champion light

Chapter 705 Fighting with the England team

Liverpool are really tenacious.

They equalized late in the first half with a long shot from Gerrard.

Finally, this game did not lose suspense as early as Bayern Munich's first round against Rome.

When Bayern Munich fans saw Bayern Munich scoring so early, they really hope that Bayern Munich can repeat the first leg against Roma. For neutral fans, this may kill suspense, but what suspense do Bayern Munich supporters want?They are about to win!

So seeing Gerrard equalize the score, Bayern Munich fans were very disappointed-it seems that Liverpool is much more difficult to deal with than Roma, and it is not so easy to have a massacre.

In the second half, Benitez realized the strength of Bayern Munich's offense and it was very difficult to win at home.If you continue to attack, you may concede more goals in the second half. After all, Rongguang's recent state is really good.

So he adjusted his tactics, improving offense to defense.

反正现在比分还是平局, 只要下半场不继续丢球就行了。就算最后打个1：1平，也好过1：2、1：3啊……

Without losing in the first round, there is still hope of a decisive battle in the second round.

Otherwise, like Rome, they lost 0:7 at home in the first round, so what's wrong with the second round?

Therefore, under the tenacious defense, Liverpool did not concede a goal in the second half. Of course, because they put all their energy on defense, they failed to score.

In the end, the two sides shook hands 1:1 and made a peace.

But in the eyes of the media, fans and experts, Bayern Munich clearly has the upper hand.

Not only did they not lose an away game, they also scored an away goal.It can be said that the balance of promotion has tilted towards Bayern Munich.

It is too difficult for Liverpool to break through Bayern Munich's home court in the second round.Bayern Munich just need to keep a 0:0.

If Liverpool wants to attack with all their strength in the away game and strive for goals, Bayern Munich's counterattack is not vegetarian.

Of course Benitez knew this, but he couldn't help it.This is already the best result, better than losing in the first round.

After the game, the German media couldn't wait to announce that Bayern Munich had advanced to the semi-finals.

And the major European bookmakers have also readjusted their odds. Bayern Munich's odds of winning the championship have now risen to the first place. In other words, bookmakers are more optimistic about Bayern Munich's Champions League champion.

Ranked second is AC Milan with Kaka.They beat the Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven 3-0 at home in the game on the same day. Kaka contributed a very exciting long-distance rush goal and an assist in the game.

And Barcelona, ​​which had the first odds, was automatically out of the game after being eliminated by Liverpool in the quarter-finals.

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After the away game with Liverpool, Bayern Munich returned to Germany.

Their opponent in the weekend league was Hannover 96. In this game, the injured Ballack entered the starting list for the first time, which means that Ballack has completely returned from injury.

Therefore, this ordinary league, which was not so special, has attracted much attention.

As a result, Ballack scored a goal when he came back in this game, and he performed very well.

And the person who assisted him was... Rong Guang.

At that time, after Rong Guang broke through the defense line of Hannover 96, he passed the football selflessly to Ballack who came in behind.

Ballack shot angrily and pumped the football into the goal guarded by German goalkeeper Enke.

After scoring the goal, Ballack ran to Rongguang and hugged him tightly.

It is very important to be able to score goals in the first game of the comeback. Goals can relieve the anxiety of not being confident in your own state after you pay, and can give yourself confidence.

Rong Guang almost passed the entire defense line of Hannover 96. He can shoot the goal by himself, and he can definitely score goals by shooting himself.But instead of doing that, he passed the football to himself.

So Barak must thank Rong Guang.

"Welcome back, Michael!" He heard Rong Guang say this to himself while hugging Rong Guang.

"Thank you, Rong!" Barack hugged Rong Guang even tighter.

After the game, Ballack also expressed his gratitude to Rong Guang when he was interviewed by reporters.

"He said to me, welcome back, I thank him, his assist was a wonderful comeback gift!"

So, the next day's German "Bild" used Rong Guang's words as the headline.

"Welcome back, Michael!"

The German media were very happy that Ballack was able to return from injury in time and performed well.

After Ballack's comeback, Bayern Munich's possibility of winning the Champions League is even higher.

At that time, when the two swords are combined, who in the whole of Europe can be the enemy?

The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek was also Ballack's first Champions League game after recovering from injury.

In this game, he continued to start and organize and dispatch in the midfield.

With his scheduling, Bayern Munich's home runs more smoothly.

So Liverpool is completely out of play.

Although Rongguang did not score in this game, Bayern Munich still beat Liverpool 1-0 at home.

Thus eliminated the opponent with a total score of 2:1.

In this way, they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

After the game, the German media generally said that this is the strongest Bayern Munich team after the Bayern Munich team that won the Champions League, and it is also the season with the best chance to regain the championship.

"Rong's state is very good. Ballack hardly had any adaptation period after he recovered from injury, and he quickly integrated into the team. Coupled with the outstanding performance of other powerful players. If Bayern Munich can't win the Champions League again this season...it will be too demoralizing!"

Of course, Magath is still very cautious. Although he was happy in his heart, he still said in an interview: "...reaching the semi-finals does not mean that we are the biggest favorites to win the championship. It should be noted that AC Milan also performed very well. In fact, when the Champions League reaches this level, no team is easy to deal with. When we broke into the semi-finals last season, there were similar voices, thinking that Bayern Munich is very strong, strong enough to win the Champions League. I've seen it all. I don't think anyone can say that we will definitely win the championship before the halftime whistle blows in the final..."

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After Bayern Munich broke into the semi-finals, the first thing Magath did was to go to Genk to confirm that Rongguang now has several yellow cards.

"There is not a single yellow card. This season Rong is also very concerned about this issue. Before playing this game, he has come to ask me." Henke laughed.

Magath breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. This time, we must not make the mistakes of last season again!"

"Don't worry, Felix." Henk reassured Magath.

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A day later, all Champions League quarter-finals are over, and Bayern Munich's opponents in the semi-finals are revealed.

It is another Premier League giant - Manchester United.

Bayern Munich has really carried on with the Premier League teams in the past two seasons.They met Arsenal in the semi-finals last season and were eliminated by Arsenal.This season, they first met Liverpool in the quarter-finals, then eliminated Liverpool, and then met another English team, Manchester United, in the semi-finals.

However, unlike Arsenal last year, Ferguson's Manchester United has not said that it will give up the league.

They are top of the league but not by much, just three points ahead of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.This season's Premier League is a competition between Manchester United and Chelsea.So Manchester United is still distracted in the league.

Their performance in the Champions League may not be as focused and competitive as Arsenal's last season.But still a team not to be underestimated, especially... like Bayern Munich, they also have a super talented player in the team, Cristiano Ronaldo.

This season can be regarded as a season in which Cristiano Ronaldo began to mature.

From the beginning of this season, after experiencing the World Cup and Rooney's turmoil, this Portuguese genius who used to play fancy football has begun to mature and become more comprehensive.

His playing is no longer as fancy as before, but more concise and practical.He has also become more versatile in terms of his ability to score goals.Whether it is a breakthrough shot, an outflank in front of the goal, a long shot, a free kick, or a header, he can score.In addition, his penalty ability has also improved steadily.In addition, in terms of assists, he also performed outstandingly.

To this end, Ferguson even asked Rooney to make sacrifices for Cristiano Ronaldo.

Currently in the league, the Portuguese has scored sixteen goals, two of which were penalties.

On April [-]th, he had just renewed his contract with Manchester United for five years.

He is a treasure that Ferguson is absolutely unwilling to lose.

So the game between Bayern Munich and Manchester United is actually a contest between Rong Guang and Cristiano Ronaldo, two super talented new stars.

Such a contest does not involve any hatred or grievance, but it is more attractive than the duel between Rong Guang and Ma Kai.

This is a competition between two young talents, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rong Guang, who can dominate the future of European football. These two games are likely to be the start of their long-term competition.

So when the result of the draw came out, it instantly attracted the attention of the entire European football world.

This kind of attention far exceeds the other pair of semi-final opponents, AC Milan and Chelsea...

The three most outstanding young people in today's football, Kaka, Rong Guang and Cristiano Ronaldo, their teams have reached the semi-finals, and the final championship is likely to be born at the feet of these three young people.

L'Equipe directly used such a headline to describe the semi-finals of the Champions League.

"Youth Storm".

That's right, this is the power of youth that is about to, or has already swept across Europe!

(End of this chapter)