masters-orleans Chapter 601 Decisive Battle at Dragon Stadium
Chapter 601 Decisive Battle at Dragon Stadium
Chapter 601 Decisive Battle at Dragon Stadium
This year's European football glory belongs to the Premier League and La Liga.
The two heroes of Manchester and City are attacking together to conquer Europe.
Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time in team history, pointing to the top of Europe.
In the long groping, Manchester United ushered in the dawn and got involved in the Europa League.
Real Madrid, the king of Europe, seeks defeat alone on the top of Mount Hua.
The hardcore yellow submarine, which has been lurking for many years, finally strikes with a bright sword.
The two peak duels are on the verge of breaking out.
Villarreal coach Emery once led Sevilla to win three consecutive championships, abruptly turning the Europa League into the Sevilla Cup.
This will be his fourth Europa League title.
Ten years ago, if any fans heard that Manchester United was going to play in the Europa League, it would be absolutely fantasy.
The Red Devils Manchester United at the time were frequent visitors to the Champions League semi-finals.
With Ferguson's retirement, Manchester United seems to have changed a team and fell directly out of the top giants.
Since Ferguson retired in 13, in eight years, Manchester United has won a Europa League, an FA Cup, a League Cup and an FA Cup.
As the team that won the Premier League championship, Manchester United has not won the championship for eight years.
Even getting into the top four is very difficult.
This Europa League final is very important to them.
On paper strength, Manchester United is stronger than Villarreal.
Emery, who is experienced in the Europa League, relies on a 4-4-2 formation to consume Manchester United's offense.
Solskjaer's Manchester United still focuses on flying on both wings, which is also in Huang Qian's arms.
The position of the four midfielders just clamps down on Manchester United's two wings.
And Villarreal took advantage of a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt to take the lead in breaking Manchester United's goal.
In the second half, Manchester United strengthened the attack in the middle, and cooperated with the wide players to cut in, and oppressed Huang Qian's penalty area.
Although Rashford's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was blocked, Cavani, who was ambushing in the penalty area, made a clever supplementary shot to equalize the score.
The tie was also maintained until the last second of regular game time, and the two sides entered overtime.
The 30-minute overtime game is more like a contest of will and physical fitness.
Both teams showed 100% desire to fight and dragged the game into a penalty shootout.
After 11 rounds of super-long penalty kicks, De Gea missed a point and gave the championship to Villarreal.
The La Liga team wins a game first.
Three days later, it was the Champions League final between Manchester City and Real Madrid.
The final venue is the Dragon Stadium in Porto, Portugal.
Under the leadership of Guardiola, Manchester City has gone through several years of tempering and finally reached the final.
This season, Manchester City won the domestic league championship and the League Cup championship, still maintaining the supremacy of the Premier League.
On their way to qualify for the Champions League, they also overcame strong enemies and stepped onto the stage of the Champions League final step by step.
However, Real Madrid has had bumps and bumps this season and made it through in a thrilling manner.
The media agreed that Manchester City's winning percentage is higher than Real Madrid's in terms of bench depth and personnel structure.
Real Madrid, which was plagued by injuries, did not submit the squad until the deadline for UEFA to submit the list of matches.
The Spanish media breathed a sigh of relief when Ramos, Varane, Carvajal and others made their comebacks.
Two hours before the game, the two sides submitted the starting squad for the game.
Manchester City starting:
Goalkeeper: Ederson Morais.
Defense: Zinchenko, Ruben Dias, Stones, Kyle Walker.
Midfield: De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva.
Forwards: Mahrez, Sterling, Foden.
On the bench, Aguero, Jesus, Fernandinho, Rodri and others are on standby.
Real Madrid starters:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.
Defense: Ferland Mendy, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal.
Midfielders: Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Modric.
Forwards: Rossi, Benzema, Vinicius.
This is the most used by Real Madrid this season and is currently the strongest starting lineup.
As an old opponent, Guardiola is not surprised by Real Madrid's starting arrangement.
After all, there are not many places that can be adjusted.
In contrast, Manchester City's starting lineup has been adjusted to varying degrees before each game.
In the 4:1 semi-final victory over Greater Paris, De Bruyne was even placed in the center position.
Regarding the whole job, no one can guess Guardiola.
Pintus led the players to warm up on the court.
On such an important occasion as the Champions League final, whether players can quickly enter the game state has a great relationship with the warm-up before the game.
Moreover, Ramos and others have just returned from injury, and the warm-up before the game is sufficient to avoid re-injury during the game.
Fans of the two teams entered the arena one after another, and sat down according to the camps arranged by the venue, blue and white, clearly distinguishing each other.
The two presidents sat on the rostrum and chatted with the FIFA president.
This may be the most arrogant club president in the past 20 years.
Florentino's "superstar policy" opened the "Golden Dollar Era" in football.
Then he entered Real Madrid for the second time and introduced Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo for 9400 million euros and Gareth Bale for 1 million euros. The player's worth began to enter the "[-] million yuan era".
Mansour, the owner of Manchester City, rarely appeared on the scene to watch the Blue Moon game.
The first time was in the 2009-10 season, when Manchester City played against Liverpool.
This is the second time.
He gave Guardiola enough signing funds, did not restrain him at the football level, added enough patience, and then waited to win the championship.
Since Mansour of the United Arab Emirates entered Manchester City in 2008, the Blue Moon Legion has won 16 championships so far.
If they win the Champions League in this game, Manchester City will truly become a wealthy club.
The temperature in Porto tonight is 20℃, the breeze is not dry, it is most suitable for sports.
After completing the warm-up, the players were already sweating a little, and they were full of energy.
In the locker room, Real Madrid is doing the final pre-match mobilization.
Even in the Champions League final, Zidane always looked relaxed.
"I said that when we played against Chelsea, we will be champions if we reach the final."
"That's not what I'm joking about!"
"This season, we have gone through a lot and encountered a lot of difficulties. It is not easy to get here."
"But I have confidence in you!"
"It's not unfounded, it's not the first time you've played in the Champions League final."
"You have already won the championship."
"Let me count..."
"Vinicius, Rodrigo, Militao, Mendy..."
"You guys already won the championship last season. There are not many of you who won the championship as the main players at such a young age."
"You have to learn from the old players, such as Sergio, Luca, Toni, Karim, Rafael, they have won the Champions League four times."
"By the way, there is another person. He is even stronger. He has entered the Champions League final for five consecutive years."
After speaking, everyone looked at Rossi.
"I say this not to make you proud. I want to say that we will play the Champions League final more than any other team in the world!"
"Experience cannot be gained through practice. It is a valuable asset accumulated over a long period of time."
"I have confidence in you!"
"The champion belongs to Madrid!"
“Hala Madrid!!!”
(End of this chapter)