Although Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will play the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals eight days later, in the eyes of many mainstream European media, even if Barcelona returns to their home stadium, there is little hope of reversing the game.

If they were to play against other opponents and pull back a two-goal deficit at their home stadium, it might not be an impossible task for a team like Barcelona who are good at attacking, not to mention that they can often get the "upper hand" at the Camp Nou.

However, even with Barcelona's onslaught back at home, it will not be easy to really tear apart Atletico Madrid's steel defence. At the same time, they have to pay the price of defensive weakness in the back, and Atletico Madrid, who have Feng Quan and Griezmann, is best at attacking by taking advantage of the opponent's defensive openings to launch a quick counter-attack.

You must know that in the first leg of the battle between the two sides, even though Luis Enrique sacrificed Barcelona's wide attack in order to strengthen the defense, he was still seized by Feng Quan and scored a hat-trick.

Therefore, as long as Feng Quan can appear at the Camp Nou in a healthy state, it is basically equivalent to announcing Barcelona's "death sentence".

In the other Champions League semi-final the day later, Bayern Munich, who jumped to the top of the title after the quarter-finals, were dominant, but the home team Juventus took advantage of a counter-attack, and Tevez assisted Real Madrid veteran Morata to score the only goal of the game.

Interestingly, unlike Atletico Madrid, who were unanimously favored by the media after the other semi-final, despite Bayern Munich's first leg away from home, many mainstream European media believe that the Bundesliga giants will easily reverse Juventus when they return to their home stadium and then meet Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final.

In fact, there is some reason to be optimistic that Bayern Munich will come back to advance in the second leg, at least judging from the game scene and statistics alone, they should be the winner.

Away from home, Bayern Munich have an overwhelming advantage in key stats such as possession (67 per cent), pass completion rate (82 per cent vs 73 per cent), shots on goal (23 vs 9) and shots on target (11 vs 5).

If it weren't for the "super level" performance of the Juventus backline led by goalkeeper Buffon, Bayern Munich, which has the advantage in overall strength, may have one foot in advance of the Champions League final.

Of course, the Italian media, led by Torino Sport, do not think so.

In their view, Bayern Munich's stats show an overwhelming advantage, but in reality they pose a limited real threat to the Juventus goal.

That's right, although Bayern Munich's shooting statistics are very impressive, but the shots that really forced Buffon to make thrilling saves were only 3 shots, and the other 8 shots that hit the goal range were basically easily confiscated by Buffon.

Juventus, who have a five-man defence, have very limited space in their own 30-metre zone, so Bayern Munich had 23 shots on goal, but 12 of them were forced from outside the box.

In fact, because of Juventus's contraction formation, Bayern Munich's penetration attack is difficult to penetrate the opponent's defense, and due to the absence of the "Robery" combination at the same time, it is difficult for Bayern Munich's wing attack to tear the gap on the side, and the wing attack still relies more on 45-degree diagonal passes.

Although Lewandowski has a strong ability to grab points, it is difficult to pose a lethal threat to the goal under the "chain defense" of Juventus' three central defenders.

Therefore, if the "Robery" duo are unable to return in time for the second leg of the matchup, they will have a good chance of progressing to the final as long as the Juventus defence can continue to perform in the first leg.

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Just when Feng Quan led Atletico Madrid all the way, Zhao Shijie, who led the team to Italy to discuss the acquisition, also made substantial progress.

After arriving in Italy, Zhao Shijie did not immediately go to Berlusconi's private villa in Sardinia, but first found a well-known Italian appraisal agency, and after obtaining the consent of AC Milan, the overall value of the club was impartially assessed.

After nearly a week of on-site investigations and an assessment of the hidden assets behind the player's value and the club's prestige, it was finally concluded that the reasonable value of AC Milan was around 650 million euros (including debt).

After receiving the authoritative appraisal report given by the appraisal agency, Zhao Shijie and his entourage went to Berlusconi's private villa and gave an offer of 650 million euros.

Although Zhao Shijie's latest offer has directly increased by 100 million euros compared with the previous one, there is still a big gap with the 750 million euros expected by Berlusconi.

As a result, the first meeting between the two sides could only end in failure.

The next day, after consulting with other core members of the "Wind Team" and obtaining the consent of Feng Quan himself, Zhao Shijie proposed the latest plan to Berlusconi.

The Wind Warriors agreed to an offer of 750 million euros, but Berlusconi needs to come up with 100 million euros as transfer funds for the team this summer. In return, Silvio Berlusconi could continue to own 5% of the club and could also serve as honorary president of AC Milan.

At first, Berlusconi was not very cold about Zhao Shijie's latest offer.

In his opinion, AC Milan's 5% stake, as well as the honorary presidency that has little practical significance, is not worth 100 million euros at all.

However, just as Berlusconi was about to veto the latest offer of the "Wind Team", Zhao Shijie dropped a bombshell.

"Sir Berlusconi, if we can successfully acquire AC Milan, then we will bring in one of the hottest stars in football today in the summer transfer window.

Although Berlusconi knows that Feng Quan is the owner behind the "Wind Team", he believes that even if the "Wind Team" completes the acquisition of AC Milan, Atletico Madrid Club will not let Feng Quan leave at a low price because of his status as the "new owner of AC Milan".

In his opinion, even if AC Milan uses "its own 100 million" offer in the summer, it is impossible for Atletico Madrid to let it go, after all, Paris Saint-Germain's 150 million euro offer in the winter transfer period was ruthlessly rejected by Atletico Madrid. With Fengquan's terrifying performance this season, I'm afraid that even if you bid 200 million, it will be difficult to make Atletico Madrid excited.

Zhao Shijie, who saw through Berlusconi's thoughts, immediately spoke: "Your 100 million yuan will be used to strengthen the team, as for the introduction of Fengquan, we have already reached an agreement with domestic companies, as long as we can complete the acquisition of AC Milan, then they will bear the cost of introducing Fengquan." ”

Even for a super-rich man like Silvio Berlusconi, who is worth billions, 200 million euros is not a small number, and the overall valuation of many clubs in the middle and lower reaches of the top five leagues does not even reach this figure. The fact that there are Chinese companies willing to help the "Wind Team" spend such a huge amount of money on reinforcements shows how terrifying the influence of Feng Quan and his "Wind Team" in China is.

Therefore, even Berlusconi, who is accustomed to seeing all kinds of big scenes, can hardly hide his surprise.

"If they take over AC Milan, maybe it's really a good choice." Berlusconi said in his heart.

Although Berlusconi has long been frustrated with running AC Milan, he has built AC Milan's glory and reached the pinnacle of his life in politics and business. Even in his eagerness to show up, Silvio Berlusconi still has some affection for AC Milan.

If the "Wind Team" can help AC Milan regain its former glory, Lao Bei, who is the honorary chairman of the club and still retains a 5% stake, is also honored.

So, after a short moment of thought, Berlusconi stretched out his right hand to Zhao Shijie with a smile on his face and said, "I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

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