It's been a long time since Ferguson has been in the media and fans' radar.

The last time he appeared at the FIFA Awards, he was the best coach of the escort award, and when he made his appearance, it was as a special guest in the main stand at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.

After the match, he will be the guest of honour for the best player in tonight's final.

But in the process of the game, he was more appreciating this peak matchup.

As a former world-class coach, especially after leaving Manchester United, Ferguson's mentality has become more relaxed, and he has seen more from this game, and has a deeper understanding of the line-up of the two world-class coaches, Carlo Ancelotti and Simeone.

In a way, this final represents the most advanced technical and tactical trend in European football at the moment.

There were basically no major mistakes between the two, and Simeone's problem was that Diego Simeone went off after only nine minutes, which must have been an unfortunate accident that proved that Simeone lost the bet, but he can't be blamed for it.

Diego Costa is so important to Atletico Madrid that Simeone is willing to gamble for him.

Carlo Ancelotti is mature and sophisticated, and he is very shrewd and pragmatic, and the whole line-up is also leaky, but there are some problems with the execution of the players, especially Casillas's mistake in attacking, which is really undeserved.

This is a low-level mistake that should never have been made on the stage of a Champions League final.

"Before you know it, Casillas is also thirty-three years old." Ferguson suddenly thought of this question and was quite embarrassed.

Since retiring, his mentality has improved a lot, but there are more and more things to sigh about.

His wife told him that it was called old age.

"Yes, since the last time he was injured with a broken bone, his form has dropped dramatically, and at the age of thirty-three, it should have been the golden years of a goalkeeper, but for a goalkeeper of his height, it is very fatal." UEFA President Michel Platini was also emotional.

Casillas can be said to represent the history of the Champions League of a generation of goalkeepers, his debut for Real Madrid to win the Champions League, followed by two titles in three years, and then witnessed the decline of the Galacticos, and then experienced a new round of peaks from 09 onwards, in the past decade or so, no goalkeeper in European football is more representative than him.

In terms of strength, Gianluigi Buffon is certainly a well-deserved world No. 1, but when it comes to honor, the Italian goalkeeper is inevitably slightly inferior, especially in the Champions League and European Championship.

But this goalkeeper, who represents an era, finally showed fatigue.

"The goal is so big, the tall goalkeeper has slender hands and feet, and has a large range of control, but the reaction speed and body flexibility, especially the explosiveness of the legs, are inevitably weak, and the short goalkeeper has short hands and feet and a small range of control, but it can be compensated for by the advantages of reaction speed and body flexibility, especially the explosiveness of the legs."

If you look closely at the training of the short goalkeepers, you will definitely find that their leg explosive training is a must for every training session, because this is what they rely on for food.

"It was really a mistake that shouldn't have happened in the first half, but if it was a young Casillas, he would definitely be able to fish it out, but just now his consciousness was obvious, but his body couldn't keep up." Platini also regretted it.

This mistake will make Casillas's situation at Real Madrid even more awkward.

But that's what professional football is, cold and unforgiving.

As they get older, their reaction speed, physical flexibility, and especially the explosiveness of their legs will continue to decline, which is very fatal for short goalkeepers, because they will gradually find that their bodies can't keep up with their consciousness, but for tall goalkeepers, they don't rely on this to eat, so they can maintain their peak for longer.

For example, goalkeepers such as Buffon, Van der Sar, and Petr Cech have always maintained their very good form, but once the short goalkeeper reaches his age, it is basically difficult to maintain his peak performance and decline rapidly.

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In the stadium, a quick attack of Real Madrid, David Silva tried to cut inside after winning the ball on the right side, but was directly tackled to the ground by the Atletico Madrid player, giving Real Madrid a set-piece opportunity in front, but did not even get a card.

Real Madrid were unhappy with this and pressed the referee, but they were not allowed to do so.

This made Ferguson turn his head to look at Simeone in front of the coach's bench, and secretly laughed in his heart.

"Fortunately, I'm not coaching now, so I don't have to worry about running into him, otherwise, I guess I'll be angry with him." Ferguson laughed with some schadenfreude.

The rules of football are there, and as long as you don't break the rules, you can do anything on the pitch.

Simeone's team is on the verge of fouling, and what is even more rare is that his team has a very good grasp of the foul scale, everyone is very calm and rational, and there will be no hot-headed fouls.

This proves that they are a bunch of well-trained "hooligans".

There is a good saying that hooligans are not scary, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

Simeone and his team are a bunch of cultured hooligans.

Yang Yang personally took this free kick, he had just been punished once, this time again, the angle was still very tricky, the arc was also very good, after bypassing the human wall, straight to the upper left corner, but Courtois reacted quickly, flying and saving the ball with one hand.

The brilliant save earned the crowd's applause, with even Alex Ferguson and Platini applauding him.

"This save is very effective!" Ferguson lamented.

Platini also agrees that Yang Yang's free kick was very good and of a very high level, but it was still saved by Courtois, "In the tall goalkeeper, his reaction is also very fast." ”

Ferguson nodded, but he couldn't help but think of Casillas in his mind.

The 22-year-old Courtois reminded him of Casillas at the age of 22, when he helped Real Madrid beat Alex Ferguson's Manchester United at Old Trafford in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

But now, Casillas is already dying, but the new generation of Courtois and De Gea and others are doing well.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, this is the ruthlessness of time.

"I heard that Barcelona want to buy him, and Real Madrid want to buy De Gea." Platini smiled tentatively.

Even the president of UEFA can sometimes be quite gossipy.

Ferguson laughed, "Barcelona's biggest problem is that the offensive division is not clear, the defense is too thin, the goalkeeper is only a part of it, even if Courtois goes, it can't make up for much, as for De Gea...... There's no way he's going to Real Madrid! ”

Platini was a little surprised to hear Ferguson say categorically, but soon thought that De Gea was personally introduced by Ferguson to Manchester United, and even if he retired, Ferguson still has a lot of advice at Manchester United.

Today's top goalkeepers in European football are hard to find, De Gea is the foundation of Manchester United's revival, and the current Red Devils are not short of money at all, what they lack is excellent players, as long as De Gea's contract can be negotiated, then everything is not a problem.

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Ferguson and Platini chatted without a word in the stands, mainly because, after the start of the second half, although the tactics of both teams were fine-tuned, Atletico Madrid retreated, Real Madrid pressed forward, and the scene was still deadlocked.

The stalemate was a huge pressure and drain for both sides, but a bit dreary for the onlookers, so much so that Ferguson and Platini were both chatting to kill time.

And everyone knows that as time goes by, the pressure on Real Madrid will increase.

But just as the game time was just 60 minutes into the game, Real Madrid broke the ball near the halfway line, and David Silva tried to rush forward with the ball again, only to find that Yang Yang suddenly appeared on the left side and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

The Spanish midfielder passed the ball without thinking, and Yang Yang turned his back to the direction of the attack, stopped the ball on the left side, turned and cut in, and immediately started to accelerate.

Even stopped and turned around, the whole action was like flowing water, very chic.

After turning around, Yang Yang immediately accelerated the start, first dribbling his right foot past Gabi, who was defending him, and then smashing the ball past Juanfran with his left foot, so that Atletico Madrid's right wing-back's interception failed.

After connecting the two players, Yang Yang suddenly accelerated and rushed directly towards Miranda.

The Atletico Madrid central defender quickly grabbed and wanted to block Yang Yang, but Yang Yang directly made a continuous shaking feint, shook off Miranda, and was about to cut inside.

At this moment, everyone was taken aback, because Yang Yang cut inside on the left side and hit the goal with his right foot, which is his forte.

What does Miranda not understand as an experienced and at the same time powerful central defender?

At the moment when he was shaken by Yang Yang, he chose to foul almost without thinking, and reached directly to Yang Yang's chest, grabbed his jersey, and pulled it hard.

Yang Yang lost his balance and fell sideways on the left side of Atletico's penalty area.

Referee Keppers quickly ran up, blew the whistle for a foul and showed a yellow card to Miranda.

This made the Real Madrid players very unhappy, believing that this was conniving at Atletico Madrid's malicious foul.

"Sir, he has just passed three people, and then we are two against one, whether it is our own goal, or assist, we have an advantage, but they chose to foul, this is just a yellow card?" Suarez was annoyed.

He's ready to run.

But such annoyance is useless, and the referee has signaled that he is enforcing the law according to the rules and that it is reasonable to give a yellow card.

There was boos in the stadium, and it was clear that they were a little unhappy with the decision.

Yang Yang didn't understand that Atletico Madrid had thoroughly understood the referee's law enforcement standards, so he adopted such a tactical style of play.

This time, the foul was also 28 metres from goal, similar to David Silva's position just now.

"How? You okay? Suarez walked over, grabbed Yang Yang's hand, and pulled him up.

"It's fine." Yang Yang patted the grass clippings on his body, but the white jersey was already stained.

He's fallen to the ground many times tonight.

But when he looked at the goal and Courtois in front of the goal, Yang Yang's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness.

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