Chapter 930 Entering the Finals

On the evening of April 30, the Bernabeu Stadium.

In the thirty-fourth round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Zaragoza at home.

This is the first home game that Real Madrid has ushered in after winning the King's Cup. Before the game, the team's captains and vice-captains Casillas and Ramos entered the stadium with the King's Cup trophy, and greeted more than 80,000 people on the scene. Fans show off another trophy that Real Madrid has won this season.

The fans at the scene applauded and expressed their satisfaction with the current situation of the team.

Although they are still behind Barcelona in the league, Real Madrid has shown a lot of strength, especially since they have killed Barcelona three times so far this season, which makes Real Madrid very excited. In the final, they beat Manchester United three to one, showing a good momentum.

Everyone is convinced that the team will gain something in the closing stages.

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Benitez did not arrange for the main lineup to play in this game. Players including Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Robben either sat on the bench or appeared in the stands, but they did not appear. in the starting lineup.

The same goes for Xavi Alonso and Mascherano.

When the captain and vice-captain of the team entered the arena with the King's Cup in hand, the live broadcast camera frequently aimed at Yang Yang in the stands. He was accompanying Su Ye, his mother, and his agent Raiola, who had a bulging belly. Sitting in the stands, he looked quite in a good mood. When he saw himself appearing on the big screen of the stadium, he also waved to the fans on the spot, causing a burst of cheers.

Raiola made a special trip to Madrid to negotiate a contract renewal with Real Madrid. Florentino hopes to negotiate a contract before the end of the season. The progress is going smoothly, but it will definitely take some time.

In addition to Yang Yang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic also hopes to improve his contract treatment, but the Real Madrid management said that the renewal plan of the Swedish center was arranged after Yang Yang.

Higuain took the lead in this game, Di Maria, David Silva, Granero and other players also got the starting lineup, and the teenager Canales also appeared in the starting lineup.

In the end, it was a lineup with mostly substitute players, and the first half of the game was rather chaotic.

The thickness of Real Madrid's current lineup is very good, but there is also a problem, that is, the lack of midfield playmakers.

In the position of Xavi Alonso, who is behind the organization midfield, Gago is no longer trusted. Granero is more than diligent, but his ability is insufficient. Once the team is currently increasing this position. strength of recruitment.

Until the 62nd minute of the second half, David Silva used a corner kick to assist Ramos to score a header.

But then Zaragoza scored a goal to tie the score.

In the 84th minute, Higuain assisted Di Maria with a low shot from the right rib, extending the score to 2-1 again.

In the end, the score remained until the end of the game.

Zaragoza's strength is not strong, but their style is very tenacious. They also forced Barcelona to be very embarrassed at Camp Nou. In the end, they only lost 0-1. They also showed their tenacity at the Bernabeu tonight. .

Real Madrid exposed a lot of problems through this game. For example, the ability of teenager Canales is still insufficient, and Granero cannot replace Xavi Alonso.

The team's second-half improvement was partly the result of Benitez bringing David Silvar back into midfield, but the Spanish midfielder's passing and organization turned out to be very good in the second half. Bright eyes.

But in any case, Real Madrid's midfield organization still needs to be strengthened.

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Barcelona just beat Schalke 04 2-0 away in the Champions League semi-finals. Basically, it can be said that they got the tickets to Wembley Stadium in advance without any risk. After returning to La Liga, Guardiola The team beat Real Sociedad 2-1 away.

This game was extremely dangerous. Messi and other players were also absent. In the end, it was Thiago and Pedro's goals that helped Barcelona successfully get the precious three points. Otherwise, the current league leader is Real Madrid.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have both reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and they may even reach the final of the Champions League, which has made fans in Spain excited. Many media and fans also believe that the suspense of the La Liga championship is likely to continue until the final round.

At the very least, in this round of La Liga, both Real Madrid and Barcelona have rotated their lineups, but they both beat their opponents with near misses, which shows that both teams have considerable determination.

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When Real Madrid was in La Liga, Manchester United also ushered in its own devil schedule.

Ferguson's team has been very busy recently, and the opponents are very strong.

In the thirty-fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester United played against Moyes' Everton at home, and Manchester United won 1-0 at home; next was the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, where they lost 1-3 away to Real Madrid.

After returning to the Premier League, in the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League, they played away to Arsenal. Cristiano Ronaldo was placed on the bench, but Rooney, Hernandez and Nani were in the doldrums at the same time. The Emirates Stadium failed to create much attacking threat, but instead was plugged in by Arsenal once and created a scoring opportunity.

Ramsey, who came back from a broken leg, plugged in and scored a goal for Arsenal.

This goal once again exposed Manchester United's problem, that is, the midfielder.

After Fletcher's injury in March, Carrick provoked Manchester United's midfield position by himself, but it turns out that Carrick alone is not enough, but looking at the current Manchester United lineup, there is no The second person can make up for this deficiency.

Manchester United lost to Arsenal in this round, but Chelsea won Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home, which directly led to Manchester United's original lead of six points, which was quickly shortened to three points.

What's more terrible is that Manchester United will fight Real Madrid at home again next week, and strive to reach the Champions League final, and will face Chelsea at Old Trafford this weekend, which is bound to be the worst encounter Manchester United has encountered this season. 's schedule.

Therefore, after Manchester United's loss to Arsenal, many media in the United Kingdom made comments one after another, calling on Manchester United to put it aside and make a choice between two fronts, preferably the Champions League, because the first leg is one The loss of Bisan makes the possibility of Manchester United's home comeback very small.

The Manchester Evening News bluntly stated that if Ferguson insists on fighting on two fronts, the final result is likely to be that Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid and at the same time defeated by Chelsea.

But there are also many media that believe that Manchester United's two devil battles are at home.

"You know, Ferguson's team has not lost a single game at Old Trafford so far this season, so whether it is against Real Madrid or against Chelsea, Manchester United have enough psychological advantages."

But soon, the media delved into the evidence of the rebuttal, because in the Champions League, Manchester United drew two of the three home games in the group stage, one of which was a draw with Valencia, and this time they faced the overall strength. Stronger Real Madrid.

Fletcher is doomed to be unable to return, so how can Manchester United fill the weaknesses and deficiencies of midfield defense?

There was a lot of hype in the outside world, and the media with two different views refuted each other, attracting the attention of countless fans, but the interior of Manchester United was always very calm, and no one knew what Ferguson was thinking.

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May 4, Old Trafford.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid played away to Manchester United.

Both sides played cautiously in the first half of the game.

Real Madrid is playing away from home, and Benitez still uses double-back tactics, but he did not rush forward. After all, the team has the advantage of two goals, so there is no need to carry out too risky tactics.

Manchester United are more proactive than the first round, but they still focus on counterattacks. Basically, the attack is handed over to Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney and Nani in front, and the midfield and backcourt are still stable.

The cautiousness of the two teams resulted in an unsightly game in the first half. Although the two sides competed fiercely, neither of them could create an absolute scoring opportunity.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester United obviously could no longer bear it.

They had to score two goals at home to turn the situation around, so Ferguson began to increase the attack, and Scholes was replaced at halftime to strengthen the team's midfield and attack.

Real Madrid also actively pressed the defense line forward and wanted to continue to suppress Manchester United.

The two sides fought indistinguishably.

But in the 57th minute, after Real Madrid stole the ball in the backcourt, Kaka scored the ball to the right, Robben used his speed to go straight into the space left by Evra, and dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Return to the front of the penalty area.

Yang Yang chased Robben all the way, received a pass from Robben on the right side of the penalty spot, and pushed with his right foot to break Van der Sar's goal.

One to zero!

This goal also completely shattered Manchester United's fantasy.

Even if they scored two goals now, it could only be regarded as an equalizer.

Manchester United started to give it a go and stepped up its attack, while Real Madrid also made a mistake at the back.

In the 66th minute, Ramos fouled Cristiano Ronaldo and gave Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt. Ryan Giggs sent the ball into the penalty area. The Portuguese preempted everyone and headed the goal. Manchester United scored a goal to equalize.

One to one, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

But at this time, the rhythm of the game has been pulled extremely fast, and both sides have been playing feverishly.

The ball was exchanged back and forth, and the game was very exciting, which made the fans on the scene very addicted, but no one was able to create an absolute opportunity. Until the 77th minute, after Yang Yang dribbled the ball from his left rib, he followed Kaka successively. Cooperating with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a continuous two-pass-one-hit-the-wall style, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area, shot low with his left foot, and broke Van der Sar's goal again.

A brace!

Two to one!

Real Madrid reach the final!

This goal completely shattered all Manchester United fantasies.

They had to score four goals in the last ten minutes to beat Real Madrid, and everyone knew that was impossible.

Ferguson also reluctantly sat back in the home team's coaching bench, unable to hide his disappointment.