The La Liga season in full swing has come to an end. When all the dust has settled, everyone's expectations start to focus on next season. Maybe summer transfers will be an appetizer.
But there is only one team in the entire La Liga that cannot completely relax, and that is Real Madrid, who need to participate in the Champions League final.
Real Madrid has done nothing in the Champions League for many years. After spending huge transfer fees to bring superstars such as Wang Ziluo to the Bernabeu in the summer, Real Madrid finally reached the Champions League final with great momentum, and their opponent was the powerful international team led by Mourinho.
Milan.
If we follow the trend of history, this result would not have been possible in the prince's previous life. In the end, Bayern and Inter Milan reached the Champions League final at the Bernabeu, and Real Madrid's two abandoned players Robben and Sneijder successfully met at the Bernabeu.
, is regarded as a great shame and humiliation for Real Madrid.
But with the arrival of the prince, all this has undergone amazing changes. It has reached the Champions League final, so the prince will never let this championship fall by the wayside. This trophy is destined to be kept at the Bernabeu.[
However, is it so easy for Inter Milan, with Mourinho to take the lead, to be able to handle it? The prince expressed doubts about this. Although he is full of confidence, he will not underestimate this Inter Milan, because under Mourinho for several seasons
Under their training, they already have the strength to reach the top of Europe. This was the case in their previous life, when Inter Milan defeated Bayern and successfully climbed to the top of Europe.
Now, the eyes of the whole world are focused on Madrid, where the pinnacle showdown in European football will be staged.
In fact, there are a lot of things to watch in this game. The media worked hard to dig out all the things related to the game before the game and added their own annotations and speculations for the entertainment of the fans.
First of all, it’s a duel between coaches.
Although Pei Shuai has no experience coaching a wealthy club, he has shown outstanding coaching ability this season at Real Madrid. Not only did he lead Real Madrid to play pleasing football, which made the fans very happy, the most important thing is that Real Madrid under his command
Not only did he win the league five rounds ahead of schedule, but he also reached the final of the European Champions League, giving the team a chance to win the Champions League at home, which is enough to prove his coaching ability.
Inter Milan's coach Mourinho is the truly top coach in today's football and a true championship coach.
The 2003-04 season was the first time Mourinho led the team to compete in the Champions League as head coach. The previous season he had just led Porto to win the UEFA Cup.
However, the two competitions are not at the same level after all. Before the start of the season, no one took the "UEFA Champions League rookie" Porto seriously. After qualifying in the group stage, the Portuguese champions met the Premier League giants Manchester United in the 18th final. Before the game, this matchup was
I thought there would be no suspense. But facing the wily opponent Ferguson, Mourinho actually created a miracle.
In the first round, Porto won 2-1 at home thanks to McCarthy's goal. However, an away goal from the Red Devils made people still not optimistic about Mourinho's team. In the second round, they visited Old Trafford. Manchester United scored successfully.
With a 1-0 lead, if the game ends here, Manchester United will successfully advance to the quarterfinals.
But a dramatic scene occurred at the last moment of the game. Porto equalized the score through a free kick in the frontcourt. The ecstatic Mourinho rushed towards the players of his team celebrating the goal, leaving behind the most classic scene in the Champions League that season.
scene. The game then ended, and Mourinho's team shocked Europe for the first time.
In the 14th finals and semi-finals, Porto eliminated Ligue 1 hegemon Lyon and Deportivo, which had previously reversed Milan with four goals, and met Ligue 1 Monaco in the final.
The two dark horses of the season jointly staged a non-mainstream final in the history of the Champions League. They faced the equally young and blockbuster Frenchman Deschamps, and the Portuguese who won the European Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona as an assistant coach and translator.
People are obviously more adaptable to big scenes. In the end, with three goals from Alberto, Deco and Alenichev, Porto defeated Monaco 3-0 to win the championship. Mourinho miraculously won the Champions League for the first time when he led the team.
Championship, which made it quickly become popular in European football.
In the summer of 2004, Mourinho, who had won everything in Porto, joined Chelsea with a high salary and began his own new challenge. Although Chelsea won the Premier League twice in the following three seasons, the Blues under the Portuguese's leadership failed to win the Champions League.
But I have always been with regret.
In the 2004-05 season, Chelsea, which had been built with a lot of money, encountered Barcelona led by Ronaldinho after successfully qualifying in the group stage. Chelsea lost 1-2 in the first leg away from home. After the game, Mourinho publicly announced that he was on duty as the referee and favored the home team, which caused European football
There was an uproar in the world. In the second round at Stamford Bridge, the Blues defeated Barcelona 4-2 in a last-ditch battle. While they eliminated their opponents with a total score of 5-4, people once again gave thumbs up to the Portuguese's coaching ability.
After eliminating Bayern Munich in the 14th final, Chelsea met Liverpool head-on in the semi-finals. In the end, in this set of Premier League civil wars, the Red Army eliminated their opponent with Luis Garcia's controversial goal. As the losing side, Blues coach Mourinho said after the game
He once again pointed his finger at the referee, saying "someone doesn't want us to enter the finals."
In the 2005-06 season, Chelsea faced last season's enemy Liverpool in the group stage. In the end, the Blues advanced as second in the group.
In the 18th finals, the enemies of Chelsea and Barcelona were drawn together again, but this time the Spaniard did not let the victory slip away again. Ronaldinho was in his prime and Messi was growing rapidly. This time Mourinho
The Blues could no longer stop Barcelona's progress, and were eventually eliminated by their opponents and qualified for the quarterfinals.
In the 2006-07 season, Chelsea once again set their sights on winning the Champions League after introducing two superstars, Shevchenko and Ballack. Unfortunately, they once again encountered guest star Liverpool in the semi-finals. What was even worse was that
They lost again this time. Although there was no longer a "controversial goal", Red Army goalkeeper Reina's heroic performance in the penalty shootout between the two sides once again allowed Mourinho's Chelsea to return with success.
In the 2007-08 season, Mourinho was fired by the club after only leading the team to participate in one Champions League group match. In that game, with only half of the seats filled, Chelsea was forced 1-1 by Norwegian champion Rosenborg at home.
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In the summer of 2008, Inter Milan, which had not tasted the Champions League title for nearly half a century, hired Mourinho as head coach.
Compared with their absolute advantage in Serie A, the Portuguese's primary goal in Italy is to help Inter Milan make a breakthrough in the Champions League.
Before Mourinho came to Inter Milan, there were frequent problems in the team's locker room during the Mancini era. However, after the arrival of the Portuguese, he became the focus of the media and the locker room was weakened to the maximum extent. In terms of handling player relations, Mourinho
Neo almost never lets the media catch on and protects his players.
In addition, his transformation of Inter Milan's entire youth training camp system and his suppression of medical director Combi made his football theory no longer a sports competition, but rose to a scientific level.
But obviously his first season was not successful. Although the opponents in the group stage were very limited, the Italian giants only finished second in the group.
Encountering Manchester United in the 1\8 finals, Mourinho failed to repeat the good show of 2004. After a difficult draw with the Red Devils at home, Inter Milan lost 0-2 away from home. After the game, major European sports media expressed their opinions on Mourinho's ability.
Doubts came one after another, thinking that the Portuguese who led Porto to win the championship in 2004 was "just lucky".
This season, the reloaded Inter Milan once again aims to win the Champions League. The arrival of Cameroon striker Eto'o, who twice helped Barcelona win the Champions League, is seen as the most direct manifestation of the Nerazzurri's bet on the Champions League.
In the group stage, they were in the same group as the defending champion Barcelona, and finally qualified as second in the group. In the 1\8 finals, they faced Mourinho's old club Chelsea. Inter Milan defeated their opponent 2-1 in a "blitz" at home in the first round, and Portugal in the second round.
He led the team back to Stamford Bridge. In Chelsea's crazy counterattack, Inter Milan no longer collapsed like before. On the basis of good defense, the team relied on Eto'o's quick counterattack to win 1-0.
The opponent advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 3 to 1.
In the 1\4 finals, they faced CSKA Moscow. The Nerazzurri, who were significantly stronger, beat their opponents 1-0 at home and away. In the semi-finals, they faced Barcelona, which they had played against in the group stage, and Mourinho's team.
They made sufficient preparations and pressed several core players in the defending champion team. In the end, Barcelona's performance fell sharply and they were eliminated by Inter Milan with a total score of 2 to 3 in the two rounds.
Now, Inter Milan, which has repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, finally stands in front of Real Madrid. Real Madrid's biggest enemy has revealed its ferocious fangs, waiting to bite Real Madrid hard at any time.
The two coaches are undoubtedly top coaches who can determine a team's performance. The battle between the two coaches has been considered a very attractive aspect of this game. Of course, there are other factors involved.
Real Madrid knocked out Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, and also broke the agreement between Bayern coach Louis van Gaal and Mourinho to join forces at the Bernabeu. This is of great concern to everyone.
When Louis van Gaal coached Barcelona from 1997 to 2000, Mourinho was the Dutchman's assistant and translator. There were many grievances between the two, but in the past ten years, Mourinho has passed through Porto.
His record with Chelsea made him famous, and Wu Gaal had to return to his country to coach AZ Alkmaar. Their status in international football has also undergone dramatic changes.
However, everyone is still accustomed to believe that the relationship between the two is master and apprentice, but they have different tactical concepts, and it is very common for someone to be better than someone better, so this is not surprising.
Pei Shuai blocked the master-apprentice meeting in the final. The media unanimously believed that this would be a battle for Mourinho to avenge his master. Maybe Mourinho did not have such an idea, but this did not prevent everyone from understanding it.
