In the 21st round of La Liga, Chinatown, with 68% possession rate, defeated Vigo Celta 2-0 away with two goals from Miranda and Alex Sandro in the second half, and won two consecutive victories.

In the 22nd round of La Liga, he faced Real Mallorca at home. In the second half, Hazard, Griezmann and Pelle scored goals one after another, helping Chinatown defeat their opponents three to zero, and the ball possession rate in the whole game reached 67% again.

In the 23rd round of La Liga, he challenged Zaragoza away. Just eleven minutes into the start, Griezmann scored the first goal for the team, and then Pelle won another goal. However, before the game was about to end, central defender Varane scored an own goal and finally won 2-1 away, with the ball possession rate reaching 68%.

A four-game winning streak has quickly risen in Chinatown's league ranking and risen to fourth place, only four points behind Real Madrid, which shocked the entire La Liga, and Real Madrid felt pressure from all over the country.

If Chinatown really pulls the third place in the league, it will probably be more than Mourinho will be dismissed immediately. Even the management may have to stand up and take responsibility to calm the members' anger.

In a state of emergency, the management came forward, and Mourinho and the players reached an agreement. The two sides decided to go against the outside world at a critical moment to resolve the current crisis facing Real Madrid.

In the middle of the week, in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Porto challenged Porto away. With a 68% possession rate, Porto was scored by Jackson Martinez in the 66th minute with a counterattack, and returned from the away game with a hatred.

After returning to the La Liga, the 24th round was ushered in.

Although Hazard scored a goal for Chinatown in the 18th minute, Michel equalized the score for Levante in the 29th minute, and the two sides finally drew 1-1, and Chinatown's ball possession rate was once again as high as 65%.

A week later, in the 25th round of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao away to challenge Bielsa.

This time, Chinatown encountered a tenacious sniper from its opponent, and lagged behind the opponent in ball possession for the first time, only 44% of it, but with the goals of Griezmann, Rakitic and Hazard, it reversed Athletic Bilbao three-to-one.

After this round of battle, Chinatown is still ranked fourth in the league, but the debate continues.

Pochettino's team is obviously getting better and better in terms of control. They suppress their opponents on the scene and have an advantage in ball possession. However, they often cannot open the situation on the offensive end. They have a ball possession rate but cannot create a threat, which makes many critics, including Matayana and de la Morena, worried.

After 25 rounds, Chinatown scored 46 points, ranking fourth in the league with a four-pointer than Málaga, who ranked fifth, but lags behind Real Madrid, which has won consecutive victories recently, who scored 52 points.

What exactly causes Chinatown to have such an overwhelming advantage in transmission and control, but never creates a threat on the offensive end?

A week later, in the 26th round of La Liga, the nightmare of possession of the ball happened again in Chinatown.

With a 66% possession rate, he was tied by Real Sociedad at home three to three.

After this round of battle, Chinatown still ranks fourth in the league, but the gap between the third-ranked Real Madrid widened to eight points, which made it very difficult for Chinatown to catch up with the top three first-ranked army.

Under such circumstances, many media favored Chinatown also commented, analyzing the gap between Chinatown and the top three giant teams in the league, and the most summarized factor is undoubtedly on the offensive end.

Judging from the data between Chinatown and Real Madrid, the two teams have similar defensive strengths, but Chinatown is 20 goals less than Real Madrid on the offensive end, almost half of Chinatown's total goals so far, but in terms of ball possession, Chinatown is better than Real Madrid.

This also made many media believe that Chinatown should be more aggressive.

However, Pochettino and the coaching staff's explanation for this is not completely unreasonable. At an internal meeting, he said that the reason why the team is in a strong position but not scoring is mainly related to multi-line combat and the fact that the players are generally young.

Pochettino also admitted that he had not fully realized the team's potential in rotation and offensive ends, but he said confidently that the team will retain the fourth place in the league after the end of the season.

Regarding the promise from the coaching staff, Cantalero clearly expressed his support and reiterated that the management will continue to support Pochettino in the team's coaching, and at the same time convey Gao Han's opinion, hoping that Pochettino will reconsider the team's contract renewal.

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On the evening of March 6, Leganes Brock Stadium.

The moment the referee blew the whistle of the game, Pochettino, in front of the home coach's seat, breathed a sigh of relief.

2 to zero, Chinatown almost won Porto at home.

The Portuguese Super League team is not weak. As a regular team in the Champions League, Porto is also very competitive.

The away game was zero to one, which led to Chinatown having to win the opponent at home. However, surprisingly, Porto played very bravely away and played very positively after the game. Four yellow cards within 30 minutes were enough to prove Porto's tenacious fighting spirit in this game, but the effect was also very obvious.

Chinatown was disrupted from the beginning and the game was very chaotic.

But at a critical moment, the strength of the players determines the trend of the game.

In the 43rd minute, the continuous cooperation of Hazard, Alex Sandro and Isco gave Isco a chance to kick in the penalty area and scored the first goal of the game.

A goal brought both sides back to the same starting line and greatly alleviated the pressure on Chinatown.

After the second half of the game, Chinatown continued to maintain its pass advantage on the field, while Porto held on the defensive counterattack, waiting for Chinatown to make a mistake, but what they waited for was Pelle's goal in the 57th minute.

After leading two goals, Chinatown took the initiative to qualify, but it also greatly stimulated Porto.

In the last half hour, the Portuguese Super League team launched a continuous attack towards Chinatown like crazy. Jackson Martinez, with the support of his teammates such as Defoe, Varella, and others, rushed to Chinatown's goal again and again.

Pochettino's team had to turn off attack to defense. The central defender formed by Godin and Miranda withstood the attack from Porto, making it difficult for Porto to face the goal directly and keep the 2-0 score.

Especially in the 89th minute, Porto player Defour received the second yellow card. After being sent off by a red card, Chinatown's pressure was relieved. In the end, he narrowly won 2-0 and successfully reversed Porto's 2-1 to advance.

After advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League again, Chinatown was in a carnival, and all the substitutes rushed into the stadium, celebrating the team's promotion under the witness of more than 10,000 fans.

But head coach Pochettino, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned because he was very aware of the team's problems.

The offense is weak!

Logically speaking, Porto's defense was not tight, and the defense line led by Mangala was also very young and lacked experience. If Chinatown's offense was better, the game could be played more easily, and it would be impossible to win a big victory, but now it is so dangerous.

The most obvious thing is that it is reflected in the first round. Chinatown had the advantage but was scored by the opponent through a counterattack. This was a painful blow to both the players and the coaching staff.

In the second round, the coaching staff learned from their mistakes and began to adjust their tactics. They no longer focused on passing and controlling the midfield, but allowed the players to pass through the midfield quickly and try to make the goal easier and more efficient.

The second goal basically reflects this idea of ​​the coaching staff. After intercepting the ball, he launched a quick counterattack and drove directly to the frontcourt to find Pelle. Then Pelle used his stable back-to-back technique to remove the ball and launch an attack.

In contrast, the first goal was a typical Barcelona-style goal.

But it is obvious that Pochettino feels that his team should pursue the second one.

"Michelle, it's time for us to make adjustments and change."

Pochettino said to Michel Dagostino, the chief assistant coach next to him.

He also knew in his heart that this choice also represented the first time that there was a disagreement between him and the management led by Gao Han and Cantalero.

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When Chinatown struggled to reverse Porto 2-1 at home and successfully broke through the quarterfinals knockout round, Gao Han also led Paris Saint-Germain to advance smoothly.

According to the rules of the Champions League knockout stage, the first leg of the group's top spot was away. Chinatown defeated the Celtics 3-0 away without any suspense. Just three minutes into the game, Suarez scored his first record for Paris Saint-Germain.

Afterwards, Di Maria and Aubameyang scored goals one after another, helping Paris Saint-Germain defeat his opponent in the first leg three to zero.

After returning to the Princes Stadium in Paris, Paris Saint-Germain played more easily and freehand.

Just five minutes into the game, Neymar scored first, and then the Brazilian scored another goal in the 39th minute.

With a score of 2-0, he entered the half-time break. After the side change again in the second half, Aubameyang won another goal in the 55th minute, expanding the score to 3-0, and then three consecutive substitution adjustments. However, Marcelo's goal in the 84th minute completely established the victory of the game.

Four to zero, with a total score of seven to zero, Paris Saint-Germain defeated the Celtics with a great advantage in strength and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

This also made Paris Saint-Germain famous in European football again, becoming the team with the strongest offensive ability and the sharpest in the two rounds of the quarterfinals. Gao Han's successful offensive combination this season left an extremely deep impression on people.

However, Paris Saint-Germain was able to stand out, but some teams were eliminated.

Arsenal encountered Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals and was eliminated by Heinx's team and eventually missed the promotion.

Manchester United and Inter Milan also failed to perform well in the knockout stage and missed the promotion, especially Inter Milan. They did not play very well in the group stage this season. In the quarterfinals, they were completely defeated by Barcelona and missed the promotion.

The main problem of the Nerazzurri is in metabolism. As the team created by Gao Han gradually grew older, Adriano on the front line is over 30 years old and his condition is difficult to guarantee, the team's offense and defense have also experienced crises one after another.

That is, midfielder, as well as players such as Hamsik and Marcisio, they are struggling to support, but the problem is not obvious.

However, after the launch of a new stadium this season, Inter Milan's revenue increased significantly. After being eliminated, Morati has threatened to increase transfer efforts this summer, especially in the front and back lines to increase signings.

After the Champions League quarterfinals, everyone also turned their attention to Nyon, Switzerland.
Chapter completed!