Chapter 425 Return to Allianz
After Ibrahimovic scored, the game really became garbage time.
Before, Manchester City seemed not satisfied with the final draw, and they wanted to maintain a complete victory against Barcelona.
Now they did.
The powerful "cosmic team" has played against Manchester City in the past three seasons. Not to mention winning, there is not even a draw. It is really surprising - in theory, no matter how you analyze it, the gap between the strength of these two teams cannot be so big. It should be a normal imagination to have a win or a loss for each other.
Guardiola no longer struggled to death, and he sat back in his seat.
There is a huge gap between the league and Real Madrid. The Champions League was eliminated, and now there is only one King's Cup and can still compete for it.
But even if Barcelona wins the Copa del Rey, it will be of no help.
Regardless of whether Guardiola wants it or not, he will leave Camp Nou as a loser...
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When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Barcelona players covered their faces in pain and cried.
What about Manchester City players? Their celebrations were also limited and they did not celebrate unscrupulously at Barcelona's home court.
This is certainly not because Manchester City players are polite and graceful, and do not stimulate their players and fans at home in Barcelona.
They celebrated it very simply because they were used to defeating Barcelona, and there was nothing to celebrate.
As for reaching the finals...they had already celebrated after the first round of the game.
Now the second round of the game is just a routine.
Although Barcelona put a lot of pressure on Manchester City in the second leg and once saw hope of a reversal and turnaround. However, Manchester City is Manchester City with glory. Glory showed his Barcelona nemesis at a critical moment. A basin of cold water poured on his head, directly turning Barcelona from a red-burned iron block into a cold iron lump.
"The game ends! Manchester City eliminated Barcelona and entered the Champions League final at Allianz Stadium! Since 2009, Rong will return to Allianz Stadium again! If their opponent in the final is host Bayern Munich... that would be even more interesting!"
John Mortson said.
After the game, in the mixed area, Rongguang was surrounded by reporters. The questions everyone asked were related to Allianz Stadium and Bayern Munich.
Everyone wants to know what he feels about returning to the Allianz Stadium, and what he feels about if his opponent in the final is Bayern Munich.
No one asked him if he would show mercy because of this. That was an idiotic question that only those who do not understand glory would ask.
Bayern Munich once made Rong Guang play in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2009-2010 season, so it was absolutely impossible for him to show mercy when facing his old club.
A reporter asked him who he would rather choose as the final opponent between Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
Rongguang did not directly answer this question.
He said that no matter who it is, he will do his best, so it doesn't matter who the opponent is.
As for returning to Allianz Stadium, he was very happy.
"...I am very familiar with Allianz Stadium, and I am very happy to be able to play the finals there because I don't have to adapt to the venue." Glory, who was in a good mood, also gave a little humor in front of the reporters.
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One day later, Manchester City's opponent in the Champions League final came out.
Bayern Munich defeated Chelsea 1:0 at home, with the total score of both sides tied 1:1, and made no achievements in overtime in 30 minutes. Finally, he passed a cruel penalty kick final, Bayern Munich eliminated Chelsea 4:3 and successfully reached the Champions League final.
The Champions League final will be held at their own home court, which is good news for Bayern Munich, as they will enjoy real "home treatment" in the final.
This is also the reason why Bayern Munich's entire team is desperate to reach the Champions League final.
Who doesn't want to play in the finals at their home court?
The 2010 Champions League final was held at the Bernabeu. At that time, Real Madrid was very eager to reach the Champions League final and then win the tenth Champions League trophy in their history at home.
Dreaming is done well.
But unfortunately, they met Rong Guang and Manchester City in the group stage, so they were unable to qualify even in the group stage...
After Manchester City's final opponent came out, another reporter found Rongguang and wanted him to talk about Bayern Munich.
Everyone knows that when he left Bayern Munich, he had a very pleasant quarrel with Heness.
After so many years, he has never talked about Heness publicly, nor has he disclosed the specific details of his grudges between him and Heness to the media. He chose to remain silent.
"It's a good thing to play the final with Bayern Munich. Although there are many people in this team who are no longer my teammates when I was playing for it, Bayern Munich means differently to me." Rong Guang did not escape the problem this time. "I will do my best in the game."
Some German media said that it would be great if Rong Guang did not say the last sentence. Not saying it or saying it is completely different from saying it.
If you don't say anything, it will make people feel that he has taken into account his old love and still has some special feelings for Bayern Munich.
After saying anything, many people began to observe silence for Bayern Munich in advance.
"...I think what Manchester City opponents are most afraid of hearing is Rong saying that he will do his best. Bayern Munich definitely hopes Rong will not do his best..."
However, this argument has annoyed some people.
For example, Bayern Munich's head coach Van Gaal.
After Van Gaal coached Bayern Munich, the team's performance was not very stable at the beginning, and his position as coach at Bayern Munich was not very stable.
However, now when he led the team to the Champions League final, he suddenly became Bayern Munich's "real life emperor".
Van Gaal is a personality coach, which can be seen from when he coached Barcelona.
This statement from the media made him very upset.
In an interview, he said that he did not understand why the German media criticized his team instead.
"... Bayern Munich is representing German football in the Champions League. I think at this time, any German should support us. I can't understand why the German media has instead made some statements that destroy our prestige and make others ambitious. I never fantasize that our opponents do not perform well in the game for some reasons. Of course, every opponent of our opponent is going to give his all, just like we will do our best to treat every opponent in every game... Do you want to ask if we are afraid of Manchester City and Rong? My answer is - no, we are not afraid of anyone!"
Some reporters who wanted to provoke trouble took Van Gaal's words and asked Rong Guang what he thought about this. In fact, they wanted to hear Rong Guang go directly to war with Van Gaal.
But glory disappointed them.
"Is there any problem?" Rongguang asked back after listening to the reporter's retelling. Van Gaal's answer was very normal, and he didn't understand what was wrong.
"Uh...don't you feel Van Gaal's hostility?" asked the reporter.
Rong Guang shook his head: "No. Isn't this normal? If you have no other problems, then I will..." He pointed to the training ground, obviously he had to continue training.
The reporters had no choice but to let him leave.
The war of words did not start, which was somewhat disappointing.
Fortunately, there is still some time before the finals, and maybe the two sides will really start to swear each other before the finals.
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The battle of words between Manchester City and Bayern Munich has not started, but the competition with Manchester United has reached a heightened level.
After playing Barcelona away from the Champions League, Manchester City returned to Manchester, waiting for them was the same city derby on the weekend.
Since Manchester City was tied 1:1 by Arsenal on the road, the gap between them and Manchester United has only been three points.
Now, because Manchester City's schedule is too dense, they play one less game in the league than Manchester United.
Manchester United, who plays one more game, tied Manchester City in points with the advantage of playing one more game.
They are now just temporarily ranked second by goal difference.
If they can beat Manchester City away in the weekend league, they can surpass Manchester City with one more game.
Of course, this cannot guarantee that Manchester United will win the league championship, but it will always make them closer to the league championship.
If Manchester United can't even do their own things well and cannot beat Manchester City in a head-on battle, then what else can we talk about in the league championship?
In addition to Manchester United's current condition and the players' physical fitness are also very good, Manchester City has just finished the Champions League match with Barcelona, so they must be very tired in physical fitness.
He doesn't know whether Benitez will continue the starting lineup in the middle of the week, but as long as his team performs tougher in the game and runs more aggressively, he should be able to curb Manchester City.
Ferguson believes that Manchester City's focus this season should be in the Champions League. Because at the beginning of the season, Glory shouted the slogan to defend the Champions League championship, and now they have reached the Champions League final. What if the main players are injured in the league and it affects the Champions League championship?
As long as they put enough pressure on Manchester City, Manchester City players should take the initiative to retain some reservations in the league because they are worried about injury. If they are allowed to choose in the Champions League and the league, they should definitely choose the Champions League.
These are Manchester United's opportunities.
Chapter completed!