939 Defending!
When Robben used his speed to force an overtake, past Adriano and catch up with Ibrahimovic's pass, Puyol's recovery speed was also very fast, stuck directly on the inside, and stuck to Robben.
The Dutchman is a left-footed player with inside on the right being his forte, creating a threat whether it's his own shots or passing to team-mates, but Puyol is very experienced and has always kept the inside at bay and denies Robben the chance to cut into the box.
Robben had no choice but to slow down slightly, control the ball with his right foot, and glanced up at the penalty area.
He saw Yang Yang with his right hand raised high.
Almost at this moment, Robben suddenly started again and rushed straight to the bottom line at the fastest speed.
Suddenly slowing down and starting again, Puyol was a little caught off guard, but he could barely keep up, but now he could only stop Robben from cutting inside, and he could stop Robben's left foot, but there was no way to stop the Dutchman's right foot.
Arjen Robben accelerated and burst out of a gap into the box before sending a low cross with his right foot.
Since coming to Real Madrid from Chelsea, Robben has been working his right foot, and he hopes that he can be as proficient in left and right feet as Yang Yang, especially after Di Maria joined this season, although the Argentine winger is also left-footed, but in fact, Di Maria's right-footed ability is not bad.
After a long period of hard work, Robben's right foot is still not as proficient as his left foot, but he can still do accurate crosses.
The ball quickly crossed Puyol's side, and after a rebound from the ground in front of goal, the speed did not slow down and fell directly to the back post, which made Valdés a little difficult to deal with.
But for Yang Yang, who arrived at the horse, it was a godsend.
He rushed to the left corner of the six-yard box almost without any hindrance, met Robben's cross, and easily swept the ball with his right foot, which went directly into the bottom left corner of the Barcelona goal from close range.
Goalkeeper Valdés flew to the side, but couldn't stop it.
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“goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!”
"It's Yang Yang again!"
"A brace!"
"God, Yang Yang's form this season is really amazing."
It was his thirteenth goal in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, which set a record for the knockout stage of the Champions League and once again put him above Messi's 12 goals to the top of the Champions League scorers list this season.
"Yang Yang made good on his pre-match promise that he would score in the final, and now, he scored two in one go."
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Near the halfway line, Messi looked in the direction of his team's goal in disbelief, he saw Valdés pounding the turf, he saw Pique angrily kick the ball back into the net, and Puyol roared in anger......
With a quick counter-attack, Real Madrid once again broke through the Barcelona defence.
Messi turned his head and looked at the sidelines, Yang Yang was so excited that he rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Real Madrid fans were, jumped directly over the billboard, rushed to the front of the stands, and shouted at the fans at close range, looking extremely excited.
Behind him, the players of Real Madrid chased after him one by one, all of them wanted to pull him back, but they couldn't pull him back, presumably at this moment, Yang Yang's heart was like a galloping horse.
At the moment of seeing him score, Messi suddenly felt a little desperate and wanted to give up.
He worked hard for a year, but in the end, he was surpassed by Yang Yang one after another.
In La Liga, he once led by nearly 20 goals, but as a result, Yang Yang scored a flood of goals after his comeback, and he overtook him in one go, especially in the last four rounds, he directly scored thirteen goals, a big four, three hat tricks, and the state was like playing crazy.
In the Copa del Rey, Yang Yang also defeated Barcelona in the final, surpassed him again in goals, and helped Real Madrid win the championship.
Once, he also felt that his goal lead in the Champions League was stable, because the Champions League is different from the league and the Copa del Rey, he played six more group games than Yang Yang, and scored six more goals than Yang Yang.
No, he was wrong!
Entering the knockout stage, after Yang Yang came back, he scored goals continuously, just like a goal machine, and Real Madrid, which was originally in a predicament, began to recover strongly.
Yang Yang kept catching up with the goal and kept chasing.
Before the final, the two were 12 goals to 11 goals, but now, Yang Yang scored a brace in the final and reversed.
The only thing Messi can say now is his assists.
Both the league and the Champions League have more assists than Yang Yang, but so what? Is he embarrassed to say it?
Played more than two months more than Yang Yang and played six more group games, but the goal was lost, and then the assist came out?
Not to mention Messi, I'm afraid even the Catalan media are embarrassed to report it.
This final is over!
Messi was reluctant to admit it, but he had to accept it.
In the first 80 minutes, Barcelona had no way to take Real Madrid's defense, Xavi Alonso, Martinez and Mascherano composed of three backs can really be said to be solid, Benitez's ability to adjust the defense is indeed not bad, not losing to Mourinho at all.
But realizing this made Messi even more uncomfortable.
He knew that not only Barcelona had lost, but he had also lost again this season.
Maybe in the eyes of many people, losing to Yang Yang is not aggrieved, nor is it a nest, looking at the world, there are only one or two players who can play with Yang Yang, and Messi should even be proud and proud of it.
But Messi never thought so.
Because from six or seven years ago, from the first time he heard the name Yang Yang, he had only one idea about Yang Yang, that is, to kill Yang Yang and prove that he was stronger and better than Yang Yang.
But after so many years, from the World Youth Championship to the Champions League to La Liga, he seems to have never won.
And tonight, Yang Yang will take this Real Madrid team to create a legend.
In the past 21 years, since the reform of the Champions League, the first team to successfully defend the Champions League!
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In the chairman's stand, UEFA President Michel Platini, like many guests around him, couldn't help but get up from his seat and applaud him vigorously the moment he saw Yang Yang's goal.
They all know what this goal represents.
Although there are still more than ten minutes left in the game, in fact, after Yang Yang's goal, there is no suspense.
In the first 80 minutes, Barcelona has always had no way to take Real Madrid's defense, and how can the remaining ten minutes suddenly cause an accident?
Platini's feelings are obviously stronger than those around him, not only because he has been in contact with Yang Yang, not only because Yang Yang has surpassed the all-time record he has set, but also because he is the president of UEFA and knows some secrets that no one on the outside knows.
For example, over the years, with the outbreak of Yang Yang, the commercial development of the Champions League around the world has become smoother, especially in Asia and North America, which is like turning on a money printing machine.
Many fans will conspiracy theories that no team has defended the title for more than two decades, and that UEFA has deliberately arranged it.
But not really.
Including the Champions League draw, including the schedule, it may be a bit elaborate, but there are no conspiracy theories.
In a way, UEFA would even prefer to have a team defending their title, which would be even more legendary.
But football is too elusive, especially in the knockout stage, and it is too targeted, and no team can have enough strength to win the opponent steadily, so that they are all on guard against the opponent and don't know when and from what angle will stab it to kill it.
It's like Barcelona met Liverpool in the final, Inter Milan in the semi-finals the following season, and now Real Madrid in the final.
Sometimes football matches are like that, there is only one champion, all the strong teams want it, strength and luck are equally important.
It's like this season's La Liga, Real Madrid killed Barcelona four times, and there is no need to say much about the strength, La Liga's goals and defense are also better than Barcelona, and even the points have created the second highest score in La Liga history, only two points behind Barcelona, but there is no way, they have made too many mistakes and lost too many points before, so that they were led by Barcelona.
In fact, everyone knows that the championship of Barcelona is not convincing, but the champion is the champion, and no one can change it.
"Really defended the title!" Secretary General Infantino shook his head in disbelief, "You say, Real Madrid looks so strong, who else can stop them next season?" ”
Platini understands the concern of his right-hand man, he is afraid that the Champions League will lose suspense, but how is this possible?
"Don't think too much, there are too many that can stop them, it may be Barcelona, it may be Manchester United, it may be other teams, but the most likely is themselves, when it comes to the Champions League, especially in the knockout round, any slightest mistake may kill them."
Platini said this, with a hint of remembrance in his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about his former football career, "This is the Champions League!" The most interesting and suspenseful football stage in the world! ”
Triple crown?
How can it be!
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The last ten minutes were almost accompanied by the cheers of Real Madrid fans in the stands.
The Barcelona players seem to be a little out of spirit, and even Messi, who has been working very hard throughout the game, has become a little unhappy, let alone others.
But this is no longer taken seriously.
Everyone is starting to pay attention to the exciting result of the upcoming competition, which is that the first team in 21 years to successfully defend the Champions League has been born!
Defending the Champions League doesn't seem like a big deal, because Real Madrid has won five consecutive titles, Inter Milan, Ajax, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, and even England's Nottingham Forest, which now doesn't know which level to be relegated, have all defended the Champions League.
But in the 20 years since the Champions League was restructured, no team has achieved it.
Juventus, which has reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years, has not achieved it, AC Milan, which has reached the Champions League final three times in five years, Liverpool, who has won the Champions League three times in five years, and Barcelona, the cosmos team known as an epoch-making change, has not achieved it.
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