There was a lot of discussion in the media.

At the gate of the training ground, there are also reporters squatting at Yelo every day, wanting to listen to him "pay tribute to Platini" again.

However, Ye Luo doesn't play football every day.

He's got some business to do.

On the third day after the Champions League match, the team hosts Athletic Bilbao.

The state of the whole team in this game was not very good, Ye Luo had several chances but they were all defused by the opponent.

Málaga drew 1-1 at home to Athletic Bilbao and it was thanks to Yelo's goal in the 86th minute that Málaga avoided a loss.

After 23 league games, Malaga have 19 wins, 3 draws, 1 defeat and 60 points.

After 23 league games, Yelo has scored 27 league goals and is the top scorer in the charts.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 24 goals in second place and Messi scored 22 goals in third place.

There is still suspense in the shooter list.

But everyone thinks that if Ye Luo is not injured, his advantage in the top scorer list is almost unshakable.

The whole of Europe is praising Ye Luo's performance, and all the giants are eyeing it.

But within the Malaga squad.

The home draw with Athletic Bilba was a bit frustrating for the whole team.

Because after this round of the league, they were overtaken by Real Madrid by another point.

Real Madrid now have 61 points, one point ahead of Málaga and at the top of the table.

Jose Mourinho's side have been too solid in the league this season.

But it's okay.

Now in the race for the league title, Malaga has not fallen behind.

A one-point gap.

For Malaga to play the rest of the game, you have to keep your nerves on all the time.

The draw with Athletic Bilbao left the morale of the whole team a little low.

It also gave Pellegrini a headache.

But now is not the time to worry about the team losing top spot once again, as Malaga is about to face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Although the opponent was beaten 4-20 on the road.

But football is round.

So it's not time for Malaga to take things lightly.

In the unlikely event that Lyon win 3-0 on their home turf – it would not be impossible, in which case Malaga would have been eliminated.

So in this game, Pellegrini still has to send the strongest lineup.

For a team like Malaga, it should be a choice to make in the process of fighting on two fronts.

Champions League or league?

After all.

The depth of the team's bench is here.

The good thing of multi-front combat and multi-front flowering is generally not the turn of a small team like Malaga.

The smart way to do it is to finish the battle and choose a front to break through.

Many teams of Malaga's caliber opt for the Champions League.

Because of the large number of chances in the Champions League, the number of matches is relatively small compared to the league.

The knockout format of the Champions League gives teams like Malaga more than the long league marathon – if you're lucky, you can get past the quarter-finals and the semi-finals in the final!

And no matter what team you meet in the final, it is not impossible to win the championship if you play well in a game.

The league competition is about internal strength, and it is the thickness and stability of the team's lineup.

The Champions League is not only about strength, but also about luck.

So if you want to make a quick profit, many small teams will choose the Champions League in this situation.

After all.

For a small team like Malaga.

Reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League is not something you often do, the Champions League is a big stage, and it is obviously more cost-effective to make a name for yourself on this stage than to work slowly in the league.

In fact, there is another reason that is also important - money!

Although Malaga has a gold owner.

But what Platini said earlier about fiscal balance is also a knife hanging over Malaga's head.

This knife could be cut down at any time.

And the benefits of the Champions League are very objective.

The prize money alone is enough to make many small teams drool.

For example, the distribution of prize money for this season's Champions League:

Top 32, 4 million euros, each game in the group stage has an extra 600,000 euros, six games down is 3.6 million, 4 million plus 3.6 million is 7.6 million.

Just after playing the group stage, there will be 7.6 million euros.

This is a fixed bonus.

That is, whether you qualify or not, whether you win or not.

Guarantees.

That's seven million six thousand.

Even if you're on a sixth losing streak in the Champions League group stage.

That's also €7.6 million in prize money – not including the proceeds from the broadcast of the game.

Besides.

For every group stage game won, the prize money for the winning side is 800,000 yuan, and the prize money for a draw is 400,000 yuan.

Take, for example, Malaga's performance in the group stage this season.

Their results in the group stage are four wins and two draws, and the prize money is 4 million, counting the guarantee of 7.6 million.

After playing the group stage, they got 11.6 million in prize money!

Each team in the round of 16 will receive €3 million in prize money.

There are 3.3 million yuan to advance to the quarterfinals, 4.5 million yuan to the top four, and in the end, if you can win the championship, you can get 9 million euros in bonuses, and the runner-up also has 5.6 million yuan.

Just do the math of bonuses.

If Málaga reach the final this season, they will receive €26 million in prize money even if they lose in the final!

Yes, the bonuses alone are so much.

Counting the broadcast share and Champions League ticket revenue.

If a team can reach the Champions League final and get 70 or 80 million euros in income, there is no problem at all. Even a super giant like Real Madrid, if the broadcast income is more than that of some small teams, there is no problem with winning a Champions League title and having an annual revenue of 100 million more.

Therefore.

The Champions League is so attractive to all teams!

Even if it's the rich Premier League.

The battle for the fourth place is also quite fierce - entering the Champions League can guarantee an additional income of tens of millions of euros!

Who wouldn't want to take that money?

Especially for other teams in La Liga besides Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Champions League is quite attractive.

In the distribution of TV broadcast revenue in La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona took the absolute lion's share.

Both teams were able to take about 100 million dollars from the broadcast revenue.

And the money left for the other teams is much less.

La Liga's relegation teams can only even split a few million

The giants take the lion's share of the league's revenue, and the other teams get very little of the pie.

And the Champions League, that is completely based on the results to speak.

Therefore, the middle teams of La Liga like to fight in the Champions League, even if they can't win the championship in the end, they will make millions of dollars in the Champions League.

So many Spanish media think.

Malaga has hit this far.

The league keeps the top four in a safe place.

Just qualify for next season's Champions League.

If you want to break through Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga and win the league title, it's a pipe dream, don't look at Malaga can bite now, and wait until the later stage of the league, when injuries and physical exhaustion have reached a certain level.

The advantages of giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona are reflected.

Therefore, Malaga should fight in the Champions League!

The Champions League has a bigger bang for it and gives them a better chance of getting through the fiscal balance review.

But.

That's not what the current players in Malaga think – not only are we going to win the league, we're going to go further in the Champions League.

The players in Malaga wouldn't have thought that way.

But the captain of the team, Ye Luo, held a meeting with the team at every turn, emphasizing the team's goals and rallying the players' fighting spirit.

Plus the team is doing so well now.

So the players in Malaga are a little "inflated".

There is a saying about it.

The leader of a team can often determine the temperament of the team.

What Maradona is to Naples.

Now Ye Luo.

It's Malaga's undisputed leader player.

Malaga hosts Lyon, and this match is particularly eye-catching!

Because just before this game.

The results of the other two matches of the other two teams in La Liga, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which started first, have already been decided.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are both at home to their opponents.

This is the privilege of being the first in the group: the two-legged knockout round is the first away and then the host.

Away first, then home.

Obviously, in the two-legged knockout round, playing the second leg at their home stadium, if nothing else, if they go to extra time, they can play at home for an extra 30 minutes.

Barcelona beat CSKA Moscow 4-0 at home.

Real Madrid won 3-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

Both eliminated their opponents and entered the quarterfinals.

And this game is worth paying attention to.

Messi and Ronaldo both scored hat-tricks!

This season.

Messi has scored 14 goals in the Champions League!

And Ronaldo also scored his 13th goal in the Champions League this season!

One season.

The grand occasion of three players breaking the previous Champions League single-season goal record is truly unprecedented!

Perhaps stimulated by Yelo's crazy performance, Messi and Ronaldo both broke out when they entered the knockout stage! Both men scored five goals in both legs! Both broke the previous record, although they are still behind Ye Luo in the scorer list, although Ye Luo has not played the second leg yet, but this season's three goalscorers, superstar competition has added a huge highlight to this season's Champions League!"

Messi and Ronaldo worked so hard, everyone knew that they must have been stimulated by Ye Luo's performance.

Before the start of the second leg of the match between Malaga and Lyon.

The media also asked Yelo about the performance of Messi and Ronaldo, and asked him what he thinks.

"They scored five in both rounds? Ooohoh, that's pretty good. Ye Luo seemed reluctant to talk more.

"Don't you feel pressure because of Messi's performance?" Some Catalan media asked loudly.

"Pressure?" Ye Luo turned his head to look at the reporter, "What pressure can I have, I have scored sixteen now, and I have one more game to play." ”

Ye Luo shrugged and said.

The reporters from Malaga and the Dragon Country laughed.

Messi played one more game with Ronaldo and was still behind Yelo.

What pressure can this be?

Could it be that Lyon will be able to stop Yelo from scoring in this game?

In fact, after Ye Luo's interview was dialed out.

Remy. Garde used this interview to motivate his team.

Losing 2-4 at home cannot be said to be hopeless, but it is basically on the verge of elimination.

So he had to boost Leon's morale.

"See? They didn't take us seriously at all. "Remy. Garder's words made many of Lyon's players clench their fists with both hands.

"We have to defend well! They must have thought they had won, so they would pass the ball to Yelo more and let him score and let him continue to extend his so-called record. But that's our chance, they're afraid they think we're going to go on a big offensive in order to qualify for the quarter-finals, we do want to qualify, but. It's not necessarily a good idea to attack big, it's their home and what we need is. Take advantage of the counterattack! ”

Remy. Garde first stimulated Lyon's players with Yelo's interview footage, and then told them the reason why they didn't play against Malaga in this game, and asked Lyon's players to accept his arrangement, and in the away game, shrink the defense and play counterattack.

So.

It was a match that was completely unexpected.

Lyon, who was behind, did not press out to attack and fought hard to advance.

On the contrary, he was very calm and stubborn in the half, putting on a defensive counterattack posture.

This surprised many commentators, reporters, and fans.

Of course.

Manuel Pellegrini was also quite surprised.

He originally thought that the opponent would press up and attack, so he arranged a strategy of attacking.

But now.

The opponent shrinks the defense.

Málaga turned into a dense defense to face the opposition.

This made many of Malaga's attacking strategies useless before the game.

Now what Malaga needs is how to break down the opponent's bus.

Damn it

Pellegrini cursed.

He came to the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball to hand over Demichelis and give an explanation.

"Don't go up to the back line, let Tulalang also try not to go to the national half, protect the defensive line, and don't give them a chance to counterattack!"

Demichelis immediately nodded and returned to the pitch to relay the manager's latest instructions to his teammates.

For Malaga.

The opponent's shrinking defense is nothing more than thinking that Malaga will press heavily on the attack at home.

In this case, there is a chance to fight back.

Pellegrini didn't give the other side this opportunity, he directly let the entire back line and the back half of the field, didn't you want to play a counterattack?

Then come on.

Unless you expect Lacazette to be able to single-handedly take on the entire defence like Yelllo.

Otherwise, in this situation, it would be better to count on the players of Malaga to score on the counter-attack.

After Pellegrini's arrangement,

The offensive in Malaga also slowed down.

The game was flattened.

This scene made the Madrid and Catalan reporters very happy.

They don't care who advances in this game.

They are concerned about whether Yelo can score or not.

If Yelo can't get on the scoresheet in this game, his tally will be stuck at 16.

Whether it is Messi or Ronaldo, the gap between him is not far away.

In addition, whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona, there is a high probability that they will go further than Malaga in the Champions League.

So.

In this crazy appearance of three players to break the record of the Champions League season.

The suspense of who will win the final Golden Boot and become the one who will be remembered will be even greater.

(End of chapter)