champion light

Chapter 1189 Don't dare to look directly
The time has entered the middle of May, and the major leagues of European football have also come to an end. At this time, the championship competition of each league has either reached the day-to-day stage, or the champion has been decided.

The relegation quota is also a topic of concern to everyone.

But the most important thing is still the Champions League final.

This is the highest honor representing European football, and it is the glory that countless European football powerhouses dream of.

Surrounding this final, the media in various European countries paid special attention to these two teams.

The media analyzed these two teams. If it was just a paper analysis, Barcelona would have a slight upper hand.

Some media even commissioned the university to use a computer to do a simulation—of course, this is not the kind of simulation in live football or football manager games, but to input various data of each player of the two teams, as well as the recent performance of the team as a whole into a mathematical model, and then start the calculation.

The final conclusion is that Barcelona has a higher probability of winning.This is also in line with the judgment of the vast majority of media and fans on this game.

Manchester City's advantage is that they have already won the league championship ahead of schedule, so they don't need to put too much energy in the league. They can start preparing for the Champions League final from this time.

But their disadvantage is that Manchester City has never had the experience of playing in the Champions League final.

Experience is something mysterious to say, this is not the experience value in RPG games, it can be expressed intuitively through numbers.

To put it simply, the experience of the Champions League final is that if the players of Manchester City encounter some situations in the Champions League final, they may not know how to respond correctly. They may panic, or make completely wrong responses, which eventually lead to the team losing the game...

Inexperience will make players lack confidence when playing games.

thereby affecting their performance.

In the eyes of many media, zero experience in the Champions League is the biggest problem for this team.

Barcelona's problems are much smaller.

Although they have not yet won the league title, they have played 35 rounds in La Liga, and Barcelona scored 91 points, while No.2 Real Madrid has only 83 points. The difference between the two teams is eight points.

Therefore, the league has no way to interfere with Barcelona.

In addition, this team has rich experience in the Champions League. In the summer of 2009, they just defeated Manchester United to win the Champions League. Most of the players who won the championship at that time are still in the team.Moreover, many players in this team have more than one championship experience-many of the Dream Team [-] led by Rijkaard are still in Guardiola's team.

Finally, and most importantly.

Many people are used to saying when evaluating Manchester City: "Do you need a reason to be optimistic about Manchester City? No, because they have glory! That's enough!"

Glory is Manchester City's biggest advantage.

But now, that advantage doesn't seem so obvious.Because Barcelona's Messi is in very, very good condition this time, even better than Rongguang!
This can be seen from the number of goals he scored in the Champions League.

Messi's outstanding performance is enough to offset Manchester City's glorious advantage.

Under such circumstances, it is the consensus that Barcelona has an advantage compared to other aspects.

However, everyone is also very optimistic about the future of Manchester City. As long as they continue to perform like this, I believe they should be able to win the Champions League within a few seasons.

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"Will it take a few more seasons to win the championship?" Rong Guang was asked this question by reporters during an interview. He shook his head: "No, I don't want to win the championship in a few more seasons. What we want is to win the championship now."

Having already made it to the final, there is no need to hide his ambition to win the championship, and he is still humble.

If he said "Our Manchester City experience is still inexperienced, we have worked hard to reach the Champions League final and we are very satisfied. We are here to learn from Barcelona. Friendship first, competition second" this kind of nonsense will probably not be believed...

"That's the opinion that most of the media thinks that Barcelona has an advantage over you..."

"If the result of a game can be analyzed by media analysis, then everyone should stop playing football." Rong Guang spread his hands and said. "I don't believe in that."

"Messi is also in good form now, he has just surpassed you in the Champions League scorer list..."

"I'm very happy to see Leo playing so well, and I look forward to competing with him in the final," Rong Guang said.

"Are you worried about losing the Champions League golden boot?"

"No, don't worry."

"The top scorer of the Champions League or the champion of the Champions League, which one do you choose?"

Most people will answer: "Compared with team honors, personal honors are insignificant" or "As long as I can win the championship, I don't care if I am the top scorer".

But Rongguang does not take the usual path. His strong self-confidence and consistent "high standards and strict requirements" make his words full of domineering: "Why should I choose one? I want both. I want both the champion and the top scorer!"

Soon, Rong Guang's domineering declaration appeared in the media.

"I want the championship and the golden boot!"

Rong Guang didn't make any fuss when he said this.

He has the qualifications and strength to say so.

Of course, just because he has the qualifications to say this does not mean that he will definitely get what he wants. It still depends on many factors, and Rongguang is not the only one who has the final say.

Manchester City fans are very happy, Rongguang has such a pervert, they will feel more at ease.

Barcelona is indeed aggressive, and the only thing Manchester City can compete with them is glory.

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Rong Guang is very confident, and Barcelona is also very confident.

"We have a good relationship with Rong, but a game is a game. On the court, we will not show mercy." Harvey laughed when he was interviewed.

Iniesta next to him also nodded: "Rong is a very, very good player, so in order to beat him and win the championship, we must play better than usual. Barcelona will definitely not belittle Manchester City just because they are an inexperienced team."

Messi, as the team's top scorer and a popular player, is naturally the target of the media.Everyone wants to hear what he thinks about competing with Rongguang.

"This is just a temporary transcendence, meaningless. The top scorer looks at the data after all the games are played, so I don't think there is a need to discuss this issue now." Unlike Rong Guang's domineering announcement of the championship and the Golden Boot, Messi cleverly avoided this issue.

After being interviewed by reporters, the three Barcelona players, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, walked back to the dressing room at the training base.

"You can't answer like that, Leo," Harvey said suddenly.

"Which answer?"

Messi asked.

"You just answered the reporter's question about your competition with Rong. I noticed that you avoided this question?"

"Uh, isn't it right to do this? I don't want to stir up conflicts with Rong..." Messi spread his hands.

"It's not a matter of contradiction, Leo. He was our opponent in the Champions League final. Based on what you know about Rong, does it mean that if you say that, his performance in the game will deteriorate?" Harvey asked rhetorically.

Iniesta next to him shook his head and said: "Not at all. He is the kind of person who plays better in important games."

Iniesta is a fan of Rongguang. In Barcelona, ​​he can be said to be the person who knows Rongguang best.

So much so that after the semi-finals, Iniesta was called by Guardiola alone to talk in the office for more than 40 minutes, that is, to talk about Rongguang. Guardiola needs to know the most complete information about Rongguang, so that he knows how to deal with Rongguang.

Of course, the result after four and 10 minutes made Guardiola a little discouraged. I don’t know if Iniesta’s brain-dead attributes played a role. Anyway, after hearing Iniesta’s words, Guardiola felt that Glory was not a creature on this planet at all. Barcelona was called the “Cosmic Team” by the media.

"So, Leo. If you want to beat Rong, then first of all you have to change your attitude. You can't always avoid anything related to Rong. That's not okay. You have to have the confidence to beat him. First of all, you have to dare to fight him face to face. When he stares at you, you must not move your eyes away, otherwise you will lose. If you lose in terms of momentum, it will be difficult for you to beat him again."

Messi looked at the big brother in the team, a little surprised.He didn't expect such words to come from Harvey who was always gentle.

"Actually, in the home game last season, you were able to say that you would be his opponent in front of him. It was considered an improvement, but it was not enough. Leo, it was not enough. Next time you have a chance, tell him that you want to beat him." Harvey patted Messi on the shoulder. "It doesn't offend him, and it doesn't make it impossible for the two of you to be friends again."

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When Xavi and Iniesta left the dressing room, Messi was still in the bathroom. He might still be thinking about what Xavi said to him.

"Said these words to him before the final, won't it cause trouble for him?" Iniesta was a little worried.

"Leo is one of the greatest talents I've ever seen. I think he's the only one who can catch up to Rong, and maybe even surpass Rong. But first he has to really release himself, not hold back because of some external evaluation." Harvey explained.

Iniesta also knew what external evaluation he was talking about. In fact, it meant that Rong Guang and Messi had a good relationship. Messi was reserved and gentle, just like Rong Guang's younger brother...

This evaluation will definitely affect Messi.

(End of this chapter)