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Chapter 713 What Koreans Care About
The Bayern Munich players don't know what the outside world thinks of their game, nor do they know that the Bayern Munich fans are already worried, let alone that the Manchester United fans have regarded them as losers and began to look forward to the final.

After Rong Guang beat Cristiano Ronaldo on the ping-pong table, everyone went back to their rooms excitedly and went straight to bed.

They didn't see what the outside world said, and they lived in a hotel as if they were living in a completely closed world...

The players can live a simple life, but the head coach can't.

After changing hotels, Magath is paying attention to the media's reaction.

Sure enough, as he expected, there are voices in the media who are not optimistic about Bayern Munich.

If I am not the head coach of Bayern Munich, but an ordinary Bayern Munich fan, seeing these overwhelming news reports full of negative news, I am afraid that Bayern Munich will lose this game.

But he wasn't offended by such reports.

Instead, he laughed when he read the reports.

Others bad-mouthed his team, but he was too small. Could it be that the pressure caused his brain to become confused?
of course not.

Magath is well aware of how difficult this game is, and enough has been said in the media for those reasons that there is no need to repeat them here.

But Magath hopes to achieve a good result in this game. Even if he can't win, he can't lose. A draw is completely acceptable.

But it is not easy to achieve a satisfactory result in the away game under so many unfavorable conditions.

At this time, in addition to the strength of the Bayern Munich team, some... strategies are needed.

If Manchester United can not play so well in the game, such as underestimating the enemy or something, Bayern Munich will be easier in the game.

But how can we make Manchester United underestimate the enemy?

This series of bad things may make Manchester United feel a little proud and underestimate the enemy.

If Manchester United thinks that Bayern Munich is doomed, that is Bayern Munich's chance.

As for the superstitious media talk about how demoralizing the Bayern Munich players are... Magath had just heard the cheers from the Bayern Munich players on the phone from assistant coach Genke, who were celebrating their glorious victory over Cristiano Ronaldo on the ping pong table.

Being able to make such a sound shows that the group of boys are in a good mood.

I don't have to worry about their morale being low...

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When the next day comes, Manchester United fans can't wait to go to Old Trafford to watch the game in the morning, and those Manchester United fans who can't go to the scene will also pay attention to the game in various ways.For example, invite your relatives and friends to stay at home together, or go to a bar to watch football.

When celebrating a victory, there must be many people. It is not the style to enjoy victory alone.

And Bayern Munich fans are more and more worried about the team.

Will Bayern Munich really lose away to Manchester United?

It seems that all omens prove this point...

Watching a game that is destined to lose... I really can't lift my spirits!
Media from all over the world gathered outside the Old Trafford Stadium to report on this focus battle from noon.

Compared with AC Milan's home game against Chelsea, this game is more interesting.

The duel between Rongguang and Cristiano Ronaldo, whether many unfavorable factors before the game will affect Bayern Munich's performance in this game, and what variables the weather and venue will bring to this game...

These are all related to everyone.

The Chinese media also paid close attention to this game.Their position is similar to that of the German media, and they are all worried-if Bayern Munich is eliminated in the semi-finals, Rongguang will miss the final again, which is also a huge loss for Chinese fans.

You must know that no Chinese player has ever been able to participate in the Champions League final before, and they have been expecting Rongguang to make history.

Unexpectedly, last year's glorious success failed, and this year will repeat the same mistakes?
Another group of people who are paying close attention to this game is the Korean media.

In order to report on this game, many South Korean journalists rushed to Manchester from China.

There are two reasons why these South Korean reporters are so crazy. The first one is naturally because there is a famous Korean star Park Ji-sung in the Manchester United team, just like Chinese journalists wanting glory.In South Korea, Park Ji-sung is already the most famous, most popular and highest-status star. He is the representative of Korean football, so Korean fans are very concerned about his every move, let alone such an important game.

Another reason is that this is an "Asian Derby"!
The term "Asian Derby" was not proposed by the Chinese media, but by the Korean media.

Why "Asian Derby"?

Because the Korean media proposed that this is a showdown to determine who is the top brother in Asian football!

"The suspense about who will become the most representative brother in Asian football, Park Ji-sung or Rong Guang, may be answered in these two semi-finals!" These are words from a news program of South Korea's KBS TV station.

In fact, in South Korea, there has been a debate about who is the best brother in Asia, Rongguang or Park Ji-sung, and it has always existed.

The debate began in April 2005.

At that time, the Champions League was in full swing, and Werder Bremen, where the glory is located, defeated Lyon and broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Eindhoven, where Park Ji-sung is located, also defeated his opponent and broke into the semi-finals.

At that time, these were the two most popular players in Asia.

So naturally, this kind of comparison appeared in the Korean media-Who is stronger between Rong Guang and Park Ji-sung?

Park Ji-sung became famous earlier than Rongguang. He became famous in the 2002 World Cup held in China.Rongguang is a rising star.

The positions of the two people are also different.

But Koreans still have to put them together for comparison.

This may be due to their consistent "inferiority", because they used to be a vassal of China, but now they have become a modern country, and they can't wait to get rid of the previous "black history".So in many areas they want to surpass China.In the beginning, they completely exploded China in the economic field. Later, after China's reform and opening up, their economic advantages gradually narrowed, and now they have been left behind by China.

Then they start looking for superiority in other places, like food, culture, and... sports.

Football is a very good project to highlight the Korean nation.

You have a star in China?But how could it be better than our star?

Chinese football has feared Korea for more than 20 years, and it has long given Koreans an almost innate sense of superiority in the football field.

When Rong Guang first joined Bayern Munich with the halo of the Copa Libertadores champion, the Korean media was very unconvinced. Later, when he did not even make the Bayern Munich squad for five consecutive league rounds, there were many gloating and laughing voices in Korea.

Until Rongguang went to Werder Bremen, everything changed fundamentally.

Rongguang scored consecutive goals in the Bundesliga and helped Werder Bremen break Bayern Munich's monopoly on the league championship in the first season and won the championship.

At this time, Korean talents have to face up to the glory.

But they still felt that Park Ji Sung was better than Rong Guang.Park Ji-sung has performed well in the World Cup since the beginning, you Rong Guang have never even participated in the World Cup, how can you compare?

But after Rongguang participated in the Champions League, the situation changed further.

Rongguang performed well in the first Champions League he participated in, and immediately put tremendous pressure on the Koreans.

That is to say, under such circumstances, who is the strongest player in Asia, Rong Guang or Park Ji-sung, began to appear on the Korean network, and then spread to the Korean media.

Then in 2005, Rongguang returned to Bayern Munich, and Park Ji-sung also joined Manchester United with his outstanding performance in Eindhoven.

The teams played by the two are both traditional European giants, so this comparison is even more necessary.

Koreans must compete, because this represents their dignity-how can the number one star of the Korean nation be inferior to Chinese players?
And so the debate started.

It has continued until now, and in South Korea, such debates have not been completely ended, and people will always talk about it from time to time.

In this regard, a Japanese netizen on the well-known Japanese forum 2CH once made a very representative comment: "Only Koreans think this is a controversial topic... Park Ji-sung is great, but is he competing for the top scorer in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons and the Bundesliga champion for three consecutive years? Neither Hidetoshi Nakata nor Shunsuke Nakamura has such qualifications, let alone Park Ji-sung!"

No wonder people say that the relationship between China, Japan, and South Korea is very interesting-only when they scold Koreans, can Chinese and Japanese have friendship at all.And only when the Japanese are scolded, the Chinese and Koreans will unite.Only by scolding the Chinese can the Japanese and Koreans find a common topic...

Even the Chinese media didn't think there was any suspense about Rongguang and Park Ji-sung competing for the top player in Asia. According to various reports about Rongguang in China, Rongguang has long been the top player in Asian football.

Even so, the Korean media is still earnestly and enthusiastically discussing who is better, Park Ji-sung or Rong Guang, and who can best represent the highest level of Asian football...

Football is a sport that pays attention to actual results. It is useless to rely on words alone, and it is useless to talk about hype.In the end, it still comes down to the results of the competition.

So these two semi-finals became the focus of the Korean media's most attention.

Almost everyone thinks that after these two direct conversations between Rong Guang and Park Ji Sung, who is the strongest in Asia... there should be a clear answer!
(End of this chapter)