Chapter 373: China-Italy Football Friendship Match
Chapter 373 Sino-Italian Football Friendly Match!!!
Author: Ant who loves watching football
Chapter 373 Sino-Italian Football Friendly Match!!!
While Chelsea's away team defeated Juventus 3:0 and the home team 2:1, with a total score of 5:1, the other three pairs of games also had winners and losers.
Bayern Munich achieved a big comeback at home!
In the 14th minute of the game, Thiago opened the scoring for Bayern, and this also opened the prelude to this goal battle.
This was a beautiful teamwork. Rafinha made a 45-degree diagonal pass from the right to the penalty area. Gotze took the ball from the back and handed it to Bernat on the left. Bernat made a pass from the bottom and Thiago hit the ball forward.
Scored the ball with his head! Bayern 1-0 Porto!
In the 22nd minute, Bayern scored another victory. Bayern took a corner kick from the right, Badstuber headed the ball to Boateng in front of the goal, and Boateng broke the net with an alley-oop header! Bayern 2-0 Porto!
In the 27th minute, Bayern expanded the score! Lahm made a pass from the right, and Muller passed the ball to Lewandowski in front of the goal. Lewandowski headed the ball and scored! Bayern 3-0 Porto!
In the 36th minute, Bayern's midfielder stole the ball. After receiving the ball from his teammate, Muller took a long shot from the penalty area. The ball hit Indy's leg, changed its direction and refracted into the net! Bayern 4-0 Porto!
In the 40th minute, Bayern scored again! Muller passed the inverted triangle near the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and Lewandowski easily scored the ball near the penalty spot! Bayern 5-0 Porto!
After changing sides, Porto didn't get a goal back until the 73rd minute. Hector Herrera sent a cross from the right, and Jack Ma outflanked the goal and scored with a header! Bayern 5-1 Porto!
In the 88th minute, Marcano tackled Thiago in front of the penalty area and received his second yellow card of the game. As a result, two yellow cards were turned into one red and he was sent off.
Bayern got a free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area. Alonso took the penalty and hit the goal directly. The ball flew across the gorgeous night sky of Allianz and flew into the door! Bayern 6-1 Porto!
In the end, Bayern defeated Porto 6-1 at home and advanced with a total score of 7-4! This is also the first time in the history of Bayern that they have achieved a comeback after falling behind 1-3 in the first leg of the Champions League.
Barcelona, which won the first round, had an easier time advancing.
After they returned to their home court, they defeated Monaco 2-0 with Neymar's brace and successfully entered the semi-finals.
The last four spots were decided between the Madrid duo.
In the first half of this match at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, neither side achieved anything, but in the second half, Arda Turan accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off.
In the 88th minute of the game, Real Madrid finally broke the deadlock.
Ronaldo took the ball from the right and passed it across to Ronaldo. Ronaldo then passed it straight to Ronaldo. Ronaldo relied on Miranda to cross. At the moment he fell to the ground, he passed the ball to Hernandez, who pushed the ball.
Scored an empty goal, 1-0!
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home, and eliminated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 1-0 in the two rounds to advance to the semi-finals.
This is the fifth consecutive season that Real Madrid has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and it is also the first victory against Atletico Madrid in the past eight city derbies!
Therefore, the last four teams to enter the Champions League this season are Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich!
These are currently the four most powerful club teams in the world, known as "Samaranch"!
(Little popular science: Barcelona = Barcelona, Madrid = Real Madrid, Lan = Blues Chelsea, its = Others = Bayern. The last one is due to the fact that in the selection of giant teams on a certain platform, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and other strong teams are independent options.
, Bayern was included in the "other teams", so Bayern fans laughed at themselves "I'm the one")
This is really a rare event in the Champions League in recent years.
Because of this, the semi-final draw ceremony to be held on February 24th is particularly attracting attention.
What kind of matchup will these four teams form?
Will Pan Yi and Guardiola meet as scheduled and Barcelona and Real Madrid stage a national derby?
Or will Guardiola return home to Camp Nou to face his old club, while Pan Yi will fight Real Madrid again?
Even if Chelsea plays Barcelona or Real Madrid plays Bayern, it will still be very interesting to watch!
In a word, the four teams are all top-notch teams, and they are indeed eye-catching no matter how they are arranged!
In this regard, "Marca" also conducted a public opinion poll.
The attitude of Spanish fans is very clear, they least want a El Clasico.
Real Madrid fans most hope to draw Chelsea, and 60.4% of the fans hope to meet Pan Yi again to avenge last season's loss in the Champions League final - although Pan Yi led Hamburg last season.
20.2% of the fans chose Bayern, and 19.4% of the fans chose Barcelona.
54.5% of Barcelona fans hope to draw Bayern, 27% hope to draw Chelsea, and 18.5% hope to draw Real Madrid.
It seems that El Clasico has been played too many times in recent years, so Real Madrid and Barcelona fans hope to draw foreign teams.
Barcelona fans most want to be drawn against Bayern, but Guardiola said in an interview with "Daily Sports" that he least wants to be drawn against Barcelona.
"Daily Sports" also pointed out on the front page that Barcelona players also generally hope to be drawn against Bayern.
Because Barcelona doesn't like to play the team led by Pan Yi, because they sometimes play very sharp anti-counterattack tactics, which is what Barcelona hates the most.
Real Madrid has always been difficult to deal with in El Clasico.
Bayern is now suffering from some injuries, and Barcelona hopes to avenge the "Seven Happiness" of the past!
But the final outcome still depends on the results of the actual draw.
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On April 24, at 12 o'clock in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw ceremony for the 2014-2015 UEFA Champions League semi-finals was held as scheduled at the UEFA headquarters.
On the table in the middle, the Big Ear Cup has been placed, and the introduction of the top four teams is playing on the big screen.
The short film played on the big screen is called Road to Berlin, and the wonderful moments of the four teams left a deep impression on people.
Except for Chelsea, the four teams in the finals this time are all former champions. They have won the Big Ear Cup 19 times in total, which can be said to be a gathering of elites.
And La Liga, which occupies half of the country, once again showed its advantage of being at the top of the UEFA standings. If the Madrid duo had not met prematurely, it is unknown that La Liga would have occupied 3 seats in the top four.
Bayern and Chelsea are representatives of the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively.
Then, UEFA Secretary General Infantino came to the stage and greeted all club representatives and guests present.
The special guest drawn in today's lottery ceremony is still the former Dortmund forward and German international Riddle.
The first thing Riddle drew was Barcelona.
His opponent is...Bayern! This pair of old enemies reunited again.
Then, another pair naturally came out, that is Chelsea vs. Real Madrid!
Pan Yi will also face Ancelotti again.
In the Champions League final last season, Hamburg led by Pan Yi defeated Real Madrid led by Ancelotti and won the Champions League championship!
Now, they are about to meet again.
At this time, representatives from the four teams were invited to the stage.
The representatives of the four teams are all former famous players, Barcelona's Giuly, Chelsea's Zola, Bayern's Breitner and Real Madrid's Butragueno.
All four believed that the semi-final matchup would be a very balanced and evenly matched contest, and Zola said humorously at the end:
"Our four teams have won a total of 19 Champions League championships. They are indeed very impressive."
"I hope that after this competition, when this number increases to 20, a new championship team will be added!"
Then, the drawing ceremony ended.
Each team undoubtedly has its own thoughts, but one thing in common is that everyone is ready to defeat two strong opponents in succession and finally reach the top of Europe!——
Pan Yi also completed an important personal "game" before the Champions League game.
That was the "Sino-Italian Football Friendly Match" between him and Valentina.
How should I put it? Everything was already said that day. It would be extremely rude if the two sides did not conduct further drills with live ammunition.
So, after Valentina returned to England, she did not go back to Yorkshire first, but went to Pan Yi's home in London.
The two sides had a friendly exchange of ideas in simple terms and learned from each other for growth.
This process of competition... is said to be a "Friendly Football Match between China and Italy", but everyone understands that it has little to do with real football after all. No one wants to watch it, so they will skip it for now.
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Forget it, consider that someone will say:
"Am I the one who lacks this traffic?"
"Do I need to pay extra? Can I V you 50?"
"It's too much to ignore this, brother..."
Let’s describe the whole process in detail.
FBI Warning: The following content is too exciting. Adults over 18 years old are advised to watch it with the company of children.
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"The match between the Dragon Country team and the Italian team is about to start."
"The head coach of the Dragon Country team is Pan Yi, and the head coach of the Italian team is Valentina."
"The Dragon Country team took the lead in attacking. This attack went very smoothly. They first broke through the Italian team's frontcourt defense, then the midfield defense, and finally a hole was directly ripped open in Italy's backline!"
"Ah, what happened to the Italian team? They took the initiative to remove all the defenders in front of the penalty area, and now the goal is completely exposed in front of the Dragon Country team! This is a bit suspected of match-fixing."
"Faced with such an opportunity, the forward of the Dragon Country team is a little excited, but also a little nervous."
"But he still broke in with the ball! He was ready to go in! Ready to enter the penalty area!"
"But, at this time, the Italian defender appeared again! He hugged the Dragon Kingdom forward! Isn't this a foul? The Dragon Kingdom forward was ready to shoot!"
"Obviously, Italy's defense is very fragile at this time, and even using hugging and foul tactics cannot stop the forward progress of the Dragon Kingdom!"
"The striker of the Dragon Kingdom is very tough and strong, and he has high morale and moves forward bravely! He broke away from the Italian defense with a sudden burst, went straight into the penalty area, and shot!"
"The goal was scored!!! The Dragons scored the first goal! This is the first time in the history of this Italian team that the goal has been scored. The whole team seems to be in a little pain!"
"But the Dragon Kingdom team was obviously very reasonable. They immediately slowed down their offensive and began to cooperate in small areas in every area of the stadium."
"The players of the Italian team were obviously paralyzed. They were no longer nervous, but catered to the offensive of the Dragon Country team and carried out weak and futile resistance."
"The Dragon Country team saw that the time had come and launched another fierce attack on the hinterland of Italy! Keep shooting!"
"It seems that the Italian team can no longer resist! They are even ready to give up resistance and propose giving up the game! What kind of surrender is this?"
"But the Dragon Country team decisively refused the Italian team's surrender! They are now on the verge of stopping and there is no way they can stop!"
"The Dragon Kingdom team continues to attack! And the offensive firepower is getting more and more intense!"
"The Italian team offers to surrender again!"
"The Dragon Country team once again cruelly rejected this inexplicable request. The people of the Dragon Country know that the Italian team is now saying it wants to surrender, but in fact it just wants to lose a few more goals! The Italians understand everything."
"The Dragon Country team shoots continuously and scores goals continuously!"
"Italy has been completely defeated and has no defense."
"In the end, the Italian team coach let out a scream, and the Dragon Country team also ended all attacks with a powerful world wave. This also represented the end of the 20-minute game."
"What, you ask, aren't all football matches 90 minutes? Today's friendly match has special rules. As long as both parties agree, the referee can terminate the match at any time."
"Of course, both sides can rest for a while and then start the next friendly match immediately, but this mainly depends on the physical recovery of the players of the Dragon Kingdom team."
"Congratulations to the Dragon Country team for winning this Sino-Italian football friendly match!"
"Ah, I don't know when it started to rain. Now there is water all over the ground in front of the Italian team's goal, flooding..."
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The two legs of the Champions League semi-finals will be played on May 6 and May 13 respectively. Before that, Chelsea will have several Premier League games.
On April 26, Chelsea challenged Queens Park Rangers away from home.
QPR has been hovering in the relegation zone this season. After 32 games, it is ranked second from bottom with only 25 points. There is a great risk of being relegated.
Therefore, even when they faced Premier League champion Chelsea, they were still full of fighting spirit and played very aggressive football.
However, Chelsea, who had relaxed their mentality, did not play so comfortably.
However, after all, there is still a certain gap in strength between the two sides, and QPR failed to knock on Chelsea's door despite their best efforts.
On the contrary, in the 75th minute of the game, Chelsea took advantage of a quick counterattack. Gnabry broke through and passed to the center. Bamford scored with a header, rewriting the score to 0:1.
And this score remained until the end, with Chelsea once again taking all three points!
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On April 30, in the 34th round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged Leicester City away at the King Power Stadium.
Pan Yi also played against his former disciple Vardy again.
However, Leicester City is currently in a bad situation and they are also a team in the relegation zone.
Their points are only 2 points more than Queens Park Rangers, ranking third from the bottom in the standings.
Chelsea's historical record against Leicester City is also superior. There have been 103 historical encounters between the two sides. Chelsea has the advantage with 50 wins, 29 draws and 24 losses.
Moreover, Chelsea has won all the past seven games against Leicester City. The last time Leicester City defeated Chelsea was in 2001.
However, today's game was also played in heavy rain, which also limited the performance of Chelsea's technical players.
The league leader failed to create a chance in the first 15 minutes, but Leicester City's counterattack was quite threatening. Cambiasso made a direct pass, and Ulloa, who succeeded in countering offside, missed the opportunity by volleying the ball.
However, the slippery venue dealt a blow to Leicester City, with Andy King and Huth being injured one after another within 5 minutes.
However, despite losing two generals, Leicester City broke the deadlock in half-time stoppage time.
Matthew James made a direct pass in the counterattack, Vardy made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, Azpilicueta who was marking Ulloa slipped, and Albrighton pushed the ball home from 10 yards.
1:0, Leicester City led Chelsea at halftime.
However, Chelsea, who played more aggressively in the second half, equalized the score in the 48th minute.
Hazard passed the ball, Ivanovic cut into the right side of the penalty area and passed back, Lukaku swept the ball from 8 yards into the far corner, 1:1.
Chelsea took the lead in the 79th minute.
Hazard took a corner kick, Cahill shook his head from the edge of the penalty area and was barely saved by Schmeichel. Terry grabbed a close shot before Cambiasso and volleyed it into the net, making the score 1:2.
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The Chelsea captain also tied the Premier League scoring record for a defender held by Unsworth with 38 league goals!
Chelsea expanded the score in the 83rd minute. Hazard passed the ball back from the right side of the penalty area. Ramirez shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area into the upper left corner of the net, 1:3.
The visiting Chelsea fans even sang a song: "Boring, boring, Chelsea. It's so boring to win the championship so easily..."
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On May 3, Chelsea returned to Stamford Bridge to face Crystal Palace at home.
In the history of the confrontation between the two teams, Chelsea has the absolute advantage.
Chelsea has only lost 1 game in the past 14 league games against Crystal Palace, and has achieved 7 wins and 4 draws in the past 11 home games against Crystal Palace. The last time Crystal Palace beat Chelsea away in the league was in the second division in 1982. There have been 41 historical encounters between the two sides, and Chelsea has 18 wins and 15 draws.
8 losses prevail.
And this game is not as tense as the previous two games.
Crystal Palace is currently ranked 12th, with no hope of European competition and no worries about relegation;
Chelsea won the championship ahead of schedule and will go to the Bernabeu Stadium to play the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals in three days. Of course, they don't want any surprises.
And because this game was Chelsea's first home game after winning the championship ahead of schedule, there were a lot of championship merchandise for sale outside Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fans were holding trophy models and waving them. The game also started in a celebratory atmosphere.
The fight between the two sides was not intense after the opening, and neither side was able to create very good scoring opportunities.
In the 15th minute, Chelsea's tactical free kick combination lacked threat, and Mikel shot over from long range.
In the 19th minute, Chelsea used set pieces to put pressure. Cancelo's shot from a small angle was saved, and Cahill's header was picked off by Speroni.
In the 28th minute, Lingard's free kick from outside the edge of the penalty area on the left was saved by Speroni, and Zuma missed the chance to make a supplementary shot.
In the 31st minute, Crystal Palace's 12-yard shot was also blocked by Zuma. Crystal Palace players complained that Zuma had committed a handball foul, but the referee refused to impose a penalty.
In the 40th minute, Lingard and Bamford kicked the wall and fired a volley with his left foot from the arc of the penalty area. Azpilicueta followed up and missed the shot again.
Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 45th minute!
Lingard broke into the left side of the penalty area and was tripped by MacArthur. He personally took the penalty kick and was saved by Speroni. He then headed the ball into the net.
The score became 1:0 and Chelsea took the lead at halftime.
In the second half, Crystal Palace began to lose its rhythm and Chelsea took control of the game.
First, Ivanovic's long shot from 30 yards missed slightly, and then Mikel's low shot from the edge of the penalty area was confiscated after he and Bamford kicked the wall.
Crystal Palace also got a chance. Zaha sent a direct pass, but Sanogo, who was unguarded, missed the opportunity on the right side of the penalty area.
In the 67th minute, Cahill's shot was blocked by Ward during a free kick melee, and Ivanovic's left-footed volley from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area missed.
In the 74th minute, William made a pass from the right, and Bamford's shot from 14 yards missed the right post.
Subsequently, Zaha's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was also blocked by Courtois.
In the final stage of the game, Chelsea slowed down the pace, and Crystal Palace seemed to have no intention of playing. Crystal Palace fans sang the song again: "Boring, boring, Chelsea. They won the game slowly, so boring..."
Lingard was replaced in stoppage time, and all the fans stood up and applauded the hero of the goal.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Stamford Bridge burst into flames, and the audience sang "We are the champions"!
At the same time, they also ended the competition before the Champions League with a wave of three consecutive victories.
After 35 rounds, Chelsea topped the Premier League with an unbeaten record of 32 wins and 3 draws, and their points reached an astonishing 99 points!
Such results also allowed Chelsea to break multiple records with three league rounds to go.
First of all, the points have been determined to be the highest in Premier League history.
Before this season, the highest score for winning the Premier League was Chelsea's 95 points in the 2004-05 season.
Today, Chelsea's 32 wins in a single season also set a new record in England's top league. The previous record was 31 wins set by Tottenham in the 1960s.
In addition, the 17 home wins are the highest in the history of the Premier League, and the 15 away games and 3 draws with 48 points are also the highest in history!
And the current league is not over yet...
In other words, Chelsea can push these records even higher!
While Chelsea is setting these records, the BIG6 behind them are only fighting for a spot in the Champions League.
Arsenal was the first to land! I didn’t expect it.
Their recent form has been very good. After defeating West Ham United 3:0, Newcastle United 2:1, and defeating Liverpool 4:1, their points have reached 71 points, one point ahead of Manchester City.
Manchester City lost to Manchester United 2:4 in the Manchester Derby and now can only rank third with 70 points.
Manchester United is ranked fourth with 65 points.
Since Liverpool, who are ranked fifth, only have 61 points, with only three rounds of the league, it is impossible for them to catch up with Arsenal, who are 10 points ahead of them.
Therefore, Arsenal has secured qualification for the Champions League next season.
Due to Manchester City's advantage in goal difference, although there is still the possibility of being pulled down in theory, in fact they can also enter the Champions League next season.
Then, the last Champions League will be between Manchester United with 65 points, Liverpool with 61 points, Tottenham with 58 points and Southampton with 57 points.
However, considering that Manchester United's opponents in the last three rounds are Crystal Palace and Hull City, two weak teams, as well as Arsenal, an opponent that has already landed, it is estimated that the possibility of overturning is not high.
At most, there is still a glimmer of hope for Liverpool, while Tottenham and Southampton should just settle down and compete for Europa League qualification.
In the relegation zone, although Leicester City lost to Chelsea, they defeated Newcastle United 3:0 in the next round, which gave them the initiative to avoid relegation.
Currently, Burnley, the last one, has 26 points, and Queens Park Rangers, the second last one, has 27 points. It seems that it is impossible to escape the fate of relegation.
In front of them, Leicester City, Hull City, and Sunderland have 34 points together. In theory, one of the "lucky ones" should be selected from them to go to the English Championship to settle down.
Of course, this kind of joys and sorrows that happen at the end of every league and every season has nothing to do with Chelsea and Pan Yi now.
The championship has been won, the record has been broken, and their eyes have long since stopped looking at the Premier League.
They have only one goal now, and that is the away game in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals on May 6!