928 Finals
On the evening of April 30, the Bernabeu Stadium.
In the 34th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faces Zaragoza at home.
This is the first home game that Real Madrid has ushered in after winning the King's Cup. Before the game, the team's chief and deputy captains Casillas and Ramos entered the stadium with the King's Cup trophy, showing more than 80,000 fans on the scene another championship trophy that Real Madrid has won this season.
The fans at the scene exclaimed and were all satisfied with the team's current status.
Although he is still behind Barcelona in the league, Real Madrid has shown great strength, especially since he has beaten Barcelona three times so far this season, which has made Real Madrid very excited. Now that the King's Cup is in hand, the team defeated Manchester United three-to-one in the Champions League semi-finals, showing good momentum.
Everyone is convinced that the team will gain something in the final stage.
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In this game, Benitez did not arrange for the main lineup to play, including Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Robben, who either sat on the bench or appeared in the stands, but did not appear in the lineup.
The same goes for Xavi Alonso and Mascherano.
When the team's chief and deputy captain entered the court with the King's Cup, the live broadcast camera frequently pointed at Yang Yang in the stands. He was sitting in the stands with Su Ye, his mother, and his agent Raiola, who had a bulge in his lower abdomen. He looked in a good mood. When he saw himself appearing on the big screen of the stadium, he waved to the fans on the scene, which caused a burst of cheers.
Raiola made a special trip to Madrid to negotiate a contract renewal with Real Madrid. Florentino hopes to reach an agreement before the end of the season. The progress is still smooth, but it will definitely take some time.
In addition to Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic also hopes to improve his contract treatment, but Real Madrid management said that the Swedish center's contract renewal plan is arranged after Yang Yang.
Higuain took the lead in this game, and players such as Di Maria, David Silva, Granero were also won, and young player Canales also appeared in the lineup.
After all, the lineup is mostly substitute players, and the first half of the game was quite chaotic.
Real Madrid's current lineup is very good, but there is also a problem, that is, the lack of midfield organizational players.
Gago is no longer trusted in the midfield of Xavi Alonso, the position of the midfielder behind the organization. Granero is diligent, but his ability is insufficient. Once the team is currently increasing the recruitment efforts in this position.
Until the 62nd minute of the second half, David Silva assisted Ramos to head the ball.
But then Zaragoza scored a goal and successfully tied the score.
In the 84th minute, Higuain assisted Di Maria to score a low shot from the right rib, expanding the score to two-to-one again.
In the end, the score remained until the end of the game.
Zaragoza is not very strong, but her style is very tenacious. They once forced Barcelona to be very embarrassed at the Camp Nou Stadium, and in the end they only lost zero to one, and also showed tenacity at the Bernabeu tonight.
Real Madrid exposed many problems through this game, such as the young player Canales is still not capable enough, and Granero cannot replace Xavi Alonso.
The team's improvement in the second half was to some extent the result of Benitez bringing David Silvara back to the midfield. The pass and organization of the Spanish midfielder performed very well in the second half, which made people shine.
But no matter what, Real Madrid's midfield organizational shortcomings still need to be strengthened.
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Barcelona just defeated Schalke 04 2-0 away in the Champions League semi-finals, basically without any danger. After returning to La Liga, Guardiola's team narrowly defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 away.
This game was extremely dangerous, and Messi and other players were also absent. In the end, Thiago and Pedro scored goals, which helped Barcelona successfully get a valuable three-pointer. Otherwise, the current league leader would be Real Madrid.
Real Madrid and Barcelona both reached the Champions League semi-finals and may even attend the Champions League final, which has led to the uplifting of the Spanish domestic fans. Many media and fans also believe that the suspense of the La Liga championship is likely to last until the last round.
At least, in this round of La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona rotated the squad, but they also defeated their opponents without any danger, which shows that both teams have considerable determination.
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While Real Madrid competed in La Liga, Manchester United also ushered in its own devilish schedule.
Ferguson's team has been very intensive recently and their opponents are very strong.
In the 34th round of the Premier League, Everton, who played at home, and Manchester United won 1-0 at home; next was the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, and they lost to Real Madrid 1-3 away.
After returning to the Premier League, in the 35th round of the Premier League, they challenged Arsenal away. Cristiano Ronaldo was placed on the bench, but Rooney, Hernandez and Nani were both sluggish at the same time. Manchester United failed to create many offensive threats at the Emirates Stadium, but was inserted by Arsenal once to create a goal opportunity.
Ramsey, who returned from the broken leg, inserted and scored a goal for Arsenal.
This goal once again exposed Manchester United's problem, that is, the midfielder.
After Fletcher was injured in March, Carrick took over Manchester United's midfielder alone, but it turns out that Carrick alone is not enough to be competent. But looking at the current Manchester United lineup, no other person can make up for this shortcoming.
Manchester United lost to Arsenal away in this round, but Chelsea won Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home, which directly led to Manchester United's six-point lead being quickly shortened to three-pointers.
What's even more terrible is that Manchester United will once again play against Real Madrid at home in the middle of next week, striving to reach the Champions League final, and will face Chelsea at Old Trafford Stadium on the weekend. This will surely be the most devilish schedule that Manchester United has encountered this season.
Therefore, after Manchester United lost to Arsenal, many media in the UK made comments, calling on Manchester United to put it aside appropriately and make a decision on the two fronts, preferably the Champions League, because the 1-3 loss in the first leg made it very unlikely that Manchester United will turn the tables at home.
Manchester Evening News bluntly stated that if Ferguson insists on fighting on two fronts, the final result is likely to be that Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid and defeated by Chelsea at the same time.
But many media believe that Manchester United's two devil battles were at home.
"You know, Ferguson's team has not lost even a single game so far this season, so Manchester United has enough psychological advantages whether it is facing Real Madrid or Chelsea."
But soon the media found evidence of refutation, because in the Champions League, Manchester United drew two of the three home games in the group stage, one of which was to draw Valencia, and this time it faced Real Madrid, with a stronger overall strength.
Fletcher is destined to be unable to make a comeback. How can Manchester United fill the weaknesses and shortcomings of midfield defense?
The outside world was in a hot topic, and the media with two different views refuted each other, attracting the attention of countless fans, but Manchester United has always been very calm inside, and no one knows what Ferguson is thinking.
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On May 4th, Old Trafford Stadium.
In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid challenged Manchester United away.
Both sides played cautiously in the first half of the game.
Real Madrid is playing away, and Benitez still uses the tactics of double midfielders, but he is not greedy for merit and arrogance. After all, the team has two goals advantages, so there is no need to take too risky tactics.
Manchester United is more proactive than in the first round, but they still focus on counterattacks. Basically, the offense is left to Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney and Nani in front, and they are still stable in the midfield and backcourt.
The cautiousness of the two teams led to the not-so-good-looking game in the first half. Although the competition between the two sides was fierce, neither of them was able to create an absolute scoring opportunity. Neither of them had the ability to break through the opponent's goal without increasing their investment.
After the second half of the game, Manchester United obviously could no longer bear it.
They had to score two goals at home to turn the situation around, so Ferguson began to increase his offense and replaced Scholes at halftime to strengthen the team's midfield goal and offense.
Real Madrid also actively pressed the defense line forward and wanted to continue to suppress Manchester United.
The two sides fought hard to distinguish.
But in the 57th minute, after Real Madrid intercepted the ball in the backcourt, Kaka passed the ball to the right. Robben used his speed to penetrate the gap left by Evra's front and behind, dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area and then passed back to the front of the penalty area.
Yang Yang chased Robben all the way, received Robben's pass from the right side of the penalty spot, pushed the ball with his right foot, and broke Van der Sar's goal.
One to zero!
This goal also completely broke Manchester United's fantasy.
Even if they scored two goals now, they can only equalize the score.
Manchester United began to take a gamble and increase the offensive efforts, and Real Madrid's defense also made a mistake.
In the 66th minute, Ramos fouled Cristiano Ronaldo, giving Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt. Giggs sent the ball into the penalty area. The Portuguese headed the ball before everyone, scored a goal for Manchester United and equalized the score.
One to one, both sides returned to the same starting line.
But at this time, the pace of the game was already very fast, and both sides were already fighting.
The ball rights exchanged hands back and forth, and the game was exciting, which made the fans on the scene excited, but no one could create an absolute opportunity. Until the 77th minute, after Yang Yang dribbled the ball on the left rib, he cooperated with Kaka and Ibrahimovic in a row in a row, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, shot low with his left foot, and once again broke through Van der Sar's goal.
Scoring twice!
Two to one!
Real Madrid reached the finals!
This goal completely shattered all Manchester United's fantasies.
They had to score four goals in the last ten minutes to beat Real Madrid, and everyone knew that this was simply impossible.
Chapter completed!