Chapter 477: The Great Triple Crown
In addition, the transfer news of some clubs and players is also the focus of Li Moody, but in the past few days, the Red Bulls have received almost all the bad news, which has disappointed their head coach.
After Gianluigi Buffon's departure was announced, Juventus surprisingly did not choose to immediately correct Poland's Szczesny, but began to buy Genoa's homegrown goalkeeper Perrin. According to the FM system, the old lady has secretly negotiated a deal with the player himself, and as long as he can agree on the transfer fee with the griffons, the deal can be declared, but Genoa has not yet agreed to the offer of more than 10 million euros made by the Serie A overlord.
Unwilling to see his main rival reinforced at such a small cost, Li Mudi contacted Valentino Caiiro as soon as he found out about the move two days earlier, asking the club's marketing department to report to the chairman as soon as possible and, if approved, to pursue the Italian national team's No. 2 goalkeeper (after Buffon's retirement). Even if it can't be won in the end, the price must be raised and the transfer funds of the city's sworn enemies will be consumed.
Although the Torino club reacted quickly and sent their own offer in time, just one day later, Juventus convinced the Genoa president with a fixed fee of 12 million plus a floating clause of 3 million. Of course, the player himself played a key role in the middle, and even though Torino promised him a higher salary and guaranteed that he would be fully established as a regular after Casillas' departure next season, the Italian goalkeeper still preferred to join the league dominance.
Missing out on the homegrown goalkeeper who can compete with Donnarumma in the next two or three years is a great regret for the Torino executives, but for Li Mudi, who has decided to leave next summer, it is already very profitable to make the old woman pay an extra 5 million euros in transfer fees, anyway, Cassie's state should be able to ensure stability for at least one season, as for the team's goalkeeper reserves in the future, he can't manage so much. And Mielinkovic-Savic is also growing rapidly, and the prospect of being promoted to the starting team in a year is also relatively optimistic, and not getting Perrin will not make much of a loss for the future development of the team.
However, the reincarnation of heaven, he raised the price for others, and when he turned around, he encountered retribution. The most important target of the Torino coach in the midfield reinforcement - Brazilian international Fred, who plays for the Ukrainian powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk, less than a day after the Red Bulls just sent an offer of 40 million euros, Manchester United, a Premier League giant and known as a "professional account of raising prices", made a move and directly dropped a huge sum of 60 million.
Shakhtar Donetsk spent less than €15 million on the player in the summer of 2013, and the three-fold profit is not low, so it is natural that Fred, who is already 25 years old and has little chance of growing again, will not be forced to stay. After accepting the Red Devils' offer, the Ukrainian team also replied to the Red Bulls, signaling that as long as they can also come up with 60 million, they will also get the right to negotiate with the player's personal treatment, but compared to Manchester United, which is not bad for money, the Turin club, which can only be regarded as a middle-class club, believes that it is impossible to snatch food from the other party's mouth, so it can only reluctantly withdraw from the competition.
In addition, for the introduction of Dutch central defender De Vrij, whose contract is about to expire, Li Mudi still wants to make a final effort. However, judging from the feedback from the marketing department, even if Torino finished third in Serie A this season and successfully climbed to the top of the Europa League, it is still not an ideal place in the eyes of the Dutch international. Although the foreign giants such as Manchester United, who were interested in him, had lost interest in getting him for free because they were unwilling to offer too high a salary, but under almost the same conditions, De Vrij chose to join Inter Milan without any hesitation, much to the anger of all Turinois.
The fact that the Nerazzurri, who are ranked lower in the league and can only play in the Europa League next season, are far more attractive to big-name free agents than the Red Bulls, a fact that makes the likes of Li Moody and Urbano Cairo even more frustrated. Although the team's results have a good rebound momentum, but its status in the football world is still not high, I don't know when it will be like Real Madrid, Barcelona to make some new generation of players have a "dream", maybe this can only be a luxury.
Before I knew it, the time was between the Turin coach checking the news and thinking about how to deal with various affairs, and it soon came to six o'clock. Raul, who had arrived near the stadium, called and invited Li Mudi to have dinner and pad his stomach, and he could enter early after the meal. Two people bought tickets together, so the seats are next to each other, making it easy to communicate when watching the game.
This time, Li Mudi did not ask for the increase in votes given by Qi Zu, thanks to the sponsors of the local tyrants of the Heavenly Dynasty, his income this season has increased a lot compared with a year ago, especially after winning the European League championship, his net worth has come to a small explosion. So I decided not to watch the game anymore, but paid a high price to buy two of the best positions.
The Torino manager, who has already experienced two Champions League finals on the spot, will naturally not be too interested in the various activities before the game. However, many Real Madrid fans around him fell into a state of madness early, and the noise made Li Mudi's eardrums begin to hurt, and the person in front of him recognized the former Castilian coach with sunglasses, which made the surrounding fans crowd over to say hello and take photos, which made Li Mudi in a hurry.
Fortunately, Raul, who was present at the pre-match event as a team celebrity, returned and diverted everyone's attention, which did not cause the Torino boss to encounter a more embarrassing situation.
Soon after, the much-anticipated final finally began, and Liverpool, who played with all the main players, came up with a high-intensity front-court pressing strategy, which immediately raised the tension of the game. Real Madrid, who once again discharged the same starting eleven as in last year's final, slowly stabilized the situation with their overall possession advantage after falling into a short period of passivity.
The defending champions relied on the quick combing of Luka Modric and Isco, showing a combination of long and short pressing tactics, and soon found a passing opportunity on the edge of the opposition box, but it was a pity that German goalkeeper Karius was on time to defuse Carvajal's over-the-top cross to Isco.
However, this tactic is not completely without hidden dangers, once the retreat of the frontcourt players is not in place in time, Real Madrid will face the situation that it is easy to be intercepted by the opponent when passing forward in the backfield. In the seventh minute, Milner made a steal at the back and passed forward, Firmino adjusted and immediately plugged in with his left foot, Mane cut in at high speed in the middle, and stabbed the ball away in front of the attacking Navas, if it wasn't for Varane's struggle to fall to the ground to tackle the danger, the Senegalese star would probably have hit the empty goal.
In the following games, Liverpool had a certain advantage, although they did not pursue long possession, but the attacking efficiency was extremely high, the front three led by Salah frequently used speed and tacit cooperation with each other to attack Real Madrid's goal, but Navas was in good form in the opening stage, several successful attacks, and the performance was appreciated by the fans. However, the Costa Rican goalkeeper couldn't help but praise, in the eighteenth minute, Salah took a corner kick from the right side of the field to the back of the penalty area, and Navas's attack was unexpectedly saved, but Van Dijk's interferenced header failed to hit the goal, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Liverpool were undoubtedly the better side in the first 20 minutes of the game, with the aggressiveness and tempo of the players on the pitch giving the Premier League giants more opportunities to get the ball into the opposition's threat. In particular, Egyptian star Salah, although he was marked by Real Madrid's key defense, he was still able to create more space for his teammates through reasonable running, and in the limited time of possession of the ball, he could also show his personal skills that were not inferior to Messi, so that Li Mudi in the stands kept lamenting that the Roma team sold such a superstar who had reached the level of quasi-ball king for only 38 million euros, which was really a big loss.
It's just that I don't know if it's the Torino coach's poisoned milk that is too powerful, or the Real Madrid coach's metaphysics is in full swing again, and the Egyptian, who performed exceptionally well after the opening, was injured quickly. In the 26th minute, Salah's right arm was tightly tangled with defender Sergio Ramos' left arm during an attack with the ball, and then both sides fell to the ground hard, and the Liverpool winger's left arm was smashed by his own body as it landed, and his face immediately showed pain.
The team doctor rushed to the field to treat him, and the game was delayed for a minute and a half before it resumed. It didn't take long for Salah to fall to the ground in pain without the ball, and then he covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly, he should not be able to continue to hold on, and was replaced by Lallana.
The accident completely disrupted Klopp's pre-match tactical arrangement, and with only Sadio Mane left on the pitch with a speed advantage, Liverpool's threat to the Real Madrid goal will be greatly reduced. And it turned out that without having to spend energy on such a superstar, the defending champions immediately increased their investment in attack, gradually increasing their time in possession and passing the ball into the opposition's dangerous zone.
However, Sahera's injury and withdrawal also made Real Madrid in this season's Champions League knockout round, every opponent had an accident of being injured or sent off with a red card, which further shocked the world while the power of Qizu's metaphysics further shocked the world, but also added a lot of doubts to the team's championship process, which can be said to be half of the pros and cons.
However, just when the situation was good, right-back Carvajal, who had suffered an injury in the 2016 Champions League final, was also in excruciating pain when his heel was kicked by Robertson four minutes after Salah left, and had to take an early curtain call on such an important stage for the second time. The injury two years ago caused him to miss the following European Championships in France, and this time it is unclear if a similar misfortune will befall again, and Li Muddy can only pray for the world number one right-back.
The loss of a big player on both sides did not affect the flow of this final, and Real Madrid, who had the advantage in strength, still maintained the initiative on the field. Before half-time, Isco's cross from the right accurately found Ronaldo in the penalty area, and the president's high-flying header was saved by Karius bravely, and Benzema followed up with a follow-up shot, but he was not happy for long, because the linesman had raised the flag to signal that Ronaldo was offside at the moment of Isco's pass, and Liverpool kept the score 0-0 because of the distance of less than five centimeters.
After the rematch, the Reds once again resorted to pressing tactics in front, but the effect was not as good as in the first half, except for the players to continue to overexert their physical energy. Instead, Isco capitalised on a clearance error by Lallana and had an unguarded chance to open the scoring, but his volley hit the crossbar and failed to open the scoring.
However, Real Madrid's first goal did not make everyone wait long, in the 51st minute, Kroos picked up a cross near the halfway line, Benzema cut into the box at high speed, and the ball was first obtained by Karius. However, the stupid horse did not retreat immediately, but continued to follow up and seemed to interfere with the opponent's goalkeeper's quick serve and throw the ball. Who knew that the German goalkeeper had a mental short-circuit at this time, as if he didn't see the opposing striker, he wanted to throw the ball with his right hand to Alexander-Arnold in front of him, the ball had just come out of his glove and was being chased by Benzema. The French striker reached out to intercept the ball and found it in the empty net.
1-0, Real Madrid took the lead in an unimaginable way, and the whole stadium was in an uproar, and even the well-informed Raul couldn't help but guess what Karius was thinking at that moment while being excited.
The appearance of this goal seriously affected the morale of the Liverpool fans, but the players on the pitch showed tenacity and they immediately hit a wave of small highs. tide, which threatened Real Madrid's goal in succession and equalised just four minutes after conceding. Milner's corner from the right was driven down the middle, Lovren headed in from the left side of the penalty spot, and Mane, who was not offside, stabbed home with his right foot before Keylor Navas could make a save, and the balance quickly returned to balance after a tipping turn.
However, due to several high-intensity pressing, the Reds players were at a physical disadvantage, and the situation began to be controlled by the defending champions. When Bale replaced Isco in the 61st minute, the reunited BBC also began to attack the goal guarded by Karius.
Three minutes later, Casemiro split in the middle of the pitch and Marcelo burst to the left side of the box and couldn't find an opportunity to cut inside, so he sent a cross with his right foot. In the face of this pass, which was not in place, Daishoning unexpectedly chose to jump with his back to the goal, and then kicked a flawless upside-down golden hook with his left foot, and the ball hung straight into the upper left corner of the goal, shocking the whole world.
It was a brilliant goal comparable to that of Cristiano Ronaldo in the first leg of the quarter-finals, and perhaps the second-best goal in Champions League history after Zizou's out-of-the-box kick in 2002, given the importance of the occasion.
But even after scoring such a wonderful goal, Liverpool quickly regrouped and kept looking for opportunities to score in the front court. In the 70th minute, Mane went straight to the right side of the field, Wijnaldum knocked back from the right side of the penalty area, and the former's left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area almost helped the team achieve a second equaliser, but unfortunately the ball hit the left post and bounced outside, causing the KOPs to let out a sigh full of regret.
The suspense of the game ended in the 84th minute, Marcelo transferred a long pass from the left, Bale won the ball on the right side of the field, and suddenly shot with his left foot from nearly 30 meters away from the goal. The kick was very powerful, but the angle was too positive, and it was not very threatening according to common sense, but Karius had a buttery hand attack at such a critical moment and pounced the ball directly into his own goal.
The Red Army, whose spirit and momentum were hit repeatedly, only then announced that they would raise their flag and surrender, and finally Real Madrid won the 13th Champions League title in the club's history, and also achieved the unprecedented three-consecutive championship hegemony after the Champions League restructuring.
Although this final lost a lot of highlights due to the injury of Carvajal and especially Salah, these did not affect the greatness of the La Liga giants, and they achieved excellent results at the beginning of their coaching career, and Zidane successfully became a god at this moment!
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