princely elegance

Chapter 247 The Battle of the Century Season [-]

The quarter-finals of the Champions League came to an end when Real Madrid eliminated Manchester United, and the next semi-finals would not start until half a month later.After the semi-finals came out, Platini breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the two teams in the other half of the area are both in the Premier League, Liverpool returned to the home court and defeated Arsenal 4:2 in a thrilling confrontation after an away draw.With a total score of 5:3 in the two rounds, he entered the semi-finals of the Champions League by stepping on his hard-fought brothers in the league. His opponent was Chelsea, which easily won Fenerbahce.

Outside experts and media are generally optimistic about Liverpool led by Benitez. After all, they were the runner-up last year, and Benitez is famous for being good at playing cup games.And who is Chelsea's head coach, Grant!

who is this?If Abramovich hadn't copied Mourinho this year, I am afraid that no one except Chelsea's die-hard fans would know who this man with deep bags under his eyes is.

In the position of head coach, Benitez overwhelmed Grant, and Liverpool is not inferior in terms of players.The current main lineup of the Red Army can fight to the death with any team in the world.The midfield combination of Alonso and Gerrard, coupled with Torres, who was bought at the price of the king this year, can be described as a tiger with wings.Even against the five standing committee members of Chelsea, they are not inferior.

This Premier League civil war has fans looking forward to it very much, but in terms of popularity, the Champions League version of Real Madrid and Barcelona has attracted the most attention.

Platini boasted about Real Madrid in his heart when Manchester United was out, otherwise it is very likely that this year's Champions League final will turn into a Premier League civil war.In his second year in office, his godfather finally understood the strength of the Premier League, and decided in his heart that next year no matter what, half of them should die in the group stage, and the remaining half should die in the knockout round.

Now the top half is the Spanish Derby, and the bottom half is the Premier League civil war. No matter what, the finals are always different teams from the two countries, and the ratings are guaranteed.

After eliminating Manchester United, Real Madrid finally ushered in a rare rest period. They have only two league rounds in the next two weeks.Since Gago was destined not to play in the first round of the semi-finals, Schuster did not "pity him" this time, and sent him to the field in the home game against Messiah.

Raul, Van Nistelrooy, Guti, Robben, and Ramos took turns to rest, and Gago played with half of the substitutes and half of the main players.Gago also understood Schuster's actions, so he didn't take pity on his physical strength in this game.Instead, he took this newly promoted horse as a sandbag for him to vent.

He was full of resentment when he was flopped off by Ronaldo. In the opening No. 15 minutes, Gago blasted away the goal of Messia with a long shot from the top of the penalty area.Then before the end of the first half, he used a direct free kick again to help the team lead by two goals.In the second half, facing the tighter Mesia, Gago assisted Higuain with a through ball and scored the third goal. Finally, he led a large group of substitutes to beat Mesia 3-0 at home, and continued Help the team lead the standings.

"Godlike Gago!"

This is the headline given by "Marca" after the game.

"After scoring twice against Manchester United in the Champions League, Messia Gago, who returned to the league to face the whole field, scored twice again with genius aura, and finally assisted Higuain to extinguish the opponent's hope of counterattack. In this way Even if the Jiago is 5000 million, I won't sell it!"

"Marca" editor-in-chief Eduardo's report made Real Madrid's transfer manager Mijatovic another headache, because according to Gago's salary, Real Madrid's core liquidated damages are almost the same amount.Now Xia Weier has called to discuss with Mijatovic about a salary increase.

"MD, it just went up last year, and it's going to go up this year, it's really like Real Madrid is printing money!"

After Mijatovic smiled and hung up the phone in his hand, he immediately cursed regardless of his demeanor. Gago's salary has always been a headache for him.It is not too much for other rookies to perform well, but the problem is that Gago has performed too well. After only two seasons in Real Madrid, he is already the top superstar in football.In this way, his salary is a big problem, and he must increase it, but if the increase is small, he is afraid that the prince who is currently the most popular among fans in the team will feel cold.If you add more, other newcomers will definitely ask for more.

This kind of joint relationship between agents makes the club's manager hate it the most.

At this time, Real Madrid's accounting team has already calculated the most appropriate salary increase for Gago under the request of Mijatovic, so as not to make the team's salary structure not chaotic, but also not to chill Gago's heart. Other teams took advantage of it.

While Xia Weier and Linaya were busy increasing the income for their little brother, Gago went to Racing Santander again with a large group of substitutes.

Santander this season is also considered a dark horse, and has been hovering in the top four and top five positions in the league since the beginning of the season.After the last round, he still ranked fifth with 53 points, only one point behind Atletico Madrid in fourth.Of course, behind him is Sevilla, who is chasing points like crazy, and there is only a gap of two points away from him.

In the current La Liga, Real Madrid is high and lonely like snow. Barcelona was tied by the relegation team Huelva in the last round of away games. It has fallen behind Real Madrid by [-] points and completely lost hope of catching up.And the third place Villarreal is only two points behind Barcelona, ​​which is also a small gap that can change the result in one game.

Fourth, fifth and sixth Atletico Madrid, Racing Santander and Sevilla formed the third group, "love each other and kill each other" in order to compete for the last Champions League place.

In the No.30 round of La Liga, Real Madrid started the penultimate game, while Barcelona, ​​which started a day earlier, ushered in the old enemy Spaniard at home.In the end, the Catalan Roya derby did not disappoint the Real Madrid players, and the two sides were tied.Seeing that there was no hope for the league, Rijkaard decisively hid most of the main players in this game and played an extremely boring defensive battle.The league ushered in three consecutive draws!
And Manuel Pellegrini's Villarreal finally seized the opportunity after two consecutive defeats and defeated Valladolid, which had already fallen into the relegation zone, at home.Relying on the relationship between victory and defeat to squeeze into No.2 again, Rijkaard suffered a lot of criticism after this game.Many Barcelona fans believe that the team still has the possibility of winning the league, but the black swan's abandonment ruined the last hope.

However, Rijkaard didn't say much about the criticism from the outside world. He gritted his teeth and practiced his tactics. He wanted to make another breakthrough in the Champions League and slap those expert reporters who didn't know how to pretend to understand.As long as Gago was suspended in the first round and relied on the advantage of the home court to establish the lead, even if Gago came back in the second round, he would be powerless.

Atletico Madrid and Sevilla in the third team unexpectedly lost the game.In the last few rounds of the league, the relegation teams squandered all the character they have accumulated for a season, making Aguirre and Juand both bitter after the game.

Fortunately, their biggest rival Racing Santander, who started the game on the second day, was unexpectedly defeated by Real Madrid at home.Gago is leading the other half of Real Madrid's main force this time, that is, Raul, Ruud van Nistelrooy and others who were rested in the last round.Schuster used two league games to supplement the physical fitness of the main lineup, and also used the league to train the team.Such an extravagant way of training can only be extended to Real Madrid, which has extended its lead to [-] points.

In this game, Gago scored a goal again and scored in three consecutive games. The state of the Argentine prince was so good that the Real Madrid fans were heartbroken.

It would be great if Gago could play in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. With him, why would Barcelona be afraid.

At the press conference after the victory over Racing Santander, all the reporters asked Schuster what he thought of the next game of the century at the Camp Nou, as if by agreement.

The Germans originally wanted to make an official statement, but no matter which reporter they pointed to, this was the problem, so they could only reveal a little bit after helplessness.

"I will use my offense to end the suspense of the semi-finals at Camp Nou. In the first round, Phil should be able to rest well."

Schuster's words directly aroused the anger of all Barcelona fans, and all fan groups advocated letting Real Madrid know what red and blue are at Camp Nou.

Of course, UEFA made good use of the popularity of the four teams in the semi-finals, and the popularity of the match between Liverpool and Chelsea is not weak.The Premier League Civil War kicks off the day before the Great War of the Century.

This time both sides have sent the strongest lineup in their hands. In addition to the big rotation of the defense line, Liverpool's strongest midfield is against the Blues' midfield led by Lampard and Didier Drogba.

This game can only be described as boring from the scene. Both sides know the bottom line, so they are based on defense first.The entire 45 minutes of the first half were sabotaged by both sides. In the sabotage, there were basically no shots.But in the end it was Chelsea who couldn't hold on. Liverpool took advantage of a set kick and dropped the ball into the penalty area. Under the scuffle in front of the goal, Didier Dirk was lucky and stabbed the ball into the goal guarded by Petr Cech.

This was the last minute of the first half. Speaking of which, although Benitez could not beat Chelsea in the league, he has always been able to find his place in the Champions League.It was the same even when Mourinho was there. Chelsea and Liverpool played in the semi-finals last season. In the end, Fatty Bei relied on the tortoise style to eliminate Mourinho's Iron Legion, which also buried the magic bird's dismissal at the beginning of the season. Foreshadowed.

However, Benitez did not have the last laugh in this game. His crazy rotation finally brought bad results. In the No.905 minute, Chelsea also had the same opportunity to set the ball and equalized the score.This time it was an own goal by Liverpool's own players, as Riise headed the ball into his own goal on a clearance, silencing the KOP at the last second.

After the Premier League civil war, Real Madrid has come to Camp Nou under the leadership of Schuster, preparing to stage the second season of this year's Century War in front of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world!

(End of this chapter)