Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 273 So Much Derby

In stoppage time, Mourinho's team finally seized a counterattack opportunity, and Martial made a long-distance attack and scored a goal.

But it was too late and the goal was more consolation than practical.

Wen Zhihao sat on the bench and shook his head slightly. His opponent scored a goal at home. Although the result was good, it felt like a fly in the ointment.

Generally speaking, the two rounds of Atletico Madrid went smoothly, but on the other side of the same city, Real Madrid is in a hard fight. The game progressed to No. 809 minutes, the score showed 1:2, and Real Madrid fell behind by one goal.

However, they still lead Manchester City 4:3 in total.

And if Manchester City scores another goal in the few remaining minutes of the game, the two sides will enter overtime.

In the Atletico Madrid locker room, Griezmann watched with great interest as Manchester City pressed ahead across the board in the final period, and kept whispering: "Go in! Go in!"

Wen Zhihao sat next to him, leaned his head to watch the screen for a minute, and then said: "Don't watch, Manchester City is out of action."

Griezmann raised his head and asked, "It's only been one minute of stoppage time, and there are still three minutes left. How can you be so sure?"

Wen Zhihao looked at the time on the screen and analyzed it: "Didn't you see that Manchester City's offense is very dependent on De Bruyne? Real Madrid is trying its best to compress his movement space and passing routes. Manchester City's staffing is still flawed. At this time, if there is a high point on the forward line, you can try simple and rough, and pass directly from the wing, but Manchester City does not have such a person. Aguero, Jesus, including Sterling are all small men, and now Yaya Toure is rushing up to fight for the first point. On the contrary, it may be possible. It's Real Madrid's chance to play a quick counterattack. Manchester City will thank God if they don't keep scoring goals."

"It's boring, don't read it."

Griezmann suddenly lost interest and threw his phone into his bag.

Not long after, Saul and Felipe next to them yelled strangely: "My God! Real Madrid scored another one. Manchester City is really unreliable!"

Griezmann looked up at Wen Zhihao in shock, what did he just say?Is it possible for Real Madrid to score another one?
Is he the Prophet?

When Wen Zhihao was called by Simeone to attend the post-match press conference together, Griezmann told others what happened just now, and he reacted similarly to Griezmann. Gabi pondered for a while and said: "I think even if he retires now and becomes a coach, he will have a bright future."

"agree!"

"+1"

Everyone spoke in unison.

The successful reunion of the Madrid duo basically announced that this year's Premier League team will be wiped out in the quarter-finals-no one believes that the obviously weak Liverpool will reverse Barcelona in an away game.

Before Liverpool went to Barcelona, ​​even the British media were bad-mouthing.More hopes are pinned on the Manchester duo.

In the end, as a guest at the Nou Camp, the two teams played 1:1. Although the outcome of being eliminated could not be changed, Liverpool still made people see the spirit of the veteran giants.Klopp resorted to the mad dog style of play in the Dortmund period, and the audience surrounded Barcelona.At least from the scene, there is still the shadow of the glorious "Red Army" that created the miracle in Istanbul 13 years ago.

In the other quarter-finals, the battle for honor between Serie A and Bundesliga, Bayern Munich under the leadership of Heynckes was even better and advanced to the semi-finals.

The pattern is exactly as everyone expected, with the top three in La Liga besieging the Bundesliga overlord.The day after the quarter-finals was over, the draw for the Champions League semi-finals took place.UEFA's arrangement is to strike while the iron is hot. The media likes to hype, so they will tie up all the heavy news and throw it out, which will help continue to increase the attention of the Champions League.

Preference for semi-final matchups.Each media has its own bias.

The Spanish media hope that the final result will be Real Madrid VS Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid VS Bayern. In this case, the semi-final is the Spanish national derby, and the final may be the third Madrid derby. There are too many stories between the teams.

The Chinese media do not want Atletico Madrid to meet Bayern. The Allianz Arena is one of the most difficult home courts in Europe. In the UEFA Champions League semi-finals of the 2015-16 season, Atletico Madrid lost 1:2 at home to Bayern in the first round.

In other words, Atletico Madrid's semi-final loss at the Allianz Stadium has lessons learned from the past, and everyone does not want to do it again.It is not always possible to make up for it at home.

Their favorite is to draw Barcelona.Real Madrid will be ranked second.There is only one reason, Wen Zhihao has too much experience facing Barcelona-everyone's starting point is to make Atletico Madrid more likely to go to the end, so that it is the first time for Chinese players to stand in the final of the world's highest club competition.

However, the final results were somewhat different: Real Madrid VS Atletico Madrid, Barcelona VS Bayern Munich.

The home and away games are determined based on the European War points over the years. Atletico Madrid will be home first and then away. The schedule is slightly unfavorable.However, between the two teams in the same city, the away disadvantage is often not so obvious.

UEFA made another joke with everyone. Many reporters couldn't help complaining about whether UEFA arranged the draw after reading the media's predictions to highlight its authority.

除了皇马和马竞将在一个赛季内上演第三次德比这个看点，巴塞罗那和拜仁也是半决赛阶段的老对手，双方各血洗对手一次。2012-13赛季拜仁主客场7:0狂胜，2014-15赛季巴塞罗那回敬了一次总比分5:1的大胜，报了两个赛季前的一箭之仇。

Of course, for the Chinese media, it is natural to focus on the Madrid Derby.It is the first time that even old fans who have watched the game for decades can watch four games in a season (two in the Champions League semi-finals) with Chinese elements in the same city.

……

After the UEFA Champions League match day, before the No.30 La Liga rounds on the weekend, the Copa del Rey semi-finals will also be drawn.

Dramatically, in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid's opponent is Real Madrid again!

The Chinese media lamented that the two teams are really natural enemies, otherwise how could they draw together continuously.

And media such as "Marca" and "Aspen" began to mention the opinions of the Spanish Football Association.Can't you refer to the Champions League match?Can you change the taste!
The Copa del Rey semi-final also has two rounds, which means that the two teams will play six derbies a season!
Not to mention the fans watching the game, even the players on both sides probably don't have the enthusiasm for the derby, right?
We meet six times a year, and I am so familiar that I am almost numb.

Some Chinese media joked that Wen Zhihao also needs to have a "big picture view", and it is okay to draw a game occasionally in four games.Don't hang up all the time, win until there is no suspense, and not many people will be willing to watch the Madrid Derby in the coming year.

Just like Atletico Madrid's match against Barcelona now, the Chinese media has formed a mindset that Atletico Madrid will win. Everyone is really worried that the Madrid derby will be like this in the future, and it will be ruined by Wen Zhihao...

(End of this chapter)