The matchup in the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season is very interesting.

Among the eight teams, there are three La Liga teams, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League, and two in the Bundesliga, namely Bayern Munich and Dortmund, and one in Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1.

The Serie A team was wiped out in the quarterfinals.

Moreover, there is another particularly interesting phenomenon in the Champions League quarterfinals this season, that is, all the teams that qualify first place in the group beat the teams that qualify second place in the group and won the quarterfinals.

As early as the draw of the quarterfinals knockout round, many media reporters began to write articles to analyze this phenomenon in depth, believing that this is a signal that the strength and weakness pattern of European football is changing, especially the full decline of Serie A.

Of course, some people have also counted that Serie A is the league with the least investment in the transfer market in recent years.

To put it bluntly, professional football is just burning money.

Real Madrid's quarter-final opponent is Dortmund, another German team, but Real Madrid defeated Dortmund four-zero at its home court with Yang Yang's hat trick and Isco's goal, which surprised everyone.

Ancelotti once again arranged the 352 formation in this game, and at the same time liberated Isco, which attracted praise from media reporters after the game, because this season Real Madrid switched back and forth between different formations such as 352, 433 and 442, and even 4321 Christmas tree, and they all played very well.

The main reason is that the team's bench is strong enough to adapt to different tactical play, which makes the opponent very troubled.

With one foot in the semi-finals, Real Madrid's opponent is another match in the first half, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

These two teams are also enemies, but at the Old Trafford Stadium in the first leg, although Manchester United scored first, Bayern Munich's Schweinsteiger quickly equalized the score for the German team, and in the end the two sides shook hands one-to-one.

But this is not a small advantage for Bayern Munich, because they have an away goal.

Moyes' team has performed poorly this season and is currently only ranked seventh in the Premier League. The results can be said to be quite bad. Many people are even worried that they are likely to lose their qualifications for the Champions League and even European competition next season.

Real Madrid is also paying close attention to Manchester United's movements, because the Galaxy battleships have always been interested in Manchester United's goalkeeper De Gea, who is Manchester United's best performer this season, and its overall strength has improved greatly.

Compared to Manchester United's bad luck, Guardiola's team performed very well in the Bundesliga, with an unbeaten record of 25 wins and three draws in 28 games. It is the only two unbeaten teams in European football, and the other is Real Madrid.

But Real Madrid's performance is better because it remains unbeaten on all fronts and is the only team.

Judging from the results of the first round, Real Madrid's most likely opponent should be Bayern Munich.

After playing Dortmund, Real Madrid did not rest because the league was next.

But the next night, many Real Madrid players, including Casillas and Ramos, gathered to Yang Yang's home to watch the game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

As a result, everyone was surprised.

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One to one!

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, more than a dozen Real Madrid stars were a little silent in the huge living room.

Because they really don't know what to say.

Barcelona was forced to one-to-one by Simeone's team at home, which has to be said to be a big upset, because it means that Barcelona lost the lead in the first round.

"Simone's team is getting dirty and steadier the more they play. With this defense, everyone will have a headache when they encounter it." Xavi Alonso shook his head and sighed. He has always been one of the players in Real Madrid who likes to think and analyze the most.

"Pick was wronged and was put on a trick by Diego Costa for no reason." Ramos smiled a little gloating.

That happened in the twelfth minute of the first half, when Atletico Madrid passed the backcourt to the frontcourt, Diego Costa and Pique competed for the top, but Diego Costa was squeezed away by Pique.

Pique is also very cunning in playing football, has many small moves and is experienced. This time he wanted to take advantage of Diego Costa's shoulders to jump, both suppressing his opponent and grab the spot.

If it were someone else, you would be suppressed, and at most you would be angry. This kind of thing is too common in the game. Not to mention Pique, Ramos has done such things a lot. To put it bluntly, this is a defensive skill of the central defender.

Costa, the guy Diego Costa was also insidious. When he saw Pique pressing him to jump, he simply didn't fight and walked away.

Pique had already jumped with Diego Costa's body. As soon as the Brazilian striker walked away, Pique in the air immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground, and his butt fell to the ground first.

This fall was really miserable, and it just threw Pique off the scene.

However, Diego Costa was not lucky. He was replaced after a thigh muscle strain. However, Diego, who was on the bench, scored a world shot in the second half and scored a first record for Atletico Madrid.

Regarding Diego Costa's actions, Real Madrid star, a group of onlookers, also had mixed praises and complaints. Some people think it shouldn't be, but some people take it for granted, because Pique's actions themselves are annoying.

Of course, Yang Yang secretly observed that most of the people who support Diego Costa are attacking players in the frontcourt, while most of the people who think it is not appropriate are defenders. Obviously, the defenders often do such things, and they are afraid that the attackers in the frontcourt will learn Diego Costa’s loss move.

The final score of the game was one to one, and Barcelona suffered a loss, but generally speaking, this is a situation where the two tigers competed.

Barcelona paid the price of Pique's serious injury, and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa is probably missing the second leg.

"From the current situation, Atletico Madrid is still the dominant one." Yang Yang analyzed.

The main reason is that Atletico Madrid's defense is fundamental, so Diego Costa's injury has an impact on their offense, but the defense has little impact. Moreover, they will definitely play defensive counterattacks, but Barcelona is different. The defense line is weak. Once Pique is absent and the frontcourt offense cannot open up, the defense line will be dangerous.

"In addition to the beginning, Barcelona basically found its own rhythm. The pass and ball control are also good, but they always have no way to defend Atletico Madrid. The bed sheet army is also cruel enough. They paid the price of six yellow cards, with a total of twenty-four fouls..."

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly at the post-match statistics big data.

This is the style of Atletico Madrid.

Simeone is like a gangster, while Atletico Madrid players are like thugs under his command, all of whom are a group of tough characters.

Sometimes Yang Yang even thinks that players like Diego Costa can only be able to play their greatest tactical value under head coaches like Simeone.

"The number of interceptions is thirty-five." Xavi Alonso noticed other data. "Overall, Atletico Madrid's tactics have played a role, but the foul tactics themselves are very problematic, especially when it comes to the knockout stage, you will have to suspend the game if you eat cards."

Although many teams and fans have called on UEFA to reorganize the Champions League and avoid some players missing important games due to yellow cards suspension, in fact, UEFA has not made a decision so far. It is said that it is possible that the yellow cards in the semi-finals will be cleared from next season, but the specific details have not been announced.

In other words, Atletico Madrid's playing style still has considerable risks.

Of course, from the team's perspective, Atletico Madrid has no choice, because their strength is only like this. It is already quite rare for Simeone to bring this team to this level. The bench thickness is not enough. They do not have enough financial resources to build a more complete and stronger team, so they can only maximize the team's strength based on the existing foundation.

From this point of view, both Atletico Madrid and Simeone are worthy of respect.

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It rained all night long.

After Barcelona had just been tied by Atletico Madrid 1-1 at home, they immediately faced a transfer ban from FIFA.

As early as 2007, FIFA established a system that specifically inspected and supervised professional player transfer regulations, part of which was specifically supervised and protected transfers of players under the age of 18.

For example, if Barcelona wants to introduce a young player, it must first be within fifty kilometers of the training base. There is no age limit. If it is completed within the EU member states, the player must be over 16 years old. If it is a non-EU player under the age of eighteen, the player's parents must work in the club's country and are not employed by the club.

Barcelona's Lamacia has introduced ten foreign players under the age of 18 in the past few years, six of whom have been suspended from FIFA, including three Korean teenagers.

This time, FIFA also issued strict orders, which will ban Barcelona's transfer registration in the next two transfer periods.

Barcelona is understanding and appealing this, because once implemented, it means that from now on, Barcelona will not be able to buy players in the summer and winter break transfers in 2015, which will be extremely fatal to Barcelona.

It just suffered a setback in the Champions League, but it ended up with FIFA's transfer ban. For a moment, it seemed that the whole world was fighting against Barcelona, ​​which made Barcelona panic inside. Barcelona fans and Catalan media were even more furious. Some even believed that this was Real Madrid's manipulation behind the scenes, hoping to stop Barcelona from taking steps in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey finals.
Chapter completed!