In the 38th round of the 1011 La Liga season, Real Madrid defeated Almeria 5-0 at home at the Bernabeu, but when Barcelona also won the league as the first game of the final round of the league at the same time, everyone knew who would win the La Liga championship.

In the end, Real Madrid were forced to lose the league title because they were only four goal difference.

It would be a lie to say that there was no disappointment, but it was the loss of the league title that made everyone pin their hopes on the Champions League final against Manchester United in a few days.

Last season's Champions League showed an astonishing balance of power, with six different leagues in the quarter-finals, which caused people to exclaim: the Premier League, which survived on the golden dollar, has been in decline under the blow of the global financial crisis, and the Champions League will return to the era of the champions. However, after only one season, the Premier League giants responded with excellent performances, and although Liverpool in the traditional semi-finals were replaced by Tottenham Hotspur, which was almost a pure newcomer, all four Premier League teams advanced to the rematch at the same time, and all but Arsenal crashed unexpectedly and topped the group.

Although it is still not enough to form a tie in the semi-finals in the past, the Premier League, which occupies three places in the quarter-finals and gets a ticket to the final, is still the biggest force in the Champions League, and the performance of the Europa League is still the highest in the five major leagues this season with a total of 18.357 European points, and the first league in Europe is well deserved.

La Liga is still strong, although Valencia and Sevilla are not strong enough, but with Real Madrid and Barcelona's two giants standing out in Europe, La Liga is enough to compete with the Premier League.

Regrettably, it seems that Inter Milan's performance in winning the championship last season is just a flashback, and the once invincible small World Cup can only continue to sink.

In addition to Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, another team also has some ties with Real Madrid. Schalke 04, who made club history this season and generally reached the last four of the Champions League, is the club that Raul currently plays for, and Raul once again leads the group with a personal record of '142 Champions League games and 46 Champions League knockout games, 71st goal in the Champions League and 72nd goal in Europe'.

For the current situation of the old captain, Real Madrid can only choose to bless them, and they can only desperately keep the Champions League title in the situation of losing the league title. Jose Mourinho is familiar with Manchester United under Alex Ferguson, but who's to say that Ferguson is not familiar with Mourinho's routines?

are opponents for many years, whether it is Mourinho or Ferguson, they can't help but sigh.

But when the outside world talks about it, it has to be compared with the defense of these two companies.

In stark contrast to Manchester United, anyone who mentions Real Madrid's forward line will give a thumbs up, but the back line is unclear. Of course, it's not bad, after all, it's also the top backline in Europe, but if you say it's one of the best, seriously, it always seems that you can't talk about it.

Forlan, Ramos, Marcelo, Carvalho, as well as Pepe, Arbeloa, etc., in fact, each of them is a leader in their respective positions, but with the name of 'Real Madrid', it seems that the back line should not be so solid.

However, despite this, the data belonging to Real Madrid, which did not concede a goal in the Champions League group stage and only conceded one goal away from home in the Champions League knockout round, made everyone who paid attention to this Champions League final gasp. Manchester United's record of not conceding a goal in all six away games in the Champions League this season is truly unique, but Real Madrid's stats are just as exaggerated.

What's more, people also understand that when they were scored by Lyon away, Real Madrid's defensive gate man was still obediently recovering from his injury and did not play. After all, looking at Forlan's more and more courageous state after his injury healed, I always feel that the Champions League final is a game where people 'as long as they don't want to win, they will never lose'.

And if the regular game is defense vs. defense, and the penalties of Van der Sar and Casillas, who can say?

The Premier League media has been hyping up the issue of Ferguson and Ryan Giggs before the game, and even Real Madrid will speculate after training whether Ferguson will choose to start the veteran Red Devils. When the legend has become the focus of the media and fans, if he is allowed to play at this time, Giggs himself will definitely be distracted, but it can show that Ferguson has always been a character and support for Giggs; If he is not allowed to start the game, even if it is really a tactical need, it will give the media who are "afraid that the world will not be chaotic", speculate about the tension in the Manchester United team and discourage Ryan Giggs's reluctance to age at that moment.

Fran didn't get involved in the chatter, he was just excited when he thought about the long-overdue 10th crown, and he could only refrain desperately. As for whether Ryan Giggs will play, to be honest, he doesn't think it's the biggest concern for United. Cristiano Ronaldo has mixed feelings next to him, Ferguson is a real teacher and father to him, and most of the Portuguese's achievements today are due to the old Scottish man.

And this Champions League final was launched at Wembley Stadium under such circumstances.

On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho's choice is not unexpected, the 442 formation is his recent preference, Ramos, Forlan, Carvalho and Marcelo are lined up, the midfielder Kakaozil is parallel and supported by Alonso and Diarra, Ronaldo and Higuain play in the forward line, Benzema is put on the bench, once he starts to warm up is a sign that Real Madrid will strengthen its attack.

Manchester United's Ferguson also moved out of the 442 line-up, with the main goalkeeper undisputed by Edwin van der Sar, and the appearance of Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic at the back was expected, while giving South Korean Park Ji-sung the chance to start. The Asian is a well-known physical maniac, and one has to wonder if Ferguson really wants to compete with the Real Madrid vice-captain.

While Valencia and Fletcher were selected in midfield, Ferguson finally chose to start Giggs in this important game, and also put his old team-mate Paul Scholes in the starting line-up. Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov up front.

Seeing that both of Manchester United's midfielders are at the end of their careers, without any special gestures from Mourinho, everyone at Real Madrid understands that they need to speed up the offensive and defensive progress, and then aim at the right time to counter-attack according to the manager's preferred defensive counter-attack. After all, Real Madrid's starting lineup is too young.

The commentators also noticed this, "Real Madrid's lineup, in addition to Carvalho, the oldest is Forlan." When this sentence came out, I couldn't help but be amazed.

Perhaps because of Forlan's personality, people tend to ignore the fact that the Real Madrid vice-captain, who is a few months older than Casillas, is already 30 years old, and even with the title of the so-called 'second biggest starter', the whole Real Madrid team is full of youth. And there is some speculation about what kind of game these two teams with a seemingly huge age gap will play.

Which team on the pitch would prefer to win the championship? Which player on the pitch would prefer to win the title? Such a question has no technical content, so much so that the commentator held back for a long time and said, "Which player on the pitch do you think the fans would prefer to win the championship?" ”

Everyone has their own answers, but the special guest who was asked in person as a Real Madrid fan paused for a few seconds and smiled helplessly, "The captain won the Champions League at the age of nineteen, and Forlan hasn't touched the Champions League trophy until he is thirty years old. ”

Casillas sometimes feels that fans prefer Forlan in part. Some of the older Melingers will always remember Casillas, who appeared in the glory of the five-year treble, holding all the glory in his arms at Real Madrid, but they will also regret that Franka came here in the darkest period of Real Madrid.

More or less still has its own melancholy color.

Just changed the topic, and the game had already begun. Ferguson didn't choose to start conservatively in the Champions League final, opening wide and closing as soon as he came up, controlling the timing of the ball in midfield and trying to create more chances on goal. But of course, Real Madrid is not just passively beaten, this team is already better at attacking, once they grasp the opportunity to counterattack, they follow Mourinho's advice - fast!

The wing-backs went straight down, the midfield advanced fast, and the attack was fast, and there were a few such counterattacks, and Manchester United had to make a slight retreat even if their morale was high.

Now all they have to do is an opportunity. Be patient, even if you are under siege. St. Cassie + Iron Guard Fran, such a configuration is not so easy to break, not only the top skills of the two of them in their respective positions, but also the indescribable tacit understanding between them for so many years.

Fran defended while watching Scholes and Giggs as they rushed forward, with the 36-year-old Scholes and the 37-year-old Giggs, no one can say that they still have the same status as they did a few years ago. As he gets older, no matter how much Ferguson trusts these 'kids' of the class of 92, he has to admit that their form is declining, and they are not as sharp as they once used to be from running to assisting. But again, it's been rare to see these two start the season with such a fierce attacking tempo.

Manchester United pressed so hard that it was clearly Ferguson who asked for the opening goal, and this was Real Madrid's chance at the same time. Of course, they can't wait for the opponent to complete an attack before playing a counter-attack, and the experienced Manchester United also understand this truth, they quickly returned to their second half to set up the defense after completing the attack, they know that their average age is older than Real Madrid, and the physical strength of the players is not dominant, so they did not use the extremely physically demanding full-field pressing tactics chosen by the Real Madrid backline.

The only way to play their quick counter-attack is to intercept their ball early, and when they are not yet able to quickly switch from attack to defense, use Real Madrid's overall speed to execute a lightning strike, that is, 'fast'. Stealing the ball is not a good choice at this time, after all, it will open up his own defense, so Forlan chooses a conservative but 'desperate' approach, anticipating the pass and then jamming the route, that is, intercepting.

Interceptions are not the same as tackles. Steals are close presses, but as more and more teams move back from the core of the attack, the risks of choosing a steal approach to defense are increasing. If you make a steal close to the opponent, you may not run to the opponent, and the space left behind you will be used by the opponent to tear up a series of loopholes and gaps through passing. On the other hand, Manchester United did not want to test how Real Madrid, the so-called defender who danced on the foul line, would be punished by the referee once he made a fierce tackle.

After all, with more and more restrictions on physical contact in the rules, in situations such as the Champions League final, I am afraid that the referee's sentence will be relatively conservative, rather than letting you Francisco Alvarez do whatever he wants in La Liga. What's more, who knows if this guy will leave some psychological shadows when he almost broke his leg.

There is more reliance on fast short balls in front of goal than ever before, and the one that organises the attacking solution is still done in front of goal most of the time, which is one of the reasons why Mesut Ozil has been favoured by Mourinho, a good final pass. The two sides have piled up a large number of troops here, and naturally they need a quick short pass to penetrate before they can open up the situation. But because of this, the number of passes increases, and it also increases the chance of intercepting passes, increasing the chance of the opponent conceding a pass.

Manchester United's average number of successful tackles per game has been declining in the past, not because of an increase in turnovers, but because the Premier League is so pronounced that interceptions are more important than 'tackles', which cause fans to cheer. Compared with the technique of tackle, interception is more about the sense of position when predicting, that is, the ball quotient. And when Mourinho informed Forlan of the mission, seeing his calm appearance, Mourinho also asked more, "You have no problem, right?" ”

Only then did he realize that Mourinho was really confused, Forlan tilted his head and looked at his manager, "Of course, I was originally turned into a replacement for Makelele. And Makelele is a well-known interceptor, he never rushes and is always ready to finish his opponent's attack in the middle of the game.

What's more, Forlan doesn't believe that Manchester United's players will only pass the ball from behind, and if they want to break through Real Madrid's goal, they always have to pass the ball in the penalty area.

With more than 10 minutes played, the stats so far have shown that United have the upper hand with seven shots, although only one of them is in the woodwork, and Real Madrid have not achieved anything other than a threatening long-range strike from Marcos Alonso in the opening period. Manchester United's positivity and on-field suppression were somewhat surprising, but looking at Mourinho with a calm expression on the sidelines, it seemed that nothing gave Real Madrid much of a threat.

The 0:0 score of such a scramble Real Madrid is certainly not in a hurry, because the choice made by Ferguson could not last too long in the war of attrition. Scholes knows this and he has to be cautious, long passes are accurate, but short passes are safer.

Alonso noticed that when United were attacking, Paul Scholes did not retreat after passing the ball but ran to receive it, which was a signal for him to be further involved in the attacking organising. The midfield position is relatively good at interception, and the defender position is relatively good at tackles, but at this moment, although the off-field temperament is elegant, but the absolute fierce style of the ball on the court, the 'midfielder' Alonso, and the 'remarkable' defender Forlan with 'commendable' interception skills glanced at each other, didn't say anything, and didn't need to say anything.

Manchester United and Ferguson want to create a threat, but Forlan also wants to let them know that Real Madrid are definitely not left to Manchester United.

Rooney once again tried to break through with his skills after receiving the pass, but his footwork didn't work under a tight defence and he had to pass back to Fletcher for him to reorganize. Fletcher received the ball and decided to cross diagonally to the middle of the box, and Berbatov was almost in position.

However, the intention of the pass was too obvious in Forlan's eyes, and when Alonso pressed close enough for Fletcher to pass the ball, a foot came out midway to intercept it.

Wembley Stadium instantly resounded with two distinct cheers and sighs, as if Fletcher's pass was really a mistake due to an obvious attitude. But the difference between interceptions and tackles is this, wonderful interceptions seem to be caused by the mistakes of the passers, and there is little credit for the interceptor, and it seems that choosing the right position is luck, not ability.

But as long as the onlookers acquiesce to Fran's luck today, Fran will be happy to admit it.

Manchester United's continuous siege has made several of their lines very compact, and Forlan immediately intends to pass to Ramos on the wing after receiving the ball, which is Real Madrid's usual attacking method when switching between attack and defence, and Manchester United are not a big space behind them at this moment.

Isn't this an opportunity?

Giggs, who was on the sidelines, saw the football run to Forlan's feet and immediately knew that the situation was serious. He didn't go back to the defense but immediately stepped forward to block, hoping that even if he interfered with Fran's offensive advance, it would buy his teammates defensive time. But Giggs, who pounced, was still a beat slower, and after the break, Forlan directly sent the ball to the side of Ramos, who was already running, and Ramos did not hesitate to go straight down the side.

"Real Madrid's quick attack! This is Real Madrid's chance! ”

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