Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Real Madrid, which easily passed Bayern, has set its sights on the final of the Champions League.

And fans are increasingly convinced that UEFA's script this year is to let Real Madrid and Chelsea play the final finals.

Look at the teams that finally reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with these two teams, one is Atletico Madrid and the other Monaco. No matter how you look at it, they are more like stepping stones for the protagonists of the final.

Even though their fans have never given up hope of promotion and expect the team to explode and perform miracles, it is an indisputable fact that they are looked down upon.

On April 21, the draw ceremony for the 2016-2017 Champions League semi-finals was held grandly in Nyon, Switzerland.

Witnessed by countless fans and media, UEFA also separated the two popular teams Real Madrid and Chelsea in the semi-finals without any suspense.

Real Madrid once again drew Atletico Madrid, the Champions League semi-finals will once again stage a Madrid derby, and super dark horse Monaco meets Chelsea.

The supporters of Atletico Madrid were unable to complain after seeing such a draw result. At this moment, they really wanted to say something disgusting to their city rival Real Madrid:

Why is it you again!

The mentality of Monaco fans is much better. After all, the team's ability to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League this season has greatly exceeded their expectations.

When Monaco reached the knockout stages of the Champions League, every step forward was a surprise for them.

At this stage, unless they draw Atletico Madrid, it will be the same for Monaco whether they draw Chelsea or Real Madrid. The probability of them advancing against these two teams is too low.

Supporters of Real Madrid and Chelsea have no objections to such a draw result. The next step is to rely on their own abilities to see who can defeat their opponents and enter the final with less team losses...

Because the league has already won the championship in advance, Real Madrid will basically let the "second team" appear to play most of the remaining La Liga matches.

Real Madrid's main players will only use the league to "warm up" before the start of the Champions League.

The Real Madrid coaching staff sent out a rotating lineup for the El Clasico against Barcelona on April 23.

Ancelotti generously announced the starting 11-man lineup at the pre-match press conference.

Barcelona has nothing to say, their hopes of winning the championship are shattered, and there is no difference between second and third place in the league for them.

Moreover, Real Madrid has already made it known that they will send substitutes to play, and they are not shameless enough to send all the main players to the Bernabeu.

So the national derby that day seemed a bit boring.

Real Madrid and Barcelona sent their respective rotation lineups to fight at the Bernabeu, and in the end the two teams only ended in a 1-1 draw.

Of course, Barcelona did not line up to pay tribute to Real Madrid either before or after the game.

This of course allowed many local media in Madrid to seize the reason to attack Barcelona's behavior.

On April 26, Real Madrid went to the Riazor Stadium to challenge Deportivo La Coruña. The Real Madrid coaching staff directly regarded this league as a warm-up match before the start of the Champions League semi-finals.

Real Madrid's main players all played, but they were not practicing offensive tactics, but defense + field control.

After the whole game, Real Madrid only beat Deportivo La Coruna 2-0, and they didn't look very excited.

Ancelotti's tactical arrangements made the outside media a little confused.

Many pro-Atletico media even boldly speculated that Real Madrid was setting off tactical smoke bombs.

Simeone was somewhat confused at the moment, but in the end he decided to stop quietly. No matter how Real Madrid changed, he would lead Atletico Madrid to defend and try to drag Real Madrid into the final overtime quagmire!

This can also be regarded as a more favorable tactical policy for Atletico Madrid.

This year's Atletico Madrid players have outstanding physical fitness, and Simeone is not worried about the situation in previous seasons when Real Madrid dragged them to exhaustion and then were slaughtered.

In the end, it would be really good news for Atletico if the game can be successfully dragged into overtime or even a penalty shootout.

In this way, they can greatly utilize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and avoid being beaten to death by Real Madrid's technical advantages.

Simeone, who was fully prepared, looked confident during the interview.

Real Madrid also successfully completed the tactical preparations before the war.

On the afternoon of April 29, the 35th round of La Liga started. Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid chose to send pure substitute lineups in this round of the league.

On the evening of May 2nd, the first leg of the much-anticipated Champions League semi-finals officially kicked off!

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were the first to appear at the Bernabeu, and Atletico Madrid did indeed adopt a pragmatic anti-counterattack posture as predicted by most media before the game.

But Real Madrid unexpectedly did not directly play a positive offensive rhythm.

Atletico Madrid is very stable, but Real Madrid, who is sitting at home, seems to be more stable. Their one-handed control of the field directly confuses Atletico Madrid players on the field, and it even makes Simeone sitting off the field full of doubts.

If other teams had played like this, Simeone might have to change tactics now and try to score an away goal first.

But facing Real Madrid, who had "trapped" him the most, Simeone became hesitant. As a result, the Atletico Madrid players on the field always stayed in the half court, watching Real Madrid's ball control performance, but did not dare to press high to press. .

So as the game time passed quickly, the first half of the game ended very strangely with 0-0. The quality of the game could only be said to be average, and it would definitely not satisfy neutral fans anyway.

Many fans in front of the TV originally thought that Real Madrid would definitely take the initiative to attack in the second half of the game.

After all, Real Madrid has used this style of play many times before. It confuses the opponent in the first half and then works hard to harvest in the second half.

As a result, when the game really started in the second half, Real Madrid still looked like the old gods were there, with no intention of taking the initiative to attack!

What surprised the neutral fans even more was that Simeone really held back!

Real Madrid did not attack during the whole game, and he did not direct the players to take the initiative to attack. He just played a "tacit understanding game" with Real Madrid.

So when the game finally ended with a score of 0-0, I don't know how many fans ridiculed and booed Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on the Internet.

Here’s what these fans said about the game:

Not to mention that compared with those classic Champions League semi-finals in the past, even the quality of the normal Champions League 1/8 knockout rounds is not up to the standard!

It was boring and ugly, as if two mid-table Serie A teams were competing for endurance.

Fortunately, the next day Monaco and Chelsea played a 2-4 battle for the majority of neutral fans, which was exciting and enjoyable for them to watch.

The chain reaction caused by such a comparison is naturally that the estimated ratings of the second leg of the Champions League semifinals between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have plummeted.

Even if the vast overseas ratings pushed the lower limit, in the end it was no match for the exciting battle between Monaco and Chelsea.

On May 10, Chelsea ushered in the second leg of the semi-finals against Monaco at home.

Monaco took the lead, with Falca taking the lead from Moutinho's pass and scoring with a header!

The total score of the two teams in the two rounds was also tied to 3-4. Seeing the hope of equalizing the score, Monaco's morale increased greatly and they wanted to continue their efforts to score the next goal.

But at the critical moment, Suarez used a push shot past two people during a counterattack to score, directly extinguishing the Monaco's ambitions!

Six minutes later, Hazard further expanded the score between the two teams with a wonderful inside shot.

The suppressed Monaco seemed to have lost the spirit of resistance. Kroos scored a direct free kick in the second half and ended this season's Champions League journey.

Chelsea scored seven goals against Monaco in the two rounds, and their offensive firepower was clearly visible. Mourinho once again showed his ability to train the offense.

Of course, Mellingers will feel pressured by the result of such a competition.

However, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid that started the next day, Real Madrid remained unaffected and continued to play a defensive battle with Atletico Madrid.

The main theme of this game is still dull and fragmented.

The offensive rhythm was almost non-existent. Atletico Madrid did not dare to give Real Madrid even an away goal, so they wanted to delay the game to overtime. Real Madrid was also in no hurry, as if they had acquiesced to play overtime with Atletico Madrid.

The two teams were still tied 0-0 in the first half, but in the 64th minute of the second half, Ancelotti replaced Bell with Isco.

Such substitution adjustments immediately made Simeone wary.

After Isco came on the field, Real Madrid's team's tactics changed accordingly, and they began to take more balls to attack Atletico Madrid's defense!

The Atletico Madrid players, who were already familiar with the defensive rhythm of both teams, suddenly became nervous.

This tension was in sharp contrast to the calmness shown by Real Madrid's players.

Real Madrid's offensive players who have the ball are not in a hurry to make threatening passes or shots. They seem to want to pass and cut into Atletico Madrid's penalty area!

In the 79th minute of the second half, Isco received a pass from Li Ang outside the penalty area and took the ball past Gabi who was defending, and directly entered the Atletico Madrid penalty area!

In the next moment, his quick change of direction allowed him to almost pass Savage, who was retreating.

At the last moment, Savic, who did not want Isco to face Courtois, could only make a risky shovel!

In the end, Isco fell to the ground, and Savage quickly got up to appeal and received a yellow card decisively shown by the referee!

Penalty kick!

Real Madrid ushered in the most suitable threat opportunity in the two rounds of the game!

Atletico Madrid is also about to face the final trial!

Ronaldo held the ball and discussed with Li Ang outside the penalty area for a while. Finally, Ronaldo patted the back of Li Ang's head and stuffed the ball into his arms.

Li Ang did not give in anymore and walked firmly to the penalty spot holding the ball.

The Wanda Metropolitano Stadium was silent at this moment, as tens of thousands of Atletico Madrid fans prayed devoutly at this moment, asking God to bless their team.

Simeone even knelt directly on the sidelines and looked at Courtois in prayer.

The Belgian national gate gritted his teeth and glared at Li Ang fiercely.

He had known for a long time that it was precisely because of Li Ang's opposition that he had stayed at Atletico Madrid in the past few years and had no chance of returning to Chelsea.

The man in front of him made him lose the possibility of winning a Grand Slam honor in the club, and also made him miss the role of a winner in life.

He doesn't hate it, after all, it's natural for Li Ang to stand with the more familiar De Bruyne.

But at this moment, he also wants to personally prove to Li Ang that his strength is worthy of all the honors Oblak has received, and that he is the strongest among the new generation of goalkeepers!

While taking a deep breath, Courtois moved his long legs and arms, trying to put psychological pressure on Leon.

But Li Ang never even looked at him. After placing the football, he looked at the referee.

Finally, the whistle blows!

Li Ang looked in front of him, took a running start without hesitation, and completed the goal!

Li Ang's signature violent volley in the past did not appear at this moment, but was replaced by a precise and rapid push!

And Courtois, who was flying in the air, also had a psychological breakdown at this moment!

Ground ball!

And tmd is a ground ball!

He couldn't remember how many times Li Ang used his shortcomings to mess with his mentality.

Desperately watching the football plunge into the net in the lower left corner of the goal, Courtois slapped the turf angrily when he landed!

At this moment, with his despair as the background, the Real Madrid generals were already cheering and rushing towards Li Ang who ended the game!

Simeone's figure kneeling on the sidelines was extremely lonely. This scene is destined to become a classic moment in the history of the Champions League.

But it is too cruel for Simeone to be remembered by history and fans in this way.

Unable to accept the blow of reality, the Atletico fans at the scene broke down emotionally, and many even shed tears sadly.

But in the end the game came to an end, and the miracle they prayed for did not happen.

1-0 in two rounds!

Relying on Isco's critical moments and Li Ang's penalty points, Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid and finally met Chelsea in this season's Champions League final!

The scene of Ancelotti and Zidane smiling and high-fiving on the sidelines became the cover of many Western media sports newspapers the next day.

Real Madrid deservedly eliminated Atletico Madrid and entered the Champions League final. The tactics arranged by Ancelotti in these two rounds were actually good.

At least the stability was full and did not give Atletico Madrid the slightest chance to make waves in the game.

But sports media and fans in various European countries still can't help but want to complain.

Real Madrid's tactical choices in these two rounds were too conservative!

These two Madrid derbies have been nothing short of torture for the fans.

They are also very willing to call these two games the most boring Champions League semi-finals in history.