Chapter 377: It's good to win only one ball
Although the expression on Simeone's face was still rather helpless at the end of the match, he had regained his smile in the post-match press conference.
Faced with questions from reporters about whether it was a pity to win only one goal in this game, he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head: "How so? After all, we won. What reason is there to be dissatisfied as a winner? ”
"But you only won by one goal...... the journalist retorted.
"Shouldn't Guardiola, who lost a goal, feel more sorry?" Simeone laughed, "A win is a win, and the definition doesn't change just because you win a few goals." We won, and that's the result. Even if we only win by one goal, when we go away we start the game with a one-goal advantage. ”
Simeone was right, theoretically invulnerable. But everyone didn't believe what he said, thinking that he was talking nonsense. Because reality has proven countless times how dangerous it is to win only one goal in the first leg and go away in the second leg.
They interpret Simone's words as a dead duck with a hard mouth.
He just didn't want to admit defeat in front of so many of us.
Maybe he's more panicked than anyone else......
But this is also normal, as a head coach, if he faces media reporters and publicly says that he is not satisfied with the result of winning, it will definitely make the players in the dressing room feel confused and aggrieved.
So for the sake of unity within the team, he can only talk such serious nonsense.
Everyone understood Simeone, so no reporter asked about the topic anymore.
As if to prove the reporters' guesses correct, Guardiola, who was waiting for the post-match press conference, did not show much frustration on his face, and he looked calm in the face of the defeat.
'It's not bad to lose one goal and we have a chance back at home. We're going to give it our all at home and it won't be the same then or today. "Guardiola is full of confidence, or imperative.
Pep Guardiola is well aware that this could be his last chance at Bayern Munich.
His contract with Bayern Munich expires this summer and there is a good chance that they will not renew it.
If he can get a Champions League title for Bayern Munich before leaving...... No, the Treble winner would also be able to slap those who criticized him for three seasons in the face.
Pep Guardiola also has a temper, and is usually constantly compared with Heynckes by those critics, even if he respects Heynckes, he can't bear such comparisons and criticism.
It seems that he is not as successful as Heynckes.
Isn't there just no Champions League winner?
Okay, then I'll give you a Champions League title this season!
And Guardiola has made up his mind, even if he succeeds in winning the treble, Bayern Munich Club changes its mind and wants to keep him, and he will not renew his contract with Bayern Munich. When he fulfills his promise, he will simply turn away, leaving those critics with a free and easy back, let them regret it, they will know what a great manager they lost!
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Simeone's imposition to win just one goal in order to protect his players is also a win, so what do the players themselves think about this?
"Forced? Isn't that true? Gao Zheng faced the reporters' questions with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that I have crossed over, it is not the winning side that scores more goals in this world?" What should be celebrated if you lose? ”
Facing Gao Zheng with a confused face, the reporters were a little embarrassed - how could they not hear the sarcasm of Gao Zheng's words?
"If you win, you win, no matter how many goals you win. While it is true that winning just one goal would have made the second leg uncertain, we were the one who was ahead anyway. And I think it's good to win just one goal. Speaking of this, Gao Zheng showed a smile worth playing with.
The reporters are very strange, everyone wants to win as many first legs as possible, why does Gao Zheng want to say that it is better to win only one ball?
"Winning just one goal allowed us to win the game and take the lead on aggregate, but it also gave us a great sense of crisis so that we didn't get carried away by winning too much and not even remember how to play in the second leg. You know, we don't want to be a second Barcelona. ”
Gao Zheng smiled brightly, and the reporters only reacted - Gao Zheng is whipping Barcelona's corpse!
After Barcelona's three-goal win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg, everyone was jubilant that Barcelona's promotion to the last four was a foregone conclusion, and even the Barcelona players themselves thought so, although they said they would not forget the lessons of the Spanish Super Cup, but their actual performance in the game proved that they were lying......
So in the case of Barcelona's previous experience, thinking about what Gao Zheng said, it really makes sense.
If Atletico Madrid also won 3-0 at home, I am afraid that at this moment, the media will be full of cheers and early champagne celebrations.
In such an environment of public opinion, it is difficult to guarantee that the players of Atletico Madrid will not have other thoughts.
It's really good now, at least the Atletico Madrid players will not dare to take it lightly, and they will be better prepared for the second leg.
When Simeone said that he thought that winning a goal was also a win, everyone scoffed at his statement.
didn't expect Simeone's words to be interpreted by Gao Zheng like this, and everyone thought it made sense......
Simeone knows this, and he really doesn't know whether to cry or laugh - when did he say that the words of his manager were not as good as those of his next player?
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After the Champions League, the league followed.
The suspense of the league title is still there, but it is not big anymore. With three rounds left in the league, Atletico Madrid are five points ahead of Barcelona, and with just one more round, Barcelona are left with only a theoretical chance of winning the title.
Now everyone's attention is on the battle for the league scorer list, and it feels like it's more suspenseful than the league title race.
Bookmakers also offer odds for the top scorers on the charts.
From the odds point of view, Suarez is slightly more optimistic, the bookmaker's reason is not because Suarez is now in the first place, but because Barcelona has a Copa del Rey final next, there is only the league, they can put all their energy into the league, no need to rotate, Suarez can play full attendance. In addition, this is a competition with Gao Zheng, and the whole Barcelona team will definitely help Suarez get this golden boot to combat Gao Zheng's arrogance.
So Suarez now has odds as high as one to two, which means that if you spend one dollar to buy Suarez, you can only earn two dollars.
And Gao Zheng's odds are one point behind Suarez, which is 4.5 to one, and if you buy Gao Zheng to get the Golden Boot, you will earn more than Suarez. The reason why I am not optimistic about Gao Zheng is that Atletico Madrid still has the Champions League, which requires energy, and Simeone may rotate Gao Zheng in the league to reduce his playing time. Can't even play, what can he do to compete with Suarez for the league's top scorer?
In third place is Cristiano Ronaldo, who is priced at six to one. The Portuguese is now third in the league scorer list with 31 goals, but he has not scored in two consecutive games, played 90 minutes in the 34th round without scoring a goal, and in the 35th round, he was directly exempted from the game due to injury, and did not even enter the squad.
He also did not play in the first leg of the semi-final against Manchester City, and as a result, Real Madrid drew 0-0 away at Manchester City, and the situation was not much better than that of Atletico Madrid.
Whether it is Gao Zheng or Ronaldo, both of them will have too much energy because of the Champions League, so they are considered by bookmakers to be unable to go all out in the league scorer list, and they are not as good as Suarez, who can only play in the league.