Chapter 243: Advance to the Champions League quarter-finals
The Rose Garden Stadium is boiling!
Cheers, howls, and whistles echoed throughout the venue.
The Portuguese national TV commentator said solemnly: "Li scored a hat-trick, and it only took Malaga half an hour to seal the victory, making promotion no longer suspense.
Li was in great form tonight, a rising star who has begun to conquer the world of football."
Li Chuanqi hugged his teammates happily. Their mood was exciting. The total score of 5-0 announced that they had created a new history in Malaga!
Blanca Padilla's face was full of happiness, her man fulfilled his promise and gave her a wonderful game.
The game restarted, Porto launched a fierce attack in desperation, and they wanted to score a face-saving goal.
The Malaga defense was under a lot of pressure.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Porto almost got a goal back with a direct free kick.
Moutinho's free kick went slightly over the crossbar.
In the following time, Malaga slowed down the offensive pace and firmly controlled the football at their feet.
Porto gave up the high-pressure tactics and placed most of their troops in the backcourt.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!..."
At the end of the second minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
After a fifteen-minute break, players from both sides returned to the court.
The second half of the game begins.
The game became stalemate, and the two sides started a fierce battle near the midfield.
In the 13th minute of the second half, Isco took a long shot from outside the penalty area and the ball missed the goal.
Five minutes later, Porto retaliated. Martinez fired a powerful shot from the left side of the penalty area and the football missed the goal!
In the 20th minute of the second half, Li Chuanqi once again staged a breakthrough from the wing, breaking through three lines of defense in Porto and passing the football across the middle!
Santa Cruz's shot was too straight and went straight to Ayrton.
Ayrton bent down and hugged the football easily.
In the 31st minute of the second half, Malaga's solid defense had a problem. Willigton passed back to goalkeeper Caballero, but the passing angle was too tricky and the football flew into the goal!
Oolong!
The score became three to one!
This goal put the Rose Garden Stadium into a weird atmosphere, but looking at the score, Malaga fans did not have to worry, they still had a huge lead of four goals.
Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Pellegrini replaced Li Chuanqi with Fernandez in the 35th minute of the second half, allowing him to enjoy hero-like treatment in advance.
"plum!"
"plum!"
"plum!"
There was thunderous applause at the Rose Garden Stadium.
Li Chuanqi waved to them, and the applause was louder and more enthusiastic.
In the following time, both sides failed to change the score on the field. Malaga finally won the second game with a score of 3 to 1, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a huge advantage of 5 to 1!
The Malaga TV commentator shouted loudly: "The game is over! The game is over! Malaga enters the Champions League quarter-finals! New history is born!
This is a fearsome team, this is a team full of fighting spirit!
They have heroic momentum, amazingly talented players, and strikers who score goals like crazy!
We have reason to look forward to them!
This was a night that belonged to Li. He scored three goals in just thirty minutes, helping Malaga seal the victory and secure a spot in the quarterfinals!
He gave us wonderful breakthroughs and shots on the court many times!
Congratulations to Málaga and congratulations to Li!"
The commentator of Portuguese National TV said: "Congratulations to Malaga for advancing to the quarterfinals, they will definitely give more teams a headache.
This game lost its suspense at the end of the first half, but we must admit that this was an exciting game."
After the game, the Malaga fans did not leave, but waited for the players to arrive.
They want to give these heroes applause and cheers.
Their heroes carry their dreams with them and defeat powerful opponents on the field, helping them realize their dreams.
Joaquín led the Malaga players to thank the fans, and everywhere they went there were thunderous applause and excited fans.
At the post-match press conference, visiting team coach Pereira took the lead.
"This is a regrettable ending. We failed to achieve a comeback in the Rose Garden and did not even see any hope, but my players and I are full of energy!
Malaga is a strong team and I wish them a great performance in the next round!"
Pellegrini then came on the stage and he joked: "Blanca Padilla is coming to the Rose Garden tonight, so Lee is going to give her a wonderful game."
The reporters in the audience laughed kindly.
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During the question and answer session, a reporter asked: "First of all, congratulations to Malaga for creating new history and reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League. What do you think of that own goal? Does this mean that Malaga's defense has appeared? question?"
Pellegrini shook his head and said: "That was just a coincidence. Our defense is still strong. Caballero is still a person we can trust. He made several wonderful saves tonight!"
A reporter asked him to talk about the prospects of the quarter-finals.
Pellegrini said: “I still have great expectations for our prospects. Since we have already created so many team history records, we can create more team history records!
I have always had confidence in my team!"
In the mixed interview area, Porto players did not accept interviews from any reporters.
It was a disappointing night.
When the Málaga players appeared, reporters gave them a warm call.
Many Malaga players were interviewed by reporters.
Joaquin said: "What I have to do now is to have a good sleep and play two intense games in four days. Although my spirit is very high, my body is already feeling tired.
The team has already embarked on the right path, and we are making great strides forward along this right path.
Tonight's victory also confirms what I said.
We will continue to hold high the banner of victory!”
Caballero said: "That goal was just an accident. I didn't expect Willigton's passing angle to be so tricky. We played a wonderful game tonight and we entered the Champions League quarterfinals!"
Li Chuanqi said: "We have entered the quarterfinals and we will work hard for the semifinals! My state tonight was average, especially in the second half, I seemed to have lost motivation. I don't know if it was the fatigue caused by consecutive games.
The season has entered the most critical moment, and every game will have a huge impact on the final result.
So we can’t have any loose thoughts!”
The reporter thought his last words were talking about the own goal.
Isco said: "We have entered the quarterfinals! Thank you to all my teammates and all the fans! My teammates and I are completing our common dream together. The fans give us great motivation. They are the driving force and source of our victory!"
Li is just operating normally tonight. He has huge energy in his body, and only a part of it will be released tonight!"
