No. 901: Sudden Fog!
The final round of the Champions League group stage kicks off on 8 December and it will be a do-or-die battle for teams who must win to qualify, but for a team like Real Madrid who have qualified early, they don't have to worry at all.
Coupled with the fact that the Spanish national derby is about to begin, Mourinho and Pep Guardiola have chosen to send substitutes to the game at the same time.
Back at home, Real Madrid will face bottom-of-group Sardinamo, who are also underdogs who have beaten them by four goals in the first leg.
Although they were both substitutes, the depth of the benches of Real Madrid and Barcelona was shown to the world.
Real Madrid won 5-1 at home!
Barcelona won 4-0 at home and kept a clean sheet!
Both teams have scored four goals at home to show their attacking prowess and a good warm-up for the upcoming Spanish derby.
After the last round of the group, there were joys and sorrows among the heroes of Europe.
In Group A, the top two are Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Serie A powerhouse Napoli, and Manchester City, who spent the most money in the Premier League this season, were unfortunately eliminated in third place, which is completely disproportionate to their huge investment.
In Group B, Inter Milan advanced to the knockout round as the top spot, and CSKA Moscow, the hegemon of the Russian Premier League, ranked second.
Group C had the biggest upset, Benfica and Basel ranked in the top two of the group, and Manchester United, the top favorite in the group, only ranked third, and failed to advance to the knockout round!
Obviously, this is a heavy blow to Manchester United.
In Group D, Real Madrid and Lyon qualified hand in hand.
Although Ajax and Lyon have the same number of points, and the two teams have not been able to separate the winners and losers in direct confrontation, Lyon's goal difference has a clear advantage, and they have a goal difference advantage to beat Ajax to qualify.
In Group E, Chelsea and Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen qualified.
In Group F, Arsenal are in first place, followed by Marseille.
Group G is the most complicated format, with all four teams likely to qualify before the final round of matches, with Russian Premier League powerhouses Zenit and Cyprus' Greeks finishing in the top two!
The traditional powerhouse Porto and Shakhtar Donnistria reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League last year.
There were no upsets in Group H, with the strongest teams Barcelona and AC Milan qualifying.
For fans of Real Madrid and Barcelona, they are not paying attention to which teams will reach the knockout rounds, but are focusing on the upcoming Spanish national derby.
How could there be no war of words between the players and the coach before the game, the two coaches took the lead in the battle, and Mourinho said imposingly: "We can definitely win, we have won all the games at the Bernabeu this season, and we will continue to maintain this record!" β
Pep Guardiola said: "We've got back in form and the team is back on track. β
When talking about winning and losing, he said: "I'm after the process! As long as the process is good, the result will naturally be good! β
Mourinho immediately retorted: "I don't agree with what he said, if there is no result, no matter how good the process is, it is useless!" β
"The purpose of football is to win at the end of the game, and if that's not the case, who is going to fight?"
The media and fans called the two people's rhetoric - the battle between process theory and consequentialism!
Chen Fan wrote on his social platform: The Spanish national derby is coming, and my partners and I are ready!
The Spanish Super Cup is behind us and it will be a new beginning, a new challenge. Barcelona are a very strong opponent and although I have won against them in the past, I never thought it would be easy to play against them.
Messi has been in good form lately, having scored a hat-trick just a week ago, so I hope he can continue to be in good form this time.
Come on, Spanish National Derby!
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Some people think that Chen Fan is challenging Messi, and Chen Fan's supporters ridicule this statement: "Challenge? Which of the showdown between Messi and Chen did not end dismally? β
"If you want to talk about challenges, it should be Messi's challenge to Chen!"
Messi's supporters were very upset with these words, and the debate between fans began.
Speaking to Madrid media, Cristiano Ronaldo said: "We have been in very good form lately, I will attack their defence with Chen, they can't stop us! β
The Portuguese superstar has shown his usual strength.
Chen Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo have expressed their opinions on the upcoming game, and it stands to reason that the Barcelona players should also stand up.
But people were disappointed that none of the Barcelona players were interviewed by the media!
Only Pique wrote on his social platform: We will continue to maintain the advantage of the Spanish national derby!
This made Real Madrid fans very unhappy: "Damn, you only remember the victory, have you forgotten the 1-6 defeat in the second leg of the Super Cup?" β
"Advantages? What advantages do you have in front of Chen? If he hadn't let you go, I'm afraid you'd be eating soft rice by now! β
"History reversed in the second leg of this year's Super Cup, and Real Madrid told the world with a hearty 6-1 that Real Madrid is no longer afraid of Barcelona!"
On the 10th, Barcelona and his entourage rushed to Madrid by plane.
An accident happened, before takeoff, a heavy fog suddenly fell on Barcelona, the visibility was only a dozen meters, and the plane could not take off.
After waiting for three hours at the airport, Barcelona saw that the fog was not likely to dissipate, so they took a bus to Madrid.
Due to the heavy fog, the speed of the car was very slow, coupled with the traffic jam on the road, the distance of more than 600 kilometers, Barcelona drove for a full fifteen hours!
By the time they arrived in Madrid, it was already one o'clock the next day!
After Pep Guardiola led the players to the hotel, he immediately settled lunch and then let the players rest, the long journey is very tiring and physically exhausting.
The accident made BarΓ§a's supporters worried.
Barcelona officials immediately asked the La Liga Committee to postpone the game.
The La Liga committee rejected Barcelona's application, what are you kidding, the broadcast rights have long been sold, how much money will be lost if it is postponed?
The newspaper published an article on its official website: Look at it, even God is helping Real Madrid, Barcelona, despair!
The World Sports newspaper published a competitive article on its official website to encourage Barcelona: Even if it is God's will, we cannot give in, the heroic Catalans will never give in, the Catalans will fight to the end!
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How much did this sudden fog affect Barcelona?
No one knows.
As night fell, Madrid seemed to wake up, and Real Madrid fans called for friends to go to the Bernabeu!
The tickets for this game were sold out half a month ago, and the scalpers speculated the price of the tickets to fifty times!
The most expensive VIP ticket reaches 100,000 euros!
An ordinary ticket worth 100 euros now costs 5,000 euros, and it's too slow to buy it!
Some people lamented: if you are poor, you can't be a real supporter of Real Madrid and Barcelona at all.