Chapter 109: The Chinese Derby in the Champions League Final?
Tang Zheng delivered a perfect answer sheet at the Allianz Stadium, with a goal, an assist and a key tandem, becoming a well-deserved best in the game.
Referee Atkinson blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Real Madrid fans who accompanied the team on the trip made a huge cheer to cheer for the team's away win.
At this time, the Allianz Arena was no longer as crowded as it was at the beginning of the game, and the momentum created even reached the Real Madrid fans who came from afar.
In fact, as early as the 80th minute of the game, many home fans left the stadium early in order to show their dissatisfaction with Bayern, so when the game was over, they saw a large number of empty seats in the Allianz Arena.
After the game, Tang Zheng took the initiative to go to his friends Hummels and Lewandowski, who were in a bad mood, to comfort them respectively.
The home defeat had little to do with Hummels, so he wasn't in a particularly bad mood, but unlike Lewandowski, his poor form was a key problem for Bayern Munich to win the game at the Allianz Arena.
Lewandowski doesn't even have to think about what the media reports will say about him......
However, Tang Zheng's relationship with Lewandowski is not as deep as Hummels', and in terms of communication, it is point-to-point, so Tang Zheng chatted with Hummels more and lamented the various reasons for losing.
The next night, another Champions League semi-final first leg at Anfield was heart-wrenching.
Liverpool led Roma 5-0 early, but they paid a heavy price for their slackening in the closing stages, with Dzeko and Wu Sanshi pulling two goals back to make it 5-2.
Not many people doubt that Liverpool will advance to this season's Champions League final, but Roma have experienced a thrilling moment of losing 4-1 away to Barcelona and advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League 3-0 at home, so much so that avid Roma fans are convinced that their team will advance to the final in the second leg of their home game!
Tang Zheng also watched Liverpool's home game against Roma in front of the TV, but he turned off the TV when Liverpool led 5-0 over Roma and didn't know the result of the Anfield match until he woke up the next morning.
In this way, the second leg of the match at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome only needs Roma to defeat Liverpool 3:0, 4:1 to make history and enter the Champions League final.
As a result, a lot of interesting jokes appeared on the Internet.
The most profound joke that made Tang Zheng was that Liverpool beat Roma to the point of dying at home, and then stabbed himself twice, hooked his finger at Roma, and said, "Hurry up, let's continue to fight." ”
Liverpool, who were shivering after winning, were not without media praise, as they were just one goal shy of Barcelona's record for most goals in a single season set by Barcelona in the 1999-2000 Champions League at the end of the first leg.
In other words, Liverpool, who have at least one last game in the Champions League this season, only needs to score a goal in the second leg to tie the record and tie Barcelona for the most goals in a single season in Champions League history.
It is worth mentioning that the 1999-2000 Champions League season had two round-robin group stages, so there were more competitions, that is, Barcelona scored 45 goals in 16 games, while Liverpool took 11 games to reach only one goal from the record......
Real Madrid defeated Regallis 2-1 in the 35th round of the 2017-2018 La Liga season at the Bernabeu Stadium in midweek, while Barcelona beat Deportivo La Coruna 4-2 in the other league game at the same time, with the same points remaining at seven points.
But with three rounds of the league remaining, Barcelona's hopes of reversing Real Madrid to win the league title are gradually crumbling.
Even if Real Madrid lose the 36 league games at Camp Nou, they can defend their league title if they win one of the remaining two league games.
Moreover, Real Madrid, who visited Camp Nou, only need to draw with Barcelona to win the league title two rounds in advance, so those media who are still hopeful about Barcelona are optimistic about Real Madrid's prospects of defending the title......
Before the second leg of the 2017-2018 La Liga national derby, Real Madrid has a second leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Real Madrid, who defeated Bayern 3:1 away, is equivalent to advancing to the Champions League final this season with most of its feet, but Bayern's overall strength is not bad, even if it is at home in the second leg, the whole Real Madrid team does not dare to slack off.
The first match day of the Champions League is Roma at home against Liverpool, Liverpool, who was supposed to end the first leg of the two-legged match, was not attentive enough at the end of the game, and was scored twice in a row by Roma, with the experience of knocking out Barcelona in an upset, no team dares to underestimate Rome at home, and even many media are optimistic about Rome eliminating Liverpool.
Tang Zheng, who was preparing for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, also paid attention to the key battle on the Apennine Peninsula, and Liverpool, who were only eight minutes into the game, scored first with Nainggran's low-level return pass in the middle, and the aggregate score became 6:2.
However, Roma did not surrender at home and equalised just five minutes later.
Florenzi delivered a high-quality cross from the right and El Shaarawy nodded back from behind the box before Lovren and Milner, who were Liverpool's sinners in the first leg, combined for an unbelievable own goal.
Lovren was under pressure from Schick in the middle of the six-yard box and didn't pay attention to his team-mate's position, and his big kick hit Milner's face and bounced towards his own goal.
Milner looked confused, as did goalkeeper Karius, who had experienced such a bizarre own goal for the first time since he had been in goal, so he didn't react in the first place, and it was too late to make a move when he realized something......
Tang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the TV, couldn't help but laugh at this strange goal, this 'leaky Fren' is really not in vain, the header in the first leg caused Dzeko to pull one back, and the second leg directly helped Roma equalize.
Fortunately, Wijnaldum seized the opportunity in the 24th minute to help Liverpool take the lead again, otherwise the imposing Roma really had a real chance of achieving another super comeback at home.
Until the end of the first half, the score did not change.
Everyone thought that the game was over when Roma showed super blood again, in the 51st minute, Wu Sanshi took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and hit the goal directly, Karius went to the ground quickly, blocking Wu Sanshi's angled shot, but Dzeko grabbed a follow-up shot before Van Dijk made up the defense.
2:2
Roma will not be enough to beat Liverpool on aggregate to qualify for this season's Champions League final, 2-2, as they will need to score three goals in a row in the remaining game time and ensure that they don't concede any more goals.
Aware of the danger, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp chose to be very decisive, replacing Clavan and strengthening the defence.
Because being too attacking can expose some problems in defence, and Liverpool, who are still three goals ahead on aggregate, need not attack now.
It's defense!
Liverpool, who strengthened the defence, were able to give the initiative to Roma completely, but Jurgen Klopp's players did a very good job in defence, and it was not until the end of the game that Belgium international Nainggran scored twice to make the aggregate score 6-7, but there was no time at this time, and after three minutes of injury time, Nainggran's penalty was exactly three minutes later.
Liverpool, who had the advantage of the kick-off, were in no hurry to pass forward, they were very clever in passing the ball to the back.
After passing several kicks in a row, the Roma players did not touch the football, and the referee on duty Marienco decisively blew the whistle in his mouth, two short and one long, announcing the end of the game, and finally Liverpool eliminated Roma with an aggregate score of 7:6, and reached the Champions League final again after ten years.
Liverpool's progress to the Champions League final also set a series of records, starting with a staggering 46 goals in 12 games, surpassing Barcelona as the team with the most goals in a single season in the Champions League in 1999-2000.
In addition, the MSF duo of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino combined to score 29 goals, surpassing the 28 goals scored by MSN in the 2014-2015 season and becoming the most goalscoring duo in Champions League history.
Liverpool have scored 20 goals in six away games this season, more than Barcelona and Manchester United have scored all season.
This shows how terrifying Liverpool's attack is.
Regardless of whether the other team that qualifies for the Champions League final is Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, it will be difficult to face Liverpool who are on a hot form in attack.
The Chinese media was very active at this time, Liverpool played by Lu Liang advanced to the final, and Real Madrid won Bayern as a guest, which means that Real Madrid won the final is very high, and the Chinese derby in the history of the Champions League final is ......
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Real Madrid, who beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in the first leg, had a lot of room for error, but despite this, Real Madrid, who were at the Bernabeu at home, played with a good attitude towards each player.
However, surprises were everywhere, as Kimmich, who helped Bayern Munich score in the first leg, scored in the third minute from a scuffle in the Real Madrid penalty area.
Bayern fans who arrived at the Bernabeu seemed to see their side's hopes of beating Real Madrid away from home, but Real Madrid equalised in the 11th minute of the game.
Marcelo crossed from the left, Tang Zheng nodded the ball back, and Benzema scored at the back post.
In the ensuing game time, Tang Zheng, Kroos and Modric consciously controlled the rhythm of the game and firmly controlled the initiative in their own hands.
Unless the opportunity is particularly good, it is determined that it will not be a threat.
Because the more dangerous the pass, the more dangerous the pass is often risky, and once the ball does not penetrate the past, it will mean that Bayern have a chance to counter-attack.
Bayern, who are fighting on their backs, are determined to win the second leg and should not be underestimated.
Only by keeping the football firmly under your feet can you better complete the defense.
The two sides attacked and defended each other, and there were many shots on goal, but there were very few shots that threatened the opposing goalkeeper.
Until the end of the first half, the score of 1:1 did not change.
In the second half, no one expected that Bayern goalkeeper Ulreich made a fatal mistake at the beginning, and Tolisso passed the ball back to goalkeeper Ulreich under the pressure of Tang Zheng.
Goalkeeper Ulreich had a short circuit in his brain under the pressure of Benzema, and he instinctively wanted to use his hands to catch the ball, but after halfway through the action, he realized that receiving a teammate in the penalty area would bring an indirect free kick to the opponent, so he temporarily switched to using his feet to clear the ball.
You know, not every goalkeeper feels very good at his feet, at least Ulreich is very bad, his impromptu change of mind failed to play the football, slipped through, and then drilled under the armpit, and the alert Benzema started on the spot and chased the football.
It was too late for Hummels to chase down Benzema, who scored a brace with a push that kicked the ball into an unguarded empty goal......
2:1!
Less than a minute into the second half, Bayern goalkeeper Ulreich gave a big gift to help Real Madrid exceed the score!
Ulreich, who had become a sinner, spread his hands and was helpless, believing that Tolisso, who had the ball at that time, should not have passed the ball back.
However, those who watched the slow-motion replay knew that it had little to do with Tolisso, and as Bayern's substitute goalkeeper, Ulreich should have been mentally prepared to receive a teammate's return pass and clear it with a big foot.
Heynckes, who had been sitting in the away dugout for less than half a minute, was anxious and obviously didn't expect Ulreich to make a fatal mistake at this time.
Benzema's goal helped Real Madrid extend the aggregate score to 5:2, and if Bayern want to make a comeback at the Bernabeu Stadium to reach the final, they will have to keep the goal clean for the rest of the game before scoring three goals in a row.
Obviously, this possibility is almost infinitely close to zero.
As Bayern's nemesis, Tang Zheng showed excellent form from the beginning of the game, and Bayern fans sitting in front of the TV no longer had any hope that the team would advance to the final.
As it turned out, the speculation of these Bayern fans was very correct.
In the 56th minute, Tang Zheng kicked the world outside the penalty area, and the unhappy Ulreich guarded the goal and expanded the score to 3:1.
The aggregate score then became 6:2!
It was only at this point that the Bayern players realised how low their chances of qualifying for this season's Champions League final were.
To score four goals in a row in the rest of the game, and to build on the premise of not conceding a goal, know that this is the Bernabeu!
The Allianz Arena has not been able to complete the martial arts, can it be completed at the Bernabeu?
Five minutes later, Tang Zheng took advantage of a corner kick to expand the score to three goals, and the total score became 7:2.
The live director continuously switched cameras, and the Bayern players who appeared on the broadcast screen had no fighting spirit at all, and even captain Lahm couldn't see much fighting spirit.
All of them know that the game is now meant to be over.
Real Madrid also had a national derby at the weekend, slowing down the tempo of their attack with little suspense in the final, and with the unmotivated Bayern players co-ordinating, the game passed quickly.
Before the end, Ramos was punished by the referee for a foul in the box, and Lewandowski scored a penalty to narrow the score to 2:4, but it was not enough for Bayern Munich as they fell behind 3:7 on aggregate.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Bayern 4:2 at home and advanced to the Champions League final in Kiev this season with an aggregate score of 7:3!
As soon as the game ended, the Chinese Internet was boiling, because ...... The Champions League final will inevitably have the first Chinese derby in history.
Lu Liang moved to Liverpool last summer, and although he did not compete with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane or Roberto Firmino up front, he gradually adapted to the place Coutinho left behind under Jurgen Klopp, and played a key role in Liverpool's qualification for the Champions League final.