Lord of Greenery

Chapter 481 Semi-disabled final opponent

Last season, Inter Milan won the Triple Crown like the original track, but there are still some changes with the arrival of Li Ze.

In the Champions League final, they beat Barcelona 3-0. This season, Inter Milan eliminated Barcelona again and was immediately dubbed the Barcelona killer.

The more obvious change is Bayern Munich, where Van Gaal is still the coach of Bayern.

In the original trajectory, Van Gaal won the Bundesliga and German Cup triple crowns in the 09-10 season, plus the Champions League runner-up, Bayern was only one game away from becoming the triple crown.

Having achieved such outstanding results in his first season in charge of Bayern, Van Gaal's work has been widely recognized.

Good grades are naturally a good thing, but everything has two sides.

After Bayern almost won the Triple Crown, they received too much attention and there was a lot of pressure on them.

Judging from Bayern's performance in the 11-12 season of the original trajectory, their ability to withstand pressure is relatively poor.

Perhaps because of this, Bayern did not perform well in the 10-11 season, was eliminated early in the Champions League, and struggled in the league.

As the undisputed overlord of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich's minimum standard is also to win a Champions League seat.

With Van Gaal leading the team, there is no guarantee of this in the final stage.

There is also a problem with the atmosphere in the team. Bayern was once known for its internal strife, and it was also called "Green Hollywood".

Under internal and external troubles, Van Gaal had no choice but to leave.

It is different now. Last season Bayern still won the Bundesliga title under the leadership of Van Gaal, but failed to win the German Cup.

Everyone has expectations for Bayern's performance this season, but not very much.

Without too much interference from external pressure, although Van Gaal still has no possibility of winning the league championship this season, he was overwhelmed by Dortmund led by Klopp in the league.

But in the Champions League, Bayern defeated Valencia, Tottenham and Manchester United along the way and broke into the Champions League final.

For a giant like Bayern, the number of league titles is no longer very important.

If you can perform well in the Champions League, you only need to guarantee your league results.

Of course, the so-called "guarantee" is to win the Champions League seat.

Although Bayern is now unable to compete for the league championship, the Champions League seat is still stable.

Coupled with the fact that Van Gaal led the team to the final of the Champions League and the final of the German Cup, Van Gaal is still mostly praised by the outside world.

In other words, his coaching position is still very stable, and he will not be dismissed after two seasons like the original trajectory.

After learning of such a change, Li Ze didn't know whether this change was good or bad for Bayern.

Van Gaal's ability is beyond doubt, not everyone can lead the team to the Champions League final.

Wenger has been famous for so many years, and he has only reached the Champions League final once and lost.

Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo have such strong personal abilities that they never touched the turf of the Champions League final in their original trajectory.

Now, Ibrahimovic went through the final with Barcelona last season, but he was beaten so badly by Inter Milan in the final, and Ibrahimovic will not be happy about it.

However, Van Gaal has the ability, but it was Heynckes who led Bayern to win the Triple Crown.

Let Van Gaal continue to lead now, who can say whether he can perform well?

At least this season's Champions League final, the outside world is unanimously optimistic that Inter Milan can win this game.

This season's Bayern team has Ram, Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Tymoshchuk, Robben, Ribery, Muller and Gomez.

Their lineup is strong, but the defense is a bit weak.

Neither the goalkeeper nor the three defenders are very good, only Lahm is at a high level.

But Inter Milan's lineup is not much better. If you have to say it, Bayern's lineup is even stronger.

Even if Inter Milan has eliminated Barcelona and Real Madrid successively, it does not mean that they will definitely be able to beat Bayern Munich.

However, such a thing happened, and the outside world is generally optimistic about Inter Milan.

In this season's Champions League knockout round, this is the first time that Inter Milan has been favored in this way.

The reason is also very simple. Ribery and Robben are both injured, and they are all determined to miss this Champions League final.

Even if it is a giant team with a lot of superstars, there must be so-called core players.

French superstar Franck Ribery, nicknamed Scar Man, is the core of Bayern and the king of Bayern.

If Franck Ribery is the core, then Robben is the sharp knife and the pioneer. How Robben performs directly affects Bayern's ability to attack.

It is no exaggeration to say that the "Roberg" combination formed by the two of them is the strongest winger combination in the world today, not one of them.

However, if you really pay attention to Bayern at this time, you will know that the two of them are said to be a combination, but it is actually relatively rare to play together.

Because Ribery is a glass man, so is Robben.

No matter how strong the team is, what can they do if they are injured and unable to play?

Robben played in the league, and Ribery was injured in the Champions League semi-finals against Manchester United.

Because of their efforts, Bayern can steadily win the Champions League seat in the league this season and reach the final in the Champions League.

But in the most important Champions League final, the two of them fell one after another, and there was no possibility of playing.

Not to mention outside fans and media reporters, even Van Gaal himself was desperate.

In the second round of the Champions League semi-finals, seeing Ribery accidentally injured, Van Gaal's expression was similar to that of his dead wife.

The team lost the two most important core players, which cannot be described simply as bad luck.

It felt like Wang Bo was thrown out at the beginning of the game, and the remaining cards in his hand couldn't be said to be too bad, but it felt really uncomfortable.

"Frank and Alger are players who do not belong to Hua Guoli, Messi and Ronaldo. They are all capable of competing for the Ballon d'Or."

"The only problem with the two of them is that they get hurt too easily."

"If Robery stays fit..."

The Bayern reporters and fans felt regretful in despair.

"It's a crime other than war."

In this regard, Van Gaal pretended to be calm.

"The game hasn't started yet, but everyone thinks we've lost."

"We can't forget that football is round, why can't we create a miracle?"

Confidence, true or not, Van Gaal has to project confidence.

The injuries of the two of Robery have done a lot of damage to the morale of the players. If you play with this mentality, the possibility of losing is very high.

As a top coach, Van Gaal also has his own pride, and he will not allow his team to be timid before fighting.

On the contrary, on Inter Milan's side, after receiving the news of Robery's injury, everyone seemed to underestimate the enemy.

However, the team's most important brain, that is, head coach Benitez, did not mean to underestimate the enemy.

He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would underestimate the enemy.

In terms of combat memories, Benitez considered various possibilities, including the countermeasures when Bayern led them by 3 goals.

It left some players speechless.

(End of this chapter)