When Lin Quan passed Buffon and pushed the ball into the empty goal, the Juventus fans all fell into despair.

The game was already in stoppage time, they were two goals down and there was no time to equalise.

Losing at home and giving the opponent 2 goal difference, such a huge disadvantage, can almost declare Juventus's Champions League journey to the quarterfinals.

Unwilling!

I finally hit the Champions League, and I am really unwilling to stop here.

Pirlo raised his head and glanced at the blue figure in front of his penalty area, his heart full of bitterness.

This should be his last Champions League and he didn't expect it to end in such a way.

It seems that his desire to help Juventus win a Champions League title will not come true after all.

After Lin's body, Buffon, who lost in the speed competition between the two, was full of remorse and unwillingness.

If I had been a little faster and more decisive, I might not have conceded this goal just now.

In contrast to Andrea Pirlo, Buffon has never won a Champions League trophy before.

Older than Andrea Pirlo, he is clearly coming to the end of his career.

Even if the goalkeeper's career is longer, at the age of 37, he can only hold on for another three or four years at most.

In these three or four years, can Juventus really win the Champions League?

Buffon fell into deep suspicion!

Compared with the frustration and unwillingness of the Juventus players, on Manchester City's side, after Lin Quan scored this goal, the coach's box and the people on the bench all fell into frenzy.

Guardiola was so excited that he didn't even care about his identity, rushed into the grass with the substitute players, and had a bear hug with Lin Quan who rushed over.

A 1-0 win would have fully met his psychological expectations, but he didn't expect Lin Quan to score another goal in stoppage time, which completely exceeded his psychological expectations.

With a two-goal lead in the first leg and back at home in the second leg, City have plenty of room for error.

If at 1:0, the probability of Manchester City advancing to the semi-finals can reach 70%, then at this time, the probability of them advancing is probably more than 80%!

Time was running out of time, and by the time City had finished their celebrations, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

In the end, thanks to Lin Quan's brace, Manchester City won 2-0 away at Juventus.

After the game, most of the Juventus players were frustrated, and after thanking the fans who had come to support them, they left the pitch in a hurry.

But there are some thick-skinned people who are exceptional, such as Morata.

"Brother Lin, exchange jerseys with me!"

He took off his jersey early and ran over to exchange jerseys with Lin Quan.

Lin Quan nodded, took off the Manchester City jersey on his body to Morata, and patted him on the shoulder and encouraged:

"Keep up the good work and try to become our number one striker in Spain as soon as possible!"

After Torres and Villa faded out of the national team one after another, Spain's current positive Indian strikers are only Diego Costa and Morata.

However, now Spain's main force is Diego Costa, and Morata will only have a chance to play when playing a two-striker strategy.

If he is to secure a consistent starting position, he will need to show his quality and beat Diego Costa in the competition.

"Don't worry, I will definitely defeat Brother Meiyan and become the starter!"

Alvaro Morata seems confident that he will be able to make a splash in the future.

Lin Quan wanted to remind Morata to practice his shooting skills more, but seeing this guy's appearance, he immediately dispelled this idea.

……

After the game, Lin Quan took a half-day off and invited Buffon and Pirlo to have a meal together.

During this period, Pirlo has been consulting about the situation of MLS and New York City, and Buffon has no intention of leaving the top five leagues for the time being.

But when Lin Quan and Pirlo were talking, Buffon still pricked up his ears and listened very seriously.

He doesn't want to retire now, but not in the future.

Maybe when he wins the Champions League once and fulfills his Champions League dream, he will end his long career!

It's just that Buffon hasn't thought about the place of retirement yet.

Maybe they will go overseas to pan for gold, or maybe they will choose the team they debuted to return to their roots.

"You Manchester City are very good at playing, Lampard's loan fee is so low, and you only bear half of the annual salary, the left hand is the right hand, which is equivalent to New York City paying tens of millions of euros for you!"

After learning about the relationship between New York City and Manchester City, and the possibility that he would be loaned to Manchester City after joining New York City, Pirlo, who was born in a businessman family, immediately noticed the trickiness in this.

"This is used to circumvent UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act, right?"

"The same can't be said about New York City, it's a win-win partnership because we get big names on board, we have a lot of brand image, we get instant power, and we can save money."

"I believe you're a ghost, so why doesn't New York City work with other clubs like this?"

Pirlo couldn't help but roll his eyes, Lin Quan's explanation was too fake, and he was completely fooling people.

"In fact, this method is not played by one of our clubs, there are still many consortiums in the Middle East, such as the Qatari consortium behind Grand Paris, they are also actively arranged, planning to acquire a series of teams, in order to improve the influence of the Qatari consortium and facilitate their future transfer operations."

After hearing the plans and goals of these big conglomerates, Buffon couldn't help but sigh:

"It feels like football is about to become the plaything of these consortia!"

"Who says it's not, a consortium worth hundreds of billions of dollars at every turn, such a behemoth, who can play with them?"

Pirlo is a rich second-generation background, so he understands the power of money more deeply than others.

Several people are a little worried, with the increasing influence of capital on professional football, what will the future of professional football look like?

……

There are a lot of strong matchups in this round of the Champions League, upstarts like Manchester City and old powerhouses like Old Lady.

The city derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, as well as the collision between Barcelona and Grand Paris, can attract the attention of countless people.

However, the results of these games were not much unexpected by everyone.

Manchester City, who have the advantage, won 2-0 away at Juventus, while Barcelona, who have the MSN trident, swept Paris 3-1 away.

Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid finally shook hands after a fierce competition.

However, what should have been the game with the greatest disparity in strength broke out the biggest upset in this round of the Champions League.

Bayern Munich, the favorite to win the championship before the game, was beaten 3:1 by the opponent at the Dragon Stadium in Porto.

In this game, Ronaldo's friend Quaresma, who was abandoned by Barcelona and Inter, suddenly exploded, scored two goals by himself, led the team to complete the counterattack, and defeated the invincible Bayern Munich.

The score of 3:1 is very dangerous even for a top team like Bayern.

With a two-goal lead, Porto will be able to qualify for the semi-finals if they don't score two goals from Bayern in the second leg.

Since Jose Mourinho led the team to the title, Porto have not reached the last four.

If they can do it this time, it will definitely raise Porto's profile and attract the attention of the whole of Europe and the world.

When the time comes, Porto's player supermarket will be opened, and these players who have played well in the Champions League will be able to win the expectations of many giants and make a lot of money for Porto.

"What's going on with Bayern? How can he be beaten by Porto, how can he beat Bayern with Porto's lineup? ”

"If I hadn't watched the live broadcast of this game, I really wouldn't have believed the score!"

"Yes, judging from the scene, Bayern has an absolute advantage!"

In this game, Bayern had more than 65% possession and a whopping 30 shots on goal, but only scored one goal, while Porto had less than 35% possession, only 11 shots on goal, and scored three goals with five shots on target.

If you ignore the number of goals, just looking at these statistics, it is completely possible to imagine how Bayern pressed Porto at the Dragon Stadium.

However, once the goal statistics of both sides are added, Bayern's side looks very embarrassed.

Although the number of shots and possession were small, the opponent's attacking efficiency was very high, and the luck was good, and Porto used several counter-attacks to not only play a threat, but also complete the goal.

This proves that Bayern's weakness was caught by the other side and hit it right.

If they don't find a way to make up for this shortcoming soon, Bayern are likely to lose again by the time the next leg begins.

When Manchester City won, Bayern lost, which made many Guardiola fans start to fight back against Bayern:

"Hehe, Pep Guardiola led the team to a 2-0 victory over Juventus, the semifinals are in sight, and Bayern is now even hanging in the semi-finals, are you embarrassed to blame Guardiola now?"

"What is Guardiola leading Bayern, Guardiola led the team to win the Bundesliga championship, and also set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in team history, and also led the team to the Champions League semifinals, such a result, even if it is placed in Real Madrid, it is definitely not a failure, who is Bayern? Do you have to win the Champions League every year to be successful? ”

In the face of the counterattack of Pep Guardiola fans, Bayern fans were naturally not to be outdone:

"Hehe, as the defending champions, they can't win a Manchester City, and they were kept clean sheets by Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, isn't that shameful enough?"

"Wouldn't it be even more humiliating for defending champions Chelsea to not even qualify for the group stage and Real Madrid, who are 16 years old with nine Champions League trophies in their hands, according to what you say?"

"People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, only accept success and do not accept failure, and other teams are waste, so you Bayern are good?"

……

Because of Bayern's loss, Bayern's odds to win the championship have dropped a lot after the end of this round.

The team that is currently the most favored by Spinach is neither Manchester City nor Bayern, but Barcelona.

Barcelona's offensive firepower this season is really too strong, and Suarez's perfect integration has brought Barcelona's strength to a higher level.

In this round of the game, facing the strong Grand Paris, Barcelona played a dominant game, firmly suppressed the opponent throughout the game, and beat the Grand Paris without any temper.

After the game, the fans in Paris were in a state of mourning, feeling that their team was finished.

After losing like this at home, can you still survive away from home?

In this match, Sheikh Jassim, the big boss of the Qatari consortium, came to watch the game in person.

He is confident in the team he has spent a lot of money on, and feels that Grand Paris, with the blessing of the Qatari consortium regardless of the cost, should have reached the level of Europe's top clubs.

Therefore, full of confidence, he thought that he could enjoy a wonderful matchup.

However, the process and result of the game were 108,000 miles away from what he had in mind.

Big Paris, armed with money, was beaten helplessly in front of the real giants.

Ibrahimovic, who was hailed as the first man under Mero a few years ago, has not shown the strength to match his fame.

On the contrary, the MSN trio in the Barcelona team showed strong individual strength and teamwork, and each of them left a deep impression on him.

Especially Messi and Neymar, these two people drooled when they saw him.

It's no wonder that the world thinks Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid are the three strongest clubs in football.

It turns out that the role of superstars on the pitch is so obvious!

This makes Sheikh Jassim inevitably feel a little moved in his heart, if he wants to take Grand Paris a step further, it may not be helpful to buy another top star.

They need to buy real superstars!

They didn't buy Lin Quan for 200 million euros last summer, and the Qataris were still very unconvinced, but now, after suffering losses, they finally realize the true value of supergiants.

200 million euros, it seems that it is still less, and it has to be strengthened!

Thinking of this, Jassim made a calculation in his heart:

He plans to raise the offer to 250 million euros, and then go to Manchester City's Lin Quan, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, and Barcelona's Messi to try again.

If it really doesn't work, it's okay to buy a player of Neymar's level.

However, this kid's fame and strength have a certain gap with the supergiant, so the transfer price needs to be reduced a little, not more than 250 million euros.

Otherwise, the price will be speculated to the sky as soon as it comes up, and the price to pay will be too high if you want to buy a real supergiant in the future.

With less than three months to go until the summer transfer window, the Qatari consortium immediately kicked off after Jassim's decision.

They began to collect footage of the recent matches of the three supergiants, and hired professional analysts to help them analyze the strength, form and commercial value of the three players to assess their value.

For a while, in the stands of Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid, there were many scouts from Greater Paris, and they began to blatantly collect intelligence.

Considering that they and Barcelona are rivals in the Champions League, it is understandable that they are collecting information from Barcelona.

However, Manchester City and Real Madrid have nothing to do with them, and they are unlikely to meet in the Champions League if they are eliminated by Barcelona.

So their move to send people to Manchester City and Real Madrid to collect intelligence immediately caused speculation from the outside world.

Many people feel that Grand Paris is planning to make a move on Lin Quan and Ronaldo!

(End of chapter)