Chapter 745: Finally, we can upgrade!
"Barcelona's biggest problem is that they don't have a plan B."
In the Bernabeu presidential stand, Real Madrid general manager Valdano shook his head and sighed with emotion when he saw the situation on the field.
Even after Eto'o was brought on, Barcelona continued to control the ball for most of the time, but still failed to break through Bayern's defense. They even created fewer and fewer threats and made more and more mistakes.
The time was about to enter the eighty minutes, and Mourinho didn't seem to have any better solution. He could only worry on the sidelines.
"Mourinho is best at leading strong players. If he is given Xavi and Iniesta, he simply cannot lead them."
Valdano's remarks are not groundless. On the contrary, Mourinho attaches great importance to two powerful midfielders, Yaya Toure and Seydou Keita, at Barcelona. He even wanted to strengthen the midfield by recruiting more players this summer, but was unsuccessful.
"In terms of management, Mourinho is too tight and doesn't know how to relax and tighten. There will definitely be problems within two years. Barcelona players will sooner or later not be able to stand his style." Valdano said with certainty.
Some people appreciate Mourinho's management, while others oppose it.
Even the same person, at different stages of life, may have very different impressions of Mourinho's management.
But Mourinho is still Mourinho, he has not changed!
He has always been a strong locker room tyrant, dominating everyone in the locker room.
Previously, Catalan media even revealed that even his assistant coach Tito Vilanova had a dispute with him. Although the two quickly reconciled, it is not difficult to see how tolerant Barcelona is of Mourinho's management methods.
On the other hand, Barcelona is also an extreme.
"Beckenbauer once said that the strongest are often also the weakest."
"Barcelona's current success comes from their passing and controlling the ball, but the root cause of the various problems they are facing now is also in passing and controlling the ball. Even if this Barcelona falls apart in the future, the problem will definitely still be passing and controlling the ball."
Florentino nodded, "The compatibility is too poor."
"Yes, Barcelona has had a spurt of talent in recent years. With a group of young players headed by Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, the problem will not be very obvious. In a few years, when these players get older, they will find that it is difficult to find replacements for these players in European football, especially Messi."
"One of the important reasons why Guardiola had difficulty making progress in the Premier League and only finished sixth in the league was that he had the ball but lacked explosive points. He did not have a core player with absolute strength who could penetrate the opponent's one point and drive the entire offense, just like Messi of Barcelona."
When Valdano said this, he couldn't help but turn to look at the Real Madrid president, "That's why they are fighting so hard for Su Dong. Looking at the world football, Su Dong's personal ability is the strongest, surpassing Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo."
There was a strange flash in Florentino's eyes.
Although things are not going smoothly, Real Madrid is still pursuing Su Dong, hoping that Su Dong can join Real Madrid.
Even Florentino has promised to give Sudon the status of a core player in the frontcourt, above all other players in the locker room, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.
As for the annual salary, there is no need to mention it.
Florentino has absolute confidence that with Real Madrid's business operation capabilities, introducing Su Dong will definitely not be a loss.
But so far, Su Dong still hasn't nodded.
"Barcelona's current situation is the same. When Messi was caged by Bayern, Barcelona's offense could not open up. Time was constantly consuming their patience, making it impossible for them to maintain their usual calmness, so the number of passing errors began to increase, which would cause problems sooner or later."
Florentino has great trust in Valdano. After listening to the Argentine's analysis, he suddenly felt that Real Madrid should continue to strengthen its strength and keep pressure on Barcelona. Perhaps they cannot surpass Barcelona in a short period of time, but in one, two or even three years, Real Madrid will definitely be able to replace Barcelona.
However, Barcelona's system is indeed too stable and very suitable for grabbing points in the league.
"Actually, he really shouldn't go to Barcelona," Florentino said suddenly.
Valdano was slightly stunned, but quickly nodded.
Who says it's not true? Mourinho is not good at using technical players. Xavi and Iniesta played awkwardly under him. Barcelona's passing and controlling style of play was also a bit out of shape, which led to many hidden dangers within Barcelona.
Before Florentino took over as Real Madrid coach, he once considered Mourinho as a candidate for the team's head coach, but he did not expect that he would go to coach Barcelona.
If he were to coach Real Madrid, I believe he would be able to do as he pleases.
At least, Real Madrid doesn't have as many technical players as Barcelona.
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When the game reached the 81st minute, the impatient Barcelona finally paid the price for blindly pressing forward.
Pique dribbled the ball across the center line and was pressed by Thomas Muller. He wanted to pass the ball to Yaya Toure, but was intercepted by Robben.
After Robben intercepted the ball, he quickly passed it to the right and gave it to Lahm.
Lahm ran with the ball along the right sideline, rushed to the 30-meter area of Barcelona, and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area.
The Soviet player had already rushed into the penalty area and blocked Puyol with his body.
Due to the huge height difference, no matter how Puyol squeezed behind him, he was still unable to get rid of Su Dong. He could only hold on to him, forcing Su Dong to be unable to turn around smoothly.
But Lahm's cross landed just in front of the penalty area.
When Su Dong saw Thomas Muller moving forward quickly, he suddenly retreated, met Lahm's pass, lightly touched the ball in the air, and cushioned it towards Thomas Muller's forward route.
This funny player in the Bayern locker room laughed at Su Dong, sped up and chased after him, and stopped right when he met the ball.
Pique pressed too close just now, and even though he chased back all the way, he was already behind Thomas Muller. He had to watch the Bayern player stop the ball, get a one-on-one chance, and then calmly shoot into the goal.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!”
"In the 81st minute, Bayern scored again, 3-1!!!"
"A goal from Thomas Muller and a clever assist from Su Dong!"
"Bayern has now captured the key point of the game, and Barcelona has been completely pushed into a desperate situation!"
After scoring the goal, Thomas Muller ran to the sidelines with great excitement. When he saw Su Dong running over, he took the initiative to open his arms and hugged Su Dong tightly.
He had to admit that Su Dong's volley pass was very beautiful and also very comfortable for him to receive.
He should share the credit for this goal equally with Su Dong.
He won by pressing and scoring the final goal, while Su Dong used his body to block Puyol and made a comfortable pass in the air.
After Thomas Muller scored the goal, he was extremely excited. He hugged Su Dong, then knelt down in front of him, lifted Su Dong's right foot that had just assisted, put it on his thigh, and pulled up his jersey to wipe the shoe surface for him.
"Just now, Su Dong used him to provide a beautiful assist for Thomas Muller. Now Thomas Muller is wiping Su Dong's shoes, which can be regarded as a recognition of Su Dong's role."
"3-1, only ten minutes left in the game, Barcelona is running out of time."
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When Bayern scored the third goal, the game basically lost its suspense.
Mourinho still wanted to give it a try, and Barcelona players also pounced on Bayern frantically.
Although Pique made a mistake, he still kept moving forward, even rushing directly into Bayern's penalty area and playing the role of a striker.
During an offensive cooperation, Pique snatched the ball that should have belonged to Ibrahimovic, which made the Swedish center very dissatisfied, and the two even had a few words on the court.
The game was unfavorable, the team was in a dangerous situation, and the players were very angry.
Mourinho actually doesn't have a better solution, and he has basically used all the substitutions he can make.
In the 84th minute, Mourinho made his second substitution, replacing Iniesta with Bojan, still strengthening the attack.
“That’s what the media always jokes about.”
"Mourinho's on-the-spot command is not that good. Someone has summarized his coaching career. When he is behind and wants to attack, he just replaces the forward. It was the same tonight."
"If one is not enough, then play two. If two are not enough, then play three. Now Barcelona has three forwards on the field, plus Messi."
"But sometimes, stacking forwards like this doesn't work."
In fact, Barcelona had four forwards plus Messi in front, because Pique also often rushed into the Bayern penalty area.
But unfortunately, no matter how many people there were, they still couldn't create a threat.
Bayern continued to play steadily, and Heynckes' last substitution was to replace Modric with Toni Kroos.
The Croatian midfielder played very hard tonight, running a lot of distance and consuming a lot of physical energy.
After Toni Kroos came on the pitch, he still played in the center midfield and continued to maintain defensive pressure on Barcelona.
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Time passes by every second.
The Barcelona players were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, launching their attack against every second.
It even reached the point of not caring about anything. As soon as he got the ball, he would send it directly into Bayern's penalty area.
Ibrahimovic, Eto'o, Bojan, Pique, plus Messi, Barcelona has five offensive players in the front, but this does not make Barcelona's offensive effect better.
Although they did create several dangerous situations, they ultimately failed to score against Bayern.
In the stoppage time, almost all Barcelona players pressed forward, even goalkeeper Valdes rushed into Bayern's half.
On Bayern's side, even Su Dong took the initiative to retreat into the penalty area to participate in the defense.
No one attaches more importance to this final than Su Dong.
Finally, after four minutes of extra time that seemed like an eternity, the referee Weber finally blew the whistle to end the game.
At that moment, the entire Bernabeu Stadium was filled with deafening cheers.
Su Dong felt weak all over, but his first reaction was to enter the Road to King of Football system and check the upgrade conditions.
[2/3], which represents the number of times to defend the Champions League title, finally became [3/3] after Webber blew the whistle, and three words were added at the end: Completed!
Finally I can upgrade!
(End of this chapter)
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