Chapter 139 News that Shocked the Football World, the Battle of Tianwang Mountain Is Coming
On May 1, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals begins.
Dortmund, who started the game first, withstood Real Madrid's offensive at the Bernabeu. Although they were defeated by their opponents 2:0, they successfully reached the Champions League final with a total score of 5:3.
This result is not beyond the expectations of the outside world. After all, Real Madrid has lost too many away games.
After the loss, a conflict seemed to break out in Real Madrid's locker room, but Mourinho was unable to control the situation. Real Madrid president Florentino was photographed by reporters rushing into the locker room to calm the players' emotions.
This news further deepened the impression of the outside world, making people believe that after this game, Mourinho's dismissal is a foregone conclusion.
Real Madrid has lost all four major players this season. They were 11 points behind Barcelona in the league and missed the chance to defend the title.
The Champions League was eliminated by Dortmund again and fell into disarray again.
Real Madrid hired Mourinho to coach at a high price in the hope that he would bring championships to the team and suppress their rival Barcelona in the league.
However, it now seems that Mourinho has failed to complete both tasks.
Sources within Real Madrid said that the patience of Real Madrid executives with Mourinho has been exhausted.
After the end of La Liga, the Portuguese will definitely leave.
The only suspense is whether Mourinho resigns on his own initiative or is fired by Real Madrid.
If you resign voluntarily, you will not be able to get the remaining salary in the contract.
But if he is fired by the club, he will receive a substantial termination bonus.
Mourinho is also tough. Although the compensation is large, he values his own face more.
So, after the Champions League game, Mourinho announced directly at the press conference:
He will no longer coach Real Madrid after this season.
As soon as the news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation among reporters on the scene.
Although everyone had such a conjecture in their minds, everyone was still surprised when the conjecture in their hearts turned into reality.
Objectively speaking, Mourinho's coaching performance at Real Madrid is not bad.
Under his leadership, Real Madrid snatched a league championship trophy and a Copa del Rey trophy from Barcelona.
In addition, he also led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League twice and the quarter-finals once. Although he failed to win the championship, he helped Real Madrid get rid of the hat of the 16th Champions League.
This record may be able to continue in other teams, but he is coaching Real Madrid...
After Mourinho announced the end of his coaching career at Real Madrid, people have speculated which club his next home will be, and Chelsea, the blue team, is the most optimistic.
Before the reporters could finish digesting the big news from Real Madrid, something happened at Barcelona.
In the second round of the semi-finals, Barcelona played against Bayern at home. Just when the outside world was looking forward to whether Barcelona could create a miracle, they were once again defeated at the feet of Bayern with a score of 0:3 at home.
After two rounds, Barcelona was beaten 7:0 by Bayern!
This is a very disparate score. You must know that Barcelona is not a weakling, but is dubbed by the fans as the Cosmos team.
A top club, with Messi and the most luxurious midfield configuration in the world, was swept by the opponent in two rounds without scoring a single goal.
This is a very, very shameful thing!
This result shocked the entire football world and surprised countless people.
In their minds, Barcelona is still the invincible Cosmos team under Guardiola who has defeated all the invincible opponents in football.
How come Guardiola has fallen into this state after only one year since he left?
Vilanova's condition continued to worsen in the second half of the season, and it was confirmed that he would no longer be able to coach the team.
At this time, Barcelona suffered such a humiliating defeat in the Champions League, which made countless Barcelona fans miss their former coach Guardiola.
Many fans even went to Guardiola's social media account to send requests to Guardiola, hoping that he could return to Barcelona and take over as coach.
Guardiola was both happy and sad about this.
I am happy that Russell's misbehavior has finally tasted the consequences; it is sad to see the team he coached lose so miserably, to see many of his former colleagues and the players he coached, especially Messi. He looked sad and felt very uncomfortable.
Due to this conflicting mood, he did not respond to reporters' questions about the game in public.
I just made comforting calls in private to some colleagues at the club and a few familiar players.
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One family is happy and the other is sad.
Unlike the La Liga fans who were in mourning, the Bundesliga fans were excited after the results of the second round came out.
Both of their teams reached the Champions League final, a Bundesliga record.
It is also the fourth league in the history of the Champions League to achieve this feat.
This result means that no matter who wins the trophy in the end, this season's Champions League trophy belongs to the Bundesliga.
Encouraged by this, many German media began to tout their own league.
They believe that the Bundesliga, with its outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, is enough to surpass the declining Serie A and rank third among the five major leagues, second only to the Premier League and La Liga!
Many media even boldly speculated that if they can maintain their dominance in the Champions League, it is not impossible for them to surpass La Liga and even the Premier League in the future and reach the top of the five major leagues.
Dortmund and Bayern Munich, which have brought glory to the Bundesliga, are naturally blown to the sky.
Dortmund won the title of Young Guards, while Bayern took the title of Cosmos directly from Barcelona and was called Cosmos Ren by fans.
After this game, the name Barcelona Cosmos became history.
And the stain of their 0:7 loss to Bayern is destined to never be washed away.
As the biggest player in the Barcelona team, after the humiliating loss to Bayern.
Messi was naturally criticized by the outside world. He failed to score a single goal in two games. This cannot be justified.
Not only did people begin to wonder, can the peerless duo continue the glory of the previous year?
Faced with criticism from the outside world, Messi did not stand up and say anything.
He just silently chose to practice more and use more diligent efforts to improve his strength.
Lin Quan can lead his team to defeat Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, why can't he?
Messi began to think more and more about this problem. Am I worse than him?
Messi is still very arrogant in his heart. He doesn't think he is really worse than anyone else.
Therefore, the reason for losing must be that I didn’t work hard enough!
So, after returning home every day, he spent more time studying Lin Quan's game videos on the computer...
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Ah cut!
Lin Quan, who was far away in Bremen, couldn't help but sneeze.
Is someone talking bad about me behind my back?
Why did you sneeze so many times all morning?
"Lin, are you feeling unwell?"
Shafu also noticed this, so he waved Lin Quan over and asked with concern.
"No, thank you coach for your concern, I'm fine!"
Lin Quan waved his hand. This was his last month at Werder Bremen, and Lin Quan didn't want to miss work.
"Well, take care of yourself and don't get sick or injured during this period. We still have a very important game!"
Lin Quan nodded, indicating that he understood.
The important game that coach Schaaf is talking about is the German Cup final.
Whether Werder Bremen will gain nothing this season or whether they can win a championship trophy all depends on their performance in the final.
After chatting with Lin Quan for a few words, Schaaf asked him to return to the field to continue training.
As for himself, he began to think about the team's tactics for next season.
Werder Bremen's temple is too small, and it is destined to be unable to retain Lin Quan and De Bruyne.
Without them providing strong offensive firepower in the frontcourt, Werder Bremen's offensive capabilities are bound to decline severely.
Fortunately, Phil Kruger has improved rapidly this season, and Peterson has also shown his willingness to stay with the team.
Peterson was a substitute striker that Bayern originally introduced for more than 2 million euros. He was originally intended to be a backup for Gomez.
Unexpectedly, Mandzukic performed so well at Bayern that he took away Gomez's starting position.
After Bayern has secured Mandzukic's starting position, it no longer needs too many substitutes on the front line.
Especially for forwards like Peterson, compared with Mandzukic, the latter is obviously more adaptable to Bayern's tactical system.
As a result, Bayern basically took care of Peterson, who was on loan, and didn't care much about him.
In the German Cup match that eliminated Bayern, Peterson celebrated wildly at the Allianz Arena after scoring a goal, completely forgetting that he was still a Bayern player.
This also made him spurned by Bayern fans, who were unwilling to let him return to the Allianz Arena.
There is no place for him in the team, and the fans don't like him. Naturally, Peterson doesn't want to go back.
He stayed well at Werder Bremen. Next season Lin Quan and De Bruyne are gone, and no one will compete with him for the starting spot.
Here he can not only secure a starting position, but he can even play in the Champions League.
What if you perform brilliantly against a certain giant in the Champions League? Maybe you will be taken away by the opponent?
With the addition of Phil Kruger and Peterson, although the firepower on the front line will decrease, at least there will be a guarantee.
But who can take De Bruyne's place?
Fritz is 32 years old and cannot play for a few more years, and he is not a very talented player.
It is impossible to expect him to pass all kinds of incredible and scalpel-like passes like De Bruyne.
Therefore, during the summer transfer window, the team must focus on introducing midfield players.
As before, Werder Bremen still plans to rent out young players to see if they can rent them from other teams, especially wealthy clubs.
Players who can be favored by wealthy clubs are usually not too bad in ability, but because the competition from wealthy clubs is too fierce, they may not be able to get stable playing time.
Therefore, many young players from wealthy clubs are loaned out to practice their skills outside.
Werder Bremen can play in the Champions League next season, which is very attractive to these young players.
Perhaps we can take this opportunity to attract a group of high-quality foreign aid.
But it is impossible to draw phenomenal players like Lin Quan and De Bruyne like we did this season.
After coaching for so many years, Schaff has a clear enough understanding of the talents and abilities of the two men.
These two people will definitely leave their own legends in football in the future.
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On May 4, the penultimate round of the Bundesliga began.
There is a focus battle in this round - Dortmund VS Bayern Munich.
Because these two teams had just massacred the La Liga duo in the Champions League semi-finals and reached the final, this game was regarded by the outside world as a preview of the Champions League final.
Taking advantage of the heat brought by the Champions League semi-finals has not dissipated, the Bundesliga spent a lot of effort to promote this game and arranged the game to 7:30 in the evening.
In order to prevent other leagues from diverting the ratings and attention of this game, the game between Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim was scheduled to 3:30 in the afternoon.
Hoffenheim is currently ranked second to last in the standings, but unlike Fürth, which has been relegated early, they still have a glimmer of hope.
Huocun currently has 27 points, three points behind Augsburg and Dusseldorf.
If they can defeat Werder Bremen in an away game in this round, they may have a chance to close the gap and drag the suspense of relegation to the last round.
With this idea in mind, Huo Cun took the initiative to attack Werder Bremen after the opening.
Since they have to face Dortmund in the last round, if this game is a draw, this point will be meaningless to them.
So Huo Cun is obviously risking his life!
Not to mention, Huo Cun's three-blade ax is quite powerful.
Their No. 9 center Skip Locke scored a goal by mistake in just three minutes of the game.
Skiplock's long shot from outside the penalty area was originally too straight and posed no threat.
As a result, after the ball flew into the penalty area, it was touched by the defensive player's leg and refracted.
Militz's old waist was almost broken. The position of the goal was almost completely opposite to his position. There was nothing he could do about it.
After scoring this goal, Hoffenheim's morale was greatly boosted.
They attacked Werder Bremen one by one like a chicken, but unexpectedly they scored another goal in the 10th minute.
It was Skiplock who scored the goal. He accidentally fell when he broke into the penalty area. The referee stood far away and did not see clearly, so he directly awarded Huo Cun a penalty kick.
The slow-motion replay on the big screen at the scene showed that this was actually a misjudgment, and Skiplock slipped on his own.
Skiplock would not admit that he slipped. After seeing the referee's penalty, he immediately got up from the ground, hugged the football and was about to take the free throw.
The Werder Bremen players protested to the referee a few times, but found that the referee had no intention of changing the decision, so they gave up.
Although they fell behind by two goals in less than ten minutes, Werder Bremen's players looked very calm and did not feel nervous or uneasy.
After continuously defeating powerful enemies and achieving victory, they have developed the calmness and confidence of a strong man.
They believe in their own strength, so what if they allow their opponents two goals?
After the opponent scored a penalty kick and turned the score into 0:2, Werder Bremen began to exert its strength.
In the 24th minute, Werder Bremen's players played smoothly in the frontcourt.
After the football was passed by five players seven times in a row, De Bruyne easily passed it into the opponent's goal almost in the form of a pass.
During this process, Hoffenheim's players couldn't even touch the ball, and their eyes couldn't even follow the movement of the football.
The opponent's way of scoring gave Hoffenheim's players a sense of frustration as if they had been hit by a dimensionality reduction.
It turns out that the strength gap between us and our opponents is so big!
Only then did the Hoffenheim players realize that their opponent had been reserved before and had not used their true strength.
Unfortunately, they realized this too late.
In the 35th minute, Werder Bremen once again played smoothly. Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area and easily scored with a lob.
Less than half time, Werder Bremen equalized the score, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.
But that's not all. Werder Bremen, with full firepower, are so fierce that even they themselves are afraid!
In the 38th minute, Werder Bremen made a quick counterattack. Lin Quan assisted Peterson and scored a goal. The number on the scoreboard became 3:2, and Werder Bremen overtook the score.
In the 56th minute, Werder Bremen scored another victory. De Bruyne scored directly with a free kick with a speed of 128 kilometers per hour, and the score became 4:2.
Finally, at the end of the game, Werder Bremen, after conceding two goals first, chased four goals and kicked Huocun into the abyss of relegation.
Hoffenheim's players and fans deeply experienced what it feels like to fall from the clouds into the abyss.
After the game against Huo Cun, the team did not disband directly. Instead, they all gathered in the activity room to watch the match between Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Tianwangshan.