Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 121: Victory is not arrogant and defeat is not discouraged

In the street newsstands in Madrid, people passing by kept bent down and putting the change aside, then picked up a newspaper and read it while walking. Some people simply stood by the newsstand and couldn't wait to open the newspaper.

It was Monday morning, ten hours after yesterday's thrilling national derby, and Spanish people, whose work and schedule were later than other European countries, began to go out to work.

In Madrid, the capital of Spain, people talked about yesterday's game, and this can be seen in the newspapers in their hands.

On the subway, on the bus, on taxis, and in the hands of pedestrians, everyone is holding such newspapers. The front page headlines on the newspaper are photos of Chu Zhongtian volleying in the air during the competition. The photos are similar, but the titles that everyone has different, and the titles of various styles show the excitement of these capital media.

"Real Madrid beat Barcelona!"

"The End of Dynasty!"

"A Legend - Chu!"

"Camp Nou's Hat Trick!"

"Perfect Revenge!"

"The Dragon Flying in Camp Nou!"

...In addition to graphic media such as newspapers, radio and television stations are also broadcasting news about the game.

"... Good morning, listeners. I'm very happy to meet you again at this time... I believe many people smiled and were in a happy mood when they went to work today. Did you watch the game yesterday? It was a thrilling game, and we won! Ha!"

"... Last night, at Barcelona's home court Camp Nou Stadium, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona with a score of 4:2 after 90 minutes of fierce battle. With the victory of this game, Real Madrid beat Barcelona three-pointer in the standings! The league championship is just around the corner!"

"... Chu shone brightly in yesterday's game! He defeated Barcelona alone again! Let's see that he beat Barcelona in the Champions League final is definitely not a coincidence! Such a player only spent 70 million euros on Florentino, which is really cheap..."

"There was only one protagonist at Camp Nou yesterday, and that was Chu! It was him who made the entire Camp Nou silent... It was him who made Guardiola and his disciples' dream of winning four consecutive leagues! He destroyed a dynasty with his own hands, and also established a brand new dynasty with his own hands..."

"...How long has it been since Zamorano been seen as a hat-trick in the National Derby? How long has it been since we saw Real Madrid players perform a hat-trick in the National Derby after Puskas? Today, Chu did it! He not only performed a hat-trick in the National Derby, but also completed this feat at the Camp Nou! He made the entire Camp Nou silent! Congratulations, Chu! You have become a legend!"

"Let's take a look at this goal. It's so beautiful... the volley! The movements are very stretched and very beautiful, and it's simply a standardized shooting move that can be written into textbooks... Valdes is powerless in the face of such a shot, so we can't blame him because it's not that he didn't perform well enough, but that Chu performed so well..."

Everyone was on the street, in the company, in schools, on buses, and subways, and the first sentence after meeting was: "Did you watch yesterday's game? It's so exciting, haha!" Their faces were filled with expressions of happiness and joy.

This is how Madrid's city looked like this morning.

The past three seasons have obviously belonged to their arch rival Barcelona. They monopolized the championship again and again and again, trampled Real Madrid under their feet. Even in the national team, Barcelona is the team. After clashing in the World Cup in South Africa, Barcelona players played the flag of the Catalonia region but did not wear the flag of Spain. This itself has made Madrid fans very upset. In addition, the media always advocated that this is the Spanish national team, which is almost equal to Barcelona. The implication is that the World Cup champion belongs to Barcelona, ​​and Real Madrid has not contributed much... Barcelona's strength sets off the decline of Real Madrid.

No matter how many head coaches Real Madrid has changed or how many stars they buy, they are always suppressed by Barcelona.

This tone has been held in the hearts of every Real Madrid fan for too long, and finally it was swept away last night and was vented in the shout of a hat trick for Chu Zhongtian.

No matter how many seasons Chu Zhongtian will stay in Real Madrid in the future, just by his hat trick in yesterday's game, he will be remembered forever by Real Madrid fans. He is also qualified to engrave his name on Real Madrid's wall of honor forever and record it in Real Madrid's team history.

"...We can say that yesterday's game was Chu alone, because he participated in all four goals from Real Madrid. The first goal was that he assisted Ronaldo. Then in the unfavorable situation where the team was behind, he stepped forward and scored a hat-trick. Three goals and one assist. He has now scored fourteen goals and seventeen assists in the La Liga. And this is just the report card he has not finished in his first season in La Liga... His speed of adapting to La Liga is amazing. We have every reason to look forward to him in the next second game, and he will hand in a better report card than this... Although the season has not yet ended, we can announce that the best foreign aid in La Liga this season belongs to Chu from China!"

This is the evaluation of Chu Zhongtian's performance after the game by Marca.

Chu Zhongtian's hat trick impressed everyone. Even the Catalan media lamented after the game why Barcelona always met this Chinese at its peak, and why Chu joined Barcelona's archenemy Real Madrid instead of Barcelona? They firmly believe that if Barcelona were more serious and won Chu Zhongtian last summer, this team would be able to dominate European football for another five years, even if Xavi is old, it doesn't matter.

But now, the dynasty era of Dream Team is so short... The league's four consecutive championships have not been achieved. I don't know when I will go there if I have another chance to win four consecutive championships next time.

Chu Zhongtian's performance yesterday was so perfect. Since Diego Fran scored a hat trick here on May 22, 2005, no one has been able to conquer Camp Nou with a hat trick.

Therefore, facing Chu Zhongtian, who had a hat trick, the Catalan media unanimously lost their voices. They even began to criticize Barcelona, ​​believing that after Rossell came to power, he was only concerned about repaying his debts and did not actively find ways to enhance the team's strength.

"...It's not working to rely on Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Villa and other players to conquer the world. Barcelona must input fresh blood! Compared with Real Madrid, our bench depth is too weak... No matter how powerful Guardiola is, it cannot fight against Real Madrid built with money!"

Madrid people look at the grief in Barcelona with a gloating attitude.

Of course, not all Catalan media are wailing. Some media have quickly withdrawn from their failures and aimed at the Champions League final.

The away loss to Manchester United did not affect the morale and confidence of Barcelona, ​​they believed that with Barcelona's strong strength and home games, Barcelona can always get a significant combat bonus when fighting at Camp Nou, so it should not be difficult to eliminate Manchester United at Camp Nou.

If you enter the Champions League final like this, you will definitely play another game with Real Madrid. There is no suspense about Real Madrid's elimination of the Celtics.

"Revenge! Revenge! We want revenge!" Some Catalan media put forward such a title.

"It's the best revenge to beat them in the Champions League final! We've won three league titles in a row, and it's nothing great to give them one, but in the Champions League final, if we can stop them from winning the 10th Champions League trophy, it's totally worth the league championship they snatched away!"

"The loss at Camp Nou is no big deal. Guardiola and his disciples must be liberated from this irrelevant failure and devote their minds to the Champions League..."

In order to encourage the players, the Catalan media did not hesitate to downplay the defeat of this game into "insignificant", which shows how eager they are for revenge...※※After experiencing the fierce battle at Real Madrid, according to convention, even if there is a Champions League semi-final in the middle of the week, Guardiola should give the players half a day off. After all, the second leg semi-final is played at their own home court, and they don't need to run back.

But Guardiola still announced that she would train normally the next morning.

It seems that he has also shifted his goal to the Champions League. It is basically impossible to reverse Real Madrid in the league, and it is only a matter of time before Real Madrid wins the championship. All they can do in the league is to try to delay the time for Real Madrid to win the championship.

But they still make great achievements in the Champions League.

As long as you defeat Manchester United in the semi-finals, you can meet Real Madrid again in the final. In this encounter, Guardiola vowed to completely defeat Real Madrid and wash away the shame suffered in the league in the Champions League!

Before the training began, Guardiola said to his players who were a little depressed: "I know you are still worried about losing to them at home, so I want to ask you one thing: Are you willing? Are you willing to lose the game and the league championship?"

Pikui was the first to answer: "No one is willing!"

"Yes, no one is willing to lose to them, coach! We are Barcelona, ​​and losing to Real Madrid is definitely not a happy thing..."

Everyone also answered.

Guardiola nodded: "That's good. That's why I asked you to train this morning too - there are three days left before the semi-finals, and in these three days we have to work hard to improve ourselves. Beating Manchester United and entering the final is our first goal next. But this is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to beat Real Madrid in the final! Beating them! Let them taste what we have tasted now!"

※※※Just as Guardiola was mobilizing, it was full of relaxed atmosphere in Real Madrid.

Like Guardiola, Mourinho did not give his teammates a long vacation after the game, but everyone was in a relaxed mood, so the training was like on vacation.

From the moment Chu Zhongtian appeared in the locker room, he would constantly receive congratulations from everyone. On the training ground, he also received congratulations from the coaches.

It is certainly worthy of being happy to score a hat-trick, but this is not Chu Zhongtian's first hat-trick in his career. At first, he didn't take it seriously. But later in an interview with a reporter, he realized that he was the first person to score a hat-trick in the Camp Nou in seven years, the first Real Madrid player to score a hat-trick in the national derby in seventeen years, and the first Real Madrid player to score a hat-trick in the Camp Nou in forty-nine years.

With this series of numbers, he could fully understand why the pro-Real Madrid press conference was so excited and excited when interviewing him yesterday... Of course, he also understood better why the treatment he received in training today.

Every old Real Madrid person knows how difficult it is to score a hat trick at the Camp Nou, so Chu Zhongtian's hat trick made them so excited.

Chu Zhongtian didn't see it. When he volleyed the ball to the Barcelona goal for the third time, in the stands and in front of the TV, there were many old Real Madrid fans who were wiping their eyes.

Real Madrid's relaxed atmosphere not only comes from Chu Zhongtian's hat trick, but also because after they defeated Barcelona at Camp Nou, the league championship has basically been won. In the last three rounds of the league, even if Mourinho uses a substitute, the league championship will not run away.

Real Madrid's substitute lineup is also very strong... In addition, he defeated the Celtics 4-0 in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, which directly made the Celtics' home game lose its meaning in the second leg. Mourinho actually planned to use the rotation lineup to play the second leg.

Real Madrid advances to the finals without a problem.

For Real Madrid players, there is actually only one game left, that is the Champions League final!

Although Manchester United defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home in the first leg, Real Madrid players all believe that Barcelona is capable of eliminating Manchester United at home and entering the finals. After all, the gap in strength between the two teams still exists. In addition, Barcelona's combat effectiveness at their own home court will be enhanced. Real Madrid players have just experienced this. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's hat trick, it would be hard to say who would win.

Although it is a mortal enemy, it has to be admitted that Barcelona is very strong.

Therefore, if Barcelona enters the final, this Champions League final will be even more interesting - Real Madrid and Barcelona's third national derby this season is actually the final of the Champions League.

No matter how Real Madrid beat Barcelona twice in the previous two times, it was not as important as the last game. Although Real Madrid broke Barcelona's dream of four consecutive league titles, the league is not important for Real Madrid, but the important thing is the Champions League. Real Madrid has won nine Champions League trophys, and one is still away from ten championships. But this championship has made them wait for ten years and have not won.

In the past ten years, Real Madrid's chairman has been replaced by three, head coaches have been replaced by eleven, and players have even left. After they come, they have never been able to win a championship trophy in the Champions League. There is even a "scandal" that has been out of the quarterfinals for six consecutive years. They are ridiculed as "Dream Eight", which means that they want to enter the quarterfinals even if they dream of them.

As a team that has a glorious tradition in the Champions League, has won the European Champions League five consecutive times and has trained the best scorer in the Champions League history to date, it is hard to bear such a shame.

Florentino spent a lot of money to dig Mourinho, definitely not to let him lead the team to win the league championship. Capello and Schuster both completed this task. However, the Champions League championship requires people like Mourinho. Mourinho led Inter Milan to defeat Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu and won the Champions League trophy, which stimulated Florentino and strengthened his determination to introduce Mourinho.

So he introduced Mourinho entirely for the Champions League. A head coach who can lead two teams to the Champions League at a young age must have his unique features in the Champions League event.

Real Madrid must achieve breakthroughs in the Champions League, otherwise the transfer deal will be a failure.

Now we have won both the league champion and the King's Cup champion. The team is in such a good state, and there is no reason not to win the Champions League... Therefore, for Real Madrid, the final final is undoubtedly the Champions League final.

If Real Madrid loses to Barcelona in the Champions League final, the previous humiliation of Barcelona at Camp Nou will be quickly forgotten, and in turn, it is regarded as part of Barcelona's worthy of showing off - they will chant Barcelona's perfect revenge, defeat Real Madrid in the most important game, and then attribute both the league and the Copa del Rey to nothing. Just like they did after Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey.

People often don’t pay attention to the process, just look at the final result.

In the Champions League final, for the grudge between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​it is the final battle.

The dynasty of Barcelona has not been completely over yet. Although they encountered some difficulties, they made them look crumbling. But the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and this dynasty still has the ability and opportunity to save itself. The Champions League final is a key battle related to their future destiny. If they can defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League final, they can reverse the previous decline and suppress Real Madrid again.

If they lose the final... then stop talking about anything and announce the arrival of a new era.

This will definitely be a more intense game than this league, and it should even be called "tragic".
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next