Manchester City's home win over Real Madrid was a small upset.

But compared to the result of the other game, their upset seems to be just that.

In the other semi-final on April 24, Bayern Munich, who played at home, lost 0-1 to Atletico Madrid.

This score was something that no one expected before the game!

Real Madrid lost, but they did not lose much away goals, so they were completely acceptable.

But Bayern lost at home, which is completely unacceptable.

Losing at home, do you still expect to win against Atletico Madrid on the road?

As a result, after this game, the outside world is optimistic about Bayern's promotion situation, and almost no one is optimistic that they can break into the final.

At the same time, after the victory over the mighty Bayern Munich, Simeone and his Atletico Madrid immediately became famous!

Among the teams that broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League, if you want to count which team has the most stars and the highest value, it must be Real Madrid.

And Atletico Madrid is in the bottom row without any suspense!

But it is such a team at the bottom of the rankings that has brought down Bayern, who is also star-studded and worth a lot of money.

This is nothing short of a surprise!

All of a sudden, the whole football world began to be curious about Simeone and his Atletico Madrid.

What is so magical about this coach that he can lead such a relatively civilian team to play such an outstanding record?

And just when the outside world put Simeone and Atletico Madrid in the spotlight to praise and praise, Guardiola and his Bayern were criticized in all directions.

Pep Guardiola's Bayern has exposed a very serious problem this season, that is, Bayern's record against strong teams is quite poor.

In the group stage, they drew one and lost one against Manchester City and failed to take advantage of anything.

Ten days earlier, in the Bundesliga, they were beaten 3-0 at home by Borussia Dortmund.

Now they have been beaten by Atletico again......

Aside from the win over the in-form Manchester United, Bayern don't seem to have much to offer!

Bayern's players are still in the same group and there are very few changes to the squad.

However, the team's tactical play has changed a lot, so it is natural for the outside world to put the blame on Guardiola.

And this time, no one on the side of the Bayern club stood up for him!

……

"Why don't you just come to Manchester City!"

After learning that Bayern lost the game until Guardiola was criticized by the outside world, Lin Quan took the initiative to make a phone call to comfort Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola was speechless for a while: "Are you digging into the corner on behalf of Manchester City?" ”

"That's not it, I'm just representing me personally, you know our big boss, if he wants to poach people, he will directly use money to smash it!"

Guardiola thought about the scene when Mansour came to Lin Quan with a contract to sign a contract, and couldn't help but nodded, this is indeed Mansour's style.

"Let's take a look at the results of this season, I have two years left on my contract with Bayern, and I don't want to break the contract yet!"

Guardiola takes the contract more seriously and does not want to terminate it early.

And Bayern will probably not drive him away, after all, he has just led the team to create the second-longest unbeaten record in Europe with 53 rounds of unbeaten league games.

"And this summer Barcelona is going to start the presidential election, I have already rejected Laporta on the grounds of a contract, if I regret going to Manchester City at this time, Laporta will definitely think I played him!"

As if worried that Lin Quan would be disappointed or even dissatisfied, Guardiola explained.

He has a good relationship with Laporta and doesn't want to lie to each other about this kind of thing, so he said that he won't leave this summer, and he will definitely not leave Bayern, unless Bayern takes the initiative to terminate the contract.

"Okay, but you probably won't have a good day, Atletico Madrid's home stadium is not easy to play, and Barcelona and Real Madrid have not won at the Calderón Stadium this season."

Simeone's Atletico is tough!

How hard is it?

The top two in the Spanish Super League have yet to win against Atletico Madrid this season!

Real Madrid strong, right?

This season, he was double-killed by Barcelona!

Barça strong, right?

Kept clean sheet by Atletico!

So for Bayern's home loss, Lin Quan was not very surprised.

Although Simeone's team lineup is indeed a little more civilian, his lineup is enough to implement his kind of technical and tactical play, if it is really replaced by a group of famous stars, it will not work.

"Well, I've noticed this, let's play hard in the next game, fortunately, it's not too much behind!"

Pep Guardiola feels that Bayern's loss is actually a bit unjust.

They have just recorded the longest unbeaten run in the Bundesliga with 53 games in the league, and the players are mentally exhausted and under a lot of pressure to maintain that record.

The pressure built up and eventually crushed them, leading to successive defeats to Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund.

It can be said that during this period, Bayern is in a period of relatively low morale.

At this time, let alone Atletico Madrid, they may not be able to play against other strong teams.

But when they adjust and their morale and the state of the players are restored, they may not be able to turn the tables!

The question is whether the team can be adjusted before the next leg in a week's time.

A one-goal deficit is not much.

At least for Bayern at their peak, it's definitely not that difficult!

……

On April 27, the 36th round of the English Premier League began.

Since Manchester City have already won the title four rounds ahead of schedule, Pellegrini has arranged a large number of substitutes for this game.

Their opponents, Crystal Palace, currently 11th in the league, are in danger of relegation and no hope of European competition, and belong to the kind of team that has no desire.

As a result, the two sides played a relatively peaceful game, with goals from Keylor Navas and Jovetic, Manchester City won 2:0.

After the game, the entire Manchester City squad flew directly from London Airport to Madrid to prepare for the second leg against Real Madrid three days later.

Upon arrival in Madrid, Manchester City took charge of the Getafe club's training base.

Originally, they wanted to rent Atletico's training base, but Atletico did not agree to Manchester City's application because they were worried about tactics leaking because they had to prepare for the home game against Bayern.

This is also normal, after all, both teams currently have the hope of qualifying, in case both sides advance to the final, then the two sides have seen each other's tactical training in advance, and the final will have no secrets for both sides.

Moreover, with the relationship between Lin Quan and Guardiola, Atletico Madrid is also worried that Lin Quan will leak secrets to Guardiola.

After learning about Atletico Madrid's reason for refusal, Lin Quan was a little speechless!

Who do you think you are?

Will you snitch yourself?

He's not that bored yet!

And Guardiola doesn't need him to provide intelligence either!

As one of the top coaches in football, Simeone's tactics, since they have been played, it is impossible for Guardiola not to see them.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan cheered for Guardiola in his heart:

Let's go to Agua, kill Atletico Madrid, let's meet in the final together!

……

April 29, at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Just 16 minutes into the game, Real Madrid had already equalised!

"Ramos, he scored a goal worth a fortune with a header!"

"The current aggregate score between the two teams is 3:3, but Real Madrid have two away goals, and if the game ends with this scoreline, then it will be Real Madrid who will advance to the final!"

"Manchester City's situation is a bit dangerous, at the beginning of the game, they have completely lost the initiative on the field and fell under the strong offensive of Real Madrid!"

The moment Ramos scored, there was thunderous applause at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Many of the Real Madrid fans who came to see the game were successful people in high society, and they held their own identity, so they did not shout like the average home fans, and they were very restrained to encourage the players with applause.

But from the loudness of the applause at the scene, it can be seen how excited these 'gentlemen' are.

Finally, it's time to reach the Champions League final!

It's been 12 years!

Real Madrid and the fans have waited too long!

Ramos, the hero of the goal, was also very excited, and ran directly to the sidelines to make a slide to celebrate.

Although he is not from Real Madrid's academy, he has been playing for Real Madrid for 9 years, and it can be said that he is the player who has played for Real Madrid for the longest time in the current team except Casillas!

The period when he joined Real Madrid happened to be a period when Real Madrid's record in the Champions League was gradually sinking after the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship.

As a result, Ramos, along with the team, has experienced defeat after defeat in the Champions League!

In the most difficult time, Real Madrid even fell in the round of 16 every year.

After surviving the most difficult period, Real Madrid finally ushered in a revival.

As a veteran of the Real Madrid team, after going through so many years of ups and downs with the team, Ramos has a very deep affection for Real Madrid.

A win over Manchester City would see them reach the final for the first time in 12 years and challenge for their tenth Champions League trophy in team history.

And this trophy, Real Madrid has been waiting for too long.

On the sidelines, Carlo Ancelotti was more excited than the players.

The moment he scored, he excitedly raised his hands and ran on the sidelines, not even noticing that the gum in his mouth had fallen.

On the other hand, Manchester City's manager Manuel Pellegrini had a bitter face and a deep frown.

Given Real Madrid's strong attacking prowess and Manchester City's current lead, Manuel Pellegrini opted for a counter-attacking tactic on the road.

This tactical choice is very pragmatic, Real Madrid is behind the score, and it is inevitable to attack.

City only need to seize the counter-attack and make a couple of successful counter-attacks to extend their lead and score valuable away goals.

He played well with his calculations, but the situation of the game was very different from what he expected.

He expected Real Madrid to attack, but he didn't expect Real Madrid's attack to be so ferocious.

Real Madrid, playing at home, seemed to be a completely different team, and their attacks were even more frantic and unstoppable than the last one.

And to Pellegrini's great surprise, the last game was almost a one-man battle between the wings of Real Madrid, and this one actually cooperated.

The connection between the two of them injected a huge impetus into Real Madrid's attack.

The corner kick scored by Ramos was caused by Bale's pass to Cristiano Ronaldo in front of the goal, who shot at goal.

Defending Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale alone is already a bit difficult for Manchester City.

Once they are successfully connected and play the role of one plus one is greater than two, it will be almost impossible for Manchester City to defend against them!

What's more, there is also a Modric on the field.

In Real Madrid's several attacks, it was often this small Croatian who delivered the fatal blow!

To limit his play, you need a strong defensive midfielder!

And there are no such people in Manchester City's squad!

Thinking of this, Pellegrini looked at the team's bench.

After a ten-game ban in the team, Fernandinho finally returned from the ban.

However, the Brazilian preferred a ten-match ban rather than an apology to Pellegrini.

This made Pellegrini hesitate a little whether to replace him on the pitch?

……

Seeing that the team was behind at the beginning, Lin Quan was a little helpless.

During this time, even he returned to the outside of the box to participate in the defense, but Real Madrid's attack was too fierce.

There are too many points that they can score in front, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale, Isco, Modric, and two full-backs who are good at assisting, one is Xavi Alonso who is good at long-range shots, and the other is Ramos who is good at heading.

With so many points to be guarded against, how can it be prevented?

The results of these ten minutes proved that when facing a team like Real Madrid, defensive counter-attacking tactics don't work!

They're not Atletico and can't play that way.

So, you have to attack to beat Real Madrid!

Although the aggregate score is the same, Manchester City is already behind at this time!

So their defensive counter-attack naturally couldn't be played, and the players launched a fierce counterattack against Real Madrid immediately after the restart.

However, Real Madrid's defense today was exceptionally tough, and after learning the lesson of the last time, they did not give Lin Quan the opportunity to break into the penalty area at all.

Lin Quan had just approached the penalty area with the ball when he was brought down by Pepe.

The referee awarded a free-kick but did not give a card, much to the displeasure of the Manchester City players.

Lin Quan discussed it with De Bruyne, and this distance was within range for both of them.

Whoever will hit this kick will do!

"Come on, Casillas is my teammate in the national team and knows a little bit more about my playing habits!"

Lin Quan gave the opportunity to De Bruyne, who nodded, slowly retreated, and began to prepare for the free throw.

After seven or eight steps, De Bruyne slammed the ball into the ball and hit a high-quality lift.

However, Casillas lived up to the name of San Cassi, not only did he judge the right direction, but also single-handedly lifted De Bruyne's ball away.

This made Lin Quan have to frown!

Sure enough, Casillas studied the elevator ball!

Is this based on a videotape study of his own penalties with Kevin De Bruyne, or is it based on the experience of Cristiano Ronaldo, another elevator ball player in the team?

Anyway, the next time you take a free kick, you can't use the elevator ball!

Lin Quan thought of the trick he had made to steal from Juninho!

I wonder what the effect will be with that trick?

(End of chapter)