Chapter 368: Guardiola's Fate
The draw ceremony for the Champions League quarter-finals was held on Monday at UEFA's Swiss headquarters.
Because there are fewer teams participating in the lottery, the lottery ceremony is very simple and the result will be released soon.
To disappoint those who are not interested in watching the fun, Real Madrid did not draw with Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid drew a relatively weak opponent - Manchester City.
The reason why Manchester City is relatively weak is that this is the first time in history that Manchester City's club has reached the Champions League semi-finals. They have never had any experience in this area before. This is Manchester City's biggest problem.
Atletico Madrid's opponent is Bayern Munich.
In the second leg of the quarter-finals, Bayern Munich defeated Benfica with only one goal in the first leg and drew 2:2 away from home, with a total score of 3:2, becoming Atletico Madrid's opponent.
It can be said that this is not a good sign.
Bayern Munich's strength is obvious to all. From the 2011-2012 season to now, they have reached at least the Champions League semi-finals in each season.
It's been five consecutive seasons.
There must be something extraordinary about being so stable.
Everyone knows that Spain's "national derby" is Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, while Italy's "national derby" is Inter Milan vs. Juventus. So does anyone know about the "European derby"?
Generally, a country's national derby is naturally a collision between the two most powerful teams in this country.
Then the European Derby should be the match between the two most powerful teams in Europe.
Only the match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can be called the "European Derby".
From this name alone, you can see Bayern Munich's strength and status.
Bayern Munich is now attacking the Champions League championship under the leadership of former Barcelona coach Guardiola.
Of course, it does not mean that Atletico Madrid is necessarily on the weak side.
Although Bayern Munich has been very glorious in the Champions League over the years, they also have their own difficulties.
Guardiola came to take over former Bayern Munich coach Heinx.
Originally, he was responsible for leading Bayern Munich to achieve the goal of becoming the champion of the Champions League.
Because before that, Bayern Munich's performance in the Champions League was not very good. Although he reached the final twice in three years, he once lost to Inter Milan at the Bernabeu, and once he was tied by Chelsea's Drogba at his own goal. He lost the game in the final penalty.
It's always a breath away from the Champions League.
In addition, he is also facing Dortmund's step-by-step pressing in the league, which is very embarrassing.
The senior executives of Bayern Munich Club had the idea of changing their coaches.
At that time, the coach of the team was the meritorious coach Heinx, but he was old, so he should also consider the issue of successor.
But Bayern Munich's operations were a bit funny. In the halfway through the 2012-2013 season, the candidate for the new coach was suddenly announced, and the successor was Guardiola. At that time, the club's contract with Heinx had not yet ended. Even if Guardiola wanted to take office, he had to wait until the season was over.
At that time, many media criticized Bayern Munich Club's approach as a very serious public relations accident and extreme disrespect for the old coach Heinx.
But I don’t know if this mysterious operation of Bayern Munich stimulated the old coach Heinx and Bayern Munich players.
After announcing the news of the change of coaches, Bayern Munich's performance suddenly improved, and he made great progress and reached the Champions League final.
In the league, they snatched the league championship from Dortmund, and in the German Cup, they beat Stuttgart and won the trophy. In the Champions League final, they defeated their old rival Dortmund and eventually became the first triple-champion in German football history!
Bayern Munich's senior executives asked Guardiola to coach because he valued his experience and ability to lead Barcelona to the triple-champion in the 2008-2009 season, and hoped that he could replicate such a successful experience in Bayern Munich.
Heinx, who was replaced by Guardiola before he was about to take office, did it!
This is a bit embarrassing...
At that time, some media gloated that Guardiola would face unprecedented pressure.
Yes, his ex-官网 has won all the highest honors that a club coach can get. How else will he play next?
Even if he wins the triple crown, he may only be considered to tie Heinquez. Unless he replicates his six-championship in Barcelona, he will probably live in the shadow of Heinquez, the retired coach.
But the contracts were signed, and it was obviously impossible for Guardiola to give up coaching Bayern Munich at this time.
In this way, with a huge cloud on his head, Guardiola took office in Bayern Munich.
In his first season as a Businessman, he led Bayern Munich to achieve great success in the league and finally won the championship with a huge score difference of 19 points over the second place Dortmund. But in fact, their day of winning the championship was even earlier. In March, after the 27th round of the league, Guardiola's team led the second place Dortmund by 25 points and won the championship seven rounds ahead of the championship. It set the earliest record for winning the championship in the five major European leagues. In addition, Guardiola's team also set a record of 19 consecutive victories that season.
They won the championship in March in the league. It is said that they have enough time to prepare for the Champions League and strive to achieve good results in the Champions League.
But maybe it was too early to win the championship, and the players' game state disappeared during the subsequent rotation break.
That season, Bayern Munich was eliminated 5-0 in two leges by Real Madrid in the semi-finals. In the second leg, Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 4-0 away. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, breaking the record of 14 goals in the Champions League single season held by Artafini and Messi.
Bayern Munich became the eternal background board for this record.
In the end, Bayern Munich won the league championship and the German Cup that season, just one Champions League away and he was able to become the triple-champion...
In Guardiola's second season, Bayern Munich won the championship with a 10-point advantage in the 2014-2015 season, but lost the German Cup championship.
This time in the Champions League semi-finals, they encountered Guardiola's former club Barcelona. Although Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 3:2 at home this time, they were beaten 0:3 by Enrique's team away, and the total score was eliminated 5:3.
The 2015-2016 season, this season, is Guardiola's third season coaching at Bayern Munich.
After thirty rounds of the league, Bayern Munich ranked first with a seven-point advantage.
With four rounds of league left, Guardiola's Bayern Munich will also win the league championship.
They also reached the finals in the German Cup, and their opponent was the old rival Dortmund.
And in the Champions League, they once again came to the crossroads of their destiny - the Champions League semi-finals.
Chapter completed!