Young Football Player

Chapter 361 The red and blue battle in the Champions League

The results of the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals came out, and the media from various countries began to analyze the pros and cons of their own teams.

Juventus played against Monaco, it should be a satisfactory draw for both Serie A and Ligue 1.

Needless to say, the old lady, it was a 100% good draw to draw the weakest team in the quarterfinals.

For Monaco, they are the weakest team in the quarter-finals. Although everyone who draws is a death lottery, they still hope to draw a more promising opponent. Juventus is an opponent who does not seem to have such a high degree of death. .

Since Juventus was relegated due to the phone door that year, Juventus has come back again, and has begun to establish dominance in Serie A. Serie A has won three consecutive championships, but there has never been a single achievement in the Champions League.

Take a look at all of Juve's Champions League results after Calciopoli.

Out of the top sixteen in the 08/09 season, out of the group stage in the 09/10 season, out of the top eight in the 12/13 season, out of the group stage in the 13/14 season.

Entering the quarter-finals of the Champions League this year, Juventus has already tied their best record in the Champions League after Call Gate.

In fact, Juventus also has a tradition of being weak in the Champions League. They have reached the Champions League final 7 times before and only won 2 times.

With 5 runner-ups, they are the team with the most runner-ups in the Champions League, tied with Bayern and Benfica.

Such a team that has been weak in the Champions League for a long time can still give Monaco some hope.

In fact, the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, Juventus and Liverpool, are the only two teams that advanced to the second place in the group.

Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid, this series is not only a civil war in the same league, but also a derby in the same city. The two teams just do it and it's over.

However, the Champions League derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has happened a long time ago. The first time in the history of the Champions League is that Real Madrid played Atletico Madrid.

The state of Atletico Madrid this season is not very good. After all, they have lost key players. As for Real Madrid, they have led La Liga for most of the season, but recently there has been a significant decline in state and they have been overtaken by Barcelona.

After losing the Champions League final last season, Ancelotti did not dismiss get out of class. He led the team to the Champions League final in the first season, and also had a King's Cup champion, which is already considered an acceptable result.

But although he kept his handsome position,

But it is not stable.

Ancelotti will definitely win the championship this season, and there are definitely not enough champions at the Copa del Rey level. He must have the La Liga champion or the Champions League champion, otherwise he will definitely be dismissed.

In fact, Real Madrid has been eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey, and they have no chance even if they want to win the Copa del Rey.

Both La Liga and the Champions League are very important to Real Madrid, and they are also very important to Ancelotti.

Barcelona vs. Bayern, this is a standard series of strong battles, and they are the two highest-level teams in Europe. Of course, the attention is very high.

But in general, Barcelona's MSN combination is getting better and better. Although Bayern can continue to dominate the Bundesliga, Ribery and Robben are both injured, and they are basically reimbursed for the season.

Without Ribery and Robben, Bayern may still find it difficult to compete with Barcelona.

But Guardiola returned to the Nou Camp, this alone is enough for the media to organize the news.

The Premier League civil war between Liverpool and Chelsea is also a very high-profile series.

The Reds against the Blues, if the time is pushed forward a few years, then this series will be commonplace in the Champions League, and it will be staged every year.

From the 04/05 season to the 08/09 season, it was the peak period of the Premier League. For five consecutive years, every year, a Premier League team reached the Champions League final, and every year there would be a Premier League civil war in the Champions League.

But what is even more amazing is that it is really inexplicable to see Liverpool play Chelsea in the Champions League every year.

Two teams from the same league have met in the Champions League for five consecutive years. This is history.

But now, the Champions League grievances between the two teams will be staged again, and the sixth red-blue battle in the Champions League is coming.

The two teams met in the UEFA Champions League five times before, played a total of 10 games, Liverpool got 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, which is considered a slight disadvantage.

In the 04/05 season, Liverpool and Chelsea met for the first time in the Champions League. It was in the semi-finals. Liverpool drew 0:0 away from Chelsea, and returned to the home court to eliminate their opponents with Luis Garcia's ghost goal.

The reason why it is called a ghost goal is because Mourinho declared after the game: "That is a ghost goal, I don't know where she came from, maybe from the moon, maybe from the stands."

It was a lob shot by Luis Garcia, and William Gallas made a barb clearance on the goal line. No one knew whether the ball was scored, because there was no goal line technology at that time, and the replays in the broadcast screen also watched Not sure if it went in or not.

Then the referee thought the goal had been scored, and Mourinho insisted that the goal must have been missed, and that his team was eliminated by a ghost goal.

In the 05/06 season, because Liverpool won the Champions League last season but failed to reach the top four in the Premier League, there were many problems. UEFA asked Everton, who was fourth in the Premier League, to give up the Champions League place to Liverpool. The arch-rival Everton resolutely refused, so Liverpool won a special case of the Champions League to start from the first round of qualifying.

Because it is a special case, UEFA made it clear that Liverpool and other Premier League teams will not have any avoidance principles.

So Liverpool went all the way from the first round of the qualifying round to the group stage, and then they were drawn into the same group as Chelsea. It was the only time in the history of the Champions League that teams from the same league met each other in the group stage. That's it. produced.

Although Liverpool drew with Chelsea in the two games of the group stage, Liverpool still managed to squeeze Chelsea to second place in the group.

This forced Chelsea to qualify second in the group, and then encountered Barcelona in the top sixteen, an opponent who also had a deep grudge with Chelsea, and was eliminated by the opponent.

In the 06/07 season, Liverpool and Chelsea met again in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Liverpool lost 0:1 away, but returned home and won 1:0, and then successfully advanced with a penalty shootout.

In the 07/08 season, Liverpool and Chelsea met again in the semi-finals of the Champions League. At this time, Mourinho had already dismissed get out of class, and Grant led the team to the red-blue battle.

Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1:1 at home in the first leg, and also drew 1:1 in the second leg at Stamford Bridge in 90 minutes, and the two sides entered extra time.

In overtime, Chelsea scored two goals in a row, but Liverpool only scored one goal, so Chelsea eliminated Liverpool with a total score of 4:3. This is the first time they have eliminated Liverpool in the Champions League red and blue battle.

In the 08/09 season, Liverpool and Chelsea met in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

At this time, both Liverpool and Chelsea are going downhill, but it is obvious that Liverpool's decline is more obvious.

Liverpool lost 1:3 at home in the first round. In the case of being eliminated in the second round, Liverpool fought back and once took a 2:0 and 4:3 lead. These are just one more goal to be eliminated. Chelsea's key score.

But in the end, Liverpool still couldn't hold on, and played a big score of 4:4 with Chelsea, and was eliminated again.

Since then, Liverpool has gradually declined. Although Liverpool also participated in the Champions League in the next 09/10 season, they failed to qualify for the group stage.

And this season, Liverpool once again entered the Champions League knockout round after many years, but immediately encountered Chelsea again, and the red-blue battle in the Champions League will be staged again.

When this match is over, the number of battles between Liverpool and Chelsea will reach 12. This is not only the highest number of matches between the same group of teams in the UEFA Champions League, but also high among all UEFA Champions League matchups.

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have played the most games against each other in the Champions League, and they have only played 16 games against each other.

Now, Liverpool and Chelsea will play 12 games in the Premier League civil war.

In fact, among the five major leagues, the total number of domestic battles in the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 is less than 12 games.

It is also worth mentioning that the current head coach of Chelsea is Jose Mourinho.

When Mourinho was still at Chelsea, he would never hesitate to play Liverpool in the domestic arena, but every time he met Liverpool in the Champions League, he couldn't take advantage of it.

Later, when Chelsea were able to beat Liverpool for two consecutive years, he had already left Chelsea.

In short, Mourinho has never led Chelsea to knock out Liverpool in the Champions League.

Now this time, it will probably be his chance to prove himself.

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