The King of Madrid finally defeated Blue and White Munich 2:1 away from home with Melli's goal.
He had the last laugh in these two rounds of the "European Derby".
Melly's outstanding performance against the defending champion also won him widespread praise.
Melly's fans were naturally delighted.
Since the Kings of Madrid lost to the Pirates of Madrid in the "Madrid Derby", this period of time has been a rare day for them to feel proud.
First, Melli scored a key goal in the "El Clasico", helping the Madrid Kings defeat Catalonia United in the most critical game and stabilize the first place in the league.
Now he once again stepped forward in an important game, sealed his throat with a sword, and led the Madrid Kings to the semi-finals of the Champions League!
His practical actions fully proved how wrong those who thought after the "Madrid Derby" were that Melli was not good at fighting and could only "treat food"!
If opponents like Catalonia United and Blue and White Munich are not considered "strong enemies", then how many players in the world are not "abusive" players?
Unlike the Madrid Kings who fought hard to advance, the Madrid Pirates played much more calmly in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
When they returned home and took a two-goal lead in total, Parotti adopted a steady and steady strategy and did not risk launching an attack first in the game. Instead, he took advantage of the overall advantage in passing and controlling the game and controlled the rhythm of the game.
Ya slowly circled around.
Madrid Pirates, who are two goals ahead, have the capital and confidence to do so.
If Valentia wants to advance to the semi-finals, they must attack from the beginning of the game.
In this way, the Madrid Pirates can seize the space behind them.
So Valentia seemed a little hesitant.
Should we attack hard from the beginning of the game?
What if the attack fails and the ball is lost first?
But if we don’t speed up the pace, isn’t it the same as boiling a frog in warm water?
Valentia was like this for almost half an hour. Seeing that the game time was getting shorter and shorter, they started to speed up.
Then not long after the second half started, the ball was conceded.
The goal came from Joaquin Vela, who fired a cold shot from outside the penalty area and penetrated Valentia's goal.
It seems that just as Valendia feared, once they attack with all their strength, they will be scored. But they did not expect that the person who scored the goal was not Hulay, whom they had been wary of before, but Joaquin Vela.
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Valentia put too much defensive energy on Hulay, but the Madrid Pirates can't rely on Hulay alone - Hulay has not scored a goal this season, or has not played at all.
There were a total of thirteen games, and only two were lost.
The entire team scored 76 goals in the league. Hu Lai scored 30 goals alone, but he did not score more than half.
Hu Lai's role is very important, but the Pirates are definitely not a team that can only avoid relegation without Hu Lai as some Chinese fans said.
When opponents care more about Hu Lai, their attention on other Pirates players will naturally decrease.
After being pulled into a goal by Joaquín, Valendia was forced into a desperate situation. They had to speed up further and attack in the hope of quickly regaining a goal.
Only in this way can we have time and morale to fight back desperately.
If they cannot score another goal in a short period of time, as time goes by, the three-goal difference will gradually turn from a small mountain to Mount Everest, making them unable to think about challenging at all.
What's even more terrible is that what is in front of them is not a "dead thing".
The mountain peak is right there, standing quietly and not approaching people. If you don't provoke it, it will hardly pose any threat to you.
But the "mountain" of Pirates of Madrid is alive. If you don't go to him, he can come to you!
Thirteen minutes after Joaquin Vela scored, the Madrid Pirates seized the opportunity of Valendia's counterattack. After Juan Ramirez intercepted the ball in the midfield, he passed the ball directly to Dikunzo in front.
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Di Kunzo dribbled the ball into Valentia's penalty area, then passed the attacking Valentia goalkeeper, and then pushed the football into the empty goal!
2:0!
Madrid Pirates led by four goals in total, and there was less than half an hour of game time left.
Although the game is not over yet, it can be basically concluded that the Madrid Pirates eliminated Valentia and reached the semi-finals of this season's Champions League!
"The semi-finals! Hu Lai will become the first Chinese player to participate in the Champions League semi-finals!" He Feng was very excited.
Yan Kang reminded him: "No, no, no, he is not the first."
He Feng turned to look at Yan Kang. It was difficult to ask directly during the live broadcast, so he could only express doubts with his eyes - Hu Lai was not the first, who else could be ahead of Hu Lai?
Yan Kang saw the question marks on his partner's head and smiled: "Li Qingqing! Li Qingqing is the first Chinese player to participate in the Champions League semi-finals!"
He Feng suddenly realized and laughed out loud: "Ha! Yes, that's right! Li Qingqing is the first, and Hu Lai is the second. The two of them... one behind the other, they are really a couple!"
What they were talking about was not about this season.
Although in this season's Women's Champions League, the Madrid Women's Football Team defeated Roma City Women's Football Team 8:0 in the first round and there is no doubt about advancing to the semi-finals, after all, there is still one round in the quarter-finals.
Li Qingqing reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with Paris Eger as early as when he was playing for Paris Eger.
That is also her best result in the Women's Champions League so far.
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Although it seems very frivolous and unprofessional to announce that the team he supports has advanced to the semi-finals before the game is over.
But considering the mood of Chinese fans at this moment, no one cares about this being unprofessional and frivolous.
This is also true. After conceding another goal, Valendia's morale was low and he gradually died down.
At the beginning of the last twenty minutes of the game, Madrid Pirates deliberately slowed down the pace.
With such a score, even if Valentia chases two goals at the last moment, it will not affect the Pirates' advancement to the semi-finals.
Because the advantage of a four-goal lead is too great.
Parotti even replaced Hulay with fifteen minutes left in the game.
Replaced by Maxi Carey.
This is also Carey's first appearance in the Champions League this season.
However, his appearance has no meaning. It is purely symbolic to let him feel the long-lost atmosphere of the Champions League.
No one expects him to be able to perform as well as he did in the league in these limited ten minutes.
But the home team fans at Pirates Park still gave Kyrie warm applause.
In these ten minutes, due to the impact of physical fitness, Kaili's performance was indeed mediocre.
Valentia's offensive also gradually slowed down, losing its spirit.
The final score was fixed at 2:0.
Madrid Pirates eliminated Valentia with a total score of 4:0 over two rounds and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
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In addition to the Madrid Pirates and Madrid Kings both advancing to the semi-finals, the other two semi-final places were also determined.
Tramed returned to his home court with three goals behind. This time head coach Kevin Locke asked Luo Kai to start the game. I wonder if he was disturbed by Luo Kai's attitude in the previous round.
Impressed.
Luo Kai, who started the game, was as positive as ever.
Although he did not score or assist, his tireless running back and forth on the right wing still helped Tramed defeat the Turin Bulls 2:1 at home.
You can understand how he performed in this game from several other statistics.
For example, he had two key passes - "key pass" does not mean an assist, but refers to the last pass before a shot. Different statistical organizations have slightly different definitions of "key pass".
Some believe that only the last pass before a non-goal shot is considered a "key pass", while others add "assists" into the calculation and repeat the calculation.
No matter which definition is used, it means that players who make more key passes have a higher chance of completing assists.
In addition, Luo Kai also had one "created opportunity" statistic in this game.
The so-called "opportunity creation" is an important indicator to measure a player's creativity, and together with "key passes" determines the player's offensive creativity and threat level.
Different from "key pass", "created opportunity" does not refer to the kind of pass before any shot. The statistical standards are more rigorous. It refers to those opportunities that create a high probability of scoring for teammates.
If you want to brush up on the "Key Pass" data, it's easy to brush up. As long as you pass the ball to a teammate, and the teammate completes a shot after receiving the ball, it doesn't matter whether the shot poses a threat or not, and whether it hits the goal frame...
As long as it counts as a shot in technical statistics, then you have received a "key pass".
But "creating opportunities" requires creating a very threatening shooting opportunity. Only such a final pass can be counted in "creating opportunities". Generally speaking, it is enough to create opportunities for teammates to face the goalkeeper alone or to hit an empty goal.
Seen as "creating opportunities".
However, "creating opportunities" is not equal to assists, because assists are scored, and if you send a through ball to your teammate and let him directly go one-on-one with the goalkeeper, your teammate will have it in his throat.
If the pie is dug out, then you will get a "creation opportunity"...
Specifically in this game, when Luo Kai cut in laterally from the right wing, he sent a through ball, but forward Pap Bonnet hit the opportunity he created at Turin Bulls goalkeeper Alberta.
Qi's body...
Of course, this is also because Albertazzi reacted quickly and struck in time, almost completely blocking Bonnet's shooting angle.
In addition, Luo Kai also tried four times in the game and succeeded once.
Although he only succeeded once, his four attempts showed that Luo Kai was still very confident in himself and dared to make moves after getting the ball.
This is a good sign for a player who desperately needs to fight for opportunities within the team.
Although Luo Kai's performance was so active, he also helped the team win the game at home.
But the difference in losing 0:3 in the away game in the first round was really too big.
This 2:1 return at home could not help them advance to the semi-finals.
Luo Kai and Tramed stopped in the quarterfinals together.
As a result, in this season's Champions League, although there were as many as five players participating, in the end only Hu Lai reached the semi-finals, and everyone else was eliminated midway.
Hu Lai's performance and achievements are fully worthy of his title of "the number one football player in China".
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In the "English Civil War" between Stan Park Rangers and Manchester Athletic, Stan Park Rangers had the last laugh.
In the first leg, Stan Park Rangers defeated Manchester Athletic 3:1 at home. In the second leg, Manchester Athletic was tied 2:2 at home by Stan Park Rangers, and was eliminated with a total score of 3:5.
The top two players in last season's Champions League both went home this time when they advanced from eight to four, just as agreed.
Manchester United's exit from the Champions League has once again caused media and fans to pay attention and discuss Kabangka's departure from Manchester United.
Almost everyone is convinced that Kabangka will no longer be able to stay at Manchester Athletic.
Because this team can no longer satisfy the ambitions of Brazilian talent.
Kabangka, who was as famous as Meili in the past, now can only see Meili and Hu Lai advance to the semi-finals, while he goes home sadly alone.
Even if there is basically no suspense about the Premier League championship this season...it definitely belongs to Manchester United, but that means nothing to Kabangka.