The Serie A smoke has temporarily disappeared, and the Champions League has ignited the smoke again. The second round of the European Champions League quarter-finals will be held this Wednesday, and the semi-finals of the Champions League will be announced after this.

At present, eight teams, Galatasaray, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Leeds United have already entered the semi-finals.

Real Madrid vs Galatasaray

Recently, Real Madrid's injury situation is quite serious, and Morientes's hope of recovery is not high. But what makes head coach Boske pleased is that the main striker Raul will return in this game, and recently Real Madrid's substitute striker Guti performed bravely and even scored a hat-trick in last week's league. Galatasaray, who has become a dark horse for two consecutive years, is in good condition, and won Real Madrid 3:2 at home in the first leg, which gives them more away fantasies. Maybe they can defeat Real Madrid and advance to the semi-finals?

Manchester United vs Arsenal

Arsenal lost in the first leg with the away lead, but the situation was not optimistic. Left forward Yungberg was injured in the last round of the league and would definitely miss the battle of revenge. The main defender Campbell was also suspended at this critical moment. The opponent Manchester United is in a complete team, which is absolutely bad for Arsenal to enter the semi-finals of the Champions League. And the worst thing is that Manchester United has won the league championship eight rounds ahead of schedule. They can work with Arsenal without distraction. Arsenal, who has firmly won the second place in the league, has no advantage.

La Coruna vs Leeds United

La Coruña, the new No. 1 pick in La Liga last season, lost 0-3 to Leeds United in the first leg. If they rely solely on their perfect home ability, they would probably not be able to do more. Because the injuries and suspension of La Coruña in their team have seriously affected their strength, the strong Leeds United will play with the strongest lineup.

Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich

Last week, Inter Milan won Juventus 5-1 away, while Bayern Munich lost 1-3 to Schalke 04, the most powerful contender for the league championship, in his Olympic Stadium. The sharp contrast between ecstas and the crushing defeat undoubtedly gave Inter Milan, who played away, an absolute morale advantage.

Moreover, Inter Milan leads 4:2 in total. Facing Bayern Munich, who has been in a sluggish state recently, the powerful Inter Milan is very likely to successfully advance to the semi-finals. In terms of team staffing, Inter Milan's Sanetti and Diviagio were unable to play due to injury, and Farinos was suspended due to red cards.

Bayern Munich, who has a home advantage, is not alone. The midfield core and captain Effenberg was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. Elber directly got a red card in the last game. They cannot play with the entire main lineup.

Just two weeks ago, after Inter Milan defeated Bayern 4-2 at home, people believed that the Italian would enter the semi-finals of the Champions League with his head held high. Bayern, who lost away, also lost the absolute main players Effenberg and Elber, who were no longer favored by people at that time.

Two weeks later, the German media still did not look forward to Bayern Munich.

Perhaps only the Bayern coach believes that there is still a possibility of a comeback.

So if you defeat Inter Milan, is Bayern Munich any combat plan?

Heathfield said Bayern should score as soon as possible at the beginning of the game, so they have a great chance to come from behind. "I know the difficulty of the game, but I hope we can score first in the game, which will make the situation of the game fundamentally change. It will be difficult to break through Inter Milan's goal, but I firmly believe we can do it."

"It doesn't matter when you can score. The key is that you need to have enough patience and active waiting. Inter Milan also wants to score as soon as possible, just like they face Juventus, they prove that they can tear any opponent apart when they play the best, and we must be very wary of this."

"There are many great players on both teams, but I just care whether our players can fully demonstrate their level. We cannot expect Inter Milan to perform poorly and win, and we must work hard to win."

"The team has not decided. Effenberg's absence has a great impact on us, but this is also Barack's opportunity. Barack will become Bayern's new core. He has always wanted to prove that he can become Bayern's leader, and now his opportunity is here."

Effenberg cannot play, Heathfield puts his hopes on the young Barack.

Italian media sneered at Bayern Munich coach Heathfield's vow to turn the tables. "Milan Sports" believes that Bayern is just a dominant in the Bundesliga.

"Although Bayern is still the leader in the domestic league, their strength should not be overestimated. Heathfield always thinks that their players have great experience in the Champions League, but their progress in the Champions League this season is actually quite difficult. In addition, Inter Milan is not less talented than Bayern. It should not be surprising that Bayern has been blocked from the semi-finals for two consecutive years."

"Hope is on Barack? Maybe Heathfield forgot that Barack has always been Zheng Zhi's helper at Leverkusen, and he has always lived in the shadow of Zheng Zhi."

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Inter Milan is also full of confidence. After arriving in Munich at noon on Wednesday, the Inter Milan captain was interviewed by "Kickers" at the entrance of the hotel.

A group of Italian journalists were puzzled why Zheng Zhi was so friendly to Germany. In Italy, his relationship with the reporter was bad. Except for taking the initiative to interview Buffon yesterday, he really had no other good memories.

They didn't know that German sports journalists only focused on things in the arena and did not care much about the players' private lives, which may be why Zheng Zhi's attitude towards them was completely opposite.

In an interview with German Sports Pictures, the captain said, "We will advance to the semi-finals by defeating Bayern Munich completely. The game is extremely important for the team and me. We have taken the first step to conquer Bayern in Meacha two weeks ago, and what we need now is a decisive second step."

"This game is not the most important game we have this year. I think I have to compete in two more semi-finals and the finals. Then I will talk about what is the most important game."

Zheng Zhi expressed his support for Barack for replacing Effenberg as the core of Bayern's offense.

"Barak has the ability to become Bayern's leader, he is Effenberg's best successor, I think he is also the best player in Germany, and he should lead the German team to revive."

"But unfortunately, I won't make him happy tonight. Inter Milan will surely win, he can only look forward to the next season. I wish him to win this year's Bundesliga championship..."

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Mourinho then made harsh words at the pre-match press conference.

"If Inter Milan doesn't reverse here and cannot advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League, I will immediately leave Inter Milan's coaching position, and I will not have the face to stay on it anymore!"

"Even if I win the Serie A championship, I think it would be a season of failure to encounter such a shame in the Champions League."

This is equivalent to establishing a state of life and death.

Maybe anything can happen in football games, but Mourinho personally cannot accept such a result. This may also be the reason why he can always succeed?

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At the Olympic Stadium, Heathfield still used a 343 formation, which once gave them a 2:0 lead, but then he was conservative and reclaimed the formation, which resulted in Inter Milan scoring 4 goals in a row to reverse the game. When he realized that he wanted to restore the formation, it was too late.

Today, he had no choice. He had to play 343, and he could not stop his offense, nor could he concede the ball in defense.

Bayern Munich, who has no way out, can only fight back, unless they give up in advance.

Bayern Munich (3-4-3): goalkeeper Kahn; defenders: Kufour, Lucio, Lizarazu; midfielder: Yeremez, Salihamidic, Ze Roberto, Barak; strikers: Saul, Santa Cruz, Sergio.

Although Inter Milan lacks major generals in the midfield, Mourinho still plays 4312.

Goalkeeper: Frey.

Defenders: Panucci, Matrazi, Blanco, Grosso

Midfielder: Vampetta, Zheng Zhi, Pirlo, Dalma

Forward: Ronaldo, Vieri

Bayern is wearing a red jersey, while Milan is wearing a white away jersey.

After the competition began, Bretner, a guest of German state television, immediately discovered a problem:

"No, Inter Milan's formation is not 4312, but 442. Pirlo and Zheng Zhi are almost parallel, and Dalma plays the left forward."

"This is to curb two wings of Bayern."

"Without the front midfielder, Inter Milan's offense should not be as fierce as the first round, but the defense on the wing is strengthened. It is not easy for Ze Roberto and Salihamidic to break through their wing."

Bretner's point of view came to the forefront.

Considering that Barack became Bayern Munich's only midfield core, without the threat of Effenberg, Mourinho removed one of the midfielders and played 442. It was enough to have Zheng Zhi and Pirlo stare in the middle, and both sides had to guard against Ze Roberto and Salihamidic.

At the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich attacked wildly. Salihamidic on the right got the ball and collided with Saar in succession. The former completed his first cross. Santa Cruz and Blanco competed for the landing point in the penalty area, and Blanco was knocked to the ground by the young Santa Cruz.

The attack is invalid.

The 35-year-old Blanco looks a bit defeated by the young and energetic Santa Cruz. His defense against Yankee was quite good in the first round, but now he suffered a big loss in the first match against Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz seems to have nothing to do.

I have to say that Blanco is really too old. He has not renewed his contract with Inter Milan yet, and he may leave Inter Milan at the end of the season.

When Blanco got up from the ground, he rubbed his chest and looked at Santa Cruz in confusion. He seemed to be a little suspicious. It is logical that Santa Cruz is easier to deal with than Yankee, but after just a collision, he couldn't stand it?

Bretner immediately commented, "Santa Cruz is full of fighting spirit."

"This confrontation shows that he dares to fight with his opponents."

"This is completely different from when he first came to Bayern Munich."

"Today's forward line is the first choice for Santa Cruz rather than Yankel. I guess Heathfield is interested in Santa Cruz."

"Dare to fight to the death!"

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Inter Milan's attack started from the middle and did not go to the side. The transmission between Pirlo and Zheng Zhi was quite smooth, with one fight against two, Jerimez and Barack one by one, but it still couldn't stop Zheng Zhi from passing the ball directly to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo took the ball in the penalty area to face Lucio. He lost the space for breakthrough and confused Lucio continuously with bicycles, and then rushed to the right and wanted to go in from the right. Lucio was indeed ruthlessly stabbed and lost the ball.

Lucio's judgment is ruthless and accurate.

Ronaldo lost and Lizarazu launched a counterattack from the left, passing the ball straight to Ze Roberto, who and Sergio hit the wall to cooperate and quickly cut inside. Barack came up, but Zheng Zhi followed closely and protected the ball under his feet and then went hard to Zheng Zhi!

But after just one step, he dunked the ball back, turned around, and sent the ball out with his long legs, and suddenly stuffed it to the right!

Fake conflict and true transmission!

The calm pass accurately found Sauer who was inserted from the right.

Barack played very smartly, and Zheng Zhi had no choice. His opponents have been getting stronger and smarter. If it were in the past, Barack would have been going to the end, and now he has learned to play football with his brain.

The two of them rushed to the back point at the same time and jumped, and Sergio suddenly inserted between them. This sudden change caught Zheng Zhi off guard.

Saul made a pass again!

Back point!

Sure enough, this is a tactic.

Sergio came to block Zheng Zhi, and then let Barak get space to jump from the back point. Panucci was still too late to come to help. Barak, who stretched his arms in the air, was like an unstoppable bomber, and his head hit the ball hard.

Dong--

The ball is hung straight on the upper left corner of the goal.

Frey had no choice but to save.

The ball is too fast.

“goal!”
To be continued...