On the evening of April 23, Bayer Arena, Bayer Arena, Leverkusen, Germany.

In the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Atletico Madrid challenged the pharmaceutical company Bayer Leverkusen away.

Yang Hao stood in front of the away team's coach's bench, looking around the stadium, and the stands were full of red seas.

Leverkusen's jersey is the red color that Yang Hao is most familiar with.

Bayer Arena has only a single level of stands, barely accommodating 22,500 people.

Although the number of people is small, the stands are covered with canopies, leaving only the bowl mouth above the court.

Coupled with the usual passion of the Bundesliga fans, the atmosphere in the stadium is excellent.

At this moment, in the stadium, the players of the two teams are preparing for their own games.

As soon as Yang Hao walked out of the players' tunnel, he ran into Leverkusen's head coach Topmueller.

It is estimated that many fans do not know him, and the 50-year-old Topmüller is like a shooting star, once dazzling in European football, but it was very short, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

Of course, his son also became a manager in the Bundesliga, which is another story.

Countless fans will think of Leverkusen when they think of Sanya Wang, but few people will remember Topmueller.

But this manager is definitely strong, and not weak.

This is evident in the Bayer Leverkusen he has built this season.

Leverkusen experienced turmoil last season, after Dom left the class, the pharmaceutical company changed four managers in a season, and although they finally finished fourth in the league, you can imagine what this season means for Leverkusen.

Before Atletico Madrid set off for the away game, many media, including those in Germany and Spain, were reminding Yang Hao that Topmuller's Bayer Leverkusen was actually very similar to Atletico Madrid.

Both insist on playing a very offensive and aggressive football.

But there are some differences.

When Topmüller first took over, Bayer Leverkusen oscillated between 352 and 442.

At the beginning, the league and cup were unbeaten in 15 games.

With this list of achievements, Topmüller surprised everyone.

The team then performed well in the Bundesliga and qualified for the second group stage of the Champions League.

The key turning point was in the second group stage.

Almost identical to Atletico's problems, Bayer Leverkusen also have little experience in the second group stage of the Champions League.

In the first game, Juventus, who were beaten by Atletico Madrid in the first group stage, were beaten 4-0 in Italy.

Is it conceivable?

After that, although they played back to Deportivo La Coruna at home, in the fourth round, they lost 1-4 away to Arsenal.

At this moment, Topmuller is clearly aware that his set can still be played in the Bundesliga, but it will not work in European football.

442 doesn't work, 352 will die even worse.

As a result, Topmuller made a change, removing a striker from the 442 diamond midfield position and strengthening the midfield.

Ballack, the core of the midfield, was withdrawn to the central midfield position, partnering LaMelo, and the number 10 midfield was placed in the Turkish core player Basturk, on the left was former Real Madrid player Ze Roberto, and on the right was the German international Schneider, who has the title of white Brazilian.

So far, Bayer Leverkusen has completed the transformation of the 4231 formation.

The pharmaceutical company also won two consecutive victories in the last two rounds of the group stage and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

It can be said that Topmueller's transformation during this period in February helped Bayer Leverkusen complete a metamorphosis.

In today's European football, 4231 is king!

Leverkusen's group of players is very strong, and they play very well in this set of 4231 formation.

Needless to say, Ze Roberto, Real Madrid signed him that year, which is enough to prove the strength and potential of the Brazilian, although he did not succeed in Real Madrid, he performed well at Bayer Leverkusen, and later went to Bayern Munich, which is also a proper powerhouse.

Basturk is also a very technical Turkish star and will take Turkey to a historic third place in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in '02.

The forward line is also good, with the 35-year-old veteran Kirsten still getting older, the 28-year-old Neuville even more playing, and a newly debuted Bulgarian rookie on the bench, dashing Gobertitov.

Bayer Leverkusen have been strong up front this season, which is why Topmüller has been playing attacking football.

They are the team with the most attacking firepower in the Bundesliga this season, not one of them.

But there is only one player at the heart of this Bayer Leverkusen team, Michael Ballack.

With a height of 1.89 meters and a weight of 90 kilograms, this seems to be the body template of a high-school striker or central defender who could not be more proper, right?

If this person can also provide excellent running, stable long and short passes, iron mental will, tenacious defense, and a keen sense of attacking back insertion, then this person should be regarded as a very rare B2B midfielder who has both offense and defense.

But what if he could build on that and provide a long-range shot with both feet and a world-class header?

I believe that when everyone sees this, they can't help but exclaim:, it's a perfect hexagon!

Looking at the current situation in 2002, Ballack is really a perfect midfielder for the German.

Even his midfield playmaking skills, which have the biggest gap between him and the top midfielders, are not inferior or even better than teammates like Schneider, who are known for their skills.

Therefore, in Yang Hao's previous life, when Bayern bought Ballack, it was hoped that he could replace Effenberg and become the organizer and number one star of Bayern's midfield.

It is conceivable that when such a well-rounded player appears in the midfield of any team, it can directly raise the midfield of that team to a higher level.

So, Topmüller's tactics are also very clever, which revolves around Ballack.

With strikers in front, Ze Roberto and Schneider on both sides, Basturk in the midfield and LaMelo in defense, Ballack can rush forward anytime and anywhere.

This is Leverkusen's most lethal tactic!

It is also the object that all teams must focus on when facing pharmaceutical companies.

Goalkeepers: Bout;

Defenders: Placent, Novotny, Zivkovic and Sebezen;

Midfielders: LaMelo and Ballack trail behind, ahead of Ze Roberto, Basturk and Schneider;

Forward: Neuville.

That's the starting line-up for Bayer Leverkusen tonight.

Yang Hao also saw a lot of familiar names in this, knew that this team was strong, and knew that this team was very good at attacking, but he still decided to press out and attack away!

……

The knockout stages of the Champions League are played with away goals in order to encourage attack.

As a result, in many cases, teams playing away from home tend to adopt a more aggressive tactical approach in the knockout rounds.

On the contrary, it is the home team, which is appropriately cautious and steady.

That's what Topmueller did tonight.

Before the game, he signaled the team to start the game appropriately steady and not be too aggressive, because Atletico are very good at attacking.

But in his heart, he still thinks that Yang Hao should be more cautious.

After all, this is a Champions League semi-final.

But what he didn't expect was that Yang Hao reflected his determination to forge ahead from the arrangement of troops.

When the players of both teams set up their respective positions, Topmueller saw that Atletico Madrid were adopting a 433 tactic.

People, still those people, but the tactics are different.

Goalkeepers: Van der Sar;

Defence: Aurelio, Carvalho, Lucio and Belletti;

Midfielders: Xavi Alonso in the middle, Deco and Baraja in the middle;

Forwards: Vicente, Adriano and Joaquin.

When everyone thought that Yang Hao would at least use the more secure 4231, he resolutely adopted the 433 formation.

The personnel are actually similar, but the biggest difference between the two sets of tactics is the strength of the full-backs' forward attack and the attacking core of the whole team.

The core of the 4231 formation is the forward midfielder of the 10th position, but the key to the 433 formation is the backward 4th position.

When the team has two midfielders, the two full-backs will not press up at the same time, but will choose to go up one, so that one of the two midfielders can be separated to help defend the wings.

But in the case of a single midfielder, both full-backs can be boldly pressed, at this time, the single back will be closer to the central defender, if necessary, the central defender can pull the side, and the single back can sink to the position of the central defender, becoming a back three.

This style of play is not uncommon in Barcelona's tactical system, and Atletico Madrid adopted this style of play tonight to be sure that they have the ability to control the ball in midfield.

And Yang Hao's style of play is very different from Barcelona, because he adds more on-the-spot counter-robbery and pressing in the front court, which is his common style of play in 4231 tactics.

On the one hand, the home team seeking stability at the beginning, and on the other hand, Atletico Madrid, which is mainly anti-guest, the scene can be imagined.

Under Atletico's aggressive pressing, Bayer Leverkusen's counter-attack was faster and more direct, but it also ran into problems immediately.

……

Beep!!

The linesman on the sidelines raises the flag.

As soon as Neuville rushed to the edge of the Atletico penalty area, he heard the referee's whistle, slowed his pace, and looked back to see the linesman's flag held high.

And the deafening boos at Bayer Arena.

"Damn it!" Neuville took a sip and ran back quickly.

This is already his second time in 7 minutes.

Atletico's defence was pressed very far forward, leaving a big gap behind them.

Due to the relatively open play of the Sheets, Bayer Leverkusen had two chances to hit behind them in the opening game, but both times they were offside, and Neuville was also drunk.

"Oliver, you're a little slower to start."

By the time Neuville returned to his position, the Turkish international Basturk spoke towards him.

"Can't slow down, both of them are very fast, but you, pass the ball faster, don't be slow."

Basturk's technique is indeed very good, but there is a common problem of technical players, which is that he likes to play with his footwork.

"I wanted to be fast, too, but they grabbed it fiercely." Basturk was also helpless.

After a pause, he added, "You say, are they physically able to run like this?" ”

Atletico is a collective action, not a single player.

Even Adriano, who is 1.89 meters tall, is running, counter-robbing, and very active.

This is something that others don't know, and Bayer Leverkusen's players have a say.

Ballack is about the same height in their team, but he can't run like Adriano and slower.

"Who knows?" Neuville looked at his own half with some confusion.

He really couldn't understand the opening.

Atletico Madrid seemed to completely ignore the defense behind them, rushing forward vigorously, and counter-attacking when they lost the ball.

Bayer Leverkusen just played steadily, but they were not conservative at all, how they should play and how they played, but they were still suppressed.

Especially the two wings.

Atletico's two full-backs were almost all pressed into midfield.

"Is that all the teams in La Liga like that?"

But Neuville quickly shook his head, because the Deportivo they had encountered before was not like that.

Super Laco also plays 4231, and Iruetta's team is not so aggressive in terms of tactics.

"They're going to score away goals."

Attack!

Are Atletico really so confident in their attacking prowess?

Just as Neuville was guessing, the referee blew the whistle again.

Fouled!

On the right side of the side, in the place of Sebeczen.

Neuville made a quick run and found that it was Sebetzen who had fouled Vicente while defending Vicente.

At this moment, the Spanish winger was falling to the ground with a pained expression on his face.

The referee raised a yellow card towards Sebetzen and gave Atletico a set-piece on the left side of the pitch.

Damn it!

It's not a good thing that a defender carries a yellow card so early.

Sebetzen is tall, reaching 1.89 meters, turning and agility are not his strong points, and it is already difficult to face a Spanish winger like Vicente, plus an active Aurelio, it is even more disadvantageous.

"Bernd, keep an eye on your target." From the sidelines, there was a shout from head coach Topmueller.

Schneider is one of the few technical players in the German midfield, but defense is not his strong point.

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone hurry up and get ready to defend from a free kick." Captain Novot Nelang shouted.

Then, the captain, who had the demeanor of a general, walked over again, comforted Sebezen, and nodded at Schneider, which obviously meant that he should pay attention next.

On Atletico's side, Aurelio was on the penalty spot.

When the Brazilian set the ball to retreat, Sebetzen walked over and protested that he had moved closer to the penalty spot and had to withdraw somewhat.

"Cheer up and keep this time! Come on, Bayer Leverkusen!! Novotny clapped vigorously.

"Come on!!" Everyone else followed suit.

Aurelio made a quick run forward and curled a quick left-footed shot.

"Here comes the ball, be careful!" Novotny shouted.

But the voice did not fall, the speed of the ball was too fast, and when everyone was judging the landing point, suddenly a strong and vigorous figure came out from the side, and went straight to the front of the goal.

When Lucio's whole person jumped, he was like a giant, so that everyone couldn't help but look up.

The Brazilian centre-back also smashed the ball hard into the Bayer Leverkusen goal.

The ball grazed the fingertips of goalkeeper Bout with great speed and drilled into the left side of the goal.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"Just 7 minutes into the game, 7 minutes, Atletico scored first!"

"A header from Lucio!"

'The Brazilian centre-back attacked with a brilliant set-piece and headed past Bayer Leverkusen.

"1 to 0!"

When Lucio hit the ground, it was as if the entire stadium was shaking.

Bayer Leverkusen's players were shocked.

But the Brazilian centre-back was already roaring in anger and rushed off the pitch with all his might, heading straight for Aurelio.

The other Atletico players also followed, rushed to the sidelines, and hugged each other.

Yang Hao was also excited!

It was a valuable away goal!

……

Lucio's goal seemed to knock down the first domino, and Bayer Leverkusen began to lose their breath.

The pace of the game began to pick up.

Just seven minutes later, Ze Roberto threatened Atletico's goal with a direct free-kick.

Although he couldn't shoot on target, it also made everyone break out in a cold sweat.

1 minute later, Atletico returned to color.

Joaquín broke through on the right flank, forced past Presente on the left of Bayer Leverkusen, rushed into the right side of the penalty area, and passed a low ball to the goal, but the pass was too close to the goalkeeper.

Bout strikes to hold the ball.

Adriano's central pick-up was a little slower.

The two teams began a back-and-forth attack, but in this case, Atletico's midfield always held Ballack at bay.

Whether it was Deco's passing and combing, or Baraja's back insertion, Bayer Leverkusen did not dare to be careless, causing Ballack to be more distracted by the interception and defense of the midfield, and never found an opportunity to step forward.

On the offensive end, Yang Hao began to change his strategy.

Sebezen's yellow card forced him to throw a bogey, so Yang Hao motioned to Vicente and Aurelio to hit this side hard.

At the same time, it also allows the team to play more on the left side when organizing the attack.

In the 24th minute, Baraja combined with Belletti to steal Ze Roberto's dribble on the right flank, and quickly distributed it to Xavi Alonso, who slid forward and gave it to Deco in the gap.

Deco sent a diagonal pass over the top to the back of the Bayer Leverkusen defence.

The two sides played attacking football, and Leverkusen kept revealing gaps behind them.

Vicente stepped forward as fast as he could, straight behind Sebezen, caught up with Deco's pass and stepped into the box.

Bayer Leverkusen's right-back did not dare to foul when he had already received a yellow card, but the speed could not catch up with Vicente, and he could only watch him disappear.

As soon as Vicente burst into the box, he crossed with his feet, and Adriano in the middle gave up.

Joaquín on the right side followed, stopped on the right side of the penalty area, and shot directly with his feet, and the football scored in response.

2 to 0!

The Bayer Arena was filled with cheers from Atletico Madrid fans.

Although there were only 1,000 people, they made a huge amount of noise.

But in the 32nd minute of the first half, Bayer Leverkusen's midfielder LaMelo sent an overhead diagonal pass from the back, Ze Roberto took the ball on the left side, and when he faced Lucio one-on-one on the outside of the penalty area, he relied on his personal ability to send a cross.

But this cross was a little floating, Basturk and Neuville in the middle failed to fight for the top at all, the ball fell to the right side of the penalty area, Schneider grabbed ahead of Aurelio, grabbed the landing point, and after a glance at the penalty area, hurriedly buckled the ball and passed diagonally to the front of the penalty area.

While everyone's attention was drawn to Basturk and Neuville, a red-black figure rushed towards Atletico's penalty area, like an unreasonable tank.

Ballack rushed to the edge of the penalty area, did not stop the ball, met Schneider's pass, and shot straight away.

A powerful earth-shattering volley broke through Van der Sar's goal.

The Dutch goalkeeper couldn't do anything about it either.

1 to 2!

The game is in full swing.

Neither side was conservative.

Whether it is Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen, they insist on playing against each other and unreservedly restrain their opponents.

In the 37th minute, Adriano forcibly carried Leverkusen's defender in the penalty area, turned and volleyed with his right foot.

From the ensuing corner, Xavi Alonso took it and Lucio once again grabbed the spot and headed home from close range.

"Beam!"

"The crossbar saved Bayer Leverkusen!"

"Oh my God, tonight's game, both teams played really well."

'Atletico's corner was very dangerous and Lucio's header hit the crossbar.

But Bayer Leverkusen soon returned to colour as well.

Ballack sent a pick-up pass, Neuville successfully countered offside, burst into the penalty area and stabbed the ball on his chest, facing Van der Sar, who had already rushed to him, he hurriedly kicked out.

The ball slid past the goal.

Towards the end of the first half, Basturk faced Xavi Alonso and Baraja defenders on the edge of the box, and he forced his way out of the way with the ball, barely getting up to shoot at goal, but it was a little wide.

In the end, the first half ended with Atletico taking a temporary lead of 2-1.

……

At halftime, Yang Hao told his players that Bayer Leverkusen would take the lead in launching a frantic counterattack in the second half.

'It's like a game of cowards and momentum is important because it's not just about this game, it's about our second leg at home, so tonight, we're going to have to press Bayer Leverkusen anyway!"

Yang Hao said very excitedly in the locker room.

Now Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, whoever retreats first is a coward, and the momentum will be weaker, which will further boost the opponent's momentum.

There is no so-called lying down and suffering in a football game, because it only has 90 points, and at most it is 180 minutes over two legs, how long can it endure?

Besides, Yang Hao had already made up his mind to attack his opponent.

Because it's away.

If you really want to play against the attack, Atletico Madrid has scored enough away goals, as long as you don't lose, you will make a lot of money.

"Guys!"

Yang Hao looked at all the players in front of him, and he looked over one by one.

These players are also looking at their manager.

In the past two years, they have played under Yang Hao, they have become one, the relationship with each other is very harmonious, and the players have been constantly stimulated by Yang Hao.

Now, many of them are even well-known European stars in their positions, or even hot supernovas.

Yang Hao is different from all other head coaches for them.

They have a heart-to-heart trust in Yang Hao!

"This is the first time we've seen a Champions League final and believe me, as long as we get to the final, whether it's Real Madrid or Deportivo La Coruna, I'll lead you to the title!"

When Yang Hao said this, he was very confident, unprecedentedly confident.

"I'm going to arrange this tactic tonight because I have a lot of faith in you!"

"I know you're the strongest, and you can get stronger!"

"I've always felt that the career of a professional footballer is like going up a hill with rolling stones, it's hard and tiring, but the harvest is fascinating and fulfilling, and we have worked so hard to get to where we are today, and I need you to work hard, grit your teeth and win Bayer Leverkusen."

And then ...... At the Calderón Stadium, we reached the final together and won the Champions League! ”

The players were all stimulated by Yang Hao's words.

The Champions League, that's definitely what all professional footballers dream of.

Yang Hao could even clearly feel that many players' breathing became rapid.

……

After the rematch in the second half, Bayer Leverkusen clearly began to intensify their attack.

If there is anything wrong with this pharmaceutical factory, it is probably that they like to attack in positional warfare too much.

For example, their leading forwards Neuville and Kirsten are both less than 1.8 meters tall, and the dashing brother is not short, but he is not qualified for a haircut at the moment.

Ze Roberto, Basturk and Schneider in front are not the type that can attack in positional battles, so Ballack's role in the front court is particularly obvious many times.

And in the second half, when Leverkusen decisively pressed the attack, it put considerable pressure on Atletico Madrid.

First, Schneider sent a diagonal pass on the right side, and Basturk burst into the penalty area and hit the goal directly, which was blocked by Deco, who was chasing all the way.

It wasn't long before Ze Roberto threatened Atletico's goal with a long-range shot from the left.

The quality of the shot from distance was good, but Atletico had a glowing Van Terman standing in front of goal.

Atletico soon returned to color.

Vicente and Adriano combined for a one-two before the Brazilian was pulled down from behind just as the Brazilian was about to burst into the box.

Adriano protested that it was a foul, but the referee signaled for the game to continue.

Atletico's counter-attack did not stop Bayer Leverkusen or slow down their attack.

The German team was extremely tenacious and created dangerous situations on several occasions.

It wasn't until the 58th minute that Leverkusen's attack slowed down slightly, and Atletico's attack immediately improved.

Or Vicente's left!

Tonight, Yang Hao kept attacking Sebetzen's side when he saw that he received a yellow card early, and if he could, he even hoped that Vicente would take Sebetzen off the field and let Atletico have a numerical advantage.

This time it was a diagonal pass from Xavi Alonso, Vicente faced Sebezen, split the ball on the left flank, and sprinted quickly, leaving the Leverkusen right wing-back behind once again.

Vicente caught up with his pass as fast as he could, rushed to the left side of the penalty area, faced the rushing Zivkovic, he once again slid the ball to the baseline, he picked up speed and chased after it, where the bottom line and the left sideline of the penalty area met, he got up and crossed to the middle.

Adriano, who was chasing after him all the way, did not miss it again this time, directly met Vicente's pass, and shot with his right foot.

He is now fully aware of the benefits of being able to shoot with both his left and right feet.

His shot was crisp and powerful, and the angle went straight to the right side of the goal.

Goalkeeper Bout scrambled sideways, but in the end he couldn't reach it.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"3 to 1 !!"

"In the 59th minute of the second half, Atletico once again played a quick attack on the left flank."

"Vicente had a sharp ball through, connected two defenders on the left flank, and then passed the ball to the middle, where Adriano followed up and volleyed home!"

"It was Atletico's third goal of the night!"

Yang Hao ran out after seeing Adriano's goal, and immediately walked out with a smile, stretched out his hand, and wanted to high-five him, but unexpectedly, the Brazilian grabbed Yang Hao and pulled him out of the coach's command area, which was directly a warm hug.

"Hey, yellow card, yellow card!" Although Yang Hao was happy in his heart, he had just received a yellow card not long ago.

The player is excited, why don't you care about your yellow card? Crowding around the manager is a celebration.

When the referee came over and called them back to play, they dispersed in a hurry and threw Yang Hao to the referee very unjustly.

The referee tonight was Denmark's Nelson.

Yang Hao waited until the players dispersed, then tidied up his clothes, then looked at Nelson, and spread his hands innocently, "I was kidnapped, you have to be calm." ”

Nelson himself is happy, I'm the referee, what am I calm?

"I know, I've seen it all, you should go back quickly." This Dane is not bad.

Yang Hao hurriedly walked back to the line, and then he had a sense of security.

NND, are these monkeys crazy?

If I get sent off, see how you play!

Well, but if the manager is sent off and the players lose their commander and perform even better, then who will be embarrassed?

……

When Atletico scored their third goal, there was nothing to say about the game.

Topmuller made a decisive substitution and replaced him with the dashing Gobertitar in order to strengthen his ability to hold the ball up front.

Obviously, he was aware of it, too.

In the face of Atletico Madrid's strong attacking power, Ballack was more distracted in the midfield confrontation and rarely inserted back.

At this point, Bayer Leverkusen need to have a solid point of possession in the middle of the pitch.

Berbatov is undoubtedly a pretty reliable character.

The current Berbatov is only 20 years old, not long after his debut, a proper rookie, where do he dare to pretend to be chic, and he still performs very hard after coming on the bench.

Yang Hao decisively made substitution adjustments and strengthened the team's midfield.

But in the 79th minute, a counterattack by Bayer Leverkusen, Ballack seized the opportunity and cut in, and hit another long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, which hit Carvalho and failed to threaten the goal, but in the scramble in the penalty area, Neuville seized the opportunity and stabbed the ball into the Atletico goal.

2 to 3!

As the game entered the 80th minute, the Leverkusen players were physically exhausted and began to lose possession of the ball in midfield.

In the last ten minutes, Atletico Madrid frequently organized and planned attacks.

Especially in the 81st minute, Yang Hao replaced Diego Forlan and adopted a double-striker tactic, suppressed Leverkusen in the front court, and frequently created opportunities.

But alas, he couldn't score.

3-2, Atletico beat Bayer Leverkusen away!

……

Losing 3-2 at home to Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen were clearly disappointed with the result.

Head coach Topmüller said after the game that Atletico's bravery was beyond their expectations.

'We always knew that Atletico were a recognizable, tenacious, strong team, but we didn't expect them to be so tactically brave tonight.

'We conceded three goals and it didn't have to be washed, but the most important thing for us now is to learn from this defeat and they played better.'

Despite the defeat at home, Topmüller says he has not given up hope of leading his side to the Champions League final.

'We all know that the Champions League semi-finals are difficult, the opponents are going to be difficult, and the defeat at home will undoubtedly make it even more difficult, but we still have to be confident.'

"Judging from the course of this game, we still have a chance to beat our opponents in Madrid and get the right to qualify."

Yang Hao was satisfied with the result of this game, and at the same time felt that the process was not bad.

"If you hadn't conceded those two goals."

Yang Hao praised Ballack, believing that Ballack was the figure of Ballack in both goals, he was the most important player for Bayer Leverkusen in this game, and he was also a very headache opponent for Atletico Madrid.

'I told the players before the game that there was a player in the squad who deserved their attention, and that was Ballack, who scored a lot of goals in the Champions League and the Bundesliga this season.

'He's a very attacking midfielder.

For Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao said that now is not the best time, "I have always said that we can still improve and become stronger. ”

'There were some things we didn't do well in this game, for example, we didn't handle possession well in front of the opposition's pressing and defending, and that's a problem for us.

'Of course, we also had things that we did well, such as running, speed and getting the ball out of the way.

For the next game, Yang Hao said that he was full of confidence.

"I said we're going to be in the final, and no matter who we are, we're going to win!"

From the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, when he played Panathinekos, to the time he played against Bayer Leverkusen, La Liga played two league games.

Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at home and Alaves 1-0 away to make it two wins in a row.

But Real Madrid also beat Osasuna 3-1 away and Tenerife 4-1 at home, also winning two in a row.

So far, the two teams are still two points apart in the league points.

With 3 rounds left in La Liga, the ownership of the La Liga title is still full of suspense.

Yang Hao once again stressed that he firmly believes that Real Madrid will make mistakes.

"Whether we win the championship or not, we're going to win everything." Yang Hao said firmly.

Whether they can win the championship or not, the next thing depends on whether Real Madrid will make mistakes.

But the end of the win is Yang Hao's requirement for the team.

The two are not in conflict.

The other match in the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid's away game against Deportivo La Coruna, is scheduled for tomorrow.

There were also media reporters at the scene who asked Yang Hao what he thought about the game.

'For me, whoever wins or loses is the same, and we don't mind if it's Real Madrid or Deportivo La Coruna. Yang Hao smiled confidently.

……

When Atletico Madrid returned from Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, Real Madrid also headed north to Deportivo La Coruna to challenge their opponents.

Irueta still uses a 4231 formation to meet the battle.

In this game, Real Madrid's main big player Figo was injured and was absent, so Bosque arranged Solari as a right midfielder.

Real Madrid adopts a 442 formation away from home, and the double striker is not Morientes, but Raul and Guti.

After the opening, Real Madrid turned against the guest and took the initiative to put pressure on Deportivo La Coruna.

But Super Laco was well organized defensively and had the upper hand on the field.

In the 13th minute, Elgra sent a through ball that Raul cut in behind Deportivo La Coruna and got past the onrushing goalkeeper Molina to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

Subsequently, Deportivo fought back hard, and the attack became more and more fierce, while Real Madrid calmed down and slowly waited for the opportunity.

The smell of gunpowder on the pitch is also getting stronger.

Both sides missed a lot of opportunities in the first half, but after the second half of the rematch, not long after, Raul retreated in the middle to get the ball, sent a diagonal pass, Zidane successfully countered offside, entered the left side of the penalty area, received the ball to form a single knife, and gently picked up with his right foot, and sent the ball into Deportivo LaCoruna's goal again.

2 to 0!

In the 81st minute, Real Madrid midfielder Makelele quickly formed a counterattack after breaking the ball, and played three against two in the front.

Zinedine Zidane crosses and Guti pushes a left-footed shot, but the angle is too straight and the ball is saved by goalkeeper Molina.

At the critical moment, it was Raul who stepped forward and scored with a kick to seal the victory for Real Madrid.

3 to 0!

The score was maintained until the end of the game.

Real Madrid beat Deportivo 3-0 away from home with a clean sweep.

This immediately caused a shock in the entire European football world.

Real Madrid were too strong in this semi-final.

Although Real Madrid is indeed a little passive on the field, in terms of the number of threats created, Real Madrid is far ahead.

And the final score was also 3-0, which was still far ahead.

If Atletico Madrid's 3-2 yesterday made everyone optimistic, then Real Madrid's 3-0 shocked everyone, and even many people believe that Real Madrid is ushering in its best form!

Real Madrid boss Bosque declined to talk about the Champions League final, saying only that his team had the initiative.

But Bosque added that Real Madrid have reached the Champions League final 11 times in their history, winning eight titles, and the winning rate in the final is impressive enough, and the last two Champions League finals have won both titles.

All the media and fans also agreed with Bosque's stats, as Real Madrid reached the Champions League final for the third time in five years, winning the first two times.

Even in 2000, Cooper's Valencia was unbeatable, but in the final, it was swept 3-0 by Real Madrid.

'The Champions League final is different from all the other competitions in that it's more experience-oriented.

Oscar, a gold medal reporter for the newspaper As, analyzed in a column.

"If we really run into the boy scouts of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid will clean up Atletico Madrid like they did Valencia two years ago."

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