Chapter 1009 Manchester United and Barcelona Meet in the Final

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() Manchester United has reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years. Ferguson and Gao Xiaodong are equally impressive. Ferguson has firmly established himself as the best coach in the world. The media no longer doubts Gao Xiaodong’s Ballon d’Or award. Even Rooney has followed suit. Super C Luo potential.

In previous years, the Ballon d'Or was a Romance of the Three Kingdoms between Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Kaká. With Kaká's injury and withdrawal, world football has become a competition between Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gao Xiaodong, and now Messi , Gao Xiaodong won the Champions League championship and the Ballon d'Or in the previous two years, while Ronaldo won nothing. If Ronaldo leads Real Madrid to the Champions League final and loses all four this season, he is likely to be dumped by Messi and Gao Xiaodong. Kai, forced to be with Rooney.

Mourinho recently led Porto to win the Champions League, and in the Premier League, he led Chelsea to win consecutive league championships. He also beat Ferguson and Wenger to the point of losing their temper, and almost became the best coach in the world alongside Ferguson.

Although Guardiola's rapid rise threatened Mourinho's status, Mourinho led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown last season, allowing him to stand on top of Europe again.

However, Ferguson has a profound background. Whether he can win the championship or not, he will be the best coach in the world. But if Mourinho cannot reverse Guardiola's Barcelona and reach the Champions League final this season, Mourinho's status will be Replaced by Guardiola.

Although the Champions League battle between Manchester United and Chelsea attracted worldwide attention, Chelsea is still a rising star after all, and it is still a little less sophisticated than the Derby of the Century between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The La Liga matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona were like sparks hitting the earth, not to mention it was a Champions League semi-final.

Although Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2:0 away from home in the first round, and Messi scored a shocking goal, no one dares to say that Real Madrid, which is so star-studded and commanded by Mourinho, has no hope of reversal.

Therefore, this Champions League semi-final at Camp Nou attracted the attention of fans and professionals from almost all over the world, with thousands of reporters coming to cover it.

As the first to reach the Champions League final, Manchester United naturally pays more attention to this game than anyone except Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Since I had just finished my semi-final the day before,

Manchester United's players were very tired. Except for Ferguson and Meulensteen, no one else was able to go to Barcelona. They all watched the game in the studio at Old Trafford.

The game started at 8:45 pm. From the first minute, the game became intense. Barcelona controlled the ball and Real Madrid pressed hard. The rhythm of the game was very fast and intense.

Everyone knows that although Barcelona is leading by two goals in the away game, they cannot concede a goal in the first half. As long as they concede a goal, they will be in trouble later. If they did not concede a goal in the first half, Real Madrid's pressing intensity in the second half will definitely not be stronger than in the first half. Their technical advantages are shown.

In the first half, Barcelona still had a 70% ball control advantage, but Real Madrid's counterattack after the steal was very sharp. Since Barcelona's possession of the ball today was more for defense, Real Madrid's counterattack was not able to get a good shooting opportunity.

After 30 minutes passed in the first half, Real Madrid could no longer wait. They began to increase their offensive strength and strive to score early.

But when Real Madrid gave Barcelona space to counterattack in the backcourt, Messi's power was revealed.

In the 32nd minute, Barcelona launched a quick counterattack in the backcourt. Messi started dribbling the ball from the center line and passed two people. He was brought down by Carvalho for a tactical foul. The referee gave Carvalho a yellow card.

In the 35th minute, Ronaldo took a free kick in the frontcourt. Puyol headed the ball to clear the ball. Messi dribbled the ball quickly through the center line and was tackled by Diarra. Messi gave Pedro a single-handed goal before falling to the ground. Unfortunately, it was called offside by the linesman.

In the 38th minute, Messi counterattacked with the ball in the frontcourt, escaped Diarra's tackle, and was kicked down from behind by Carvalho. Carvalho pulled Messi up from the ground, but the referee did not show him any more yellow card.

At this time, the reporter first gave Ronaldo a shot, and then gave Mourinho a shot. Mourinho kept shaking his head, looking helpless at Ronaldo's performance.

The on-site commentator said: "Mourinho will definitely miss Gao Xiaodong at this time. In the strong dialogue, Gao Xiaodong's role is much stronger than Ronaldo. With him in Real Madrid, Messi will definitely not be able to stand out."

Messi's counterattacks seemed like a blow to Real Madrid. They did not dare to continue to invest troops, because if they continued to invest troops, Barcelona might score first before they could score.

Barcelona had a two-goal advantage and didn't mind whether they scored or not. Real Madrid didn't dare to invest more troops. They continued to control the ball and defend, and finally survived the 45 minutes of the first half.

After the first half, David Gill sat next to Gao Xiaodong and said, "Gao, who do you think can make it to the finals?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "Normally speaking, it's Barcelona. The two teams are about the same strength. Barcelona has too much advantage in the first round."

David Gill said: "If Barcelona reach the final, can we beat them?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "About that, everyone's strength is about the same."

David Gill said: "Messi is very difficult to deal with."

Nani said from the side: "Gauguin is difficult to deal with."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "This is a clash between two teams. I think Sir Alex Ferguson has much more experience than Guardiola. This is our advantage."

David Gill nodded secretly and thought to himself, this guy is young, yet low-key and humble, and he also knows how to praise his coach. He is such a rare talent, and he must not let him go.

"Gao, come here, I have something to ask you."

Gao Xiaodong followed David Gill, who said: "Gao, now we have reached the Champions League finals and there are no major games in a short time. I want to ask you, what do you think about the contract extension?"

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "David, you should ask Mr. Mendes about contract renewal."

David Gill said: "Mr. Mendes won't let go. Manchester United really can't afford the annual salary of 1,500 euros. You also know Manchester United's current economic situation."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "David, don't cry to me about poverty. I don't understand economic matters. I don't understand how much annual salary you should get. I think you should talk to Mr. Mendes."

David Gill knew that the price could not be lowered, and said: "Gao, I think this contract should be longer. You are still young, and a three-year contract is too short. I think it should be at least five years. In addition, the liquidated damages are still Don’t set it up,”

Gao Xiaodong looked confused and said: "Mr. David, I really don't understand this. I only know how to play football. It's useless for you to tell me this."

David Gill felt a burst of contempt in his heart, and thought to himself, don’t you understand? You know better than anyone else, so you are just pretending to be confused with me, but he had no choice but to say: "Tell Mr. Mendes, don't let our club be too passive."

"Okay, that's no problem. I'll tell him when I get back." Gao Xiaodong looked at the game and said quickly: "The game has started. Let's go watch the game."

David Gill had no choice but to follow Gao Xiaodong back to the studio.

In the second half, Real Madrid had no way out. Even if Barcelona scored, they had to give it a try. Mourinho invested too much in attacking Barcelona.

Just two minutes into the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through with the ball, and Pique was left behind. He had no choice but to push Cristiano Ronaldo, and Cristiano Ronaldo fell forward, just into the legs of Mascherano, who was helping to defend. Knocked Mascherano down.

Mascherano's fall gave Higuain a chance. He grabbed the ball and pushed past the goal guarded by Valdez.

However, at this time, the referee believed that Ronaldo knocked down Mascherano and gave Higuain a chance to get the ball, and ruled that the goal was invalid.

The Real Madrid players were very angry and gathered around to protest, but the referee thought there was nothing wrong with the penalty, refused to change it, and gave Ramos a yellow card.

Six minutes later, Barcelona counterattacked. Iniesta sent a wonderful through ball from the middle. Pedro successfully reversed the offside and scored with a low shot! Barcelona leads 3-0 on aggregate! At this point, the game has no suspense.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Real Madrid intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and counterattacked on the spot. Di Maria's goal in the penalty area on the left hit the post and bounced back to his feet. Di Maria then made a pass and Marcelo scored in front of the goal. ! The total score becomes 3-1!

There were almost thirty minutes left in the game including stoppage time. There was still time, but Real Madrid's physical fitness declined and they could no longer maintain a high-intensity press. They could only let Barcelona control the ball and defend. In the end, the score of 1:1 was no longer possible. Can be rewritten, Barcelona eliminated Real Madrid with a total score of 3:1, and met Manchester United in the Champions League final!