Despair - "Kicker's Headline Title"

——Leverkusen, who won six consecutive victories, made the pursuers behind him feel desperate.

——In the sixth round of the Bundesliga that just ended, Leverkusen, who played at home, defeated his championship rival Kaiserslautern 2-1 and won six consecutive victories in the new season, continuing to enjoy the top of the Bundesliga. Such a long winning streak also eliminates people's concerns about Leverkusen, and believes that they are ready for the first championship battle.

——After winning the game, coach Waller said: “I’m glad it’s a new record, it’s really good, we don’t look for those records. But this team wants to write their own stories and their own history. They’re doing, doing, doing, and one thing is the number. Another is that in this six-game winning streak, the attitude of the players under pressure is worthy of recognition, and I hope they do it every time.”

——This record has another meaning. As the only team to win the first six league games, this record has released an important message for Bayern and other competitors: there is no countdown for this year's championship competition, only progress. However, for this winning streak, Waller also said that he could not expect his players to perform like this. After all, many people are very tired both mentally and physically. The new season is a huge challenge for Leverkusen.

"Photo" is more direct - Liverpool's six-game winning streak at the beginning was unstoppable, tell me loudly that Leverkusen is the champion!

"Deutsche" - There is no suspense about the Bundesliga championship this season, just like Bayern Munich's team was unstoppable last season and booked the league championship early. Now I can only curious who is ranked 2nd and 3rd and 4th?

Spinach Company adjusted Leverkusen's championship odds by itself, and also moved further and further away from its competitors. It seemed that nothing could stop Leverkusen from strideing towards the championship. Even Bayern Munich Chairman Beckenbauer also admitted Leverkusen's huge advantage.

"Although I don't want to see all this and don't want to admit it, if they can keep playing at this level, this year's championship will be theirs. But this does not mean that Bayern Munich gave up, and it was the same last year. They also led, but then Bayern Munich overtook and then laughed to the end. There is hope this year, but the hope is smaller."

Then Bekenbauer also washed the team, "This season our focus is on the Champions League, we were assigned to the death group, whether it is the Glasgow Rangers, Eindhoven or Valencia, they are all very strong and we are distracted. But we have to qualify in the group. Leverkusen is much better, only Lazio competes with them, there is actually no suspense, the other two are weak teams."

Weak team?

When the reporter heard this, he found it funny.

"Mr. Chairman, Dynamo Kiev almost turned you out of the final last year. Did you forget so quickly?"

Beckenbauer's expression changed slightly, and he quickly found the words.

"Last year was last year, this year was this year, just like this year's Leverkusen was not last year's Leverkusen, right? Every team will change, without exception."

"So who do you predict will win the league this year?"

"Of course it's Bayern Munich. As I said just now, we still have hope."

"So will Bayern Munich be eliminated in the Champions League group stage?"

"No, Bayern has a good tradition, and the guys won't let that happen."

It is not scary to fall behind in the league. It is terrifying to not qualify for the Champions League. Bayern Munich has always wanted to conquer Europe, and this is their first goal. If they are eliminated in the first stage of the group stage, it will be too miserable to defend the title this season? I can't even think about this.

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Although Barack performed very well last weekend, he still failed to win the honor of the Bundesliga Best Player that week. The Best was won by Frankfurt's Klose. Klose scored twice and got 3 points for Frankfurt at home.

The forward will always receive more attention than the midfielders, so the probability of winning the honor is even greater. Barack also discussed Klose with Zheng Zhi.

"Man, did Schuster really find Milo in your house?"

"Yes," Zheng Zhi nodded, recalling the scene when he met Klose last winter.

"That day he came to my house to install the cabinets, and when he saw me playing football, he practiced with me. As a result, Shuster on the second floor was watching us. Then he came to the Frankfurt training ground."

"Ah, my life is so good."

"I thought it was fake, I thought you just wanted to imitate Klose and make him look a little mysterious."

"How could it be?" Zheng Zhi rolled his eyes, "Life...is not bad! But it's not good, it's still too late to debut."

"I think we will partner together in the national team for a long time in the future. I just don't know when he and I will become the main players of the national team? Those old guys have always occupied the main players."

"Is this kind of worry meaningful? If you want to be the main force, you should beat them with better data, and then it will be natural. When your goals and assists are crushing them, won't the head coach make a choice? It's too simple, but the data is the same. If there is no advantage, the head coach may conservatively choose players with more experience."

"Um."

"By the way, thank you for your help."

"Next, in the Champions League, I will lead the team to advance."

"That's fine."

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This week's Europe can be said to be a week that determines life and death. The prospects of the German team are still optimistic, but the teams in Italy and England are struggling.

The focus of this round of game is the comprehensive confrontation between England and Italy. If the balance of the British-Italy battle tends to England, then Chelsea led by Viali and Arsenal led by Wenger will squeeze AC Milan and Fiorentina out of the Champions League respectively.

Former Sampdoria and Juventus forward Viali returned to San Siro as head coach, which must be a unique feeling in his heart. His Chelsea team is currently ranked second in the group behind Hertha Berlin, but they have two more points than AC Milan, so they are also acceptable for a draw in this game.

If Serie A champion AC Milan wants to qualify, they must strive to win. However, Liberian star Via, who headed the ball in the same city, still has to "serve his sentence". Via, who was suspended by UEFA for six games three years ago, has not yet served his sentence today.

Germany's Hertha Berlin should be able to qualify early this round, and its opponent, Galatasaray, Turkey, may not have come back from last week's 0:5 defeat. It should be no problem for Hertha to get a point from them.

In Group B, Arsenal and Fiorentina currently have 5 points, while Barcelona in the same group has already qualified, so the winner of the Arsenal and Fiorentina is likely to win the second place in the group and qualify. If the points are the same in the last round, it depends on the results of the two teams' confrontation. In the first round, Fiorentina tied Arsenal 1:1 at home. This game has special significance for Fiorentina. If the ball loses, their gold medal coach Trapatoni will also leave sadly. Fiorentina just suffered a three-game losing streak in the Serie A last Sunday. Although Fiorentina won the third place in the Champions League group stage and can continue to participate in the League Cup, for Trapatoni, a big name known to Europe, this face cannot be afforded, so it is better to leave as soon as possible.

When the Milan and the Fiorentines were waiting anxiously for their respective teams to defeat their opponents and save the opportunity to qualify in the group, Lazio fans could watch their team enter the next round with a relaxed mood. Lazio has already qualified, and playing Maribo is not a problem at all. They were thinking about whether they could beat Leverkusen in the last round to win the first place in the group. With the first stage of the group stage next week, the big-name teams began to do their best to join Barcelona and Porto, and enter the second stage of the game. The second stage will be divided into four groups for the double round group stage.

The defending champion Manchester United is currently two points behind the group-leading Marseille. They will strive to score one point in Zagreb. Now Manchester United no longer dares to expect any victory. In the last five league and cup games, the Red Devils and Manchester United have lost four games.

This is not to say that Manchester United's forwards do not score goals, but because the players in front scored a few more, and the back line behind them can leak a few more.

If the Marseille defeats the team Glaz, which is at the bottom of the group, they will also get the right to qualify in the group.

Porto and Real Madrid in Group E are both former European champions and will enter the second stage at the same time if they win on Tuesday.

Porto, which ranked first in the group with a two-point advantage, will face Norway's Murd at home, while Real Madrid will welcome Greek champion Olympiacos.

Bayern Munich, a regular player in the European Champions League final in recent seasons, faces the danger of being eliminated. Bayern Munich, who lost to Manchester United in the last two minutes in the final last season, currently ranks third in Group F, behind Glasgow Rangers and Valencia. Bayern must defeat Eindhoven to maintain a glimmer of hope.

The Rangers, which ranked first in the group with a one-point advantage, will strive to defeat Valencia at home and obtain the right to qualify as soon as possible.

French champion Bordeaux has already qualified as the first in Group G. They will face Sparta Prague. If the Czech team Sparta wins this game, they will also get the right to qualify in the group.

Moscow Spartac, four points behind Prague, must score three points in the match against Dutch team William II. But even so, there is little hope of qualifying.

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On Thursday night, Leverkusen faced Maribo at home and Lazio faced Dynamo Kiev at home. In order to continue participating in the League Cup, the teams all want to get points.

But both teams failed. Leverkusen headed the ball in the 20th minute with Burdalic, while Lazio scored in the 8th minute of the opening. Both teams did not give a chance to the phone at home. It seemed that they had made an appointment. Shortly after the second half, the two teams scored again. Leverkusen's Neuville and Lazio's Salas expanded the score, and both teams eventually defeated their opponents with a score of 2:0.

Lazio scored 13 points, while Leverkusen scored 11 points. The former ranked first in the group, and Leverkusen ranked second. The only suspense is who will win the final group in the sixth round.

Barack scored another assist in the game. At this time, he once again made the fans forget Zheng Zhi for the time being. However, Zheng Zhi was very comfortable watching in the stands. At the end of the game, he also celebrated the team's advancement in the first stage of the group stage with the fans.

But Germany is not happy, at least in the city of Munich. The result that Beckenbauer was most worried about came out, and they actually lost 1:2 to Eindhoven away.

Faced with the Netherlands Eindhoven, which was mobilized from head to toe, Bayern Munich only played for the first 20 minutes of the second half. A commentator from German TV 3 said that Bayern seemed to be playing in a friendly match. Although Bayern only made his first defeat, if he lost to Scotland's Glasgow Rangers at home next round and Valencia lost to Eindhoven, Bayern would have to be demoted to the last place and would not even be qualified for the League Cup.

Poor Bayern Munich.

I'm not happy in the capital Berlin.

Another Bundesliga team, Hertha Berlin, also failed to grasp its fate. What is surprising is that Hertha Berlin defeated Galata Salei 1-4 at home, and they must draw with Chelsea in England in the last round to qualify.

What is even more puzzled is that Hertha Berlin was reversed with one goal lead. If you want to blame them, they will participate in the Champions League for the first time without any experience.

"Kicker" can't help but sigh - what's wrong with this world? Bayern Munich did not have a trace of blood in Eindhoven, Hertha Berlin lost everything directly in Berlin, and there was no worse situation than this. Fortunately, we still have Leverkusen, and we still have Barack!

Biography - Bayern Munich is dead, Hertha Berlin is going to die, only Leverkusen is still alive.

At the end of this week, Real Madrid, Porto, Prague Sparta, Valencia and Leverkusen entered the quarterfinals. After all the quarterfinals of 16 are out next week, the second stage of group stage will be grouped, and the fight will continue to be fought for 6 rounds, and then 8 places will be generated in the knockout round.
Chapter completed!