The first round of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals in 0708 was the most unpopular round in history.

Rome 2-1 Real Madrid

Olympiax 0-0 Chelsea

Porto 2-0 Inter Milan

Lyon 1-1 Manchester United

Judging from their strength and fame alone, the results of these four games can be considered unpopular. If Liverpool and Barcelona are not superstars with super ability, they are afraid they will not be able to escape the fate of being upset. Even with Chen Yu and Messi, the two giants will have a very difficult game.

In the other two games, Fenerbahce 3-2 Sevilla was also unexpected. Sevilla's momentum in La Liga is still very strong. Many people think they can escape from the Hell Stadium in Istanbul. As it turns out, Turkey's Hell Stadium has completely raised the team to a higher level.

The match between Arsenal and AC Milan is the focus of this round. Milan, the oldest average age, challenged Arsenal, the youngest average age, and the Champions League super overlord who has won five Champions League games and Premier League giants who have never won the Champions League championship. Although AC Milan has rich Champions League heritage, Arsenal is now the leader of the Premier League and plays at home. The number of people optimistic about Arsenal is a little bit more, but the final result also shows that AC Milan is indeed very experienced. Arsenal has such a strong momentum and is playing at home, but it has not been able to gain any advantage in the final result. The 0:0 score allows Milan to take the initiative in his own hands.

Arsenal's only advantage now is that they have not scored away goals by AC Milan at home. In this way, as long as they can score one goal at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Milan must score two goals. In a sense, this advantage also partially offsets Milan's home advantage.

The only two popular teams that have not been upset are the two most popular teams that won the Champions League this season: Liverpool and Barcelona.

However, it was so difficult to play against a team that was obviously more than one level lower than himself. After the game, the coaches and players of Liverpool and Barcelona were cautious and did not dare to say that they would win the championship or defend the title easily.

Barcelona is strong this season, and head coach Rijkaard also frequently expressed that he must win the second Champions League trophy in Barcelona's history. After this game, he said that the teams that have reached this position have no weak teams and that despising any team may pay a heavy price. Although Barcelona has achieved a good result away, if they want to advance to the quarterfinals, they still need to maintain their fighting spirit and competitive state today.

Liverpool's opponent Schalke 04's Champions League experience is not as good as Barcelona's opponent Celtics, but Liverpool plays more difficult than Barcelona.

After the game, Liverpool's head coach Benitez was still scared, "It would be a bit of a lucky chance to win this game away. If it weren't for Chen Yu's final kill, we would have to get a draw at most, and the result would definitely be very ideal, but we must not be careless. Schalke 04 will not give up easily. There will definitely be a fierce battle when we return to Anfield, and we must be prepared."

Regarding Chen Yu's idleness in the first half, the reporter asked if Chen Yu was restricted. Benitez said that he intended to arrange it. "Chen Yu has played a lot in recent times and has almost never gotten a rest. In order to fully utilize his power, we mainly restored his physical fitness in the first half, and only allowed him to attack with all his strength in the second half, and finally achieved good results."

When the reporter interviewed Chen Yu after the game, the two most asked questions were two questions. One was that the goal that Chen Yu killed deliberately made a rebound, or it was unintentional. The other was what Chen Yu and Neuer said during the game.

Regarding the first question, Chen Yu told the truth, saying that Neuer reacted quickly, had agile movements, and had a large coverage area. It was not easy to break the goal he guarded, but Neuer was young and had insufficient experience, so he played a trick and shot the earth, and indeed broke Neuer's ten fingers.

Although there was nothing extreme about his conversation with Neuer during the game, Chen Yu expressed his unhappiness that he could not tell him.

Now Chen Yu has a lot of skills to deal with reporters hype himself. There is actually nothing to say about such questions, but the more he doesn't say them, the more curious the fans and reporters are, the more they pay attention, the easier it is to improve Chen Yu's fame.

After the game, Liverpool stayed in Germany for one night before returning to England the next day.

Almost non-stop, three days after returning to Liverpool, Liverpool ushered in the league's 12th-ranked Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough has no worries about relegation and no hope for European games. It should be one of the best teams to play. For such a team, as long as they are beaten to a bad temper at the beginning, they will basically win the future.

For Liverpool, what is important now is not the strength of the opponent, but their own condition and physical fitness. After a week of double games, their physical fitness and spirit are almost at their limit, otherwise they would not have played so miserably with Schalke 04 in Germany.

Two hours before Liverpool's game, the leader Arsenal played one game first. Arsenal, who had just finished a tense Champions League game, performed poorly and tied 2:2 by Birmingham, who was acquired by Chinese bosses, on the road.

Before the 27th round of the game, Arsenal led Liverpool by two points. Now Arsenal is tied. Liverpool will be able to jump to the top of the list by defeating Middlesbrough. Even if they tie, they will not be widened by Arsenal. The situation is very beneficial to Liverpool, and the mentality of the coaches and players is also very peaceful. Benitez even sent three players who did not get a chance to play in the Champions League to start.

With this relaxed mentality, Liverpool players overcame mental and physical fatigue and performed well. They finally defeated Middlesbrough 3:2 at Anfield Stadium, overtaking Arsenal, and once again topped the top spot with a goal difference.

Perhaps it was stimulated by Arsenal's draw, Manchester United played passionately, and wiped out Newcastle United 5:1 away, narrowing the gap with the top two points.

The Blues Chelsea also want to play a big shot, but their opponent is Tottenham Hotspur. Although Tottenham Hotspur is worry-free and hopeless in the European game, they are staunch rivals with Chelsea. Even if they have no hope of competing for the championship, they will never hope that Chelsea will win the championship.

Chelsea has performed extremely well in this game, but Tottenham is not inferior to them at all. Chelsea leads four times, Tottenham equalizes four times, and finally tied Chelsea 4-4 at home, which almost completely ruined Chelsea's dream of winning the championship.

After playing the 27th round of the league, Liverpool finally got a week off, which is very valuable for Liverpool.

The physical and mental fatigue of Liverpool players is already extremely exhausted. If you continue playing, you may collapse at any time. Although the rest time of a week cannot completely eliminate the players' physical and mental fatigue, it can at least play a relief role.

Back at Liverpool, Benitez gave the players a day off to relax.

Chen Yu originally wanted to sleep in beautifully, but the biological clock that had been formed over the years accurately made him wake up at 6:30 in the morning.

Chen Yu did not get up and continued to lie on the bed and pretend to sleep.

This way, Chen Yu only got up from the bed after half asleep and half awake until nine o'clock.

When he came to the living room, he saw Zhang Shubin sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. Chen Yu said, "Uncle Zhang, you haven't gone out."

Zhang Shubin smiled gently and said, "There is no arrangement this morning. Xiaoyu, there is a prepared breakfast in the kitchen. You can bring it to eat."

Chen Yu said: "Okay, I'll wash it first."

After washing, Chen Yu brought out the milk, eggs and pizza from the kitchen and sat at the dining table to eat.

As the wind swept away the clouds, he swallowed a glass of milk, two eggs and half a piece of pizza. Chen Yu came to Zhang Shubin and sat down, saying, "Uncle Zhang, is there any news?"

Zhang Shubin was reading a Chinese newspaper. When Chen Yu asked him, he put the newspaper down, took off his reading glasses, and said, "It's nothing, it's all the same thing. I'm looking at the news of your game yesterday. Your hat trick has made the headlines of the China-UK Times again."

Chen Yu said indifferently: "Where are the newspapers of The Sun and The Times?"

Zhang Shubin said: "The Sun only made headlines on the sports page, and the Times was placed in a prominent position. If Rooney scored a hat trick, you see, absolutely all newspapers are on the headlines. If we Chinese want to succeed here, we still need to make greater efforts."

Zhang Shubin was very moved that he has been a successful person in Europe over the years, with money and reputation, but even so, he can still feel the disgusting discrimination he has suffered in white society, and some things cannot be easily changed by money and reputation.

Many people say that as long as you have money, you will be a master everywhere. This sentence sounds reasonable, but in fact it does not work at all times. Just like in Indonesia and Malaysia, Chinese are very rich, but their social status is not high.

Chen Yu smiled and said, "Not all countries give foreigners special national treatment like China. I am content now. After retiring, I am not prepared to live in Europe."

Zhang Shubin said seriously: "Xiaoyu, you are already thirty years old. It's time to consider your personal problems. You can't never get married for the rest of your life. Before, when I returned to China, your parents and grandparents called me and asked me to urge you. Today I want to talk to you about this."

Zhang Shubin used to talk about marriage during dinner and chat, but today he was talking to Chen Yu solemnly.

Chen Yu sighed and said, "Uncle Zhang, wait a little longer."

Zhang Shubin frowned and said, "Wait a little longer? When will you have an accurate time?"

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Zhang, I think I am still very energetic, and it is no problem to fight until I am thirty-five."

Zhang Shubin looked no longer smiling and said, "It's okay if you play forty. As long as there is a team that wants you, you can't help getting married. Your parents, grandparents are not around. Here, I am still your elder. I don't care about your lifelong affairs. I can't meet your grandparents and fathers when I go back."

Seeing that Zhang Shubin was a little anxious, Chen Yu knew that it might be his parents who put pressure on him, so he had to say, "Uncle Zhang, let's talk about it until the end of this season."
Chapter completed!