Chapter 1160 Big Boss, Thugs and Bans

The quarter-finals of the Champions League this season are very interesting.

There are three La Liga teams among the eight teams, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League, two Bundesliga teams, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.

The Serie A team was wiped out in the round of sixteen.

And this season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 also has a particularly interesting phenomenon, that is, all the teams that qualified first in the group defeated the team that qualified second in the group and won the quarterfinals.

As early as when the quarter-finals were drawn, many media reporters began to write articles to analyze this phenomenon in depth, believing that this was a signal of changes in the strength and weakness of European football, especially the complete decline of Serie A.

Of course, some people have counted that Serie A is the league with the least investment in the transfer market over the years.

To put it bluntly, professional football burns money.

Real Madrid's opponent in the quarter-finals is Borussia Dortmund, another German team, but Real Madrid is at their home court. With Yang Yang's hat-trick and Isco's goal, Real Madrid beat Dortmund 4-0, which made everyone feel great Eye-popping.

Ancelotti once again arranged a three-five-two formation in this game, and at the same time liberated Isco, which aroused praise from media reporters after the game, because this season, Real Madrid played in three-five-two, four-three Switching back and forth between three and four four two, even four three two one Christmas tree, and they all played well.

The main reason is that the team's bench is thick enough to adapt to different tactics, which makes opponents a headache.

With one foot in the semi-finals, Real Madrid will face another matchup in the top half, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two teams are also close to each other. As a result, in the first leg at Old Trafford, although Manchester United scored first, Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger quickly equalized the score for the German team. Shake hands and make peace.

But this is not a small advantage for Bayern Munich, because they have an away goal.

Moyes' team has not performed well this season and is currently only ranked seventh in the Premier League. The results can be said to be quite bad. Many people are even worried that they are likely to lose the Champions League next season, or even the Champions League. Battle qualification.

Real Madrid is also paying close attention to the news of Manchester United, because the Galaxy Battleship has always been full of interest in Manchester United's goalkeeper De Gea, and De Gea is Manchester United's best player this season, and his overall strength has improved greatly.

Compared with Manchester United's poor performance, Guardiola's team performed very well in the Bundesliga. They played an unbeaten record of 25 wins and 3 draws in 28 games. They are the only two unbeaten leagues in European football. team, the other is Real Madrid.

But Real Madrid's performance is even better, because it is the only team that remains unbeaten on all fronts.

Judging from the results of the first round, Real Madrid's most likely opponent should be Bayern Munich.

After playing Dortmund, Real Madrid did not rest, because the next league is coming.

But on the next night, many Real Madrid players, including Iker Casillas and Ramos, gathered at Yang Yang's home to watch the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

As a result, everyone was surprised.

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One to one!

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, in the huge living room, more than a dozen Real Madrid stars were a little silent.

Because they really don't know what to say.

Barcelona was forced into a one-on-one by Simeone's team at their home court. This has to be said to be a big upset, because it means that Barcelona lost the opportunity in the first round of the game.

"Simeone's team is getting dirtier and more stable. This kind of defense will give anyone a headache." Harvey Alonso shook his head and sighed. He has always been the favorite of the Real Madrid team to think. And analyze one of the players.

"Pique was wronged, he was slapped by Diego Costa for no reason." Ramos smiled rather gloatingly.

It happened in the twelfth minute of the first half, when Atletico Madrid made a long pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and Diego Costa and Pique competed for the top together, but Diego Costa was squeezed away by Pique.

Pique is also very cunning in playing football, with many small moves and rich experience. This time when he was fighting for the top, he wanted to take off on Diego Costa's shoulders, both to suppress the opponent and to grab points.

If it is someone else, you will be suppressed by you, and you will feel angry at most. This kind of thing is too common in the game, not to mention Pique, Ramos does this kind of thing a lot, To put it bluntly, this is a defensive technique of the central defender.

But Diego Costa is also a bad guy. When he saw Pique pressing him to take off, he simply walked away without arguing.

Pique originally jumped with the body of Diego Costa. As soon as the Brazilian striker walked away, Pique lost his balance in mid-air and fell to the ground with his buttocks first.

This fall was really miserable, and Pique was thrown off the field directly.

However, Diego Costa was also unlucky, and he was replaced soon after he suffered a thigh muscle strain, but Diego, who came on as his substitute, scored a world wave in the second half and opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

For Diego Costa's move, the Real Madrid star group, the onlooker group, also has mixed reviews. Some people think it should not be done, but some people think it should be taken for granted, because Pique's move itself is annoying.

Of course, Yang Yang secretly observed that most of those who supported Diego Costa were attacking players in the frontcourt, and those who thought it shouldn’t be were mostly defenders. Every attacker in the field learns from Diego Costa's loss.

The final score of the game was one to one, and Barcelona was at a disadvantage, but generally speaking, this is a pattern of two tigers competing.

Barcelona paid the price of Pique's serious injury, and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa is expected to miss the second leg.

"Judging from the current situation, Atletico Madrid still has the upper hand." Yang Yang analyzed.

The main reason is that Atletico Madrid's defense is fundamental, so Diego Costa's injury has an impact on their offense, but the defense has little impact, and they must play defensive counterattacks, but Barcelona is different, the defense itself is weak, Once Pique is absent and the frontcourt offense cannot start the situation, the defense line will be in danger.

"Except for the opening stage, Barcelona basically found their own rhythm, and their passing and possession cooperation is also good, but they can't do anything about Atletico Madrid's defense. Twenty-four fouls..."

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled wryly as he looked at the big statistical data after the game.

This is the style of Atlético Madrid.

Simeone is like a gangster, and Atletico Madrid's players are like his thugs, a group of ruthless characters.

Sometimes Yang Yang even thinks that a player like Diego Costa can only play the greatest tactical value under a coach like Simeone.

"The number of interceptions is also thirty-five." Harvey Alonso noticed other statistics, "On the whole, Atletico Madrid's tactics have played a role, but the foul tactics themselves are very problematic, especially in the knockout stage. If you get another card, you will be suspended."

Although over the years, many teams and fans have called on UEFA to restructure the Champions League to prevent some players from missing important games due to yellow card suspensions, but in fact, so far, UEFA has not made a decision. Maybe from next season, the yellow cards will be cleared in the semi-finals, but the details have not yet been announced.

In other words, there are still considerable risks in Atletico Madrid's style of play.

Of course, from the team's point of view, Atletico Madrid has no choice, because their strength itself is only like this. It is already quite rare for Simeone to bring this team to this level. Not enough, they don't have enough financial resources to build a more complete and stronger team, so they can only maximize the team's strength on the existing basis.

From this point of view, both Atletico Madrid and Simeone are worthy of respect.

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House seemingly endless rain.

Just after Barcelona suffered a one-to-one draw with Atletico Madrid at their home court, they ushered in a transfer ban from FIFA.

As early as 2007, FIFA established a system to specifically inspect and supervise the transfer regulations of professional players, part of which is specifically to supervise and protect the transfer of players under the age of 18.

For example, if Barcelona wants to introduce a young player, it must first be within 50 kilometers from the training base. There is no age limit. For non-EU players under the age of 18, the player's parents must work in the club's country and must not be employed by the club.

In the past few years, Barcelona's La Masia has introduced ten foreign players under the age of 18, six of whom have been banned by FIFA, and there are three Korean teenagers among them.

This time, FIFA also issued a strict order to prohibit Barcelona's transfer registration for the next two transfer periods.

Barcelona is in the process of understanding and appealing this, because once it is implemented, it means that from now on, Barcelona will not be able to buy players during the summer and winter break transfers in 2015, which will be extremely fatal to Barcelona .

Just suffered a setback in the Champions League, and finally ushered in a transfer ban from FIFA. For a while, it seemed that the whole world was against Barcelona. It was even more furious, and some people even believed that this was Real Madrid's manipulation behind the scenes, hoping to prevent Barcelona's footsteps in the Champions League and Copa del Rey finals.

However, regarding the external situation and the allegations made by the media and fans, Real Madrid has always remained silent and stayed out of the matter.