The quarter-finals of the Europa League for the 2010-2011 season were officially born. They are Porto, PSV, Villarreal, Braga, Dynamo Kiev, Twente, 1860 Munich and Spartak Moscow.
There were a lot of upsets in the Europa League quarter-finals.
This was beyond the expectations of many people.
Among them, the two teams from the Premier League, Liverpool and Manchester City, both lost and missed the quarterfinals. It was really surprising.
Liverpool lost 0-1 away from home and drew 0-0 at home, and finally lost to Braga with a total score of 0-1; Manchester City lost 0-2 away from home to Dynamo Kiev and narrowly won 1-0 at home.
They lost to Dynamo Kiev 1-2 and missed the quarterfinals.
To be honest, these are beyond Tong Yi's expectations.
These strong teams were eliminated by Munich 1860's opponents. Now Munich 1860's chance of winning the championship has increased a lot.
In Tong Yi's view, this season is their chance to win Munich 1860. ??
Among the top eight teams, two teams from the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie advanced to the top eight, which can be called a counterattack.
However, the Premier League, one of the most popular leagues at the moment, has no team advancing, which really shatters the eyes of many people.
The remaining teams are one from the Bundesliga, one from La Liga, one from the Ukrainian Super League and one from the Russian Super League.
This time, it puts those betting companies in a difficult position. Who can win the Europa League this season?
It's really hard to say.
It’s hard to say that another big dark horse will be born in the Europa League this season.
Who can win the Europa League this season?
When Tong Yi explained the interview with media reporters, he said: "Although it is my first time to lead the team to the quarter-finals of the Europa League. Last season our Munich 1860 was also a Bundesliga second team, but I am very concerned about our team.
I am very confident, I firmly believe that we can win the Europa League this season, I have this confidence."
Yes, Tong Yi is so confident.
However, not many people outside the world believed Tong Yi's words.
After all, Tong Yi only advanced to the quarter-finals of the Europa League for the first time, and Munich 1860 also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League for the first time in history. Both the coach and the team are new, how can you win the Europa League?
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Everyone is not optimistic about Tong Yi’s Munich 1860.
On the contrary, Porto, Villarreal and PSV are more favored by everyone. Everyone feels that the Europa League champion this season should be born among these three teams.
The outside world has given the odds of winning the championship. Porto is ranked first and has become the biggest favorite, followed by Eindhoven and then Villarreal.
Munich 1860 ranked sixth, even behind Braga and Spartak Moscow. Only higher than Dynamo Kiev and Twente. > It can be seen that everyone is really not optimistic about Munich 1860.
Tong Yi did not express any opinion on this. At this time, it is better for everyone to look down on them, so that other teams will not pay too much attention to them, and they can make a fortune in silence.
At this time, the quarter-final matches of the 2010-2011 Europa League have also come out. The matches are as follows
Porto v Spartak Moscow, Villarreal v Twente, Munich 1860s PSV Eindhoven and Dynamo Kyiv v Braga,
After this match came out, all the media reporters were even less optimistic about Munich 1860.
PSV of the Netherlands is the favorite to win the Europa League this time. When Munich 1860 met them, they were almost eliminated.
Hernandez, a reporter for German newspaper Bild, asserted that Munich 1860’s Europa League journey is over.
However, Hernandez also said that even if Munich 1860 was eliminated at this time, it would be an honor to lose. After all, they had created history. The best result in the history of the Munich 1860 club in the Europa League was in 2001.
At that time, they reached the third round, which was the top 32 after the group stage. Now 1860 Munich has reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League and the quarter-finals.
This season, Tong Yi is successful.
It’s already great to get here. Munich 1860 was eliminated and it was a success.
Hernandez claimed that Tong Yi is already the hero of Munich 1860, and he will not be criticized by the fans even if he is eliminated from the Europa League.
Now Tong Yi should focus his main energy on the league. The Bundesliga is the foundation.
If Tong Yi still can't recognize himself, Tong Yi will not be able to pick up the sesame seeds and will also lose the watermelon.
At this time, Tong Yi should focus more on the league and the competition with Klopp's Dortmund.
The next league game will be a hurdle for Munich 1860.
Because in the next 27th round of the league, Munich 1860 will challenge Schalke 04 away from home. This is Munich 1860's opponent in this season's German Cup final. This is simply a preview of the German Cup final.
Schalke 04 is currently ranked 10th in the Bundesliga with 33 points. However, they are only 5 points ahead of St. Pauli, which is third from the bottom. Therefore, Schalke 04 is now on the edge of the relegation zone. In this game,
Schalke 04 not only wants to preview the German Cup final, but also wants to avoid relegation. In this game, Schalke 04 will definitely fight against 1860 Munich.
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, this game is a hurdle for Munich 1860.
It’s hard to say that Munich 1860 couldn’t overcome this hurdle.
This is Dortmund's chance.
Schalke 04 head coach Ralf Rangnick accepted an interview with media reporters. He said, "Now we don't care who our opponent is? Because our team's mission in every game is to win. Because in addition to winning
Apart from that, nothing has a positive effect on our team's relegation. Therefore, no matter whether the opponent in this game is 1860 Munich or not, we have only one goal, which is victory!"
Yes, in order to avoid relegation, Schalke 04 must defeat any opponent.
Schalke 04's results this season were very poor, making the club's top management very dissatisfied. A long time ago, the former Bundesliga champion coach Magath was fired due to poor results. Then his replacement was Eich
Cohen, but he was also fired due to poor performance. Then Tuchel's mentor, the famous German football professor Rangnick, became the head coach of Schalke 04.
After he took office, the team's performance improved, and the top management was very satisfied.
Moreover, the senior management of Schalke 04 has great trust in Rangnick and believes that Rangnick can lead the team to avoid relegation and win the German Cup.
The team supports Rangnick unconditionally.
Rangnick is now confident about defeating 1860 Munich. He claimed, "Our team's strength is definitely the top in the Bundesliga. We should have competed for the league championship. But because we dug too many holes at the beginning of the season, we are now in the
Fill in the holes. I think we can defeat any opponent in Germany, and I am confident of winning this game." .??.
This game is also a good opportunity for Dortmund.
At this time, the people of Dortmund actually supported their city rival Schalke 04. The two teams in the Ruhr area actually stood on the same front at this time. This is really rare.
It’s almost called peace day in the Ruhr area.
Dortmund's head coach Klopp said something at this time, "I think Schalke 04 is still very strong. They should be our competitors on the road to the championship. They have big problems this season.
, so the results were very bad. But now they have woken up and their condition is very good. I believe they can beat Munich 1860.
Yes, everyone in Dortmund hopes that Schalke 04 can beat Munich 1860.
Ever since, countless fans in Germany have turned their attention to the home game between Schalke 04 and Munich 1860.
This game is also the last game before the international break. After this league is over, there will be no league games until April. In this game, the Schalke 04 people will definitely give their best.< br>
March 20, 2011, Veltins Stadium, Schalke area, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Today's Schalke 04 starting lineup has changed a lot from the first round match between the two sides. The specific lineup is as follows
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The back four from left to right is Escudero, Metzelder, Papadopoulos and Atsuto Uchida.
Midfield four from left to right Jurado, Annan, Kruger and Farfan
Double forward Gavranovic and Raul
This change is a bit big, with five people replaced. At the center back position, Hervedes was injured and missed the game. This was a last resort. Full back Escudero replaced Schmitz.
, this was Rangnick's choice. Midfielders Annan and Kruger replaced Rakitic and Jones, and even Huntelaar on the striker was replaced.
It can be seen that Rangnick's movements are quite big.
This is not the strongest lineup of Schalke 04, so after Tong Yi saw it, he was very confident about this game.
Today, Munich 1860’s starting lineup is as follows
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Back four from left to right Sandro, Senderos, Otamendi and Rukavina
Midfield four from left to right: De Bruyne, Matic, Nainggolan and Witsel
Double forward Costa and Griezmann
This lineup has also changed a lot from the first round match between the two sides. Both full-backs have been replaced. Alaba is still recovering from injury, and Walker is in the normal rotation. Midfielder Nainggolan replaced Gilberto
, Witsel replaced the seriously injured Perisic.
There are no changes on the front line, they are still the same two people.
To be honest, Tong Yi still misses Perisic very much.
However, Perisic is still recovering from his injury, and the specific time for his return from injury is still uncertain.
beep!
At this moment, the referee of this game suddenly blew the whistle to start the game.
The first to kick off was the home team Schalke 04. They assumed the attitude of playing at home and attacked fiercely from the start. Obviously, they really came for victory, not just for words.
With a bang, Kruger in the midfield suddenly called a diagonal pass and passed the football directly to the feet of Farfan on the wing.
Farfan immediately made a pass and the football flew into the penalty area of Munich 1860.
Gavranovic jumped high and shook his head towards the goal.
Boom, the football was pushed over the bottom line by Otamendi first, and the clearance was successful.
Otamendi performed well.
Corner kick, Schalke 04 got the first corner kick of the game.