Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 191: The Impact of Two-Front Operations (Guaranteed First Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 191 The impact of two-front operations (first update guaranteed, please vote for me!)

On February 23, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ended.

For the Italian side, the tone of this first leg was one of sadness and despair.

Both AC Milan and Roma were upset successively and lost to their opponents at their home courts. Among them, AC Milan lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0:1, and Roma was even worse, allowing the opponent to score three goals at home and losing to Shakhtar Donetsk 2:3.

Inter Milan supporters first laughed at AC Milan and then Roma, but then they were also unlucky. They lost to Bayern Munich 0:1 at home.

Of the four Italian teams that have reached the top 16, only Napoli's performance is exciting. They defeated Lyon 4-0 at home.

No wonder "Gazzetta dello Sport" said that February 22nd was "a sad day for Italian football."

The two giants of Milan all failed in their home stadium, and the traditional strong team Roma lost to the team from Ukraine. The pride of Italian football needs to be defended by grassroots teams like Naples. It really makes people feel. Ironically……

Italian football is indeed in decline.

This reality makes many Italian fans feel sad.

If there is any surprise in this first round of the game, Chen Yingxiong's hat trick counts as one. Arsenal's 2:1 victory over Barcelona at home counts as one.

Everyone has always believed that Barcelona is invincible - last year's semifinal discourtesy against Inter Milan was only a mistake and an exception - especially this season's Barcelona, ​​with Mourinho's Real Madrid, was once considered It is a team that can challenge Barcelona's dominance, but at Camp Nou, they lost a humiliating 0:5. This game made the whole of Europe feel that Barcelona was invincible. But Arsenal just beat Barcelona at their home court. Although the opponent got an away goal, victory is still a victory.

In the Champions League scorer list, Messi did not score, Eto'o did not score, and only Gomez scored one goal. Now Germany's "Super Mario" is tied with Eto'o with seven goals.

Chen Yingxiong's name is on the list for the first time this season, and the number after his name is - "3".

The whole of Europe is discussing whether Naples' Chen Yingxiong can complete an unprecedented comeback and retain the title of top scorer in the Champions League while playing six fewer games. He is now four goals away from the top two scorers. Originally, this should be a huge gap, but when you think about a game before, he was still seven goals away from first place, you suddenly feel that the four-goal gap is not worth mentioning at all...

Some European bookmakers have offered different odds for whether Chen Yingxiong can defend the top scorer title, ranging from six to one to thirty-three. It can be seen that the bookmakers are not sure. I don’t know. Should we be optimistic about Chen Yingxiong or belittle him?

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March 1st, the last game of the 27th round of the league, is the key battle of Serie A. This is the battle between the first and second league. Logically speaking, this game should be a close contest.

However, the impact of Naples' two-front battle on the entire team began to show. Naples, who played all the main players, lost to AC Milan 1:3 in the away game. During the game, most Napoli players looked tired, even though they did not have a double match this week.

This is the impact of continuous two-front operations. Basically, one-third of the league has been played, and the physical strength accumulated by the players since last summer has been almost exhausted. At this time, when there is a two-front operation, the Champions League's The pressure is much greater than in domestic leagues.

In terms of dealing with two-front operations, the traditional giant AC Milan is far better than Naples.

Naples lost to AC Milan, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief. If they continue to win like this, they will probably lock in the league championship in advance like Chen Yingxiong... That would be too boring.

They may not hate Naples, but AC Milan's victory will help increase the suspense of the league this season, which is what everyone wants to see. Except for Naples fans, no one wants them to win the championship early.

AC Milan, currently ranked second in the league, defeated Naples, ranked first. Although the rankings of the two teams have not changed, the points gap between them has narrowed from four points to one point.

This is a gap that makes people think a lot.

A one-point difference, and considering that Naples will face the test of two-front battles in the domestic league and the Champions League, this point may become a watershed in determining the final league championship winner.

Is Naples holding on to this point? Or will AC Milan complete the reversal in one go?

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Losing the game against AC Milan made the entire Naples team very frustrated. Before the game, they all knew how important this game was.

Everyone is working hard to defeat their opponents, which can widen the gap between the two sides and prepare enough "strategic depth" for the next Champions League game.

If they can defeat AC Milan, Naples will gain a gap of up to seven points, which is a considerable lead for the league.

The result failed to go as expected, which naturally frustrated the entire Naples team.

Even Chen Yingxiong, who scored one goal in the game and scored his 26th goal of the season, was not interested.

"I scored? Yes, so what, the key is that we lost!"

The loss to AC Milan was really crucial. The one-point difference meant that the team would not be able to relax for a long time and would have to tighten the strings. In this way, who knows when it will collapse, maybe in the domestic league, maybe in the Champions League, the worst thing is that both lines collapse at the same time...

No one wants this result.

But the fact is that after losing to AC Milan, everyone's nerves immediately became tense.

On the way back to Naples from Milan, there was much less laughter among the players.

Even Mazari frowned and felt a headache.

But now is far from the time to worry about the team's precarious situation in the league. Naples is about to face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Although they are already four goals ahead at home, football is round. Who knows what will happen at Lyon's home court?

Naples, which has played against UEFA many times, does not dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, Mazzarri still has to field his strongest lineup in this game and keep his spirits high.

In fact, for a team like Naples, they should have made a choice between the league and the Champions League a long time ago. After all, their bench thickness is far less than that of the giants, and they do not have the strength to fight on multiple lines and blossom on multiple lines.

The smart thing to do is to finish the battle in one battle and choose a front to break through.

Many teams of the same caliber as Naples will choose the Champions League. Because the league is too long, a slight mistake may lead to extremely serious consequences. The Champions League is different. The Champions League is a home and away knockout tournament. Excellent performance in one or two games can take you further in this competition until you reach the finals. If you have better luck, it is not impossible to win the championship.

The Champions League is an investment project with quick results. If you want quick success and quick profits, you have to choose the Champions League.

As for small and medium-sized teams, they don't want the giants to have such strong strength, funds, and heritage. Therefore, it is easier for them to choose the strategy of quick success. The Champions League is a big stage, and it is obviously more cost-effective to become famous on this stage than to work slowly in the league.

There is a more important reason - money.

The UEFA Champions League bonus distribution plan for the 2010-2011 season is as follows - entering the top 32 will directly receive a bonus of 3.9 million euros. For each game in the group stage, you can get 550,000 euros. After six games, it will be 3.3 million. 3.9 million plus 3.3 million equals 7.2 million. This 7.2 million Ten thousand euros is a fixed bonus, which is available regardless of whether your team advances from the group. This is also the main reason why many small teams are trying their best to enter the Champions League. They don't want to win the championship, they just want to get the 7.1 million euros. This money is still a huge sum of money for a small team. You can still do a lot by saving a little money. Some teams can do a lot of things in a year. The financial budget may be less than 7.1 million euros...

In addition, if you can win in the group stage, you will get 800,000 for each win, 400,000 for a draw, and nothing for a loss.

This is an additional bonus, but many small and medium-sized teams may not count on it. Those teams from small leagues in Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and other small leagues are basically the targets of their group. Winning? Extravagant hope.

Each of the sixteen teams that enter the knockout stage will receive a bonus of 3 million euros, and if they advance to the quarterfinals, they will receive a bonus of 3.3 million euros. The top four are 4.2 million. In the end, whichever team can win the Big Ears Cup at Wembley Stadium will receive a bonus of 9 million euros. Even the runner-up will receive 5.6 million euros.

For those teams that are capable of upsets, the Champions League is obviously more attractive than the league - the league's income mainly comes from television broadcast distribution. The TV broadcast fee distribution plans of each league are different, but one thing is the same. Yes, that is, the giants always get the big share, and other teams get the smaller pieces of the cake.

It's not like the Champions League, where results speak for themselves.

Therefore, mid-level teams are more inclined to compete in the Champions League. Even if they fail to win the championship in the end, it is good to take one more step forward in the Champions League.

A team like Naples is the kind of team that must bet on one end. The Champions League has greater benefits, so it is obvious that they should choose the Champions League. In the domestic league, with Naples' current strength, it is easy to guarantee the top four, and the top three is not a problem. As long as it can guarantee that it will continue to participate in the Champions League next season, it will be victory. League championship? Stop daydreaming!

But now Naples has this idea - not only do we want to go further in the Champions League, we also want to win the league championship!

Naples is a team that is not afraid of anything. Since the era of Maradona, they have always played the role of challenging the rules and defying authority. They want to gain glory on two fronts at the same time. This idea is not suitable for them. It couldn't be more normal...

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