In the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Champions League will usher in two focus battles: Villarreal vs Juventus, Chelsea vs Lille.
Juve, who owns C Ronaldo, has been beaten as "Sixteen Langs" in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, and now without C Ronaldo, what will the situation be?
Of course, Tuchel wants to replicate Klopp's great cause of winning the Champions League and then winning the Premier League, but this season's hope of winning the Premier League title is not much, Klopp led Liverpool to win the Champions League and was beaten as "Sixteen Lang", what about Chelsea today?
Villarreal vs Juventus: Vlahović is the winner and loser
Villarreal is a traditional la Liga powerhouse, but in La Liga, at best, it can only be regarded as the second echelon, entering the Champions League as the champions of the Europa League last season, and this season's Champions League group stage is in the same group with Manchester United, Atalanta and young people, and the final round of away defeat to Atalanta group second promotion.
After losing Ronaldo, Juventus started the season in Serie A with a bad start, but had a good record in the Champions League, and finally won 6-5 and lost 1 loss to advance to the first place in the group, and the defending champions Chelsea won one win and one loss.
Villarreal has won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 of his last 10 matches in all competitions, and La Liga has won 3 and drawn 1 in the last 4 rounds.
Juventus are unbeaten in five wins and five draws in their last 10 matches in all competitions, and Have suffered two consecutive draws in the last two rounds of Serie A.
Villarreal is now more contradictory, La Liga has the hope of competing for the Champions League qualification, but in the face of the competition between Barca and Atletico, it is not easy to pass Juve in the Champions League 1/8 final.
Juve's situation is similar, the league title is hopeless, the competition for the fourth is facing strong competition from Atalanta, cup matches, The Italian Cup, and the Champions League can rush.
In this game, Juve's new signing Vlahović in the winter window may become the winner and loser, and the author is optimistic that the old woman is undefeated.
Chelsea vs Lille: Romelu Lukaku will not be the winner
The Premier League title race is almost hopeless, but the historic lifting of the Club World Cup trophy is of great significance. In the Champions League, the defending champions still have a competitiveness that cannot be underestimated.
Last season, Tuchel coached the Paris Ligue 1 has a poor start, Pochettino still has little improvement after taking over, Lille was able to win the Ligue 1 championship again after 10 years, this season, Lille and Lyon became a pair of difficult brothers in Ligue 1, but the Champions League record is not bad, with Sevilla, Wolfsburg, Salzburg Red Bull in the same group, Lille finally qualified for the first group.
Chelsea have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
Lille have won 4, drawn 4 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
In the 2019-20 Champions League group stage, Chelsea achieved a double against Lille with two 2-1 wins.
After Chelsea welcomed Back Romelu Lukaku with a heavy sum, the Belgian centre-forward did not score much and was controversial, and the recent Seven Touches in the Premier League has become a topic of focus.
In this game, Chelsea has a better chance of winning, and Lukaku, who can't score goals, or even can't play, has little impact.