Chapter 509: No suspense in the Champions League semi-finals
Chelsea launched several attacks with high morale, threatening Real Madrid's goal...
Real Madrid also launched several attacks, but they broke Chelsea's goal...
This may just be a glimpse of the game, but it can also illustrate the efficiency gap between the two teams in offense.
From the beginning to now, Chelsea's ball possession rate, passing accuracy and number of shots are no worse than Real Madrid, but they have not been able to score a goal. On the way, Real Madrid, which was still somewhat passive, scored two goals. This situation really made Chelsea players lose the fighting spirit to continue fighting.
How to continue the game?
After this goal, Chelsea players were at a loss again. After falling behind by four goals in two rounds, they didn't know how to play in order to win.
Now, Real Madrid has two away goals in hand, which means that if Chelsea wants to eliminate Real Madrid, they must score five goals!
Five goals!!
"...Is it still possible for us to win?"
This is a common question among Chelsea players. Wang Li's goal almost made all Chelsea players despair.
At this time, Mourinho, standing on the sidelines, smiled bitterly. At this time, even he knew that the team must have lost. What is the difference between Chelsea and Real Madrid? Putting aside the arguments about tactics and style, the gap in goal efficiency alone is too big.
Generally speaking, goal efficiency has a lot to do with the condition of the players on the field, but now the condition of Chelsea players is not bad, and the players' abilities are generally not worse than Real Madrid players, so how did the gap in goal efficiency come about?
At this moment, Mourinho looked at the black-haired boy on the court who raised his hands to greet the cheers of all the fans at Stamford Bridge, and felt a sense of unwillingness in his heart. There was no doubt that it was this black-haired boy who caused the difference in goal efficiency between the two teams.
It's not that Real Madrid's goal efficiency is too high, but that this black-haired boy opened up the gap himself! !
Compared with ordinary stars on the field, the strength of this black-haired boy is at least one level higher than them. If Mourinho could choose him, let alone 200 million euros, even if it was 300 million or 400 million euros, he would grab such a player in his hands, because such an opponent is really terrible.
Unfortunately, he is not the one who calls the shots at the club.
Although he had expected this result, Mourinho still felt sad when he saw the '0:2' on the scoreboard. After all, the team was the European champion last season and had made it to the quarterfinals smoothly this time. No one would feel good about losing so badly in the quarterfinals.
Now, the first half has not ended yet, but everyone knows that Chelsea will definitely lose. The difference lies in how they lose and how many goals they will lose in the end.
'Spanish derby.......'
At this time, many fans present thought of the Spanish derby a few days ago. In that game, the black-haired boy scored five goals by himself and the final score was 8:0. Would Chelsea lose so badly?
No one knows what did not happen, but Blues fans certainly don't want to see this scene, because it would be a shame for them - the defending champions were eliminated by 8 goals, is there anything more ironic than this?
What’s even more ironic is that the player who scored the most goals was the pillar of the team last season.
At this moment, the Blues fans who used to support Abramovich were dissatisfied with the Russian, "Why sell Alan? Just for money?"
Their thinking underwent a transformation.
But no matter what, the game is not over yet. The two teams have only been fighting for more than 30 minutes, and the Blues players still have to go through nearly an hour of baptism. As for what kind of baptism? No one can explain it clearly.
Perhaps, there is someone who can make the decision, and that is the black-haired boy on the field. If he explodes again, Chelsea will definitely have to go through a painful game.
And if he showed mercy...
Many Chelsea fans think so. What does Wang Li think after experiencing the "worship" of the Blues fans?
He was moved.
After experiencing three lives, Wang Li rarely feels any special emotions. He just quietly enjoys his new life and his own football. This may be a bit selfish, but after experiencing two deaths, what could be more important than his own survival?
And now, he is moved by the attitude of the Blues fans.
Last season, Wang Li's efforts for victory were unanimously recognized by the fans. Even though he was in Real Madrid, Chelsea's opponent, the Blues fans still gave him applause in pain.
How deep is this recognition?
At least the Blues fans don't regard him as an enemy - even if he leaves, the fans still hope that he can perform well.
In this case, how could Wang Li continue to hurt these lovely fans? He couldn't bear it. Maybe for Real Madrid, he should play hard, win goals one by one, and make Real Madrid fans excited, but the consequence of doing so is to make Chelsea fans suffer. He really couldn't bear it.
However, as a professional player, can you show mercy on the court? This is obviously unethical.
Although no one would blame Wang Li if he showed mercy because he led Real Madrid to victory, he himself couldn't get over it.
These two contradictory ideas made Wang Li unable to make a decision for a while.
After a while, when he saw that Chelsea and Real Madrid players were playing hard, he finally came up with a way to have the best of both worlds.
Wang Li moved back a little and played as a defensive midfielder to organize the attack for the team.
Neither Zidane nor Baptista played, and the team's offensive organization was really poor, and Wang Li also wanted to improve his adaptability in this position. As a result, he did not have many shooting opportunities, but he was still working hard for the team.
This may sound a bit like an Ah Q, but Wang Li felt that he was trying his best, and this idea helped him pass the test.
After all, he has been working hard on the court.
Therefore, after the game resumed, it was difficult to see Wang Li in the frontcourt. Generally speaking, he was in the midfield to pass the ball to his teammates, and when Chelsea attacked, he was also involved in the team's defense.
At this time, Wang Li's role as the defensive midfielder was reflected.
With Wang Li's effective interception, although Chelsea tried hard to save face, their offense was always difficult to launch. Wang Li's running speed and interception ability were too strong. In front of the Real Madrid penalty area, as long as Chelsea players made a mistake, the football would often be intercepted by Wang Li, followed by Real Madrid's counterattack.
However, most of the time, Wang Li rarely dribbled past opponents. He was more focused on adapting to this position, observing the movements of his teammates, and using passes to drive the entire Real Madrid's offense.
When there is an opportunity, he will also make precise passes to create chances for his teammates. If there is any difference from previous games, it is that he does not actively look for shooting opportunities.
Without Wang Li's dribbling, Chelsea's defense was much easier, but it is undeniable that other players of Real Madrid also had more opportunities. In the final stage of the first half, Robinho alone had three shooting opportunities. Unfortunately, the Brazilian boy kicked the ball twice in a row, and the only one hit the goal frame. It didn't have any strength and was easily caught by Thomas.
The first half ended in this way.
The current score is 0:2, plus the 3:1 in the last match, that is, the total score has reached 5:1. Real Madrid is leading by 4 goals and has one more away goal than Chelsea. If Chelsea wants to win, they must score 5 goals in the second half and must not let Real Madrid score any goals.
This goal is almost impossible to achieve.
Although this was at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho did not encourage the players at halftime, but only said one sentence: "We need to make an effort to save face..."
This sentence already represents everything.
At Stamford Bridge, in front of tens of thousands of Blues fans, even if Chelsea loses, they must fight to the end. This is not only for the fans and reporters, but also for the players themselves. As a Chelsea player, they must persevere to the end.
Perhaps Mourinho's words did not put much pressure on the players, or perhaps the players were very relaxed when it was impossible to win, and Chelsea's offense was very smooth at the beginning of the second half.
Michael Owen scored a goal just as the second half began. This goal can perhaps be said to be a reflection of Chelsea's overall strength. During the attack, the ball was passed 14 times before Robben passed it directly to the middle. Owen relied on his personal skills to dodge Ramos and made a powerful volley, finally scoring a goal for Chelsea.
But after that, it became 'Real Madrid time' again. Under the leadership of Wang Li, Real Madrid launched waves of effective attacks. In the 61st and 75th minutes of the game, Robinho and David Beckham scored a goal respectively, adding icing on the cake for Real Madrid. The score of this game became 1:4.
After that, although both teams kept trying, they still couldn't score any more goals. However, in the last minute of the game, Wang Li received a pass outside the penalty area and made a powerful long shot, scoring the last goal for the team, which was also his second goal of the game.
In the end, with all the Blues fans looking dejected, the game ended with a score of 1:5. Although Wang Li retreated slightly in the second half, Real Madrid still won with a big score.
Chelsea looked disappointed as they were eliminated, while Real Madrid advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
............After the game, Owen ran to the Real Madrid locker room to congratulate them on reaching the semi-finals and wished them the Champions League trophy. Some of Real Madrid's old players are familiar with Owen. Although Owen's performance in Real Madrid was not very good, as an English player, he also inherited the good popularity of English players in Real Madrid.
After chatting with the Real Madrid players for a while, Owen did not forget to take away Wang Li's game shoes before leaving, and turned back and said with a smile: "This pair of shoes can be sold for tens of thousands of euros, which is equivalent to my weekly salary."
This sentence made Wang Li's face darken, and at the same time made the eyes of other Real Madrid teammates light up. Then, they began to look Wang Li all over, as if he were looking at a piece of gold.
Under such a look, Wang Li cautiously put on a bath towel and went straight into the bathroom to take a shower. He didn't want to turn into a human-shaped treasure.
Afterwards, Carlos asked with a smirk, "Do you know what's the most valuable thing in Alan's possession?"
Facing everyone's interested gazes, Carlos said with a lewd look on his face: "Did you see that? When he walked into the bathroom just now, the bath towel he was wearing must be able to sell for a high price. That's what Alan wraps his entire body with every day. I think those female fans will definitely like it..."
Hearing this, the eyes of the teammates around him lit up. However, when Wang Li put on his clothes, he found that his bath towel was missing. This bath towel was not a disposable bath towel provided by the team, but a bath towel bought by Angela for him. He had been using it for a month.
Maybe he could see traces of his towel in the gossip news the next day...
This is just a small episode among Real Madrid players. The important thing is that Real Madrid has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
After the game, Wang Li followed Carlo to attend the press conference.
Reporters were quite looking forward to the press conference. Before the game, the atmosphere between the two teams was very dull and there was little news to report. Now that Real Madrid has defeated Chelsea, perhaps they can look forward to the farce of the black-haired boy mocking Mourinho. As a winner, the black-haired boy has the right to mock his opponent, and according to the reporters' understanding of him, he will not "hold back".
Unfortunately, they were disappointed.
At the press conference, Carlo, as the winner, said that Real Madrid's victory was related to luck. He cited two examples of Chelsea's shots hitting the post to prove this point, and claimed that "this was a wonderful game and Real Madrid won, but I also admire the perseverance of Chelsea. They were very tenacious even when they were bound to lose, which fully demonstrated the style of a top team."
Afterwards, Mourinho was very calm. He just emphasized that "Chelsea showed its strength", praised Real Madrid's performance, and praised Wang Li who scored two goals in this game.
Both head coaches were speaking the official language and the reporters were almost falling asleep. At this time, they placed their last hope on Wang Li, hoping that Wang Li could reveal some explosive news.
But Wang Li just said calmly: "...I feel good to be back at Stamford Bridge again. London is my hometown and Mr. Mourinho has helped me a lot. I just wish Chelsea can achieve good results this season."
All three of them had this attitude, which made the press conference a little dull.
However, in the end, the reporters captured a touching scene, because when the press conference was about to end, Wang Li and Mourinho hugged each other at the door.
Although the two had some verbal quibbles before the game, in fact, there was no conflict between them. They had cooperated with each other for a season and had a very good relationship.
Although Wang Li had some complaints about Chelsea selling him to Real Madrid, he also knew that Mourinho certainly had no say in his transfer. After all, which coach doesn't want to recruit talented players under his command?
European football is like this, things keep changing. Chelsea, which was the champion last season, was eliminated, and now Real Madrid is thriving.
The reason for saying this is that on the second day, the quarter-finals of the Champions League were all over, and the results of the four matches were far beyond the media's expectations.
First of all, what surprised the Spanish media the most was that Barcelona, which was the most favored team before the Champions League, suffered a Waterloo at the Camp Nou. Perhaps the 8:0 defeat in the Spanish derby completely overwhelmed the players' fighting spirit. In this game, Barcelona's performance was a mess, so Benfica scored two goals in a row in the first half.
Although Barcelona stabilized its formation in the second half and scored a goal in the 75th minute, in the end, they still failed to score a goal until the end of the game. Barcelona suffered a real Waterloo and were eliminated by Benfica.
What surprised the Spanish media was that another small team, Villarreal, defeated Inter Milan with great difficulty and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League. This was really an unexpected surprise. Although Inter Milan has not been strong in recent years and has repeatedly encountered setbacks in the Serie A, no matter what, they are also a European giant and their performance in international competitions is still very strong.
Now, they have been eliminated by Villarreal.
Neutral media do not care about this result. As expected, Spain's Real Madrid and Barcelona would be able to enter the Champions League semi-finals together. Now Barcelona has just been replaced by Villarreal. Spain also has two teams advancing to the semi-finals, and the difference is not that big.
The Real Madrid media were extremely happy. They were happy to see Barcelona suffer a defeat and they were eager to see more Barcelona jokes.
In another match, Lyon defeated Juventus 4:3 in two rounds and also advanced to the semi-finals. In this way, the top four of this year's Champions League have finally been announced. They are Real Madrid and Villarreal from La Liga, French giants Lyon and Portuguese giants Benfica.
Seeing this result, many European bookmakers closed the bets on Real Madrid winning the Champions League within an hour. In the eyes of most people, there was no doubt that Real Madrid would win the Champions League.
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