Glory Greenery

Chapter 291 Champions League semi-final: Real Madrid
On April 4th, after training, Yang Mo and a group of teammates watched Inter Milan's home game against Barcelona at Bayern's base.

Although the match between Bayern and Real Madrid has not yet started, this does not prevent everyone from observing who is likely to become their opponent in the final.

But before the game, one thing must be mentioned.

Due to the massive eruption of volcanoes in Iceland this month, many airports in Europe were closed and flights were grounded. Many teams traveled by train for their away games.

Bayern's opponent Hannover in the last game came to Munich by train and bus. As a result, he was in a sluggish state due to exhaustion from the journey and was beaten 7-0 by Bayern.

Seeing this result at the time, the outside world said that fortunately Yang Mo was not in this game, otherwise Hannover might have scored double-digit goals.

At the same time, it is a pity for everyone. If Yang Mo played this time, it might be possible to approach the Bundesliga record of 40 goals in a single season.

Similar to Hannover, Barcelona's expedition to Milan, also due to the impact of the volcanic eruption, can only be traveled by train.

You must know that Catalonia is more than a thousand kilometers away from Milan, and the train wobbled all the way down, so it is naturally difficult for the players to maintain their state.

So before the game started, the outside world was worried about the defending champion.

However, I don't know where the honey confidence comes from. Those media worries are nothing but worries, but they still believe that Barcelona has the advantage.

And many experts have vowed that when facing the defending champion, Inter Milan will win as long as they can win a draw.

However, when the whole game was over, Inter Milan slapped those experts in the face with practical actions.

3-1 is the final score of this game. Barcelona lost in Milan.

After the whole game, what left the deepest impression on Yang Mo was the fiery atmosphere and Inter Milan's solid defense.

In nine and 10 minutes of play, the referee issued a total of seven yellow cards to both teams, including two for Inter Milan and five for Barcelona.

Even though Barcelona paid the price of five yellow cards, they still failed to stop Inter Milan, who is in excellent form and has strong tactical execution.

Barcelona still had the advantage in attack until Pedro's first goal.

But when Barcelona scored the first goal, the Inter Milan team immediately implemented Mourinho's anti-reverse tactics, using tenacious defense to make Barcelona's striker useless.

Perhaps it was really due to the exhaustion of the journey caused by the volcanic eruption. Ibrahimovic was in a sluggish state in this game, and Messi was surrounded by heavy siege after the breakthrough, and it was difficult to make a difference.

In fact, it is not just Ibrahimovic, the state of the entire Barcelona players in this game is very problematic.

After watching this game, to be honest, Yang Mo was quite emotional.

Objectively speaking, in terms of dribbling, ball control and other offensive abilities, Messi must be better than him.

His strength lies in his comprehensive ability and his physical fitness transformed by the system.

But Messi seemed so powerless in the face of Inter Milan's strong defense, and it was difficult to guarantee that he could do better even if he played in person.

The most important thing is that Van Gaal's tactics in Bayern are the same as Barcelona, ​​but they are not as good as Barcelona.

Barcelona played so hard against Inter Milan. If Bayern wants to continue to play this tactic, they will probably die even uglier.

Although Mourinho's tactics are often criticized by outsiders as ugly, no matter how they are criticized, the effect is clearly powerful, and it will not work if you don't admit it.

But after watching this game, apart from worrying, it is not without gain.

If Bayern can really meet Inter Milan in the final, at least they know the strength of their opponents in advance and can prepare early.

Secondly, looking at the state of the Barcelona team, the volcanic eruption is still very influential.

This is very good news for Bayern.

Because Bayern's opponent tomorrow is Real Madrid, who also cannot fly.

Compared with the distance between Catalonia and Milan, which is only a little over 1000 kilometers, the distance from Madrid to Munich is nearly 2000 kilometers.

Bayern, who are waiting for work at the Allianz Arena, face a Real Madrid that has traveled [-] kilometers, and it will be a lot easier.

Faced with this situation, Real Madrid did not complain and wanted to postpone the game.

But it is a pity that, like Barcelona's previous appeal, UEFA also did not agree and asked the game to proceed according to the original time.

On the afternoon of April 4, the Real Madrid bus departed from a hotel in Munich to the Allianz Arena in Munich.

It can be said that when the Champions League reaches the semi-finals, every game is not to be missed, attracting tens of millions of fans to watch.

The UEFA Champions League semi-final between Bayern and Real Madrid at home is no worse than the previous Bayern and Barcelona.

Real Madrid has set transfer records consecutively this season, using the most expensive transfer fee in Europe to build the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship. Although they failed to reach the top of the league, their points are only 3 points away from Barcelona.

Although they were upset and eliminated by West C team in the Copa del Rey, in the Champions League, the intellectual engineer finally led the team to break the curse of the top sixteen, allowing fans to see the hope of Real Madrid winning the cup at home.

However, Kaka failed to recover from a groin injury in this game and was still unable to play, which became one of the regrets of Real Madrid fans.

But even so, as long as Ronaldo is present, this Champions League semi-final is still full of highlights.

On the Bayern side, the prestige of Young Berri's combination is enough to make any team's defense tremble with fear.

Even if you just talk about Yang Mo, the 13 goals that dominate the Champions League scorer list are enough to make everyone look forward to the scene of him and Ronaldo competing on the same field.

What's more, because of Yang Mo's previous interview, Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini had a spat with Bayern in the air.

At that time, Yang Mo had no answer because he returned to China, but other Bayern players would naturally not bear it. Captain Van Bommel, Ribery, and head coach Van Gaal all spoke out to refute.

Especially Van Gaal, even directly said that Real Madrid is a paper tiger, which is simply ostentatious.

After qualifying from the group stage, Real Madrid has stumbled all the way without meeting a decent team. It is luck to be able to get to this point.

Looking at Real Madrid's opponents, Lyon will be played in the quarter-finals, and Bordeaux will be played in the quarter-finals.

Especially for a team like Bordeaux that was kicked into a sieve by Bayern in the group stage, Real Madrid almost failed to advance after meeting in the quarter-finals. If Ronaldo hadn't played strongly, they might not even be able to see Bayern.

At any rate, Bayern had a hard fight with Manchester United in the rain, but Real Madrid never played a seemingly difficult game.

But for Real Madrid fans and players, they will not take Van Gaal's words seriously.

Although they did not meet a strong team, they still feel that Real Madrid is very strong and is a strong contender for this year's Champions League.

This kind of verbal battle between the two teams and the media before the game will definitely be endless unless the results of the game appear.

But also because of the tossing before the game for so long, this game has become particularly eye-catching.

Everyone wants to see, when the game starts, Bayern will show their true colors in Real Madrid, fulfilling Van Gaal's paper tiger's judgment.

Or is Real Madrid's victory over Bayern to prove that they are strong and really qualified to win the championship at the Bernabeu?
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