Chapter 434 Book the top four
On March 15, all Europa League quarter-finals ended.
Manchester United and Manchester City have all been eliminated, and the Premier League teams have not had a place in the quarterfinals.[]
There are two Spanish teams that advance to the quarterfinals, namely Valencia and Athletic Bilbao; there are two German teams that advance, namely Schalke and Hannover.
The other four teams are Alkmar of the Netherlands, Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, Kharkov metallurgy in Ukraine and Sampdoria from Serie A.
Interestingly, the three teams with the highest bid to win the championship all left the UEFA Cup stage, while Metalist, Alkmar, and Sampdoria were unpopular, but they all stayed tenaciously.
Such a result also proves a famous saying in the football world: There is nothing impossible.
Among the two teams in the Serie A, the team that people originally thought was more promising to advance to the quarterfinals was Udinese.
However, Udinese was eliminated by Alkmaar of the Netherlands.
On the contrary, Sampdoria defeated the 2010 Europa League champion Atletico Madrid and saved some face for the Serie A.
Nowadays, there are only two teams left in the Serie A team, one is Sampdoria and the other is AC Milan, which is about to face off against the "Cosmic Team" Barcelona.
They are now the hope of European competition in Serie A this season.
The task of winning points for Italy's European War can only fall on them.
March 16th afternoon, 2011-12 Europa League 1
The draw ceremony for the 4-finals was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw ceremony was hosted by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino. Teams entering the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup will adopt a chaotic order and decide to confront opponents. Neither the same country nor the teams in the same group will avoid it.
After playing a short video of the Europa League quarterfinals team introduction, 1
The draw for the 4-finals officially began, and the draw guest was Romanian football legend Belod Dic.
The first team to be drawn was Eredivisie Alkmaar, and then the Bat Legion Valencia was drawn, and they will be 1
Fight against each other in the 4 finals.
In the first three rounds of draws, Sampdoria's name did not appear.
After the situation of the first six teams was clear, the opponent Sampdoria had to face in the quarterfinals naturally surfaced, that is, the Hannover 96 team from Germany.
According to the agreement before the lottery,
In the 4-finals, Sampdoria will first sit at home in the first leg, and then challenge Hannover 96 away in the second leg.
Of all 8 Europa League teams, Hannover 98 is neither the strongest team nor the weakest team.
Last season, Hannover 96 won fourth place in the Bundesliga, so he qualified for the Europa League this season.
However, in this season's game, they ranked 7th in the Bundesliga in 25 rounds of 8 wins, 11 draws and 6 losses, with 35 points.
Such a result is not very good, it is much worse than their performance last season, and it is almost the same as Sampdoria's performance last season.
However, the league and knockout are two different games.
The league performance is average, and it may not be possible to play in the Cup. The former king of the Cup is Liverpool.
Therefore, although Hannover 96 has performed poorly in the league, Sampdoria cannot take this opponent lightly.
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After the 4-final draw results were announced, the semi-finals match situation was quickly drawn out.
The winners of Sampdoria and Hannover 96 will face the winners between Alkmaar and Valencia in the semi-finals.
According to schedule, 1
The two-round confrontation in the 4-finals will be held on March 29 and April 5 respectively, while the two-round confrontation in the semi-finals will be held on April 19 and April 26.
If Sampdoria can advance to the final, they will usher in the first Europa League final in their history since their establishment on May 9 at the National Stadium in Bucharest, the capital of Romania!
Whether it was the UEFA Cup before the UEFA Cup or the Europa League after the reform, Sampdoria had never reached the final.
If they can advance to the finals of this competition, regardless of whether they can win the championship in the end, they will create the history of the club!
After the matchup chart was released, the new Europa League favorites were quickly arranged repeatedly.
The number one favorites are Valencia, followed by Schalke 04 in Germany and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
Among all eight teams, Sampdoria's championship odds are only ahead of Ukraine's Kharkov Metallurgy, and tied for the last place with Alkmaar of the Netherlands.
It seems that in this Europa League, the sailors' identity as the loser has been completely confirmed.
Compared with the poor and innocent, any other team is a tall, handsome and rich...
There is no way, who made the big-name stars in their team dimly the stars?
Moreover, in history, their European war experiences were pitifully small.
With their lineup, it is not easy to be able to survive in the current results of two-line combat.
Winning the championship? Does it have anything to do with them?
But, that's it.
Records are always used to break.
Teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, and Atletico Madrid can all be eliminated. Why can't Sampdorians create miracles? They can really make it to the finals or even win the championship?
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(never say Never)!
Sampdoria's next UEFA Cup match is on March 29.
Before that, they must deal with the game in the Serie A first.
Before competing in the league, Chu Jiang first took a look at the game experience gained during this period.
After February 25, Chu Jiang participated in 5 games and won the best in the game once, with a total of 9,000 experience points.
With the 15,500 experience accumulated before, his current experience value has reached 24,500 points.
In addition, the "Experience taught by Dida." that was redeemed last time has now been upgraded to "Type of Dida".
At the same time, Chu Jiang's ability to shoot the ball with his hand and open the ball was all improved by 1 point, from 16 to 17.
Chu Jiang's next learning object is Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar, who is late to become a big shot and reaches the peak of his career at Manchester United.
After allocating the training goals for the next stage, Chu Jiang and his team joined the next game.
In the two knockout matches with Atletico Madrid, the Mariners tried their best to eliminate their opponents, and almost all the players were overdrawn.
Although he finally eliminated the bed sheet army as he wished, Sampdoria also paid a considerable price.
After returning to the league, their form was not as good as they did when they played in the Europa League.
On March 18, Sampdoria lost to her old rival Palermo at home, with a score of 0:2.
This is their first two consecutive losses this season.
On March 25, at Silvio Piola Stadium, Sampdoria was tied tenaciously by Novara, the second-last in the league.
This is also their first three wins this season.
Continuous high-intensity games overdraw a lot of physical fitness for Mariners. The lack of bench strength destined that they will encounter many difficulties while fighting on both sides.
However, after a period of recovery, the Sampdoria player's condition is also improving.
In this game against Novara, many of their players have basically recovered from their form. On the court, they also clearly have the advantage of the game and have created many scoring opportunities.
Unfortunately, due to their poor luck, they were unable to defeat their opponents.
However, the momentum of their rebound in status has become very obvious.
Interestingly, although Sampdoria has not played well in the league during this period, they are still ranked third in the league standings.
AC Milan ranked first with 63 points, Juventus ranked second with 57 points, and Sampdoria ranked third with 54 points.
After Sampdoria, Lazio (51 points), Naples (48 points), Udinese (48 points).
Sampdoria is in poor form, and teams such as Lazio are not in good shape. Therefore, in the standings, the Mariners are not behind.
However, after three consecutive league games, many voices criticizing Sampdoria began to appear in the media.
Many people believe that with their strength, it is impossible to achieve good results in both lines.
However, under Chu Jiang's leadership, the sailors quickly rebounded with a strong wave and slapped these "surrendered factions" loudly in the face.
On March 29, Sampdoria was at the Marasi Stadium and welcomed her opponent in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, Hannover 96 team.
Sampdoria, who was holding back her energy, showed an excellent form again. At his home court, they defeated the Germans 3:0.
The goals scored for Sampdoria were Cudinho, Palonbo and Dimikele, who returned from injury.
With this big victory, Sampdoria basically secured a seat in the semi-finals.
If Hannover wants to turn the tables at home, he must score at least three goals and cannot let his opponent score. This is undoubtedly too difficult.
You know, in the game Chu Jiang played, the Mariners had never suffered a crushing defeat of more than 3 goals.
Chapter completed!