No. 990: An unjust case at Camp Nou!
Real Madrid have become the focus of the world, with the news off the pitch matched by the impressive results on the pitch.
Since Chen Fan's "refusal to play" in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, the news in the Real Madrid dressing room has been flying all over the world, like a big drama.
Another Spanish giant, Barcelona, except for Pep Guardiola's imminent departure from Camp Nou, there is no major news.
Even the news that Messi set a new single-game record in the Champions League only lasted for one day before it was overshadowed by Chen Fan.
Fans were talking about the soap opera in the Real Madrid dressing room as they turned their attention to the other two Champions League games that were to come.
The strong dialogue between Barcelona and Milan is about to take place.
At 8 o'clock in the evening of March 29, at the San Siro Stadium, Barcelona's away challenge to Milan officially began.
At the same time, the match between Marseille and Bayern at the Velodomi Stadium also started.
At the San Siro Stadium, Milan took advantage of the home advantage to play with the powerful Barcelona, and Barcelona's advance became very difficult, and Milan made the Italian team's defense to the extreme.
Forty-five minutes flew by, Milan and Barcelona drew 0-0, and Bundesliga giants Bayern led Marseille by one goal.
After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the players returned to the pitch to change sides.
The San Siro game was still a stalemate, with Milan defending Messi tightly, leaving the Argentine with few opportunities to play.
After 45 minutes of fierce confrontation, the second half between Milan and Barcelona ended, both sides failed to score, and finally could only end 0-0.
The scoreline was unsatisfactory to both sides, with Barcelona failing to score away and Milan failing to take advantage of home advantage.
The game at the other stadium came to an end as Ribery helped Bayern Munich to score another in the second half to give the Bundesliga giants a two-goal away win.
The media generally believes that Bayern, like Real Madrid, has already reached the semi-finals with one foot.
Real Madrid don't have time to follow the other two Champions League games because La Liga is just around the corner.
Real Madrid will go away to challenge Osasuna in this round, I don't know if Florentino has communicated with Mourinho, or because Ronaldo apologized to Mourinho in front of the media.
In this game, Ronaldo finally returned to the starting lineup, and Chen Fan was rotated to sit on the bench.
Without starting for two consecutive games, Ronaldo broke out completely and scored twice in the first half.
Combined with Callejon's goal, Real Madrid sealed the win with a 3-0 lead at the end of the first half.
After the start of the second half, Ronaldo continued to break out, and in the fifteenth minute of the second half, he received Callejon's wonderful pass and hit the goal on the penalty line, and the football went into the net!
Four to zero!
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick.
In the ensuing match, both sides scored one goal each, and in the end, Real Madrid won 5-1 away.
Barcelona won comfortably 2-0 at home, with Lionel Messi scoring the second goal after a disappointment at the San Siro three days earlier.
The difference between the two teams continues to remain at 12 points.
For the eight teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, they are already on the devil's table to play three games in just ten days, with two important Champions League knockout games to play.
Eight teams have only three days off after playing in the domestic league and are about to face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
At 8pm on April 4, Barcelona welcomed Milan at the Camp Nou, while Bayern welcomed Marseille at their home stadium at the Allianz Arena.
Both games started on time at the same time.
Camp Nou, amid the deafening shouts of the home fans, Barcelona launched a tidal wave of attacks on Milan at the beginning of the game. In the ninth minute of the first half, Messi was tripped in the Milan penalty area, and the referee immediately punished him with a penalty.
Messi personally hit the shot!
1 to 0!
Barcelona broke the deadlock and took a one-goal lead!
In the 32nd minute of the first half, former Barcelona player Ibrahimovic - the one who said "If you see Guardiola once, you have to play Guardiola once!" The man, a wonderful pass from outside the penalty area, Nocerino pushed in the penalty area!
Football hits the net!
One-to-one!
Milan not only equalised, but also scored a precious away goal!
The scales of victory tipped in Milan's favor.
In the next game, the competition between the two sides became more and more fierce, and scenes of people turning on their backs abounded.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Barcelona won a corner kick opportunity, and Milan defensive stalwart Nesta had a physical confrontation with Butzques when he grabbed the position, and the latter took the opportunity to fall to the ground......
The referee immediately blows the whistle, penalty!
There was chaos on the pitch, and Seedorf appealed to the referee that the corner had not been issued at the time of the foul, and Butzques was suspected of faking a fall.
However, the referee did not accept Milan's appeal at all.
Messi converted the penalty for the second time and Barcelona took the lead again and eventually held the lead until the end of the first half.
At the Allianz Arena, Bayern, who was playing at home, ended the first half with a score of 2-0, making the suspense of promotion completely disappear.
After a fifteen-minute break, the players returned to the pitch and the two big battles took place on both pitches at the same time.
What people didn't expect was that both games were scoreless in the second half, and in the end, Barcelona eliminated Milan with a score of 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals!
Bayern kept a clean sheet over two legs with a score of 4-0 and advanced to the semi-finals with their heads held high.
Although the game is over, the media is very busy, because the match between Barcelona and Milan is the big news.
Barcelona relied on two penalties to advance, with the second penalty being awarded in question.
Speaking to the Italian media after the game, Nesta said: "The whole world has seen that we are not losers, there are people who want to try to keep Barcelona in the semi-finals, we are not playing against 11-man Barcelona. ”
Seedorf said: "It wasn't a fair game! ”
Ibrahimovic said angrily: "Barcelona is a group of actors, they are not real men, they will only deceive the referee!" ”
"After being killed by Real Madrid four times in a row, they have lowered their moral bottom line!"
The Italian media criticized the referee on duty and held grievances for Milan, with Torino Sport saying: "The referee became the biggest star of the game, he overpowered Messi's light and dominated the whole game!" ”
Milan Sport said: "Butzques stole the fruits of Milan's victory, and the referee became an accomplice! ”
The British media also showed solidarity with Milan, with the Daily Mail saying: "Three years ago, Barcelona created an unjust case at Stamford Bridge, and last night they created a bad case again at Camp Nou, why are Barcelona repeatedly taken care of by the referee? UEFA should reflect on how the Champions League will be fair and fair? ”
The Guardian said: "Last night Barcelona's opponent was changed from Chelsea three years ago to Milan, but the process and the result did not change, Barcelona were taken care of by the referee, Milan were eliminated! Once again, the referee dominated the game, which is the sadness of football! ”