The top three of the Champions League Premier League play at the same time, the madman returns to Stamford Bridge, Liverpool challenges the Devil s home court

At 3 a.m. on October 1, the second round of the Champions League stage began in full swing, with three Premier League teams, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham, playing at the same time. Among them, Chelsea faces Benfica at home, which is also one of the most eye-catching games in this round of the Champions League, because Benfica coach is Mourinho, the former legendary coach of the Blues. This time he returns to Stamford Bridge Stadium, he will welcome the tsunami of Blues fans. Liverpool will go to the home court of the Turkish Devils to face the Turkish Super League overlord Galatasaray. The home team has three Golden Boot-level scorers in the five major leagues, Osmeen, Sane and Icardi, and the Reds are unpredictable. In addition, Tottenham will also go to the snowy and ice of Norway to challenge Norwegian powerhouse Bode to shine.

Chelsea vs Benfica. Judging from the popularity, strength comparison and historical record of the two teams, this would have been a very ordinary Champions League match, but because of the existence of one person, this match has also become one of the focus of this round of Champions League. This person is Benfica's current head coach and has transformed Chelsea from the mid-range Premier League team into BIG6, and led Chelsea to win the Premier League championship three times. The "special one" in the past will lead the team back to Stamford Bridge Stadium in the Champions League.

Mourinho coached Chelsea twice from July 2004 to September 2007 and July 2013 to December 2015, and built the Iron-blooded Blues. Although Mourinho was dismissed from the middle of the class when coaching Chelsea twice, he was still full of love for Chelsea, and Chelsea fans also regarded it as one of the greatest head coaches in the club's history. However, after leaving Chelsea for the second time, Mourinho's coaching was obviously on the decline, coaching Manchester United, Tottenham, Roma and Fenerbahce, who were fired by the team during their coaching period, including coaching Fenerbahce again for losing to Benfica in the Champions League play-offs. However, it was a blessing in disguise that Benfica lost to Carabach in the first round of the Champions League, and former coach Raje were also fired, and Mourinho was also invited back to Benfica, and was able to lead the team to compete in the Champions League again.

Chelsea lost 1-3 away to Bayern in the first round of the Champions League, and then to Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League. They won 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last five games. The game they won was to defeat English League One team Lincoln City 2-1 away in the British League Cup. Although Chelsea management has reiterated its support for head coach Maresca, fans familiar with football know that this support often occurs when the coach's coach's position is unstable. Benfica lost to the weak team Karabach 2-3 at home in the first round of the Champions League. Mourinho won 2 wins and 1 draw in the Portuguese Premier League in three games after taking office. The team currently ranks third in the Portuguese Premier League with 17 points, falling behind the leader Porto by 4 points.

Chelsea and Benfica have played against each other for the last four times, and Chelsea has maintained a complete victory, including the 1/8 final of the Club World Cup, and Chelsea defeated their opponents 4-1 in overtime. In this game, if Mourinho can lead the team to escape unscathed at Stamford Bridge Stadium, he will be considered to have completed the task.

Galatasaray vs. Liverpool. Liverpool will challenge Galatasaray away in this round of the Champions League. Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 away in the Premier League last weekend, and the record of full wins of this season's official game ended here. This is reasonable. After all, Liverpool's seven consecutive wins in all competitions have relied on goals and winning the opponent after 85 minutes. He always has to pay back when he goes out. Therefore, Liverpool's goal in the 97th minute was defeated by Crystal Palace, which is to some extent, has been considered as a burden to be removed and can play in this round of Champions League with light load.

Galatasaray is the unquestionable overlord of Turkish football. This is true in terms of the strength of the team and the dominance inside and outside the stadium. As strong as Mourinho, when he comes to Turkey, he has to bow down to Galatasaray. Galatasaray's Turkish Telecom Stadium is a well-known devil's home court in Europe. Galatasaray has maintained an unbeaten record of 14 wins and 6 draws in his last 20 home courts. In addition, Galatasaray also has the Golden Boot level forward of the five major leagues. Osmeen once won the Golden Boot of the Serie A season 2022-2023, Icardi has won the Golden Boot of the Serie A twice, and Sane has scored more than 100 goals for Schalke 04, Manchester City and Bayern.

Galatasaray and Liverpool have played in the Champions League four times, with both sides tied with 1 win, 2 draw and 1 loss. However, the latest encounter was in the 2006-2007 Champions League group stage, and it has no reference value for now. Galatasaray lost 1-5 away to Frankfurt in the first round of the Champions League, which was also the only loss since the new season, with Liverpool defeating Atletico Madrid 3-2 at home. Although the Reds are away in this round, their strength is significantly better than their opponents and they are expected to conquer Galatasaray's home court.

Boder Shining VS Tottenham. Tottenham will travel to the snow and ice of Nordic Europe to challenge the Bode shining that has emerged in the European arena in recent seasons. Bode Shining reached the semi-finals last season, but lost 1-5 to the later champion Tottenham Hotspur. This encounter can be regarded as giving Bode Shining a chance to take revenge. Bode Shine is the Norwegian Premier League champion in the last two seasons. They eliminated Austria's Graz Storm in the Champions League play-off this season. They reached the Champions League for the first time in the team's history. The team's total value is 60.73 million euros. The highest value player is 24-year-old Danish striker Caspaho, who is worth 10 million euros. As the champion of the Europa League last season, Tottenham was able to participate in the Champions League this season. Under the leadership of the new coach Frank, Tottenham changed its style of opening and closing last season, and its defensive ability has increased significantly. The team's performance has also improved significantly. It currently ranks fourth in the Premier League with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Bodd Shining and Tottenham only had two matches between them in the Europa League semi-finals last season. Tottenham defeated their opponents 3-1 at home and 2-0 away games.. In terms of strength, Tottenham is obviously stronger than its opponents, but the main players such as Kulusevsky, Madison, Bisuma and Dragusin are injured in Tottenham. In addition, this time, they are away again, not only long-distance flights, but also in Norway's ice and snow, which adds a lot of uncertainty to this game. In the first round of the Champions League, Bode Shining drew 2-2 with Slavia Prague away, Tottenham defeated Villarreal 1-0 at home, and beware of Tottenham's upset in this game.

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