Chapter 219: Sullen Battle Bayern

The Champions League semi-finals are just around the corner, and it's the hottest topic in Europe.

Of course, there was also a person who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grabbed some of the pages.

Football genius David Moyes finally let Manchester United miss out on next season's Champions League and was sacked by Manchester United, and now the Red Devils are temporarily taken over by Wang Laoji, and Moyes has come out to grab part of the page.

The upcoming two-legged Champions League semi-finals are considered to be games with a huge disparity in strength, and Bayern and Real Madrid have a high probability of qualifying.

Within Atletico Madrid, Ringer also vaguely understands that the team's coaching staff is quite cautious about facing Bayern Munich, and most of the players are like this, and some even have a desire to fight for glory.

Bayern from last season to this season, it is indeed strong, another treble, and all kinds of new records.

The two longest winning streaks in the top five leagues, one 20 in a row and one in a 19 row, have been set by Bayern in the last two seasons.

The earliest record of winning the championship in the five major leagues, seven rounds in advance, was also set by Bayern this season.

Today, the most common thing Bayern stars say is: "If we can't defend the treble, it's our failure." ”

Bayern have already won the Bundesliga ahead of schedule, the German Cup has also reached the final, and the Champions League semi-finals have met the weak Atletico Madrid, of course they have this confidence.

At the end of another day of training, the whole Atletico Madrid team was called together by Simeone for a mobilization meeting.

"It is undeniable that Bayern is indeed the strongest team in Europe at the moment, they have set a lot of records this season, but we are no strangers to their way of playing, they are Barcelona-style possession play, our record against Barcelona this season is 2 wins and 3 draws to remain unbeaten, Bayern is at most a strengthened version of Barcelona, we just need to play Barcelona, we don't need to worry too much."

"But we also have to be cautious, they are the Cosmos team after all, they are considered the best team in Europe, even if we are at home, we have to be careful, especially defensively, and it's better not to let them score away goals. Remember, we can't affect the league because of the Champions League, so we must be cautious in the Champions League~~~"

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Early on the morning of April 21, Pep Guardiola led the new cosmos team Bayern Munich to Madrid to prepare for the Champions League semifinals tomorrow night.

This is the first time Pep Guardiola has led the team back to Spain since leaving Barcelona, and the Catalan media finally waited for the savior and rushed to Madrid to wait.

According to the Catalan media, now Barcelona only has one league title left and still has a chance, but there are only 4 rounds left in La Liga, Barcelona is 8 points behind Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona still wants to win the championship, so it can only hope that Atletico Madrid will suddenly collapse.

And Atletico Madrid faced the powerful Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals, which made Atletico Madrid have the possibility of collapse.

If Atletico Madrid loses badly against Bayern Munich, a massacre, it will definitely suffer a huge blow to morale, and then affect the league, and if they make an accident in the league, then Barcelona will really have a chance to win the title.

According to the Barcelona media: Barcelona once again need Pep Guardiola to save.

In fact, the Catalans' claims are not groundless, and Simeone has some concerns in this regard.

Sandwiched between the two Champions League semi-finals, Atletico Madrid needs to go to Valencia away, Valencia as a La Liga powerhouse, although it has declined a little in the past two years, but it is definitely not easy to play in their away game, if Atletico Madrid loses miserably in the Champions League and affects morale, there is a high probability that Valencia will lose again, then Barcelona is really going to catch up.

was chased close to the score by Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid made a slight mistake in dealing with it under pressure, and Barcelona was really able to make a beautiful reversal.

Guardiola said in response to questions from the Spanish media: "Atletico Madrid has won nine consecutive league games, and they are far ahead of the La Liga standings, they have set many new team records, and it can be said that this Atletico Madrid team is the strongest Atletico Madrid in history." ”

"But now Bayern is also the strongest Bayern, as long as we do our best, we will definitely be able to knock out Atletico and advance to the final."

"Lin is a very creative player, he has the quality to break the monopoly of Melo, unfortunately he left before I joined Bayern, and I hope to have the opportunity to coach him in the future~~~" This was Guardiola's answer when asked about Ringer's question.

On April 22, at 20:45 p.m. Spanish time, the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, Atletico Madrid's home match against Bayern Munich is about to begin.

Ringer hugged and greeted a group of former team-mates on the pitch, and he had no idea that he would face his former club so soon, facing a large group of former team-mates for the first time in his career.

The domestic Xinlang Sports broadcast the game, and Zhan Jun was commentating.

"Atletico Madrid and Bayern have met twice in European history, forty years ago, in the 1973/74 Champions League final, at the Heysel Stadium in Belgium, Atletico Madrid faced the powerful Bayern in the Champions League final, stubbornly held a 0:0 draw in 90 minutes, and Bayern did not find a chance in the first half of extra time, and in the second half of extra time, Atletico Madrid Aragonés scored directly with a free kick to help Atletico take the lead, but in the injury time of extra time, Bayern defender Schwarzenbeck equalised from outside the box. ”

"At that time, the Champions League final had a special format, with extra time for a draw within 90 minutes, and a draw in extra time was not a penalty, but a replay on a later date. Although Atletico Madrid relied on their tenacity and the opponent's poor form to draw 1:1 with Bayern, in the replay two days later, Bayern regained their form and defeated Atletico Madrid 4-0, and Atletico missed the only chance to reach the Champions League. ”

"It is worth mentioning that Bayern, the Champions League champion that year, refused to go to distant South America in the Intercontinental Cup at the end of the year, so the Champions League runner-up Atletico Madrid substituted to participate, and finally Atletico Madrid won the Intercontinental Cup that year, and Atletico Madrid became the only football club to win the Intercontinental Cup as the Champions League runner-up."

Although the two teams have a little grudge, there are not many fans who played revenge slogans in Calderón today, everyone knows that Bayern is the Universe team, and they will be eliminated this time, so the biggest banner on the scene is: Glorious Atletico Madrid!

In the eyes of fans, it is already an honor to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, and there is no shame in losing to the Cosmos, at most, it is necessary to play a little better at home and not to be broken by the unbeaten record at home in all competitions this season.

"Prince Felipe of the Spanish royal family, who also appeared at the Calderón Stadium, is said to be crowned King of Spain soon in the summer, and he is also a fan of the Sheets Army, and he is here today to support Atletico Madrid, hoping that they will play a good game against Bayern, the Cosmos team."

Zhan Jun's words were so, but after the game started, the scene was not exciting.

Bayern controlled the ball at the beginning, constantly passing back and forth looking for opportunities, Atletico Madrid started quite conservatively, directly blocking the penalty area, and the frontcourt players also retreated to keep pressing and harassing, disrupting the opponent's attack.

"In the first 20 minutes of the game, Bayern had 83% of the ball, but only in the 15th minute Robben made a save from outside the box for Courtois, and most of the other time, they didn't seem to find too good attacking opportunities to threaten Atletico's goal."

Originally, facing the Cosmos team Bayern, Atletico Madrid was psychologically weak, and many people didn't dare to think about eliminating Bayern, because Bayern in the last two seasons was too strong.

But halfway through the first half, the whole Atletico team changed psychologically, and everyone began to think: this Cosmos team is not as good as imagined, and we still have a chance.

Even Simeone was cautious, but he still directed the team to focus on solid defense, and everything waited until halftime.

"The first half ended with a 0:0 draw, although Bayern had a big advantage in possession, Bayern's possession rate reached almost 80%, but they did not find a way to score, Atletico Madrid defended with ease, if it continues to play like this, I doubt that Atletico Madrid can keep a 0:0 and finally bet on a penalty shootout with Bayern." This is the statement of the German commentator.

"If Pep Guardiola doesn't find a way quickly, Bayern may be in trouble."

At halftime, Simeone was saying: "After the first half, everyone should have seen that Bayern is not as strong as imagined, they are obsessed with possession like Barcelona, but they lack the ability to hit fatally, Bayern does not have Messi's individual attacker, and their efficiency after possession is not even as good as Barcelona." In the second half we tried more counter-attacks, threatened them with counter-attacks, and we had every chance to beat Bayern~~~"

As a result, although the team couldn't find a chance in the first half, Guardiola, who was quite calm, began to roar on the sidelines after the start of the second half.

In the 49th minute, in the counterattack, Koke made a diagonal pass on the right side, and Ringer inserted it in the back row and stuck Ram's push, but the ball hit high under Ram's interference.

In the 53rd minute, after the midfield broke the ball, Felipe quickly dribbled the ball and crossed back and forth, and Costa's header in the penalty area hit it, but it happened to be in Neuer's arms.

The Calderón Stadium, which was still a little quiet in the first half, was boiling, which is the usual way of playing for Atletico Madrid, threatening opponents with counter-attacks, and Atletico Madrid's counter-attacks against Bayern are still effective and can still threaten the opposition goal.

In the 69th minute, Gabi passed straight to the front of the field, and Felipe stepped forward to break through Raphinha on the left side and crossed, Ringer stopped the ball in the penalty area to get rid of Boateng, and planned to step forward to hit the goal, but as soon as the ball went out, it was pulled down by the opponent.

"Penalty~~Penalty!!"

The Atletico player immediately complained to the referee, but the Danish referee ignored it and signaled for the game to continue.

"It's a clear rule of pulling people in the box, and the Dane's penalty is shit. I'm afraid he didn't think clearly how to judge, if it wasn't a penalty, then he should have gone over to give Lin a yellow card or a red card, because this ball is not a penalty or it must be a fake fall, but he didn't say anything, just let the game continue, and the Dane's penalty was simply unknown. This is the expletiveness of the Spanish commentary.

The German commentator is also saying: "Bayern Munich escaped, Atletico Madrid's efficient counterattack made Bayern very embarrassed, and I don't know if I can avoid this time or not." ”

Calderón was booed and Simeone yelled on the sidelines, but the referee had already made the decision and no one could change it.

Pep Guardiola on the sidelines was also quite nervous, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the referee did not give a penalty.

Soon, under the command of Pep Guardiola, Bayern actually began to play defensively. Bayern's defensive style of play is also ball control, that is, controlling the ball to fall in their own backcourt, and not easily hitting the ball to the frontcourt, so that the opponent can't get the ball and naturally can't attack.

"This kind of backfield foot is generally a trick used by Bayern after taking the lead, but I didn't expect that it was only a 0:0 draw, Guardiola began to ask players to fall in the backfield, it seems that he was scared of Atletico Madrid's counterattacks at the beginning of the second half."

In this way, in the final time, Bayern controlled the ball but fell more in their own half, the rhythm of the game was significantly reduced, and the two sides could only end this focus battle with a 0:0.