Bayer Leverkusen vs Real Madrid, May 24, 2000, the two teams will play the final match at the Stade de France in Paris, France.

When the match between Real Madrid and Manchester United was over, the sports media across Europe were dreaming about the final.

The Spanish media has reached a complete climax.

"Marca" directly wrote - Real Madrid will win the eighth Champions League trophy at the Stade de France! After beating Manchester United, facing Leverkusen, who are short of soldiers, they will win the game with relative ease, even God is on Real Madrid's side!

The absence of Emerson, Ballack, Ronaldinho, Lucio, Kovac and Kirsten gave the Spaniards a glimmer of victory. Indeed, basically no one is not optimistic about Real Madrid, after all, Leverkusen is missing half of the main force, and even Zheng Zhi may not be able to represent Leverkusen, Real Madrid is naturally the favorite to win the championship.

"As" also said: After the powerful Bayer Leverkusen eliminated Porto in the semi-finals, their combat effectiveness was finally halved, and half of the main players could not participate in the Champions League final on May 24.

And the pro-Barcelona newspaper "Le Monde" sighed - why did Barcelona not face such a Bayer Leverkusen? Real Madrid and Barcelona are facing two completely different Bayer Leverkusen, and it can only be said that Real Madrid's luck is too good.

"World Sports" ridiculed - this is the most unsuspenseful championship battle in history, not surprisingly, the next door will definitely win their eighth Champions League trophy, if Barcelona wants to catch up with them, they must buy players this summer and replace a new manager, Van Gaal does not leave, Barcelona will not be able to play in the Champions League final at all!

On the German side, "Kicker" began to criticize Worrall - in the second leg of the semi-finals, Worrall actually made a lot of mistakes, he thought that several key players might miss the final, but he still sent all the main players in the second leg, which also led to Bayer Leverkusen being extremely passive in the final, Ronaldinho, Emerson, Lucio and Ballack all received a second yellow card in the second leg. If Worrall had been a little braver, he might not have needed to field so many key players, but it's too late to say anything, and I hope Zheng Zhi can make it to the Champions League final and keep the team alive with more championship hopes. Real Madrid are not strong enough to sweep any opponent, as evidenced by the two abuses by Bayern Munich in the group stage, but perhaps it is these two games that have made Real Madrid stronger than before. Originally, Bayer Leverkusen were not afraid of them, but now that the squad is so broken, God knows what will happen next?

The media on Ingela's side also chanted that Real Madrid was the champion. The relatively rigorous Times chanted after the match between Manchester United and Real Madrid that the title belongs to Real Madrid. United failed to score at the Bernabeu and watched Real Madrid progress to the final, while Bayer Leverkusen, who had caused great hardship for United in the group stage, paid the price of five yellow cards in the game, making their road to the final extremely difficult, and if nothing else, Real Madrid will welcome their eighth title!

On the Italian side, Bayer Leverkusen is finally underestimated. "Milan Sport" said: Bayer Leverkusen has finally become a Champions League package, no matter how you look at it, Real Madrid will get a victory at the Stade de France and be crowned their eighth Champions League trophy. The inexperienced Worrall did not make proper use of his main players in the second leg of the Champions League, which brought disaster to the final, and now Leverkusen can only pray that Zheng Zhi will be able to stand in the final, and this time, he will only have a reliable comrade by his side, the 18-year-old Frenchman Fran得出Ribery.

Bayer Leverkusen has turned into a big package. No one was expecting them to win the first ever Champions League.

Even the spinach company is quite despised by them.

Real Madrid's odds to win the title: 2.50.

Bayer Leverkusen's odds to win: 5:20.

The odds for a 90-minute draw are 3:44.

Many Real Madrid celebrities also jumped out to point out and look forward to the Champions League final.

Di Stefano said in an interview with Radio Serre: "If Real Madrid can't win their eighth Champions League trophy this year, it will be a complete failure, and failure is equivalent to the worst Real Madrid in history. Against the worst Bayer Leverkusen, you have no reason not to win, no excuses. Of course, if it weren't for Bayer Leverkusen's incomplete squad, I think the title would have been five or five, but now everything is in favour of Real Madrid, so I'm ready to celebrate with the team at the Stade de France. ”

Butragueno, one of the other Real Madrid Five Eagles, also said that he is quite optimistic about Real Madrid - Real Madrid has Champions League genes, and after reaching the final, I think there is nothing to stop Real Madrid from winning the championship. As far as I can remember, we lost very little.

Champions League genes.

Indeed, Real Madrid has Champions League genes, and in the history of Real Madrid's Champions League before that, Real Madrid has entered a total of 10 Champions League finals and won 7 titles. The winning rate reached 70%, in 1956, Real Madrid 4-3 Reims; 1967, Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina; 1958, Real Madrid 3-2 AC Milan; In 1959, Real Madrid 2-0 Reims; 1960, Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt; 1966, Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Belgrade; In 1998, Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus. Seven-time champion.

Three more times:

1962, Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid;

1964, Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid;

1981, Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid;

Lost all three.

There is no better club in the whole of Europe. They were followed by AC Milan, but they have only won the title five times.

Among Real Madrid's current players, many players are also aiming for the title in media interviews.

Captain Hierro was full of confidence: "There is no doubt that we will win the title again after 1998, we will not let the title slip away from us, and if we don't win this year, I will even consider retiring!" I can't accept losing the title. I'm sure my teammates are ready as well. ”

Golden boy Raul is also full of anticipation as he looks ahead to the final: "We are lucky, we all know what kind of Bayer Leverkusen team we will face in the final, they have a lot of key players who are suspended for yellow cards, and we have almost no injuries and red and yellow cards, and my mission is to score the winning goal for the team that night. ”

His friend Guti even said cruelly: "If I can't win the championship, I will swim all the way back to Spain from the Danube!" Everything we ask to be a champion and we definitely don't accept another result. ”

It seems that the confidence of the Real Madrid players is also bursting, and neither of the words can afford to look up to Leverkusen.

No way, who told Leverkusen that the situation is so difficult now?

However, there is still someone who has kept enough sanity, and that is the Argentine Redondo.

In an interview with the Argentine newspaper Ole, he was very cautious: "Most people think that Real Madrid will definitely win the Champions League, and I think this is a very dangerous signal. When Juventus reached the final three times, they were expected to win the Champions League three times, but the result was a surprise, losing to Borussia Dortmund the following year and us in the third. For 90 minutes, you can't find out what the result is? In 1986, Maradona dominated the World Cup alone, and in 1990, Maradona still led us to the final. I want to say that, as far as I know, their key player Zheng Zhi will still be in the final, and a player with such dominance on the pitch will bring absolute confidence to the team. I don't think we should underestimate Zheng Zhi's role. For the championship, we have to keep our feet on the ground and think through all the details. ”

Redondo's mind is really thoughtful, and he sees Zheng Zhi as the last obstacle to winning the championship. He even did not hesitate to use Maradona as an example.

Zheng Zhi is as awesome as Maradona? Of course not, it's just that Redondo wants to highlight Zheng Zhi's important role.

These days it's all about the European Champions Cup, even in Germany. However, Worrall and his side don't have time to think about the Champions League in a month's time, as they compete for the league title.

Although journalists ask him every day how to deal with Real Madrid, he really doesn't know!

He's only thinking about league opponents and he now has to make sure the team wins the league this season.

Since Ronalnidio and Ballack will not be able to play in the final, they should do their best in the league and try to ensure that they win the league title early. Now he doesn't have to think about it so much, he uses all the main players except for the injured players.

In two weeks, the team directly played a wave of four consecutive wins, continuing to lead the Bundesliga standings, so that Bayern Munich, who was closely following behind, was really desperate, although there was only a three-point gap, but they still did not see the possibility of Bayer Leverkusen dropping points. Ronaldinho, Ballack and Ribery took turns to perform well to ensure a steady stream of goals for Bayer Leverkusen.

These three guys have been inconsistent in the Champions League, but they have been doing really well in the German domestic schedule.

Ronaldinho, in particular, knew that he would not be able to participate in the Champions League final, so all his energy was used in the league, scoring in three consecutive games. Ballack was also in good form, rampage up front, crushing the opposition's defence like a tank, and now Worrall is using him almost as a half-striker.

However, for Bayer Leverkusen, the most important thing is Zheng Zhi, who is concerned about Zheng Zhi's physical recovery every day, hoping that Zheng Zhi can make a comeback as soon as possible. If there are no surprises in Zheng Zhi's recovery from injury, Zheng Zhi can catch up with the Champions League final, which is the most important thing.

And in these four games, Zheng Zhi did not watch the games live. He has been treating and recovering at home, and in order to allow Zheng Zhi to recover as soon as possible, his agent Wu Di has found several medical experts from China to provide full care.

Nothing makes Chinese look forward to it more than seeing Zheng Zhi start at the Stade de France.

And Sohu.com will track and report on Zheng Zhi every day, showing almost everything in Zheng Zhi's life now. It's simple, but it's a lot of fun for fans.

When the third week came, Chinese fans finally saw Zheng Zhi wearing training clothes and standing in his yard for ball training! Although I didn't train with the team, it was already quite exciting news.

Although Leverkusen did not drop the chain in the league, it is Zheng Zhi who is most concerned.

"Kicker" released the news of Zheng Zhi's return to training as soon as possible - that man is back!

——In the quiet and dark night of Leverkusen, the lights of the small football field in Zheng Zhi's yard are unusually bright, and he is racing against time! He wants to play in the Champions League final and even in the German Cup final!

Bild – The return of the king of Leverkusen is undoubtedly the best news for Leverkusen and Germany as a whole. No matter how good Ronaldinho is in the league, only Zheng Zhi can stand there and keep Leverkusen's hopes of winning the championship alive on the stage of the Champions League final.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung even got five minutes to interview Zheng Zhi, which stemmed from the good relationship between the newspaper and Zheng Zhi.

"Zheng,"

"Congratulations,"

"Finally back on the pitch."

"Thank you."

"It's just a pity that you won't be able to play in Eintracht Frankfurt at the weekend, so you should be very sorry, right?"

"No, no regrets. It can't be that every encounter will be perfect, but it's still beautiful. ”

"Because there's a good chance that the team will win the championship at home, right?"

"Haha, I didn't take that into account, I just wanted to see the two teams playing together, to see my past teammates, to see my mentor jumping up and down on the sidelines."

'Of course, it would be perfect if we could win tomorrow afternoon, so that we can prepare for the German Cup final and the Champions Cup final.'

"Speaking of your mentor Schuster, I remember him saying that as long as you still have the Ballon d'Or, he won't meet you, is that such a thing?"

"You know, he's always talking like that, but a lot of the time it's not thinking, and he called me two weeks ago to ask about my injury. Obviously cared about me very much, but pretended not to care at all, asked me a total of two questions, and then hung up the phone. ”

"Which two?"

"Well, yes, is it badly hurt?"

"The other is, can you make it to the Champions League final?"

After getting a satisfactory answer, he hung up the phone.

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