Chapter 124: The Second Champion

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The Champions League semi-finals have come to an end. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAll the matches are over, and it is the two teams from Spain - Real Madrid and Barcelona - who have reached the Champions League final.

The final at the Allianz Arena will be a Spanish national derby, while the rest of the world will be spectators.

Although there is no participation of their own national teams, the media of these countries still have very high expectations for this final, because this is the matchup between the two teams with the highest level and the strongest and the most famous in world football.

For the two teams involved, the pace of preparation is not the same.

Barcelona have little hope of winning La Liga and are now faced with a choice - whether to really abandon the league altogether, even if there is still a glimmer of hope in the league.

The benefits of abandoning the league are clear so that they can devote all their energy to preparing for the Champions League final, with more than three weeks to work on countermeasures, identify Real Madrid's weaknesses and train accordingly.

But then in the league they have to concede defeat early. Will Barcelona, who have dominated La Liga for three seasons, be able to accept such a painful reality?

Pep Guardiola is very smart and the problem hasn't bothered him for long, knowing that instead of wasting energy and time in the league and having no end in the end, he should finish his game at the last minute and try to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final. As long as you win the Champions League final, it doesn't matter if you lose the league title.

Compared with the league title, the Champions League is more attractive and full of gold.

So he decisively gave up the league. In the 36th round of the league, against Getafe, he sent all substitutes and youth team players. Despite this, the second team still beat Getafe 2-1 away.

The players in these youth teams know that the manager has given up on the league, so they will have more opportunities in the final three league games, and if they can take advantage of these opportunities, then they may be able to complete the step of the carp leap into the dragon next season, like Messi, to be promoted to the first team, and gradually establish themselves in the first team.

Pedro and Messi are their role models.

The children of La Masia still have a lot of ** for the last three rounds of the league...... Guardiola thought that Barcelona could give up the league, but Real Madrid couldn't in any case. Unexpectedly, Real Madrid's home game against Rayo Vallecano, which kicked off a day later than them, Mourinho even sent a substitute lineup.

He doesn't seem to be at all afraid of losing at home to a relegation-bound team because of pride...... Real Madrid is not without such precedent.

In this game, except for Chu Zhongtian and C. Ronaldo who started the game, everyone else was a substitute player, or also a youth team player. Even goalkeeper Casillas did not appear in the starting line-up. The goalkeeper who started the game was the young Adam.

After many people saw Mourinho's starting lineup, they all sweated for Real Madrid, for fear that Rayo Vallecano, who vowed to be relegated, would overturn the underdog Real Madrid away - in their opinion, Mourinho, who sent such a lineup, must be a light enemy.

But when the whistle blew at the start of the game, the game didn't develop as everyone thought.

The Real Madrid side were hungry for victory, taking advantage of their home turf to attack the opponent's goal and penalty area again and again.

Moreover, C. Ronaldo is very dissatisfied with the fact that he has only scored 26 goals this season, and he scored more than 30 goals last season, although he lost to Messi in the competition for the scorer list, but it is still more than now.

He is now ahead of Messi in the scorers' charts, which does not delight the Portuguese. His quest for goals will never be satisfied.

Before he went on the field, he greeted Chu Zhongtian and asked Chu Zhongtian to assist him as much as possible in the game.

Chu Zhongtian completed this task. In the 48th minute, he went straight to C. Ronaldo, Ronaldo successfully countered offside and scored the football with a single knife. The score was rewritten to 2:0. Before him, Bam Adebayo scored a goal.

The score of 2:0 basically means that Real Madrid has won. No one has ever been able to come back from a 2-0 lead for Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid.

Although Rayo Vallecano is very active and hard working in the game in order to survive, the huge gap in strength cannot be made up by active efforts alone.

They also scored a goal, but the final score was 4-1, with Bam Adebayo, C. Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema scoring a goal each as Real Madrid enjoyed a brilliant victory on their home turf.

There is still one final round left before they win the league title - because of La Liga rules, if Real Madrid win away at Celta Vigo in the 37th round of the league, they will lift the league trophy in advance, regardless of whether they draw or lose in the final round of the league. Because even if Real Madrid loses the game in the last round and Barcelona wins, the two sides will have the same number of points, and Real Madrid will beat Barcelona with the win-loss relationship between the two sides and become the league champion.

So after this game, some media in Madrid described Real Madrid's title winning situation as follows: "They have already won the trophy with both hands, and now it is just a step to lift it." ”

Real Madrid's victory in this game strengthened Pep Guardiola's intention to abandon the league. Look at Real Madrid, who came off the bench and still won at home. Instead of continuing to fight Real Madrid in the league, it is better to withdraw early and prepare for the Champions League final.

With the win over Rayo Vallecano and the last step left to win the league title, the atmosphere in the Real Madrid squad is quite relaxed.

The league title has been decided by them, and everyone is beginning to look forward to how the league championship will be celebrated in the final round of the league on their home turf.

In such a relaxed atmosphere, Real Madrid welcomed the away match against Celta Vigo.

It seems that it is deliberately to add some suspense to Real Madrid's title and hang Pep Guardiola's interest.

At the beginning of the game, it was Celta Vigo who scored first.

Celta Vigo are also a team that will be relegated, and the difference between them and Rayo Vallecano is that they are playing at home in this game, and they are much better than Rayo Vallecano.

The Real Madrid players, who were too excited before the game and just thought about how to celebrate their 32nd league title, were a little underestimated, and they did not expect Celta Vigo to be so strong on their home turf.

"Ahh Real Madrid is behind! This is a rare situation...... Vigo Celta burst out with unimaginable energy at home for the sake of his own survival! At the bottom of the screen, there are real-time points - Real Madrid are still three points ahead of Barcelona as they have not yet scored. But I believe that it won't be long before the news of Real Madrid's lag will reach Camp Nou! ”

The narrator didn't make up for it at all.

Although Pep Guardiola has decided to give up the league, there are still many people at Camp Nou who are still watching the final of their rival Real Madrid, and some people still have expectations in their hearts, expecting a miracle to happen - Real Madrid lost all the last two rounds of the league, and then Barcelona won all of them, and they can overtake Real Madrid by three points and win the league title!

What could be more exciting than reversing a sworn rival in the final round of the league to win the league title?

"They're lagging behind! They are lagging behind! ”

Such shouts came from the stands, from the Barcelona fans who heard the latest scores on the radio.

This is a reminder to the Barcelona players on the pitch that Real Madrid are behind and they still have a chance to win the league title!

It worked. Barcelona, who originally played in the second lineup, is in a stalemate and can't open the situation. Hearing that Real Madrid was lagging behind, Du Meng burst out with fighting spirit.

Their attacks were much sharper than before.

At the same time, in the Barcelona dugout, head coach Pep Guardiola also heard the excited voice of assistant coach Vilanova: "Real Madrid is behind!" They are 1-0 down at Celta Vigo away! ”

Pep Guardiola was not as excited as Vilanova, because he was very sure from the bottom of his heart that the deficit was just a small episode and would not change the outcome of Real Madrid's eventual defeat...... Reversal of Real Madrid in the final round?

Such a chance is unlikely, considering that Real Madrid will play at home in the last round. In this stadium, they are always able to burst with a huge amount of energy, and no team can stop them at the Bernabeu. Coupled with the fact that Real Betis has no worries about relegation, and there is no hope of participating in European competitions, Real Betis is destined to not be able to do all their best to stop Real Madrid in that game.

"Leave it alone, let's play our own game."

He said to Billanova.

Soon, stimulated by Real Madrid's backwardness, Barcelona scored.

There was a huge cheer at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona fans seem to see hope of reversing their arch-rivals in the final round of the league to win the title...... "Barcelona scored......" Karanka told Mourinho.

Mourinho hummed, indicating that he knew. It's not news that Barcelona have scored, it's not news that Barcelona have won at home, and if they can't win, I'm afraid it's news.

Jose Mourinho stares at the game on the pitch. Now Real Madrid is still behind, and he is not in a hurry.

He believed that falling behind was just an episode, and that that didn't stop them from winning in the end.

He has this self-confidence.

Because Chu Zhongtian is on the field.

Celta Vigo found himself in a paradoxical situation after taking the lead - should he continue to score goals and try to extend his lead? Or do you just stop there and go defensive?

Truth be told, there was some luck in Celta's previous goals, and it's hard to say if they could score if they continued to attack and try to score again, but their defense could well be beaten into a sieve by Real Madrid.

What about defense...... They scored too early and left Real Madrid plenty of time to equalise or even overtake. With Real Madrid's offensive strength, even if they defend with all their might, it's really hard to say whether they can hold on...... Celta was torn between these dilemmas and didn't know what to do.

In the thirty-ninth minute, Chu Zhongtian freed them.

"Chu-Chu-Chu!! gooooooooooooooooooool!!! ”

'His fifteenth goal of the season! He equalized for Real Madrid! Although there are not many goals, they are all key! Whenever the team encounters difficulties and dangers, he is always the first to stand up and save the team from danger! ”

"That's where the core is supposed to play! A real core can't just brush up on the data when the team is going well, but should turn the tide several times and help the building to fall! ”

After the goal, Chu Zhongtian raised his arms and shouted to celebrate the goal. Mourinho, on the other hand, jumped from his seat and cheered with him.

"Celta suddenly didn't play after the goal, they were completely disconnected from the three lines. Now they can stick to their tactics with peace of mind......"

The narrator teased.

As Piques was getting the ball, there was a shrill boo at the Camp Nou.

Those who don't understand will definitely find it inexplicable - why should their players be booed when they get the ball?

Actually, it's not booing Piqui, it's booing Real Madrid, booing Chuzhongtian.

Vilanova told Pep Guardiola the latest score: "Real Madrid equalised, the scorer was Chu ......"

The expression on Villanova's face when he said this was very ugly. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "such as a mourning test". He had fantasized that Celta Vigo would be able to hold off Real Madrid and then face it out again in the final round of the league. Unexpectedly, Celta only held out for less than twenty minutes, so he raised his hand and surrendered.

Although it was only a draw now, Vilanova was not stupid enough to think that Celta could still score.

Real Madrid's victory is only a matter of time.

In other words, Real Madrid's 32nd league title is only a matter of time...... Pep Guardiola looked at Vilanova's frustrated look and laughed: "Don't think about that, the Champions League final is what we should think about." ”

The boos over the Camp Nou did not last long and soon disappeared. Perhaps Barcelona fans have also accepted the reality that Real Madrid are destined to win La Liga this season - albeit with some frustration. All they can do now is hope that their side can beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final to avenge a league double.

※※※Although a draw can also ensure that Real Madrid wins the championship, whether it is Chu Zhongtian or C. Ronaldo, or other Real Madrid players, they cannot accept the end of being forced to draw away from home. As a clash for the league title, they hope to use the victory as the brightest pearl in the league crown.

Just five minutes into the second half, Chu Zhongtian instigated an offensive, and finally personally assisted C. Ronaldo to score a goal, rewriting the score to 2:1, and they took the lead.

At this time of the game, although Celta Vigo still had fighting spirit, they basically had no power to fight back.

All they can do is try to lose less and lose better.

The defeat has turned into victory, but Real Madrid's performance is still not over.

In the seventy-first minute, Chu Zhongtian sent a wonderful pass again, and this time it was Benzema's turn to make a contribution. After receiving Chu Zhongtian's pass, he volleyed directly, and the football went into the net.

Real Madrid leads Celta Vigo 3-1.

Such a score has taken the suspense out of the game.

There was another burst of boos at the Camp Nou, but it was much smaller than before. Many Barcelona fans no longer care about the match between Real Madrid and Celta Vigo. They only care about the Barcelona game.

At Camp Nou, Barcelona have also scored two goals to lead their opponents.

But the victory in this game has lost its meaning. Even if Barcelona beat their opponents 20-0, it will not change the outcome of their complete loss of the league title this season.

On the home side of Celta Vigo, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the Real Madrid players jumped up and cheered for the victory.

They've got the league title in their hands!

"It's over! Congratulations to Real Madrid! Congratulations to Jose Mourinho! Their team has finally won the league title this season! Ended Barcelona's three-season monopoly on La Liga titles! ”

"Real Madrid's performance this season has been almost impeccable, especially since they beat Barcelona home and away! One sentence laid the foundation for winning the championship...... This season, Barcelona's performance is also quite good, in any previous season, such a good Barcelona can lock the league title, but for Guardiola, they have met a better, more stable and more terrible Real Madrid this season! It's Pep Guardiola's regret, but it's the luck of La Liga – to be honest, Barcelona are tired of three seasons of title monopoly......"

"This is Real Madrid's second title of the season! Now they are just one title away from their treble! A season ago, when Jose Mourinho first arrived at Real Madrid, he used to say that 'my team generally performs better in the second season than in the first', and now he has fulfilled that sentence, Real Madrid, who have won two titles, are even better than last season! ”

"I think to change Real Madrid, Florentino has two decisions that are very crucial, one is to poach Mourinho from Inter Milan, and the other is to buy Chu from Hoffenheim for 70 million last summer! These two people are the key to Real Madrid's ability to win the title this year! ”

In the TV footage, the two keys of Real Madrid are hugging each other.

Who said in the middle of the season that the two of them were at odds?

(To be continued)