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On April 5, the Red Rebels traveled to Italy to challenge Juventus away. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mourinho knew that Juventus must be anxious to get back the score at home, so he adopted defensive counterattack tactics away from home, arranging Mikel, Fabregas and De Rossi to play at the same time, leaving Ronaldo, Messi and Villa, three fast players in front of him to counterattack.

Fabio Capello's side started the attack, but the Red Rebels appeared to be solid, surviving Juventus' opening three axes and quickly organising a couple of dangerous counter-attacks, including two close shots.

The Red Rebels' sharp counterattack made Capello really break out in a cold sweat, and it also made the Juventus players dare not let go of their hands and feet to attack, even if they attacked, the speed was very slow, which made it easy for the Red Rebels to defend.

The reason for the slowness is that Juventus are afraid of making mistakes, because the faster the pace of the game, the easier it is to make mistakes both offensively and defensively, and relatively speaking, the Red Rebels from the Premier League are more adapted to the fast-paced game than Juventus.

"Fabio Capello has a big headache about whether his team should be fast or slow!"

"It's easy to make mistakes quickly, and the Red Rebels are based on defensive counterattacks, although they are not conservative, but their defensive strength is not lost to Juventus, but the counterattack is very sharp, very fast, the previous two counterattacks almost made Juventus suffer, Capello did not dare to take risks, after all, with the characteristics of Juventus's players, it is not fast at all!"

"But slow down, the Red Rebels' defense is more powerful, Juventus is not the kind of Barcelona kind of technical team that can embroider under the feet, it is more difficult to break through the Red Rebels' defense, and the Red Rebels' layers of advance in a slow pace are also quite threatening."

The Red Rebels are happy to play a slow stalemate with Juventus because they already have three goals in their hands, and even if this game is 0-0, Juventus will lose.

Although the Juventus fans shouted hoarsely, they couldn't make much noise, because Juventus didn't have a high attendance and many large numbers of empty stands.

"With the current staffing of the Old Lady, Capello's favorite harassing players fill the Juventus squad, coupled with the Red Rebels' big win in the first leg, the away side must be pragmatic, so there is no way that this game will be full of passionate spectators, so the attendance is not high."

Since Capello took charge of Juventus, the Stadio Alpes has been one of the worst teams in Serie A with home attendance, not to look at those attendance statistics, but to look at attendance, especially compared to previous seasons, but even the Champions League quarter-finals of the knockout round of 8 attendance is low, which shows that fans have lost confidence in this game.

In the knockout round of the Champions League, there is a law, that is, the team that wins the first leg at home has an 87% chance of qualifying if it wins the first leg 2:0 or more, while Juventus loses 3:0 away, and the possibility of qualifying is very small.

Don't blame Mourinho for going to the back three and playing a defensive counterattack, after all, this is a knockout round, in the case of a big lead in the first leg, and then a big offensive football away from home, it is not a pursuit of gorgeousness, what is unrestrained, but pure brain water!

"Juventus's 442 tactics are obviously outdated, in the Red Rebels' 4321 tactics, in the two legs of the game, they failed to take even the slightest advantage in the midfield, in modern football, which is increasingly emphasizing the midfield, to gather superior forces in the midfield, rather than prematurely into the front, this is the real way to control the game!"

Of course, this is not to say that the more people in the midfield, the more advantageous it is, after all, the personnel arrangement should also pay attention to a reasonable distribution, arrange their corresponding positions according to the characteristics of different types of players, and give full play to their technical characteristics and abilities, which can integrate the players into a whole.

Capello had foreseen the situation on the field, but he failed to adjust, sitting in the dugout for the whole game, no one knew what he was thinking, maybe he had already given up on this game.

At half-time, Capello also did not make any changes to the line-up, but only made changes to the players in some details, which made Juventus' performance in the second half slightly improved, but the overall still failed to threaten the Red Rebels.

In the 60th minute, seeing that Juventus had given up a little and the players had lost their aggressiveness, Mourinho knew that the game was almost over, so he replaced De Rossi with Aguero in advance, replaced Ronaldo with Walcoat, and replaced Villa with Ismael, so that these young people could get familiar with the atmosphere of the Champions League knockout round.

The three substitutions immediately left the Red Rebels' midfield full of players under the age of 20, the oldest of whom was Ismael, who had just turned 19, and the England youngster had already had a wealth of Premier League and Champions Cup experience and was in good form and was hailed as the next generation of England's powerful centre-forward.

The young players always seem to be particularly motivated, especially the young players of the Red Rebels, who want to show themselves in front of the manager one by one and prove their strength in this kind of high-profile Champions League match, so as soon as the young people of the Red Rebels come on the field, they overwhelm Juventus on the field.

Cesc Fabregas continued his excellent performance in the last game, and he really looked like he had opened up in this game, combing the Red Rebels' midfield in an orderly manner, and also had a few dangerous passes, but unfortunately Juventus's attack was not good, but the defense was still very good, and they were all resolved!

The final score was 0-0, and neither the Red Rebels nor Juventus could score!

…………………… After the Red Rebels ate Juventus, the other matches of the Champions League quarter-finals have also come to an end.

In the other game, also in the bottom half, Villarreal failed to repeat Xiao Yu's submarine miracle in his previous life, this time stopping in the last eight as they faced Carlo Ancelotti's Blues instead of Inter Milan.

Chelsea beat Villarreal 2-0 cleanly at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, with Emerson and Ballack at the back completely overpowering Riquelme and not allowing the Argentines to perform the feat of beating one team again, especially Ballack, who was outstanding in this game.

After a period of adaptation, the Prussian Great's strength at Stamford Bridge was evident in attacking and defending, and it was difficult to see his role if it was just from the live TV footage, because whether it was attacking or defending, he was more in the form of running without the ball to support his teammates, while the TV camera was chasing the football.

In the second leg, Chelsea drew 1-1 away at Villarreal, and although home defender Arua Barrena scored for Villarreal in the 58th minute, Frank Lampard stubbornly equalised for Chelsea in the last minute to ensure Chelsea progressed to the last four 3-1.

As a result, there will be an English derby in the second half of the semi-finals, and the Red Rebels will meet Chelsea, which also makes all Premier League fans feel helpless and regretful, with the excellent performance of the two teams this season, they are fully likely to be in the final, but now they meet in the semi-finals, which is really regrettable.

In the other two games in the first half, AC Milan won against Inter Milan, Mancini was based on attack at home, and did take the lead thanks to goals from Adriano and Martins, but Inzaghi's goal at a crucial moment saved AC Milan's hope, and after returning to home, AC Milan eliminated their local rivals with Gilardino's goal.

Barcelona eliminated Lyon 2:0 over two legs without any suspense, Samuel Eto'o scored a brace at home and sent Barcelona to the semi-finals of the Champions League with his own goal, while Lyon was forced to draw at home and lost away, ending in the last eight.

As soon as the results came out, the whole European football scene was once again shaken, especially the Red Rebels and Chelsea, who reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive season, while teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal stopped at the group stage and the round of 16, which was also hailed as the rise of new forces in the Premier League.

"Just look at the Premier League this season, Liverpool, Manchester City, Droysden and other teams have risen rapidly, and have squeezed Arsenal out of the top four of the league, and even Chelsea's Champions League quota is in jeopardy, we have enough reason to believe that there will be more fresh faces in the Champions League next season, and the Premier League will perform even stronger!"

…………………… After the two-legged knockout rounds of the Champions League, the Red Rebels returned to the league and Mourinho arranged a rotation of some players to win 1-2 away at Aston Villa, which also allowed the Red Rebels to maintain their position as league leaders.

However, on the following day, Liverpool also won 1-0 at home to Bolton Wanderers to keep the pressure on the Red Rebels, while Manchester United won 2-0 against Arsenal thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney and Diego, and Chelsea and Manchester City also won back-to-back.

This has made the Premier League table more and more clear, especially with the Red Rebels and Liverpool both performing steadily, gradually widening the gap with Manchester United and Manchester City.

So far, the suspense of the league title has been between the Red Rebels and Liverpool by one point, while Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea are battling it out for Champions League qualification, while Arsenal and Droysden have been challenged by Tottenham, especially Arsenal, who are in jeopardy of even qualification for the UEFA Cup after losing to Manchester United.

The next five games will be crucial for the Red Rebels as Liverpool's five opponents are relatively weak, with Blackburn Rovers away, Fulham at home, West Ham United away, Aston Villa at home and Portsmouth at home.

The Red Rebels' opponents are away to Arsenal, home to Bolton, away to Newcastle, home to West Ham United, and away to Everton.

Another headache is that the Red Rebels also have to juggle the Champions League against a difficult Chelsea side, which will inevitably distract the Red Rebels, while Liverpool is focused on the league, the Reds are currently determined to win the league title, and Benitez has also found his key to victory.

Looking at the schedule, in the 34th round of the league, the Red Rebels away to Arsenal was scheduled for April 15, and the 35th round of the league, which was originally scheduled for the 17th, was temporarily rescheduled to May 2, in the hope that the Red Rebels could focus on the first leg of the Champions Cup semi-finals on the 19th.

On April 22, the FA Cup semifinals, the Red Rebels challenged Middlesbrough away, which made the 36th round of the Red Rebels league adjusted to May 4, and on April 25, the Red Rebels will participate in the second leg of the Champions Cup semifinals; On April 29, the 37th round of the league, and on May 7, the 38th round of the league.

From April 15 to May 7, in this short period of 23 days, the Red Rebels had to play a full 8 games, and on average, they had to play one game every 3 days, which was definitely another difficult devil's schedule for the Red Rebels.

Facing a strong opponent and a frequent schedule, the Red Rebels have a one-point advantage in the league standings, but the current situation is not good for the Red Rebels, on the other hand, Liverpool, only the league can fight for them, although the schedule is also intensive, but they can easily deal with it.

In this case, it can be said that the Premier League title race can lead to a change of ownership with just one mistake, and the eyes of fans all over the world are focused on the Premier League, after all, in other leagues, there is basically no suspense about the ownership of the championship.

Jose Mourinho and the coaching staff are well aware of the test that the upcoming schedule will be for the Red Rebels, so after the 33rd round of the league against Aston Villa, the Red Rebels were rested, and Xiao Yu specially invited the club's players, coaching staff, laboratory and staff to have dinner at the Newton Heath training base.

At this dinner, Xiao Yu did not give any indicators to the club, but he told everyone present about what the Red Rebels have experienced this season, and everyone found out that the Red Rebels have been so difficult this season.

"Yes, the schedule is very difficult for us, but I'm thankful that we have a great group of players, a great coach, and a great staff, and it's because of your support that the Red Rebels have been able to get to where they are today, and it's not easy, I can't ask you to do more!"

"Now we have before us an epic road to glory, although it is not smooth, but we have to overcome it, I always believe that as long as we all come together, we can overcome all the difficulties, and by that time, we will be at the top of the Premier League, at the top of Europe, proudly telling everyone that we are invincible Red Rebels!"

"I'm confident!" Xiao Yu pointed at himself, and then at the player, "I believe that you must be very confident, right?" ”

"Yes!" The players, coaching staff and staff shouted in unison, and their necks turned red one by one, looking extremely excited.

Indeed, it has not been easy to get to this point this season, every player has been through a lot, and for them, this season is a season to be proud of, whether it is successful or not, and it is very rewarding.

But in the dictionary of the Red Rebels, there is only one belief, and that is to never say never!

(To be continued)