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Chapter 323 The Greatest Club of the 20th Century
The game is about to start, and the sky above the Amsterdam Arena echoes with the passionate singing of fans from both sides.

Compared with Manchester United, which has only awakened in Europe in the past two years, Real Madrid has a great advantage in terms of influence and popularity.

Real Madrid has officially embarked on the road of a wealthy family since the 20s.

They won 50 La Liga titles in the 4s and won the Champions League 5 times in the league.

La Liga in the 60s has become the world of Real Madrid. They won a total of 7 La Liga titles in this decade.

In the 70s, their momentum was still strong, winning a total of 6 La Liga titles.

Although the club encountered difficulties in the first five years of the 80s, after some adjustments, they won five consecutive La Liga titles in the late 80s.

Even if Real Madrid were at a disadvantage in the 90s in the competition with Barcelona, ​​they were still considered the greatest club in the 20s.

As of this season, Real Madrid has won a total of 27 Spanish top league titles, which is equivalent to the sum of Manchester United and Liverpool's top league titles in England.

In addition, Real Madrid has won the Copa del Rey 17 times and the Champions League 6 times. These achievements have made them the greatest club in the 20th world. There has never been a second club like them that has been at the top of La Liga for 50 years.

These brilliant achievements have made Real Madrid the dream of top players for half a century, and many players regard joining Real Madrid as a lifelong dream.

In this half of the world, Real Madrid executives have always followed the same philosophy when signing up, that is, "buy expensive players, but be worth the money; buy young players, but have potential."

Real Madrid can attract the best players in the world, and they can also cultivate young players with great potential.

For quite a long time, the media even measured a player's status by whether he could join Real Madrid.

If Real Madrid is suspicious of a certain player, the player's evaluation in the eyes of everyone will immediately drop by a notch.

As the greatest football club in the 20th century, Real Madrid also has an indescribable attraction to most of the best players in the world.

After entering 2000, Real Madrid, under the leadership of Chairman Florentino, implemented the "superstar policy" and devoted themselves to building the Galacticos. The top stars tried to find a place on the Galacticos.

Although the results of the first phase of the Galaxy are hardly perfect, Real Madrid once again showed their influence to the world.

Not everyone dares to shout the slogan "one superstar a year", and the "superstar policy" is not something that can be solved simply with money.

Abramovich has a lot of money after taking over Chelsea. They can quickly build a strong team, but they have no way to poach even a world-class star.

Of course, Chelsea won the Premier League championship that season and have since become one of the top teams in the Premier League. They already have a good background.Although it is impossible to buy top stars, it is also extremely competitive throughout Europe.

If you want to know how much money a poor team spends to become a big team, please see Blue Moon Manchester City.

In the season when Beckham gained a firm foothold in the Premier League, his cousin was relegated.

They struggled hard in the second-tier league and continued to strive for self-improvement. They were relegated again two years later and became a permanent second-tier team.

Then they struggled to climb to the Premier League, struggling on the verge of relegation for 5 consecutive years, and every season is the relegation favorite of the Premier League.

In 2007, the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra bought the club, and then krypton gold bought a group of third-rate top players. Manchester City finally got rid of the crisis of relegation favorites and became a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

Later, Thaksin was deeply involved in a corruption scandal and was exiled overseas for a time, so he could only be dismissed from Manchester City.

At this time, the Abu Dhabi consortium came. They were richer than the Thaksin consortium and were more willing to spend money.

In order to bring in better players, Manchester City have always raised wages significantly to attract players they can't get, which makes them a mid-table team in the Premier League.

In the following years, the Manchester City team paid higher and higher wages, bought more and more popularity, and single-handedly increased the average salary expenditure of the giants.

In the eighth year of krypton gold, Manchester City won the FA Cup.

In the ninth year of krypton gold, Manchester City won the Premier League championship.

If you only look at money, a team that has been favored for relegation from the Premier League needs to be taken advantage of for nine years regardless of cost in exchange for a Premier League championship.

In the football world, there are some things that cannot be done with money alone, and some players cannot be achieved with money alone.Without enough influence, no matter how rich you are, you will not be able to get world-class stars.

Real Madrid is willing to spend money and has a way to convert many complicated issues into price issues. This is something that a club like Manchester City cannot do at all.

What's more interesting is that when they implemented the "superstar policy", the first star introduced was actually Barcelona's core player Luis Figo.

Just thinking about it gives you a sense of how difficult this transfer will be, but Real Madrid can do it.

Real Madrid is such a magical club, and his legendary journey can make opponents feel awe naturally.

Real Madrid can win the support of neutral fans in neutral stadiums most of the time. If it weren't for Bei Fan's underground work, some of the neutral tickets were blown by the wind, and the Red Devils fans would have a high probability of facing twice their Real Madrid supporters in the game.

Even with the addition of Bei fans, the Red Devils support team can only barely draw with Real Madrid fans.

Real Madrid's combat effectiveness may not be comparable to Manchester United, but the club's influence can indeed give players a certain psychological advantage during the game.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the referee has blown the start whistle and the Champions League final is officially underway, with both teams in traditional colours."

"It is still Mr. Gary Lineker who is doing the commentary work with me today. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."

"Let us first understand Real Madrid's starting lineup. Their goalkeeper is the German Ilgner, and the four defenders are Panucci, Sanchez, Hiero and Roberto Carlos."

"Real Madrid's midfield is a bit interesting. Heynckes has three midfielders in the midfield, Seedorf, Redondo and Kalumbu. In front of them is Raul Gonzalez from the club's youth training. This young player who is only 21 years old has become the main force of the club."

"Their two strikers are Mijatovic and Morientes."

"Manchester United's goalkeeper is Danish goalkeeper Schmeichel. Standing in front of him are Gary Neville, Berg, Pallister and Irwin. The four midfielders are David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs. The two forwards are Cole and Heskey."

"Although captain Keane has returned from injury, the head coach put him on the bench for insurance purposes."

"Gary, can you comment on the first 15 minutes of the game for us?"

"The deepest impression on me in these 15 minutes is that the Manchester United players are at a loss. Most of the Manchester United players on the field are very nervous, even more nervous than last season. To be honest, the state of Manchester United before is not worse than that of Real Madrid. I feel that the players are very restrained."

"That's right, Manchester United didn't gain an advantage at the start, but made more mistakes than usual. Although they reached the Champions League final twice in a row, the moods of the two times were very different."

"Last season's favorite was Juventus. Not many people thought that Manchester United could finally win the Champions League. But this season, the situation is exactly the opposite. Manchester United has become the favorite in the eyes of everyone. Such an evaluation is bound to put a lot of pressure on the young players of the Red Devils."

"Wait, I saw a conscious thing just now. There are many Manchester United fans sitting in the neutral stand. They are slowly approaching the stand where the Manchester United fans are. They are singing and dancing. Why do they look strange?"

"Gary, you probably haven't read the newspaper recently. The fans in the neutral stands are David's support group. Their biggest feature is that they get tickets as neutral fans, and then join hands with Manchester United fans to cheer for Manchester United. The relationship between these two fan groups is very harmonious, and they sing together on the field to cheer for the team."

"Let's go back to the game. From the previous game, we can see that Real Madrid's three-back defense is very solid. Manchester United did not find a better way. However, Real Madrid's three frontcourt players kept causing trouble for Manchester United. The state of Manchester United is not good."

"Bart tackled Redondo, Real Madrid almost sent a free kick, Seedorf shot from outside the penalty area!"

"The football hit Pallister, Mijatovic got the ball, he dunked over Borg, the ball went in from a very small angle, and Mijatovic's goal in the 31st minute gave Real Madrid 1-0."

"Kalembu crossed, Gary made a clearance. God! He didn't kick the ball far, Roberto Carlos kicked it. The football was deflected. 2-0, Real Madrid scored another goal in the 42nd minute of the first half."

"Manchester United is a bit difficult. They were helpless in front of Real Madrid's three midfielders, and they conceded two goals in a row in the first half. If they continue to play like this in the following games, it will be difficult for them to recover their disadvantage."

"The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Real Madrid walked into the player channel with a 2-goal advantage. To make up the difference, Manchester United must make changes in the second half, otherwise it will be difficult to have a chance."

Beckham wiped his sweat while walking. Today he experienced what is called special care.

As long as he gets the ball on the field, he will be double-teamed by Real Madrid players immediately. If he wants to force a breakthrough, he will have to play three.

Giggs didn't play well, he got the same treatment as Beckham on the left.

Real Madrid's three defensive midfielders cooperate with each other tacitly, and they all have organizational skills. They have studied Manchester United thoroughly and did not hesitate to use heavy troops to contain the two wings of Manchester United.

Once Giggs and Beckham can't play, Manchester United's offense will be greatly reduced.

Real Madrid coach Heynckes had a thorough understanding of Manchester United's tactics. The overall feeling of Manchester United players after the first half was that they were uncomfortable.

The faces of the Manchester United players were stern, and they knew very well that someone in the dressing room was about to turn on the hairdryer.

(End of this chapter)