Chapter 389 The battle of the century, the final opponent is revealed
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 389 The battle of the century, the final opponent is revealed
The battle between Manchester City and Bayern at the Allianz Arena caused a huge sensation in football.
The two teams jointly scored 11 goals in one game, breaking the historical record of the Champions League in one fell swoop.
Since the reform of the Champions League, there has never been a single-game goal in double figures in the semi-finals. This game is the first time!
After the game, the entire football world was full of discussions, and the major media rushed to report. Some people even dubbed the game the "Game of the Century".
You know, the title of War of the Century used to refer specifically to the Spanish national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
However, the match between Manchester City and Bayern was not inferior to the Spanish derby in terms of bloodshed and popularity, and even crazier than the Spanish derby.
"These two teams are really crazy. I have watched football for more than 20 years, and I have never seen such a crazy game!"
"11 goals in a single game, those who didn't know thought they were watching a low-level league!"
"Hehe, even in our Chinese Super League, there has never been such a score, has it?"
"Evergrande may be a bit reluctant to score 6 goals in the Super League, but it is not impossible, but which team can score 5 goals for Evergrande?"
"I remember a few years ago when Real Madrid came to play a warm-up match, they played a 6:1 with Evergrande?"
"Ahem, I'm talking about the Chinese Super League team, not counting the top giants in the five major leagues like Real Madrid. These are not teams of the same level. There is nothing comparable!"
Bayern and Manchester City are not the kind of teams that defend poorly, and they have conceded very few goals in the league and the Champions League respectively.
But this time, the two teams have broken the record of conceded goals this season.
It has been a long time since no team has scored five goals against Bayern at the Allianz Arena, and the same is true for Manchester City.
After the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, they haven't been scored six goals for many years.
Such a fierce and exciting game appeared in the semi-finals, which made many fans feel sorry:
"Why is this game not a final? If it were a final, it might be comparable to the Miracle of Istanbul and become one of the most exciting finals in history!"
"Hehe, if this is the final, the two teams will definitely not play so boldly. The number of goals may not even be one-third of this number!"
After watching this game, while affirming the strength of Manchester City, everyone also had a little bit of sympathy for Bayern:
"It's a pity for Bayern. They stubbornly tied the score several times, and even took the lead at one point, but they still fell short in the end."
"With Bayern's strength, they can break into the final. It's just that they were unlucky and met Manchester City with Lin Quan!"
"If Bayern hadn't met Manchester City, I don't know what their odds are against Real Madrid and Barcelona?"
The four teams that reached the semi-finals this year are all incredibly strong, three of the top clubs in football, and one defending champion last season.
Such four teams have encountered each other, and it is difficult to predict the final result of each other before the end of the game.
Just like the situation in another game, although Real Madrid lost 0:3 in the away game, no one dares to assert that they will be eliminated.
Whether Real Madrid can advance to the final depends on how strong they can explode after returning to the Bernabeu.
The game between Manchester City and Bayern is one day earlier than the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which allows Manchester City to sit back and watch the tigers fight.
Of course, the time for the Champions League final is still more than half a month away, so it doesn't have much impact if it is one day earlier or later.
Before the UEFA Champions League final, the five major leagues have basically ended. Both sides of the final have enough time to reserve physical fitness and adjust their state, so as to welcome the final in the best state.
Manchester City did not stay longer in Munich and flew back to Manchester that night.
Finally finished the Champions League, they can concentrate on the league.
There are still ten days before the end of the Premier League. Within these ten days, Manchester City still has two games to play.
As long as they win the last two games, they can beat Chelsea and defend the league title.
Manchester City lost the League Cup and the FA Cup this year. If they can't win the Premier League, they will have nothing in the league.
Because of this, Guardiola still attaches great importance to this championship.
"Have a day off, take a good rest after you go back, don't spend time outside, I will not interfere with your private life, but if I see someone who is not in good condition on the court, then I will replace him without hesitation, understand ?"
After getting off the plane, Guardiola disbanded the team and gave them a day off by the way.
There are only 2 days left in the penultimate round of the Premier League, and a day off is already the limit.
The players knew about the schedule and had no hope for the holiday. They didn't expect Guardiola to be so reasonable. This made them all very happy, and they all patted their chests to promise that they would have a good rest and would not go out for a while.
Guardiola was skeptical of everyone's words. When he was in Barcelona, he saw with his own eyes how Ronaldinho degenerated.
Players who become famous and rich in money at a young age are the most difficult to resist the temptation of the colorful world.
Fortunately, he did not see this kind of undisciplined behavior in Lin's body, which made Guardiola quite satisfied.
……
Although it is on vacation, how can a workaholic like Guardiola be able to stay idle?
Early the next morning, he was going to drive to the airport, planning to take the nearest flight to Madrid to watch the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Lin Quan wanted to go with him, so Guardiola decided to change the ticket and travel with Lin Quan.
After arriving in Madrid, the two got off the plane, and immediately felt the warm atmosphere of the World War.
The streets of Madrid are filled with posters of Champions League matches and personal portraits of Real Madrid players.
In addition, the streets and alleys are filled with a large number of fans wearing Real Madrid jerseys, and occasionally a small number of fans wearing Barcelona jerseys can be seen.
However, Barcelona fans are not welcome in Madrid. Once they appear, they will immediately besieged by Real Madrid fans.
The grievances between the two teams have accumulated for a long time, and it can be described as a feud.
Coupled with the growing influence of Catalan separatism in recent years, the match between the two teams has been given more political significance.
This caused the relationship between the fans of the two sides to become worse. A group of Real Madrid fans can often be seen beating Barcelona fans on the street.
This can make the police in Madrid very busy!
"How can these guys hit someone?"
Seeing the Barcelona fans being beaten, Guardiola couldn't help frowning.
Although he has already left Barcelona, he has played for Barcelona for 20 years after all, and Guardiola still has deep feelings for Barcelona.
Lin Quan glanced at it casually, and vaguely heard Barcelona fans taunting Real Madrid fans about the fact that their team got zero seals. Someone even used the 5-0 game as an issue, and slapped Real Madrid fans, mocking them wantonly.
Seeing this scene, the corner of Lin Quan's mouth twitched slightly, and he said to himself: If you don't die, you won't die!
Wearing a Barcelona jersey so blatantly came to Real Madrid's territory, and even taunted the huge number of Real Madrid fans, let alone fans of Real Madrid, fans of other teams may beat people.
"It's not like you don't know how deep the grievances between the two teams have accumulated. It's normal for fans of the two teams to fight outside the stadium. Haven't you seen it on the streets of Barcelona?"
Lin Quan grew up in Barcelona. In his impression, every time Real Madrid visited Camp Nou, there were often fights between the fans of the two sides outside the field.
And it's not just in Spain. In other parts of the world, the relationship between the fans of the two teams is also not good.
Lin Quan still remembers a piece of news that he read. In 2013, in a war-torn country in the Middle East, a Barcelona fan and his Real Madrid fan friend broke out and hacked each other to death with a knife, even beheading him in public. , which caused a huge commotion.
Guardiola wanted to help, so he asked his friends from the Spanish Football Association to protect the Barcelona fans.
But that's all he can do.
……
On May 2015, 5, the Bernabéu Stadium.
Another battle of the century between Real Madrid and Barcelona officially started.
The last time the two teams met in the Champions League dates back to the semi-finals of the 2010-2011 season.
At that time, Real Madrid lost 0:2 at home to Barcelona, handed over the place in the final to the opponent, and watched the opponent win the Big Ears Cup again.
That defeat made Real Madrid fans feel very disappointed. If they could advance to the final, with the strength of Real Madrid at that time, the probability of defeating Manchester United was not low. Maybe they would have already won the tenth Champions League trophy. sweet dream.
Too bad there is no if!
Now, 4 years later, the two sides meet again in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
This time, Real Madrid's situation is still very unfavorable.
A clean 0:3 loss in the first round put them under tremendous offensive pressure.
In this game, Real Madrid must score at least 3 goals, and they must also ensure that their opponents cannot score.
As long as Barcelona scores a goal, Real Madrid will basically be eliminated.
In order to score goals as soon as possible, Real Madrid started a massive attack as soon as they came up in this game.
Bell, Ronaldo, Benzema, Isco, Rodriguez and other big-name players were all sent by Ancelotti.
And Barcelona is not afraid, they also sent the strongest lineup they can send.
Messi, Neymar and Suarez also started.
However, in midfield, Rakitic replaced Harvey in the starting position.
Perhaps drawing on the previous day's experience at the Allianz Arena, Real Madrid focused their offense on the wing today, especially Bell's side.
Bell also lived up to expectations, using his speed to hit the opponent's defense time and time again.
In the 13th minute of the game, Real Madrid seized the opportunity to play a quick counterattack. After Bell broke through, he passed the ball to Benzema, and Benzema passed it back to Ronaldo.
Real Madrid's star star raged at the ball, rewriting the score to 1:0 in one fell swoop!
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo was very excited and ran to the sidelines to celebrate with SIU.
The fans at the scene responded with warm applause and cheers.
However, while Ronaldo was busy celebrating, the veteran of the Real Madrid team and the main goalkeeper Casillas did not celebrate together. Instead, he rushed to the Barcelona goal, picked up the football, put it back to the kick-off point, and then one by one To urge teammates to get ready for kick-offs.
Only one goal was recovered, they are still behind by 2 goals, time is precious, before tying or even overtaking, they are not qualified to waste time!
The quick goal in the opening stage gave Real Madrid fans hope of victory.
The gap of 3 balls and the gap of 2 balls give people a completely different feeling.
If they can make persistent efforts and score another goal in the first half to reduce the point difference between the two teams to 1 goal, then it may no longer be impossible for them to reverse Barcelona at home.
However, just as Real Madrid was preparing to follow suit and continue to use offense to pry open the door of Barcelona, Barcelona's counterattack came.
Although this is the Bernabéu and Real Madrid's home court, Barcelona has been here too many times, and they are no longer afraid of the opponent's home court advantage.
Real Madrid's offensive firepower is strong, is Barcelona weak?
In Enrique's Barcelona team, the defensive ability is actually not outstanding. What really stands out is the terrifying offensive ability in the frontcourt.
In Barcelona in the 2014-2015 season, the MSN combination in the frontcourt is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most terrifying striker combination in football this season.
When they started to exert their strength, they were as strong as Real Madrid, and they couldn't stop them.
In the 19th minute, Messi won the chance to score with his iconic personal breakthrough.
The Argentine passed the ball to his teammates without hesitation. Suarez showed the quality of a top shooter. After receiving the ball, he adjusted half a step and sent the ball steadily into the goal.
1:1, Barcelona tied the score in just 6 minutes!
This was the last result Real Madrid wanted to see, because the opponent's goal not only obliterated their previous goals, but even further widened the gap between the two teams.
This is an away goal for Barcelona. This goal means that Real Madrid must score at least 4 more goals in the next game to qualify for the final.
Is it really possible to score 5 goals against Barcelona in one game?
The huge lag made the mentality of the Real Madrid players anxious, and they were eager to score goals so as to narrow the gap.
However, this eagerness allowed Barcelona to seize the opportunity.
In the 29th minute, Barcelona followed suit, again Messi instigated the attack and assisted Neymar to score another goal.
The score became 1:2, Barcelona reversed Real Madrid and rewritten the total score to 5:1!
If Real Madrid wants to win, they must score 60 goals in the next 5 minutes!
This is almost impossible, even if it is as strong as Real Madrid, it cannot be done.
Although Ancelotti made timely adjustments, Ronaldo and Bale both exploded, scoring a goal each in the second half.
But Real Madrid still failed to perform a miracle. When the final whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 3:2.
Real Madrid finally lost to Barcelona with a total score of 5:3 and missed the final.
So far, the two teams in the 2014-2015 UEFA Champions League final have all been decided.
On June 6th, this season's Champions League final will be played by Manchester City and Barcelona at the Olympiastadion in Berlin!
(End of this chapter)
The battle between Manchester City and Bayern at the Allianz Arena caused a huge sensation in football.
The two teams jointly scored 11 goals in one game, breaking the historical record of the Champions League in one fell swoop.
Since the reform of the Champions League, there has never been a single-game goal in double figures in the semi-finals. This game is the first time!
After the game, the entire football world was full of discussions, and the major media rushed to report. Some people even dubbed the game the "Game of the Century".
You know, the title of War of the Century used to refer specifically to the Spanish national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
However, the match between Manchester City and Bayern was not inferior to the Spanish derby in terms of bloodshed and popularity, and even crazier than the Spanish derby.
"These two teams are really crazy. I have watched football for more than 20 years, and I have never seen such a crazy game!"
"11 goals in a single game, those who didn't know thought they were watching a low-level league!"
"Hehe, even in our Chinese Super League, there has never been such a score, has it?"
"Evergrande may be a bit reluctant to score 6 goals in the Super League, but it is not impossible, but which team can score 5 goals for Evergrande?"
"I remember a few years ago when Real Madrid came to play a warm-up match, they played a 6:1 with Evergrande?"
"Ahem, I'm talking about the Chinese Super League team, not counting the top giants in the five major leagues like Real Madrid. These are not teams of the same level. There is nothing comparable!"
Bayern and Manchester City are not the kind of teams that defend poorly, and they have conceded very few goals in the league and the Champions League respectively.
But this time, the two teams have broken the record of conceded goals this season.
It has been a long time since no team has scored five goals against Bayern at the Allianz Arena, and the same is true for Manchester City.
After the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, they haven't been scored six goals for many years.
Such a fierce and exciting game appeared in the semi-finals, which made many fans feel sorry:
"Why is this game not a final? If it were a final, it might be comparable to the Miracle of Istanbul and become one of the most exciting finals in history!"
"Hehe, if this is the final, the two teams will definitely not play so boldly. The number of goals may not even be one-third of this number!"
After watching this game, while affirming the strength of Manchester City, everyone also had a little bit of sympathy for Bayern:
"It's a pity for Bayern. They stubbornly tied the score several times, and even took the lead at one point, but they still fell short in the end."
"With Bayern's strength, they can break into the final. It's just that they were unlucky and met Manchester City with Lin Quan!"
"If Bayern hadn't met Manchester City, I don't know what their odds are against Real Madrid and Barcelona?"
The four teams that reached the semi-finals this year are all incredibly strong, three of the top clubs in football, and one defending champion last season.
Such four teams have encountered each other, and it is difficult to predict the final result of each other before the end of the game.
Just like the situation in another game, although Real Madrid lost 0:3 in the away game, no one dares to assert that they will be eliminated.
Whether Real Madrid can advance to the final depends on how strong they can explode after returning to the Bernabeu.
The game between Manchester City and Bayern is one day earlier than the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which allows Manchester City to sit back and watch the tigers fight.
Of course, the time for the Champions League final is still more than half a month away, so it doesn't have much impact if it is one day earlier or later.
Before the UEFA Champions League final, the five major leagues have basically ended. Both sides of the final have enough time to reserve physical fitness and adjust their state, so as to welcome the final in the best state.
Manchester City did not stay longer in Munich and flew back to Manchester that night.
Finally finished the Champions League, they can concentrate on the league.
There are still ten days before the end of the Premier League. Within these ten days, Manchester City still has two games to play.
As long as they win the last two games, they can beat Chelsea and defend the league title.
Manchester City lost the League Cup and the FA Cup this year. If they can't win the Premier League, they will have nothing in the league.
Because of this, Guardiola still attaches great importance to this championship.
"Have a day off, take a good rest after you go back, don't spend time outside, I will not interfere with your private life, but if I see someone who is not in good condition on the court, then I will replace him without hesitation, understand ?"
After getting off the plane, Guardiola disbanded the team and gave them a day off by the way.
There are only 2 days left in the penultimate round of the Premier League, and a day off is already the limit.
The players knew about the schedule and had no hope for the holiday. They didn't expect Guardiola to be so reasonable. This made them all very happy, and they all patted their chests to promise that they would have a good rest and would not go out for a while.
Guardiola was skeptical of everyone's words. When he was in Barcelona, he saw with his own eyes how Ronaldinho degenerated.
Players who become famous and rich in money at a young age are the most difficult to resist the temptation of the colorful world.
Fortunately, he did not see this kind of undisciplined behavior in Lin's body, which made Guardiola quite satisfied.
……
Although it is on vacation, how can a workaholic like Guardiola be able to stay idle?
Early the next morning, he was going to drive to the airport, planning to take the nearest flight to Madrid to watch the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Lin Quan wanted to go with him, so Guardiola decided to change the ticket and travel with Lin Quan.
After arriving in Madrid, the two got off the plane, and immediately felt the warm atmosphere of the World War.
The streets of Madrid are filled with posters of Champions League matches and personal portraits of Real Madrid players.
In addition, the streets and alleys are filled with a large number of fans wearing Real Madrid jerseys, and occasionally a small number of fans wearing Barcelona jerseys can be seen.
However, Barcelona fans are not welcome in Madrid. Once they appear, they will immediately besieged by Real Madrid fans.
The grievances between the two teams have accumulated for a long time, and it can be described as a feud.
Coupled with the growing influence of Catalan separatism in recent years, the match between the two teams has been given more political significance.
This caused the relationship between the fans of the two sides to become worse. A group of Real Madrid fans can often be seen beating Barcelona fans on the street.
This can make the police in Madrid very busy!
"How can these guys hit someone?"
Seeing the Barcelona fans being beaten, Guardiola couldn't help frowning.
Although he has already left Barcelona, he has played for Barcelona for 20 years after all, and Guardiola still has deep feelings for Barcelona.
Lin Quan glanced at it casually, and vaguely heard Barcelona fans taunting Real Madrid fans about the fact that their team got zero seals. Someone even used the 5-0 game as an issue, and slapped Real Madrid fans, mocking them wantonly.
Seeing this scene, the corner of Lin Quan's mouth twitched slightly, and he said to himself: If you don't die, you won't die!
Wearing a Barcelona jersey so blatantly came to Real Madrid's territory, and even taunted the huge number of Real Madrid fans, let alone fans of Real Madrid, fans of other teams may beat people.
"It's not like you don't know how deep the grievances between the two teams have accumulated. It's normal for fans of the two teams to fight outside the stadium. Haven't you seen it on the streets of Barcelona?"
Lin Quan grew up in Barcelona. In his impression, every time Real Madrid visited Camp Nou, there were often fights between the fans of the two sides outside the field.
And it's not just in Spain. In other parts of the world, the relationship between the fans of the two teams is also not good.
Lin Quan still remembers a piece of news that he read. In 2013, in a war-torn country in the Middle East, a Barcelona fan and his Real Madrid fan friend broke out and hacked each other to death with a knife, even beheading him in public. , which caused a huge commotion.
Guardiola wanted to help, so he asked his friends from the Spanish Football Association to protect the Barcelona fans.
But that's all he can do.
……
On May 2015, 5, the Bernabéu Stadium.
Another battle of the century between Real Madrid and Barcelona officially started.
The last time the two teams met in the Champions League dates back to the semi-finals of the 2010-2011 season.
At that time, Real Madrid lost 0:2 at home to Barcelona, handed over the place in the final to the opponent, and watched the opponent win the Big Ears Cup again.
That defeat made Real Madrid fans feel very disappointed. If they could advance to the final, with the strength of Real Madrid at that time, the probability of defeating Manchester United was not low. Maybe they would have already won the tenth Champions League trophy. sweet dream.
Too bad there is no if!
Now, 4 years later, the two sides meet again in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
This time, Real Madrid's situation is still very unfavorable.
A clean 0:3 loss in the first round put them under tremendous offensive pressure.
In this game, Real Madrid must score at least 3 goals, and they must also ensure that their opponents cannot score.
As long as Barcelona scores a goal, Real Madrid will basically be eliminated.
In order to score goals as soon as possible, Real Madrid started a massive attack as soon as they came up in this game.
Bell, Ronaldo, Benzema, Isco, Rodriguez and other big-name players were all sent by Ancelotti.
And Barcelona is not afraid, they also sent the strongest lineup they can send.
Messi, Neymar and Suarez also started.
However, in midfield, Rakitic replaced Harvey in the starting position.
Perhaps drawing on the previous day's experience at the Allianz Arena, Real Madrid focused their offense on the wing today, especially Bell's side.
Bell also lived up to expectations, using his speed to hit the opponent's defense time and time again.
In the 13th minute of the game, Real Madrid seized the opportunity to play a quick counterattack. After Bell broke through, he passed the ball to Benzema, and Benzema passed it back to Ronaldo.
Real Madrid's star star raged at the ball, rewriting the score to 1:0 in one fell swoop!
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo was very excited and ran to the sidelines to celebrate with SIU.
The fans at the scene responded with warm applause and cheers.
However, while Ronaldo was busy celebrating, the veteran of the Real Madrid team and the main goalkeeper Casillas did not celebrate together. Instead, he rushed to the Barcelona goal, picked up the football, put it back to the kick-off point, and then one by one To urge teammates to get ready for kick-offs.
Only one goal was recovered, they are still behind by 2 goals, time is precious, before tying or even overtaking, they are not qualified to waste time!
The quick goal in the opening stage gave Real Madrid fans hope of victory.
The gap of 3 balls and the gap of 2 balls give people a completely different feeling.
If they can make persistent efforts and score another goal in the first half to reduce the point difference between the two teams to 1 goal, then it may no longer be impossible for them to reverse Barcelona at home.
However, just as Real Madrid was preparing to follow suit and continue to use offense to pry open the door of Barcelona, Barcelona's counterattack came.
Although this is the Bernabéu and Real Madrid's home court, Barcelona has been here too many times, and they are no longer afraid of the opponent's home court advantage.
Real Madrid's offensive firepower is strong, is Barcelona weak?
In Enrique's Barcelona team, the defensive ability is actually not outstanding. What really stands out is the terrifying offensive ability in the frontcourt.
In Barcelona in the 2014-2015 season, the MSN combination in the frontcourt is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most terrifying striker combination in football this season.
When they started to exert their strength, they were as strong as Real Madrid, and they couldn't stop them.
In the 19th minute, Messi won the chance to score with his iconic personal breakthrough.
The Argentine passed the ball to his teammates without hesitation. Suarez showed the quality of a top shooter. After receiving the ball, he adjusted half a step and sent the ball steadily into the goal.
1:1, Barcelona tied the score in just 6 minutes!
This was the last result Real Madrid wanted to see, because the opponent's goal not only obliterated their previous goals, but even further widened the gap between the two teams.
This is an away goal for Barcelona. This goal means that Real Madrid must score at least 4 more goals in the next game to qualify for the final.
Is it really possible to score 5 goals against Barcelona in one game?
The huge lag made the mentality of the Real Madrid players anxious, and they were eager to score goals so as to narrow the gap.
However, this eagerness allowed Barcelona to seize the opportunity.
In the 29th minute, Barcelona followed suit, again Messi instigated the attack and assisted Neymar to score another goal.
The score became 1:2, Barcelona reversed Real Madrid and rewritten the total score to 5:1!
If Real Madrid wants to win, they must score 60 goals in the next 5 minutes!
This is almost impossible, even if it is as strong as Real Madrid, it cannot be done.
Although Ancelotti made timely adjustments, Ronaldo and Bale both exploded, scoring a goal each in the second half.
But Real Madrid still failed to perform a miracle. When the final whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 3:2.
Real Madrid finally lost to Barcelona with a total score of 5:3 and missed the final.
So far, the two teams in the 2014-2015 UEFA Champions League final have all been decided.
On June 6th, this season's Champions League final will be played by Manchester City and Barcelona at the Olympiastadion in Berlin!
(End of this chapter)
