The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 481 The Champions League top 16 is out!

"Dip, drip, drip~~~"

After three whistles, Chelsea's group stage journey came to an end.

This battle ended with Chelsea winning 10:0.

Although Qarabak did not score a goal, they never gave up attacking from beginning to end. They even got 38% of the ball possession rate. If the old captain had not been sent off with a red card in advance, resulting in a gap in the number of people between the two sides, the game would have been the same.

More exciting.

Lee Polo, who completed his hat trick within three minutes of the first half, did not continue his killing spree in the second half. Instead, he focused more on taking care of his younger brothers.

Taking advantage of his physical advantage as a center forward, he successively assisted Pedro and Remy to complete the goals, and then Golovin also added icing on the cake with his personal ability.

It was not until the last 10 minutes that, under the strong request of Cesc Fabregas, he received assists from Fabregas and Remy, raising his personal goal number to 5.

Despite the crushing defeat, Qarabak received applause from the Stamford Bridge fans.

——Such an opponent who fights to the death and remains unyielding is truly worthy of respect.

Lee Polo even agreed to their request and took a group photo of each of them individually, including the captain who received the red card!

After all...this team from Azerbaijan, even if it can win the league championship every year, is not qualified to participate in the Champions League.

Being able to compete with the world's number one superstar is already the honor of their lives!

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When Chelsea slaughtered the guests from afar at home, another game that was going on at the same time also came to an end.

Although Atletico Madrid was playing at home, they were punished by UEFA and had to face Roma behind closed doors - which was almost the same as playing on a neutral ground.

The home court advantage was in vain, and many of their players were suspended. Head coach Simeone could also only control remotely. Roma directly turned against the visitors and won 1:0 with Dzeko's goal.

The final ranking of this group has also been settled.

Roma topped the list with 4 wins, 2 draws and 14 points, while Chelsea had 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and 13 points, ranking second.

As for Atletico Madrid, which had only three draws, they could only defeat Qarabak in the end and reluctantly went to play in the Europa League!

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With the Champions League group stage over, the top 16 list has also been released, including several dark horses.

In Group A, Manchester United showed up strongly two rounds in advance, but the other qualifying team was not Benfica or Army Moscow, but Basel, which was the least promising.

There is no suspense in Group B. Bayern and Paris qualify together. The two giants both have 15 points. However, with Neymar and Mbappe, Paris has extremely fierce offensive firepower. It has scored 12 more goals than the Bundesliga South King!

Group C was originally a group of death, but Dortmund was in an extremely sluggish state. They only scored 2 points in 6 rounds. They could only watch the last Champions League champions Valencia and Tottenham join hands to qualify. Tottenham also relied on their goal advantage to overwhelm the bat.

The legion won the first place in the group.

In Group D, Juventus and Barcelona qualified early with a crushing attitude. However, Juventus, as the seed team, was double beaten by Barcelona in two rounds and could only become second in the group.

There is no suspense in Group E. Real Madrid and Liverpool, one with 13 points and the other with 12 points, advanced to the knockout rounds side by side. Spartak Moscow, as the seed team, was nothing more than giving away points to them.

There was a small accident in Group F. Napoli, who was originally considered second only to Manchester City in strength, unexpectedly overturned and lost hope of promotion early, becoming a stepping stone for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Group G is a group of death where novices are pecking each other. After the four teams Monaco, Porto, Besiktas and Leipzig fought against each other, the results were shocking. Monaco, which lost Mbappe, lost 4 of 6 games and 2 losses.

After a draw, they played in a complete mess and could only be ranked at the bottom of the group, and were eliminated together with Leipzig, the Bundesliga rookie who participated in the Champions League for the first time!

The top 16 list is as follows:

First in the group: Manchester United, Paris, Tottenham, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester City, Porto, Roma.

Second in the group: Basel (Swiss Super League), Bayern, Valencia, Juventus, Liverpool, Shakhtar (Ukrainian Super League), Besiktas (Turkish Super League), Chelsea.

Among the top 16, the Premier League has clearly become the biggest winner, with all five major players participating in the competition breaking through.

Because Atletico Madrid was beaten so badly by Chelsea, La Liga, which originally had four teams expected to advance, only got three tickets.

Serie A also has Juventus and Roma two teams selected, while Ligue 1 and Bundesliga have only one team.

The Eredivisie and the Russian Super League were completely wiped out. Instead, the champions of the Portuguese Super League, the Turkish Super League, the Swedish Super League, and the Ukrainian Super League each got a ticket.

The draw for the knockout rounds will take another week, but according to the draw rules, Chelsea can already guess their opponents.

In addition to opponents in the same league and group, the Blues can choose from four teams: Paris, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Porto.

Porto is the weakest team in the first pot. Drawing them is equivalent to automatic promotion, but no Chelsea player wants to encounter this big gift package!

Lee Polo’s statement is very representative:

"We are willing to make our contribution to the promotion of the Champions League!"

His implication is clear:

Chelsea is willing to meet any super giant on the same road!

Use two rounds of exciting battles to create hot topics for the UEFA Champions League!

For example... he can't wait to return to the Camp Nou or Bernabeu that he has been dreaming about and longing for!

How will the fans there welcome him?

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After the final round of the group stage, Conte gave the participants a day off.

One day off is already the limit of what he can do.

Because in three days, Chelsea will go to the away game to face West Ham United.

West Ham United, nicknamed "The Hammers", is not a soft persimmon!

They are terrifyingly hard!

On December 7, Chelsea players regrouped at the Cobham training base to prepare for the next round of the league.

Although the Hammers are only ranked fourth from the bottom in the standings and are actually only 2 points away from the relegation zone, when they face wealthy teams, they often burst out with astonishing potential.

For example, they made Manchester City suffer a lot in the last round of the league. If it weren't for De Bruyne's last-minute assist to David Silva for the winner, the Hammers almost took away a game from the Etihad.

The draw made Blue Moon fall behind in catching up with Chelsea.

As a mid-to-lower-tier team, there are really a few players in the Hammers team that I have to mention:

For example, Andy Carroll, the first parallel importer in the history of the Liverpool team, has a peak net worth of 35 million pounds.

The Mexican little pea, Hernandez, who moved between Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Leverkusen.

Argentinian full-back Zabaleta just arrived from Manchester City on a free transfer.

The transfer fee exceeds 20 million pounds for Austrian thigh Arnautovic and Ghana international Jordan Ayew.

Ogbonna, a tall and multi-million pound central defender who once played for Juventus.

There is even the veteran national goalkeeper of the Three Lions - Joe Hart.

To be fair, given the paper strength of their lineup and the fact that head coach Moyes is not mediocre, they should not have been reduced to near the relegation zone...

Therefore, Conte's coaching team does not dare to be careless at all.

If they fail to defeat the Hammers, who just lost to Manchester City, not only will they look bad in appearance, but they will also be overtaken by Manchester City in the standings!

This is undoubtedly a major blow to Chelsea, which has led 7 rounds!

"I know that after entering the devil's schedule, everyone will feel tired, even N'Golo (Kante) or Polo will not be exception."

Before training, Conte expressed his concern for the players:

"But these are not reasons for us to relax. On the road to defending the league championship, every game is a tough battle. Winning the championship has never been easy..."

After finishing the chicken soup, he turned to arranging the lineup:

"In order to maintain combat effectiveness, we will continue to adopt a partially rotated lineup in the next round. We hope that the players who get the opportunity will not disappoint!"

Led by Hazard, the players who did not participate in the Champions League immediately started gearing up.

Finally, Conte looked at Li Polo again:

"According to your schedule, you may have to rest in the next round of competition."

Li Polo shrugged his shoulders:

"Coach, I can start."

Conte did not relent:

"I hope you respect the arrangements of the coaching team, which is also to keep you in better shape."

As a head coach, his considerations are not wrong.

From November 22 to December 5, he participated in all five games as a starter in just two weeks. Any normal player would feel both physical and mental exhaustion.

Although Li Polo has a plug-in protective body, Conte... doesn't know that he is not normal!

Li Polo could only accept the coach's kindness:

"Ok, I can sit on the bench and pass towels to my teammates."

The authority of the head coach was maintained, and Conte nodded with satisfaction:

"Then just appreciate the performance of your teammates!"

(End of chapter)