Chapter 1044 Chinese Derby in the Champions League Final
Valencia's win over Barcelona to reach the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium was no surprise, but Borussia Dortmund's 4-2 aggregate win over two legs against Real Madrid made the difference.
Despite the civil unrest in the middle and late stages of the league, the agreement between president Florentino and manager Jose Mourinho and the bosses of the dressing room has given Real Madrid signs of rebounding in the latter stages of the league.
In the Champions League, they were particularly impressive, beating AC Milan and Bayern Munich all the way to the semi-finals.
I thought that it would be a soft persimmon to meet Dortmund in the semi-finals, but I was beaten all over the ground in the first leg, so the next elimination seems normal.
However, the Spanish media still felt that Real Madrid's exit was a bit of a surprise, and in their opinion, Real Madrid's squad had a great chance even if it was to compete for the Champions League title.
However, the German media does not think so, in the case of Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich were eliminated one after another, Dortmund shouldered the honor of the Bundesliga, plus Dortmund has made significant progress under the tutelage of coach Klopp, and in the 2010-2011 season and the 2011-2012 season, it beat Bayern Munich to win the league championship.
In particular, the strength and bloodiness they showed against the big players were impressive, so the German media generally believed that the young and promising Dortmund defeated Real Madrid, who had experienced civil strife, as the most normal result.
Of course, the biggest contributor to Dortmund's ability to eliminate Real Madrid on aggregate and enter the Champions League final is Chinese international Feng Xiaoting, in addition to Lewandowski, who played a big four at home.
The centre-back partnership between him and Hummels in the two legs of this season's Champions League semi-finals has become more and more perfect, and conceding only two goals in two games is directly related to Feng Xiaoting, who has beaten Cristiano Ronaldo with excellent defensive awareness in many battles.
Even in the stoppage time of the second leg of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo's malicious elbow retaliated, and the referee saw it well and sent Cristiano Ronaldo off directly.
This shows how obvious his role in defense is......
And when the team's first captain Kyle is not on the field, Feng Xiaoting is the captain on the field wearing the captain's armband!
Therefore, while the German media spoke highly of Lewandowski, they did not ignore Feng Xiaoting, who also made outstanding contributions.
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As Borussia Dortmund reached the 2012-2013 Champions League final, the Chinese media and fans began to go crazy because the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium would be a historic scene in Chinese football!
The Chinese derby in the Champions League final!
And the significance of this derby is particularly important, Ailo is the captain of Valencia on the field, and Feng Xiaoting is the second captain of Dortmund, both belong to that kind of soul captain.
In other words, as long as they are on the field, their teammates will feel at ease.
Valencia is because they don't have to worry about scoring goals with Ailo on the field, while Feng Xiaoting's position at central defender brings a lot of stability to his teammates and allows them to focus more on attacking.
So this season's outbreak of Feng Xiaoting has also made Dortmund go to the next level and enter the Champions League final!
Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp even highly praised Feng Xiaoting in an interview: "If I had to choose who is the world's No. 1 central defender, I would definitely tell you without hesitation...... He's Feng!! ”
The German media "Bild" also highlighted Feng Xiaoting after Dortmund reached the European final: "This season is fantastic for Dortmund, although they are behind Bayern Munich in the competition for the league title, but they have gone further than Bayern Munich on the road to the Champions League, and the reason for them to go further is the stability of the team's defense, the 27-year-old Feng is at the peak of his career, it is no exaggeration to say that ...... The reason why Dortmund were able to reach the final was not Lewandowski, who scored, but ...... Feng! ”
In addition, according to a data given by CIES, an authoritative institution in European football, Feng Xiaoting's one-on-one defensive success rate and point-grabbing clearance this season exceeded 90%
Even more commendable is his ability to help the team when they are attacking, with his sudden forwards and set-pieces both showing flawlessly this season.
China's domestic media can completely follow the German media reports, and even without word modification, as long as they are translated, they can be directly sold to meet the various psychological needs of domestic fans.
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At the same time, after the 2012-2013 Champions League final team came out, the largest broadcaster of Chinese sports, Central Channel 5, began to carefully plan the Chinese derby, the first Champions League final in the history of European football and Chinese football.
In fact, when Chinese football is embarking on the road of rapid development, domestic fans will pay attention to this rare Champions League final without deliberate guidance, especially when Ailo and Feng Xiaoting have a very huge influence in China.
In the international ranking given by FIFA in April, the Chinese team ranked sixth.
Therefore, with the national team achieving transcendent results and many players playing in Europe's top five leagues, there are more and more people who are converted into loyal football fans.
After the decoupling of the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, the officials of the Football Association, represented by Tang Shun, chairman of the Football Association, and Lin Yao, vice chairman of the Football Association, have made achievements, and in just three years, there have been many new football stadiums in China.
It is worth mentioning that these courses are public welfare and free of charge!
It was hard to imagine this situation before, because as China's economy took off, housing prices were getting higher and higher, and land prices were rising, so many real estate developers who owned land were more willing to build tall houses than football stadiums.
Therefore, many football stadiums are charged, otherwise it is difficult to recover the cost.
But now it is different, and the state's repeated macroeconomic control has forced real estate developers to make concessions.
And the government has not failed to do anything, and has adopted the method of cooperating with real estate developers to build football stadiums, so as to give more people convenience, participate in the world's number one sport, and enjoy the fun of football for all.
It also directly increases the number of parents who are willing to send their children to professional football schools, perhaps ...... In one of their children, there will be the next Iro......
To get back to the point, the gimmick of the Chinese derby in the Champions League final is attractive enough.
As representative figures, Iroh and Feng Xiaoting even published extremely inflammatory words on their personal social networks, provoking each other and adding attention to this rare Champions League final.