Chapter 311 Don't dare to look directly
As time entered mid-May, major European football leagues also came to an end. At this time, the championship competition for various leagues will either reach the day-to-day stage or the championship will be decided.
Relegation quotas are also a topic of concern to everyone.
But the most important thing is still the Champions League final.
This represents the highest honor of European football and the glory that countless European football giants have always dreamed of.
The media from European countries also paid special attention to these two teams around this final.
The media analyzed these two teams. If it were just a simple paper analysis, Barcelona would have a little advantage.
There were even media commissioned the university to use a computer to do a simulation - of course this is not the kind of simulation in live football or football manager games, but the data of each player of the two teams, as well as the overall recent performance of the team, are input into a mathematical model and then the calculation begins.
The final conclusion was that Barcelona's chance of winning the championship was higher. This also conforms to the judgment of most media and fans on this game.
Manchester City's advantage is that they have won the league championship ahead of schedule and do not have to put too much energy into the league. They can start preparing for the Champions League final from this time.
But their disadvantage is that Manchester City has never had any experience in playing in the Champions League final.
Experience is mysterious to say. This is not the experience value in RPG games, and can be expressed intuitively through numbers.
To put it simply, if Manchester City players encounter some situations in the Champions League final, they may not know how to deal with it correctly. They may panic, and may make completely wrong responses, which will eventually lead to the team losing the game...
Inexperienced will make players seem inconfident when playing games.
This affects their performance.
In the eyes of many media, zero Champions League experience is the biggest problem for this team.
The problem here in Barcelona is much smaller.
Although they have not yet confirmed to win the league championship, they have played 35 rounds in La Liga, Barcelona has scored 91 points, while Real Madrid, second-placed, is now 83 points, and the two teams are eight points apart. Although there are three rounds left in the league and Barcelona has not won the championship early, it is only a matter of time before they win the championship. As long as they win the next league, they can win the league championship two rounds in advance.
Therefore, the league cannot interfere with Barcelona.
In addition, this team has rich experience in the Champions League. In the summer of 2009, they had just defeated Manchester United and won the Champions League. Most of the players who won the championship at that time are still in the team. Moreover, many of the players in this team have more than once experience in winning the championship - many of the people in the Dream II team led by Rijcard are still in Guardiola's team.
Last, and the most critical point.
Many people are used to saying when evaluating Manchester City: "Does it still need a reason to be optimistic about Manchester City? No, because they have honor! That's enough!"
Glory is Manchester City's biggest advantage.
But now, this advantage doesn't seem so obvious. Because Barcelona's Messi is in very, very good condition this time, even better than glory!
This can be seen from his Champions League goals.
Messi's outstanding performance is enough to offset the glory advantages of Manchester City.
In this case, it is the consensus that Barcelona has a more advantage in other aspects.
However, everyone is also optimistic about Manchester City's future. As long as they continue to perform like this, I believe that they should be able to win the Champions League championship in just a few seasons.
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"Can you win the championship in a few more seasons?" Rongguang was asked this question by reporters during an interview. He shook his head: "No, I don't want to win the championship in a few more seasons. What we want is to win the championship now."
I have reached the finals, and there is no need to hide my ambitions in winning the championship, and I am still humble.
If he said, "We have little experience in Manchester City, we are satisfied with our hard work to reach the Champions League final, we are here to learn from Barcelona, friendship is the first, and competition is the second." No one would believe such nonsense...
"That's the point of view that most media think Barcelona has an advantage over you..."
"If the result of a game is analyzed by media analysis, then everyone should stop playing football." Rongguang spread his hands and said, "I don't believe that."
"Messi is in good shape now. He just surpassed you in the Champions League scorer list..."
"I'm very happy to see Leo perform so well, and I look forward to a good match with him in the finals." Rongguang said.
"Are you worried about losing the Champions League Golden Boot?"
"No, don't worry."
"Which Champions League top scorer or Champions League champion, which one do you choose?"
Most people will answer: "Compared with team honors, personal honor is insignificant" or "As long as you can win a championship, I don't care whether you are the best scorer."
But Rongguang is unusual. His strong self-confidence and consistent "high standards and strict requirements" make him say domineeringly: "Why choose one? I want both, both, both champions and best scorers!"
Soon, a domineering declaration of glory appeared in the media.
"I want both the champion and the Golden Boot!"
Rongguang said this without causing any fuss.
He has the qualifications and strength to say so.
Of course, his qualification to say this does not mean that he will definitely get what he wants. It depends on many factors, and it is not up to Rongguang alone.
Manchester City fans are very happy that Rongguang has such a pervert, so they need to be much more at ease.
Barcelona is indeed aggressive, and the only thing that Manchester City can compete with them is Glory.
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Glory seems very confident, and Barcelona is also very confident.
"We have a good relationship with Rong, but the game is just a game. When we are on the court, we will not show mercy." Harvey smiled during an interview.
Iniesta next to him also nodded: "Rong is a very, very powerful player, so in order to defeat him and win the championship, we must perform better than usual. Barcelona will never have the mentality of "just because Manchester City is an inexperienced team."
As the team's top scorer, Messi is naturally the target of the media's pursuit. Everyone wants to hear what he thinks about competing with Rongguang.
"This is just a temporary surpass and has no meaning. The top scorer is watching the data after all the games, so I don't think there is any need to discuss this issue now." It is different from the Glory and Domineering Announcement of the Championship and the Golden Boot, Messi cleverly avoided this issue.
After interviewing with reporters, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, three Barcelona players, walked back to the locker room of the training base.
"You can't answer this way, Leo." Harvey said suddenly.
“Which answer would be?”
Messi asked.
"I just answered the reporter's question about your competition with Rong. I noticed that you avoided this question?"
"Uh, isn't this right? I don't want to provoke a conflict with Rong..." Messi spread his hands.
"This is not a question of whether it is contradictory or not, Leo. He is our opponent in the Champions League final. With your understanding of Rong, will his performance in the game be worse if you say so?" Xavi asked back.
Iniesta next to him shook his head and said, "No. He is the kind of person who performs better in the game the more important he is."
Iniesta is a brainless fan of Glory. In Barcelona, he can be said to be the one who knows Glory the best.
So much so that after the semi-finals, Iniesta was called alone by Guardiola and talked in the office for more than 40 minutes, just to talk about glory. Guardiola had to know the most complete information about glory so that he knew how to deal with glory.
Of course, the result after forty minutes made Guardiola a little discouraged - I don’t know if the attributes of Iniesta’s brain-dead fans played a role. Anyway, after hearing Iniesta’s words, Guardiola felt that Glory was not a creature on this planet at all. Barcelona was called the “Cosmic Team” by the media. He never took it seriously, but he felt that Glory really belonged to the “Cosmic”...
"So, Leo. If you want to defeat Rong, then first of all, you have to change your attitude. You can't always avoid it when you meet something related to Rong. That won't work. You have to have the confidence to defeat him, first of all, you have to dare to fight him face to face. When he stares at you, your eyes must not be taken away, otherwise you will lose. If you lose in terms of momentum, it will be difficult for you to defeat him again."
Messi was a little surprised when he looked at the big brother in the team. He didn't expect such words to be spoken from the always gentle Xavi.
"Actually, in the game at home last season, you have made some progress in your opinion to be his opponent in front of him, but it is not enough. Leo is not enough. Next time you have a chance, say you want to defeat him." Xavi patted Messi on the shoulder. "This will not anger him, nor will you two never become friends again."
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When Xavi and Iniesta left the locker room, Messi was still in the bathroom. He might still be thinking about what Xavi said to him.
"Saying these words to him before the final will not cause trouble for him, right?" Iniesta was a little worried.
"Leo is one of the most amazing geniuses I've ever seen. I think he is the only one who can catch up with Rong and even surpass Rong. But first of all, he has to really release himself, not to be reserved because of some external evaluations." Harvey explained.
What is the external evaluation he mentioned? Iniesta also knows that actually means that Rong Guang and Messi have a good relationship. Messi is introverted and shy and gentle, just like Rong Guang's younger brother...
Chapter completed!