Time passed day by day, and on February 20, the pre-war fire of the Champions League quarterfinals began to spread.

Various countries and media are analyzing the eight matches in the quarterfinals, and the most eye-catching of the match between Barcelona and Chelsea is undoubtedly the match.

Barcelona's strength cannot be questioned, and Chelsea, the English upstart, has swept across the entire UK under Mourinho's leadership this season. Even Manchester United and Arsenal cannot compete with them. Both teams are very strong, which is only one of the reasons. In addition, Mourinho's own experience can also become the leader in the game.

Twelve years ago, in 1992, Mourinho had not yet become a football coach. Because he was proficient in eight languages ​​and was very talented in languages, Mourinho was attracted by Bobby Robson, who served as the head coach of the Porto club, and became his translation and assistant. In 1996, Mourinho followed Robson to Barcelona, ​​Spain, and was still a part-time translator and assistant coach. After Bobby Robson left Barcelona, ​​Mourinho continued to serve as the interpreter and assistant coach of the new coach Van Gaal. It was not until Van Gaal was dismissed that Mourinho left Barcelona.

Mourinho has a four-year relationship with Barcelona. He was once just a translator for Barcelona. No one expected that five years later, Mourinho has led the strong Chelsea and met Barcelona in the Champions League knockout round.

So, the truth is really impermanent.

In short, the showdown between Chelsea and Barcelona has become the focus of the world, and it is also the most popular game in the eight games of the quarterfinals. In comparison, competitions such as AC Milan and Werder Bremen, the collision between Inter Milan and defending champion Porto are not very eye-catching. After all, whether it is Werder Bremen or last season's defending champion Porto, they are not on the same level as Milan.

Italian media believe that the two Milan heroes don’t know the luck. There is no suspense about their entry into the quarterfinals.

Another match they are more concerned about - the match between Juventus and Lyon. Lyon is the best team in France in recent years and has performed very well in the Champions League. This is a very strong opponent. Although it is a French team, it must not be underestimated. Italian media generally believe that this game will be more difficult.

In contrast, the Italian media's match between Roma and Manchester United is considered a game of "unless a miracle"... As the name suggests, unless a miracle occurs, Roma will definitely be eliminated by Manchester United.

This is what the Italian media thinks about the game.

It’s not that they discriminate against Roma or something. This is entirely due to strength, lineup and history. Manchester United and Roma have no record of matchup in history, and the two teams cannot say anything about intersection. However, Manchester United has rich experience in the Champions League, while Roma has almost no experience in the Champions League knockout stage. Naturally, Manchester United won this aspect.

In terms of strength, although Manchester United was overthrown by Chelsea this season, we should never underestimate Manchester United's strength. In the Champions League, it is different from the domestic league. After all, this is a two-game decisive game between home and away. Instead of maintaining a season of state like the league, a team like Manchester United, even if the league is weaker, will definitely be a strong team in the Champions League, let alone Manchester United's strength itself is stronger than Roma.

In short, no matter how you analyze it, Rome has little chance of victory.

However, Italy will still report on both sides. After all, Roma is also a team representing Italy in the Champions League and entering the knockout round.

A lot of news is good for Manchester United.

News came two days before the game, and Manchester United confirmed that the team's top striker Van Nie has returned and will participate in the game against Roma. Before that, due to hernia surgery, Van Nie has been resting for more than three months.

Coach Ferguson said in an interview, "Van Nie is the most perfect No. 10 player in my mind. He is ready to wait for Roma to arrive."

Van Nie is the greatest European scorer in Manchester United's history. He scored 36 goals in 37 games. He is expected to return to Roma tomorrow. However, Ferguson obviously does not intend to let Roma guess his trump card. He does not want to reveal whether Van Nie starts or enters the 16-man roster, but he confirmed that the Dutch has completely recovered from injury.

In an interview with Manchester City Evening News, Ferguson revealed, "Rud has returned, he is in good form, has performed well in training, and he is ready to come back to compete. I did not arrange for him to play in the game against Everton and worry about the quality of the turf at Goodison Park. I will not disclose whether he starts, but he always has a good goal record in European competitions and he is a great shooter."

Van Nie's return is good news for Manchester United. Ferguson can play another card, and it is a very good card.

Before this, Ferguson had been pairing with Rooney and Smith for two forwards.

Wayne Rooney transferred from Everton to Manchester United last summer. Rooney, who was only nineteen years old at the time, was worth 27 million pounds, almost equivalent to 40 million euros. In this regard, Zhang Tiehan can only look up to him. He transferred to Rome last season, and his net worth was only about 15 million euros. The two... are almost incomparable.

However, Rooney is worth a lot of money, fame, and specific strength, but she looks very immature than Van Nie. This season, Rooney played 24 times for Manchester United and scored only seven goals. When Van Nie was on the court, Rooney could only pull back and play the shadow striker.

Alan Smith also came to Manchester United last summer.

His value is 7 million pounds, but his performance is slightly worse than Rooney. In his 27 games, Alan scored only 6 goals. It is worth mentioning that Alan Smith is another star who has transferred from Leeds United to Manchester United since Cantona in 1992 and Leo Ferdinand in 2002.

Rooney's partner with Smith sounds good, but the English media believes that this is one of the main reasons why Manchester United competes in the league this season but Chelsea. The two partners' forward line is not as efficient as Van Nie himself, so it's no wonder Ferguson is dissatisfied with the forward line.

So Van Nie's comeback is of great significance to Manchester United.

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Media reports are naturally indispensable for interviews with celebrities. Among the celebrities interviewed, Italian coach Lippi is still quite heavy in speaking.

Speaking of this game, Lippi commented, "Roma has performed well in the league, and Drinel's tactics are very effective. They can now use their advantages to fight. But it is very difficult for them to win against Manchester United. The Premier League Red Devils have shown a very good state recently. They can easily find a way to win in the game."

After making predictions for the game, Lippi also praised the two new stars in Manchester United, saying: "Manchester United's Rooney and C-Ronaldo will become superstars in the football world. Their recent performance has forced me to applaud, although they will become my enemies in their respective national teams."

In addition to Lippi, the Italian football king Maradona recently commented on the Champions League matches of four Italian teams. When talking about Roma, Maradona specifically mentioned Zhang Tiehan's name. "He is very outstanding. I believe he can give his old club a blow at Old Trafford, but Manchester United will eventually win."

In short, the media, football celebrities and ordinary fans all believe that Manchester United will win.

Not only them, but even the Rome fans lack confidence. Some Rome fans said in an interview, "If the team is suspended in the quarterfinals, it is acceptable. We have not received much hope this season..."

It can be seen how disappointed the Roma fans are with the team.

There were also optimistic Roma fans who expressed their hope that the team would win. "I will go to Manchester to give it to the team at that time. Look, this is the ticket, I have already bought it." The Roma fan also showed the tickets in his hands to the reporter.

Tickets started selling two days ago. There are only 3,000 tickets issued by the Rome Club, and it is very difficult to buy one of them.

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Most people are not optimistic about Rome.

In Roma, the players are looking forward to the game, but they are not confident enough about whether they can defeat Manchester United. Everyone hopes to win, but when they think that the opponent is Manchester United, everyone has discussed the results in private, and they are not confident enough.

Zhang Tiehan also knows the team's situation.

This happened to a Serie A quasi-giant club. After all, in European football and even in world football, it does not exist that it can definitely defeat an Italian quasi-giant team. No team dares to say that, so Roma should have a chance no matter what, but Roma players don’t have much confidence, which is also related to Roma’s current situation, just as the media said. Roma’s biggest problem is that its defense is too poor.

Everyone knows the problem, and head coach Derenell also finds a way to solve it, but it is almost impossible to quickly solve the problem.

That's why everyone has no confidence.

Zhang Tiehan also knows this situation. He hopes that he can score a goal at Old Trafford Stadium, and he will work hard and have confidence in this. At the same time, he also hopes that the team can defeat Manchester United.

But his teammates didn't have confidence and he didn't know what to do.

So in the training match that day, Zhang Tiehan vented his worries on the goal, one, two, three, in just thirty minutes, Zhang Tiehan scored three goals by himself. You know, Derenell gave him the substitute team, and he faced the defense of Ferrari and Mex.

This performance surprised all the teammates.

At the same time, Ferrari and Mex could only defend Zhang Tiehan with bitter faces. They really didn't want to do this job. Zhang Tiehan is not that easy to defend. If you don't defend seriously, you will get angrily scolded by Del Nel, but if you are serious... it is definitely not a happy thing to fight head-on with this guy.

After several collisions, Ferrari felt pain all over her body.

Then he saw Zhang Tiehan coming again... he was here again... he was over! Ferrari kept cursing in his heart. Seeing Zhang Tiehan bring the ball over, he was about to make moves, but Zhang Tiehan waved his right foot and directly chose to shoot thirty meters away!

boom!

As many Italian commentators said, "This is a signature goal!"

With a long shot, he directly penetrated the goal of Pelizoli's handle. As a result, Zhang Tiehan got cheers from many off-court fans, and Ferrari and Pelizoli both got the angrily scolded by the young old man Derenell, "What are you doing! Defensive! Defensive! Pay more attention!"

After scolding Ferrari, the old man looked at Pellizoli again, "If you meet your opponent, Ivan, your goal has been pierced four times in half an hour. Yes, we have no chance."

What else could Pellizoli say? He could only smile bitterly.

Who made his team have such a pervert... The long shot from 30 meters away is a bit shocking even in training, especially such a shot is very common for this pervert. He cannot keep his eyes on Zhang Tiehan when guarding the goal, but as long as Zhang Tiehan gets the ball, his goal is in danger.

It's too difficult to keep it...

But no matter how you say, it was too much to concede four goals in more than 30 minutes, so Pelizzoli could only accept the old man's saliva.

In the 40-minute training match, Zhang Tiehan scored four goals by himself, which almost turned into his personal goal performance, but Zhang Tiehan didn't think so. The defense in such a training match was much looser than that of normal games. Just like Ferrari, he dribbled the ball and stepped forward, even if Ferrari couldn't defend, he wouldn't foul, and he didn't even have small moves. After all, this was just a training match.

So he thinks it's nothing to score four goals.

Derrinel also felt helpless. He launched the training match in the hope that everyone could find feelings and confidence before the battle, but Zhang Tiehan scored four goals by himself, and the training match lost its meaning.

You can tell from Ferrari's expression that his defensive confidence is worse than before.

After the training match, Zhang Tiehan walked to the sidelines with expressionless expression on his face, took the mineral water thrown by Toti, and took a big mouthful of it. Toti also came over and sat next to him.

Totti said, "Zhang, you are so awesome, you can score four goals!"

"They don't defend seriously." Zhang Tiehan shook his head. He didn't feel anything wrong. His condition and performance were not as good as in ordinary games, but his opponent didn't work too hard.

Totty shrugged, "That's great, I can score two when I perform well, but usually I don't even have the chance to score goals, let alone you were on the Yellow Team just now." The Yellow Team is a substitute team, and the main team is wearing a red training suit.

Zhang Tiehan was a little embarrassed by Toti's praise so directly. He rarely felt modest, "I'm just lucky."

Totty smiled, "Zhang, why did you suddenly become unconfident? You are obviously doing well, why should you say it badly, or it is down to luck?"

Zhang Tiehan was stunned and asked in confusion, "Is this Chinese modesty?" He was not sure.

"modesty?"

Totti didn't understand. As an Italian, it was difficult for him to understand why he didn't recognize his performance and insisted on shirking the excuses. In the end, he affirmed, "Zhang, I still think you are not confident."

Zhang Tiehan shrugged helplessly, "Okay, Francisco, I'm a genius. You know, the best genius in world football in a century! None of them!"

Totty burst into laughter.

"That's right, Zhang! You have to do this the day after tomorrow. If you work hard, then our hope for victory will be great."

"Of course, I will work hard." Zhang Tiehan did not hesitate when talking about the match against Manchester United.

Looking at Totti's back as he left, Zhang Tiehan suddenly felt inexplicable... Was he encouraged by Totti? Or what? What does this guy mean after talking for a long time?

He will find out soon.

Because many people came to "congratulate" him for scoring four goals and mentioned the game against Manchester United. Seeing everyone, especially Casano, Zhang Tiehan gradually understood that it was not to comfort himself, but to come here to find confidence.

Yes, I am not a 'soy sauce player' from Rome now.

I have the best performance in the team and scored the most goals. Now when I meet a strong opponent like Manchester United, it is very important to show confidence. If I have confidence, then my teammates will also have confidence when they see that they can score goals, and their teammates will have more confidence.

Before I knew it, I was also the "spiritual pillar" of Rome.
Chapter completed!