Chapter 373 The fight more than 40 years ago
Barcelona players did not react very fiercely to Suarez's idea of announcing his pursuit of his own scorer in front of the whole team. They fully understood Suarez's idea and were willing to help Suarez. After all, if they could make things difficult for Gao Zheng and Atletico Madrid, they would be willing to do anything.
After hearing Suarez say this, many people in the locker room breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "We are still worried that you will develop your style and don't have the same knowledge as him..."
Suarez snorted: "How is it possible? How can he get all the good things?"
Anyway, the league champion seems very slim now, so the league's best scorer must be held in his own hands. He doesn't want to see Gao Zheng's stinky look.
"Very good, we will try our best to get you this honor!" Messi stood up and spoke this time.
Seeing that Messi said this, Suarez was also a little moved. He said to everyone: "This is not my honor alone, this is the honor of our entire team!"
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After Gao Zheng issued the declaration of "I want it all", Chinese fans are looking forward to his competition with Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo on the scorer list, but before that, Atletico Madrid still has the Champions League to play, and the league is a weekend.
On Wednesday, Atletico Madrid welcomed strong rival Bayern Munich at home.
In the history of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid has played against Bayern Munich twice. The results of these two times were draw and one loss.
And this was done in the same season.
In the 1973-1974 season, Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final for the first time in history. At that time, this event was not called the UEFA Champions League, but the UEFA Champions League.
Atletico Madrid's opponent in the final was Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich had a group of superstars such as football emperor Beckenbauer and bomber Gade Muller, and they were powerful.
But Atletico Madrid is not bad either. They have the legendary Aragones who later led the Spanish national team to the 2008 European Cup championship.
This Atletico Madrid team reached the finals and met Bayern Munich.
The finals of both sides were played at Heisel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium - yes, it was the Heisel Stadium where the stand collapsed in Juventus and Liverpool last time - in the 90-minute regular match, the two sides tied 0:0, and Atletico Madrid took the lead with Aragonese's free kick.
Just as Atletico Madrid fans were about to celebrate their first Champions League title in history, they forgot that their opponent was the tenacious German.
Bayern Munich relied on defender Schwarzenbeck's long shot to tie the score at the last moment.
According to the winning clause issued by UEFA in 1969, after the game was played in 120 minutes, if both sides still tied, there would be no such form of penalty kick decisive battle, but a rematch was adopted at a date.
This rule has never been used in the Champions League since its promulgation, this is the first time.
So that year, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich met twice in the Champions League final and played two Champions League finals.
The rematch was held two days later at Heisel Stadium, but the audience was only about half of the first game.
The previous final concealed the ball at the last moment, which had a heavy blow to Atletico Madrid, with a far-reaching impact and it was not eliminated until two days later. Atletico Madrid was very weak in both physical strength and morale. On the contrary, Bayern Munich players were extremely excited because they won the opportunity to redefine their destiny.
In the 28th minute of the game, Uli Henes helped Bayern Munich score the first goal, and Ged Muller scored two goals in the second half. In the 83rd minute, Henes also scored twice. In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the rematch and won the Champions League trophy.
This is also the only final in Champions League history that has played twice, and the only champion who has passed a rematch final.
Atletico Madrid lost the opportunity to make history, and since then, they knew that the 2013-2014 season had returned to the Champions League final, a full forty years.
As a result, the final journey was quite bitter. Atletico Madrid also led the lead and lost the ball at the last moment, and was equalized by Real Madrid. In the end, the game was dragged into overtime, and then collapsed in overtime, and finally lost 1:4.
Atletico Madrid's Champions League final journey is so hard, it makes people feel sympathetic.
This time, the match against Bayern Munich is the first time since the 1973-1974 Champions League final.
Forty-two years have passed, and both teams have changed. Uli Henes, who won two dollars in the finals, became the general manager of Bayern Munich. He was sent to jail for tax evasion in 2014 and is still squatting in prison.
Aragonese, who scored the final goal for Atletico Madrid, led the Spanish capital to the international competition in 2008 and died of illness in 2014.
The two teams today have nothing to do with forty years ago, and some players have not even come to this world when the finals are going on.
So there is no point in hyping up the grudges of that year.
The media did not mention it, and many people didn't even know that these two teams had met in the Champions League final.
What everyone is more concerned about is the current situation.
Before the game, the media spent on the problems Bayern Munich faced now. Before this game, they had already had seven consecutive Champions League knockout matches and had no way to win away games, with a record of four draws and three losses.
With the advice of Simeone, Atletico Madrid lost seven goals at home in the 16 Champions League. Three of these seven goals were scored by Gao Zheng when he played for Sampdoria... The record was 12 wins, three draws and one loss. However, Atletico Madrid won one of the last six Champions League knockout matches, and the remaining five games were three draws and two losses. The only win was the last home win against Barcelona 4-0.
Atletico Madrid's trouble in this game was that their main central defender, Godin, was absent due to injury, and Savic replaced him and Jimenez formed the starting central defender combination.
The front line is naturally composed of Gao Zheng and Griezmann, who returned from the ban.
The game even attracted the attention of King Felipe VI of Spain, who came to the scene in person to cheer for Atletico Madrid.
Previous Spanish King Juan Carlos was a hardcore fan of Real Madrid and he can often be seen in the stands of Real Madrid's home game.
The current Spanish King Felipe VI is a fan of Atletico Madrid, so he naturally has to come to support Atletico Madrid's game on site.
CCTV also broadcast the game live.
Countless Chinese fans were waiting in front of the TV.
This is the first time Gao Zheng has participated in the Champions League semi-finals in his career. His best result before was to reach the quarterfinals and ended in the quarterfinals.
However, he can go further every year than the previous year. The first year is the quarterfinals and the second year is the quarterfinals. This year he becomes the quarterfinals. I wonder if he can reach the final next year?
Many people think so in their hearts.
Chapter completed!