Midfielder

The quarter-finals of the Champions League have always been full of sparks. At this stage, no team is playing any tricks to hide their strength. All the confrontations are real and the scene is quite hot.

Of course, there are not many goals in such fierce confrontations, but the scene will definitely be very intense. This confrontation between Liverpool and Juventus is such a case. The referee on duty showed a total of seven yellow cards throughout the game.

However, compared with the confrontation between Lyon and Eindhoven, they seem to be a small witch meeting a big witch, because in this round of Lyon's home game, a total of ten people on both sides were yellow cards, including one player from Lyon and Eindhoven who was sent off with a red card. After the game, the players of both sides almost got into a group fight.

Hiddink and Le Guen also had a bit of a collision between Mars and the Earth at the press conference after the game. Le Guen accused the players of Eindhoven of rough actions and strong aggressiveness, while Hiddink countered that this was a normal confrontation, and even if it was a foul, it was just part of the football game, and his team did nothing wrong.

If Chelsea is always very good at this kind of stranglehold on the court, then if Mourinho watched this game, he would also sigh for the two teams, because the battle between Lyon and PSV Eindhoven was no longer a simple stranglehold, but a murder, especially PSV Eindhoven's midfield interception.

PSV Eindhoven knew that Lyon's strongest players were concentrated in the midfield and frontcourt. Until the start of the quarterfinals, Lyon had scored a total of 27 goals in the previous eight games, leading the second place by as many as nine goals. You can see from the numbers how fierce Lyon's midfield and frontcourt attack is.

In order to prevent his team from becoming a tragic victim like Bremen, Hiddink asked PSV Eindhoven to send two Korean players who could not run to death in the midfield, one was Park Ji-sung and the other was Lee Young-jok. The old Dutch man had already made up his mind to entangle the opponent tightly in the away game, at least to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

Even if they frequently use foul tactics, they have to prevent Lyon from playing smoothly, especially for Juninho, they must stay close to him and use their feet to trap the absolute soul of the Lyon team. They must keep an eye on him, otherwise, once he starts to move freely, it will be a big trouble for Eindhoven.

The skills of Korean players are indeed very ordinary, even rough, but you can't deny that these guys who eat spicy cabbage every day are quite able to run, especially the guy named Park Ji-sung, who is simply a live donkey on the court, running from the beginning of the game to the referee blowing the final whistle, without taking a breath in between.

Juninho was confused by Park Ji-sung's constant running. Anyway, the core midfielder of the Lyon team did not play at the usual level in this game. Except for creating a chance for Wiltord to score in the eleventh minute of the first half, he did not perform at all, and all his energy was wasted on physical confrontation.

Not only did the two Koreans make up for the lack of midfield strength of PSV Eindhoven with their frequent running on the field, but Van Bommel also defended PSV Eindhoven's central defense with his toughness and ferocity. Lyon's advancement was blocked by this guy many times, and his feet contributed a lot of steals throughout the game.

But the Dutchman's ferocity also earned him a yellow card, but his ferocious performance did make the French very uncomfortable. Diarra and others' attacks were often directly strangled by this guy in the middle. Lyon began to become sluggish in the offense, and their two wingers in this game also played very hard.

Gowu and Malouda's breakthroughs always encountered obstacles from the opponent, especially the side that Bouma was responsible for defending, which became Gowu's nightmare. In the whole game, Gowu didn't even have a breakthrough that could successfully break through the opponent's defense line. His wing was almost useless. Lyon's two wings flew together, and one wing was broken immediately.

I really don't know if it was bad luck. Anyway, Lyon played very badly throughout the game. Even their home goal was playing tricks on them. Juninho's free kick hit the crossbar very unlucky, and Malouda's cut-in shot also hit the post. Such luck also made Le Guen annoyed and threw things.

Lyon's lead was equalized by the opponent after nearly 70 minutes. Dutch veteran Cocu made a strange arc shot from outside the penalty area, rubbing Govu's scalp into the goal guarded by Coupe. The tragic Govu not only did not contribute in the offense, but also became the opponent's goal hero very depressed.

After paying enough price, PSV finally got away from the away game, and they also took away an away goal on Lyon's territory. Now it is probably Lyon's turn to be melancholy. After all, the Dutch away game is not so easy to conquer. The old guy Hiddink is quite cunning.

Monaco was eliminated after suffering a setback at PSV Eindhoven's home stadium. Now it's Lyon's turn. Although Juninho vowed before the start of this game that they would avenge Monaco at home, now he has to worry about whether his team can make it to the semi-finals.

The first two games of the first round were so intense that many fans were already excited. They were looking forward to the last two games. However, compared with the match between Chelsea and Bayern Munich, most fans were still looking forward to the confrontation between the two Milan giants, which was the highlight of the quarterfinals.

Even UEFA's broadcast focused on the confrontation between the two Milan giants, but Mourinho was very supportive of this decision. He didn't want Chelsea to always be the focus of public opinion. It was the most correct choice to quietly defeat Bayern Munich. He liked the feeling of moving forward quietly.

However, Mourinho's only regret might be that he couldn't talk to his players in the locker room before the game. He didn't know if those guys could walk into the stadium with murderous intent. After all, Brito's eloquence was indeed a little worse than his.

In order to prevent the UEFA officials from having any excuses, Mourinho could only choose to stay away from the stadium. He completely delegated power in this game, leaving everything from on-the-spot command to response to Brito. However, he may trust the players more than his own tactical arrangements.

Mourinho himself may not know that his worries are completely unnecessary, because even if Brito did not speak, the beasts of Chelsea would not lack fighting spirit, especially Lampard, Lin Yi and Terry. With them, everything is worry-free.

Brito did not say anything, but the three guys had already written a line on the blackboard in the locker room, "Fight for victory, for the head coach to win this game!" Like them, the Chelsea players also walked out of the locker room one by one, howling.

"It seems that there is nothing for me to do?" Brito even looked confused when he walked out of the locker room, because he suddenly found that being a temporary head coach in Chelsea was not as difficult as he thought, and these beasts did not need to be deliberately driven.

Even if Mourinho was relieved, they would fight hard on the field. Moreover, they were already unhappy with the Germans during the pre-match warm-up. Before entering the locker room, these guys suddenly shouted on the sidelines, "Stamford Bridge! Unbeaten!"

Do we need to stimulate their anger now? There is no need, because these guys have no lack of bloodthirsty nerves in their brains. The guys from Bayern Munich should be the ones who need to be most worried, because these beasts are already grinding their teeth.

I don't know what Magath thinks of the roar during the warm-up. Anyway, the players of Bayern Munich looked at each other in bewilderment. They may not have thought that the guys from Chelsea would be so fierce before the game started.

But when the players from both sides filed out of the tunnel, the guys who were still roaring just now had become very quiet, but Ballack, who was not far from Lin Yi, clearly felt that the eyes of the black-haired boy contained a very dangerous signal.

Magath on the sidelines didn't have this feeling. He just glanced at Brito standing on the other side of the sidelines. He was wondering what kind of tactical arrangements Mourinho would let his assistant make. Could the Portuguese take everything into account?

Although Magath didn't know what Mourinho could do, all he could do was to win away from home. A draw was not within his consideration. This tough German came for victory, so he also sent all the main players.

The goalkeeper will always belong to Kahn. As long as the lion king is not injured, he is the first choice to guard the goal of Bayern Munich. As for Rensing, who has been clamoring to usurp the throne on the bench, in Magath's eyes, he is not even talented.

The four defenders of the back line, Sagnol, Lucio, Kovac and Lizarazu, are lined up. Magath did not intend to choose to stick to the defense, so his two full-backs are good at assists, especially Sagnol, whose ability to break through Arsenal's defense on the wing. Now Magath hopes that this guy can continue his good form at Stamford Bridge and try to find a gap to break through Ferreira.

Hargreaves, Frings, Ballack and Ze Roberto guard the midfield, and this lineup is strong enough.

However, Magath finally did not wait for Makaay to return in time on the front line. In desperation, he could only rely on Salihamidzic and Guerrero to attack Chelsea's defense.

Chelsea did not have so many injuries, so Mourinho did not make any adjustments except letting Duff take a temporary rest, letting Thiago replace him, and Drogba returning to the main lineup.

Mourinho doesn't care whether Bayern Munich is coming on strong or not. He requires his players to stick to their own style of play. This is our territory! WHO is afraid of WHO!

The collision between German tanks and English chariots is imminent. . .

(Looking forward to the collision between the Heat and the Celtics. The playoffs will only start from the second round. . .)