“If your opponent creates more opportunities than you, it doesn’t make sense no matter how much ball possession.”

At the post-match press conference, Guardiola made no polite point out the team's problems when commenting on the game.

His attitude is very clear. The team's problem is not the way of passing and controlling the game, but the inability to create threats in the frontcourt offense.

This is also caused by many factors, including the aging of Ribery and Robben.

Guardiola's statement is also supported by game statistics.

Bayern Munich is ahead of Chinatown in terms of ball possession, pass count and pass success rate, but lags behind Chinatown in terms of shooting, especially the number of shots on the goal.

But from another perspective, this is also in line with the previous accusations against Guardiola by many German media, who believed that he was controlling the ball for the sake of possession, but Guardiola himself denied this.

"I know very well how difficult it is to play against Chinatown. Whether it is a player or a head coach, many people will be afraid of such an opponent. But today at Block Stadium, we showed the spirit of Bayern Munich. We completely controlled the rhythm of the game and maintained the advantage of the scene. I am deeply proud of this."

"Chinatown is a very threatening team. If you look back on the Champions League results in the past two seasons, I believe everyone will not deny this. Their results in the past two years are the semi-finals and quarter-finals respectively."

"I know many people think that we slow down the pace of the game in order to control the ball, but in fact they often don't notice another point, that is, the faster our propulsion speed, the faster the ball runs, and Chinatown takes the ball to counterattack us, the faster we have to prepare."

"What surprised me most in this game is that they have extremely rapid counterattack efficiency. At this point, they played their best, and we were caught off guard, especially when the goal came too early and too fast, it was too risky to go against such a team."

Guardiola does not agree with Chinatown's style of play, but he expressed his understanding of Zidane's arrangement. At the same time, he also expressed confidence that the team will face the second round in a better shape after returning to the Allianz Stadium.

"Zero to three is not the end of the world. We still have the second round and we still have a chance."

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Compared to Guardiola being besieged by media reporters, Zidane, who was sitting next to him, was obviously much better.

Zidane praised the performance of Chinatown players.

“I am very happy with what happened in this game tonight, whether it is the result, the process, or the performance of the players, I am very satisfied.”

"It was a tough game, we tried our best, played very well, and fully played our best, which paid off in the game and finally won."

Zidane also mentioned the team's downturn and experiences over the past period of time.

“Yes, we have been under pressure for a while, but I’m also very happy that both me and the players are growing and improving together, and we know how to adapt and withstand this kind of stress.”

The three-to-zero defeat of Bayern Munich is the result of the joint efforts of everyone in the team.

Zidane praised the team's unity, believing that this is the key to victory, as well as players including Hazard, Isco, Griezmann, Morata, Kante and Ilia La Mendi, who believe that their concerted efforts have led to the victory.

Zidane took the initiative to defend himself for giving up his past transfer and control style.

"Football is not just about possession and attack, defense and counterattack are also very important. Of course, we want to control the ball more, and we want to firmly control the game, but it depends on who our opponent is. When facing a team like Bayern Munich, I don't think playing pass is a good decision."

Regarding the team's formation, Zidane also said that there is no fixed formation.

"We won't stick to the rules. When we can't control the ball as we want, the best way is to keep a good defense. I think the 442 formation can better help us achieve this tactical purpose. Of course, we will also constantly adjust during the game, sometimes playing 4231, sometimes playing 4333, depending on the situation."

Regarding the next round, Zidane said, "The game will be very, very difficult, but we have enough desire and confidence to face it. Just like our performance in this game tonight, the game is not over, and you will never know what will happen next, but there is one thing I am very clear about."

After a pause, Zidane said confidently in front of media reporters around the world: "That is, we have enough strength to defeat any team."

At the end of the press conference, Zidane said in an interview with German media that he did learn from Dortmund's 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich, but he believes that the most important thing is to continue to stick to Chinatown's own things.

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The two coaches fought verbally after the game and soon continued to the media.

But this time it was strange that many German media that should have supported Guardiola began to accuse Guardiola, while many Spanish media took the initiative to clarify and defend Guardiola.

German Photos used [Chinatown humiliation Guardiola] as the headline of the front page.

The article believes that the zero-to-three loss is definitely a huge humiliation for Guardiola, and the Bayern Munich he led is not worthy of the title of the Champions League semi-finals.

"After being tragically ravaged by Dortmund, Guardiola's team was once again captured, and Guardiola's team once again exposed the same flaw as Barcelona. This makes us have to doubt why Guardiola's team will repeat the same mistake after having the lessons of Barcelona?"

The Kickers magazine said: "Hazar's double score ended Bayern Munich's dream of finals. The score of zero to three made Guardiola suffer the second heavy blow this season. The match of the Brock Stadium has basically announced Bayern Munich's death penalty."

Spiegel Weekly also published an commentary article saying: "Chinatown humiliated Bayern Munich unscrupulously. This game was a disaster for Bayern Munich and head coach Guardiola. If Chinatown had not lacked the ability to seize opportunities, it might have been a shameful defeat."

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Many German media have published articles accusing Guardiola of this season, and the main reason is that Bayern Munich, led by him, failed to play as a strong team as it should have when he faced Dortmund and Chinatown this season, and they all suffered defeats.

This made many people start to worry, fearing that Guardiola would repeat the mistakes made by Barcelona at that time in Bayern Munich, and then bring Bayern Munich into the current quagmire of Barcelona.

However, in Spain, many media highly praised the performance of Chinatown in this game, believing that the team can withstand the pressure and Zidane can adopt pragmatic defensive counterattack tactics, and it is indeed quite difficult to defeat Bayern Munich at home.

However, they all expressed sympathy for Guardiola's situation, believing that his pass-by and control style did not have many problems. The real reason was that Bayern Munich's offense was not sharp enough, especially on the two sides. Ribery and Robben failed to put much pressure on Chinatown in this game.

Matayana, a reporter from Marca, believes that it is not Guardiola's responsibility to lose completely.

He said in the column that this victory proves Zidane's outstanding tactical ability and the strength of Chinatown players, especially the double midfielder combination of Kante and Ilia La Mendi, Hazard, Isco, Morata and Griezmann, all of which have the first-class European standards.

But Matayana also mentioned that the difficulties Guardiola is facing now are related to the ball-handling style he has insisted on for many years, and he believes that after two crushing defeats this season, Guardiola will rethink his tactics.

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The day after Chinatown and Bayern Munich, another match in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals also decided the winner, with Atletico Madrid dating Premier League Manchester City 0-0 away.

Ancelotti's team is very similar to Bayern Munich. Both teams have advantages in controlling the ball and passing the ball, but they just cannot pose a threat in the last step. Superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema and Sanchez have never found effective weapons to break the Atletico Madrid goal.

In the end, the two sides shook hands with zero to zero.

This also made many European media generally sing tragic songs about ball-handling and play, believing that after this season, ball-handling and play will officially fall from the throne and will no longer lead the tactical trend of European football.

Three days after playing the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Chinatown ushered in the 35th round of La Liga, facing Sevilla at home.

Zidane rotated the team's lineup again, but in just five minutes of the game, Firmino got the ball in the frontcourt, assisted Isco and scored a goal, opening the first record for Chinatown.

After that, Emery's team lost possession and began to actively oppress, paying the price of four yellow cards in the first half alone.

But in the 53rd minute of the second half, right-back Montoya assisted Firmino to score a goal and secured the victory for Chinatown, 2-0.

After conceding two goals in a row, Sevilla had to adjust the team's style of play, but in the 72nd minute, Diogo received the second yellow card of the game and was sent off with a red card.

Just one minute later, Moreno assisted Hesse to score a goal, finally locking the score at 3-0.

But in the 35th round of La Liga, Real Madrid beat Osasuna four-to-zero, Atletico Madrid narrowly defeated Valencia 1-0 away, and Barcelona reversed Villarrel three-to-two away.

After all the matches, the La Liga ranking remains unchanged.

Chinatown is still three-pointer behind Atletico Madrid. With only three rounds left in the league, the possibility of a reversal has become increasingly slim. However, since Atletico Madrid's last round was a away challenge to Barcelona, ​​everyone still believes that Chinatown still has a chance.

On the evening of April 30, the Allianz Stadium in Germany.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Chinatown challenged Bayern Munich away.

Both sides basically continued the situation in the first round. Bayern Munich controlled the game, insisted on passing and controlling the style of play, and Chinatown continued to defend and counterattack. The two sides were indisputable. Finally, Chinatown defeated Bayern Munich one-0 with Morata's goal.

In the end, the total score was 4-0, and Chinatown successfully advanced to the Champions League final.

At the same time, Atletico Madrid also defeated Manchester City 1-0 at home and advanced to the final with a total score of 1-0.

Enemies are narrow road,
Chapter completed!