Copa del Rey final, Barcelona versus Athletic Bilbao.
The Spanish King Juan Carlos and the Queen were present to watch the game. They will also attend the following award ceremony for Barcelona to win the La Liga championship. This made Juan Carlos, a die-hard Real Madrid fan, unhappy.
The whole world knows that he once gambled away his throne for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is destined to be empty-handed this season and will be unable to shake Barcelona's dominance.
In this Copa del Rey final, the Basque Lions from the north once caused trouble for Barcelona.
Javi Martinez took the lead in scoring Barcelona's goal with a long shot from behind.
This tall and strong Spanish midfielder is not as clumsy as his tall and strong appearance makes him appear. On the contrary, his skills with his feet are quite good, and he also has a strong back kick and long-range shooting ability.
After all, it was cultivated in Spain.
Athletic Bilbao also began to put pressure on Barcelona, which even made Barcelona a little embarrassed on the scene.
Barcelona, on the other hand, after taking control of the ball, frequently created threats behind Athletic Bilbao who were pressing throughout the field.
Until the 31st minute, Yaya Toure, who was playing as a central defender in this game, suddenly dribbled the ball along the middle. After changing direction to avoid the blockage of two players, he passed Athletic Bilbao.
Central defender Amorebieta volleyed hard from 20 meters in front of the goal, equalizing the score for Barcelona.
Yaya Toure's goal was almost in the same position as Javi Martinez's goal just now.
No one expected that two tall and strong defensive players would become the team's goal scorers.
The first half ended in a one-on-one draw, but in the second half, Barcelona showed strength from the start.
Messi finally showed off his power.
The Argentine genius first passed two people and then hit the goal, and then continued to threaten Athletic Bilbao's goal.
In the 54th minute, Messi went straight to the right side of the penalty area. After Eto'o's low shot was blocked, Messi followed up and hit a follow-up shot. 2-1, Barcelona reversed the score.
Just four minutes later, another precise through ball from Messi, Bo Yang broke into the left side of the penalty area and calmly hit a low shot, three to one!
In the 64th minute, it was Messi who broke into the penalty area with the ball and was fouled by Amorebieta. Xavi calmly took the penalty kick and further expanded the score to four to one!
Then, an interesting scene occurred in the stadium.
The Barcelona fans at the scene began to celebrate winning the championship in advance.
Currently, they are eight points ahead of Real Madrid in La Liga. With only three rounds left, the championship is certain, and now they have won the Copa del Rey, which makes them extremely excited.
The double crown is achieved!
But they were not satisfied, but set their sights on the Champions League final!
After Athletic Bilbao lost, their actions became more and more serious. They began to call on Guardiola in the stands to replace Messi quickly, for fear that the Basque Lions would invade Messi and cause the Argentinian to be injured and unable to participate in the Champions League.
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Guardiola also quickly replaced Messi with Hleb, which earned him applause from the audience.
Four to one, Barcelona finally reversed Athletic Bilbao!
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After the team won the Copa del Rey, Guardiola was interviewed by media reporters in the comprehensive interview area.
At this time, as far away as the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, Naples had also defeated Sampdoria and successfully won the Italian Cup, with the double crown in sight.
When Guardiola heard the news relayed by the media, he smiled and congratulated Gao Shenyao.
"I would like to congratulate Gao. He and Napoli deserve to win the double crown. Moreover, by being able to win the double crown for two consecutive seasons, Naples has proved its strength, and Gao has also proved that he is the best head coach in European football today.
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Guardiola said he was quite satisfied with Barcelona's Copa del Rey final, but the team conceded a goal. This was a defensive issue and he thought it needed to be summed up.
Recently, Guardiola has placed Yaya Toure in the central defender position, and the Ivorian's performance has been so remarkable that Puyol can only play at left back and right back.
According to the current Champions League suspension rules for accumulated yellow cards, Abidal will have to miss the Champions League final because he accumulated yellow cards in the semi-final against Liverpool, which will also have a certain impact on Barcelona.
Guardiola said there will indeed be some impact, but he believes his team can overcome it.
"I know Gao Shen very well and I know Naples very well. I know how strong they are. This will be our most important game of the season and our strongest opponent."
"We have been preparing for this game during the past period and the next period. I believe that we can adjust to the best condition before the Champions League final!"
"In Rome, we have only one goal, and that is the championship!"
"Triple Crown!"
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In addition to Guardiola, Barcelona players such as Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Eto'o and Yaya Toure have all publicly expressed their longing and expectations for the Champions League final in interviews with the media.
They are all ambitious to win the Triple Crown.
Messi even shouted slogans like "We vow to win the Triple Crown!" in front of the media in a rare high-profile manner.
It can be seen that the Barcelona locker room is already determined to win this final!
The Spanish media is basically the same.
Even media such as AS and Marca, which are close to Real Madrid, are supporting Barcelona and hope that Barcelona can win back a Champions League for Spain and achieve the Triple Crown.
But Real Madrid's mouthpiece also reminded Barcelona that it is not easy to achieve this.
"Gao Shen and his Naples are also aiming for the Triple Crown!"
After defeating Sampdoria, the Coppa Italia championship was won. In Serie A, Napoli was basically guaranteed to win the championship. Both teams also aimed to win the Triple Crown, which excited the media and fans around the world.
This is definitely an extremely rare scene in world football.
Both teams participating in the Champions League final won domestic league and cup competitions.
No matter who wins the Champions League, they will become the first Triple Crown team in the history of their country's league and will make history.
After the Italian media reported that Barcelona won the King's Cup, they all reminded Gao Shen and his Naples to be careful of Barcelona, especially Messi.
In the match against Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona's full-court press against the Basque Lions was still a headache. However, in the second half, Messi suddenly exerted his strength. In just ten minutes,
, completely disrupted Athletic Bilbao's tactical play, and he directed three goals by himself.
It can be said that Messi is the soul and core of this Barcelona!
Sacchi also gave Gao Shen advice in a column in Gazzetta dello Sport, believing that to contain Barcelona, Messi must be frozen.
But the trouble is that nowadays, Guardiola seems unwilling to put Messi on the wing, but puts him in the center.
It's like Guardiola likes to put Yaya Toure in the central defender and Busquets in the fourth position.
This makes Naples' defense against Messi even more difficult.
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After returning from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Naples did not have time to rest, but ushered in the crucial thirty-sixth round of Serie A on the weekend.
As long as they win Turin in this game, Naples will win the championship in advance.
But this game was not easy to play.
Turin is currently ranked 17th, only one point away from the relegation zone. In order to avoid relegation, they will definitely fight against Naples.
Naples has a double match in a week, and Gao Shen also has to prepare for the Champions League final.
Therefore, before the game, Gao Shen said that the team would not be too demanding to win the championship at home in advance.
The implication is that the championship is already ours anyway. It makes no difference to Naples if we win it one round earlier or later. We will not change our preparation plan for this reason.
Sure enough, in the game against Turin, Gao Shen still played with a full substitute lineup.
The two sides fought hard to separate each other. Throughout the first half, Turin performed extremely tenaciously, and their 4,411 formation made the team's defense extremely strong.
Until the 44th minute, Pellet made a pass in the middle of the penalty area, allowing Valencia to seize the opportunity and shoot a low shot to open the scoring for Naples.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Naples decisively seized the opportunity and launched a wave of attacks, forming an overwhelming advantage over Turin. In the 51st minute, using Callejon's assist, Pelai gave Naples another try.
Next game, two to zero!
This goal basically sealed the victory.
Then in the 72nd minute, Hamsik dribbled the ball through the barrier in a quick counterattack. After breaking through the attack of two defensive players, he scored another victory for Naples in the penalty area, 3-0!
Naples finally defeated Turin 3-0 at home and won a victory.
Although in another game played at the same time, Inter Milan defeated Siena 3-0 with goals from Cambiaso, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic, but they were unable to stop Naples.
Gao Shen's team won this season's Serie A championship two rounds ahead of schedule and successfully defended the title.
And after winning the Italian Cup, Naples defended the double crown for two consecutive seasons!
This made the entire Sao Paulo Stadium completely joyful.
The catch is that due to uncertainty, the Italian Football Association did not send the championship trophy to Naples before the game against Turin, so the league championship award ceremony could only be left until the 38th round of the game.
Fortunately, Naples was also playing at home in that game.
After the team defeated Turin, captain Montevino and Cannavaro held the Italian Cup championship they had just won at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Guarded by all the team players, they paraded around the field and accepted all the fans.
of cheers.
Although I haven't won the Serie A championship trophy yet, having this Italian Cup championship trophy can be regarded as a kind of compensation.
More than 50,000 Naples fans in the audience cheered hoarsely, and also called on the team to keep up their efforts and win the Triple Crown!
