In the early morning of April 3, Beijing time, on the evening of April 2, Munich, local time, the Champions League quarter-finals began in full swing. Bayern Munich was the first to play, and they played against Juventus at home. Porto also kicked off at the same time on the same day and at the same time.

Although Dortmund media offered suggestions to Juventus before the game, it did not play any role.

Bayern Munich easily defeated Juventus 2-0 at his home court.

Just one minute into the game, Alaba scored the first record for Bayern Munich. This goal completely disrupted Juventus' plan.

However, Bayern Munich did not fail to pay the price for the victory of this game. In the 16th minute, Tony Kroos was injured and unable to continue to play and was replaced early. As Bayern Munich's midfield core this season, Kroos' injury may affect Bayern Munich's next performance in the league and the Champions League, which is a bit worrying.

In another stadium, Porto lost 1:2 to Barcelona at home. They did not cause much trouble for Barcelona. The two away goals greatly increased Barcelona's qualifying hope. In the second leg, when he returned to Barcelona's home court, it was almost impossible for Porto to make a comeback.

As Chinese fans, this day's game is not very concerned. In addition to the existing fan groups of Barcelona, ​​Juventus and Bayern Munich, more people are still waiting for tomorrow's game.

Tomorrow, Dortmund will challenge Atletico Madrid away!

In the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, the highest-level Chinese derby will be staged!

As for another match between Real Madrid and Galatasaray, no one pays attention to it. I am afraid that even Real Madrid fans in China will choose to watch the live broadcast of Atletico Madrid vs. Dortmund, and use other channels, such as the Internet, to pay attention to the scores of Real Madrid's game.

In addition, China Central Television also chose to place the match between Dortmund and Atletico Madrid on the free sports channel, while Real Madrid and Galatasaray on the paid Fengyun Football Channel. Through this arrangement, we can see which game is the most popular in China.

There is still a day before the game begins, but there have been many reports about this game in the media.

Dortmund's entire team arrived in Madrid, players from both sides were interviewed, coaches from both sides attended the pre-match press conference, Dortmund conducted field adaptive training...

Various news reports have little by little set off the tension of the game.

Sun Pan said in an interview with reporters before the game: "I have told Zhou Yi that I will not let Dortmund score a goal in this game!"

Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Atlancia Madrid is very strong, and it is another away game. If it is more realistic, I think it would be good to be able to tie them away."

Sun Pan's arrogance is as always, and Zhou Yi's low-key surprises everyone. Chinese media analysts believe that Zhou Yi's words may be "accumulating character" and showing weakness, making Atletico Madrid relax its vigilance, and then launching a sudden attack on Atletico Madrid in the game, catching the opponent off guard.

Although foreign media do not know the word "storing character" and think that Zhou Yi's low-key is a bit strange. Generally, challenging his opponents, even if they are not strong enough, they will say some beautiful words to strengthen their momentum. Even if the goal is a draw, they have to say that they should try their best to win. Why does Zhou Yi directly say that the goal is a draw?

Based on Zhou Yi's previous performance, everyone thinks that Dortmund's goal may not be a draw, but just hopes to use such words and deeds to paralyze the opponent.

If Zhou Yi still has time to pay attention to media reports before the game, he will definitely say that the media are thinking too much.

This game is not his goal, but the coaching staff has set.

They have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and every opponent here is difficult to deal with, and every game is difficult. Therefore, you must be careful and not take it lightly.

Moreover, with Atletico Madrid's strength, it is not easy for Dortmund to defeat them away. To win, you have to be more involved in offense, and more invested in offense will lead to a reduction in the strength of the defense. At that time, you will be done by Atletico Madrid's counterattack.

This is not terrifying, but real. Simeone's Atletico Madrid relies on its strong defense and counterattack is booming.

Klopp won't take that risk.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid, who plays at home, is the side that is eager to win the game, so Dortmund is based on defense and waits for Atletico Madrid to push it out and then hit them back. There is no need to push it out.

It is completely acceptable to win a draw away.

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On the day of the game, Atletico Madrid's home court, Calderon Stadium was packed. For Atletico Madrid fans, it is rare to be able to reach the Champions League quarter-finals - the last time they reached the Champions League quarter-finals was sixteen years ago.

In the history of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid reached the quarterfinals six times, the last time was in the distant 1996-1997 season. Atletico Madrid was in the same group as his current quarterfinals rival Dortmund. They scored 13 points in the group stage with four wins, one draw and one loss, and beat Dortmund with a goal difference and became the first in the group.

However, after advancing in the group stage, they were eliminated by Ajax, who was still very powerful at the time, 3:4 in the quarterfinals.

Atletico Madrid's performance has been very high and low. Not to mention the Champions League quarter-finals, it would be great to be able to enter the Champions League. Entering the 21st century, they even relegated.

The last time Atletico Madrid participated in the Champions League was in the 2009-2010 season. Last season, they qualified for the qualifying round of the Champions League with fourth place in La Liga. Through the qualifying round, they were able to participate in the Champions League group stage. They were assigned to a group with the Greeks, Chelsea and Porto.

As a result, Atletico Madrid failed in one game in six group matches, with three draws and three losses only three points, scoring three goals and conceding eight goals. It was just because there was a away goal in the match against the Greeks, so it ranked above the Greeks and participated in the Europa League in the second half of the season as the third in the group.

However, no one expected Atletico Madrid to perform so poorly in the Champions League, and it was a blessing in disguise to play in the Europa League.

Atletico Madrid, which was downgraded from the Champions League, eliminated Galatasaray with a total score of 3:2 in the UEFA Cup. In the 8th final, he eliminated Sporting Lisbon 2:2 in the quarterfinals, and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he eliminated Valencia 2:2 in the advantage of two away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the first leg of the semi-finals, Atletico Madrid defeated Liverpool 1:0 at home. In the 90-minute away game in the second leg, Liverpool beat Atletico Madrid 1:0. The total scores of both sides were the same, and the away goals were the same, so they could only enter overtime.

In overtime, Liverpool took the lead, and Benardon helped the team rewrite the total score to 2:1. If the score remains until the end, Atletico Madrid will be eliminated. But in the 102th minute, Atletico Madrid forward Diego Fran scored a key goal for Atletico Madrid.

Although Atletico Madrid lost to Liverpool 1:2 away in the end, with Fran's goal, Atletico Madrid scored one more away goal than Liverpool. So they once again eliminated Liverpool with the advantage of away goals and reached the final...

In the UEFA Cup final, Atletico Madrid and Fulham dragged the game into overtime again. In overtime, it was Diego Fran's goal, which eventually helped Atletico Madrid defeat Fulham with a score of 2:1 and won the UEFA Cup.

What I lost in the Champions League and made up for the UEFA Cup, Atletico Madrid's experience in winning the championship is really legendary.

A year later, Atletico Madrid once again won the championship trophy in the UEFA Cup. This time, with the participation of Chinese players - Sun Pan, as the team's main goalkeeper, made great contributions to the team's ability to win the UEFA Cup championship.

In this UEFA Cup, Atletico Madrid won twelve consecutive victories and swept Europe.

These two Europa League wins have accumulated a lot of European experience for Atletico Madrid, so after they re-entered the Champions League this season, they were able to reach the quarterfinals in one go.
Chapter completed!