champion light

Chapter 591 The suspense is gone
After the first round against Villarreal, the German media believed that Bayern Munich had definitely advanced to the semi-finals.

This result is already the best result of Magath in the Champions League after coaching Bayern Munich, and it is also the best result of Bayern Munich in the Champions League in the past few seasons.

Sure enough, after having glory, it is different...

The German media already has such a view.

Bayern Munich has been able to advance to the semi-finals this time, Rongguang really owes a lot of credit.

The German media are already looking forward to the semi-finals.

Bayern Munich's opponent in the semi-finals is likely to be the English team Arsenal.

Arsenal defeated Juventus 2-0 at home in the quarter-finals of the first round. Although Juventus will be at home in the next round, with the current state and strength of Arsenal, it is really difficult for Juventus to come back.

In fact, Arsenal is somewhat similar to Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich has glory, Arsenal has Thierry Henry.

No one believes that Villarreal can still comeback at home.

They are already three goals behind!
But just before the second round against Bayern Munich, Villarreal's local media suddenly began to take everyone to review the classic reversal battles in the history of the Champions League.

They mentioned the UEFA Champions League in the 2003-2004 season, also in the quarter-finals, Deportivo met AC Milan.

In the first round, at AC Milan's home court, Kaka helped AC Milan beat Deportivo 4:1.

At that time, everyone thought that the defending champion AC Milan must have advanced to the semi-finals, and Deportivo had absolutely no chance to comeback.

But just after Deportivo returned home, they scored a surprising score.

4: 0!

Immediately after the first half, "Super Depor" had already led AC Milan by three goals.

The defending champion was completely stunned.The players seemed to be cursed, and they didn't know how to deal with the game at all.

Later, Deportivo defeated AC Milan with a total score of 5:4 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Why does the media in Villarreal want to bring up the old story again?
Obviously, they also hope that what "Super Depco" did back then, "Yellow Submarine" can also do!
Villarreal's official website is also engaging in an event, hoping that fans can fill the Ballad Stadium and create a terrifying home atmosphere to help the team beat Bayern Munich.

When the Villarreal fans were interviewed by reporters, they also seemed full of confidence. They really didn't look like they were going to be eliminated...

"We will fight back fiercely at home! We will let the Germans know that Villarreal is not easy to mess with!"

"During World War II, the Germans invented the submarine 'wolf pack tactics'. Now it's our 'yellow submarine' to emulate them!"

And it's not just the media who have confidence, and it's not just the fans who have confidence.

Villarreal's players also seem quite confident.

Needless to say, their attitudes during training, they also seemed very confident when they were interviewed by reporters.

"Bayern Munich is very strong, but this is at our home court. We have no way out, and we can often explode with stronger energy..." In an interview with reporters, the team's top scorer Diego Forlan said so.

Even Riquelme, who is usually reticent, expressed his confidence: "It is difficult to overtake three goals behind, but it is not so difficult as to be impossible."

The team's head coach Pellegrini even said: "When we first participated in the Champions League this season, no one believed that we could qualify from the group. But we finally won the right to qualify as the first in the group. In the Champions League, we were a miracle, so why not continue to create miracles?"

From top to bottom, you can't see a trace of pessimism in the Villarreal team. If you only start to pay attention to this team from now on, you will definitely think that Villarreal achieved a good result in their first confrontation with Bayern Munich. This result gave them the confidence to eliminate Bayern Munich in the second round.

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"It's really strange, what makes the Spaniard so confident?" The team's assistant coach Henk also felt very strange after receiving the information from Spain.

"I don't know. But that has nothing to do with us." The team's coach Magath shook his head. "We just need to play according to our own, and there is no need to care about the opponent."

The 3:0 in the first round gave Bayern Munich such confidence.

"Then this is the starting lineup for this game, take a look." Henk handed the paper to Magath.

Magath took over Genk's starting list and glanced at it. This starting list is Bayern Munich's starting lineup against Villarreal.

This is based on how the players have performed in training in recent days.

It does not say who must be the main force.

A goalkeeper like Kahn who starts every game does not have such an opportunity because he is Oliver Kahn, but because as a main goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn will maintain his own state, so his state has always been stable, and his training attitude is also very positive.

Even Rongguang, in addition to the rotation, the primary factor that determines whether he can start is also his state and performance in training.

Magath quickly read the list.

He nodded: "Very well, everything that should be on the top is here. Let's go to Spain in the afternoon."

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As the assistant coach of Bayern Munich, Michael Henk doesn't quite understand why the people of Villarreal are so confident. This is normal, because Bayern Munich's starting list is drawn up by him.

But Villarreal does not know what kind of starting lineup Bayern Munich will line up in this game...

Pellegrini believes that after Bayern Munich beat Villarreal in the first round, they should choose a rotation lineup in the second round, and the players will also relax and underestimate the enemy.

Then this is Villarreal's chance.

As long as you grasp it well, you may not be able to create an incredible epic reversal at home like Deportivo!

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When Bayern Munich arrived at Villarreal that afternoon, the whole team went to the Love Song Stadium for training to adapt to the venue in the evening.

And Magath went to the pre-match press conference.

This kind of pre-match press conference, if there are no surprises, will always announce the starting rosters of both sides.

Of course, it is not ruled out that one side wants to maintain a sense of aesthetics and catch the opponent by surprise without announcing the starting list. It is not until two hours before the start of the game that everyone will know exactly who can start.

But Magath obviously did not intend to engage in those tricks away.

At the press conference before the game, he directly announced the starting list for the game.

At the same time, this is what the media pays the most attention to.

Will Bayern Munich really rotate after the first round victory and hide all the main players?
After answering a few questions, Magath threw out the starting list: "Let me announce the starting list for tomorrow's game..."

Everyone held their breath, and the scene became quiet. They listened to Magath, starting from the goalkeeper, read out the starting lineup of Bayern Munich's game one by one.

Especially those Spanish reporters, they are very clear that Bayern Munich's starting lineup in this game may be directly related to the outcome of this game.

"Oliver Kahn. Lucio, Ismail, Lizarazu, Sagnol..."

But as Magath announced these names one by one, the expressions on everyone's faces changed.

Because judging from these names... Bayern Munich doesn't seem to plan to rotate, these people are all main players!
It is the strongest lineup of Bayern Munich!

At this time, those Spanish reporters still had illusions.I thought even so, as long as one person does not play, then Villarreal still has a chance.

that person is...

"Rong."

Thinking of this, Magath pronounced his name.

When a group of Spanish reporters heard this name, their sitting postures changed, and they seemed to lose their strength.They all straightened their bodies at first, but after hearing this name, they couldn't help leaning back, and didn't stop until they leaned against the back of the chair.

Why is there such a performance?

Because they know very well that Villarreal is going to attack in this game, and they must attack in order to score. It is impossible to play a defensive counterattack like the first round.

Then when pressing the attack, there will inevitably be a big gap behind.

If Bayern Munich does not have glory, although these vacancies may be used by Bayern Munich, the utilization efficiency will not be too high, and the Villarreal people still have some luck.

But now that they are honored, many people's luck is gone.

Because Rongguang's ability to seize opportunities is really too strong.

And after Villarreal pushed forward, the space behind them seemed tailor-made for glory...

So what is it about creating a miracle reversal?
I'm afraid the goal will be pierced by glory before they score a goal!

Thinking of this very likely scenario, these Spanish reporters had no expectations for the next game.

A game where the outcome is doomed... what is the value of attention?

Yes, Deportivo once reversed AC Milan at home.

But Bayern Munich is not AC Milan.

And today's glory is more mature and more threatening than the original Kaka.

So with him, Bayern Munich is unlikely to be reversed by Villarreal.

This game has lost its suspense since Magath decided to put Rong Guang in the starting lineup...

(End of this chapter)