Mister Legend

Chapter 439 Entering Lyon

The Marseille team obviously attaches great importance to being able to win the club's first intercontinental trophy in 15 years. For this reason, they also hid a number of main players in their home league last weekend, hoping to face it in a better state. The second leg of the semi-final against Torino.

The absence of many generals has also led to them, who need to compete for the top three in the league to obtain a place in the Champions League next season, and played 1-1 away with Angers, which is only five points above the relegation zone.Since Monaco, which had only one point more than Marseille before the start of the game, only scored one point against Amiens in this round of home upset, this also caused Heme to miss the excellent opportunity to overtake the opponent.

After 35 rounds of Ligue 72, Paris, which won the championship in advance, needs no further mention. With a victory, the Lyon team has accumulated 71 points and jumped to the second place in the standings. Behind it is 70 points Monaco and Marseille with [-] points. In the fierce competition of "three men win two peaches", the teams distracted by the European war are obviously at a disadvantage.Fortunately, Rudy Garcia's team has another choice. As long as they win the Europa League, everything will be fine. Not only can they gain an important honor, but they can also directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season. Kill two birds with one stone.

So this French team set off to Italy early, and made an agreement with Juventus in advance to rent the latter's practice field for adaptive training, all in order to be able to play well on Thursday night and strive for A result that satisfies them.

It’s just that within the European continent and even the world, the influence of the European League is obviously far less than that of the Champions League. Therefore, before the Liverpool players went to the Olympic Stadium in Rome for the final practice, there were not many people except the French media. Let's pay attention to the state of the Marseille players.

On Tuesday night, Real Madrid sat at the Bernabeu to face their old rival Bayern Munich. Qi Zu's team still failed to get rid of the downturn in the first round.The German goalkeeper Ulreich, who just replaced the injured Neuer, and the French midfielder Tolisso, who appeared in the starting lineup because Robben could not recover in time, these two "stand-ins" worked together to send the Galaxy Battleship A big gift was given, allowing Benzema to make a mistake and push the empty goal, which directly caused Bayern's morale to be severely damaged.

In the end, the visiting team, which had 22% ball possession rate and 10-of-9 shooting data far surpassed the opponent's 3-for-2 visiting team, repeatedly missed good opportunities to score the winning goal, and ultimately failed to make a comeback.The defending champion Real Madrid won a 2-4 draw at their home court, eliminated Bayern with a total score of 3-[-] thrillingly, and reached the Champions League final for the third consecutive year. This is the last step.

The other semi-final match on Wednesday made the fans feel the charm of football again, which was far more exciting than the famous European derby matchup.

The Red Army, which won a 5-2 victory in the first round, did not choose to be conservative in the away game. The front trident formed this season all started, and with a sharp counterattack, Senegal winger Mane scored in less than 10 minutes of the opening A ball.Afterwards, although the Roma team pulled back a goal with Milner's weird own goal, Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum scored in No. 205 minutes to help Liverpool get the second away goal. The data in this area are completely flat.If the Red Wolves want to meet Real Madrid in the final in Kiev, they must score at least four more goals and ensure that the goal will not be lost. This difficulty is much greater than when they reversed Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

When Dzeko scored a goal just 7 minutes into the second half, the Italian fans still had some optimism about the hope of a comeback, but when the game time came to No. 805 minutes, the score on the field was still maintained. 2 to 2, I believe that even the most loyal Roman supporters will no longer be happy.

It's just that sudden changes in the green field are often so dramatic. Nainggolan's dedication and wonderful world-wave long-range shots in the No.806 minute gave the Red Wolves another glimmer of hope.During the following game time, the home team launched the most violent impact towards the opponent's goal, but never had the chance to score again.Until the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Yundale, who came off the bench, broke into the penalty area and hit the Estonian defender Klavan with a spike. The referee decisively awarded a penalty.Nainggolan rewritten the score to 4 to 2 in one stroke, with a total score of 6 to 7. The Roma team was only one goal away from escaping from desperation.

However, there is not much time left for them to make a final fight. In the continuous passing of Liverpool players after kick-off, this game and this group of duels still ushered in the final whistle.After a lapse of 11 years, the Red Army once again advanced to the final of the Champions League. The biggest dark horse in the European competition this season, the Roma team, regrettably fell on the threshold of the semi-finals and failed to reach the second time. In the final stage of this world's highest level club competition. In the Champions League final of the 1983-84 season, Liverpool defeated Roma 5-3 in a penalty shootout and won the fourth Big Ear Cup in team history. The opponent that the Red Army defeated when they won the third crown happened to be Real Madrid.

These two top European giants in the world have been established for more than 100 years, but the history of the confrontation between the two sides is astonishingly simple.Not counting the UEFA Champions League final that will start on the evening of the 26th, the two teams have only met five times in official matches, which is unbelievably small.

In addition to the 1981 Champions League final, the second match between the two sides turned out to be the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the 2008-09 season. At that time, Real Madrid, which was in the "Dream Eight" stage, was unsurprisingly double-killed by the Red Army at home and away. , and Anfield's 4-0 made everyone at the time see clearly the decline of the Galacticos, which was embarrassing.

It's just that Feng Shui took turns. Five years later, the two teams met again in the group stage, but this time it was the Spanish giants who had the upper hand.One game 3-0, one game 1-0, Real Madrid announced the strong recovery of the champions of the Champions League with two clean and clean victories, and opened the hegemony of winning three Big Ear Cups in four years.

However, just as the stage for this year's finals has been set up, and everyone began to think about the passionate collision between Ronaldo and Egyptian star Salah, the Italian sports media made their voices list the various controversies that arose in the Raleigh-Leigh battle The penalty was aimed at the Slovenian Skomina, the referee on duty, and UEFA's decision not to set up a VAR system in the European war.

In the first minute of the game, Lovren used his open arms to change the flight trajectory of the football when he was fighting for the top with Roma striker Schick in the penalty area. Although it seemed to be an unintentional handball, in the eyes of the Italian, this It should be a penalty, but Skomina did not make any representations at the time.

In the No.409 minute of the second half, the Roma team played exquisitely. Dzeko received a through pass from his teammate and went in. He was knocked down by the visiting goalkeeper Karius. This was an indisputable penalty.It’s just that the referee judged the Bosnian striker to be offside first, and the slow motion of the broadcaster showed that this was a 100% misjudgment. At the moment Shalawi passed the ball, none of Dzeko’s parts were in position. Before the Liverpool defense, the Red Wolves just missed a golden opportunity that would allow them to drag the game into overtime.

However, what angered the Roma fans the most was that in No. 604 minutes, Arnold clearly blocked Shalawi's volley to the empty goal with his hand in front of the goal, but he still did not get the punishment he deserved.According to common sense, this is definitely a combination of a red card and a penalty kick, but the referee still easily let it go.

So the Italians quit. They claimed that they were hacked, and they posted insulting words on UEFA's official forum to vent their dissatisfaction.On the other hand, the Roma Club generously congratulated the Red Army for their advancement, while angrily complaining about the referee's poor law enforcement ability and calling for the introduction of VAR.

Red Wolves chairman Pallotta said in an interview: "It is very clear that VAR must be introduced in the Champions League, because you can't let these things just go away. You can all see for yourself, Dzeko is not offside, he A fall is a penalty. And that (Trent Alexander-Arnold) handball I think everyone in the world can see, except for those on the field. I say again, congratulations to Liverpool, they are a great team. But If we didn't introduce VAR in the Champions League, things like this would be an absolute joke."

Roma director Monchi, team coach Di Francesco and even player De Rossi and others also felt unwilling to be eliminated with such a defensive result. They all expressed their hope in public to strengthen refereeing skills and use video assistants. The desire of the referee system.

Faced with the aggressiveness of the Italians, the British media will naturally not allow their team to be blamed for advancing to the final by relying on external factors. They also took out the time when Mane was pushed down in the penalty area and Salah broke into the penalty area. , The ball hit Nainggolan's arm to prove that it is not only the home team that did not get the penalty kick it deserved, and Liverpool also lost a good chance to lock in the victory early in the game.

It was just a war of words between the Italian and British media, but it was UEFA and the referees who were shot in the end. The topic of whether VAR should be fully introduced into European competitions swept the entire country in just a dozen hours. In European football, the limelight even overshadowed the duel between Real Madrid and Liverpool.

On the evening of Thursday, Li Moody, who set off from the club's residence to the stadium to attend the pre-match press conference, was surrounded by a group of reporters just as the car drove out of the gate.When answering a question from a reporter from "Corriere dello Sport", he reiterated his position, saying that even if it will disrupt the fluency of some games, the fairness of football should be strengthened, otherwise when the referee makes a major mistake At that time, it will severely hit the emotions of the victims, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the sport.

Due to the misjudgment of the opponent's handball goal in the away game in the first round, the Turin coach's tone was a bit too blunt, and his dissatisfaction with UEFA's inaction was fully exposed. I don't know if it will affect the game tonight.

At 5:3 on the evening of May 20, the second leg of the two Europa League semi-finals clashed at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid and the Olimpico Stadium in Turin at the same time. Wenger, Simeone, who was suspended for insulting the referee in the last game, Rudy Garcia, who led the team back to the true nature of a strong team after only two years of returning to coach in France, and Li Moody, the young coach of the Celestial Dynasty, who is in the limelight, are four Among the coaches, only the Atletico Madrid coach won the championship trophy in the first year of coaching the Sheets, and the professor won the final in 05. The other two entered the competition for the first time during their coaching careers Among the top four.

Considering that the scores of the two first-leg clashes are not big, all four teams have the opportunity to create their own history, and except for Atletico Madrid, if the other three teams can finally win the championship, it will be their team. History's first European league title (including UEFA Cup).

With the bald head referee Sergey Karashov from Russia whistled, the rematch between Turin and Marseille officially kicked off. They are all locked in this game. In addition to expecting the team they support to get the right to advance, they also pray that the game can be played more excitingly and not to repeat the slightly boring process of the first round.

The home team gave their fans a surprise immediately after the opening. The Red Bulls, who have the strongest starting lineup at the moment, intercepted the opponent's first wave of tentative attacks and immediately played a counterattack. Benassi's diagonal pass helped Immobile got the chance to sprint.The latter sent a cross from the left bottom, and Belotti, who outflanked the center, overwhelmed the Brazilian midfielder Gustavo, who played as a guest central defender, and headed out a powerful header.

Marseille goalkeeper John Bailey didn't respond. Unfortunately, Hong Beibei's luck was a little bit unlucky. The ball almost touched the top of the crossbar and flew out of the baseline, attracting the fans in the stadium. Loud sigh.

Li Moody, who is back as the center forward, once again resorted to his favorite 3-5-2 formation, Casillas, Diego Llorente, Ranocchia, Canneman, Silvestri, Baselli Eleven players including , Benassi, Vukocevic, Bareca, Immobile and Belotti are the biggest reliance on his comeback.

The Marseille team in the away game adopted a strategy of adapting to all changes. Rudy Garcia ranked exactly the same starting lineup as in the first round a week ago. The configuration can explode a huge combat effectiveness in extreme situations, so he did not hesitate to sacrifice the results of the league on the weekend to hide these main players.

However, the advantage of a small victory at home obviously cannot guarantee that the French team can advance to the final. The emergence of many major reversals this season makes it difficult for every team that leads in the first round to really rest assured. Marseille's strategy today The intention is also very obvious, that is to start hard and strive for a precious away goal.This can cause a major blow to the morale of the Red Bulls, otherwise, once the Turin team with very fierce offensive firepower goes crazy, it will be difficult for the opponent to regain the initiative.

So in the first 20 minutes or so of the game, the two sides actually launched a fierce confrontation, which made many professionals who predicted that the game would evolve into the home team besieging the visiting team feel their cheeks were sore, so embarrassing!
(End of this chapter)