Chapter 980 Champions League Quarterfinals

After playing the league with Manchester City, Aston Villa ushered in the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals against Galatasaray.

Given that Aston Villa beat their opponents 6-0 in the first round, everyone knows that Aston Villa is basically going through the motions in this game.

Before the game, Aston Villa coach Fang Jue made it clear that the team will rotate in this game.

"We respect Galatasaray, the reason for the rotation is that some players are too tired, that's all."

It is not surprising that Fang Jue said that he will rotate, but when the game started and people saw Aston Villa's starting lineup, they were still shocked.

Fang Jue's rotation is not so much a rotation, but a complete dispatch of Villa's second team.

The goalkeeper is Italian veteran Cudicini.

The central defender combination is Italian veteran Nesta and teenager Stones.

Left back is Danny Rose.

The right back is the Italian player Santon.

The midfielder is a double midfielder configuration of Greno and Pogba.

In the frontcourt are Shinji Kagawa, James Rodriguez, Vardy and Italian veteran Philippe Inzaghi.

Among the starting eleven, except for Hamei and Vardy who are the main players in the rotation, the other players are all substitutes in the true sense.

Not only that, check out Aston Villa's bench:

N'Golo Kanter and Jack Grealish, who were temporarily promoted from the reserve team and youth team to the first team, are on the list.

There are also young goalkeeper Eliot Parris and central defender Siren Clark trained by the youth training.

A bunch of reserve teams and youth players plus Lewandowski, Milner, Mane and several other main players.

On the Galatasaray side, it can be said that the main force is out.

Even England commentators John Mortensen and Lineker said that with such a starting configuration, Aston Villa may usher in their first defeat in the Champions League this season.

However, after 90 minutes of the game, everyone was stunned.

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The score of the game was 3 to 2. Aston Villa, who played from the bench, won against Galatasaray.

Not long after the start of the first half, Sneijder opened the scoring for Galatasaray.

This makes many people worry that Aston Villa will lose, or even lose badly.

However, Aston Villa did not panic after conceding the ball.

And in more than 30 minutes, Hamei assisted Vardy to equalize the score.

At the beginning of the second half, Aston Villa's performance shocked everyone:

Italian veteran Inzaghi and French teenager Paul Pogba scored twice within 10 minutes to rewrite the score to 3-1.

Galatasaray did not pull one back until the last minute of the game with a goal from Drogba.

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"We only saw Aston Villa line up with a full substitute lineup, but in fact, the strength of the substitute eleven is not weak." Zhan Jun said.

"Nesta's performance is still very stable. Beside him, Stones was a little nervous at the beginning, but under Nesta's precepts and deeds, his performance in the second half of the game was obviously much better."

"Pogba's performance is getting better and better. I don't know if Ferguson will regret letting Pogba go."

"Inzaghi's goal is a typical Inzaghi goal, Shinji Kagawa sent a precise anti-offside pass."

"Kanter and Glarish made their Champions League debuts. Kanter performed very steadily, and it was not at all obvious that this was his first time playing in the Champions League. Glarish also had an impressive performance."

The "Guardian" also sighed after the game, "This Aston Villa's bench is deeper than last season, and this Aston Villa is the scariest." '

The perspective of the "Daily Mirror" is quite magical, "This is the first time that Gulleno played a game and no opponent player was sent off by a red card."

The newspaper analyzed that perhaps it was the 6-0 score in the first round that made Guerreno feel that there was no need to make a bigger move in the game...

This matchday, there are only two Champions League knockout matches.

Except for this match between Aston Villa and Galatasaray.

In another game, Borussia Dortmund beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 at home.

The two sides scored 2-2 in the first round in Donetsk.

Dortmund eliminated the Ukrainian league giants Shakhtar Donetsk with a total score of 5-2 in two rounds, and reached the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League with Aston Villa.

A day later, two more UEFA Champions League quarter-finals started.

Defending Serie A champion Juventus defeated Celtic 2-0 at home and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 5-0 in the two rounds.

Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 with Valencia at home, and Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 away in the first round. This Ligue 1 local team finally eliminated Valencia with a total score of 3-2 and advanced to the Champions League League quarterfinals.

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Aston Villa's 29th round of the Premier League on the weekend was postponed to mid-April because of Aston Villa's FA Cup match.

Their FA Cup quarter-final opponents are Blackburn Rovers.

Before the game, when the media was looking forward to this FA Cup game, they used the phrase "Blackburn was trembling".

Aston Villa, who rotated all the main players in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, really went all out in this FA Cup match.

Lewandowski scored twice.

Ibrahimovic has a pass and a shot.

Mane, De Bruyne and Modric also scored a goal.

Aston Villa's terrorist attack group scored six goals and finally beat Blackburn 6-1 at the 'home' St. Andrews Stadium, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup this season.

In the other three FA Cup quarter-finals, except that Manchester United and Chelsea reached a 2-2 draw at home, the two sides will choose a rematch.

Wigan Athletic beat Everton 3-0 away.

It was just announced that coach Mancini was dismissed from get out of class, and Manchester City, led by assistant coach Kidd, beat Barnsley 5-0 at home.

According to the schedule, Aston Villa's opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals will be Wigan Athletic.

Manchester City will compete with the winner of Manchester United vs Chelsea for another final ticket.

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Four days later, the other four battles in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League were over.

Barcelona beat AC Milan 4-0 at home. After losing 2-0 away in the first leg, they successfully made a comeback and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 4-2.

Malaga defeated Schalke 04 2-0 at home and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League with a total score of 3-1, becoming the dark horse of this season's UEFA Champions League.

Malaga coach Pellegrini has also become the number one favorite for Manchester City's new coach by virtue of the team's outstanding performance.

Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-1 away and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 3-2.

Bayern Munich was tied 2-2 at home by Porto. However, the score of 3-1 away in the first leg was enough to ensure that Bayern Munich successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League with a total score of 5-3.

So far, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League this season have all been born:

Aston Villa, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Malaga, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

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On March 15th, UEFA held a draw for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League in Nyon.

Fang Jue did not go to the scene to participate in the draw ceremony. Aston Villa arranged for the club's general manager Byron to attend the draw ceremony.

Fang Jue watched the live broadcast of the lottery at home with his family.

The draw for the upper and lower halves will take place first.

Aston Villa, Real Madrid and Malaga, as well as Borussia Dortmund were drawn into the top half.

Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Juventus were drawn into the bottom half.

Then draw the matchup situation in the upper half.

Aston Villa were the first to be drawn.

Fang Jue waved his fist happily.

According to the rules, the team that is drawn out first plays away and then at home.

The game sequence of first away and then home is relatively favorable. As long as a relatively good result is obtained in the first round of the away game, it is very beneficial for the team to advance.

The camera gave close-ups of senior club officials from Real Madrid, Dortmund and Malaga.

All three were expressionless, especially the general manager of the Malaga Club, who looked a little nervous.

Aston Villa is definitely not willing to be encountered by any team.

This season's UEFA Champions League final is played at the new Wembley Stadium in London, England.

The lucky draw guest is Arsenal legend Adams.

Adams fumbled for a long time in the signing box with his hand, and finally took out a signed ball.

Then unscrew the sign ball and take out the folded note.

Afterwards, Adams took a look, showed a strange expression, and then unfolded, saying: "Real Madrid."

When Adams pronounced Real Madrid's name, there was silence, then a burst of laughter.

Aston Villa and Real Madrid have met in the knockout stages of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, and the two teams are likely to become new enemies.

Aston Villa was eliminated by Real Madrid last season. The referee's penalty caused controversy after the game. Fang Jue also angrily complained that the referee was unfair, which caused an uproar.

This time, Aston Villa and Real Madrid meet again, which is full of gimmicks.

Fang Jue and Aston Villa wanted revenge.

Can Mourinho beat Fang Jue again?

And Bell returned to Birmingham as an opponent.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Aston Villa star Zlatan Ibrahimovic collide.

These are all topics.

Although there is no evidence that this is the result of UEFA's deliberate arrangements, considering UEFA's consistent urgency, it is said that there is no trick behind the meeting between Real Madrid and Aston Villa, and no one will believe it.

Aston Villa and Real Madrid face off.

The other two teams in the upper half, Borussia Dortmund and Malaga, are fighting each other.

The camera captured that both Dortmund and Malaga were smiling.

Malaga avoided the powerful Real Madrid and Aston Villa, although Dortmund is also very strong, but this is already the best result.

As for Dortmund, Malaga, the weakest of the top eight, was drawn. This is a super gift package, and I am so happy.

Subsequently, the situation of the matchup in the second half was also announced.

Aiming to make a historic breakthrough in the Champions League, the local tyrant Paris Saint-Germain drew Guardiola's Barcelona.

Bayern Munich drew Serie A giants Juventus.

The result of this match obviously disappointed Paris and Juventus, who wanted to meet together.

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When Adams announced that Aston Villa's opponent was Real Madrid, Fang Jue stood up and waved his arms vigorously: Oye!

Compared with Malaga, the weakest of the Champions League quarterfinals, and Dortmund, which was beaten by Aston Villa in the group stage last season, Fang Jue is more eager to meet Real Madrid.

Fang Jue was very upset when Aston Villa was eliminated by Real Madrid last season.

He longs for revenge!

It's just that he doesn't know when he will be able to meet Real Madrid again. After all, no one can predict the result of the draw.

Maybe it will be difficult for Aston Villa to meet Real Madrid in three to five years.

Unexpectedly, a year later, they would meet Real Madrid again.

Fang Jue naturally guessed that UEFA might be behind the result of the draw. This was to create suspense and gimmicks.

However, Fang Jue is not angry, he still has to thank UEFA for giving him such a chance to take revenge.

The next morning, Fang Jue was blocked by reporters at the door of his house.

"Mr. Fang Jue, Aston Villa met Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. Now everyone is saying that this is an arrangement of UEFA. Aston Villa met the strongest team in the upper half. Will you angry."

"Why are you angry?" Fang Jue asked directly.

"I'm very happy. I want to thank UEFA for this result." The handsome head coach smiled brightly. "Aston Villa now has a chance for revenge. I am looking forward to the match against Real Madrid as soon as possible."

The reporters were excited.

"So, you are confident that Aston Villa will knock out Real Madrid and advance?"

"Of course." Fang Jue nodded. "Actually, everyone knows what happened last season. We are the ones who deserve to be promoted."

Is this going to be fired by Real Madrid?

The reporters were even happier.

"I want to correct you, you made a mistake just now." Fang Jue said.

"What?" The reporter was stunned.

"The strongest team in the upper half is not Real Madrid." Fang Jue pointed to himself, "It's my Aston Villa!"

Even the reporters obviously didn't expect Fang Jue, who was always 'gentle and refined', to act so aggressive this time.

"It's crazy." Watching Fang Jue drive away, a reporter said.

"Crazy?" A local reporter in Birmingham said proudly, "Isn't Aston Villa the strongest?"

Some reporters wanted to refute that Real Madrid is also very strong, but they didn't say it after all.

After all, they are English journalists. It would be inappropriate to publicly say good things about Real Madrid. This is a political mistake.

Fang Jue's tough remarks soon hit the headlines of major newspapers.

"Obviously, after being eliminated by Real Madrid last season, coach Fang Jue has been thinking about revenge. This time he meets Real Madrid again, and he is very satisfied that the opportunity for revenge has come."

"Fang Jue showed an unprecedented tough attitude and aggressiveness. We can fully expect that this will be a very exciting two-round match."

The reports from England are relatively positive, and they are quite satisfied with the aggressiveness and self-confidence shown by Fang Jue.

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The Spanish side is very unhappy.

"Marca" is very unhappy with Fang Jue's statement that Aston Villa is the strongest team in the upper half, "A team that lost to us last season is saying that they are the best. This is really ridiculous." '

"Aspen" sarcastically said, "Fang Jue said that he wanted revenge. Don't add new injuries in the end, it would be ridiculous."

Real Madrid coach Mourinho is naturally not a good person, and was asked by reporters about Fang Jue's remarks.

Mourinho raised his head and said, "He may have forgotten who went mad after being eliminated last season. Just like someone forgot, I will let him recall it again at Villa Park Stadium."

A reporter immediately reminded Mourinho that Aston Villa's Villa Park Stadium has been torn down and rebuilt, and now Aston Villa's temporary home is St. Andrews Stadium in Birmingham City.

"That's a pity." Mourinho shrugged. "It's good that Villa Park has avoided embarrassment and crying."

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