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Chapter 510 Champions League Knockout

With the La Liga No.20 seven rounds over, although Real Madrid lost to Mallorca, Deportivo, who ranked second in the league standings, also lost at the same time, which made Real Madrid still maintain the sixth place in the standings. With [-] games left in the next league, a six-point lead can be said to be a relatively safe score for Real Madrid.

On the last day of March 2001, Real Madrid, who had rested for nearly ten days, ushered in the No.3 eight rounds of the League. The final schedule is not so close.

Maybe it's because the rest time is too long, or Real Madrid's players are habitually proud. In the No. 20 eight-round match against Numancia, which is fourth-to-last in the standings, Real Madrid's overall state is not very good. , This is obviously not good news for Real Madrid, which is about to usher in the Champions League knockout after entering April.

Although Numancia is not in the relegation zone, in order to deal with Real Madrid, which has been very strong before, the Numancia team still adopted conservative tactics wisely. Real Madrid besieged the opponent from the beginning of the game, but Numancia used human jungle Blocked Real Madrid's attacks again and again.

The Real Madrid players, who had been unable to attack for a long time, began to become impatient. The team's tactical execution was no longer harmonious, and the players relied more on their personal abilities to seek opportunities to break through or shoot.

Liu Han partnered with Morientes to start this game, but their positions slightly overlapped. Bosque's over-protective adjustment made the team's offense lose its rules.Real Madrid got nothing in the first half of the game.

Entering the second half, Liu Han took the initiative to pull to the side. He is not a stubborn player. For the team's victory, there is nothing wrong with Liu Han to make appropriate sacrifices.

Liu Han's behavior allowed Real Madrid's offense to finally score a goal 10 minutes before the end of the game. Figo went straight to Morientes and caused a great threat to Numancia's goal, while Liu Han took advantage of the chaos and scored. , Morientes' shot was bravely saved by Numancia's goalkeeper.

In the end, Real Madrid relied on Liu Han's only goal to reap a difficult victory, while maintaining their six-point lead in the standings.

After the end of 28 rounds of the league, Real Madrid's players began to pack their bags and prepare to go to Istanbul, Turkey, where they will challenge their opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Turkish giants Galatasaray.

Compared with previous years, this year's Champions League quarter-finals has a few new faces. Serie A has entered the sinking mode. No team has entered the quarter-finals. Ligue [-] has completely lost its competitiveness. La Liga and the Premier League each have three teams entering the quarter-finals. Strong, can be said to be the biggest winner.The Bundesliga is still dominated by Bayern Munich, but Galatasaray unexpectedly reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this year.

In addition to Manchester United and Arsenal being the old faces of the Champions League in the Premier League this year, Leeds United's promotion can be said to be a major breakthrough. The Young Guards relying on a group of young people to play here is already a great breakthrough.

In La Liga, Deportivo made their debut in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time this year. Valencia continued the good trend of last season, but Barcelona was unexpectedly eliminated in the second group stage and broke a lot of upsets. .

The eight-to-four competition is carried out according to the ranking of each group, the first in Group A vs. the second in Group C, and the first in Group B vs. the second in Group D. In this way, Real Madrid will compete with Galatasaray, the second in Group B, for the fourth round. Strong quota.

Galatasaray is one of the famous teams in Istanbul. Although Turkish football has not been well known by European football, this team is indeed a giant team in Turkey.

Before the Real Madrid players who came to Istanbul had time to feel the charm of this ancient city, the fans here sent them a deep "death blessing".

Located at the intersection of Asia, Europe and Africa, the region where Turkey is located has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The people here have inherited the ancient tradition. They are warlike and fearless.

Galatasaray's home stadium, Ali Samiyan Stadium, can accommodate [-] spectators to watch the game. Galatasaray fans call it "hell", which shows the fanaticism of the fans here and their attitude towards the enemy.

Real Madrid players have encountered all kinds of troubles since they came here, from the lack of hot water in the hotel, to the countless noises outside the hotel at night, and even police inspections, which made the Real Madrid players feel that they are fighting against a city .

On April 2001, 4, the game officially started at the Ali Samyan Stadium.

Liu Han felt very uncomfortable after the kick-off. The noise from the fans here was louder than he had heard in any stadium before. All kinds of huge flags and huge signs with insulting slogans were his He has never seen it in the Premier League or La Liga. Playing here, what he feels is a murderous aura, a real murderous aura. Liu Han even feels that if the fans have guns in their hands, he and his teammates will definitely Will be the first target of the fans.

But even under such circumstances, Liu Han did not have the slightest fear, and he even looked forward to winning more than ever.

But the progress of the game was not as smooth as he imagined. Except for him and a few relatively stable players, some other Real Madrid players seemed to be frightened by the atmosphere here, and they did not show their due state.

What made it even more difficult for Real Madrid players to accept was that when Figo went to the sidelines to throw a throw-in, he was hit in the head by fireworks set off by fans on the sidelines, which made Figo fall to the ground.

Captain Hierro immediately protested to the referee. Such a game environment is really not suitable for continuing the game. They are here to play football, not to fight.

But Hierro's protest didn't work. Although the armed police on the side of the pitch would provide certain protective measures for Real Madrid players when they took out-of-bounds kicks or corner kicks, this made the Real Madrid players' condition decline quickly.

Galatasaray's players took advantage of Real Madrid's tension to quickly open up the situation. Their tactics and style of play were not outstanding, but they were tough and fierce enough, even Liu Han felt that this was better than the defense of the Premier League No less, after all, the Premier League is at least playing within the rules, but here, it seems that there are no rules.

In the 18th minute of the game, Galatasaray took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick and scored the first goal by their top scorer Ysu (can't really find out, fabricated).

After 10 minutes, the Galatasaray player fell in the Real Madrid penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty kick, and Isu once again broke through the gate guarded by Iker Casillas.

At the end of the first half, the Real Madrid players rushed back to the locker room with a little panic. They were indeed frightened by "hell".

(End of this chapter)