Chapter 190: Semi-final against

All four teams in the Champions League semi-final have come out, and the next is the UEFA Champions League semi-final draw.
This year is the first time in the Champions League to join the semi-final draw. At the same time, three Bundesliga teams have reached the semi-finals this year. The German media can be said to be very concerned.
Among the current Champions League semi-finals, Bayern and Real Madrid are considered to be the stronger teams, while Schalke and Dortmund are the weaker teams.
In the Champions League semi-final draw before the favorites, Bayern occupy the first place, Real Madrid second, Schalke third, Dortmund fourth.
Schalke eliminated Barcelona in the quarter-finals, which allowed them to surpass Dortmund in terms of strength estimates and climb to third place.
After all, Dortmund eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk and Málaga in the top 16 and the quarterfinals. They are both considered weak teams. They have not really played a tough battle yet.
According to the general opinion of European fans, it is best for Real Madrid and Bayern to avoid the semifinals. In this way, there is a high probability that Real Madrid will play Bayern in the final. It is definitely an epic final match.
But Schalke and Dortmund don’t think so. The Ruhr duo are hoping to draw each other because they are more confident to enter the finals because they draw each other.
So before the draw began, the Ruhr duo were pulling hatred against each other.
"Of course we want to draw Dortmund. We have double-killed each other in the Bundesliga this season. As long as we draw them, we will definitely reach the final with a record."
Tenis had just mocked in front of the media, and the Hornet quickly responded.
"In fact, we think the same way. We also want to move the Ruhr Derby to a big stage like the Champions League semi-finals. At that time, the whole world will definitely see the excitement of the Ruhr Derby."
Anyway, no matter how you draw, there will definitely be a Bundesliga civil war next.
Previously in the history of the Champions League, the Bundesliga civil war only appeared once, that is, the quarter-finals of the 97/98 season, when Dortmund eliminated Bayern 1-0 in two rounds.
And this year there will definitely be a second Bundesliga civil war, but it is not yet known what kind of confrontation the Bundesliga civil war is.
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On April 12, the UEFA Champions League semi-final draw was held as scheduled at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Van Nistelrooy was the guest of the draw, and Schalke 04 was the first one to draw.
Although it is not known who will be the next opponent, but Schalke is sure to play home first in the first leg of the semifinals.
Immediately afterwards, Ruud van Nistelrooy drew out Schalke's least wanted opponent, Bayern Munich.
The result came out. In the Champions League semi-finals, Schalke 04 will face Bayern Munich first and then away. This is also the second Bundesliga civil war in the history of the Champions League.
On the other side, Dortmund played against Real Madrid.
Before the draw, Jackie Lee actually had a special test, what kind of opponent is the best drawn in the semi-finals.
The best is of course the Hornet. Although Schalke and Hornet are between five and five in terms of strength, Schalke has double-killed the Hornet this season and will have a psychological advantage.
If you can't draw the Hornets, the second choice is Real Madrid.
A simple comparison of strength on paper, Real Madrid will not be worse than Bayern, but Real Madrid’s current generals are at odds, Mourinho and Casillas are incompatible with each other, which is already known to all Europeans.
And in the face of Real Madrid, Schalke may be able to play a surprise, after all, Real Madrid and Schalke have not really played against each other in recent years, Schalke suddenly burst out of energy, Real Madrid might be caught off guard.
The worst result is naturally the King of Nan.
Bayern is obviously stronger than Schalke in strength, and both sides know each other well, and it is difficult to play any tricks, and they can only grit their teeth and fight this way.
Without the appearance of Jackie Lee, Bayern could be the European Triple Crown this season. Of course, the strength is not to be said.
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The semi-final draw came out, and Schalke, who was the third favorite to win, fell to fourth.
When Bayern is drawn, everyone is generally less optimistic about Schalke.
In this season's Bundesliga, Schalke faced Bayern in two rounds. The home game was a 2:2 draw, and the away game was directly lost 0:4, which is indeed the disadvantaged side.
On the other side of the matchup, although everyone is generally optimistic about Real Madrid, Dortmund is still considered to have some chances, because Dortmund and Real Madrid came out of the same group this season, when Dortmund faced Real Madrid's main winner. Flat, overwhelm the opponent to become the first in the group stage.
Although the results of the group stage and the knockouts are not directly equivalent, it is okay to take a little reference.
In the history of the Champions League, the team was double-killed by the opponent in the group stage. After entering the knockout stage and then met, they eliminated the opponent. The most famous is the 99/00 season. Real Madrid was double-killed by Bayern in the group stage, but in the half After meeting again in the final, Real Madrid eliminated Bayern and eventually entered the final to win.
In general, everyone is optimistic that Real Madrid and Bayern will join the UEFA Champions League final and come to a European derby.
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On April 23, the 29th round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 went away to challenge Werder Bremen.
Werder Bremen is currently 14th in the Bundesliga, a position that is not inferior. They do not have too strong demand for points, and their midfielder De Bruyne is also suffering from a sprained ankle~EbookFREE.me~ Absent the game.
So at the Weser Stadium, Lee Chenglong broke into the penalty area in the first half and scored a goal to help Schalke start the scoring.
In the second half, Draxler scored a long shot to expand the score. Afterwards, Lee Chenglong made a pass from the side to assist Makari to score and directly seal the victory.
Li Chenglong passed and shot, Schalke 04 won Werder Bremen 3:0 away.
In the other games of this round, Bayern beat Frankfurt 1-0 in an away game. Since the start of the second half of the season, they have won 12 consecutive league matches, which is indeed not enough.
Dortmund also won Augsburg 4:2 at home and Lewand scored a goal in the game.
However, Leverkusen drew with Wolfsburg 1:1 at home and Kisling did not score a goal.
In the current standings, Bayern has 78 points, Schalke and Dortmund both have 58 points, and Leverkusen has 50 points.
As for Frankfurt, after losing points recently, they have fallen to sixth place in the standings. Currently the fifth place is the newly climbed Freiburg, who temporarily accumulated 45 points.
Bayern's points came to 78 points, which is only 3 points away from the Bundesliga highest points of 81 points.
There are still 5 rounds in the Bundesliga. It is only a matter of time before Bayern breaks the record. It depends on when.
The record of 81 points was created by Dortmund last season, and it seems that it can only be retained for one season before it will be broken.
With 5 rounds left in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 leads fifth-placed Freiburg by 13 points. It only needs to win another game to secure the top four Champions League qualifications.
In the latest Bundesliga scorer list, Lee and Lewand both have 22 goals, and Kisling has 19 goals.
There are 5 rounds left in the Bundesliga, and the advantage of three goals is nothing. The Bundesliga Golden Boot battle will continue.