Chapter 330: Defeat
At 7:45 p.m. on June 3, the 2017 Champions League final, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Juventus vs. Paris Saint-Germain.
The two teams have not won the Champions League in nearly two decades, and Paris Saint-Germain reached the Champions League final for the first time in history.
Previously, on May 27, they won the French Cup with a 3-0 victory over Angers in the French Cup.
So at present, they have won the double crown, and as long as they live to win the Champions League, they can live the glory of the "triple crown".
For the outside world, more attention is paid to Mbappe in this game.
He is not yet 20 years old, can he win the Champions League for the second time?
Now many people are lamenting that Paris Saint-Germain has picked up a treasure - based on Mbappe's transfer price at that time and his current performance, it is indeed equivalent to "picking up".
As soon as the game began, PSG launched an assault on the Juventus defence.
However, Juventus is already good at defense, so in the face of Paris Saint-Germain's attack, it is solid and has no flaws.
After 30 minutes of PSG's indiscriminate bombardment of the Juventus defence, they also had to slow down - there were still 60 minutes to go, and if you don't control your physical strength, you will be prone to accidents in the latter stages of the game.
Juventus' players took the opportunity to start pushing at this time.
Although Juventus are good at defending, anyone who underestimates their attacks will definitely suffer.
Their attack is only slightly worse than their defense, but stronger than the vast majority of teams in the top five leagues.
Paris Saint-Germain also knew this, and the defenders, who had previously spent less energy in attack, were starting to play their part at this time.
They were also obviously trained and methodical defensively.
The intense and fluid game between the two teams feasted the eyes of the spectators, and although there was no goal, the excitement of the game was not compromised at all.
The first half ended quickly, and both teams learned the strength of their opponents in the first half, and the coaches of the two teams also showed their skills and made-for-tat adjustments at halftime.
At the start of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
However, in the fifty-second minute, the balance of the game was broken.
When Juventus took a corner kick, the ball was punched out by Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Trapp, but the ball did not fly too far and was still in the big penalty area.
The ball flew through a bizarre arc and into the far corner of the goal!
1 to 0!
Juventus score first!
This goal made Trapp not react at all!
After the goal, the whole Juventus team was excited, and Buffon was clenching his fists and letting out an angry roar.
After the game started again, the PSG players were clearly in a hurry.
But impatience didn't solve their problems, and in the 75th minute, when Juventus were organising the attack, Alves took advantage of a mistake in the Paris Saint-Germain defence and slotted the ball to Higuain.
Higuain gets his hands on the ball, shoots it and it rolls into the back of the net.
The Juventus players who scored another goal were excited, and at this point, they were two goals ahead, and with their solid defence, it was almost impossible to get back to PSG.
As it was, although after falling behind by two goals, the PSG players once again spared no effort to attack frantically, but to little avail, and even almost scored another goal by Juventus' counter-attack.
When the referee blew the full-time whistle, the whole Juventus team celebrated like crazy as they finally won the Champions League again, and Buffon, before retiring from football, received the only team honour he was missing: the Champions League.
On the contrary, on the side of Paris Saint-Germain, the whole team is very disappointed, they are so close to the Champions League that anyone will not feel good if they lose in the final.
Buffon found Mbappe at this point.
Mbappe had eight shots on goal in the game, four on target, but they were all disrupted by Gianluigi Buffon.
Buffon's big gloved hand touched Mbappe's head, "You did a good job. ”
"Thank you." Mbappe's mood is a little low.
Buffon then took off his shirt and exchanged shirts with Mbappe.
With that done, Buffon went to celebrate with his team-mates.
On the side of Paris Saint-Germain, their manager Unai Emery quickly adjusted.
He helped them reach the Champions League final in his first year in charge, which gave him confidence in the development of the team that came after him.
"All right, boys!" Emery clapped his hands, "I'm so proud of you for your excellent performance today!" ”
His words didn't make much difference, and many players still didn't let go.
"We should have learned a lot from this game, first of all, many players are inexperienced in the competition, which leads to inappropriate performance in the game, and then we have a little lack of offensive means, and there is not much we can do against such a top defensive team!"
"Even so, we made it to the final! So, this summer, after we make the signings, we will definitely win the Champions League next year! ”
Unai Emery finally got his players out of the way after a bit of talking.
They made history by reaching the Champions League final this season and have been very successful.
Failure is a pity, but learning from failure and becoming more courageous is the foundation for making a team stronger and stronger.
……
After the Champions League match, the Paris Saint-Germain players finally had a holiday.
Mbappe came to Manchester in person this time, and in the bar, the two had a good conversation.
"I've made you see the joke." Mbappe took a drink and said.
"No, Juventus are very strong this year, they didn't concede a single goal in the knockout stage, I'm afraid even if the two of us play together, we may not be able to score."
After Shen Peng finished speaking, he added a sentence in his heart, without using skills.
"It's really strong, when I play, I don't have any good shots, even if I can shoot with my feet, the angle is not good, and the ball shoots like it has eyes, and it flies straight to Buffon." Mbappe recalled the game and said.
"Judging by your performance, we may be a strong opponent next year."
"Hehe, do you need to talk about it? By the way, I have more news for you. ”
"What?" Seeing the mysterious appearance of the slow half-shot, Shen Peng was also a little curious.
'We intend to sign Barcelona's Neymar this summer.' Mbappe leaned into Shen Peng's ear and whispered.
Shen Peng was stunned, Neymar?
How could Barcelona sell Neymar? Could it be...... Penalty?
All contracts in La Liga must have liquidated damages, which Shen Peng knows, but Neymar's liquidated damages must be very high.
"Hehe, I'm afraid, when he comes, our team's offense will be even more powerful, and if you encounter it next year, you may not be able to stop it!" Mbappe was a little smug.
Shen Peng smiled and didn't answer, he didn't care that the other teams were strong, and even the stronger the other teams, the more excited he became.
He has always had a crazy idea in his heart, that is, like Ronaldinho when he faced the "Galaxy Battleship" Real Madrid, face a group of world-class players, and then defeat them.