Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man! - Chapter 400

c400 Nanny-level referees

Is Messi important to Barcelona?

The answer is yes. If Barcelona does not have Messi, the current Barcelona may not even qualify for the Champions League.

Although the development of modern football is de-starring and more focused on overall operations, it is difficult to open up when the situation is deadlocked without superstars. At this time, what is needed is to hold, either to have a fatal mobile warfare ability or to have a crescent-shaped scimitar-like goal-scoring ability.

Messi can play a role in quickly advancing the connection in Barcelona, ​​just like Ronaldo has the ability to finish.

One is a general who blows the horn to launch a general attack, and the other is an assassin who is at the gates of the city and waiting for an opportunity to ambush. If you want to win the war, you need players of this role.

Messi and Ronaldo are the people who play this role for the team. We have to admit that as the two grow older, they are no longer as radiant as before at the critical moments of key games, but as far as the current world football is concerned, there are not many people who can surpass Messi and Ronaldo.

Although Neymar has excellent dribbling skills, his love of dribbling will inevitably slow down the speed of local or overall attack, and transitional dribbling will also lead to less physical strength for the final shot.

Although Lewandowski has excellent personal abilities, because Lewandowski chose to play in the Bundesliga, his influence and attention are far less than those in La Liga.

There is not much time left, for Ronaldo and Messi, and for those of us who love football, there are only two years left in the era of the two great heroes. Two years later, stars will appear in the world football. At that time, we may still be young and may be able to pay attention to some stars for another ten years, but now all we have is these.

The Champions League is a club-based competition, and the World Cup is a national-organized competition.

Many people think that the World Cup is much more valuable than the Champions League, but in fact it is more of a political status of sports.

Just like many people think that countries must be richer than companies, in fact, most countries in the world are not richer than Apple.

Similarly, the strength of national teams of various countries cannot be stronger than clubs like Manchester City and Real Madrid, and even these super clubs can beat many national teams into slag.

In theory and practice, club organizations are more likely to bring out the strength of players and show the charm of football.

Players train and play in clubs for most of the year, and they cooperate more tacitly with their club teammates.

Club games are also arranged in the most suitable season of the year. For example, European professional games are basically held from September to April and May of the following year, and the athletes’ competitive state is basically arranged in this way, so the Champions League, which gathers the world’s top players, can obviously bring out the athletes’ competitive state.

The World Cup is a national competition. The top stars of many countries do not play in their own country, and the density of their professional games is also very high. It is impossible for athletes to travel between their workplaces and national team training and competition sites too frequently, and the time for training will not be too long.

Therefore, in recent years, the performance of the national teams of South American countries has declined significantly, which is not necessarily a decline in the strength of the players. Messi and Neymar are still the top players in the world.

However, Messi and Neymar play in Europe all year round, and the time they train with their national team teammates is very few, far less than the time they train in the club. How can they expect tacit understanding and wonderful tactical cooperation with their teammates?

As the value of professional games becomes higher and higher, the profit from a game is as high as millions of euros.

In order to obtain excess profits, European big-name clubs have more and more competitions, and the physical burden on professional players is getting heavier.

In the 1970s and 1980s, professional players only participated in 40 to 50 games in a season, but now professional players participate in nearly 80 games in a season, close to two games a week, and sometimes even three games a week.

During this period, although the scientific degree of modern training has been continuously improved, the core is still the profit-seeking nature of professional clubs.

Professional competitions have squeezed out the best game time of the year, and national team games are often squeezed into the off-season of the professional season.

The reason why the World Cup is scheduled to be held in the summer is that it happens to be the off-season of the European professional season.

Since professional clubs provide athletes with high salaries, they want to squeeze out every bit of potential of athletes. How many bosses and coaches will kindly consider leaving you some physical strength to play in the World Cup?

For a long time in the past, the World Cup had a huge influence, and the core was the small number of professional games.

But now the competitions of European big-name clubs are almost squeezed in, and the use of players is getting closer and closer to the limit.

Athletes are not made of iron, so during the World Cup championship period, many athletes have entered a period of fatigue.

Expecting athletes to perform at a technical and tactical level that exceeds that of professional games is undoubtedly inconsistent with the principles of training, and is also a mockery of the level of professional coaches in clubs.

Therefore, as professional competitions continue to advance, the value of the World Cup is becoming less and less than that of the Champions League.

Besides, the training level of the national team cannot surpass the organizational level of professional teams. Clubs can recruit players from all over the world to form the most combat-ready team, and at the same time occupy the best game time of the year. Athletes also spend most of their training time in the club. How can the short-term training of the national team be compared?

Before the Champions League was changed to 8 groups and the top two teams in each group qualified, it was difficult for me to evaluate the most valuable ones. Some people said that both of Manchester United’s European Championships were very valuable, but generally speaking, I didn’t see much at that time, so I can’t evaluate.

But after the change, I think there are three championships with high gold content. The first is the Istanbul miracle, Liverpool fell behind by three goals and scored three goals in a row to beat AC Milan on penalties. Liverpool’s lineup that year was actually very average, and they were almost eliminated in the group stage.

If it weren’t for the captain named Steve Gerrard who scored the goal that sent Liverpool to the next round in the 88th minute of the last round of the group stage, there would be no miracles behind. Then there was the car in 2012.

The Blues can be said to have experienced the Stamford Bridge tragedy this season. After experiencing various failures in the impact of the Champions League, this season is actually in a certain turmoil, and the strength and lineup have obviously declined.

However, they successfully won the first Champions League in team history this season.

Looking back at the entire car’s promotion road, you will understand how difficult it was for them. Then, with a full camp of injured players, they eliminated the Barcelona, ​​which was in its heyday, and broke through Bayern’s goal with only the only corner kick of the whole game. When you think about it now, you will think it must be a miracle.

The above two championships are already high enough, but compared with the great Inter Milan in 2010, they are still a little bit short.

Although I am not a fan of Inter Milan, I was really moved by the Inter Milan team that year.

Moreover, whether it is domestic competition or the Champions League, Inter Milan’s performance cannot be said to be perfect, but it is definitely extremely resilient.

Even this year’s Golden Ball Award was given to Barcelona’s No. 10 instead of Inter Milan’s No. 10. I absolutely, absolutely disagree!

I admit that Barcelona’s No. 10 is an unparalleled player, but at least that season, Barcelona’s No. 10 is definitely not as good as Inter Milan’s No. 10.

And everyone should also know that in those years, Barcelona was the godfather team, and the referees in La Liga and the Champions League really protected Barcelona. Barcelona was already very strong, and you referees still protected it like this. Is it interesting?

But even with the nanny-level biased whistle, in a completely unfair competition environment, Inter Milan still eliminated Barcelona. I don’t need to say how awesome this is.

So that Inter Milan was so great.

Look at the opponents they defeated. The Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga champions were all defeated, and in the future, all of these defeated teams will win the Champions League in the next few years. If you want to say the most valuable, the reformed Champions League must be this Inter Milan.

Barcelona in 2015 can be said to be the real king of kings because they eliminated the defending champions of the Eredivisie, Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and Serie A on their way to winning the championship.

Let’s first briefly review Barcelona’s Champions League journey that year: Barcelona was in the same group with Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain, Eredivisie champion Ajax and Cyprus League champion APOEL in the group stage.

This was not an easy group, but Barcelona advanced to the top 16 with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss, 15 goals scored and 5 goals conceded.

Dutch champion Ajax and Cypriot champion APOEL became the victims of Barcelona; in the quarter-finals, Barcelona faced Premier League champion Manchester City.

As a result, Barcelona defeated Manchester City 2:1 in the first leg away and 1:0 in the second leg at home, and entered the quarter-finals by defeating Manchester City in two rounds; in the quarter-finals, Barcelona met group stage opponent Paris Saint-Germain again.

It was also a two-round double victory over the opponent, but the total score was even more different this time. Barcelona advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 5:1; in the semi-finals, Barcelona drew the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.

In the first round at Camp Nou, Barcelona defeated the opponent 3:0 without bloodshed, almost killing the suspense of the entire series.

In the second round, Bayern Munich came to their home stadium. Neymar scored two goals in the first half. It was impossible for Bayern Munich to score 5 goals. In the end, they could only watch Barcelona advance to the final.

Facing the Serie A champion Juventus in the final, Barcelona always controlled the situation on the field and finally won the Big Ear Cup with a score of 3:1.

Unless clubs of different strength levels are in extremely poor form, there is a bottom line for the league ranking at the end of the season. For example, the traditional top six teams in the Premier League are generally in the top six.

Looking back on Barcelona’s Champions League championship this year, almost every round of the knockout round killed the suspense of promotion in the first round. Facing various powerful teams, the advantage was quite huge, and they crushed the top of Europe all the way.

Barcelona also achieved the feat of the Triple Crown in the same season, becoming the only team in history to win the Triple Crown twice.

The reason why Barcelona was so strong back then was that in addition to Xavi and Iniesta, who were still inheriting the passing and controlling football left by Guardiola in the team, the invincible MSN combination in the frontcourt was the biggest contributor.

The front trident composed of Messi, Suarez and Neymar scored 122 goals in a single season, becoming the trio with the most goals in history.

Therefore, Barcelona, ​​which set so many records in 2015, can be called the most valuable Champions League champion since the 20th century!

In the season when Inter Milan won the championship in 2010, Inter Milan’s road to the championship: defeating the peak Chelsea, going to Moscow, beheading the peak Universe team (and preventing them from defending the title by the way), and defeating Bayern in the final.

The 2010 triple crown Inter Milan, a group of old men’s counterattack! Inspirational model!

People who understand football will naturally understand and will not accept refutation (it is recommended to look at their championship process).

2010 Inter Milan and 2015 Barcelona, ​​Barcelona defeated the league champions of various countries all the way to the top, especially against Bayern, wiping out the shame of the 7-goal in 2013, especially Messi’s awesome goal is really impressive.

However, I still think that Inter Milan’s achievement of the treble is the most touching. Veterans, lore, controversy, weak wins over strong teams, it was not easy all the way. Looking back on the road to winning the championship ten years ago today still makes people cry.

It should be Barcelona in 2015. It is the first team to win the treble twice. At the same time, it is also the second team in the history of the Champions League to win the championship by defeating the defending champions of the four major leagues in a row. I think it is Real Madrid in the 2017-2018 season.

The reasons are as follows: Real Madrid won the European Championship in the two seasons before this season. It can be said that UEFA wants to do everything possible to prevent Real Madrid from winning the Champions League three times in a row, which started from Real Madrid’s group stage.

In the group stage, Real Madrid encountered very strong competitors, namely Dortmund, Tottenham, and APOEL. Dortmund and Tottenham are both young guards with strong strength.

It can be said that this style of play is what Real Madrid is more afraid of. Fortunately, Real Madrid successfully broke through as the second in the group.

After entering the knockout stage from 16 to 8, the first opponent Real Madrid encountered was the French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain, which shows UEFA’s determination to stop Real Madrid. In the first round at Real Madrid’s home court, Real Madrid lost the ball first, and the air in the Bernabeu instantly solidified.

Fortunately, Real Madrid players are all veterans who have been through many battles. They quickly adjusted their mentality, scored three goals in a row, and reversed the game. In the second round, Real Madrid did not give Paris Saint-Germain any more chances, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Carvalho killed the game. In the quarter-finals, Real Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid did not neglect the capital, and UEFA did not give up the intention to shoot Real Madrid, and gave it to Real Madrid’s most feared opponent, Serie A champion Juventus.

How should Juventus be introduced? Let’s introduce it this way. In the past five years (2013-2018), Juventus is the only team that eliminated Real Madrid.

As a result, Real Madrid beat Juventus 3-0 in the first round away from home. It was stable, and everyone felt stable. As a result, the terrifying part of the old lady appeared. When they came to Real Madrid’s home court, Juventus also led 3-0, and the air pressure dropped to negative values ​​instantly. At the last moment, a god-like man appeared. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal, killed the game, and Real Madrid advanced to the next round at the buzzer.

The old lady is really difficult. After defeating the old lady in the 4-2 round, Real Madrid did not have the capital to rest, and UEFA continued to snipe Real Madrid.

Real Madrid ushered in its old rival, the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid’s natural advantage against Bayern helped Real Madrid advance.

Two rounds of 4-3. The final knows how terrifying Liverpool has been in the past two years, and you know what kind of opponent Real Madrid faced in the final that year.

If Ramos hadn’t accidentally injured Salah, the result of the game would be hard to say.

Of course, Bale’s super hook and Casemiro’s invincible world wave are both manifestations of strength.

In a nutshell, the desire to win three consecutive championships is unstoppable.

European champions, well deserved. It must be Inter Milan in 2010!

Killed the Bundesliga champion, La Liga champion, Premier League champion, Russian Premier League champion, this gold content, who else can compare to it? If I say the gold content is the highest, I think Milan in 2003.

You can see that the eight teams in the quarterfinals at that time were Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Juventus, Inter Milan, Ajax, and Valencia. Fans of that era must have known the stars in each team.

The most important thing is that at that time, Serie A began to decline and La Liga began to flourish. The strength of all teams, who won who was reasonable.

(At that time, Ajax had Ibrahimovic and seemed to have Van der Vaart) So I think that should be the championship with the highest gold content.

(Purely personal opinion, don’t criticize if you don’t like it) The reasons for Inter Milan in 2010 are as follows: 1 At that time, the entire Serie A was sluggish and the overall strength ranked behind England, West Germany.

2: The main players in Inter Milan’s lineup at that time were basically unsuccessful or too old in other teams.

3: The champions of West Germany and England were eliminated in the process. The most valuable Champions League champion since the 20th century is Real Madrid in 2018.

Before the reform of the 1992-1993 season, there was no group stage, and it was directly a knockout stage, which was more accidental, let’s not talk about it for the time being.

Before the 1999-2000 season, there were 24 teams participating in the group stage, and it was increased to 32 teams in the 1999-2000 season. Let’s compare these 20 champions since the group stage with 32 teams. Among these 20 sessions, 7 were “civil wars”-two teams from the same league entered the finals.

Real Madrid won the championship 6 times, Barcelona 4 times, Bayern, AC Milan, Liverpool 2 times, Porto, Chelsea, Manchester United, Inter Milan 1 time. 1. Real Madrid’s road to the Champions League in 2018 In the 2017-2018 season, Real Madrid successively eliminated Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, Juventus in Serie A, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, and Liverpool in the Premier League, which was full of gold.

In the group stage, they were in the same group as APOEL, Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham. With 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, they entered the round of 16 as the second in the group.

1 draw and 1 loss was slightly forgivable because they faced the powerful Tottenham, after all, the purpose of the group stage is to advance.

In the knockout round of the 16-to-8, they faced the even more powerful French overlord, Paris Saint-Germain. Facing Paris, Real Madrid performed well, first beating their opponent 3-1 at home, and played against the wind.

Paris scored a goal at the start, but then they scored three goals in a row to reverse the situation.

In the away game against Paris Saint-Germain, they did not give their opponent a chance to turn the tables and won 2-1 against Paris Saint-Germain.

With a total score of 5-2, they easily entered the top eight.

In the quarterfinals, they faced the Italian overlord Juventus.

First, they beat Juventus 3-0 away, but when they returned to their home court, Juventus led by 3 goals (also 3-0) until the 90th minute. A penalty kick at the last moment saved Real Madrid.