Chapter 245: Champions League quarter-final match situation
On March 7, the battle for the Champions League quarter-finals continued to rage.
Dortmund will face Shakhtar Donetsk at home, and Juventus will face Celtic at home.
In the first round of the match, Dortmund drew 2-2 away from home, and the situation was excellent.
Back at home, they only need a score of 1-0 to advance.
Juventus established a huge lead in the first round and won 3-0 away from home.
Promotion is only a matter of time.
At 8:45 pm, the game started at the same time.
After ninety minutes of fierce battle, Dortmund easily defeated Shakhtar Donetsk with a score of 3 to 0, eliminated the opponent with a total score of 5 to 2, and advanced strongly.
This is the first time they have reached the quarterfinals since 1998.
Coach Klopp is building a young Dortmund team. This energetic team puts pressure on Bayern in the Bundesliga and is flying high in the Champions League.
Serie A hegemon Juventus easily won 2-0 at home and advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 5-0.
Fans are turning their attention back to domestic leagues.
Malaga will challenge Valencia away from home in the 27th round.
Both teams had a Champions League battle in midweek, with completely different results. Valencia was eliminated with a one-goal disadvantage, while Malaga advanced to the next knockout round.
Pre-match analysis by the media believed that there is a high possibility of a draw between the two teams. According to Pellegrini's past practice, most of the main players will take a rest.
And Valencia will definitely take a rest. Although they have the advantage of home court, considering their morale... there is a high possibility of a tie between the two sides.
On March 9, the 27th round of La Liga began.
Real Madrid and Barcelona, who are about to compete in the Champions League, will take the lead.
Barcelona defeated Deportivo La Coruña 2-0 at home, Sanchez took the lead, and Messi came off the bench to expand the score.
Real Madrid relied on Ronaldo's brace to beat Celta Vigo 2-1 away from home.
Pellegrini made a major rotation, Joaquin, Li Chuanqi and others were not included in the squad. Isco led the bench to fight against Valencia.
After ninety minutes of fierce battle, Malaga suffered its third defeat in La Liga this season.
Valencia got their wish and defeated Malaga 2-1 at home, voicing the frustration of being eliminated from the Champions League.
Malaga's lead in the standings has once again been reduced to four points.
Pellegri said in an interview after the game: "This defeat can only illustrate one problem, that is, our bench is not deep enough."
The battle for the Champions League quarter-finals reignited in midweek.
The first to appear is the powerful dialogue between Barcelona and AC Milan that has attracted worldwide attention.
In the first round, Barcelona's stars were humiliated at San Siro and lost the game 0-2.
Before this game, Barcelona stars showed strong fighting spirit in interviews with the media, and they vowed to win a big victory at home.
Pique said: "There is nothing to say, we will score at least three goals tonight!"
Xavi said: "Back at Camp Nou, Barcelona will definitely win and advance to the next round."
Messi said: "I will try to score more goals."
On March 13, at 8:45, Camp Nou was packed with people, and the game between Barcelona and AC Milan officially started.
Barcelona showed its determination to make a comeback from the beginning of the game and launched a fierce attack on AC Milan!
Harvey frequently uses wonderful passes to plan threatening attacks.
After ninety minutes of fierce competition, Barcelona achieved a 4-0 victory as they wished, achieved a great reversal at home, eliminated AC Milan with a score of 4-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
Xavi and Messi are guaranteed to win this game. The former sent two assists and the latter scored two goals!
Another game that night ended with Galatasaray's victory. Galatasaray defeated Schalke 04 3-2 in an away game and advanced in a thrilling way with a total score of 4-3!
On the 14th, the remaining two strong dialogues began.
Manchester United welcomed Real Madrid at home, and Bayern welcomed Arsenal at home.
In the first round at the Bernabeu, Manchester United not only got a draw, but also scored an away goal.
In this battle, they only need a score of 1-0 to advance, so the British media generally believe that Manchester United will enter the quarterfinals.
Bayern won the away game 3-1 in the first leg and returned to home this round.
The media generally believes that the situation for the Bundesliga hegemon to advance is excellent.
On the 14th, at 8:45 pm, two battles started at the same time.
At Old Trafford, a fierce battle began. In the first half, both sides threatened the opponent's goal many times, but neither could break the deadlock.
In the third minute of the second half, Manchester United broke the deadlock.
Rafael passed the ball, Welbeck and Van Persie's shots on the right side of the penalty area were blocked one after another, Varane's clearance was intercepted, Nani made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, Welbeck shot from outside the edge of the penalty area, Ramos could not Be careful to block your own door.
One to zero!
Manchester United led 2-1 on aggregate and Real Madrid was in dire straits.
Real Madrid broke out in desperation.
In the 21st minute of the second half, Ramos passed the ball, Modric pulled Carrick, entered the penalty area, and fired a powerful shot!
The football hit the inside of the right post and went into the net.
Three minutes later, Real Madrid made a comeback. Modric made a direct pass. Higuain first cooperated with Ozil to kick the wall, and then made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a close distance.
In just four minutes, Real Madrid scored two goals in a row to take the lead!
And finally maintained this score until the end of the game.
Real Madrid finally eliminated Manchester United with a total score of 3 to 2 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Another game ended almost at the same time. What was surprising was that Arsenal, who was in desperate situation, won 2-0 at the Allianz Arena, turning the total score into 3-3. In the end, they sadly bid farewell to the Champions League with fewer away goals.
After the game, Bayern came under fire from the German media.
So far, all the Champions League quarterfinals have been produced.
On the 15th, UEFA held the quarter-final draw ceremony.
The lottery results will come out soon.
Paris Saint-Germain faces Barcelona, Bayern faces Juventus, Malaga faces Borussia Dortmund, and Real Madrid faces Galatasaray.
The match between Bayern and Juventus is the focus of this round of knockout rounds. It is a showdown between two traditional giants.
The media generally believed that the draw result was extremely beneficial to Spain's two giants. Their opponents were not that strong, so advancing to the semi-finals was not a big problem.
The showdown between Malaga and Dortmund is a youthful storm.
Pellegrini accepted an interview with the media after the draw. He talked about his views on the draw results: "We are paying attention to the changes in Dortmund this season. Klopp is a pragmatic coach and he has done his job well. , has cultivated many young talents. But there are also many young talents in our team.
I'm optimistic about our future!
Because we are now on the right path!”
Klopp said in an interview with German media: "The key to whether Dortmund can advance is whether it can contain Isco and whether it can limit Lee's performance. If we do these two things well, advancement will not be a problem!"
