When Su Dong walked toward Gerrard, the Liverpool captain calmed down, smiled a little, and took the initiative to shake hands and hug Su Dong to celebrate his goal and victory in this game.
Zero to zero away from home and one to one at home. Liverpool lost the Champions League semifinals because of away goals.
This was an extremely painful blow to everyone at Liverpool, especially Gerrard.
"Thank you. You performed very well. We almost lost." Su Dong comforted.
This is also true, because Liverpool performed really well.
Gerrard shook his head and smiled bitterly. He also knew that the team defended very well in the two rounds of the game, especially the cage specially designed by Benitez to target Su Dong, which left Su Dong with almost no way.
It can be said that Su Dong did not get a truly absolute chance in the two games for 180 minutes.
Even the goal just now was a furious shot from the front of the penalty area. It was not a scoring opportunity.
But in this case, Su Dong just scored a goal for Barcelona.
"It's good. This way we can focus on the league." Gerrard said with joy.
Currently, Liverpool is only ranked fifth. If they want to qualify for the Champions League, they must reach the top four in the league. This is still very difficult, because Everton has also performed very well this season.
The fans at the stadium sang the iconic song "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Anfield Stadium.
Even though they lost the game, even though they were eliminated miserably, Liverpool fans still never abandon the team, and they still stand with all the players and continue to fight side by side.
"What an impressive group of fans!" Su Dong praised enviously.
The atmosphere at Barcelona's Camp Nou home is also excellent, but in terms of fan enthusiasm, Liverpool's Anfield impressed him the most. It can even be said that it has the most fanatical home atmosphere he has experienced so far.
He has played at Stamford Bridge before, but to be honest, Chelsea's home atmosphere is quite bad and cannot be compared with Liverpool.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Chelsea has just been reorganized and Abramovich has introduced foreign players on a large scale.
The home fans of European teams are still rooted in the surrounding areas. Only teams like Liverpool, which have fan groups that operate in the surrounding areas of the city all year round, and have rich football cultural heritage, can have a better home atmosphere.
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After shaking hands with Gerrard and exchanging jerseys, Su Dong walked back to meet Benitez and Yesterdam. He also did the same thing at Camp Nou a week ago.
The difference is that Benitez was able to laugh last time, but now he has an expressionless face.
Yesterdam, on the other hand, has a very good attitude towards Su Dong and is full of praise for his performance. He encourages him to keep up his efforts and strive to win another Champions League. Then he will be considered the world's top star.
ranks.
"How can it be so easy?"
After hearing Jestedam's encouragement, Benitez unexpectedly poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"With a defense like Barcelona's, will it benefit from encountering AC Milan in the Champions League?"
Su Dong was deeply convinced by Benitez's words.
Another showdown in the Champions League semi-finals came out, AC Milan entered the final.
Barcelona is actually no stranger to AC Milan, because the two teams only competed once in the Gamper Cup before the season. At that time, Barcelona won the game by luck, but AC Milan created a lot of trouble for the team.
It was a warm-up match, and it was a warm-up match before the season, so there was not much to do.
Now, both teams have entered the Champions League finals, and there will definitely be a battle between the two teams.
Benitez's tone was not very nice, but he was actually reminding Su Dong.
AC Milan's defensive capabilities are not inferior to those of Liverpool and Chelsea. You must know that this team has the world's top midfielders and backfielders such as Nesta, Stam, Maldini, Gattuso, and the frontcourt.
Like Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Seedorf and Pirlo, and even Kaká, who has become famous recently.
It can be said that Ancelotti's team has no shortcomings in any aspect.
Such a team doesn't need to have any conspiracy at all. It can just be open and honest, and it's a battle against Barcelona. Barcelona's weak defense can't bear it anymore.
"Ancelotti said after the Gamper Cup in August that if he meets Barcelona again, he will definitely win. Go back and think about it carefully. This guy never talks nonsense. He has already seen through your weaknesses in August."
After finishing speaking, Benitez looked deeply at Su Dong, turned around and left.
From his eyes, Su Dong saw helplessness and relief.
Perhaps, this is Benitez's mood at this moment, pain and happiness.
"Ignore him. He has this kind of personality. He obviously means well, but he can't speak well and offends people all day long."
Yesterdam pointed at Benitez's back and said to Su Dong with a smile.
Su Dong nodded. He actually knew Benitez quite well and knew his character.
"But, Su, to be honest, you really have no chance of winning when you meet AC Milan. You must be careful and careful." Yesterdam reminded earnestly, "Rafa has said before that if Liverpool meets AC Milan,
He doesn’t have much confidence, he can only look at the situation, but you also know that your situation..."
Su Dong remained silent when it came to Rijkaard.
Barcelona's on-the-spot command is notoriously weak. Whether it is facing Chelsea or Liverpool, or even the previous game against Bayern Munich, Rijkaard's tactics have never won.
This is very frustrating.
The tactics didn't win, the defense was full of mistakes, and the stars in the frontcourt could only rely on the frontcourt stars to constantly make up for the loopholes.
"The benefits are obvious. Everyone is praising you, but the pressure is also very high. You have to pay attention to yourself."
"Thank you Paco." Su Dong nodded.
Yesterdam talked to him the most, but Benitez taught him the most.
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"Su Dong! Su Dong!! Su Dong!!!"
When Barcelona's charter flight arrived at Barcelona Airport, everyone was taken aback by the enthusiasm of the Barcelona fans waiting at the scene.
The last time Barcelona reached the Champions League final was in 1994 during Cruyff's Dream Team period.
What's interesting is that Barcelona's opponent at that time was AC Milan, coached by Capello.
As a result, the Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium in Athens became one of the most humiliating games in Barcelona's history. They were slaughtered four to zero by Capello's team in the Champions League final.
It was also one of the biggest disparities in the history of the Champions League final.
It was in that game that the whole world clearly saw that Barcelona's dream team dynasty completely collapsed!
After that, Barcelona ushered in a ten-year dark period. Even after Van Gaal's brief revival, they failed to regain their strength in the Champions League. It was not until this season that Barcelona was able to return to the Champions League final.
Eleven years!
What a long time it has been for a team like Barcelona!
Barcelona fans are extremely crazy about the team, especially this season's top contributor Su Dong, who has become the darling of Barcelona fans, and they are shouting his name crazily.
Thousands of people gathered at the airport, and the scene was somewhat chaotic.
Reaching the Champions League final again, the opponent turned out to be AC Milan again. This seemed to be a destiny.
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Under the arrangement of the club, Su Dong did not stay at the airport, but left as soon as possible with other teammates.
If he stayed at the scene, the scene would definitely be chaotic, which would be bad at that time.
But even after Barcelona boarded the bus and left the airport, the fanatical fans were still chasing after them, with more and more fans joining the ranks of followers along the way.
They even chased the team all the way back to the city, back to Camp Nou.
At Camp Nou, more Barcelona fans gathered.
When they saw the team bus arriving, the atmosphere at the scene was pushed to its highest point.
More and more fans took to the streets, celebrating and cheering crazily, as if the team had won the Champions League ahead of schedule, and they couldn't wait to celebrate.
Sudong and the Barcelona players all sat in the bus and witnessed what they saw and heard along the way. Seeing the carnival of Barcelona fans, everyone's heart was filled with pride.
They are the winners!
At this moment, they are the heroes of this city and the darlings of this group of fans!
But fans are also very realistic. They need you to constantly score goals for them and win games.
If one day in the future, they find that you cannot meet their expectations and that you are different from what they thought, then how much they praise you today will be how cruel they will be to you in the future.
Su Dong couldn't help but think of what Mendes said to him when he was about to join Barcelona.
Figo, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Romario, Maradona...even Guardiola, I believe these people have received the highest courtesy from Barcelona fans, and they were all heroes in the hearts of these fans.
But gradually, I don’t know when they started, they stepped down from the altar.
Su Dong believed that he would also have such a day.
This is not only true for Barcelona, but also for almost every giant team in the world.
Therefore, at this moment, facing everything in front of him, he always remained calm and restrained.
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That night, Barcelona returned triumphantly from Liverpool, England and received a hero's reception from the fans.
The next morning, media all over the world were frantically reporting on Barcelona's victory, especially Su Dong's final victory, which made media and fans around the world full of praise.
Barcelona returned to the Champions League final after an absence of eleven years and faced AC Milan with a gathering of superstars. This undoubtedly made media and fans around the world full of expectations.
After all, the Champions League finals in the past two seasons have not been satisfactory.
Before it was a defensive battle between AC Milan and Juventus, and then there was a battle between Porto and Valencia.
Well now, two giant teams with superstars and beautiful playing styles meet again in the Champions League final, which undoubtedly makes the media and fans who have been waiting for two years look forward to it even more.
Especially Su Dong, who has shown amazing combat effectiveness for two consecutive seasons, everyone is looking forward to it. Can he continue his magical performance this season in the Champions League final?
