Chapter 518 Watching the Champions League Final

Inter Milan beat Parma to win an 18-game winning streak. Next week, they will play against Blue Eagle Lazio at home, and AC Milan will challenge Roma away. These are all events that can be hyped by the media for a week, but because the Champions League final will be held in Milan in the middle of the week, these are put aside. The Italian media has made every effort to report on this The highest-level club competition in Europe held in Milan.

In the history of the Champions League (Champions Cup), Meacha has hosted the Champions League finals twice. In 1965, the Champions League final was held for the first time in Milan. Inter Milan defeated Benfica 1-0 to defend the title at home, which was also the second Champions League trophy in the history of the Nerazzurri. In 1970, the Champions League final was staged in San Siro for the second time. This time, Milan did not reach the final. The Dutch strongman Feyenoord defeated the Scottish Premier League giant Celtic 2-1 to win the Champions League trophy.

Thirty-one years later, Meacha held the final of the Champions League again. Milan's two heroes became spectators at home again, which also made Milan's fans feel sad, especially the Inter Milan fans. The coach they hate most at this moment is Lippi. If Lippi could pass the qualifying match at that time, Jiang Mu After coaching, he will definitely be able to reach the finals, and Lippi ruined his dream of winning the Champions League at home.

Bayern Munich and Valencia, the two teams participating in the finals, came to Milan City two days in advance. Inter Milan is in full shape, and the football atmosphere in Milan City has become particularly lively. The arrival of the two quasi-championship teams has attracted the attention of many fans, and everyone's discussion after dinner has finally changed from Milan. Moved to the new team.,

Bayern Munich and Valencia may not be as brilliant as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan, but to reach the finals, their overall strength and state are definitely the best in Europe, and stars such as Kahn, Effenborg, Lizarezu, Mendieta, Ayala and other stars are still very popular.

Although Inter Milan is preparing for the intense weekend and Lazio's Battle of Tianwang Mountain, they can't miss the final held in front of their own home. Especially for Jiang Mu, he hopes that the players can watch the finals on the spot and get some intuitive and emotional understanding to play for Inter Milan in the future. Be mentally prepared for the finals.

Inter Milan's players have just played a League Cup final, and many people still remember that game vividly. When they see the preparation for the Champions League final, the layout of the venue, and the well-known guests present, Inter Milan's players can't help but be jealous. This is not a class game at all, and it is the UEFA Champions League final. The game looks like a Coppa Italia final. The only difference is that there are a little more foreign journalists. UEFA President Johnsson is here, and the two big goals of the Champions League finals, Pele and Maradona, the former superstars Beckenbauer, Cruyff, the Dutch Three Musketeers, Sir Charlton of England, Italy Red singers and movie stars, Italian Prime Minister, Mayor of Milan, 600 or 700 journalists, and a large number of staff of UEFA are like a beautiful Oscar ceremony.

Jiang Mu was keenly aware of the changes in the players' mood. He smiled and said to the players, "I dare to say that in terms of the reputation and fighting ability of the players, we are a little better than Bayern and stronger than Valencia, but look at how many reporters are present in the Champions League final, how many star politicians there are, and how many TVs there are there are. Taiwan broadcast, why is there such a difference? It is because we played the first-level League Cup final. If we want the world to know and remember you, we will reach the Champions League final next season.

"Yes! Reach the final of the Champions League. Inter Milan's players shouted excitedly.

After listening to Jiang Mu's words, Baresi couldn't help saying, "Coach Jiang, are you optimistic about Bayern winning the championship?"

Jiang Mu was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Baresi said, "You just said that we are a little better than Bayern and stronger than Valencia. Isn't that Bayern is stronger than Valencia?"

"Oh, well, Bayern is stronger than Valencia, but it's not so easy for Bayern to win the championship. Valencia's defensive counterattack is by no means easy to provoke."

| "Then who can win the championship?" Ronaldo asked.

"I don't know. I'll watch the game by myself."

Jiang Mu looked meaningfully at Bayern coach Heathfield and Valencia coach Cooper, who stood on the sidelines. He had known the result of the game for a long time. If there was no accident, Bayern would beat Valencia in the penalty kick to win the championship, but he didn't want to say it.

The commentator was served by Inter Milan commentator Skapini, who is famous for **. Although most of the fans who came to watch the finals were senior fans, he still introduced the starting lineup of the two sides in Italian, German and Spanish.

Valencia's starting lineup is: goalkeeper Canizares, four-back: Ayala Perigrino Caponi, Angeloma, four midfielder: Keeley. Gonzalez Mendieta Emar Baraga, strikers: Sanchez and Caru.

Bayern's starting lineup is: goalkeeper Kahn, five-back: Lizarazu Anderson Linkenior Kufor

Four midfielders: Effenborg Sauer Salihamidic Hargreaves, single striker Elber.

Bayern Munich reached the finals in the 99 to 00 season. Unfortunately, it was reversed and lost the championship by Manchester United in three minutes of stoppage time. Two years later, they reached the final again. The group of players of that year have reached the end of their career. Effinger is 32 years old, Fink 32 years old, Sergio is 32 years old, Sforza is 32 years old, and Link is 31 years old. Lizarazu is 30 years old, Tanat is 30 years old, and Anderson is 30 years old. This final may be their last final.

Valencia is the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season. No one expected that the "Bat Legion" would advance to the Champions League final. In terms of strength alone, Bayern Munich is stronger, but from the game after the opening, Bayern Munich did not have a clear upper hand, while Valencia's counterattack showed. It has to be more threatening.

Valencia scored first in the first half. After Valencia counterattacked, he made a cross from the side. Mendieta was pushed down by the Bayern defender when he received it in the penalty area. Dutchman Dick Joel awarded a penalty. Mendieta personally took the penalty kick and rewritten the score to 1:0.

Although the Bayern players are behind in score, these veterans are experienced, determined, and not emotionally affected. They still steadily use the two sides of Lizarazu, Salihamidzic's assists and Effenborg's long pass to attack.

But Valencia's defense is also very old-fashioned. Full-backs Angeloma and Carboni are experienced. The middle combination is Argentines Pellegrino and Ayala. Their cooperation is very tacit. Such a defense line does not give Bayern Munich many opportunities. Valencia kept the score of 1:0 until the end of the first half.

Bayern Munich also got a penalty kick in the first half. Tiger Effinger broke into the penalty area and tripped over Ayala. The referee awarded a penalty, but Canissares saved Sauer's penalty.

In the second half, Bayern's legendary coach Heathfield replaced the striker Jankel, and the attack was more open and closed. In the front court, there were not only two side passes, Effinger's long passes, but also Sauer's breakthrough and penetration, which made Valencia more difficult to defend.

In the 70th minute of the game, Lizarazu broke through the cross from the side. The bald striker Yankel was knocked down by Valencia defender Kaboni when he received it in the penalty area. The referee Dick Joel awarded a penalty again. The penalty also caused Valencia's dissatisfaction. They besieged Dick Joel and thought that Carboni did not Fouled, but Dick Joel resisted the pressure of Valencia and insisted on the penalty.

At this time, Bayern did not let Sauer take a penalty, but let their midfield core Effenborg take the penalty. Effenborg resisted great pressure and pulled the ball into the goal guarded by Canisarez, and the game became a 1:1 draw.

Then both sides played a little cautiously, and no one was able to score in 90 minutes. Next was overtime. This is the overtime game of the golden ball system. Which side firsts the ball will win directly. Inter Milan originally hoped that the golden ball system would encourage the team to attack and break the dull situation of football defense, but the international What Milan Football Federation did not expect was that because of the golden ball system, Bayern and Valencia were even more afraid to attack. In the end, the two sides still had no achievements in the 30 minutes of overtime, and could only determine the final championship with a cruel penalty kick.

In response to this result, the on-site commentator Skapini sighed: "The game is still very conservative. It is really once in a hundred years that they scored nine goals in the final like Inter Milan and Liverpool. However, although the goals are a little less, the defense of the two teams is very good. They would rather give the opponent a penalty than let the opponent score, but The game is still very fierce. The penalty is about will and luck. At this point, the Spanish team may not be as good as the German team.

At this time, Jiang Mu also used this time to teach his players to learn from the defense of the two teams and the calmness of the Germans when they are behind.

The penalty shootout began soon. In the first round, Bayern player Sergio lost a penalty, and Mendieta hit again, 1-2. In the second round, Salihamižić and Karu scored a penalty, 2-3. In the third round, Bayern Ziegler scored a penalty, while Valencia's substitute midfielder Zahovic missed the penalty in the face of pressure, 3-3. In the fourth round, Anderson and Carbony were eager to take the lead, but they both missed, and the score remained at 3-3. In the fifth and sixth rounds, Bayern's Effenborg and Lizalazu, Valencia's Baraja and Killy Gonzalez all resisted the pressure to score a penalty. In the crucial seventh round, Bayern defender Link resisted the pressure to score a penalty, but Valencia defender Pellegrino's penalty was saved by Kahn, and Bayern won the Champions League trophy for the first time after the reshuffrage of the Champions League.

Inter Milan did not watch the award ceremony. They left the stands early. Coincidentally, when the Inter Milan players left Meacha, they met Lazio's coach Zoff and all the players just left. Facing the opponents who were going to fight in three days, the two sides did not say hello, but just stood there and fought each other. I measured my opponent and then passed by.