Chapter 300: Meeting After 723 Days!
The talk of Barcelona's miracle has been going on for a long time, but in addition to this, the media has also begun to focus on another team,
RB Leipzig!
This is the only remaining seedling in the Bundesliga.
It's hard to imagine that after Bayern Munich's exit, the Bundesliga lone seed turned out to be the team that has only been in existence for 11 years.
Yes, RB Leipzig was founded in 2009, reached the Bundesliga stage in 2017, and completed the quadruple jump in eight years to leap to the top level.
After being promoted to the top level, RB Leipzig still had a good result, finishing second in the league, but failed to prove itself in Europe, so they did not make a name for themselves.
The following year was the year when they played in the Champions League for the first time.
This year, RB Leipzig was placed in Group G, alongside Besiktas, Monaco and Porto.
Young RB Leipzig finished third in the group with two wins, one draw, three defeats and seven points.
At that time, the average age of RB Leipzig was only 23 years old, and it was a youth army through and through.
Young people have always been at the centre of the conversation, and if there are no accidents, even if they don't make the cut, they can still make an impact with their performances.
But they were out of luck, and 2017 was destined to belong to the 'storm of youth in North London'.
Tottenham Hotspur, this is the craziest team of 2017.
They carry the pride of the Premier League title and go all the way to the final against Real Madrid.
In this battle of honor, they relied on their tenacious offensive posture to fight with Real Madrid for 120 minutes, and finally won the Champions League championship that year with Yile's key penalty kick in the penalty shootout.
Yes, this is a complete storm of youth.
And RB Leipzig pales in comparison to them.
Although RB Leipzig also performed well, they failed to prove themselves.
In the 2017-2018 season, they finished sixth in the league and missed out on the Champions League.
In the 2018-2019 season, they made a comeback, meeting Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
RB Leipzig feel they have enough quality to win against them, but in fact, even with the departure of the core of Tottenham Hotspur, they still can't win this game and miss out on the Champions League quarter-finals.
In three years' time, their only improvement was to make it from the group stage to the knockout rounds.
After this game, RB Leipzig's young players were even more undiscouraged, which is perhaps the characteristic of young people, who always maintain plenty of fighting spirit.
The time came to 2019-2020.
This season's Champions League is enough to be a big surprise.
In the Champions League semi-finals, the traditional giants have sunk into the sand, with only Barcelona and Manchester City in the two places, while Lyon and RB Leipzig are in the top half.
RB Leipzig, in particular, stepped on Atletico Madrid to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.
No one felt like they were lucky to make the cut.
After all, against a team like Atletico Madrid, luck can play a small role, and in fact, after four years of Champions League experience, this team is ready to change at any time.
And this year, they showed the world their most splendid gesture.
Of course, RB Leipzig still has a long way to go.
They need to win Lyon in the top half to reach the Champions League final.
Even in the final, they will have to face Barcelona or Manchester City, two big teams.
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The topic of RB Leipzig is inspirational enough, but in terms of the intensity of the game, people are still more focused on the bottom half.
Barcelona vs Manchester City.
These two teams have so many things to do.
First, Guardiola faced his old master, and Messi faced his mentor.
Second: the duel between the two super midfielders in football.
Pep Guardiola single-handedly created the Dream Three Dynasty, he is the perfect manager in the hearts of Barcelona fans, and if he hadn't left, he might have been at the helm of Barcelona.
And under his tutelage, it is also unknown what kind of future Barcelona will take.
In this regard, the media interviewed Guardiola.
In the interview, Pep Guardiola said: "Barcelona's resilience has always existed, especially that crazy game, which I remember vividly, and Yi's performance made me feel very jealous, although Messi's performance is also excellent, but Manchester City's main limiting target is Yi, this is an undoubted fact!" ”
'In midfield, we have a lot of confidence, they have an easy game, and we have Kevin De Bruyne, believe me, it's a good half-time duel.
"'Easyphobia'?" Pep Guardiola waved his hand and smiled: "That was a long time ago, now De Bruyne is stronger, he has the support of the whole team, in this case, he has the qualifications to compete with Yile!" ”
De Bruyne's 'susceptibility' has been a hot topic in the media.
Although the topic faded away with Yile's departure from the Premier League, it has regained momentum at times like these.
All fans who witnessed Tottenham's miracle season know that that year, Yile penetrated all the Premier League midfielders.
Even as strong as De Bruyne, he was unilaterally suppressed by Yile, and even changed to 'fear of Yile' for a time, which became a topic of conversation among the media and fans.
A few years have passed, and now it is worth everyone to look forward to when these two of football's best midfielders meet again.
Faced with this topic, the media once again rushed to De Bruyne.
De Bruyne did not resist this interview at all.
Kevin De Bruyne: "There was a lot of pressure on me when I first came to the Premier League, I don't deny that I was devastated by Yi's performance at the time, and I feel sorry for him to leave the Premier League, after all, I haven't proven anything yet, he has already stepped into other leagues. I've been looking forward to the fight between us all these years. ”
The reporter asked, "The two haven't faced off in several seasons, right?" ”
De Bruyne nodded: "723 days to be exact, because we belong to different leagues, we only have the opportunity to meet in European competitions, and every time we compete in European competitions, we always can't meet." ”
The reporter said: "So, this is a reunion that lasted 723 days? ”
De Bruyne smiled: "It should be a fight, in fact, I haven't had a real duel with Yi." Every time, I can't get over my fears, but this time, I'm going to give it my all, not only in the Champions League semi-finals, but also on the stage for me to prove myself. ”
After a pause, De Bruyne continued: "After this game, whatever the result, I want to invite him to dinner and exchange contacts, the fact is that we are in the media hype, we don't have any friendship, but I would love to make this friend, his efforts will always motivate me and we can improve together. ”
In the last sentence, De Bruyne said solemnly to the camera.