The big battle between Manchester City and Bayern at the Allianz Arena caused a huge sensation in the football world.

The two teams combined to score 11 goals in a single game, breaking the Champions League record in one fell swoop.

Since the Champions League was restructured, there has never been a single goal double-double in the semi-finals, and this game is the first time!

After the game, the whole football world was full of discussions, major media rushed to report, and some even named this game the title of 'War of the Century'.

You must know that the title of the War of the Century used to refer specifically to the Spanish national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, the matchup between Manchester City and Bayern between Mars and the Earth is not inferior to the Spanish derby in terms of bloodiness and popularity, and even crazier than the Spanish derby.

"These two teams are really crazy, I have watched the football for more than 20 years, and I have never seen such a crazy game!"

"11 goals in a single game, I don't know and I think I'm watching a low-level league!"

"Hehe, even if it's our Chinese Super League, there has never been such a score, right?"

"Evergrande may be a bit reluctant to score 6 goals in the Chinese Super League, but it is not impossible, but which team can score 5 goals from Evergrande?"

"I remember when Real Madrid came to play a warm-up match a few years ago, they played 6:1 with Evergrande?"

"Ahem, I'm talking about the Chinese Super League team, the top giants in the five major leagues like Real Madrid don't count, this is not a grade team, there is nothing to compare!"

Neither Bayern nor Manchester City are the kind of teams that have defensively been poor, and they have each conceded very few goals in the league and Champions League.

However, this time, both teams broke the record of conceding goals this season.

It's been a long time since a team has scored five goals against Bayern at the Allianz Arena, and the same is true for Manchester City.

Since the Abu Dhabi consortium took ownership, they have not scored six goals in many years.

Such an intense and exciting game appeared in the semi-finals, which made many fans feel sorry:

"Why isn't this a final, if it's a final, it may be one of the best finals in history, comparable to the Istanbul miracle!"

"Hehe, if this is the final, the two teams will definitely not play so unrestrainedly, and the number of goals is likely to be less than one-third of this number!"

After watching this game, everyone affirmed the strength of Manchester City, but also had a trace of sympathy for Bayern:

"It's a bit of a shame for Bayern, they stubbornly equalized the score on several occasions and even took the lead at one point, only to fall short in the end."

"With Bayern's strength, they can break into the final, but they were unlucky to meet Manchester City with Lin Quan!"

"If Bayern hadn't met Manchester City, I don't know what their chances would be against Real Madrid and Barcelona?"

The four teams that reached the semi-finals this year are all ridiculously strong, with three of football's top clubs and one of last season's defending champions.

When these four teams meet, it's hard to predict what the final outcome will be until the end of the game.

Just like in the other game, although Real Madrid lost 3-0 on the road, no one dared to assert that they would be eliminated.

Whether Real Madrid can advance to the final depends on how strong they can burst out after returning to the Bernabeu.

The Manchester City-Bayern match came a day earlier than the Barcelona Real Madrid match, which allowed City to sit back and watch the fight.

Of course, the Champions League final is still more than half a month away, so it doesn't really make much difference if it's a day earlier or a day later.

Before the Champions League final, the five major leagues have basically ended, and both sides of the final have plenty of time to reserve fitness and adjust their form to meet the final in the best condition.

Manchester City did not stay long in Munich and flew back to Manchester that night.

Finally playing the Champions League and they can concentrate on the league.

There are still ten days to go until the end of the Premier League, and in those ten days, Manchester City still have two games to play.

With these last two games won, they can beat Chelsea and defend their league title.

Manchester City have lost the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this year, and if they don't win the Premier League, they won't be in the league.

Because of this, Guardiola still attaches great importance to this championship.

"Take a day off, rest well when you go back, don't spend a lot of time outside, I won't interfere in your private life, but if I see someone who is not in good shape on the court, then I will not hesitate to replace him, understand?"

After getting off the plane, Pep Guardiola disbanded the team and gave them a day off.

There are only two days left in the penultimate round of the Premier League, and a day off is already the limit.

The players knew the situation of the schedule, and they didn't have any hope for the holiday, but they didn't expect Guardiola to be so reasonable, which made them all angry, and patted their chests to promise that they would have a good rest and would not go out to wave.

Pep Guardiola will be skeptical of everyone's words, when he was at Barcelona, he saw with his own eyes how Ronaldo fell.

A player who became famous and rich at a young age is the hardest to resist the temptation of the world of flowers.

Fortunately, he did not see this kind of undisciplined behavior in Lin's body, which made Guardiola quite satisfied.

……

Although it is a holiday, how can a workaholic like Guardiola be idle?

Early the next morning, he was ready to drive to the airport, intending to take the nearest flight to Madrid to watch the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Lin Quan thought of going with him, so Guardiola decided to change the ticket and travel with Lin Quan.

When they arrived in Madrid, the two of them got off the plane and immediately felt the warm atmosphere of the Great War of the Century.

The streets of Madrid are lined with a large number of Champions League posters and personal portraits of Real Madrid players.

On top of that, the streets are filled with a large number of fans wearing Real Madrid shirts, and occasionally a small number of fans wearing Barcelona shirts.

However, Barcelona fans are not welcome in Madrid, and if they appear, they will immediately cause a siege from Real Madrid fans.

The grievances between the two teams have accumulated for a long time, and they can be described as feuds.

This, coupled with the growing influence of Catalan separatism in recent years, has led to the fact that the match between the two teams has been given more political significance.

As a result, the relationship between the fans of the two sides has deteriorated, and it is not uncommon to see a group of Real Madrid fans beating up Barcelona fans on the streets.

It's busily busy with the police in Madrid!

"How can these guys beat people?"

Seeing the Barcelona fans being beaten, Guardiola couldn't help but frown.

Although he has long since left Barcelona, after all, he has been with Barcelona for 20 years, and Guardiola still has a deep affection for Barcelona.

Lin Quan glanced at it casually, and vaguely heard Barcelona fans mocking Real Madrid fans about their team's clean sheet, and some people even talked about the 5:0 game at the beginning, and stretched out a slap to Real Madrid fans and ridiculed them.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Lin Quan's mouth twitched slightly, and he said secretly: If you don't die, you won't die!

Wearing a Barcelona jersey so blatantly came to Real Madrid's territory, and also ridiculed the powerful Real Madrid fans, not to mention the fans of the feud Real Madrid, if it was the fans of other teams, they could beat people.

"How deep the grievances of these two teams have accumulated, you don't know that it's normal for fans of the two teams to have fights outside the stadium, haven't you seen them on the streets of Barcelona?"

Lin Quan grew up in Barcelona, and he has the impression that every time Real Madrid goes to Camp Nou as a guest, there are many fights between fans from both sides outside the stadium.

And it's not just in Spain, but in other parts of the world, the relationship between the fans of the two teams is also not good.

Lin Quan still remembers that he read a news that in 2013, in a war-torn country in the Middle East, after a conflict broke out between a Barcelona fan and his Real Madrid fan friend, he hacked the other party to death with a knife, and even cut off his head in public, which caused a huge sensation.

Pep Guardiola was willing to help, so he asked his friends at the Spanish Football Federation to say hello and ask them to protect the Barcelona fans.

But that's all he can do.

……

14 May 2015, Bernabeu Stadium.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are officially starting another battle of the century.

The last time the two teams met in the Champions League was in the semi-finals of the 2010-2011 season.

That time, Real Madrid lost 0:2 at home to Barcelona, giving up a place in the final to their opponents, and watched as the opponent lifted the Big Ears Cup again.

That defeat was very disappointing for Real Madrid fans, and if they could advance to the final, with the strength of Real Madrid at that time, the probability of beating Manchester United was not low, and maybe they would have already fulfilled their dream of lifting the tenth Champions League trophy.

It's a pity that there are no ifs!

Now, four years later, the two sides met again in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

This time, Real Madrid is still in a very disadvantageous position.

They lost 0:3 in the first leg cleanly, putting them under tremendous offensive pressure.

Real Madrid will have to score at least three goals in this game and make sure they can't let their opponents score.

As long as Barcelona score one goal, Real Madrid will basically be eliminated.

In order to score as soon as possible, Real Madrid began to attack aggressively as soon as they came up in this game.

Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Isco, Rodriguez and other big-name stars were all sent on by Carlo Ancelotti.

And Barcelona are not afraid, they also sent the strongest squad they can send.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez also started the game.

However, in midfield, Rakitic replaced Xavi in the starting line-up.

Perhaps drawing on the experience of the previous day's game at the Allianz Arena, Real Madrid focused their attack on the flanks, especially Bale's side.

Bale also lived up to expectations, using his speed to impact the opponent's defense again and again.

In the 13th minute of the game, Real Madrid seized the opportunity to play a quick counterattack, Bale broke through and distributed the ball to Benzema, who passed back to Ronaldo.

Real Madrid's star shot angrily at the ball and rewrote the score to 1:0 in one fell swoop!

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo looked very excited, ran to the sidelines and came to celebrate with a SIU.

The fans at the scene gave warm applause and cheers to the face.

However, when Ronaldo was busy celebrating, the veteran of the Real Madrid team, the main goalkeeper Casillas, did not go to celebrate together, but rushed to the Barcelona goal, scooped up the football, put it back on the kick-off, and then urged his teammates one by one to prepare for kick-off.

Only one goal was recovered, they were still 2 goals behind, time is precious, and they are not qualified to waste time until they tie or even overtake!

A quick goal in the opening stages gave Real Madrid fans hope of victory.

The difference of 3 goals and the difference of 2 goals gives a completely different feeling.

If they can build on their efforts and score another goal in the first half to narrow the gap between the two teams to one, then their home win over Barcelona may no longer be out of the question.

However, just when Real Madrid was ready to do the same and continue to use attacks to pry open the door of Barcelona, Barcelona's counterattack came.

Although this is the Bernabeu, Real Madrid's home stadium, Barcelona has been here too many times and has long been not afraid of the opponent's home advantage.

Real Madrid's offensive firepower is strong, is Barcelona weak?

Enrique's Barcelona team, the defensive ability is not outstanding, what is really outstanding is the terrifying offensive ability in the front.

In the 2014-2015 season of Barcelona, the MSN combination in the front court is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most terrifying forward combination in the entire football this season.

When they started to exert their strength, they were as strong as Real Madrid, and they couldn't stop it.

In the 19th minute, Messi won the chance to open the scoring with his trademark personal breakthrough.

The Argentine was unhesitant to pass the ball to his team-mates, and Suarez showed the qualities of a top scorer, adjusting half a step after receiving the ball and sending it firmly into the back of the net.

1:1, Barcelona only took 6 minutes to tie the score!

This is the last thing Real Madrid want to see, as the opponent's goal not only erased their previous goals, but even further widened the gap between the two teams.

Barcelona scored away from home, and that goal meant Real Madrid would have to score at least four more goals in the upcoming games to qualify for the final.

Is it really possible to score 5 goals against Barcelona in a game?

The huge deficit has made the mentality of the Real Madrid players anxious, and they are desperate to score goals in order to close the gap.

However, this eagerness allowed Barcelona to seize the opportunity.

In the 29th minute, Barcelona did the same, and Messi once again instigated the attack and assisted Neymar to score another goal.

The score became 1:2, Barcelona reversed Real Madrid, and the aggregate score was rewritten to 5:1!

Real Madrid will have to score five goals in the next 60 minutes if they want to win!

It's almost impossible, even if it's as strong as Real Madrid.

Despite Carlo Ancelotti's timely adjustments, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both exploded, scoring a goal each in the second half.

However, Real Madrid still failed to perform a miracle, and when the final whistle blew, the score was fixed at 3:2.

Real Madrid finally lost to Barcelona with an aggregate score of 5:3 and missed out on qualifying for the final.

So far, the two teams in the 2014-2015 Champions League final have been decided.

On June 7, this season's Champions League final will be played by Manchester City and Barcelona at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin!

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