In the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 04-05 season, the two groups of battles were divided almost simultaneously.

AC Milan won a huge advantage of 3:1 in the first leg away, but when they returned to their home stadium, they were actually killed by Liverpool, who are currently only in fifth place in the Premier League!

This is indeed beyond everyone's expectations, Liverpool's performance in the Premier League has deteriorated in the past two seasons, including last season's performance in the Champions League.

So this season, everyone thinks that Liverpool is likely to go home in the group stage.

But I didn't expect this veteran Premier League giant, which has stumbled since the beginning of the group stage and lost one game in each round, to be able to stage a comeback from defeat to victory away from home every time.

However, the suspense of the other set of focus matchups is not so great, including the excitement is far less than the one as a foil.

After Barcelona returned to the home stadium, they basically pressed Chelsea's hammer to blast, and the first half easily forced it to a desperate situation 1-0.

But it is different from Liverpool, which can fight against the odds and achieve a counterattack.

Chelsea, the nouveau riche, was obviously unable to follow, and the second half was actually pulled to the end.

In the end, the two sides remained deadlocked, maintaining the score of 1:0 until the end.

But did Chelsea really lose by that one goal?

Zhang Desheng felt that this game was wrong anyway, because the backward Chelsea in the second half was far from being a breakthrough in the offensive end, and even more based on defense.

Mourinho's face has always been ugly, and he finally chose "people don't kill for themselves"!

This game is not important for him to lose or win, but to continue to stay on the main stage.

To be honest, this season's Chelsea is still a lot worse in terms of hardware configuration, and they really don't have the innate elements to win the championship!

If it weren't for Mourinho's utilitarian tactical system, this group would either not have grown up, or their fame is greater than their strength, or their defense is greater than their offensive composition, and it would be good to change the head coach to enter the knockout round.

He really needs to continue to strengthen his squad in the summer while also having another season to grind in.

But even if he is given an extra 100 million in the summer to buy people and another season to run in, Mourinho is not absolutely sure that he will be able to go to the end in the Champions League.

The current European football has come to a new version, to put it bluntly, last season's Porto is in the iteration period between the old version and the new version.

But since this season, the new version has stabilized, and the teams that are not strong enough in the new version will be much more difficult to win the Champions League than in the previous two years.

He also knows very well that in the current situation, as long as Chelsea dares to attack in the second half, then the final score will not be less than 5:0!

If this is really the result, then his efforts in the past few years may have to be lost in one wave, at least a label of "not suitable for the top league/top team" will be pasted, and at the same time, the statement that "the triple crown is all dependent on Zhang Gongzi to lie down" will also be conclusive.

His personal prestige would have diminished dramatically, even if he could have stayed at Chelsea for another year with treble-winning credentials.

But at that time, the team's convincing ability in him will be greatly reduced, and it is likely that there will be a situation of "the team is not easy to lead", and it will be even more difficult to hit the Champions League and league championships.

So for Mourinho, today was really a small loss.

Their 1-0 defeat away from home is really not an unacceptable result for Chelsea, who were born in mud, after all, they are also a remnant.

Then think about it, they reached the last four of the Champions League in their first season after regrouping, and they have a good chance of securing second place in the domestic league, especially since they have not yet been eliminated from the FA Cup.

Hey? How does it sound good?

Mourinho really didn't look at so many Chinese classics in vain, this is really a step back and the sky is wide.

Anyway, after this game was only a 0:1 loss to Barcelona, it was the bosses to the coaches to the players, and even the British media were able to help them find some reasons to save their dignity.

But Barcelona, who were the winners, didn't bother to celebrate, and they immediately set their sights on Liverpool.

"Liverpool have struggled in recent seasons in both league and European competitions, but they have reached the Champions League final unexpectedly, do you think they will beat your team in one fell swoop?"

It was a provocation by the disappointed and relieved British media at the post-match press conference, but it was these British media who were the least optimistic about Liverpool along the way.

"Dignity, recognition, are all fought from the battlefield, we will not underestimate any opponent, but we also have the confidence to defeat any opponent!"

Zhang Gongzi really attaches great importance to Liverpool, even more than Chelsea, because as a traverser, he knows too well what kind of miracle Liverpool has accomplished this season.

Of course, the AC Milan who were nailed to the shame post have now been overturned in the semi-finals.

But this is not a good thing for AC Milan, because they have escaped a black history that cannot be redeemed.

This kind of knockout round has happened too many times in the history of the Champions League, and even AC Milan was killed last season, so this kind of defeat is far from being nailed to the shame post.

But if the first half of the final is 3-0 up and the game is overturned, the level of shame is completely incomparable.

Let's put it this way, AC Milan, which was originally on the plane, was actually disgraced after only a year.

But people don't remember the aftermath of their revenge, but as time goes on, the mark of that humiliating reversal grows deeper and deeper.

That's why Mourinho chose to take a step back, as small defeats, even if not too outrageous, can be quickly forgotten.

But the impressive humiliating fiasco/legendary victory will become more and more visible over time.

Therefore, Zhang Gongzi of this plane must be cautious and cautious!

He doesn't want to suffer such an indelible humiliation on behalf of AC Milan, it will be a huge stain on his future rise to the top of the ball, absolutely unacceptable!

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Gongzi is also very nervous, especially at this time Liverpool has no possibility of rising to the fourth place in the league, and their Champions League qualification for next season can no longer be obtained from the league, unless they can automatically qualify for the Champions League next season as the defending champion.

Therefore, Liverpool, which has no way out and can only win and cannot lose, does have the prerequisites for a back-to-back battle.

However, the final will not start until 21 days later, and the venue of the match will be "Istanbul", which is unfamiliar to many fans at this time.

Originally, the city did not know how famous they would be in the world in the future, and part of the reason was this "Istanbul Night".

If Zhang Gongzi snuffed out this magical battle, then the city would become an indirect victim.

But what does it matter to him?

Wouldn't it be a shame that one of these classic battles in European football is missing?

He is a Chinese who doesn't care, just like he doesn't care about his arrival at all, but makes Porto lose a League Cup title!

Barcelona were quick to be glad that none of their players needed to go back to play for their national team, as Brazil and Spain had already qualified for the third stage of World Cup qualifying.

The same is true for Zhang Gongzi's Macau team, which allows all of Barcelona's starters to be distracted and focus on preparing for the season's finale.

As for the league, it is naturally a casual kick, and the first task is to help Zhang Gongzi brush up the data.

On May 8, Barcelona returned to the league against Valencia.

Zhang Desheng only played the second half of this game, and Rijkaard has begun to use a large number of rotation players at this time in order to accumulate physical energy for the main team.

But for Zhang Gongzi, one half is enough for him to set a new milestone.

In the 84th minute of the second half, just when Valencia's players' physical fitness began to decline, their first priority task of "preventing Zhang Gongzi from scoring" was finally somewhat relaxed.

Zhang Gongzi seized a defense that Ayala and Fabio did not cooperate with each other well, and used the agility and acceleration of up to 92 to forcibly complete a series of feints in the sandwich of the two, and even shook both of them down one after another, and then seemed to stumble a little stumbling into the penalty area, and directly punched a tricky outside instep volley through the gate guarded by Palop.

50th goal!

Zhang Desheng used a nickname scene to create an unprecedented legendary record in the five major leagues!

Today's influx of 100,000 fans at the Camp Nou witnessed a new history, and even the shirts they wore were officially custom-made commemorative shirts for this unprecedented record.

And the scene of 100,000 Barcelona fans wearing the "No. 50 jersey" shouting this number together is actually a famous scene worth remembering.

Barcelona's management is even ready to retire the number and put the "No. 50 shirt" in the team's museum as soon as Zhang Desheng officially sets this magical record.

This kind of specification seems too high, but considering the rarity and historical significance of this record, and Zhang Gongzi's future status in football, it is not too exaggerated to deal with this kind of treatment that can greatly enhance the team's heritage and commercial value.

Zhang Gongzi was also very excited about himself, but his next celebration was even more exciting, only to see him quickly take off his No. 9 jersey......

At this time, the referee smiled and pulled out a yellow card not far away, ready to wait for him to celebrate before going up to congratulate.

But in the next second, the whistle on his mouth almost fell.

Because, after Zhang Desheng took off a jersey, he was still wearing one?

The most outrageous thing is that it is still a "number 50" shirt worth 150 euros!?

He knew so well because he quietly went to the store to buy one before the game, and complained to the fans that Barcelona's price was too dark.

"Matryoshka dolls? So do you want to play a card? Or do you want to go straight to the red card? ”

The referee was directly dumbfounded, if Zhang Desheng only celebrated with the first jersey, he would really be stuck in a BUG!

But fortunately, Zhang Gongzi, who took off one piece, immediately took off the second one.

Then, he held up the "No. 50" jersey with both hands, and stood in the center circle and made a classic action of drying the jersey one by one!

The atmosphere at the Camp Nou has also reached a climax in this process, and it is estimated that there have not been many times since the stadium was built, and the Valencia players even have the illusion that they are going to be blown away by the heat!

"Made, our Chinese players can actually be embraced like gods in European football and top giants?"

"It's amazing, this scene reminds me of the scene of the national carnival when Germany and Austria merged!"

"It's so embarrassing for us! Can an athlete be embraced like a king abroad? ”

"The national football team is going to eat! Return us Zhang Desheng! ”

“……”

This scene at Camp Nou is only shocking in the eyes of overseas fans, and the emotions they raise the most are only worship.

But in the eyes of domestic fans, such a shocking scene is really a surging national self-confidence, especially the old fans who have been injured by Chinese football for 20 years, it is difficult not to moisten their eyes when they see this kind of scene!

Therefore, even the national support of the Macau team has jumped directly to 44%, and it is estimated that 91% of the support here is brought by Zhang Gongzi alone.

(End of chapter)