Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 481 The top 16 of the Champions League is out!
"Drip, drip, drip~~~"

After three whistles, Chelsea's trip to the group stage also came to an end.

This confrontation battle ended with Chelsea winning 10:0.

Although Qarabag failed to score a goal, they did not give up their offense from the beginning to the end. They even got 38% of the ball possession rate. If the old captain hadn't been given a red card in advance, resulting in a gap in the number of the two sides, the game would have still more exciting.

Lee Polo, who scored a hat-trick within 3 minutes of the first half, did not continue to kill in the second half. Instead, he focused more on taking care of his younger brothers.

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

It wasn't until the last 10 minutes that under the strong request of Cesc Fabregas, he responded to the assists of Fabregas and Remy, and raised the number of personal goals to 5.

Despite the disastrous defeat, Qarabag received applause from the Stamford Bridge fans.

—— Such an unyielding opponent is indeed worthy of respect.

Lee Polo even agreed to their request, including the captain who was sent off with a red card, to take a group photo with each of them individually!

After all... Even if this team from Azerbaijan can win the league championship every year, it is not eligible to play in the Champions League.

To be able to play against the world's number one superstar is already the glory of their lives!
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When Chelsea slaughtered guests from afar at home, another simultaneous game also came to a close.

Although Atletico Madrid was fighting at home, they had to face Rome in an empty field after being punished by UEFA-this was almost the same as neutral combat.

The home court advantage is useless, and many of their players have been suspended. The head coach Simeone can only command from a remote control. Roma directly turned away and won 1:0 with Dzeko's goal.

The final ranking of this group has also been settled.

罗马以4胜2平14分的战绩高居榜首，切尔西以4胜1平1负13分，只能屈居第二。

As for Atletico Madrid, which has only 3 draws, they can only beat Qarabag in the end, unwilling to play in the Europa League!
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With the end of the Champions League group stage, the list of the top 16 is also freshly released, and there are many dark horses among them.

In Group A, Manchester United made a strong appearance two rounds ahead of schedule, but the other team is not Benfica or Moscow Army, but Basel, which is the least favored.

There is no suspense in Group B. Bayern and Paris qualify together. The two giants both have 15 points, but Paris with Neymar and Mbappé has extremely fierce offensive firepower, scoring 12 goals more than the Bundesliga South King!
Group C was originally a group of death, but Dortmund's state was extremely sluggish. They only scored 6 points in 2 rounds and could only watch the last Champions League champion Valencia and Tottenham qualify together. Tottenham also relied on the number of goals to beat the bat. The Legion won the first place in the group.

In Group D, Juventus and Barcelona qualified ahead of schedule, but Juventus, as the seed team, was double-killed by Barcelona in two rounds and could only become second in the group.

There is no suspense in Group E. Real Madrid and Liverpool have 13 points and 12 points, and they advanced to the knockout round side by side. As the seeded team, Sparta Moscow is nothing more than giving them points.

There was a small accident in Group F. Naples, which was originally considered to be second only to Manchester City in strength, accidentally overturned and lost hope of advancing early, becoming a stepping stone for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Group G is a group of death where rookies peck at each other. After the four teams of Monaco, Porto, Besiktas and Leipzig fought each other, the result was surprising.Monaco, which lost Mbappe, had 6 games, 4 losses and 2 draws. It was a mess. It could only be ranked at the bottom of the group and was eliminated together with Leipzig, a Bundesliga rookie who participated in the Champions League for the first time!

The top 16 list is as follows:
Group No. [-]: Manchester United, Paris, Tottenham, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester City, Porto, Roma.

Group [-]: Basel (Swiss Super League), Bayern, Wallen, Juventus, Liverpool, Miners (Ukrainian Super League), Besiktas (Turkish Super League), Chelsea.

Among the top 16, the Premier League has clearly become the biggest winner, and all five participating players have broken through.

Because Atletico Madrid was beaten too badly by Chelsea, La Liga, which had hoped that the four teams would advance, only got three tickets in the end.

Serie A also has Juventus and Roma two teams selected, while Ligue [-] and Bundesliga have only one seedling.

The Eredivisie and the Russian Super League were wiped out, but the champions of the Portuguese Super League, Turkish Super League, Rui Super League and Ukrainian Super League each grabbed a ticket.

The draw for the knockout round will have to wait a week, but according to the rules of the draw, Chelsea can already guess their opponents.

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

Porto is the weakest first tier, 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 own contribution to the promotion of the Champions League!"

His implication is clear:

Chelsea is willing to meet any super giant!
Create a hot topic for the UEFA Champions League with two rounds of exciting battles!
For example...he can't wait to go back to Camp Nou or Bernabeu, where he has been dreaming and dreaming!
How will the fans there welcome him?
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After playing the last round of the group stage, Conte gave the players a day off.

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

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

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

They are terribly hard!
On December 12th, Chelsea's 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, they often burst out with astonishing potential when facing rich teams.

For example, in the last round of the league, they made Manchester City suffer. If De Bruyne hadn't assisted David Silva in the last moment, the Hammers would have almost taken away a game from the Etihad. The draw left Blue Moon behind on the road to chasing Chelsea.

As a mid-to-lower team, there are really a few players in the Hammers that have to be mentioned:
For example, Andy Carroll, the first parallel importer in the history of the Liverpool team and worth as much as 3500 million pounds at the peak.

The Mexican little pea, Hernandez, who was transferred to Manchester United, Real Madrid and Leverkusen.

Argentine full-back Zabaleta, who has just been transferred from Manchester City on a free transfer.

Austrian thigh Arnautovic and Ghanaian international Jordan Ayew, whose transfer fee exceeds 2000 million pounds.

A tall central defender of the tens of millions of pounds who once played for Juventus.

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

In all fairness, with the strength of their lineup on paper, plus the fact that the head coach Moyes is not mediocre, they shouldn't have been reduced to near the relegation zone...

So Conte's coaching team dare not be careless at all.

If they can't beat the Hammers who just lost to Manchester City, not only will they not look good, but they will also be overtaken by Manchester City in the standings!

This is undoubtedly a major blow to Chelsea, which has led the 7 rounds!
"I know that after entering the Devil's schedule, everyone will feel tired, even N'Golo (Kante) or Polo, there will be no exception."

Before training, Conte expressed his concern for the players a little bit:
"But these are not reasons for us to relax. On the road to defending the league championship, every game is a tough battle. It has never been so easy to win the championship..."

After filling the chicken soup, he turned to arrange the lineup:
"In order to maintain combat effectiveness, we will continue to adopt a partial rotation lineup in the next round. I hope that players who get a chance will not disappoint!"

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

Finally, Conte looked at Li Polo again:
"According to your schedule, you may have to rest for the next round of competition."

Lee Polo shrugged his shoulders:

"Coach, I can start."

Conte did not let go:
"I hope you respect the arrangement of the coaching team, which is also to keep you in a better state."

As a head coach, his consideration is not wrong.

From November 11 to December 22, he participated in all five games as a starter in just two weeks. Any normal player would feel exhausted both physically and mentally.

Although Li Polo has an external protective body, Conte...doesn't know that he is abnormal!

Lee Polo could only accept the coach's kindness:
"Okay, I can sit on the bench and pass the towel to my teammates."

The authority of the head coach has been maintained, and Conte nodded with satisfaction:
"Then you should appreciate the performance of your teammates!"

(End of this chapter)