Chapter 237: The Eighth Time
On December 11, 2000, Real Madrid was voted the greatest team of the 20th century by FIFA, and their record of winning the Champions League seven times is the first in European football. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
From the five consecutive Champions League titles in the fifties of the last century, to the gradual decline in the sixties, to the "Five Eagles" era in the seventies and eighties, and until the re-emergence in the late twentieth century, Real Madrid can be said to be a very prestigious team in world football, and there are countless players who expect themselves to be appreciated by Real Madrid.
In the 99-00 season, Real Madrid reached the Champions League final again, but they were defeated by a sudden rise of the East, and the team's eighth Champions League glory was postponed, but now, this all-round warrior from the East came to Real Madrid, he led the team to create an almost unbeaten record in half a season, and successfully let the team see the hope of the eighth Champions League crown and the league defense.
When Real Madrid scored the second goal at the start of the second half, both Florentino in the box and the Real Madrid fans in the stands stood up excitedly, because they had now seen the champions beckoning to them, and the Big Ears Cup was almost lifted.
Real Madrid's fans were celebrating wildly, and Real Madrid's players were also hugging excitedly on the field, Liu Han was pulled to the ground by Figo, who rushed up, and everyone pressed up excitedly.
Compared to the frenzied celebrations of the Real Madrid players, the Valencia players who were standing on the pitch inevitably looked a little sluggish, and they couldn't figure out why they were so easily beaten by the opposition 2-0.
On the sidelines, Valencia manager Cooper stood alone with his hands on his shoulders, his figure very incongruous compared to the scene of celebration in the field.
Real Madrid's second goal hit Valencia without the slightest temper, from the midfield has been repeatedly backwards, to Liu Han's sudden horizontal pass to the right side, and then the four players in the front court made a wonderful pass, and finally Liu Han kicked in, during which Valencia players did not have the opportunity to touch the ball at all, it can be said that such a team goal made Valencia's players doubt their strength.
In previous Real Madrid matches, the stalemate has always made the Real Madrid players impatient, because the team's huge prestige will make the players unconsciously fall into impulse, and everyone will want to be the one who scores.
But now this Real Madrid team has changed, Florentino's ascension has broken the coordination between the various factions of the team, but at the same time, he has also made the team realize that a new era has arrived with his strong performance.
Later, the arrival of Liu Han tightened the last screw for this somewhat loose car, which made Real Madrid finally merge into a whole.
At the urging of the referee, the Real Madrid players ended their celebrations, after all, there is still more than half an hour before the end of the game, which is not too short, and Valencia is not without any chances.
Valencia lost their usual sense of normalcy after the restart, and their players began to attack Real Madrid's heart despite the coach's pre-match arrangements.
Mendieta ran at the expense of physical strength in the midfield, although he had not given up the last hope, but he was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart, and he was defeated at the feet of Liu Han for two consecutive years, which made Mendieta have to think about his future path.
Real Madrid once again began to shrink the formation defense, the current atmosphere in the Real Madrid team is very good, plus Bosque is indeed supported by everyone, so there is no problem in the implementation of tactics, plus there is the old captain Hierro in the backline, so the two-goal lead Real Madrid has not lost its normal heart, they are more focused, the glory is in front of them, and everyone will not relax.
Makelle is still extremely persistent in chasing Aimar, although his physical fitness is not good for others, but it is more than enough to deal with Aimar, who is less than 1.7 meters tall.
In fact, really speaking, the current Valencia has some problems compared with last season, last season's Valencia is a balanced offensive and defensive team, they can not only give full play to the role of two wings in attack, but the strength in defense is also quite good, but this season because of the arrival of Aimar, although Valencia has strengthened a lot in attack, but in defense they have lost the stability of last season.
Valencia had no gain after ten minutes of furious attack, the core of the front court Aimar was targeted to death by Makelele, the team's engine Mendieta was also killed by Liu Han, and the two wings were abandoned by Cooper, Valencia, who seemed to be very strong, actually did not pose much threat to Real Madrid's defense.
As the game wore on, Valencia's players became more and more impatient, and even Mendieta, who had always been very stable, began to get anxious.
Real Madrid gradually pushed the formation out again after withstanding a wave of Valencia's attack, with Liu Han's Real Madrid midfield control is very strong, coupled with the dedicated Makelele, Real Madrid's midfield lineup can be called a balance of attack and defense.
When the game entered the final fifteen minutes, the excited Real Madrid fans could not sit still, they stood up one after another, and sang the Real Madrid team anthem - halamadrid!
When the team song sounded again, Real Madrid's offensive began to be vigorous again, although the score of 2-0 was enough to make Real Madrid feel at ease in the next game, but the Real Madrid players who were excited hoped that the championship would come sooner.
In the 80th minute of the game, Real Madrid launched an attack on the left side, and Carlos, who assisted the assist, used his speed advantage to force a breakthrough through Angeloma, who had a lot of physical exertion.
Carlos, who dribbled all the way to the bottom line, calmly sent a cross and made a very flat pass.
Raul dangled a shot at the front point, and Liu Han in the middle jumped high in the back row.
Liu Han, who usually came to the ball in the air, shook his head with a lion, and the football changed direction and flew to the lower right corner of the goal.
In the face of Liu Han's powerful header, Canizares showed super ability, he almost fell to the ground and used the ball to save the football, this save showed Canizares's rich experience, this kind of header attack is generally difficult to judge the timing of the save.
However, Valencia's crisis was not over, and just as centre-back Hellrado was about to clear the ball with a big kick, Raul suddenly came out of the diagonal stab and stabbed the ball first before Hellardo.
The ball flew past the goal line at the feet of a fallen Canizares and Real Madrid put an end to the suspense with ten minutes remaining, holding their eighth Champions League title securely. (To be continued.) )