Chapter 754: Opponent
Manchester City is 5-3 away in the first leg and 2-0 at home in the second leg!
With a disparity of 7-3 on aggregate over the two legs, they eliminated Bayern Munich and entered the final of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League!
After the game, the media throughout England were cheering for Manchester City!
The Rise of the Blue Moon!! - The Daily Mail used a huge headline to congratulate Manchester City on reaching the Champions League final!
Sky Sports has been full of praise for Manchester City's manager, Gao Bo.
They believe that inviting a young Chinese manager to the Etihad Stadium is the beginning of Manchester City's brilliant take-off! Gao Bo's ability and his unstoppable momentum in the Champions League are all important factors in Manchester City's strong rise!!
The Power of Money!! Blue Moon is the Champions League winner! - this was reported by the Spanish media newspaper Marca. Although Marca has always had a grudge with Gao Bo, they still praised Gao Bo, and at the same time said sourly that the money from the oil empire is the driving force for Manchester City to take off - "There is no doubt that Gao Bo is a very good manager, and before the end of this season, there have been rumors that many super giants want to invite Gao Bo to coach, but I think that without Manchester City's strong transfer investment, Manchester City would not have reached the Ouan final!" ”
According to France's newspaper Le Corpus, Gao Bo led the team to the Champions League final for the second consecutive season, and he is likely to become the first manager to defend the Champions League title after the Champions League restructuring, which in itself will be a time of great historical significance.
The whole of Europe is paying attention to Gao Bo and Manchester City, and in China, it is even more boiling!
There is a heated discussion about Gao Bo and his team all over the country.
Gao Bo, Manchester City, Champions League final!
These three keywords quickly occupied the top three places on the Weibo hot search list, and even some celebrities cheating, taking drugs, and the like failed to grab Gao Bo's hot spots.
The Champions League has always been in the spotlight.
Gao Bo led Manchester City to the final of the Champions League, which caused a lot of jubilation at home.
CCTV even spent nearly a minute reporting the news in "News Network". Football news appeared in "News Network" is rare, and the football news that appeared in "News Network" before is basically related to the national football team, such as the World Cup in 02, for example, the Asian Cup final in 04..... but this is a long time ago.
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Of course, while the media is buzzing about the game, another semi-final match is also in the spotlight.
Real Madrid is at home against Borussia Dortmund, a powerhouse in the Bundesliga!
In the first leg, Dortmund swept Real Madrid 4-1 at home and had an absolute advantage in qualifying.
This time at home, Real Madrid can be regarded as a back-to-back battle!
They have to win by three goals or more, and they can't let Borussia Dortmund score.
Real Madrid, playing at home, showed their quality.
In the twelfth minute of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid pull a goal back!!
All Real Madrid fans, pro-Real Madrid media are boiling!
Pull back one goal in 12 minutes, and then just score two more goals, Real Madrid can turn the tables back!
The first leg was 1-4 away, and the example of returning to their home game is not without it in the Champions League.
It was in the 2003-2004 season, the quarter-finals of the Champions League!
It was Deportivo La Coruna from La Liga who created this miracle – and it was also an important basis for the Spanish media to cheer on Real Madrid before the start of this game.
In the 2004 Champions League knockout round, Milan and Deportivo La Coruna met in a narrow way, and in the first leg, Milan defeated Laco 4-1 at the San Siro, but on the road, the Rossoneri lost 0-4 and were eliminated 4-5 on aggregate.
Deportivo can reverse AC Milan, why can't Real Madrid reverse Borussia Dortmund?
Real Madrid is united in their hearts and minds to complete a vigorous reversal battle at home!
And Dortmund was also completely suppressed by Real Madrid away from home, and before the end of the first half, Real Madrid scored another goal!
The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is completely boiling!
Two to zero!
The aggregate score is 3-4!
As long as Real Madrid score one more goal, they will be able to advance to the final with an aggregate score of 4-4 and an away goal advantage!
At the end of the first half, many media outlets believed that the momentum was back on Real Madrid's side and that Borussia Dortmund was hanging.
Let Real Madrid play at home, no matter which team comes here, I'm afraid they have to drink a pot.
However, in the second half, the tenacious Dortmund withstood Real Madrid's crazy attack!
Jurgen Klopp's youth army has shown admirable willpower and resilience!!
They were not scored by Real Madrid again in the second half!
There were five minutes of stoppage time, but it wasn't until the 96th minute of the game that the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game!
Two to zero!
The aggregate score is 3-4!!
Real Madrid scored two goals in the first half, and in the second half in the face of Dortmund's big bus formation, Real Madrid lost by one goal on aggregate and was eliminated!
Dortmund, on the other hand, reached the Champions League final!!
Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund!
This is an absolute Champions League matchup that no one could have imagined before the game.
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England are cheering for Manchester City, who beat Bayern Munich 7-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals, who are the kings of the Bundesliga this season.
They won the Bundesliga and the German Cup, and in both competitions, Dortmund lost to Bayern Munich and finished second.
This shows that Dortmund's strength is really below Bayern Munich.
Manchester City, on the other hand, won Bayern Munich by a big score!
So Manchester City is better than Borussia Dortmund.
The media came to this conclusion with simple arithmetic problems.
Gao Bo couldn't help but laugh when he saw such a report.
The Chinese team won South Korea 1-0, and the South Korean team won Germany 2-0, is it equivalent to the Chinese team winning the German team 3-0?
You have a point... I can't argue with that.
In order to keep the players from being misled by the blind optimism of the media, Gao Bo stressed before training these days that Dortmund and Bayern Munich are not the same team, their style of play, their skills and tactics are completely different from Bayern Munich.
And even if it's the same team, let Manchester City play Bayern Munich again, is it a must-win?
Football games, where is there a sure win.
Lower-tier teams can beat Premier League teams, not to mention Champions League finalists.