In the Champions League 1/4 knockout round, Manchester City won 1-0 at home to Atletico Inc. Inc. In the first leg, and it is still unknown who will win in the second leg back to Madrid. Liverpool beat Benfica 3-1 away from home and basically advanced to the final four of the Champions League. The remaining four teams will also face off, with Chelsea facing Real Madrid at home and Villarreal facing Bayern in the Bundesliga. Chelsea and Real Madrid are evenly matched in these two games, and Villarreal is regarded as a Champions League package.
Villarreal is a team in the middle of La Liga, with 45 points in 30 rounds of the league, temporarily ranking 7th in the La Liga table, 12 points behind fourth-placeDevilla, and there is basically no hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League with league results, but Villarreal has another way, that is, to win this season's Champions League, of course, this possibility is also very small, but at least Villarreal is still on this road.
Villarreal also finished 7th in the table last season, but beat Manchester United in the Europa League final to win the Europa League. He competed in the group stage as a Champions of the Europa League last season and managed to reach the round of sixteen. I thought I would fall at the feet of Serie A overlord Juventus, but I didn't expect to eliminate Juventus 4-1 in two legs to reach the quarterfinals. Now want to compete with Bayern for a place in the final four, although the strength of the two sides is very different, but who can guarantee that Villarreal will not be able to create miracles again?
In an interview with The Team Newspaper, The Rivalry's head coach Emery spoke about his reasons for coaching Villarreal and why his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, missed the Champions League every year. Emery said that there were many teams that invited him at that time, including the Premier League and Serie A teams that could play in the Champions League, but he chose Villarreal because villarreal's plan impressed him.
Emery said that planning is not actually a heart word, what really made him choose the civilian team to give up the big club is that he has a deep frustration after experiencing the two giants of Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal, so he would rather choose a civilian team, and if he can play the results, he will be praised, and he will not be fired and criticized without results. Asked why his former club Paris Saint-Germain missed the Champions League every year, Emery gave his opinion.
Emery did not go directly to Paris Saint-Germain, but borrowed some words from Guardiola. Emery said that once Guardiola told him that teams like Barca and Real Madrid would react better in the face of difficult situations because they were often able to win games, while Paris Saint-Germain was clearly insufficient in responding to setbacks, and Emery gave specific examples to illustrate the situation.
Emery said that for example, paris Saint-Germain was reversed by Barca 6:1, barca scored four goals in the second leg, and due to the referee's misjudgment to score the fifth goal, the team did not take the initiative to do anything after that. For example, this season's game against Real Madrid is the same, when Benzema equalized the score in the second leg and scored twice to reverse the score, you can see that Marquinhos, Kimpembe and other players do not know what to do, they are surrounded by deep frustration.
To sum up Emery's words, it is actually said that Paris Saint-Germain has experienced too few competitions, especially those that have encountered setbacks, which makes it difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to react in time once they encounter adversity, and rarely can reverse the opponent to win the game. The reason why Paris Saint-Germain has created this state today is actually related to the overall level of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain played too easily in Ligue 1, and why the Premier League team is so strong is because the competition is too fierce.
Emery finally said that he had an inexplicable relationship with the Europa League, having led Sevilla to win three consecutive Europa League titles and Villarreal to the Europa League. This time he said he hopes to establish a relationship with the Champions League, which is his own dream.