Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 1073 Expedition to Madrid

Manchester, Guardiola sits in the living room at home watching the game live on TV.

FA Cup semi-final, Liverpool vs Southampton.

Even though the game has no nutrition, Guardiola is still staring at the TV intently.

No one outside knows that Guardiola has not missed any of Liverpool's games since entering 2018.

If Manchester City and Liverpool were not playing at the same time, he would watch it live on TV.

If the two teams are playing at the same time, he will watch the replay of the Liverpool game as soon as he returns home after the game.

This is the team that has followed and observed the opponent most closely since his coaching career!

none of them!

Because he keeps losing, that's all.

From coaching Barcelona to Bayern Munich, and now Manchester City, he has lost to Situ Yunbing.

This season, he drew with Situ Yunbing in the first round of the league, but that was Manchester City's home court.

Manchester has a rare good weather today, but his heart is particularly heavy.

Manchester City's opponents in the next two rounds of the league are West Ham United and Huddersfield. There should be no problem in winning these two opponents, but he will not take it lightly.

Liverpool's opponents in the next two rounds are Stoke City and Chelsea.

There is a high probability that Stoke City will not be able to snipe Liverpool, the key lies in Chelsea!

Now Manchester City is 3 points behind Liverpool. If they want to have a decisive battle at Anfield in the final game, Manchester City must also narrow the points gap.

If you haven't watched the Premier League this season, it may be hard for viewers or fans to imagine that when Manchester City has a goal difference of 75, Liverpool actually has a goal difference of 85!

This means that if Liverpool and Manchester City win the next two rounds of the league, then Manchester City's desire to win the championship only exists on a theoretical level!

Even knowing that the efforts of the past six months may be in vain, Guardiola has not given up the idea of ​​​​continuing to follow and observe Liverpool's performance.

He tried to find Liverpool's weaknesses from the details, and found the points where Manchester City could surprise and create threats.

He silently prepares for the final decisive battle, maybe it will be a decisive battle that will not appear!

But his faith never wavered!
At Villa Park, when Griezmann scored twice to help Liverpool seal the victory, Situ Yunbing got up from the coach's bench and walked to the sidelines to applaud.

The Red Army fans cheered extremely excitedly, they will go to the new Wembley Stadium again to compete for the championship!

At the end of the game, Liverpool beat Southampton 3-0 at Villa Park.

Southampton can concentrate on relegation, and Liverpool's four-line attack still maintains a strong state.

When Situ Yunbing left Villa Park in his car, he looked at the gradually darkening sky outside, and there was a ray of sunset glow in the distance, which was extraordinarily gorgeous.

Situ Yunbing silently calculated in his mind that there are still 3 rounds left in the league, the FA Cup has a final, and if only the two legs of the semi-finals are counted in the Champions League, there will be two games. If the semi-finals pass, then there will be a Champions League final!
His last games in charge of Liverpool are only 6 or 7 games!

There is no doubt that the season has entered the final decisive stage!

He wasn't sad at all, on the contrary, he was excited, so he looked at the sunset in the distance and showed a charming smile.

He was unknown when he came, and he will be famous in history when he goes!
The grievances between Liverpool and Real Madrid can be called the Champions League history of European football in the past five years!
Three Champions League finals, two Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool seems to have defeated Real Madrid in these years!

This has caused many media to give the title of "European Derby!" to the confrontation between Liverpool and Real Madrid!

Because Liverpool and Real Madrid have won 18 Champions League titles together!
9 times each for the two teams!
They are the kings of Europe!
Liverpool is preparing for the Champions League semi-finals step by step. Before going out, Situ Yunbing also studied the recent status and situation of Real Madrid.

To be honest, Real Madrid seems to be going downhill.

Barcelona completed the league championship four rounds ahead of schedule in the past weekend!

The league title that Real Madrid won last season was snatched away by Barcelona this season.

Real Madrid has lost 6 games in the league this season, and their defense is not ideal.

Barcelona conceded 34 goals in 20 league rounds, and Atletico Madrid, which ranks second in the league, conceded 18 goals.

What about Real Madrid?

They lost 39!
Conceded more than one goal per game.

This is not a pretty statistic.

After the New Year, there was news that Zidane would leave get out of class at any time, but with the Champions League all the way through, Zidane's shaky coaching position can still sit relatively securely, after all, he is a person who is valued by Florentino.

If Zidane still wants to continue coaching Real Madrid, then this season's Champions League is his last straw.

On Tuesday evening, before Liverpool was ready to go out, Situ Yunbing attended the pre-match press conference as usual.

The European media flocked to it.

When Situ Yunbing in a suit and leather shoes walked into the press hall, all the reporters in the audience cheered up, ready to ask questions and listen.

Situ Yunbing sat down and waved to everyone with a smile, and said: "Today's schedule is a bit tight, so let's make a long story short. Tomorrow night we will challenge Real Madrid at the Bernabéu Stadium. This is the first round of the Champions League semi-final. What do you have? Question?"

First of all, a reporter asked Situ Yunbing: "During your coaching career, you have met Real Madrid many times in the Champions League. Now the Spanish media admit that you are not only the nemesis of Real Madrid, but also the nemesis of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. What do you think about the nemesis of Spanish football?"

Situ Yunbing laughed, shook his head and said, "It's a bit too much to say the nemesis, but the team I coach is strong.

What I want to make is that people will say that the Premier League teams are also strong in Europe because Liverpool have won the Champions League for the past four years.

In fact, I don’t think so, because when I evaluate the competitiveness of a league team in the European War, I don’t completely look at who the champion is. Just like ten years ago, no one did not admit that the Premier League is strong, but the Premier League teams are just In 05 and 08, they won the UEFA Champions League, but in those years, at least three of the four participating teams in the Premier League will appear in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, or even frequent visitors to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

This is a manifestation of the strength of the Premier League.

Now, I think Liverpool is the strongest team in the Premier League, and it also represents the Premier League has achieved good results in the European arena. But if you want to say which league team is more competitive in the Champions League, I think it is La Liga.

In the past few years, La Liga teams have always been able to have at least three teams appear in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and at least two teams appear in the semi-finals.

They are indeed very powerful in this era.

So this is why my team has always met the three strong teams in La Liga, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

This is the essence of the UEFA Champions League. This is not a stage where there are miracles every day. This is the peak duel of the strong. After entering the knockout rounds, especially after the quarterfinals, if you want to take another step forward, you must show stronger Strength and more effort.

In this regard, Liverpool and the three strong teams in La Liga have similarities. We are all very strong and good at knockout games.

Things are a little different this year, with Arsenal joining the semi-finals of the Champions League. Maybe this will be a signal that the Premier League team has become strong again in Europe. Who knows what will happen in the future. "

Then a reporter asked: "Liverpool and Real Madrid have played so many times in the past few years, and they were all in key games. Does this mean that Liverpool has a lot of experience in restraining Real Madrid? This is based on your familiarity and understanding of them. Will it make your preparations easier?"

Situ Yunbing still shook his head and said with a smile: "I have fully studied Real Madrid's games in the last two months in the past few days. I think I still don't know much about Real Madrid's technical and tactical styles, just like Spain. The media can’t define Real Madrid like that. Sometimes they behave very utilitarianly, making people see the shadow of Ancelotti or Mourinho when they were coaching, and sometimes they can play beautiful teamwork, which makes people think Has Zidane worked magic on this team.

But at times the team looked like Ronaldo was carrying it all by himself.

So you ask me do I know Real Madrid?
I do not understand.

As for beating Real Madrid in the past, it doesn't mean we will be able to beat Real Madrid tomorrow night.

Successful experience?
I don't think there is such an experience in football.

It's like I can't prepare to tell my players how to score goals and definitely beat Real Madrid!
What we have to do is to give full play to our own characteristics. There will always be a tug-of-war in the contest. To build an advantage in this tug-of-war, can we score goals?I'm afraid God doesn't know, Lewandowski may have used too much force when he made a key shot, and the grass may have slipped and caused his feet to lose control. Anything may happen.

This is exactly the charm of football!
To win a game does not rely on the experience of defeating opponents in the past, because the opponent is changing, and we are also changing, and it depends on the overall state of the game and many uncontrollable factors.

But I have confidence in Liverpool, because on paper we are no worse than Real Madrid. "

Finally, the reporter asked Situ Yunbing whether there were any uncertainties in the personnel of Liverpool's expedition.

Situ Yunbing replied frankly: "There is no uncertain factor at present. We can bring our ideal players to Madrid, Spain. As long as there are no accidents before the game, then you should be able to help me arrange our starting lineup. "

After he finished speaking, the reporters in the audience looked at each other and smiled wryly.

In recent years, no one has dared to predict Situ Yunbing's starting lineup without shame, because he will have some unexpected arrangements in key games from time to time.

The same is true of the Champions League finals including in the past four years.

(End of this chapter)