stadium caesars

Chapter 328

On May 5th, the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the Italian capital, the 27-2008 UEFA Champions League final was staged as scheduled.

Both sides in the final are the most successful teams this season. Manchester United has already won the league championship and is the defending champion of the Champions League.

In the history of the UEFA Champions League, there are only three goals to achieve three consecutive championships. The first team was Real Madrid. From 1955 to 1960, Real Madrid stars such as Di Stefano and Puskas achieved five consecutive championships. the magic.

Next, from 1970 to 1973, Ajax achieved three consecutive Champions League titles. Although Ajax has declined in recent years, their number of Champions League trophies is 4, which is more than the total of Chelsea and Arsenal.

The most recent team to achieve three consecutive Champions League titles is Bayern Munich, the team that was just killed by Kesa in the quarter-finals. They achieved three consecutive Champions League titles from 1973 to 1976.

Liverpool, which England has won the most times in the Champions League, has never completed three consecutive championships. They defended the title in 1977-1978, won the championship in 1981 and 1984 respectively, and won the Champions League again in 2005.

As long as Manchester United wins the championship, it can tie Liverpool's number of Champions League trophies. A few days ago, Manchester United also tied Liverpool's number of top league titles, all of which are 18 top league titles.

In the UEFA Champions League trophy list, La Liga's Real Madrid has 9 championships, far ahead, Serie A's AC Milan has 6 championships, ranking second, and Premier League Liverpool's 5 championships ranks third.Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Ajax in the Eredivisie both have 4 Champions League trophies, equal to Manchester United.

Barcelona currently has only two Champions League titles, in 2 and 1992.But Barcelona is coming aggressively this year, relying on the strength of the youth training players, vowing to win the championship trophy for the team in the Champions League final.

Most importantly, Barcelona's state this year is much better than Manchester United.Not only did they win the league title, but they also won the Copa del Rey. As long as they win the Champions League, they will be the first La Liga triple crown.

Guardiola's mind is very clear, he wants to build an invincible team and win all the championships.

But he also regrets that the most powerful team in this period is considered by everyone to be Manchester United.In the past 2008, Manchester United won all the championships they could win, and achieved an insurmountable seven crowns.

No matter how successful Guardiola is in La Liga, he can only win six championships. He even thinks that one day he will go to the Premier League to coach a team that is not short of money, and then become the king and hegemony, tying Manchester United's seven-time champions. Step on your feet.

The match between the two sides came quickly, and the most watched match of the year kicked off.

Barcelona is playing at home, and the starting lineup is still the strongest and most familiar lineup.

Goalkeeper Valdez, a goalkeeper with great passing, although a bit of a buttery player, is also first-class in La Liga, second only to Cassie.

The back line is lined up, with Abidal, Puyol, Marcos and Alves, a strong back line, and a strong ability to play the ball, which is very suitable for Guardiola's system.

However, in Guardiola's view, the most suitable central defender for his system is still in Manchester United's formation, and that is Master Piquepi.He begged for a lot of money last summer, but it was said that Kaisa stopped him and failed.Must continue to buy this summer.

The midfield trio, the old combination of Barcelona, ​​the combination that slaughtered all teams this year, the classic combination of Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets, all three are master players, and they combined to complete 1+1 The effect of +1>3.

The frontcourt trio, led by Messi, partnered with Henry and Pedro, is full of lethality.Messi scored 43 goals in all competitions this season, second only to Kesa in total goals and equal to Ronaldo.

As long as Messi scores in the Champions League final, the total number of goals will surpass Ronaldo and become Kaisa's biggest opponent on the road to the Ballon d'Or.

However, in Kesa’s view, this team is not too scary. Guardiola is a bit eager for quick success. Last summer, he let go of Eto’o, Yaya Toure and Milito. Wang's period was a little bit worse.

Ferguson's lineup caused bursts of exclamation.

The old man was talking about being a teenager, and he actually formed a special lineup. Are you going to fight against Barcelona?
When Guardiola saw Manchester United's starting lineup, he also frowned and muttered to himself, "Manchester United's midfield defense ability is too strong, and Kesa has to defend. But I am not afraid, I want to win, I can only win. He is the best young coach."

Manchester United's lineup is beyond everyone's expectations. It has a 352 formation. It was set up in the Champions League final. It is like a double-edged sword. If you use it well, you will win the game. If you don't use it well, you will hurt yourself.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar is old and strong, but he is ready to retire at the end of this season.On the back line, there are three central defenders.

Ferdinand is in the center, commanding the defense, with Pique on the left, who is responsible for defending Messi's breakthrough, and Vidic on the right, who is responsible for dealing with Pedro's breakthrough with a knife.After the previous drill, the three of them already had quite a tacit understanding.

Five midfielders, from left to right, are Kesa, Fletcher, Mascherano, Carrick and Valencia.

Among them, Caesar and Valencia are wingbacks, and they arrange a sidewalk.Kaisa has made considerable sacrifices for the team.

The frontcourt combination is a healthy Rooney and Van Persie, and Silva can only stand by on the bench.Of course, he is not alone, there are veterans such as Ryan Giggs on the bench.

Neville and Scholes were injured at the same time, and they still hadn't recovered before the Champions League final. They were disheartened and had no desires, and they were preparing to retire in the summer.

Guardiola saw Kaisa appearing at the position of the wing back, and felt worried, "In order to deal with Messi, Kaisa took the initiative to stand in a defensive position? Is he not going to attack?"

"Messi will face the encirclement and suppression of Kaisa and Pique. This game will be difficult to play. But Kaisa's offense will definitely be affected. This is our greatest opportunity." Guardiola clenched his palms, "Sisi, Come on! This is your best chance."

Game start!
Manchester United took the lead in attacking, and Van Persie gave the ball to Rooney, but Rooney's pass was destroyed by Henry who was on the attack.

Henry is familiar with the Premier League, he wants to win a Champions League in Barcelona, ​​and then prepare to retire.He continued to work hard.

Henry destroyed the ball, Iniesta immediately twisted the offensive line, first changed hands to Henry, then Henry took a step, and then returned it to Iniesta who was advancing.

Iniesta scored the ball for the second time and gave it to Messi. Before Messi started to break through, Kesa took his ball away, "It's too slow, is this your speed?"

Kaisa seemed to be waiting for someone on purpose to attract counter-robbers before slowly giving the ball to Van Persie's feet. Van Persie didn't dare to neglect, they had just experienced the speed of Barcelona's counter-robbers.

Van Persie followed Caesar's intention and put the ball in for Carrick, who was a bit thrilling. Facing Xavi and Pedro's attack, he was lucky.

Carrick received the ball smoothly, faced Messi's uphill grab, and directly picked up the ball, high and far, right in the place where Kaisa often haunts, the Kaisa corridor!
Messi's pupils constricted, "Is the Kaisa corridor? The ball is too high, how do you unload it?"

But Kaisa didn't unload the ball and jumped high!Coquettishly raised his right foot...

(End of this chapter)