Chapter 23: Cosmos Team II
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The duel between the two did not take long to take place, and seeing the embarrassment of his teammates, Bayern Munich's Bad Stuber immediately ran over, hoping to sandwich Torres in the middle with Van Bommel.
But he didn't expect that Torres had been waiting for a long time, just waiting for his recklessness.
Upon seeing Bad Stuber running up as he thought, Torres reacted immediately.
Almost to the left of Van Bommel in Bad Stubert, Torres's small stride suddenly turned into a big stride, a powerful cross to the football, and then his body turned and suddenly appeared two meters away.
Seeing Torres's sudden movement, Bad Stuber, who was running in the direction, was stunned for a moment, but his stagnation did not mean that Van Bommel also stopped at the same time, Van Bommel, who was putting all his body and mind on Torres, saw that Torres suddenly increased the speed of movement at this time, and involuntarily increased his pace at the same time to move to the right - at this time, he did not see the young teammates coming from the blind spot behind him, so he ......
"Bang!"
The two Bayern Munich players, who were unprepared, collided hard and then fell to the edge of the penalty area at the same time.
After seeing that the two opponents were solved as he wished, Torres slammed the ball and then quickly poked his toes to change direction and take a step into the box.
After watching Torres easily wash away his two teammates, he rushed towards the penalty area again, and Bentley and Di Maria on both sides immediately ran towards Torres, making a look of readiness to respond.
Attracted by the trio, several other Bayern Munich players could only carefully defend their opponents.
After all, Torres attacked several times just now, and Torres delivered the football to the feet of his teammates at the last moment, so compared with Torres, who had just stepped into the penalty area, Bentley and Di Maria, who had broken into the penalty area from the left and right, were also threats that could not be ignored.
It's not just Bayern Munich's defenders who think so, even Bout thinks so, constantly moving his feet in front of goal, and a considerable part of the attention is on Bentley and Di Maria, who are diagonally inserted into the box on both sides.
The Bundesliga giants were waiting for the moment when Fernando Torres split the ball, hoping to keep the ball before it reached Bentley or Di Maria.
With a light step, as soon as he stepped into the box, Torres saw the last line of defence between himself and Bout - Van Bitten running towards him.
Seeing Van Bitten, Torres's body that was originally stepping forward, suddenly made a sharp stop, and then flicked at the feet of the football, carrying the ball in an incredible way, smoothly transformed into a horizontal dribbling action.
Seeing Torres move sideways again, Van Bitten, who had just landed on his right foot, almost didn't care about his unstable center of gravity, and hurriedly stretched out his left foot and stepped out to the left, hoping to follow Torres's footsteps and continue to intercept him in front of him.
But Van Bitten never imagined that Torres had no idea of continuing to break through in his heart, and just as he had just raised his left foot, Torres's right leg suddenly swung in place, kicking the football between his legs and in the direction of the goal.
The football passed between Van Bitten's legs quickly, and went straight to Bout to guard the goal, Bout, who made many wonderful saves in this game, at this time also focused part of his energy on Bentley and Di Maria on the left and right, and never thought that the football would suddenly come out between the legs of his teammates.
Because of the obscuration of Van Bitten's body, Bout was more than a beat slower to react, and the ball flew quickly in front of him, and he only made a reflex inverted side pounce.
This time, the powerful hands that had saved the team many times before, but at this time, they were able to grab a ball of air in vain.
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!” This time, both the commentators and the audience at the Rose Theatre Stadium quickly stood up at the same time, and all Blackburn supporters roared in unison!
No one thought that in the first half, Blackburn would be able to lead Bayern Munich with such a big score of 3:0!
You know, this is Bayern Munich!
It's not a cat or a dog, the Chinese men's football team!
When entering the dressing room at halftime, both Bayern Munich captain Lahm and goalkeeper Bout were dejected, and even every Bayern Munich player did not have the courage to raise their heads.
Everyone knows that their hard work in the Champions League for a season has come to naught.
"Is Blackburn really invincible?" Every Bayern Munich player now has this idea in their heads, and what they don't know is that half a month ago, Real Madrid's stars also had this idea.
At the beginning of the second half, Robben was replaced by the teenager Kroos, obviously Van Gaal completely gave up the game, after all, Bayern Munich still has two fronts in the Bundesliga and the German Cup, Van Gaal does not want to be hopeless in the Champions League, the other two fronts are also bamboo baskets - one empty.
Van Gaal's decision proved to be correct, only 3 minutes and 24 seconds into the second half, Beckham, who also came on as a midfield substitute, burst forward on the right to avoid Contento's block and crossed, and Lampard's header near the penalty spot stabbed Bayern Munich again, 4:0!
"Isn't that enough?" This is a question from Bayern Munich fans.
"It's not enough!" This is Blackburn's answer.
In the 83rd minute, it was Beckham who received Bentley's pass and crossed from the right side, and Balotelli responded to the push and scored the last goal of the game, 5:0!
Before the end of the two minutes of stoppage time, the referee had already blown the whistle for the end of the game in advance.
Van Gaal, who was restless on the sidelines, finally got to his feet, and in the second half of the game, the Dutch coach had been hoping that the game time would go faster, and the 90 minutes were completely torturous for him.
Blackburn's firepower made the game lose suspense early, and in the face of such an opponent, Bayern Munich's soldiers felt fear for the first time!
In the end, Blackburn eliminated Bayern Munich 5:0 at home and 7:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to this season's Champions League final.
After the game, in the face of reporters about his opinion of Blackburn, Robben, as a former Blackburn player, made no secret of his praise for his opponent: "I will always love Bayern Munich, and I will always love Blackburn, and it is a pity that the premature meeting of these two teams is a big loss for world football." Blackburn have absolute, incredible control of the game and we still have a big gap in that area. ”
At a later press conference, when the reporter asked Van Gaal the same question, Van Gaal compared Real Madrid: "With the return of Florentino, many fans gave Real Madrid the nickname of 'Galaxy Battleship', but I think if Real Madrid is the strongest in the galaxy, then Blake is the strongest in the universe, they are not on the same frequency as us, they are the 'Universe Team'!" ”
Team Universe!
Historically, only this Blackburn team has received this title, indicating that their unprecedented strength has been recognized by the outside world.
In the eyes of other teams, Blackburn Rovers are full of honors, unique style of play, and even have the blessing of "godfather", and defeating Blackburn has also become a big wish of these teams. Everyone knows what it means to beat such a "cosmic team".
After Arthur took charge of Blackburn, after three distinctive managers of Jose Mourinho, Lippi and Carlo Ancelotti, Blackburn has now instilled in fans a belief that Blackburn can always win.
Therefore, in the eyes of other teams, it seems that being able to defeat Blackburn Rovers is equivalent to defeating "fate".
Blackburn Rovers have become the target of "everyone shouts at them", and perhaps these teams who have written to the Blues believe that it is difficult to replicate the great cause of this "Universe Team", so they hope to reach that height by beating the "Universe Team" shortcut.
"Team Cosmos? I love this nickname! Arthur later heard his team's new nickname from Abby and was also happy, "It's a nickname that's much more domineering than the Blues, the Roses and the Rangers." ”
"However, since we are called the Cosmos Team, then it must be the only one, otherwise the rotten street will become a joke?" Arthur pondered, "Then let my cosmic team destroy the cosmic team in the previous life." ”
The reason why Arthur thinks this is because Blackburn's opponent in the Champions League final is Barcelona, which was unbeatable in the previous life!
At the same time as Blackburn's 5-0 massacre of Bayern Munich, at the Camp Nou, reigning Champions League champions Inter Milan lost 2-0 away to Barcelona, who advanced to the Champions League final with an aggregate score of 4-2.
In this game, Pique opened the scoring for Barcelona and Bojan sealed the win in the second half, while Inter had just one shot on goal in the whole game. Barcelona are on a 12-game winning streak at home in all competitions.
On the evening of May 23, Barcelona led by Pep Guardiola and led by Messi will be at the Bernabeu Stadium with Blackburn Rovers to stage the pinnacle of the season!
After Blackburn's defeat to Bayern Munich, the whole team remained calm. Carlo Ancelotti said after the game: "We have two more finals to play. ”
Fernando Torres, who is the team's top scorer, also said: "We have to be clear that we still have a lot of important games to play. ”
Indeed, Blackburn's goal is clearly not just to reach the Champions Cup final, but to win the treble. Arthur's side are two games away from that goal. Fight these 2 battles, Blackburn will achieve the highest peak: the Triple Crown!
Blackburn Rovers have already won the league title ahead of schedule, and this is their first title of the season.
In the FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers have reached the final against Chelsea. The game is a big deal of variability, as the Champions League final is just a week away, Blackburn Rovers are still worried, and Chelsea can go all out for the FA Cup final.
However, with Blackburn's current mood and form, the Blue Devils may not be able to beat Chelsea at no cost, win the domestic cup championship, and achieve the domestic double!
The final and toughest game of the season is the Champions League final, where Blackburn Rovers will take on mighty Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu.
This battle is also a battle for Torres to face Messi - if Blackburn wins, then the selection of the Ballon d'Or at the end of the year will be very variable, and if Barcelona wins, then Torres has no chance to challenge Messi unless he has a super performance in the World Cup.
It's hard to predict this kind of matchup, but if Blackburn can enter this battle with the power of the league and cup double, and with a strong fighting spirit to challenge for the treble, the Blue Devils can beat Barcelona and win the Champions League trophy and achieve the treble.
In history, the strongest "treble" is none other than Inter Milan, Manchester United and Blackburn. Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United have both won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup; Inter Milan also won the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia last season.
Throughout the history of the major leagues in European football, the Treble of the same level has been won by Blackburn, Manchester United and Bayern Munich only PSV Eindhoven in 1988, Ajax in 1972 and Celtic in 1967, but the domestic competition between the Netherlands and Scotland is obviously much less stressful. In La Liga, there has never been a super king who combines the league, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League.
There is a saying that AC Milan has won the treble (Champions Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup), but obviously the gold content of this "treble" is much worse than the triple crown of the league, cup competition, and Champions League.
Although Blackburn is still 2 games away from the goal, Arthur clearly remembers that there were many Sanya kings in his previous life, such as Dortmund at his peak, who won the Bundesliga, Champions League and German Cup.
Although the king of Sanya is a manifestation of strength, it is also the most tragic result.
Recently, compared with Arthur, who rarely faces the media in previous years, he expressed very calmly: "We are like people swimming in the water, we are still a few meters away from the shore, but if we don't swim these few meters, we may ...... empty-handed."
Indeed, Blackburn have only won one league trophy out of three titles, and there should be no blind optimism.
However, for the Rose Army, which defeated Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, as long as the team works hard, what difficulties cannot be overcome? (To be continued.) )