Chapter 431: Even if Mourinho himself is the referee, it can't stop Atletico Madrid from advancing to the final!
Bayern lost to Real Madrid with a humiliating score, which was difficult for the German media to accept.
Last season, Bayern and Dortmund met in the final, and the Spanish duo Real Madrid and Barcelona were eliminated.
Bayern advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 7-0, severely humiliating Barcelona.
Why did Bayern lose miserably with a score of 0-5 after a year?
Munich Handelsblatt said: "'Rumenigge's introduction of Guardiola was a mistake in itself!' This sentence is now proven to be correct!"
The Munich Evening News said: "In the history of German football, this is rare. In the history of Bayern, this is a rare shame. Guardiola should bear full responsibility!"
The German media criticized Guardiola on one side, putting the coach who became famous at Barcelona at the forefront.
With the match between Real Madrid and Bayern over, people's attention turns to Atletico Madrid and Chelsea.
There is still a certain gap between the two teams in terms of reputation compared to Real Madrid and Bayern, especially Atletico Madrid, which has never won the Champions League.
However, because of the presence of Li Chuanqi and Mourinho, the match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea attracted the attention of many media and fans.
L'Equipe said: "For Atletico Madrid, crossing Stamford Bridge will not only relive the dream 40 years ago, but also hope to make up for the regret of missing the championship 40 years ago. Of course, to advance to the final, Atletico Madrid must win
Next game.
For Mourinho, who has regained power at Stamford Bridge, he almost tied with Atletico Madrid in the first round. Although it is a bit shameful, as long as he can lead the fourth team to win the Champions League, it will be a new milestone for the madman.
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But Atletico Madrid's desire to win the first Champions League trophy in team history is even more intense. After all, they were only twenty seconds away from the trophy 40 years ago.
Atletico Madrid has two problems with its local rival Real Madrid: first, when Atletico Madrid disbanded its echelon, Raul went to Real Madrid and later became a leader in Spanish football; second, the nine heavy Champions League trophies in Real Madrid's honor room.
Although Atletico Madrid had reached the Champions League final, they fell twenty seconds away from the trophy.
In the 1973-1974 season, Atletico Madrid rushed all the way to the Champions League before the restructuring, and met Bayern Munich, led by football emperor Beckenbauer and bomber Muller, in the final.
The two sides tied 0:0 in 90 minutes.
The first half of overtime was still dull, but the situation suddenly changed in the second half. When the game reached the 114th minute of overtime, Aragones, the soul of the team, stepped forward and won a free kick near Bayern's right penalty area.
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He calmly started to kick, and the ball quickly went around the wall and into the lower left corner of the goal.
With victory in sight and the Champions League almost in hand, however, just 20 seconds before the final whistle blew, Bayern equalized the score with a long shot from 40 meters away!
Although FIFA passed a resolution in 1970 that if there is still no winner in overtime, penalty kicks will be used to determine the winner, this practice was not adopted in the 1974 Champions League match.
Two days later, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich had a rematch at the same venue. In the end, Atletico Madrid, which had generally older players in the team, was defeated 0:4 by the young Bayern Munich, and also lost the closest impact to the European Champions Cup.
This joke has been circulating among veteran journalists in Madrid for a long time.
At that time, because Atletico Madrid had already touched the trophy with one finger, a photographer hiding behind the door asked the goalkeeper for his jersey.
As a result, the goalkeeper turned around and found that the ball had already been scored.
The goalkeeper who conceded the goal was Reina Sr., the father of former Spanish international goalkeeper Reina.
Reina Sr. has always said that this was not the case. According to the game video at that time, it is not clear whether he lost the championship because Reina Sr. was distracted.
But no matter what, Atletico Madrid never played in a Champions League final after that.
This season, Atletico Madrid is invincible in La Liga and the Champions League, which is inseparable from the performance of the goalkeeper.
The 22-year-old Courtois is a player loaned by Chelsea to Atletico Madrid. He is very hopeful to win the La Liga goalkeeper MVP and the European goalkeeper MVP this season.
If Courtois can continue to perform well in this game and keep a clean sheet, Atletico Madrid will indeed have a great chance of advancing to the final.
What's even more terrible is that Chelsea's main goalkeeper Cech was injured in the last round of away game against Atletico Madrid. The news at that time was that he was reimbursed for the season. Although Cech has started recovery training with the team this week, it is still unknown whether he can play.
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If Atletico Madrid can finally win, they will meet their city rivals in the final. The Champions League will be turned into a 'Madrid derby!'"
Referees are still one of the focuses of media and fans' attention. AS reported: "Perhaps the only bad news for Atletico Madrid comes from the referees.
UEFA announced that the referee candidate is Italian Rizzoli.
Rizzoli was born in 1971 and has been selected as one of the referees for the World Cup in Brazil. In the 2009-2010 season, Rizzoli officiated the Europa League final, when Atletico Madrid defeated Fulham 1:0.
Win the championship.
He was also the referee in last season's Champions League final.
Rizzoli once helped Inter Milan, coached by Mourinho, win the league championship.
That was in the 2008-2009 season. In the championship match between Inter Milan and Roma at home, Roma once took a 3:1 lead, but Rizzoli quickly gave Inter Milan a penalty kick. The slow motion showed that it was Balotelli.
A dive in the penalty area.
Inter Milan tied the score to 2:3 through an unnecessary penalty kick, and finally gained a valuable point with 3:3. Inter Milan finally won the league championship that season.
In that game, Rizzoli's poor performance caused him to be delegated to Serie B for a time.
It is worth mentioning that after that game, Mourinho, the then Inter Milan coach, publicly stated, ‘Rizzoli is my friend.’.
This season, Rizzoli has made the Italian football world a joke.
In one game, Rizzoli hesitated for five minutes about whether to take a penalty kick!
Not only did he repeatedly communicate with the linesman and goal-line referee, he even asked the person involved whether a penalty kick should be awarded: 'Tell me the truth, tell me the facts...'
The referee was really embarrassed when it came to this.
The Italian media even expressed after the game that they hoped Rizzoli would never be embarrassed in the World Cup."
The report by French newspaper L'Equipe made Atletico Madrid fans worried. If it weren't for the referee's favoritism in the first round, Atletico Madrid would have scored more than one goal.
Li Chuanqi wrote on his social media: "No one can prevent Atletico Madrid from advancing to the final!"
Li Chuanqi’s words were very encouraging, and Atletico Madrid fans left messages one after another:
"Those words are domineering!"
"Yes! No one can prevent Atletico Madrid from advancing to the final!"
"Lee, score the Chelsea goal at Stamford Bridge!"
"Even if Mourinho personally acts as the referee, he can't stop Atletico Madrid from advancing to the final!"
