Mister Legend

Chapter 592
The two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals were arranged in two adjacent weeks, making it difficult for the participating teams not to show signs of decline in the league due to distraction from the European game, but there were no signs of decline. Excluding Real Madrid.

Li Moody's team building policy and rotation strategy allow the team to put together a very strong lineup even after replacing all the starters in the previous game, and their league opponents this weekend are also very weak. The newly promoted Almeria.Even if it's an away game, considering the top-to-bottom rankings of the two sides in the standings, this three-pointer has been counted as being put in Real Madrid's pocket by most people before the game starts.

As a result, there was no reversal. Even though the home team had placed a bus consisting of eight players in front of their home, it still could not prevent the tragedy of their city being destroyed three times within 10 minutes.Pellegri's volley, Ceballos' slash from outside the penalty area and Villalivre's first goal since returning from injury helped the Galacticos take a victory from the Mediterranean Stadium with great ease. , continuing to maintain a four-point lead over Barcelona.

On April 4, Li Moody, who led the team to the UEFA Champions League, returned to the city of Turin, which he was familiar with but was a little strange, and was treated by almost all Italian media.By briefly answering reporters' questions at the airport, he also expressed that he was still paying attention to the behavior of his old club Turin, which attracted cheers from fans who came to pick him up from a distance.

After Belotti, Baselli and other core members of the older generation of teams left one after another due to age issues, the Red Bulls have entered a period of substantial renewal of the lineup, and their performance will inevitably decline accordingly. The fans are quite sad.

However, after the former team captain Vives was promoted from the position of youth team coach to the first team by the club's new chairman Valentino Cairo two years ago, the spirit of the entire team is still worthy of praise.And after years of unswervingly maintaining investment in youth training, the Torino team quickly received dividends. Many young players from the youth training camp in the team have shown good potential, and almost every year. The emergence of an impressive newcomer has brought infinite hope to the development of the team.

For this reason, Valentino Cairo has repeatedly expressed his deep gratitude to Li Moody by phone in private. Before the so-called predecessors planted trees, descendants will enjoy the shade, no matter what the Red Bulls have achieved after the current Real Madrid coach left. Excellent results, all of which are due to him, this is something that the Turin club and all supporters should not forget.

So that night, an extremely rare and interesting incident happened.Outside the hotel where Real Madrid was resting, when some extreme fans of Juventus wanted to use the loud noise to disturb the rest of the players, Turin fans, who were more numerous than them, rushed out from the diagonal stab and forcibly drove the former .The physical confrontation between the two sides almost escalated further. Fortunately, the police who had been guarding not far away arrived in time to resolve the conflict. Otherwise, we don't know how this farce will end.

The next day, I learned that the Real Madrid coaches and players at this time were very moved by the help of the Turin fans. When they went to the renovated Fiat training base in the morning, Varane, Asensio and Mbappe deliberately As a representative of the team, he got off the car outside the gate, expressed his gratitude to the fans who came to welcome them, and provided them with autographs and group photos as gifts.

As for Li Moody, whose name was called by no less than 300 people outside the bus, he did not get off the bus to prevent the situation from getting out of control. His smiling face still won everyone's applause and cheers, showing the super influence of this Chinese man in the city of Turin.

After less than an hour and a half of adjustment training, everyone was preparing to drive back to the hotel where they stayed for dinner. They happened to meet the host players and coaching staff who had finished the morning practice task in another field. The two sides had a short and friendly exchange. .Of course, it was mainly the boys from Torino who were paying homage to Real Madrid's big-name players.

Li Mudi also discussed tactical issues with his former disciple Vivis, who was three years older than him, and stayed for lunch in the cafeteria at the latter's affectionate invitation.During this period, the Real Madrid coach provided a lot of good advice to Vivis, who is not experienced in coaching the first team.

On another table adjacent to the two of them, Valentino Cairo, the club president who is about to become the second youngest club president in Serie A after Zhang Kangyang, is warmly entertaining his colleagues. The team arrived at Hierro in Turin together.After a short period of communication, the two influential figures in today's European football reached an agreement on the establishment of a partnership. Li Modi, who learned about this later, was also amazed. .

Although the official "alliance" still needs more in-depth exchanges and discussions and official confirmation, this does not prevent the two teams of Real Madrid and Torino from initially establishing a team in many fields such as youth training, business development and personnel exchanges. The communication channel for mutual assistance, whether it is for the galaxy warships who need to continue to expand their influence in the world, or for the red bulls who are eager to further improve the club's hematopoietic function and transform it into immediate combat power as soon as possible A major event that acts as a positive drag.

In this regard, Li Moody is naturally happy to see the results. It is definitely a great thing that the two teams he has coached can cooperate more closely. If Coventry's reputation is not too low, he can't wait to immediately It should be a very comfortable life to make a "Taoyuan sworn brotherhood"-style covenant and discuss food with two big brothers.

Don't mention the actions among the club's top management, just look at the key matchup that started tonight.After receiving the meticulous hospitality of the Turin club, the state of Real Madrid's soldiers was maintained at a relatively high level, which allowed them to cope well with the strong pressure from Juventus.

The old lady, who was one goal behind, returned to the home court, and naturally wanted to firmly control the initiative of the game in her own hands.Conte chose an overly conservative tactic when he was a guest at the Bernabeu in the first round, and was widely criticized by the outside world, but the results achieved were still acceptable to the team's supporters.

After all, judging from the historical record of the two sides, in the knockout rounds where Real Madrid first wins a goal at home, Juventus will be the final promotion team, without exception.

1995-96赛季，两队在四分之一决赛相遇，银河战舰主场1比0、客场0比2惨遭斑马军团逆转，成就了后者在时隔11年后再度捧起大耳杯的夙愿。

Seven years later, the two sides met in the semi-finals. Real Madrid, which has many superstars such as Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, etc., won 2-1 in the game, and lost 1-3 in the away game, regrettably stopped in the final before the stage.Among them, Figo, who is known for being good at taking penalty kicks, became a loser when he faced Buffon one-on-one in the No. 608 minute of the second half. The Real Madrid team that won the Champions League three times began to go downhill.

However, Juventus, which broke into the finals that year, failed to reach the top. The absolute core of the team, Nedved, received a yellow card in the second round of the semi-finals that caused him to be suspended. Old Trafford hated the penalty shootout.Judging from this result, they did not succeed much more than Real Madrid, which was eliminated one step earlier.

Similar dramas also appeared in the quarter-finals of the 2004-05 season. Real Madrid, which started the "Dream Eight Period", first defeated Juventus at home with the goal of central defender Elguera, but two weeks later. The away game was scored by Uruguayan striker Sarajeta in the 116th minute of extra time.At the end of the season, Figo joined Inter Milan on a free transfer, which marked the beginning of the disintegration of the first phase of the Galaxy. With the retirement of Zidane and the departure of Ronaldo, Beckham and others, the famous superstar era This draws a rest.

With so many living precedents, Juventus obviously has very strong confidence in continuing this fine tradition, and in terms of strength, they do have the capital to speak wildly.

As the biggest golden sign of Italian football, the old woman who has already done very successfully in youth training can win the favor of most stars by virtue of her status as a top giant, so that the strength of the team can always be maintained at a certain level. above a very high level.In terms of this stability alone, in the last ten years, Manchester City, where Guashuai sits, can be compared with Juventus. Even strong teams like Barcelona and Bayern can't compare themselves, let alone Real Madrid, which has obvious ups and downs.

Juve's current sports director Paratici, who inherited the mantle of his predecessor Marotta, has done his job well in the past few years and maintained the team's identity well in the process of new generations that no one can escape. Competitiveness alone would place him among the best transfer executives in European football.

It’s just that the Real Madrid team coached by Li Mudi is no longer the weak defensive ability and luxurious team in the past. Now Real Madrid has a defense line with outstanding fighting ability, strong team awareness and trustworthiness. The incomparably sharp counterattack ability, these all make it a headache for Juventus who are trying to use the strong control ability of the midfield to suppress the opponent within the half court.

If it weren't for Mbappe who was too anxious before the end of the first half and missed a great single-handed opportunity, the suspense of this matchup would have been solved early.

In the end, Conte, who was too afraid of the visiting team's high-quality counterattack, failed to maintain the strategy of exerting enough pressure on Real Madrid's defense throughout the game. When he made up his mind to break the boat, there was not much time left for them.Even though the referee's scale of some penalties today made Real Madrid very angry, but until the final whistle sounded, the scoreboard at the Allianz Arena did not change in any way.

0 to 0, with a total score of 1 to 0, the Galaxy Battleship, which broke the curse, passed a level that he was least good at dealing with very difficultly. He reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in three years, and was away from the first three in the history of the club. It seems that the great cause of the crown king is not very far away.

However, it is a little regrettable that Mbappe and Skriniar, the two core players in the front and back courts, missed the first round of the next round due to accumulated yellow cards, which gave the team an away challenge to Bayern on April 4. The game brought a lot of negative effects, which can be regarded as a major hidden worry brought about by this promotion battle.

Of course, there are still three weeks before that game. Even if you are worried about the lineup, it is not the time to be impatient. The most important goal of Real Madrid is how to play well on the 20th. The King's Cup final, and the rest of the issues are not yet considered to such a long-term level.

In the third week of April, a rare mid-week adjustment period ushered in the mid-week adjustment period. Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the two teams that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and Valencia, which broke into the semi-finals of the Europa League. Take the opportunity to start recharging your energy for the next sprint.

On the other hand, Li Moody still maintains a relatively large rotation strategy, so that every player in the team can mobilize his state as much as possible, so that he can step up at any time to help the team tide over difficulties at critical moments.

After defeating Levante and Alaves 2-0 and 3-2 successively, taking advantage of Barcelona's chance of losing points in the league again due to carelessness, Real Madrid once again extended its lead to As many as six points not only further reduce the suspense of winning the championship, but also 33 wins, 28 draws and 4 loss are still the same as the best record in history during the same period, and there is still hope to break the record of 1 points in a single season in La Liga.

Among the remaining five opponents, apart from Barcelona, ​​it seems that only Deportivo can pose some danger to the Galacticos.However, the current "Flag of the King" is no longer the Super Deportivo team at the turn of the century. It is difficult for them to stop the progress of the league leaders, so as long as they can guarantee not to lose at the Nou Camp, Real Madrid is very hopeful to become The creator of a new history, which made all the Madrid media and Mei Linger feel extremely excited.

Just before that, everyone still turned their attention to the Mestalla Stadium. At 20:20 on the evening of the 30th, the 2024-25 Spanish Copa del Rey final was held at Valencia's home court as scheduled. Under the continuous light rain, the feud between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be the first championship trophy of the season. Launch an all-out impact.

Within 45 minutes of the first half, Harvey's pass-and-control play allowed Barcelona to take the initiative on the field, but the quality of Real Madrid's several counterattacks was not bad, and the two sides were evenly matched.

After another rematch, the increasing rain made it more difficult for the players to control the ball. The Galacticos, whose style of play was simpler, began to occupy a certain advantage. Pellegri's volley hit the opponent in the No.701 minute. The post almost helped the team take the lead.However, after strengthening the defensive thickness of the backcourt, Barcelona's defense line no longer gave the enemy any chance to take advantage of it.

The gradual accumulation of water on the field made it difficult for the players on both sides to fully display their technical abilities. As a result, the score of 10-0 did not change until the whistle sounded in the 0th and [-]th minutes.

If it hadn't been for the rain that had already reached moderate rain and gradually decreased until it came to a complete stop at the end of the game, maybe the referee would consider discussing with the coaches of both sides about temporarily terminating the game.

The drainage facilities of the Mestalla Stadium are also very advanced. After 10 minutes of overtime, the condition of the venue basically recovered to an acceptable level. Only then did the audience appreciate the national derby level. contest.

However, due to physical and other reasons, the two teams failed to score even a goal in the extra time and had to enter a brutal penalty shootout.

As a result, Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin, who won the starting position in this game, played a very high level of penalty kicks. He saved the penalty kicks of Abel Ruiz and Malcolm successively, and finally A round of accurate judgment was used to force Haverts to temporarily choose a more tricky angle for his shot. As a result, the ball flew directly out of the range of the goal frame.

Real Madrid won the Spanish Cup 3-2 without the last penalty shooter, and won the Copa del Rey for the 21st time in history.

This is the first championship honor that Li Moody has won since coaching the team. The significance is naturally extraordinary, but in his mind, this championship is just a starting point. The triple crown, the six crowns, and even an era The overlords are all the goals that the Celestial People plan to strive for.

Not only the best coach of this period, Li Moody hopes that his name can become a legend in the entire history of modern football. It will be perfected in the future.

　Thank you for the monthly ticket cast by book friend Shuang Ma Zai, thank you!

　　
　
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