Chapter 254: Entering the Champions League Semi-Finals

Atletico Madrid has an advantage in the league competition, but a one-point advantage is not enough to guarantee the championship. The competition with Real Madrid will still be decided by the two teams directly. There is still one round before that game.

Before the next round of the league, Atletico Madrid must first respond to the challenge of the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Marseille, France.

Atletico Madrid beat Marseille 1-0 in the first leg.

In the second round, in order to ensure that they can enter the semi-finals, Wansheng dispatched most of the main players, J-Rodriguez played consecutively, and his state could not be guaranteed. The more mature and stable Morris went directly to the top and let Atletico Madrid's The lineup looks more solid.

Wansheng attaches great importance to the Champions League.

The UEFA Champions League is the highest level club competition in Europe. This season, Atletico Madrid competes with Real Madrid in the league, and the Copa del Rey and Barcelona compete. Both domestic competitions are expected to win the championship. The fight for the championship.

Atletico Madrid can compete for the championship in three competitions, and there is hope of winning the "Triple Crown".

The Triple Crown is a great honor!

In Spanish football, only Guardiola's Barcelona has won it. As long as he can win the "Triple Crown", Atletico Madrid's reputation and influence can be greatly increased, which is very beneficial to the development of the club.

At that time, Atletico Madrid will not only be a "rising dark horse", but will be included in the ranks of the real giants.

Wansheng is also looking forward to the "Triple Crown".

A few years ago, Wan Sheng coached Manchester City to win the 'five crowns' - the Community Shield, the English League Cup, the English FA Cup, the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. Five championships pushed his name to the highest point.

After returning to the Europa League and coaching Atletico Madrid, he also hopes to embellish his reputation with the title of the champion.

There are still many people who believe that Mourinho's coaching ability is better than complete. The reason is that Mourinho has won two Champions League titles, and there is only one Wansheng.

This is the only "superiority" Mourinho can talk about in the face of Wansheng.

Wansheng doesn't want other coaches to have any 'superiority' in front of him, so he also hopes that he can win the second Champions League trophy.

Wansheng attaches great importance to the Champions League, and the whole team attaches great importance to the Champions League, so the game between Atlético de Madrid and Marseille can be imagined.

In the first round, Marseille adopted an all-defense tactic, making it difficult for Atletico Madrid to break through their defense. In the second round, it was different. Marseille had to score a goal to beat Atletico Madrid.

It’s not a big difference. As long as Marseille can score a goal, they will be able to tie the score, but Atletico Madrid will not let them score easily. More importantly, after Marseille strengthens their offense, their defense line appears. Vulnerability.

The first goal was Atletico Madrid.

In the 38th minute, Isco seized the opportunity and transferred a cross from the wing to Morris.

1 to 0.

With the addition of a goal in the previous round, Atletico Madrid led Marseille by two goals.

At this time, Marseille has reached a situation where they are in a state of ruin, and they must continue to strengthen their offensive before they can recover two goals.

Marseille is also doing well.

In the 61st minute of the game, striker Lauren took advantage of a free kick to help Marseille regain a goal and the score became 2-1, which gave Marseille hope of victory.

Marseille scored a goal and the situation changed.

If you only analyze it on the surface, Marseille still has the advantage - they only need to score one goal, they can advance with the advantage of away goals.

Atlético de Madrid had to score one more goal in order to be complete.

But that's just analysis.

It's easy to talk about everything on paper. The real game is not a simple math problem. It can be said that Marseille can score a goal. .

Marseille continued to strengthen the attack, and their defensive loopholes in the backcourt became bigger.

The next game felt as if Marseille could concede the ball at any time, and every time it was 'luck' to not concede the ball.

Marseille coach Deschamps is aware of the crisis.

But what can he do?

When they are one goal behind, they have to strengthen their attack, otherwise they have no chance at all.

In the 78th minute, the goal came again.

This goal belongs to Atlético de Madrid, and it belongs to Maurice, the core midfielder. Maurice dribbled the ball in the middle, passed the Marseille defender, and a sudden cold shot broke the gate of Marseille.

3 to 1!

Maurice's goal made Marseille desperate!

Marseille's offense would have been very difficult to threaten Atletico Madrid's gate. At this time, if one goal was lost, it would be even more difficult to recover two goals.

In the last ten minutes, Marseille desperately launched the offensive.

It is a pity that Atletico Madrid is best at grasping the leading situation. Whether in the league, cup or the Champions League, Atletico Madrid often scores the first goal, and then they can calmly deal with the opponent's various styles of play.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Marseille still failed to score.

The final score of the two rounds was 3-1.

Atletico Madrid beat Marseille to advance to the Champions League semi-finals.

When the game ended, many Atlético de Madrid fans breathed a sigh of relief. They were not as calm and calm as Wansheng, especially the counter-attack of Marseille at the end, which was even more shocking. Fortunately, their luck was good. No goals.

For Atlético de Madrid players, it is absolutely unfair to say that they won by luck. Even at the end of the game, they played very calmly and did not think their opponents had a chance to beat them.

In the eyes of the fans in the audience, Marseille's counterattack is very threatening, but in the eyes of the Atletico Madrid players, the victory has always been in their hands.

Of course, victory is the most important thing.

Atlético de Madrid beat Marseille, Marseille was eliminated directly, there is no point in saying anything.

It's like Wansheng didn't talk about Marseille at all in the press conference after the game, but directly talked about the opponents of the Champions League semi-finals, "Perhaps Real Madrid? Yes, most of them think that the Greeks have no chance, so do I. I think so. 3-0 in the first leg, going to the Bernabeu Stadium, it is very difficult for Athletic Greek to have a chance. That game is tomorrow, but I think I already know the result."

"It's very interesting to meet Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final. We are all in the same city, and we are the mortal enemies of the same city in history. But in fact, I have no prejudice against Real Madrid, but I admire many of them, such as C-Ronaldo and Di Maria. , Casillas, they are the best footballers in the world..."

"I also like to play against Jose Mourinho's team because..."

Then Wan Sheng stopped talking, then glanced at the media reporters under the stage, and left the press conference scene leisurely.

Many reporters looked at each other in dismay.

But they all understood what Wansheng meant, it was a contemptuous taunt and provocation, and they knew what to do next.

That is to interview Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho.