This year's glory in European football belongs to the Premier League and La Liga.

The two heroes of Manchester City have joined forces to conquer Europe.

Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time in their history, aiming for the top of Europe.

Manchester United ushered in the dawn of a long groping and reached the Europa League.

Real Madrid, the king of Europe, is alone on the top of Huashan Mountain.

The hardcore yellow submarine, which has been lurking for many years, finally strikes with a bright sword.

Two peak showdowns, on the verge of breaking out.

Villarreal coach Unai Emery, who led Sevilla to three consecutive titles, turned the Europa League into the Sevilla Cup.

It will be his fourth Europa League title.

Ten years ago, it would have been a fantasy if a fan heard that Manchester United were going to play in the Europa League.

At that time, the Red Devils Manchester United were regular participants in the Champions League semi-finals.

With the retirement of Alex Ferguson, Manchester United seems to have changed teams and directly fallen out of the top giants.

In the eight years since Alex Ferguson's retirement in 13, United have won one Europa League, one FA Cup, one League Cup and one FA Cup.

As the Premier League champions, Manchester United have not won the competition for eight years.

It's hard to even get into the top four.

This Europa League final is very important for them.

On paper, Manchester United are stronger than Villarreal.

Unai Emery, who has experienced in the Europa League, relied on a 4-4-2 formation to consume Manchester United's attack.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United still focuses on flying on both wings, which is also in the arms of Huang Qian.

The midfield four positions are just right to clamp down on the two wings of Manchester United.

Villarreal, on the other hand, took advantage of a set-piece in front of the field to open the scoring for Manchester United.

In the second half, Manchester United strengthened the attack in the middle, combined with the inward cutting of the wide players, and pressed the yellow submarine's penalty area.

Marcus Rashford's long-range shot from outside the box was saved, but Edinson Cavani, who was ambushed in the box, scored smartly to equalise.

The draw also remained until the last second of regular time, with both sides going into extra time.

The 30-minute overtime was more like a contest of will and strength.

Both teams showed 100% desire to fight and dragged the game into a penalty shootout.

After 11 rounds of extra-long penalty shootouts, De Gea missed a penalty and gave the title to Villarreal.

La Liga teams, win one game first.

Three days later, it was the Champions League final between Manchester City and Real Madrid.

The final was played at the Stadio d'Oro in Porto, Portugal.

Manchester City, under the leadership of Pep Guardiola, has finally reached the final after several years of grinding.

This season, Manchester City won the domestic league and the EFL Cup, and still maintained their supremacy in the Premier League.

On the road to Champions League promotion, they also overcame strong opponents and stepped onto the Champions League final stage.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, has been bumpy and thrilling this season.

The media consensus is that Manchester City have a higher chance of winning than Real Madrid in terms of bench depth and personnel structure.

Real Madrid, who have been plagued by injuries, did not submit their squad until the deadline for UEFA to request the submission of the match list.

Ramos, Varane, Carvajal and others have made a comeback, which has made the Spanish media breathe a sigh of relief.

Two hours before the game, both sides submitted their starting line-ups for the match.

Manchester City starters:

Goalkeeper: Edson Moraes.

Defenders: Zinchenko, Ruben Dias, Stones, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva.

Forwards: Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling, Foden.

On the bench, Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, Fernandinho, Rodri and others were on standby.

Real Madrid starters:

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois.

Defence: Friend Mendy, Ramos, Raphael, Carvajal.

Midfielders: Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Modric.

Forwards: Rossi, Benzema, Vinicius.

This is Real Madrid's most used starting line-up this season and the strongest at the moment.

As an old rival, Pep Guardiola's starting arrangement for Real Madrid was not a surprise at all.

After all, there aren't many places that can be adjusted.

In contrast, Manchester City's starting XI has been adjusted to varying degrees before each game.

In the 4-1 semi-final win over Grand Paris, De Bruyne was even relegated to the central striker position.

No one can guess about the whole job.

Pintus leads the players through the warm-up on the field.

On such an important occasion as the Champions League final, whether the players can quickly get into the game has a great relationship with the warm-up before the game.

Moreover, Ramos and others have just returned from injury, and they have warmed up enough before the game to avoid being injured again in the game.

The fans of the two teams entered one after another, and sat down according to the camp arranged at the venue, blue and white, clearly distinguished.

The presidents of the two sides sat on the rostrum and accompanied the FIFA president to chat.

This is perhaps the most arrogant club president in the last two decades.

Florentino's "superstar policy" ushered in the "golden era" of football.

Then he entered Real Madrid for the second time, introduced Portuguese player Ronaldo for 94 million euros, and Gareth Bale for 100 million euros, and the player's value began to enter the "era of 100 million yuan".

Manchester City boss Mansour, in a rare appearance, was on the scene to watch the Blue Moon game.

The first was in the 2009-10 season when Manchester City played Liverpool.

This is the second time.

He gave Pep Guardiola enough money to bring in reinforcements, don't restrain him at the level of football competition, add enough patience, and then just wait to win the championship.

Since Mansour took charge of Manchester City in 2008, the Blue Moon have won 16 titles.

If they win the Champions League in this game, Manchester City will also truly move towards a giant club.

Tonight's temperature in Porto is 20°C and the breeze is not dry, making it ideal for sports.

After completing the warm-up, the player's body was already sweating slightly, and he was full of energy.

In the dressing room, Real Madrid is doing the final pre-match mobilization.

Even in the Champions League final, Zidane always had a relaxed face.

'I said in the last game against Chelsea that if we get to the final, we'll be champions.

"It's not a joke on my part!"

"We've been through a lot this season, we've had a lot of difficulties, and it's not easy to get here."

"But I have faith in you!"

'It's not unfounded, it's not the first time you've played in a Champions League final.

"You've won the championship."

"Let me count ......"

"Vinicius, Rodrygo, Militão, Mendy, ......"

"You already won the championship last season, and there aren't many people like you who are so young and can win the championship as a main player."

'You have to learn from the old players, like Sergio, Luca, Toney, Karim, Rafael, they have won the Champions League four times.

"By the way, there's another guy, he's even better, he's been in the Champions League final for five years in a row."

After saying that, everyone looked at Rosie.

"I'm not saying this to make you proud. Rather, I want to say that we will play in the Champions League final more than any team in the world! ”

"Experience is something you can't get through practice, it's something that you can accumulate over time."

"I have faith in you!"

"The championship belongs to Madrid!"

“Hala Madrid！！！”

(End of chapter)