.
There are Mandzukic and Gomez on the front line.
There are "Roberg" on the left and right wings.
The midfield includes Muller, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Kroos.
Especially Kroos, he is simply a genius organizing midfielder, and his passing accuracy is really incredible.
There are also Alaba, Boateng, Dante and Lahm on the defense.
There is also "goalkeeper" Neuer at the goalkeeper position.
This lineup is definitely better than Arsenal on paper, and the bench is deeper.
Although Bayern may not be able to take much advantage in a head-to-head fight, the balance of victory and defeat will definitely tilt in that direction.
If Arsenal wants to compete with Bayern, it still needs two more rounds of training.
If the two teams meet again in the final, Arsenal will play bloody hard and get angry before they can compete with Bayern at the top of Europe.
Drawing Barcelona is naturally not the best result. After all, Barcelona is the most successful club in Europe in the past five years.
Winning the Champions League twice and reaching the semi-finals three times, this achievement is unrivaled in Europe.
Even though Xavi is another year older, the Barcelona players have accumulated a lot of key game experience.
The biggest benefit of this experience is that it allows Barcelona players to understand when to do what.
UEFA has taken great pains to put Barcelona and Arsenal together.
Although Barcelona's style is somewhat different from Arsenal's, one thing is undisputed - Barcelona is the ceiling among teams with a pass-and-control system.
Wenger's remarks in the first round of the quarter-finals can be said to have offended UEFA to death.
In the second round of the game, the referee was particularly cautious in his whistle blowing.
Not to mention anything else, the penalty for Ramos' injury would definitely stop the game in the first round.
But the coach didn't stop the clock at all in the second round.
UEFA is also playing its cards right now. I will not harm you at the referee level. I will directly give Barcelona to you.
Aren’t you talking about strength?
Then show your hard power.
Anyway, if you want to win the Champions League, Barcelona is an unavoidable opponent.
We will encounter him sooner or later, but we just encountered him early, besides, it’s not too early for the quarterfinals!
In addition to Arsenal and Barcelona, the other three matchups are:
Dortmund vs Malaga.
Bayern vs Juventus.
Manchester United vs Paris.
It seems that Platini was not embarrassed to let Paris touch Malaga, but chose Manchester United, which is relatively weak on paper.
After the groupings were announced, the professor said calmly: "This is the third consecutive year that the two clubs have met in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. The other side is the best club in Europe."
"But looking at our performance over the past two seasons, we've been improving."
"For us, this matchup is an opportunity to test the team's ceiling."
"We are improving all the time, so I think this is the best chance to beat Barcelona."
The professor's meaning is also very obvious, the time has come to counterattack Barcelona.
Barcelona coach Vilanova responded with a smile: "We are still the best club in Europe, and this will not change."
"Arsenal is a strong team, we are very familiar with them, we have the key to defeat them, and these experiences will play a key role in the game."
"The opponent is very strong, but this is already their best result in the Champions League in the past three seasons."
"Their lineup has changed a lot in the past three years. This group of players performed very well in the league, but the two-round knockout round is very different from the league."
"To succeed in the Champions League, Arsenal needs to maintain a stable lineup for several consecutive seasons and accumulate experience."
"It's too early for them to talk about the Champions League, at least that's the situation now."
As Guardiola's right-hand man, Vilanova's words are very convincing.
Facing this round of showdown, European media generally believe that Barcelona has the advantage, but the advantage is far less than that of the previous two seasons.
Round to [-]-[-].
At the same time, Sir Alex Ferguson was cynicizing against Paris Saint-Germain.
“I’m very satisfied to have drawn such an opponent.”
"I know teams like this very well, after all we have been living with neighbors like this for many years."
"Although they can use the money to bring in a lot of players above their level, they can't get the results to match the huge investment."
"If other clubs only get results like this with this money, they will probably be hanged by the fans."
“Of course having money is a good thing, but everything has a process.”
"The opponent has a strong squad and the process may be difficult, but Manchester United will win."
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Two days after the Champions League ended, Arsenal won Swansea 30-2 away from home in the 0th round of the league.
Under strict defense, Sun Ke provided two assists to Suarez and Walcott respectively, but was substituted early.
However, Manchester United was tied 2-2 by West Ham in an away game, and the points gap widened to 10 points.
While the coach of the wealthy club was launching a psychological war, Sun Ke was already sitting on the plane, on his way to the World Cup qualifiers with the England team.