Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 263 Champions League semi-finals, the Galaxy Battleship strikes!

The five major leagues are coming to an end at this time, but apart from the Bundesliga, the championships of other leagues are in suspense.

And Manchester City's early victory made them the second team in the five major leagues to win the championship early after Bayern.

Among the remaining three major leagues, La Liga's championship situation is confusing.

Barcelona, ​​which lost the chain in the last game, made a difficult reversal at home and defeated Athletic Bilbao in this round, scoring a precious three points, but they are still 4 points behind Atletico Madrid.

In order to prepare for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid postponed this round of competition to May 5 in advance. Real Madrid, which has one game less, is currently two points behind Barcelona and temporarily dropped to third place in the standings.

On the Serie A side, Juventus beat Bologna 1:0, currently leading No. 28 points, and the situation for winning the championship is very good.

The situation in Ligue 210 is similar. After Paris Saint-Germain defeated Yveen, they lead No. [-] points. As long as they win the next round, they can win the championship three rounds ahead of schedule.

When several giants were still fighting for the championship, Manchester City won the championship four rounds ahead of schedule, which immediately attracted a lot of attention from the outside world.

If we say that in the previous few seasons, people's impression of Manchester City is a mercenary with a lot of money but an average record.

So this season, after Manchester City's brilliant performance in the Champions League, the outside world's evaluation of them is getting higher and higher.

The Champions League broke into the semi-finals and became the only seedling in the Premier League.

One of the two domestic cups won the championship, and the other reached the finals, and the championship is imminent.

Such a record, let alone in the Premier League, even in any other league, is worth touting.

And it is not the traditional giants of the Premier League that do this, but an upstart in football, a team built up by money.

Those giants who were dismissive of Jinyuan football because Manchester City failed to qualify for the group stage twice in a row in the Champions League inevitably felt nervous at this time.

The great success of Manchester City this season is the great success of Jinyuan football.

This makes them feel worried. If other rich local tyrants follow suit and enter the football world like Manchester City waving checks, will European football be turned into a mess by these local tyrants?

As a result, these giants joined forces to put pressure on UEFA to investigate Manchester City's financial situation to see if they violated the "UEFA Financial Fair Play Act" that was just implemented last year.

If you want to limit the behavior of those local tyrants waving money wantonly in football, the best way is to formulate rules to limit their investment financially.

The Financial Fair Play Act is such a product.

According to UEFA's regulations, teams participating in UEFA's various competitions must achieve a financial balance, and any team's loss must not exceed 500 million euros.

According to this regulation, Manchester City, a local tycoon team with little background but spending money like water, must have violated the Financial Fair Play Act.

The price for violating the law is salary restrictions, restrictions on transfer investment, and huge fines.

Obviously, these giants hope to limit Manchester City's strength through this method, prevent them from continuing to attract stars with high wages, and even dismantle their current team lineup.

When the news reached Manchester City, everyone in the club felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

"UEFA will soon send someone over to check our financial situation. What is the current financial situation of the club?"

After the club chairman Fahim got the news, he immediately found the person in charge of the club's finances and asked him about the situation.

"Our transfer expenditure this season is 1.2 million euros, salary expenditure is 2.9 million euros, broadcast revenue share is expected to reach 1.17 million euros, jerseys, tickets, sponsorship fees and other income can add up to 1.8 million euros..."

Fahim rubbed his forehead and asked: "In other words, we are still about 1.1 million euros away from UEFA's regulations?"

This number is not a small number. Many teams in the five major leagues can't reach this number in a season.

"It's like this. Lin's commercial value is very high, and there is a great market in the Far East. If we can take back part of Lin's portrait rights, then we can greatly make up for this gap..."

"Don't mention this kind of thing in the future. Lin is a player signed by the big boss himself. The [-]% portrait right is a promise given by the big boss. Don't think about it in the future."

Fahim interrupted the person in charge and said to him with a serious expression.

The club would rather pay a fine than have any trouble with Lin Quan in this matter.

Offending Lin Quan is almost the same as offending the big boss. There is no need for them to make fun of their jobs.

"Yes, Chairman, I understand. In addition to this method, we can also use the rules to make some articles!"

"What rules?"

"UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act can exempt some expenditures on youth training, and we can allocate this part of the expenditure to the parent company, which can not only reduce the club's expenses, but also enjoy UEFA's exemption!"

"On top of that, the law came into force only last year, so UEFA has eased some restrictions.

When the club has been injected and can fully cover the deficit, the team's maximum loss during 2013-2015 can be 4500 million euros! "

Sure enough, professional matters should be handed over to professionals. After listening to the other party's words, he suddenly had a solution to the problem that was a headache at first.

"Well, according to your plans, how much will the club be fined at most?"

The difference of 1 million euros is still too big, and it is still too difficult to make up for it completely, so there is a high probability that Manchester City will not be able to escape being fined.

"We have conducted professional calculations, and the fined amount can be controlled within 6000 million euros!"

Seeing that Fahim was still frowning, the person in charge tentatively said:

"If we can re-sign a sponsorship contract with the parent company, the 6000 million can also be waived!"

Move money from left pocket to right pocket?
This is not impossible, but if the parent company signs a new sponsorship contract at this juncture, the intention is too obvious.

This is completely treating UEFA as a fool!
"I'll go back to the UAE and meet the big boss!"

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi.

After listening to Fahim's report, Mansur nodded slightly and thought about it.

It is not convenient for the Abu Dhabi consortium to appear in person, but they have many business partners.

A certain exchange of interests in business, and then let these partners sign a sponsorship contract with Manchester City, can effectively avoid UEFA's investigation, and will not give people a feeling of left-handed and right-handed.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and called an acquaintance.

After putting down the phone, Mansour nodded to Fahim and said:
"The problem has been solved. After you return, don't let this news affect the team's preparations. I will go to the scene to watch the next game against Real Madrid."

After Fahim returned to Manchester, he soon received a new sponsorship call.

Putting down the phone, Fahim was filled with emotion: the big boss solved his headache with just one phone call.

In terms of the ability to take advantage of loopholes, the people under these consortiums are really not vegetarians!
……

4 on the 23rd, Etihad Stadium.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final is about to start.

Although you are the number one favorite to win the Champions League this season, Real Madrid did not underestimate Manchester City's opponent at all.

They not only chose to postpone the La Liga league, but also arrived in Manchester three days in advance to prepare for the game.

This level of emphasis is even more outrageous than the last Barcelona!

"Real Madrid is coming aggressively!"

On the Etihad stadium, seeing the Real Madrid players warming up on the field, Manchester City fans couldn't help but worry.

In terms of the luxury of the lineup, Real Madrid is definitely one of the best on the planet.

Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Di Maria, Modric, Harvey Alonso, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Casillas and others are all football superstars.

In Real Madrid's lineup, the one with a slightly lower reputation is estimated to be Isco, the European golden boy, but his current worth has reached 4500 million euros!

What is Starlight Glimmering?

Just look at this Real Madrid team on the field!
The combined value of Real Madrid's starting 11 players exceeds 6 million euros, which is definitely the number one in football!

It is said that Manchester City is a local tyrant and spends money like water in the transfer market, but in fact, Real Madrid's transfer investment last season was even more exaggerated than Manchester City!
Real Madrid spent 1 million pounds just to buy Bell. Of course, the book is the combined transfer fee of Bell and other players.

But everyone is not an idiot, and they can see that the other players are additions from Tottenham. Those players are definitely not worth millions. They only exist to help Bale share some of the transfer fee. That's all.

In addition to Bale, the three of Isco, Illarramendi, Calhava and others also spent more than 7000 million euros on Real Madrid.

Calculated, their transfer breakthrough exceeded 1.9 million euros, one-third higher than Manchester City!

However, Real Madrid also sold many people when they bought people. The transfers of Ozil, Higuain, Albiol, Callejon and others brought them about 1.2 million euros in transfer income.

Calculated in this way, Real Madrid's net investment is not very high, only 7000 million euros.

With Real Madrid's strong business development and operation capabilities, it is not difficult to fill the gap in transfer spending.

Therefore, they will not be too restricted by UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act!
This is very different from Manchester City, which means that Real Madrid can continue to strengthen the team after the World Cup this summer!

The strength of the opponent is so strong, which makes Manchester City fans feel uneasy.

Although Manchester City has crossed the barrier of Barcelona, ​​they have no idea whether they can cross the barrier of Real Madrid.

Before the game, in the dressing room, Pellegrini continued to decompress the players.

Playing at home in the first round, this schedule is very unfavorable.

In the first round of the contest, the two teams should test each other's strength.

In this case, the party bearing the pressure of performance is prone to impatience.

And Real Madrid's ability to seize opportunities is particularly strong, too impatient is tantamount to giving Real Madrid a chance.

After Ancelotti joined Real Madrid, he did not completely deny Mourinho's tactics.

Instead, in terms of Mourinho's tactics, he absorbed his advantages and then incorporated his own understanding.

The full participation in the offense and the layered layout in the defense allow Real Madrid to have both speed and impact, but also retain a strong control, and their control over the game has been greatly improved.

This is very different from the Mourinho period!

Mourinho has a huge weakness. His career has not been smooth, and he has never played for a team in the five major leagues, not even in a league like the Portuguese Super League.

Lack of playing experience in the top league, as well as the limitations of his own strength, make Mourinho have serious shortcomings in how to teach players to play compared to coaches such as Guardiola and Ancelotti.

This can be reflected in Mourinho's use of midfielders. Mourinho is not good at the layout of the midfield and the refinement of the offensive line, so his team plays defense most of the time. fight back.

It's not that defensive counterattacks are not good. Mourinho's record in Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid has proved that strong teams are very strong in defensive counterattacks.

However, this tactic often fails after a team enters its third year.

The reason is simple, the players can't stand it.

You let a group of superstars do dirty and tiring work every day, they may be able to accept it at first, but naturally they can't accept it after a long time.

And the official and fans of the rich club can't accept it. Isn't it a waste of money if you let a Ferrari do the work of a tractor?

Fans of giants are very picky. They not only want to see winning, but also win beautifully.

And Mourinho's team can bring victory, but it is difficult to guarantee the viewing.

Once his team fails to bring victory, it is inevitable to be purged.

However, these problems do not exist here at Ancelotti.

Therefore, Real Madrid in the 13-14 season has significantly improved in strength compared to last season.

This kind of improvement is not only brought about by the joining of players of Bell's level, but also after Ancelotti took over the Bernabeu, he taught students in accordance with his aptitude, combined his tactical understanding with Real Madrid's lineup, and trained him!

Pellegrini once coached in La Liga, so his impression of Real Madrid is still in the Mourinho period.

But when he watched the videotape of this season's Real Madrid game, the Chilean broke out in a cold sweat.

This Real Madrid really has the strength to win the Champions League.

Encountering them in advance is undoubtedly the biggest test for Manchester City!

Even at his own home court, Pellegrini is not sure that he can beat this Real Madrid.

But at their home court, Manchester City must attack, because if they can't beat them at their home court, then going to an away game will definitely be bad or bad.

This is the disadvantage of the host before the guest!
In the locker room of the visiting team, Ancelotti is also emphasizing the importance of this game with the players!
"Manchester City can beat Barcelona at home and away, which proves that their strength is very strong. This game is at their home court, we must be cautious. The first half is mainly defensive and counterattack tactics, and the formation is still 4231.

"Bell, you start this game, use your speed to attack Manchester City's wing, and suppress the assists of their full-backs!"

Bell nodded, indicating that he understood.

In the league and Champions League matches, Real Madrid relied on Bell's personal ability to blow up the opponent's wing many times and won the game for Real Madrid.

"C Ronaldo, you are facing Kolarov. His defensive ability is not strong. You have many opportunities in this game. You must seize the opportunity and try to score more goals!

We can accept losing the game away, but we must score away goals. In this way, we can take the initiative when we return to the Bernabeu!
Of course, if you can completely suppress Manchester City and end the suspense of the game in one round, then I will applaud you and be proud of you! "

Ronaldo nodded heavily, indicating that he understands!

After exhorting each player one by one, Ancelotti said:

"We haven't reached the Champions League final for 12 years, I know your hunger for the Champions League trophy!"

"Like you, I am also full of hunger for the Big Ears Cup, but before lifting the trophy, we still have three games and two opponents to beat. Only by defeating them can we stand on the championship podium !"

"Now, let me ask you, do you have the determination to win the championship?"

"Have!"

The players yelled back, even Ronaldo yelled too.

He hasn't touched the Champions League trophy for five years. The feeling of winning is so long that he has almost forgotten it!
"Very well, then go to the arena and prove it to me with your actual actions!"

(End of this chapter)