Chapter 410: Champions League Genes
Atletico Madrid fans feel that it is a good thing to meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final because they want revenge.
Real Madrid fans also feel that it is a good thing to meet Atletico Madrid in the final, because they feel that Atletico Madrid is an opponent they are familiar with on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have an absolute advantage over Atletico Madrid's record in the Champions League.
Especially the Champions League final in 2014 gave Real Madrid a psychological advantage when facing Atletico Madrid.
Since the inception of the Champions League, there have been many teams that have won the championship, but the number of titles won by other teams has not exceeded single digits, but Real Madrid has won the tenth Champions League trophy on Atletico Madrid. Since then, their pursuit of the Champions League has been in double digits, and the gap between them and other teams has become wider and wider.
Otherwise, how can this team be said to have Champions League genes?
For them, playing in the Champions League is a sense of mission.
After all, when the Champions League was not so famous, Real Madrid's five consecutive titles played a very positive role in promoting the Champions League.
It is precisely because of its outstanding performance in the Champions League that Real Madrid has also been awarded the honorary title of "Best Team of the 20th Century" by FIFA.
Of course, there are also some fans of Real Madrid's sworn enemies who will sour Real Madrid's first five consecutive Champions League titles, and the Champions League at that time was still in the form of invitational tournaments, and not all national champion teams will participate in this emerging event.
But no matter what history looks like, the current situation is that the Champions League, the most technically valuable football event on the planet and second only to the World Cup, has become the dream goal of countless professional players and professional football clubs.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, has 10 titles.
Indeed, it deserves the title of "the best team of the twentieth century".
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After the La Liga league came to an end, the Copa del Rey final and the Champions League final became the two things that the Spanish media were most concerned about.
Among them, the Madrid media is indifferent to the Copa del Rey, because the two teams that participated in the Copa del Rey final have nothing to do with Madrid.
They are Barcelona and Seville.
Whoever wins the championship is not Madrid's team, so what is there to focus on?
So the Madrid media are all focused on the Champions League final.
And the Champions League final is definitely higher than the Copa del Rey final...... Madrid is a city with two teams in the Champions League final, and it is said that it has a sense of superiority over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final.
While both teams are actively preparing for the Champions League final, the media interviewed the managers of both teams.
This time Simeone didn't blink any more, he has already reached an agreement with the players.
So he was aggressive in an interview: "Yes, this is our chance for revenge." I'm not going to lie and make a fool of myself by saying 'it's not revenge, it's just a normal Champions League final'. There is no such thing as an 'ordinary' Champions League final in this world. As long as it's a Champions League final, it's certainly not ordinary. My players and I are confident that we can beat Real Madrid in the final......"
When asked by a reporter if he was worried that saying this would be considered too arrogant, he asked, "What do you want me to say?" Do we not have confidence in beating Real Madrid? With a bit of luck, maybe we'll be able to win? I don't think any manager would say anything like that, would he? Of course I know that just because we are confident that we can beat Real Madrid doesn't mean we can win, but at least we have that determination and that's more important than anything else! ”
After hearing these words, the reporters did clearly feel the aggression of the Atletico Madrid manager......
It is clear to everyone that this must be in the Atletico Madrid team, the players and the coach have good communication, this is not Simeone alone, this is the meaning of all the players of Atletico Madrid.
And that's exactly what Atletico Madrid supporters want to see.
Real Madrid is strong, yes.
But that's no reason for us to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge.
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Zinedine Zidane also spoke to reporters about the Champions League final, and he also looked confident: "I believe that if we give our all, the victory will be ours. We have more Champions League experience, which is an unbeatable advantage...... Atletico Madrid wants revenge? It's their freedom. But whether revenge can succeed or not, it is not up to them to decide. ”
In fact, Zidane is not the kind of player who is used to speaking harshly in front of the media.
But as a sworn enemy in the same city, it is natural that you can't be intimidated at this time. No matter what the final result of the game is, at least we can't lose in momentum, otherwise it will bring bad psychological hints to the players, and we feel that even our coach and the city's sworn enemies dare not fight, how can we work for him?
If Real Madrid had changed opponents in the Champions League final, Zidane might not have been so aggressive and aggressive.
But Atletico Madrid is different......
In the minds of many traditional Real Madrid fans, their number one rival is not even Barcelona, the opponent of the national derby, but Atletico Madrid.
This is not only a regional dispute, but also a contest between classes.
Most of Real Madrid's fans are above the middle class, while Atletico Madrid fans are more ordinary people and ordinary people.
The two sides have different positions, different interests, and different backgrounds...... Almost nothing is the same.
Born to break his head and bleed.
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In the media, reporters and celebrities who supported their respective teams also expressed their opinions about this Champions League final.
However, the mutual hatred of these public figures is still more decent.
The mutual hatred of fans on the Internet is simple and straightforward - if you can swear, you can swear, and if you can be yin and yang, you will never talk well.
Atletico Madrid fans mocked Real Madrid with their record of losing at home to Atletico Madrid in the league for three consecutive years.
Real Madrid fans humiliated Atletico Madrid by showing that Atletico Madrid was beaten by Real Madrid in the 2014 Champions League final.
This is really a "big killer".
Because that Champions League final is a pain that Atletico Madrid fans will never forget.
Many Atletico Madrid fans are still haunted by the goal conceded in the last minute of that game.
Why didn't the Atletico Madrid players guard against Ramos at that time?
Everyone knows that Ramos is good at heading, but when he was defending, didn't he know to find someone to follow Ramos all the time?
Wherever he goes, he follows.
As a result, Ramos used Cristiano Ronaldo to draw defensive attention and shook off the Atletico Madrid player to score with a successful header......
Real Madrid fans only need to talk about the 2014 Champions League final to completely anger Atletico Madrid fans and leave them speechless.
Because I don't know how to refute it.
If Atletico fans still use league results to refute them, they say: "Aren't we talking about the Champions League now?" ”
Atletico Madrid fans were dumbfounded.
Yes, the match between the two teams is the Champions League final, not the Madrid derby in the league......
No matter how good the results in the league are, what is the convincing effect in the Champions League?
It's really embarrassing.
This is also why Atletico Madrid fans are so keen on "revenge".
Because if Atletico Madrid can't successfully avenge Real Madrid in the Champions League for a day, their fans will live in the merciless ridicule of Real Madrid fans for a day, and they will never be able to turn over.
After all, since the Champions League was restructured, Atletico Madrid has not beaten Real Madrid in the Champions League until now......
The 2013-2014 Champions League final was the first meeting between the two teams in the Champions League since the restructuring, and Atletico Madrid lost the title to Real Madrid 4-1. In the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, Atletico Madrid was eliminated by Real Madrid 0:0 at home and 0:1 away.
If you count the pre-restructuring period, Atletico Madrid had won against Real Madrid once, but that was meaningless. Because the end result was that Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid - it was the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 1958-1959 season, when the Champions League was not called the "UEFA Champions League", but the "European Club Champions Cup".
The tournament has only been around for four years, with Atletico Madrid meeting city rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Atletico Madrid lost 2-1 away to Real Madrid in the first leg, but they won 1-0 when they returned home. According to the current rules, Atletico Madrid has eliminated Real Madrid due to away goal advantage and reached the Champions League final for the first time in history.
But the rule at that time was that the score was the same, and the rematch was picked up on a later date.
So six days later, in the replay, Atletico Madrid lost 1:2 to Real Madrid at a neutral venue in Zaragoza, was eliminated from the competition, and missed the Champions League final.
They finally made it to the final, only to lose the match again due to a rematch...... It can be said that Atletico Madrid seems to have a grudge against the replay.
That season, Real Madrid defeated Reims from France 2-0 in the final after eliminating Atletico Madrid, achieving the hegemony of the Champions League for four consecutive years and laying a good foundation for five consecutive championships in the future.
It can be said that Real Madrid stepped on the corpse of Atletico Madrid and achieved their glory in the Champions League.
And the Champions League gene of Real Madrid in people's mouths may also come from this victory over Atletico Madrid......