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Chapter 930 Entering the Finals

On the evening of April [-]th, the Bernabéu Stadium.

La Liga No.30 four rounds, Real Madrid vs. Zaragoza at home.

This is Real Madrid's first home game after winning the Copa del Rey. Before the game, the team's captain and vice-captain Iker Casillas and Ramos entered the stadium holding the Copa del Rey trophy respectively, showing to more than 8 fans that Real Madrid has won another championship trophy this season.

The fans applauded thunderously, and they all expressed their satisfaction with the current status of the team.

Although the league is still behind Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid has shown great strength, especially the three kills against Barcelona so far this season, which has made Real Madrid very excited. Now that the Copa del Rey is in hand, the team defeated Manchester United [-]-[-] in the semi-finals of the Champions League, showing a good momentum.

Everyone is convinced that the team will gain something in the final stage.

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In this game, Benitez did not arrange the main lineup to play. Players including Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Robben either sat on the bench or appeared in the stands, but did not appear in the starting lineup.

The same goes for Xabi Alonso and Mascherano.

When the team's captain and vice-captain entered the stadium holding the King's Cup, the live broadcast camera was frequently aimed at Yang Yang in the stands. He was sitting in the stands with Su Ye, whose belly had grown obviously, his mother, and agent Mino Raiola. He seemed in a good mood. When he saw himself appearing on the big screen of the stadium, he waved to the fans, which caused a round of cheers.

Raiola made a special trip to Madrid to discuss contract renewal with Real Madrid. Florentino hopes to reach an agreement before the end of the season. The current progress is smooth, but it will definitely take some time.

In addition to Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic also hopes to improve his contract treatment, but the Real Madrid management said that the Swedish center's renewal plan is arranged after Yang Yang.

Higuain played the leading role alone in this game, Di Maria, David Silva, Granero and other players also got the starting lineup, and the teenager Canales also appeared in the starting lineup.

After all, it was a lineup with mostly substitute players, and the first half of the game was chaotic.

Real Madrid's current lineup is very thick, but there is also a problem, that is, the lack of midfield playmakers.

Gago is no longer trusted in the position of Harvey Alonso in the late playmaker midfielder. Granero is more than diligent, but lacking in ability. The team is currently increasing the strength of signings in this position.

Until No.60 two minutes into the second half, David Silva used a corner kick to assist Ramos with a header.

But then Zaragoza scored a goal and successfully equalized the score.

In the No.804 minute, Higuain assisted Di Maria to score with a low shot from the right rib, expanding the score to [-]-[-] again.

In the end, this score was maintained until the end of the game.

Zaragoza's strength is not strong, but their style is very tenacious. They also forced Barcelona into a very embarrassing situation at the Nou Camp. In the end, they only lost [-]-[-], and they also showed tenacity at the Bernabeu tonight.

Real Madrid exposed a lot of problems through this game, such as the lack of ability of the teenager Canales, and Granero's inability to replace Harvey Alonso.

The team's improvement in the second half was to some extent the result of Benitez pulling David Silva back into the midfield. The Spanish midfielder's passing and organization performed very well in the second half, which made people shine.

But in any case, Real Madrid's midfield organizational shortcomings still need to be strengthened.

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Barcelona just defeated Schalke [-] [-]-[-] away in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Basically, it can be said that they got tickets to Wembley Stadium in advance without any surprises. After returning to La Liga, Guardiola's team narrowly beat Real Sociedad [-]-[-] away.

This game was played extremely dangerously, and Messi and other players were also absent. In the end, Thiago and Pedro's goals helped Barcelona get a valuable three points. Otherwise, the current league leader would be Real Madrid.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and may even meet in the Champions League final, which has caused Spanish fans to be excited. Many media and fans also believe that the suspense of the La Liga championship is likely to last until the final round.

At least, in this round of La Liga, both Real Madrid and Barcelona have rotated their lineups, but they both defeated their opponents without any risk, which shows that both teams have considerable determination.

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While Real Madrid was playing in La Liga, Manchester United also ushered in their own devil schedule.

Ferguson's team has a very intensive schedule recently, and the opponents are very strong.

In the No.30 round of the Premier League, they played against Moyes' Everton at home, and Manchester United won [-]-[-] at home; then came the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, where they lost [-]-[-] away to Real Madrid.

After returning to the Premier League, Premier League No. 30 five rounds, they challenged Arsenal away, Cristiano Ronaldo was placed on the bench, but Rooney, Hernandez and Nani were in a downturn at the same time, Manchester United failed to create much offensive threat at the Emirates Stadium, but was inserted by Arsenal to create a scoring opportunity.

Ramsey, who came back from a broken leg, stepped in and scored a goal for Arsenal.

This goal once again exposed Manchester United's problem, which is the midfielder.

After Fletcher was injured in March, Carrick single-handedly provoked the position of Manchester United's midfielder, but it turned out that Carrick alone was not enough. However, looking at the current Manchester United lineup, there is no second person who can make up for this defect.

Manchester United lost to Arsenal on the road this round, but Chelsea won Tottenham Hotspur [-]-[-] at home, which directly caused Manchester United's original lead of six points to be quickly shortened to three points.

What's more terrible is that next week, Manchester United will once again play hard at home against Real Madrid, striving to reach the Champions League final. On the weekend, they will face Chelsea at Old Trafford. This is bound to be the most devilish schedule that Manchester United has encountered this season.

Therefore, after Manchester United lost to Arsenal, many media in the UK commented, calling on Manchester United to put it aside and make a choice on two fronts, preferably the Champions League, because of the [-]-[-] loss in the first leg, it is very unlikely that Manchester United will come back at home.

The Manchester Evening News bluntly stated that if Ferguson insisted on fighting on two fronts, the final result is likely to be that Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid and reversed by Chelsea.

However, many media believe that Manchester United's two devil games are at home.

"You know, Ferguson's team has not lost even a game at Old Trafford so far this season, so whether it is facing Real Madrid or Chelsea, Manchester United has enough psychological advantage."

But soon the media delved into the evidence to refute it, because in the Champions League, Manchester United drew two of the three home games in the group stage, one of which was a tie with Valencia, and this time they faced Real Madrid, which has a stronger overall strength.

Fletcher is doomed not to come back, so how can Manchester United fill the weaknesses and deficiencies in midfield defense?
There was a lot of speculation from the outside world, and the media with two different views refuted each other, which attracted the attention of countless fans, but Manchester United was always very calm inside. No one knew what Ferguson was thinking.

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May [-], Old Trafford.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid challenged Manchester United away.

Both sides played more cautiously in the first half of the game.

Real Madrid is playing in an away game, and Benitez is still using a double midfielder tactic, but he is not greedy for success. After all, the team has two goal advantages, so there is no need for too risky tactics.

Manchester United was more proactive than in the first round, but it still focused on counterattacks. Basically, the offense was handed over to Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney and Nani in front, and the midfield was still solid.

The cautiousness of the two teams made the first half of the game unsightly. Although the two sides competed fiercely, they failed to create absolute scoring opportunities.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester United obviously couldn't bear it anymore.

They had to score two goals at home to reverse the situation, so Ferguson began to increase his offensive efforts, and Scholes was replaced at halftime to strengthen the team's midfield and offensive efforts.

Real Madrid also actively pressed the defense forward, wanting to continue to suppress Manchester United.

The two sides fought indistinguishably.

But in 7 minutes, after Real Madrid intercepted the ball in the backcourt, Kaka split the ball to the right. Robben used his speed to go straight into the gap left by Evra's forward drive, dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area and then passed it back to the front of the penalty area.

Yang Yang chased after Robben all the way, received a pass from Robben on the right side of the penalty spot, pushed with his right foot, and broke through Van der Sar's goal.

One to zero!

This goal also completely broke Manchester United's fantasy.

Even if they score two goals now, it can only be regarded as an equalizer.

Manchester United began to give it a go and increase their attack, while Real Madrid's defense also made a mistake.

No. 606 minutes, Ramos fouled Cristiano Ronaldo and gave Manchester United a free kick in the front court. Giggs sent the ball into the penalty area.

One to one, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

But at this time, the pace of the game has been pulled up extremely fast, and both sides are already playing in a fever.

The ball was exchanged back and forth. The game was exciting and the fans were hooked, but no one was able to create an absolute chance. Until No. 707 minutes, after Yang Yang started to dribble from the left rib, he cooperated with Kaka and Zlatan Ibrahimovic successively. He broke into the penalty area with a low shot with his left foot, and once again broke through Van der Sar's goal.

A brace!

Two to one!

Real Madrid reached the final!

This goal completely shattered all Manchester United's illusions.

They have to score four goals in the last ten minutes to beat Real Madrid, and everyone knows that is impossible.

Ferguson also reluctantly sat back in the coach's bench of the home team, unable to hide his inner disappointment.

(End of this chapter)