It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 226 224 It’s raining in Barcelona (daily transition)

That night, Charles watched the Champions League semi-final between Bayern and Lyon with his teammates.

There was no suspense in the final result, Bayern 1:0 Lyon.

Charles feels that it will be difficult for Lyon to make a comeback in the next game.

On April 4, Barcelona defeated Sarres 24:3.

The next day, Barcelona players returned to the Ciutat de Gamper for training, but the weather was not good and heavy rain fell in Barcelona.

But this did not affect everyone's mood.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was April 4, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Today Bayern is visiting Lyon, and the match between Barcelona and Inter Milan will not start until tomorrow.

Soon, with the live broadcast on TV, Bayern's performance also verified Charles' guess.

This time, Bayern also played a dominant performance away from home, defeating Lyon 3-0.

All the way from Bayern's group stage, he was not the most favored team.

Especially at the beginning, when Bayern was paired with Serie A giants Juventus, Ligue 1 new champions Bordeaux and Israel's Maccabi Haifa, his performance at the start of the new season was unusually poor.

They have failed to register a win in their opening three Bundesliga games.

Although they spent 5000 million euros on signings in the new season, there was no improvement in defense.

Everyone felt that Rensing and Butt were not qualified goalkeepers for top clubs;

When mentioning Demichelis, everyone will think of the scene where he was completely beaten by Ciel;
Van Buyten kept making stupid mistakes;
范加尔最喜欢4-3-3，但是对于4-3-3这个阵型而言，中场指挥官非常的重要。

But Bayern didn't have a very suitable candidate at the time.

The forward line is aging, with Toni and Klose, who are over 30, no longer in their prime;
Maybe Gomez is a very good choice, but his value is only 3000 million euros, which seems a bit underwhelming compared to the strikers of other top teams...

As expected, in the first five group matches, Bayern was defeated both home and away by Bordeaux.

They only got 6 points from the bottom team Maccabi and drew with Juventus at home.

When everyone thought that Bayern was about to go to the Europa League and challenge Juventus away, in the 19th minute, Juventus took the lead and scored a goal against Bayern.

However, in this life-and-death match, Bayern forced a comeback in the end, eventually defeating Juventus 4:1 and fighting their way out of the group stage.

Then in the Champions League quarter-finals, Robben scored a world-class goal to help the team equalize the aggregate score. In the end, Bayern successfully advanced to the quarter-finals with more away goals than Fiorentina.

At this time, Bayern also met last season's Champions League runner-up Manchester United.

The 1999 Champions League final was held at the Camp Nou.

That game was between Manchester United and Bayern, but in the end Bayern was strongly reversed by Ferguson and became a stepping stone for the Red Devils dynasty.

This time, the target of the reversal became Ferguson.

At the Allianz Arena, Bayern reversed Manchester United 2:1;
Back at Old Trafford, Ferguson immediately started a bloody storm, trying to bury Bayern here.

Because the sky in Manchester is red, and it can only be Manchester United red, not Bayern red.

At the beginning, Manchester United did take a 3:0 lead, but in the end Robben scored a world-class goal to tie the total score for Manchester United.

The two sides were tied at 4:4, but just like in the previous round of knockouts, Bayern eliminated Manchester United with an away goal.

In the Champions League semi-finals, Lyon also reached the semi-finals for the first time.

And this time Lyon is also coming with great momentum, because before that, they had successively defeated Real Madrid and Bordeaux, which gave Bayern a headache.

But in football, A>B, B>C, so the derivation formula A>C is completely invalid.

In the end, just like what was shown on TV today, Lyon fell to Bayern.

Bayern also advanced to the Champions League final with the goals of super worker Olic and Robben's consecutive world-class goals in the knockout stage.

After watching it, Charles turned off the TV.

Although Bayern's journey has been full of miracles and luck, the fact that they can continue to do so can only show their strength.

If you really underestimate Bayern, then you are really confused.

It's like Olic is just an engineer, but he was able to perform a hat trick in the game just now.

Miracles can happen in the world of football.

"drop--"

Charles picked up the phone and saw that it was a text message from Ribery.

"I'll wait for you at the Bernabeu."

Charles smiled, and finally replied: "Thank you for your good words."

Ribery, who was far away in France, also saw the text message at the first time.

"Can this match also be called the 'April 4 Derby' or the 'French Derby'?"

While Charles was still chatting with Ribery, after the Champions League battle between Lyon and Bayern came to an end, most newspapers focused their attention on Barcelona and Inter Milan.

"Corriere dello Sport" interviewed Inter Milan's players and finally compiled them into a collection of interviews.

Motta: "The game at Camp Nou is destined to be different and difficult, but as long as the referee is fair and just, Inter will have nothing to fear."

"I don't want to concede a goal in tomorrow's game. I am willing to give everything to reach the final."

"Yes, Barcelona is indeed very strong, but football is never a game that can be judged based on paper strength."

Lucio: "Everyone wants the Champions League. Barcelona are good at finding space, so we make it impossible for them to find space."

"Playing at home is of course an advantage. But as long as it's 11 players against 11 players, we will always have a chance."

"Just like in the first leg, we were 0-2 down but we still scored two goals in the end."

“The game is not over yet. Although it will be difficult, I believe we can advance to the final with our strong will.”

"Mourinho gave us motivation, gave us the confidence that was so important, gave us dreams, he believed in us and we had the confidence."

"Ciel... He's excellent. I don't want to talk about it any more."

Gazzetta dello Sport: "This year, the most anticipated game for everyone is undoubtedly the World Cup in South Africa."

"But the most exciting rivalry may not necessarily take place in the World Cup in South Africa."

"The best attacking team in Europe versus the best defensive team in Europe."

“A confrontation between coaches with opposite philosophies.”

"A competition between the Milito brothers."

"The love-hate relationship between Ibrahimovic and Eto'o for swapping clubs." "Is Guardiola's sword sharper or Mourinho's shield stronger?"

"Will Inter Milan finally realize their dream of winning the Champions League after 45 years, or will Barcelona continue their dominance from last season and create a dynasty?"

"We'll see."

Turin Sports Daily commissioned Sacchi, the top tactician in Italian football history, to write an article.

"Although Barcelona defeated Inter Milan 4-2 under Charles's leadership, their task in the second leg will not be easy."

"4:2 doesn't mean Inter Milan played very badly."

"On the contrary, this score proves that Inter played very well."

"During the Catalan derby, everyone suggested Mourinho to refer to the Spaniard's style of play."

"But Mourinho created his own style of play. He successfully restricted most of Barcelona's attacks."

"In the first leg, Barcelona didn't show their usual level and style."

"Barcelona's midfield organization was shattered by Inter Milan's pressure."

"The reason they were able to achieve a 4:2 scoreline was entirely due to Xiaer's superb performance."

"In the second leg, even if Mourinho can still field his full team and send out the starting lineup, the result will be no different from the first leg."

"Mourinho's loss to Barcelona was definitely not because of Milito's absence, he lost because he didn't have Charles."

The next day, the reports around the world had not yet stopped noisy, but the Champions League semi-final had already begun.

With Abidal's comeback, Inter Milan encountered a more terrifying Barcelona.

Moreover, despite the torturous schedule in April, Charles still maintained a high level of output.

In just the second minute of the game, Xavi passed the ball in the middle, and Char cut inside and directly shook off Maicon and shot at the goalkeeper;

Just two minutes later, Barcelona, ​​with full firepower, made Inter Milan's defense stretched to its limits.

From the beginning to the end of the game, for a full ninety minutes, Barcelona's ball possession rate was as high as 87%, and they challenged Inter Milan's goal many times.

In the end, Barcelona defeated Inter Milan 1:0 and advanced to the final again with a total score of 5:2, successfully meeting Bayern at the Bernabeu.

At this time, all the Barcelona fans watching in front of the TV were excited.

Soon the whole of Barcelona became a sea of ​​joy.

Not only the excited Barcelona fans, but also many Real Madrid fans ran to the Plaza de Armas and set off fireworks.

For them, whether either Barcelona or Inter Milan advances to the final, the result will only be bad or worse.

If Inter Milan and Bayern advance to the final together, it will be full of irony for Real Madrid.

Because Bayern's head coach Van Gaal and Inter Milan's head coach Mourinho both worked at Barcelona.

Van Gaal is the true coach of Barcelona, ​​and although Mourinho was only a translator, he also took on some assistant coaching duties during Robson's time.

Together with Robben and Sneijder, all of them were players sold by Real Madrid last summer.

Both teams marched into the Bernabeu with the "second-hand goods" they had sold off. Isn't this a slap in the face?
In addition to the two of them, there are Cambiasso, Samuel Eto'o and even Figo... Isn't it a heart-breaking sight to see them return to the Bernabeu?
But this is a little different from what they expect, that Barcelona and Lyon will reach the Champions League final together. But when choosing between Inter Milan and Bayern, or Bayern and Barcelona, ​​they would prefer the latter.

It is indeed ironic that Barcelona appears openly at the Bernabeu, but it can also make Real Madrid fans feel a little better.

Because this means that Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in the league only because of Pellegrini's incompetence, because the opponent was too strong, not because we were too weak.

Marca: "Is there anyone who can stop Charles?"

"Charles' crazy performance, he has directly scored 8 goals in the last four Champions League games, averaging two goals per game!"

"After scoring three goals against Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-final, Schar scored five goals in the Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan."

"Some people criticize Barcelona's unbalanced offense, but any team that has Charles will be unbalanced when facing a player who often plays at a dominant level."

"Because we currently have no way of finding a way to give Earthlings the same offensive firepower as the Martians."

"In an interview after the game, Inter Milan chairman Moratti put Charles on the same level as Maradona and Zidane."

"Although we lost, we have no regrets."

"Because we lost to a fantastic player, we did everything we could."

“It was an exciting game and everyone played their best.”

“Our player Eto’o is a striker, but he is also doing the work of a defender, always returning to defense;”

"Charles was also like this in the last game. Although he was a striker, when Barcelona's goal was threatened, he would chase back without hesitation."

"Every player tried their best, gave everything for the championship and united as one. This is why we love football."

"Sports competition is bound to be cruel, because there will never be two champions on the same green field, and there is no shame in losing to the best in the world."

"It reminds me of Maradona in his heyday when he was still playing in Serie A. Charles is just as fast as him."

"And Zidane, although Zidane said he doesn't want anyone to call Charles his successor, we can all see that he has the same temperament as him."

"After the game, Pele called our newspaper."

"He said he had been following the match and that Charles' performance on the pitch reminded him of Garrincha."

"He called Wawa, and then they notified others to watch the game together."

"Every one of them felt that Charles's style of play was like Garrincha's life."

"They haven't seen such cool, joyful and beautiful football since Garrincha left."

"Pele said that he didn't mean to say that football is very utilitarian nowadays, he just missed the time back then."

"At that time, when he played with Garrincha, he never lost."

Mundo Deportivo: "Charles has completely conquered the world! In our online survey, 80.1% of fans believe that Charles will become the best in the world."

"In the mixed interview area, we interviewed Valdés and Busquets, who have the same hairstyle as Ciel."

"Ever since Charles dyed his hair this way, it has instantly become the most popular trend among young people."

"Busquets said, 'Charles is the best player in the world right now and he can do whatever he wants.'"

"'Some things that others would have to spend their whole lives trying to do, he did with ease.'"

"Valdes also expressed his happiness to be a teammate of Xiaer, because he is unstoppable and will help him with all defenses. He can bring happiness to everyone."

I won’t write about the second round in detail. I wrote more than 4 words about the first round and I’m almost dizzy from writing.

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