Chapter 363: The Great War Begins!
St. Paul Stadium.
This is the first time Napoli and Chelsea have met in history. After returning to the Champions League this season, Napoli has remained unbeaten at home 11 games. The last time the foreign team was able to win at their home court was Frankfurt in 1994.
This is the third time that Naples faces England's team on the European battlefield, and all three games have occurred in the past 17 months.
In the European League group stage last season, Naples drew 0-0 with Liverpool. In the Champions League group stage this season, Naples drew Manchester City at home and won away, beating the Premier League powerhouse to advance.
After the game started, Napoli took the lead with the interest at home. In the fifth minute, Inle made a long pass from the midfield and Lavic formed a one-on-one strike. Cech attacked in time to block the ball out of the penalty area.
In the ninth minute, Inler made a counterattack and beat Cavani over the top. Cavani successfully entered the penalty area and faced Cech's close shot. Cech used his legs to block the opponent's shot, and Chelsea escaped.
In the 19th minute, Napoli intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Hamsik passed by Macho directly to assist the penalty area to face Cech's shot at a small angle. Cech saved his opponent's single shot again.
Chelsea are extremely passive in the away game, and they want to change the passive situation.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Chelsea's frontcourt team cooperated, Sturic passed through the middle of the penalty area, Cannavaro made a mistake in clearing, and Mata got the ball in the penalty area and easily pushed the ball against the goalkeeper!
One to zero!
The Blues broke the deadlock on the court and scored the first goal in adversity!
With the arrival of this goal, Chelsea was in great momentum. Nine minutes later, they threatened Napoli again. Chelsea scored a corner kick from the right and Luis scored a crossbar. The ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.
Two minutes later, Napoli launched an attack from the left, and the team's number one killer Cavani got rid of the cross pass from the left, Ravic shot from the far corner in the penalty area, and the ball passed through Cech's fingertips into the goal!
One to one!
Naples tied the score!
The first half of the game entered stoppage time, and when everyone thought one-to-one would be the final score of the first half, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Napoli launched an attack from the right. Inle made a diagonal pass outside the penalty area in front of the goal, and Cavani hit the ball with his chest in the back of the penalty area!
Two to one!
This is Cavani's fifth goal in seven Champions League games!
At the end of the first half, Napoli temporarily led Chelsea 2-1 at home.
After the start of the second half, Chelsea strengthened its offense, and Maluda, Mata and others frequently threatened Napoli goal.
In the 65th minute, Chelsea gave a gift, Napoli expanded their lead, Campagnaro made a comeback in the midfield, Luis made a defensive mistake in facing Cavani's breakthrough, Cavani took off the ball, and then faced Cech who was attacking, and Ravic inserted and pushed the ball against the empty goal to make a shot.
Three to one!
In the adverse situation, Chelsea dispatched troops to condemn the general, Lampard and Essin came on as substitutes one after another, but they still failed to narrow the score.
In the end, Naples defeated Chelsea 3-1, and the situation of Chelsea's promotion was in jeopardy.
Real Madrid was tied by the opponent away, and Chelsea lost two away goals. What will Bayern, who is in poor form recently, have the result?
Can Inter Milan win the away game?
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At 8:30 p.m. on the 23rd, the St. Jacob Park Stadium was crowded with people. Amid the cheers of fans like tsunami, the starters of both sides walked into the stadium from the player channel.
German national television began to introduce the starting lineup of both sides: "Heinquez still ranks the 4231 formation he is most familiar with, goalkeepers: Neuer; four defenders: Rafinia, Boateng, Badstuber, Ram; two midfielders: Gustavo, Abala; three forwards: Wang, Muller, Ribery; single forward: Gomez.
Most of the main players who were resting in the last round were on the court.
Basel coach lined up and out of the 442 formation, goalkeeper: Somo; four defenders: Steinherfer, Abraham, Dragevich, Park Joo-ho; four midfielders: Shaqiri, Huger, Haka, F. Frey; double strikers: Strelle, A. Frey.
In the history of the two teams' battles, the two sides fought three times in total, and Bayern won a complete victory. I hope they can continue their complete victory tonight!
Of course, Bayern, who is not in good shape recently, is also a victory to score a away goal tonight."
When thinking about Bayern's recent state, German state TV commentators are less confident.
"Beep!..."
The game began with the referee's whistle.
Bayern, who served first, transferred the football to the backcourt, and two Basel strikers immediately stepped forward to press.
Bayern did not panic in the midfield and backcourt, and advanced to the frontcourt layer by layer. After Mueller took the ball in his hinterland, he saw Wang Qi surrounded by three opponents and turned his attention to the left.
Ribery, who was in an offside position, immediately retreated.
"Bang!..."
Mueller seized the opportunity and made a pass!
Ribery turned around and started immediately!
Get the ball and get rid of it. The French striker did it in one go. After getting rid of the defense, he pushed and shot!
Basel goalkeeper Somo magically saved the football from the baseline!
Ribery roared in annoyance. His condition has been recovering rapidly recently, and the only thing he lacks is a goal.
Now he created a good opportunity to score just at the beginning of the game, but once again missed the goal.
Basel was not knocked out by Bayern's big stick, but Ribery's shot inspired their fighting spirit instead.
In the seventh minute of the first half, Strale was knocked down by Rafinia when he got the ball in the penalty area, but the referee ignored it. A minute later, Shaqiri got the ball in Bayern's small penalty area. Fortunately, Boateng intercepted the ball from his feet first.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Wang Qi took the ball without anyone being guarded for the first time, and the next moment he started the breakthrough mode.
Like a dragon, Wang Qi rolled up layers of huge waves and rushed towards Basel's penalty area!
With bloody storms all the way, Basel's backcourt was full of sorrow. Seeing that Wang Qi was about to enter the penalty area, Dragevich hit Wang Qi's right shoulder with force.
The next moment, Wang Qi, whose center of gravity was unstable, fell to the ground with a bang!
"Red card!"
"Red card!"
"Red card!"
Bayern fans who came from afar shouted loudly.
However, the referee was unmoved and made a gesture to continue the game.
The commentator of the Swiss Sports Channel said: "Tonight, the referee's standard was relatively loose. In the seventh minute, Strale was knocked down by Rafinia when he got the ball in the penalty area. There was no judgment this time, which shows that the referee's standard was the same!"
The German state TV commentator shook his head and said, "This must be a foul. It makes no sense to explain it with a reasonable collision. Dragvic knocked the king down directly!"
On the court, the angry Mueller rushed to the referee and shouted at him: "It's a foul! Referee!"
Chapter completed!