Chapter 470 The Strongest Four in History!
The game between Real Madrid and Barcelona has always been called the "Spanish National Derby". From this we can also see that the grievances between these two teams can already represent Spanish football.
Unless they are in the Spanish national team, the Spanish players of these two teams are always divided into two factions to fight, and there is no strength to work together, and there is almost no cooperation between them.
This time, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Bernabeu Stadium was another feast for Spanish fans. The stadium that can accommodate 81,000 people was already crowded by fans from both sides.
But when it comes to the game, everyone finds that even though Real Madrid, coached by Conte, is far less than Barcelona in La Liga, and is even 16 points behind, the team's combat effectiveness is still very strong in a certain game.
In the ninety minutes of the game, Real Madrid almost completely suppressed Barcelona, regardless of the number of shots, offensive quality, or... ball possession rate!
Real Madrid, who played at home, gave Barcelona no chance in 90 minutes. In the end, they also relied on their core player Pogba to score in the inner corner of the left and shot from the outside instep on the left in the sixth minute of the game, defeating Barcelona 1:0 and steadily won the first leg.
Even if it only won 1:0, Real Madrid fans are still very satisfied with the result. As long as they can win Barcelona, they will do whatever they want.
Besides, Conte's coaching style is really difficult to win a big victory. The game with the most goals in Real Madrid this season was only scored four goals by his opponent.
In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals on the second day, Bayern defeated Paris Saint-Germain led by Mourinho 4-2 at home, and Liverpool drew 2-2 at home.
Returning to the league, with the help of Yang Xiaozhuang's "hat trick", Manchester United defeated Aston Villa away. The "Red Devils" also led Manchester City in the standings by as many as 7 points after Manchester City lost to Newcastle in this round in this round!
After this round of Premier League ended, the English media unanimously agreed that "Blue Moon" had completely given up the competition with Manchester United in the league. Guardiola probably wants to put all the team's energy into the Champions League this time.
Four days later, Manchester United ushered in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Monaco at home. The "Red Devils" who scored five goals away from home last time started to kill at home...
Yang Xiaozhuang scored 7 goals in this game, setting a record for Champions League players, but also continuing to rewrite the player's single-season goal record. This season, he has scored 28 goals in the Champions League!
With the goals of Joe Riley, B Fee, Martial and Andreas Pereira, Manchester United scored a crazy score of 11:0 at home, completely killing Monaco.
After Manchester United eliminated Monaco without any suspense, Real Madrid also drew 1-1 with Barcelona at the Camp Nou Stadium, and finally eliminated their archenemy with a total score of 2:1 and reached the Champions League semi-finals this season.
This time, even the Spanish media criticized Messi without any mercy. After all, he is a star with Manchester United's "King" with the world's highest salary. However, Messi's performance this season can only be said to be disastrous. He played 40 games for Barcelona in various competitions, but only scored 16 goals and assisted 13 times. If it were other players, such performance would be considered good, but the problem is... he is Messi!
Messi, who has the highest salary in football, performed like this?
Regardless of whether you admit it or not, Messi is really old now. He is no longer the "little flea" who can do everything on the court back then!
The next day, the other two Champions League quarterfinals were also held as scheduled, and the result... was shocking!
Paris Saint-Germain, who lost to Bayern away in the first leg, was adjusted to a violent team by Mourinho after returning to home. They actually defeated Bayern with a double score of Cavani and Maguire at the Park Princes Stadium, as well as Mbappe and Isco's goals, and finally advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with a total score of 8:5.
After Manchester City returned to home, they also fought with Liverpool. They narrowly defeated Liverpool led by "Uncle Scratch" with a score of 3:2, and finally passed the qualifying goal with a total score of 5:4 and reached the Champions League semi-final this season.
In this way, the semi-finals of the Champions League this season were completely born, namely Manchester United, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid!
Regardless of the strength of these four teams, the luxury of these four teams is definitely the best in Europe. To be sure, the value of the lineup of these four teams is definitely the four most valuable teams in Europe.
When football media from various countries commented on the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, they were all full of expectations for this year's Champions League semi-finals...
"Although Manchester United and Manchester City teams did not encounter any encounters in the Champions League semi-finals, their opponents are still very strong! Manchester United faced Paris Saint-Germain led by its former coach Mourinho, and Manchester City faced Real Madrid, the No. 1 club in Europe! This season's Champions League semi-finals not only faced the team's lineup that was unprecedentedly luxurious, but also its excitement must be more exciting than the semi-finals in the past decade!"
"The semi-finals of this Champions League are definitely the strongest top four in the Champions League. This not only includes the old-fashioned king teams Real Madrid and Manchester United, but also includes the most ruthless Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City that have been burning money in recent years! This Champions League semi-finals will be the most direct dialogue between traditional football power and gold and dollar football!"
"Manchester United vs. Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City vs. Real Madrid, such a match is simply a game that fans want to see in their dreams! Every semi-final not only has dazzling stars, but also represents their respective football genres, and even represents the power structure of European football. Such a Champions League semi-final is the most exciting semi-final!"
Chapter completed!