The day has finally come.

On April 13, 2016, in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona.

The day before, two more quarter-finals had already been played, with Real Madrid returning to home after losing 0-2 to Wolfsburg in the first leg, beating their opponents 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 3:2, in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick. Bringing his tally to 16 Champions League goals this season.

In the other game, Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at home to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 3-2.

There are two remaining matches to be played today, one against Barcelona at Atletico Madrid and the other at home to Benfica against Bayern Munich.

Benfica only lost 0-1 away to Bayern Munich in the first leg, so there is still suspense in this game.

As for the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, it may be out of Atletico Madrid fans, and everyone feels that there is no suspense.

After all, Atletico Madrid lost by three goals in the first leg......

In the history of the Champions League, only Barcelona have done it once, but that was before the restructuring.

After the Champions League was restructured in 1992, many of the original rules no longer apply. For example, before the restructuring, there were still teams that could defend the Champions League, and there were not many. Even a lesser-known team like Nottingham Forest can do it.

But after the Champions League is restructured, giants like Real Madrid and AC Milan can't do it. The best result is only two championships in three years, and there has been no championship in the middle of a year.

After the restructuring, naturally no team can reverse the promotion with a 0:3 in the first leg.

Although the media supporting Atletico Madrid kept shouting to the fans before the game, telling them to keep hope, go to the stadium to support the team and work miracles.

But that doesn't change anything.

This is just a normal way to boost morale, after all, compared with being eliminated from the competition, it is more humiliating to admit defeat in advance, and no one can do it.

Didn't Simeone say it in his pre-match interview?

His team will fight until the last minute.

Listen, listen, "fight to the end." Why not say it's a miracle?

Because deep down in the head coach's heart, he doesn't believe that the team can advance, but just asks everyone to fight to the end, so that when the time comes, they can die with more dignity.

Isn't there a joke that says that?

What to do if you encounter a bear in the forest?

Instead of falling to the ground and pretending to be dead, and don't run away screaming in panic, but face the bear, with round eyes, roar at it, and raise your fists to fight head-on, so that you can die with more dignity.

Now Atletico Madrid is the one who meets the bear in the forest, and Barcelona is the giant bear.

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"The odds are not optimistic about Atletico Madrid at all......" Xiao Yingying, who was holding her mobile phone, sighed.

"Isn't that normal?" Feng Shiyu shrugged, "If the odds are optimistic about Atletico Madrid, then you have to worry about whether there will be any problems." ”

Although there was still half an hour before the start of the game, the two of them were already watching in front of the TV.

During the waiting period, the two of them were holding their mobile phones and swiping Weibo, paying attention to various news on the Internet.

"But I still bought ten bets to support the handsome guy!" Xiao Yingying proudly showed her mobile phone to Feng Shiyu.

She bought a 10-bet Atletico Madrid 4-0 win for twenty dollars.

According to the current odds, Atletico Madrid's odds to advance to the semifinals are 19 to 19, while Atletico Madrid's odds of beating Barcelona 4-0 are even more exaggerated, 91 to 1.

This odds mean that aside from the cost of the twenty yuan that Xiao Yingying spent, if the game is really the result, she will make a net profit of 1,008.

Feng Shiyu said: "I only bought ten bets, and you still don't have confidence in Atletico Madrid." ”

After speaking, she handed her mobile phone to Xiao Yingying.

Xiao Yingying saw that Sister Feng actually bought a hundred times the result of 4:0!

A full 200 yuan, according to the odds, winning is a net profit of 18,000!

Xiao Yingying looked at her phone and muttered, "That's different, do you have inside information......?"

Feng Shi was happy: "This is not buying stocks, what's the use of having inside information?" ”

Then she said with a straight face: "Besides, I haven't looked for him in the past few days." ”

"Why?"

"I don't want to affect him. Don't look at him talking and laughing in front of reporters, but in fact, there is a lot of pressure. ”

Xiao Yingying nodded and said, "That's the same." After all, it's three goals behind...... Even I, who was watching the game, was so nervous that I couldn't do it. She showed Feng Shiyu her legs, which were trembling slightly. I get nervous at the thought that the game is going to start in a moment. Not to mention the players who still have to play. The pros are amazing...... If it were me, I guess my legs would be weak when I played, and I wouldn't even be able to walk......"

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The Atletico Madrid players have finished their pre-match warm-up and are back in the dressing room.

There are only twenty minutes left until the start of the game.

They are hurrying to take off their warm-up clothes and change into their official competition clothes.

After doing all this quickly, they all looked up at Simeone, their boss.

"It's tough, it's very tough. This is objective, not subject to our thoughts. But because of this, I trembled with excitement. Because I am happy when I think that so many people are not optimistic about us, and we are going to slap them in a moment! I can't wait for the race to begin! Simeone's infectious speech began again.

'As Gao said, we beat them 4-0 here and we were able to do it, so I'm sure we can do it again! Let those enemies tremble before us! Let them say that we can't do this and that we can't do it! We will win and advance to the Final Four! ”

"After all these days of training, I'm sure you all have this belief. That's good. We're going to put in 120 percent of our energy from the first second, and we're going to ...... It's not about 'fighting', it's about scoring in the first ten minutes, taking them by surprise and scaring them out of their pee! And then completely destroy them with a devastating offensive! ”

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The TV shows narrator He Ping and his commentator partner Xu Yang, and the two are looking forward to the game.

Xu Yang said: "In fact, in the last leg, Atletico Madrid's tactics were not a problem. There was also an advantage in the game at one point, and it was almost time to score. But I didn't expect Messi to break out at this time......"

He Ping sighed: "Yes, this is the energy of a superstar. Sometimes, a superstar can erase a tactical disadvantage if they explode with all their might. The big reason why Messi is the first person in today's football is this...... He is a man who can single-handedly control the tide of battle. Simeone's luck in the last game was too bad for Simeone, and he ran into Messi, who was in full form......"

Gao Zheng said before the game that they could repeat the miracle of beating Barcelona 4-0 in the Spanish Super Cup. Barcelona also responded before the game, and Messi said that they did not forget that game and that Barcelona would not trip over the same stone twice. I'm sure he's telling the truth, so I'm afraid this game will be even harder. That result in the first leg is now looking particularly disappointing......"

Xu Yang's statement made many people nod secretly.

Indeed, Atletico Madrid's only chance is to hope that Barcelona will have the idea of being proud of their opponents after winning the first leg by three goals.

But Gao Zheng's words reminded Barcelona in turn.

Although everyone knows that Gao Zheng is kind, he wants to boost the morale of his teammates. But objectively it did make the opponent more vigilant, making this game more difficult to play.

Everyone believes that as long as Barcelona does not underestimate the enemy and takes it seriously, this game is actually evenly matched, and even if Atletico Madrid can win, it will only be one goal or two goals, which is not enough for them to advance. Not to mention the possibility that Barcelona could still score away goals, which would be even worse.

Such analyses and discussions are also taking place on other TV stations.

The match was the focus of the Champions League quarter-finals, and it attracted TV broadcasts from many countries around the world.

Basically, no one is optimistic that Atletico Madrid will be able to turn the tables around.

Although they had beaten Barcelona at home in the quarter-finals of the Champions League two seasons ago. But the situation is completely different from now.

At that time, Atletico Madrid played Barcelona away in the first leg, it was a 1:1 draw, not only did not lose, but also scored an away goal, and public opinion was more optimistic about Atletico Madrid. After returning to the home stadium, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 1-0, eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 2:1, and advanced to the semi-finals. And finally reached the final in one go.

What Atletico Madrid are facing this time is basically "mission impossible".