A reporter from France Football magazine asked: "Turning down a penalty makes you the focus of comments in the major media outlets. What do you think about the belief that your behaviour will give Real Madrid the upper hand in terms of morale? ”

Tang Jue thought for a while and said, "Our morale is indeed very high now, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with this matter. Morale is a very complex thing, and a word or a thing can affect morale. I don't see this about what you said. ”

Tang Jue wanted to downplay the refusal of the penalty as much as possible, and it was pointless to exaggerate this matter, he never thought of establishing a tall and brilliant image in front of the media. Johansen's exposure of him as a billionaire in the media made it take him a lot of effort to defuse the knots in his teammates' hearts.

If he exaggerates this matter too much, he is afraid that it will cause pimples in the hearts of his teammates. What others say is someone else's opinion, and he doesn't want to praise himself.

The reporter of the Milan sports newspaper asked: "Turning down the penalty, did you get reproached by your teammates when you returned to the dressing room?" ”

After the first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester United, Tang Jue returned to the dressing room and had an argument with Ruud van Nistelrooy, and the club's hierarchy quickly put a gag order. Calderon wants to use this matter to establish a tall image of Don, how can he let people destroy it.

Tang Jue thought for a while and said vaguely: "Our locker room is very united, and there will definitely be no discordant sounds. The big war is coming, and we think about how to defeat the opponent. ”

Milan Sport knew he didn't want to answer the question and didn't bother to ask. On the one hand, Tang Jue's relationship with Milan is extraordinary. helped Milan win the Champions League for two consecutive years, achieved the glory of the Milan dynasty, and has a high popularity in Italy. On the other hand, Milan Sports knows that Tang Jue is a person who holds grudges, and he does not want to break the good relationship that has been established before.

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On April 8, the second leg of the quarter-final semi-finals began.

Liverpool beat Arsenal 4-2 at home to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 5-3. An hour after their match, Barcelona beat Schalke 04 1-0 at home thanks to Messi's goal to make it 2-0 on aggregate. Clean sheet against opponents. Advance strongly to the semi-finals.

In his post-match press conference, when asked by a reporter what he thought of the match between Manchester United and Real Madrid, the Barcelona boss said: "People are concerned about the quality of the team. Without looking at the potential strength. Judging by the strength of the surface. Manchester United have the upper hand. But Real Madrid are potentially stronger. ”

"And don't forget that Real Madrid has Don in the team, he is a player who is good at boosting the morale of his teammates. He often performs well in big races. If you underestimate him, you will suffer the bitter fruit. ”

The Daily Telegraph asked unconvinced: "So, you are more optimistic about Real Madrid?" ”

Rijkaard nodded and said: "Yes, I am optimistic about Real Madrid!" ”

The next day, Marca newspaper trumpeted what Rijkaard had said in his post-match press conference, saying: "The Barcelona boss is optimistic that Real Madrid can beat Manchester United away from home and believes that Don will dominate the second leg of the game." ”

The Daily Telegraph said: "The Barcelona manager, in order not to offend the Real Madrid fans, believes that Real Madrid can knock out Manchester United and advance to the semi-finals. Manchester United soldiers, you have to fight back against the Barcelona manager with actions! ”

The team report was not involved in the war of words, saying in their pre-match analysis: Real Madrid and Manchester United have met four times in the Champions League, Real Madrid have won one, lost two and drawn one at Old Trafford, and their only victory came in the 67-68 season, when they won 1-0 away from home.

The most recent meeting was in the 03-04 season, when Real Madrid lost 3-4, but they advanced 7-4 on aggregate and eliminated Manchester United to reach the quarter-finals. In that game, Ronnie scored a hat-trick that became his Champions League classic for Real Madrid.

The first leg was 1-1 and Real Madrid had to show the determination to win, otherwise they would have to go to Old Trafford. And if United don't want to repeat last year's mistake and lose at Don's feet, the only way is to freeze him in the game. In the first leg, Scholes's defence was successful for most of the time, but it was still not completely contained, allowing him to break down the United goal through a quick counter-attack.

Back at home, United will surely come up with other ways to curb the most expensive striker in the world today. For Don, it was a race to prove himself. He once said that Maradona was his role model. Real Madrid now need him to show 12 per cent of his ability to lead the team over the mountain of Manchester United.

It promises to be a thrilling game as the mighty Manchester United prove their quality at home and Don will be looking to deliver on his early season promise and lead his side to a tenth trophy in the Champions League.

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German Bild analyzed: Sir Alex Ferguson said in an interview with the British media yesterday that he would not use the defensive strategy of the previous game and send special personnel to mark Don. He did not explain the reason behind this, but this reporter interviewed Matthaus, who said: "Sir Alex Ferguson made such a change because no one can freeze Don in ninety minutes. The last game made that clear. ”

'I think his idea is to get more people to defend Don and whenever he gets the ball, the Manchester United players who are closest to the ball will immediately form a circle.

In the last game, he refused a penalty, and Don became the object of praise from the world. Last season, when Milan came to Old Trafford, Don was booed by Manchester United fans, will it be this time? Yesterday our reporter interviewed 15 random Manchester United fans on the streets, and 11 of them made it clear that they would not boo Don, and two of them made it clear that they would give him a round of applause if he did well. Four other fans replied, "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

It seems that Don's refusal to take a penalty allowed him to play without boos.

For Don, this game is not only about Real Madrid's promotion, but also about his battle against the "anti-Don League", if Real Madrid are unfortunately eliminated by Manchester United, he will be greeted with overwhelming ridicule and ridicule. Even if he refused to take a penalty, he would be talked about.

Don was still confident ahead of the game, and in an interview at Manchester International Airport yesterday morning at 11 a.m., he said Old Trafford was his favourite and that he would lead Real Madrid to victory.

The game is about to kick off tonight, and the world will be watching to see if Old Trafford is his blessed land.

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As soon as the lord's words came out, there was a war of words between the British media and the media in the Madrid area.

The Daily Telegraph praised the tactics of the Lord: not sending a single person to guard the ball shows that Sir Alex Ferguson is quite confident in his defensive system. I didn't put the ball in my eyes at all. The top players will definitely suffer at Old Trafford. He couldn't tear through United's tight defence!

Madrid TV retorted: This just shows that Sir Alex Ferguson values Don, he thinks that one person cannot be frozen, so he sends more people to defend. Multi-player packing, Don has encountered this situation many times in previous matches. Manchester United's defenders couldn't freeze him!

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The two sides engaged in a war of words over whether Tang Jue could be frozen.

In order for all fans to see the last two Champions League quarter-finals. UEFA has scheduled Chelsea's match against Fenerbahce for the afternoon. And the match between Manchester United and Real Madrid is scheduled for the evening.

Unhappy with the arrangement, Magic Bird said at a pre-race press conference in the morning: "Why should we play in the afternoon instead of in the evening? I have an opinion on the UEFA arrangement! ”

"The match between Manchester United and Real Madrid. Is it better than our game? I don't think so! ”

A reporter said: "Real Madrid has Don, Manchester United has Cristiano? Ronaldo, they have a lot of fans all over the world, and there is a certain reason for UEFA's arrangement. ”

Magic Bird shook his head and said: "Actually, the two of them are not remarkable, modern football relies on the whole, and the role of stars is gradually decreasing. For a team to get good results, it's more about tactics, not stars. ”

Magic Bird definitely didn't expect that his "tactical theory" would spark a big discussion.

The Magic Bird exited at his press conference in London, with Real Madrid and Manchester United managers taking the field at their press conference at Manchester City. The "tactical theory" of the magic bird was brought up by reporters, and Schuster thought for a while and said: "I support Mourinho's point of view, the era of Maradona carrying a team alone is over, and now is the era of focusing on the whole." ”

Ferguson also expressed his support: "The stars have to integrate into the team's tactical system in order to play better. ”

Madrid TV retorted to the Magic Bird's remarks at noon: "Mr. Mourinho is dissatisfied with UEFA's arrangement, and then made a 'tactical theory'. This station does not agree with his remarks, any tactics are done by the players, and the Dutch attack and defense in the seventies would not have been able to take the world by storm without Cruyff.

Since Cruyff's retirement, which team has played all-out offense and defense?

In the '86 World Cup, Argentina dominated Mexico, and without Maradona, could Bilardo's tactics succeed?

Let's talk about what has happened in recent years, since the Champions League was restructured, only Milan has won the title for a second time. In addition, Milan did a lot of miracles in Serie A last season, and what does this season mean that they have lost both Serie A and the Champions League?

When Milan won two Champions League trophies, the conservative Carlo Ancelotti changed his obsession in a number of games and played attacking football, because Milan had a 'horror trio' in the team, a combination that swept across Europe. Would Carlo Ancelotti play attacking football without the 'horror trio'?

The rapid decline of Milan after Don's departure speaks volumes about the importance of a star. Real Madrid swept away the fate of being eliminated in the first round of the Champions League in the previous three years this season, and the main change was because of Don's arrival.

All this shows that the role of the star is higher than the tactics, and a good coach must have several sets of tactics in mind, and each set of tactics must be formulated according to the ability of the players. The purpose of each set of tactics is to give full play to the player's ability! ”

Some have called the Madrid TV statement the "star theory". For a long time afterward, there was a-for-tat debate on the continent involving a number of current and retired stars and coaches. Tang Jue was not spared, and he also fell into it.

Obviously, his remarks were attacked by the "anti-Tang coalition". (To be continued......)