Chapter 377 Qatar Consortium: 200 Million Euros Is Too Little, More Money Must Be Added!

When Lin Quan passed Buffon and pushed the ball into the empty goal, the Juventus fans all fell into despair.

The game has entered stoppage time. They are two goals behind and have no time to tie the score.

Losing at home and giving the opponent a 2-goal difference, such a huge disadvantage can almost declare that Juventus' Champions League journey has stopped in the quarterfinals.

Not willing to give in!

After finally reaching the Champions League, I am really unwilling to stop here.

Pirlo raised his head and glanced at the blue figure in front of his penalty area, feeling bitter in his heart.

This should be his last Champions League, but he didn't expect it to end like this.

It seems that his wish to help Juventus win a Champions League championship will not be realized after all.

Behind Lin Quan, Buffon, who lost the speed competition between the two, was filled with regret and unwillingness.

If he had been faster and more decisive, he might not have missed the ball just now.

Compared with Pirlo, Buffon has never won the Champions League trophy before.

Even though he is older than Pirlo, his career is obviously at the end of his career.

Even if the goalkeeper has a longer career, at his current age of 37, he can only last another three or four years at most.

In these three or four years, can Juventus really win the Champions League?

Buffon fell into deep doubts!

Compared with the frustration and unwillingness of the Juventus players, on Manchester City's side, after Lin Quan scored the goal, everyone on the coaching bench and the bench went crazy.

Guardiola was so excited that he didn't even care about his identity. He rushed into the grass with the substitute players and gave Lin Quan a bear hug as he rushed over.

A 1:0 win would have fully met his psychological expectations, but he did not expect Lin Quanneng to score another goal in stoppage time, which completely exceeded his psychological expectations.

They took a two-goal lead in the first round. After returning to their home court in the second round, Manchester City had a lot of room for error.

If at 1:0, Manchester City's probability of advancing to the semi-finals can reach 70%, then at this time, their probability of advancing may have exceeded 80%!

There was not much time left in the game. After Manchester City finished celebrating, the referee quickly blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, with Lin Quan's brace, Manchester City defeated Juventus 2:0 in the away game.

After the game, most of the Juventus players were very frustrated. After thanking the fans who came to support them, they hurriedly left the stadium.

But there are exceptions for some thick-skinned people, such as Morata.

"Brother Lin, exchange jerseys with me!"

He took off his jersey early and ran over to exchange jerseys with Lin Quan.

Lin Quan nodded, took off his Manchester City jersey and gave it to Morata, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged:

"Keep working hard and strive to become our number one striker in Spain as soon as possible!"

After Torres and Villa faded out of the national team, Spain's current only forwards are Diego Costa and Morata.

But now Spain's main force is Diego Costa, and Morata only has a chance to play when playing a two-forward tactic.

If he wants to steadily obtain the starting position, he needs to show his strength and defeat Diego Costa in the competition.

"Don't worry, I will definitely defeat Brother Meiyan and become the starter!"

Morata seems confident in this and firmly believes that he will be able to make a splash in the future.

Lin Quan originally wanted to remind Morata to work harder on his shooting skills, but seeing this guy's appearance, he immediately gave up the idea.

…

After the game, Lin Quan took half a day off and invited Buffon and Pirlo to have a meal together.

During this period, Pirlo has been consulting about the situation of Major League Soccer and New York City. Although Buffon has no thoughts of leaving the five major leagues for the time being.

But when Lin Quan and Pirlo were talking, Buffon still pricked up his ears and listened very seriously.

He doesn't want to retire yet, but he may not in the future.

Maybe after he wins the Champions League and fulfills his dream of the Champions League, he will end his long career!

However, Buffon has not yet decided where to retire.

Maybe he will go overseas to seek gold, or maybe he will choose the team where he debuted and return to his roots.

"You guys at Manchester City are very good at playing. Lampard's rental fee is so low, and you only bear half of his annual salary. You are left with the right hand, which is equivalent to New York City bearing tens of millions of euros for you!"

After learning about the relationship between New York City and Manchester City, and the possibility that he might be loaned to Manchester City to play football after joining New York City, Pirlo, who was born into a businessman family, immediately noticed something fishy.

"Is this used to circumvent UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act?"

"It can't be said that New York City has received big-name players to join, which has improved its brand image. We have gained immediate combat capabilities and can save money. This is a win-win cooperation."

"I believe you, so why doesn't New York City cooperate with other clubs like this?"

Pirlo couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Lin Quan's explanation was so false and he was completely fooling people.

"Actually, we are not the only club using this method. There are many consortiums in the Middle East, such as the Qatar consortium behind Paris Saint-Germain. They are also actively planning to acquire a series of teams to improve the Qatar consortium's profitability. influence to facilitate their future transfer operations.”

After hearing the plans and goals of these large consortiums, Buffon couldn't help but sigh:

"It feels like football is almost becoming the plaything of these consortiums!"

"Who says it's not? A consortium with hundreds of billions of dollars at every turn, such a behemoth, who can outplay them?"

Pirlo is from the second generation of wealth, so he understands the power of money more deeply than others.

Several people are a little worried. With the increasing influence of capital on professional football, what will the future of professional football look like?

…

There are many strong matchups in this round of the Champions League, between upstarts like Manchester City and established strong teams like the Old Lady.

The city derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, as well as the collision between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, can attract the attention of countless people.

However, the results of these games did not exceed everyone's expectations.

The dominant Manchester City defeated Juventus 2:0 in the away game, and Barcelona, ​​​​sitting on the MSN Trident, swept Paris 3:1 in the away game.

After a fierce competition, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid finally shook hands and made peace.

However, what was supposed to be the game with the greatest disparity in strength turned out to be the biggest upset of this round of the Champions League.

Before the game, Bayern Munich, the absolute favorite to win the championship, was beaten 3:1 by the opponent at the Dragon Stadium in Porto.

In this game, Cristiano Ronaldo's friend Quaresma, who had been abandoned by Barcelona and Inter Milan, suddenly exploded. He scored two goals and led the team to complete a counterattack and defeat the invincible Bayern Munich.

A score of 3:1 is very dangerous even for a top team like Bayern.

Porto, who hold a two-goal lead, can advance to the semi-finals as long as Bayern doesn't score two goals in the second round.

Since Mourinho led the team to win the championship, Porto has never reached the semi-finals.

If they can do it this time, it will definitely greatly increase Porto's popularity and attract the attention of all Europe and even the world.

By then Porto's player supermarket will be open, and these players who have performed well in the Champions League will win the expectations of many wealthy clubs and make a lot of money for Porto.

"What's going on with Bayern? How come they're so beaten by Porto? With Porto's lineup, how can they beat Bayern?"

"If I hadn't watched the live broadcast of this game, I really couldn't believe this score!"

"Yes, judging from the scene, Bayern has an absolute advantage!"

In this game, Bayern had more than 65% of the ball, took 30 shots, but only scored one goal, while Porto had less than 35% of the ball, only 11 shots, and scored 3 goals out of 5 times. ball.

If you ignore the number of goals scored and just look at these data, you can completely imagine how Bayern defeated Porto at the Dragon Stadium.

However, once the scoring data of both sides are added, Bayern seems very embarrassed.

Although the opponent's number of shots and ball possession rate were very few, the opponent's offensive efficiency was very high and they were very lucky. Porto used several counterattacks to not only threaten but also complete the goal.

This proves that Bayern's weakness was caught by the opponent and hit hard.

If they can't find a way to make up for this shortcoming as soon as possible, Bayern will probably lose again when the next round starts.

Bayern lost when Manchester City won, which made many Guardiola fans start to fight back against Bayern:

"Haha, Guardiola led the team to a 2-0 victory over Juventus. The semi-finals are in sight, but Bayern is now even close to the semi-finals. Do you still have the nerve to blame Guardiola now?"

"What is it that Guardiola led Bayern to ruin? Guardiola led the team to win the Bundesliga championship, set a new record for the longest unbeaten streak in team history, and led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Such results, even if For Real Madrid, it is definitely not considered a failure. Who do Bayern think they are? Do they have to win the Champions League every year to be successful?"

Faced with the counterattack from Guardiola fans, Bayern fans were naturally not to be outdone:

"Haha, as the defending champion but unable to win against Manchester City, and even losing to Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, isn't this embarrassing enough?"

"The way you put it, defending champion Chelsea didn't even qualify for the group stage, and Real Madrid, which holds nine Champions League trophies, is 16 years old every year. Isn't that even more embarrassing?"

"People are so weak that they only accept success but not failure. If other teams are trash, then you, Bayern, are allowed to be great?"

…

Because of Bayern's loss, Bayern's odds of winning the championship dropped a lot after the end of this round.

The team most favored by gambling companies is neither Manchester City nor Bayern, but Barcelona.

Barcelona's offensive firepower this season is really too strong. Suarez's perfect integration has brought Barcelona's strength to a higher level.

Facing the powerful Paris Saint-Germain in this round, Barcelona played a dominant game, firmly suppressing their opponents throughout the game and leaving Paris Saint-Germain without any temper.

After the game, the fans of Paris Saint-Germain were wailing. They felt that their team was finished.

After losing like this at home, can we still survive in the away game?

During this game, Sheikh Jassim, the boss of the Qatari consortium, came to watch the game in person.

He is confident in the team he spent a lot of money to build, and feels that with the support of the Qatari consortium regardless of cost, Paris should have reached the level of Europe's top clubs.

Therefore, he was full of confidence and thought he could enjoy a wonderful showdown between powerful players.

However, the process and results of the game were completely different from what he had in mind.

Paris, armed with money, was beaten with no power to fight back in front of the real giants.

Ibrahimovic, who was hailed as the number one player behind Melo a few years ago, has not shown the strength to match his fame.

On the contrary, the MSN trio in the Barcelona team showed strong personal strength and teamwork, and each of them left a very deep impression on him.

Especially Messi and Neymar, these two people made him drool.

No wonder the world thinks Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid are the three strongest clubs in football.

It turns out that the role of superstars on the court is so obvious!

This made Sheikh Jassim inevitably have some thoughts. If he wants to make Paris go further, buying top stars may not help.

They need to buy a real superstar!

Last summer they spent 200 million euros but failed to buy Lin Quan. The Qataris were still very unconvinced, but now, after suffering a loss, they finally realized the true value of Chaoju.

200 million euros seems to be too little and needs to be strengthened!

Thinking of this, Jassim made a calculation in his mind:

He plans to increase the offer to 250 million euros, and then go to Manchester City's Lin Quan, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, and Barcelona's Messi to try again.

If that doesn't work, you can buy a player of Neymar's level.

However, this kid's reputation and strength are far behind those of Super Giant, so the transfer price needs to be lowered and cannot exceed 250 million euros.

Otherwise, the price will be sky-high as soon as it comes out. If you want to buy a real super giant in the future, the price you have to pay will be too high.

At this time, there were less than three months left before the summer transfer window. After Jassim made his decision, the Qatari consortium immediately began to take action.

They began to collect recent game videos of the three superstars and hired professional analysts to help them analyze the strength, status and commercial value of these three players to evaluate their value.

For a time, many Paris Saint-Germain scouts appeared in the stands of Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid, and began to blatantly collect intelligence.

Considering that they are rivals in the Champions League with Barcelona, ​​it is understandable that they collect information about Barcelona.

But Manchester City and Real Madrid have nothing to do with them. After they were eliminated by Barcelona, ​​it is impossible for them to meet in the Champions League.

Therefore, their move to send people to Manchester City and Real Madrid to collect intelligence immediately aroused speculation from the outside world.

Many people feel that Paris is planning to take action against Lin Quan and Ronaldo!