Chapter 557 Champions League Top 8 Draw

Although it has tied the longest league unbeaten record in team history, Real Madrid still have to wait a week to break this record.

Because there is a Champions League game in the middle.

On March 14, the Chinese Olympic team, which has secured the first place in the group, faced Saudi Arabia on the road.

The Olympic team without Lu Wenbin was beaten 2-1 by Saudi Arabia in the away game. Although they lost, it was irrelevant to the overall situation. Anyway, the Chinese team has already qualified, and there are more substitutes in this game.

For example, Lu Wenbin's fellow Wu Sihuo played for the Olympic team for the first time in this game.

After training in the German league, Wu Sihuo's ability has improved a lot compared to when he was in China.

In the future, it may be possible to play in the adult national team with Lu Wenbin.

Later on the same day, at 20:45 pm local time in Madrid, the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals between Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow officially began.

In the first round of the game, Real Madrid beat Moscow 4-1 away and had 4 away goals, basically announcing the end of the suspense of the second round.

Therefore, Mourinho did not even send all the main players to play in this Champions League, but only sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup.

Of course, Lu Wenbin, who did not participate in the Olympic team competition, played in the game, which can be regarded as an insurance for Real Madrid.

Sure enough, despite not being the main force, Real Madrid easily defeated CSKA Moscow 5-1 under the leadership of Lu Wenbin, and advanced to the quarter-finals with a score of 9-2 in two rounds. Lu Wenbin scored twice with goals and assists.

As long as Lu Wenbin plays, other Real Madrid players can basically easily defeat their opponents as long as they circle around Lu Wenbin.

Although it was easy to win the two 1/8 finals against CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid fans and the team celebrated enthusiastically after the game.

Because this is the first time in seven years since Real Madrid lost to Arsenal in the 1/8 finals of the 2004/2005 season, Real Madrid once again broke through the top sixteen and reached the top eight of the Champions League.

The hat of Sixteen Lang of the Champions League was finally thrown out by Real Madrid. It is no wonder that the players and fans were very excited because Real Madrid broke into the quarter-finals.

As the 1/8 finals were played one after another, there were a few more unpopular teams in the quarterfinals.

APOEL from Cyprus defeated the Ligue 1 overlord Lyon in the 1/8 finals and advanced to a big upset.

Marseille eliminated the defending champion Inter Milan with an away goal advantage, which is also a standard upset.

Without Lu Wenbin, the core of the attack, and other players who have achieved success and are getting older, Inter Milan, the triple crown winner last season, has lost its motivation to move forward.

Inter Milan has stopped in the top 16 of the Champions League this season, and only ranked seventh in the league. Not to mention the league championship, you may not even be able to qualify for the European war.

Inter Milan has reached a critical point of overthrowing and rebuilding.

Bundesliga Leverkusen's loss to Barcelona is not unpopular, but the score of 10-2 in the two rounds is even bigger than Real Madrid's 9-2 victory over CSKA Moscow in the two rounds.

Two days after the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals, on March 16, UEFA held a draw ceremony for the quarter-finals.

As a result, Real Madrid was so lucky that they drew the weakest APOEL in the quarterfinals.

Moreover, this draw also determines the situation of the semi-finals. Real Madrid is in the upper half, and the opponents in the semi-finals after advancing to the semi-finals are only the winners of Benfica and Chelsea.

Compared with the three giants of Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Barcelona in the lower half, the upper half is much easier.

Whether the opponent in the semi-finals is Benfica or Chelsea, it is not a problem for Real Madrid led by Mourinho and with Lu Wenbin.

As for APOEL, it was largely ignored. Regardless of the media or the fans, no one believes that they can stop Real Madrid's way forward.

After the Champions League quarter-finals draw, it is time to usher in a league where Real Madrid may create a new team history.

On March 18, in the 28th round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Malaga at home.

Real Madrid has already tied the longest unbeaten league record in team history of 31 unbeaten games before. If Real Madrid wins this game, they will create a new record in La Liga's unbeaten team history of 32 games.

Moreover, 32 unbeaten games will also become the second longest unbeaten record in La Liga history, second only to Real Sociedad's unbeaten record of 38 games across seasons created in the 1979/1980 season.

Therefore, this game Mourinho sent a full lineup, trying to win the game.

However, it may be precisely because of the pressure of being unbeaten for a long time and about to create a new history that the Real Madrid stars are a little timid and perform poorly.

In the 16th minute, Lu Wenbin pierced through Malaga's defense line with a straight kick, creating a single-handed opportunity for Benzema to fight offside. As a result, he hit the plane with his kick and didn't even hit the goal frame.

In the 27th minute, Lu Wenbin's powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area caused the Malaga goalkeeper to make a save. The ball bounced back into the penalty area and landed in front of Ronaldo.

As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo kicked this close-in shot opportunity. He didn't have the strength, and the goalkeeper reacted and threw the ball under him.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in a hurry to grab the ball, also received a yellow card for colliding with the goalkeeper.

On the other hand, Malaga, united as one, took advantage of a counterattack opportunity to score the first goal in the 33rd minute. Real Madrid fell behind 0-1 at home in a game that may create a new team history record.

There were even sporadic boos in the stands, which were the voices of some Real Madrid fans who were dissatisfied with the team's performance.

Although he already knew the pissing nature of Real Madrid fans and knew that these boos were not boosing him, Lu Wenbin still felt a little upset when he heard these boos.

The ups and downs of the players' state are too normal, and the long-term undefeated and the pressure to create a new team history record really make the teammates too nervous and not in the state, Lu Wenbin fully understands.

But this does not mean that one's own fans can boo players, which is really shocking.

Coming from Hoffenheim and Inter Milan, Lu Wenbin has never seen such fans booing his home team.

Real Madrid is a successful team, but Real Madrid fans are not a backing that makes players feel warm.

"Fortunately, I don't have to stay in Real Madrid forever, I can leave after only two seasons!" Lu Wenbin thought to himself.

Seeing that the team was falling behind and his teammates were not in shape, Lu Wenbin began to choose to fight alone.

Although Malaga attaches great importance to the defense of Lu Wenbin, it is impossible for any defense to be impeccable.

In the 44th minute, before the end of the first half, Lu Wenbin finally passed two people in a long-distance attack in a counterattack. In the penalty area, he lobbed an empty goal against the attacking goalkeeper and scored an equalizer.

Immediately, deafening cheers from the Real Madrid fans sounded from the stands, but Lu Wenbin didn't feel too excited, but felt that the Real Madrid fans were too realistic.

He just needs to do his job.

For the Real Madrid club and fans, he will not have such deep feelings for Hoffenheim and Inter Milan.