Chapter 72 Destined to become a classic game finale
So, will Mandzukic be like Scar Man and do whatever it takes to win, even if someone points his nose and scolds him after the game, it doesn't matter?
To be honest, Manzhukic himself was not very clear at this time!
Looking at the ball that was constantly amplifying and flying towards him, Manzhukic was confused!
Do you want this goal? Or save your reputation? This is a question.
As for why there is no one around Mandzukic and he is left to grab points, the reason is simple enough.
After trying to grab a point to no avail, due to some physical problems, he slowly walked towards the backcourt. At this time, he was still in the Bayern penalty area. Bayern's nearest defender was at least 10 meters away from him.
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After Ribery received the sideline ball from his teammate not far from the baseline, he broke forward and almost ran to the baseline.
Therefore, due to the dual factors of Scar Man's return pass and suddenness, Manzhukic's opportunity was not offside and was unmarked!
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As a super center, perhaps, before the ball comes, Mandzukic will hesitate and struggle! But when the ball comes in front of him, it would be really difficult for Mandzukic to give up an inevitable opportunity to score.
things to come.
Therefore, under the endless angry gazes of the Liverpool players on the court, the white elf on the court was sent into the net behind Adler for the second time in 3 minutes.
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Seeing a goal being scored on the field, and in this situation, Kao Shaoyi was really stunned at first!
Is this still the team of kings in his memory, the world's great Bayern? Looking at Ribery and Mandzukic who had the nerve to celebrate after the goal, Kao Shaoyi did not wait for any comments from the Liverpool players and walked directly to the two of them.
In front of him, he motioned for them to return to his half of the court quickly.
As an outsider, Kao Shaoyi feels like this. You can only imagine the mood of the Liverpool players on the field!
Damn! The opponent deliberately kicked the ball out of the sideline because your team member was injured. After that, you actually had the nerve to take advantage of the opponent's lack of checking and score a goal! How weird is this? How thick-skinned does it take to do something like that?
Look at the ice-cold Allianz Arena! You know, this is Germany, the home stadium of Bayern!
But look at the scene, after Bayern's home team scored a winning goal and successfully surpassed the score, those lovely fans not only did not celebrate, but one or two of them froze in place as if they had seen a ghost!
"Fuck!" Li Yi, who had been holding it in for a long time and finally came out of the shock, complained to the air in front of him!
This goal was thrown so dramatically, wasn't it?
As a strong team, they dare to do this! In Li Yi's mind, in the past few decades, only Manchester United has done this, and only once! What's more important is that Manchester United used almost the same method that time to defeat them in the league.
After the opponent! The Football Association, after watching the game video, directly declared the game invalid and made a make-up!!
Well! This time, Li Yi not only encountered this rare situation in a century, but also had the honor to become a member of the victim camp!
Suddenly, Li Yi also understood why he had nothing to do before. When he turned to the video of that game, the facial expressions of the players who lost the ball were so rich in the picture!
No, look at the expressions of the Liverpool players on the field with Li Yi!
Surprised, angry, depressed, aggrieved...etc., etc., almost all negative emotions are taken up. How can such expressions not be rich?
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"Toot, toot, toot!" With Kao Shaoyi's three long and two short whistles, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Bayern and Liverpool at home, which had attracted much attention before the game, came to an end.
However, this is just the end of the game! Another war has just begun!
Li Yi had doubts in his memories before! That is, in that game, Manchester United won the game without violating the rules of the game. Why was it suspended by the Football Association and replayed on another day?
?To be honest, Li Yi has never understood this very well!
However, after the same incident happened in this game, Li Yi finally got some understanding of the secrets!
In the post-match press conference, except for the German reporters who remained silent, tabloids from other countries continued to bombard him, asking Heynckes how he felt about winning the game so shamelessly, which directly made the Heynckes blush in advance.
No need to say much before leaving.
Just the fact that Franck Ribery, the most shameless assister, and Mandzukic, the equally shameless "hero" of the goal, were almost attacked by fans when they drove out of their home stadium Allianz Arena, can explain some problems!
Moreover, this incident is not the end yet! It is not even the beginning!
After the news was announced the next day, including the German media in a slightly tactful way, the entire European football world, because this was originally a small matter, plus an ordinary Champions League quarter-finals, directly developed into
A big storm!
"Where is the fair play? Where is the etiquette? Where is the magnanimity of Germany?" A series of eloquent reports were published directly targeting the perpetrator Franck Ribery, even though the person involved, Scar Man, immediately reported it through his own phone after the game.
Twitter expressed his apology and stated that he did not notice that the ball was deliberately kicked out of the baseline by Li Yi. He only thought that it was kicked out by Li Yi during a tackle! However, even if this is true,
The explanation cannot extinguish the anger of the world at all! All kinds of reports against him, just ignore it! Good job! To be honest! Scar Man is a little unjust!
That ball in the game the day before, actually, why did he choose it that way? It was really a beautiful misunderstanding!
At that time, Scar Man was far away from the crime scene! After he ran to the scene, he did not notice Li Yi's "little action" at the first time because he was worried about Robben's injury! Therefore, before being condemned, Li Yi
Berry was actually quite agitated in his heart! Because he didn’t understand it either! Why was Liverpool so stupid that no one defended that ball!
As for when he later learned the truth of the matter, Needless to say, Scar Man almost felt regretful in his intestines! In today's football world, especially in Germany! How many players still care about their salary? To be honest,
Compared with the salary and off-site income, it is definitely a small amount!
It is foreseeable that after Ribery made this mistake, he will lose at least 90% of his future endorsement income, if not all! After all, which big companies dare to ask Ribery for endorsements?
His behavior is even more disgusting than that of the young prostitutes! Asking him to speak for you is not an endorsement, it is courting death!
Platini looked at the pile of complaint letters in front of him with a frown! Platini frowned! Did he really think of it? He deliberately manipulated before the game to draw Bayern and Liverpool together and made such a stunt.
A competition that drives ratings will eventually evolve into this!
Now, it is no longer a matter of ratings or not! It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is a political incident, but he just received a phone call from the British Prime Minister for inquiries. That is an indisputable fact!
Looking slightly tired, he rubbed his sore temples! Finally, as if he had made a lot of determination! Platini picked up the intercom phone on the table and called his assistant in.
"Lin Qi, you go make two phone calls and ask both sides to choose a day to rematch! There is only one solution at the moment!" Platini waved his hand in a depressed manner and told the only solution he thought of.
He hired an assistant. And this method is not too complicated! Although Bayern won the game through dishonorable means, there was no problem with the game itself! There was no reason for him to directly cancel Bayern's goal. Therefore, what he could do was,
It’s just a matter of negotiating with both parties to rematch on a different date!
And if re-kicks are cancelled, then most of the media should be able to appease it!
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However, what Platini never expected was that after learning about his arrangement, Bayern happily agreed to his request for a rematch, no matter what the reasons were! But Liverpool, as the losing side,
, actually directly rejected the request for a rematch!
What makes Platini even more depressed is that there is nothing wrong with the game itself! So in terms of rules, he has no loopholes to check! In this case, both teams must agree to a rematch! But now
With such a card on Liverpool's part, his idea of a rematch has really become an idea! It's completely impossible to realize!
However, after being stunned for a moment, Platini was not a fool. To be able to get into that position, he must have some skills! He quickly figured out the key!
Damn, Liverpool are not stupid! This is killing Bayern!
You said that if the game is replayed, no matter what the result is! Then Ribery's unprincipled goal will be thrown aside by most people.
But Liverpool now firmly refuses to agree to a rematch, even if the result of the game is not very favorable to them! The storm that Bayern has suffered will definitely continue!
After hearing the news, Xiao Pu's first reaction was that Liverpool are idiots, and they don't know how to praise!
He didn't believe that Liverpool wouldn't understand his intentions when he "won" a rematch for them in such a big way!
However, after calming down, Platini quickly figured out the joints and had to admire that it was not easy for Liverpool to reject his own man.
It is true that if the two sides play a game again, it seems that Liverpool has taken advantage. After all, they lost 2-3 in the first game. Now that they are playing again, who can guarantee that Liverpool cannot take a step closer and defeat Bayern?
However, if you want to go deeper, you will find that Liverpool's choice not to agree to a replay is the best choice to maximize their interests at present!
There are three reasons.
First, Liverpool is currently standing on the moral high ground. It can be said that fans all over the world, including some Bayern fans, are on their side. There is no easy explanation for this.
Second, it’s a matter of mentality! After being fucked like this by Franck Ribery, Bayern was actually lucky. At that time, they didn’t see the red eyes of the Liverpool players, as if they were treating the enemy who killed their father. The game time does not need to be extended for long, it only needs 10
Minutes, Liverpool can complete the reversal if they fail to keep the score.
Third, it is a matter of physical strength! Although Liverpool’s current team is basically composed of young people and has a certain depth of bench. However, this depth is only certain! When dealing with a super strong enemy like Bayern, these substitutes
What he can do is really limited.
Moreover, although UEFA is just a proposal and does not specify the time of the make-up match, as long as you are not a fool, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion that it is impossible for UEFA to plan the entire schedule just for this make-up match.
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That is to say, if Liverpool agrees to rematch, it will add another layer to their already dense schedule! This result is undoubtedly something Liverpool does not want to see! After all, in addition to the Champions League, Liverpool is still competing with Manchester United for the Premier League championship.
The critical moment. And their opponent, Manchester United, who only has one league match left this season, has no physical worries.
Therefore, after taking the above three major factors into account, even Platini had to admit that if it were him and he was in Liverpool's position, as long as he was not stupid, he would never agree to the request for a make-up game.
Because once they agree, all their advantages will be lost.
However, no matter what the reason is, the benefits of making up the game are definitely greater than those of Platini who does not make up the game. Even after knowing Liverpool's reasons, he still called Lei Zhen personally and asked for his opinion again. As for the result, naturally it was
Negative, Lei Zhen famously said, I am very satisfied with the score, and there is nothing unreasonable about Bayern's goal. There is absolutely no reason to make up the game.
Well, having said that, Platini also knew that he would say too much.
In order to eliminate some of Bayern's negative impact on football, UEFA made a slightly strange statement the next day.
In the electronic newspapers published that day, netizens discovered that UEFA was really not careless in this matter!
More than 10 videos, from various angles, almost reproduce the situation at that time online. Among them, Ribery, as the key figure, is an absolute pig's feet.
Through the video and an anchor behind the writing, UEFA confirmed Ribery's own statement in an official tone.
That is - this matter is really not a moral issue for Ribery, it is just because he was in the middle of a tense game, and then he cared about his teammates, completely ignoring the situation on the field.
After all, given the situation at the time, if Ribery had a misunderstanding, then the problem wouldn't be that big. Others couldn't say much.
However, can the facts really be as simple as UEFA imagined, with such a huge turmoil, and just a few words and a barely reasonable explanation? Well, this needs time to be verified.
At least, after this statement was issued, the glass in Ribery’s house was no longer replaced every hour. This is a big improvement!
The disturbances from the outside world obviously cannot affect the mentality of Liverpool's soldiers at this time. Now, their goal is to recharge their batteries and entertain Bayern who will come to Anfield in a week!
This time, they all swore to leave an unforgettable impression on Bayern after they died in the away game.
Therefore, just because of the enthusiasm of the players, perhaps Liverpool will not agree to a replay.
After all, agreeing to a rematch would be tantamount to erasing Ribery's moment. By then, it's hard to say whether the Liverpool players will still be as motivated as they are now.
Of course, the Champions League belongs to the Champions League. Before the second leg of the 4-1 final against Bayern, Liverpool still has a league game and more important league tasks to complete.
On Saturday, April 6th, Beijing time, the Red Army sat at home and faced the challenge of West Ham United.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that due to the Champions League obligations, Liverpool's 31st round match was postponed. This directly led to the fact that before this match, which is the 32nd round of the league, Liverpool was the same as Manchester United who won one more game in the previous round.
, in the standings, it became the same score again.
Although Liverpool is currently beating its opponents because of its goal difference advantage, this game has become very important!
If they fail to defeat their opponents, it is very likely that Manchester United will dominate the top spot.
And more importantly, due to the Champions League match against Bayern three days later, Liverpool really couldn't let go of this match!
And, what’s even more deceiving is, what are you afraid of? In the hoarse cheers of more than 70,000 fans at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, despite rotating 7 main players, played a slightly deceiving home game against West Ham United.
It was 0 to 0!
Well, stimulated by this good news, Manchester United should be better able to win against their opponents. After all, under the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson, what they are best at is grabbing points at critical moments!
No, at least after the draw, the entire Liverpool team was not very worried.
Well, how to put it, even if they don't have one game less, after the make-up is completed, even if Manchester United wins this game, they only need to win the make-up, and they still have 1 point more than Manchester United. Just look at Manchester United's current round of league games.
As opponents, Liverpool don’t have to worry too much!
Manchester United vs. Manchester City away! When these happy enemies meet together, it is a big event for the whole of Manchester!
Although Manchester City is a gold-dollar team that has only accumulated money in the past two years! However, this gold-dollar team may not be good at other opponents, such as Manchester United, so there is absolutely no need to mobilize! Moreover, in the past two years, the record has been very good
shining!
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Great, after the Red Army members watched the match between Manchester United and Manchester City in front of the TV, they were all happy!
Although Manchester City did not directly defeat Manchester United as they expected. However, a draw is good enough news!
As a result, Liverpool, which was able to maintain its top position in the league standings, devoted itself wholeheartedly to the cup match of the Champions League in midweek.
Time flies, and before we know it, it’s Tuesday! And the second leg of Liverpool’s Champions League 4-1 final against Bayern at home is about to start in an hour.
But although there is still more than an hour before the game starts, Anfield is already packed!
After the reporter finally caught a man who didn't want to pay attention to them at all, he realized that the reason why it was so popular today was that these fans couldn't wait to see how the home team beat Bayern!
Well, that's cool. After hearing the answer given by the fans, this reporter, who can't be said to be German, but can only be regarded as a centrist, was very curious and curious about where the other party's confidence came from.
In the first round of the game, it seems that aside from the goal that Ribery stole, the score on the spot was only 2 to 2. Liverpool really couldn't say that they took any advantage. In fact, if the process of the game is included, it is said that Liverpool failed.
It's not impossible.
So, at first glance, the confidence of these fans seems a bit confusing!
But, how can I put it, sometimes, there are some things, but she just didn't see it through. In this game, saying that Liverpool can kill its opponents is really not just blind optimism among fans! Moreover, it is definitely not a luxury hope.
Because, before this game, the mentality of both sides was fundamentally different.
After all, no matter how dedicated professional players are, they are still human beings. After a week of suffering, especially as the core of the incident, Ribery and Mandzukic, the two "heroes" who played the game! In this week, the number of deaths received
There are no less than a thousand threatening letters!
If they send it alone, they can be indifferent! But if they accumulate a lot of these things, can they really be indifferent?
One letter doesn't matter, two letters doesn't matter! But if this thing is piled up 2 or 3 meters high, and almost every 10 minutes every day, no matter where they live, there will be excited fans constantly throwing all kinds of debris there.
They can't even sleep well at home, does it really not affect their condition?
Moreover, sometimes luck comes and you can’t stop it!
It was unfortunate enough that two of Bayern's generals were in poor condition due to an accident! After coming to Liverpool, an even more unfortunate incident happened again.
During a pre-match adaptive training. As the absolute main force in Bayern this season, Toni Kroos accidentally sprained his ankle. Not to mention, there was no hope of catching up in the second round match with Liverpool in midweek.
Waiting for the incident to pass quickly, until today's starting lineups of both sides walked out of the player tunnel one by one. Fans with a little more attentiveness can easily find that Bayern's main lineup has changed a lot in this game!
First of all, in the starting center position, Bayern may be in order to avoid being attacked. The bigger factor may be that its own condition is really poor. Mandzukic, who has played absolutely brilliantly this season, has been on the bench. Bayern's starting center has become
Became Gomez.
If we say that replacing Mandzukic with Gomez will not have a great impact on Bayern.
What did Ribery say?
As the absolute main force in Bayern's team and the world's top left winger, in this game, Ribery followed in the footsteps of Mandzukic and sat on the bench for the same reason. And what appeared in his position can be counted as
One of Bayern's biggest discoveries this season - Alaba.
In addition, due to injury, in this game, Robben, who performed well in the last game, was lucky enough to appear in the main lineup.
Of course, we just don't know whether Robben's goal in the last game can eliminate his weak legs in the competition. Otherwise, this substitution will have a big blow to Bayern.
Bayern's side suffered a loss of troops, while Liverpool's side was just the opposite.
It doesn’t matter if Rogers protects well or Liverpool is lucky! Anyway, in this game, Rogers has fielded the strongest lineup that Liverpool can currently field.
The central defender combination De Rossi + sister-in-law, the defensive midfield combination Li Yi + Gerrard. In front are Suarez, Reus, and Balotelli. One after another, Sao Nian, who was wronged in the last game, got enough rest.
In the end, it was all about sharpening the knife, only to wait for Bayern to take the initiative and be slaughtered!
As the referee blew his whistle, the match between Liverpool and Bayern Munich began.
From the first minute of the game, through the phone, it was not difficult for everyone to find that the Liverpool of today and the Liverpool of the same week ago were simply not the same team.
Now this Red Army, as if everyone is possessed by the soul, runs tirelessly on the field, counterattacks when the ball is lost, and even pressed the entire line to the Bayern penalty area. Taking the initiative is an exaggeration!
Bayern, which had lost its troops and had a slightly low morale, was not vulnerable to such a Red Army. At least, when it came to resistance, it was impossible to be as relaxed as they usually were!
Amidst the ebb and flow, although the Bayern players also wanted to win and were active, they only resisted for 20 minutes and allowed Liverpool to take the lead in penetrating their own door.
After scoring a goal with a direct free kick from the frontcourt about 27 meters away, Li Yi smiled slightly and signaled his teammates not to celebrate.
After doing this, everyone suddenly thought, yes, Li Yi seems to have played for Bayern. It is okay not to celebrate. But how can you not celebrate when you score a goal in such a big competition? So 2 sides and 1 comprehensive, only
Let's get rid of Li Yi and let's play our own game.
However, Bayern's nightmare is not over yet.
In the injury time of the first half, just when the Bayern players thought that was the end of the first half, Balotelli made a lucky mistake. Taking advantage of Van Buyten's mistake, he unexpectedly got a single goal.
Two push shots penetrated Bayern's goal.
2 to 0! Including the score of the last round, Liverpool filled the hole in just halftime and added some more dirt! With suppression from all aspects, even the most die-hard Bayern fans now know that
This time Bayern may really be in trouble!
However, just when they thought so, just 3 minutes into the second half, Bayern unexpectedly gave them hope.
After adjusting at halftime on the sidelines, the score fell behind. Scar Man was ordered to go to the field at the critical moment. In just 3 minutes, he perfectly assisted Gomez to score, helping Bayern make the score 1-2.
It's a pity that, with the huge reputation facing him, the better Ribery performs, the more people hate him! No, when he came on the field and the score was ahead, the happy Liverpool fans just booed a few times in a meaningful way.
Son.
Now, after Ribery completed the assist, the boos were overwhelming! Li Yi, who is not afraid of anything, couldn't help but silently mourned for Scar Man for more than 10 minutes after hearing this...
