Chapter 980 The Real Group of Death
Chapter 980 The Real Group of Death
After the referee blew the whistle, the Bayern Munich players collapsed to the ground.
It's over, their Champions League season is over!
The silence was also broken by the Bayern Munich fans in the stands, with sporadic boos.
The boos were given to the team by the disappointed Bayern Munich fans.
This team, which had been placed with high hopes in the summer, did not expect that it would not even be able to make it out of the Champions League group stage!
Of course, in terms of disappointment, Bayern Munich fans are definitely not as good as Real Madrid fans.
After all, Bayern Munich had the experience of being out of the Champions League group stage before, and just a few years ago, when the glory was still at Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich was robbed of the championship by Werder Bremen in the domestic league, and they were eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League. That is simply the darkest period of Bayern Munich in recent years.
Now, they relive this feeling of being as dark as the sky again...
Bayern Munich fans may still have memories of such a failure, but Bayern Munich players basically have no such experience.
When Bayern Munich couldn't get out of the group stage before, these players basically didn't play for Bayern Munich's first team.
Today they are the most difficult to accept this kind of blow.
Franck Ribery stood still, with his head down, panting heavily.
He ran non-stop for 94 minutes, not to get such a result.
But what else could he do now?
As the core of the team, he failed to lead the team to the top [-]. He thought it was his personal failure.
At this moment, a person appeared in front of him.
Franck Ribery, with his head down, first saw a pair of shoes, then white socks, and then looked up to white shorts with Manchester City's team logo and jersey number "10".
It is glory.
"Exchange jerseys, Frank." Rong Guang said to him.
Ribery looked up and saw the glory standing in front of him.
He nodded, then took off his Bayern Munich jersey and handed it to Rong Guang.
At the same time, Rong Guang also took off his jersey.
The two exchanged jerseys.
Rong Guang wanted to comfort Ribery, but Ribery said first: "We'll go to dinner later, call me after you change your clothes."
After speaking, he turned and walked away.
Rong Guang held Ribery's jersey and watched him leave.
Then he turned to look at the other Bayern Munich players, who were either sitting or standing or lying on the ground.
Van Gaal is comforting his players one by one, including Schweinsteiger and Lahm.
This game hit them hard.
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After the game, Van Gaal was besieged by the German media.But Van Gaal showed his toughness.
He doesn't think the team's elimination from the Champions League group stage is the end of the world.
"...failure is also a part of football. I think a mature team must first treat failure correctly. We will learn from this failure and avoid similar things from happening in the future...but I will not resign."
When faced with a reporter who thought he should be responsible for this after class, he said so.
After the game, the entire European media was discussing the match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich, and discussing the final result of this group.
"...After the results of the group draw came out, everyone was saying that the two qualifying teams in this group must be Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. It's just a question of who will be the first and who will be the second... At that time, who would have thought that the final result would be like this? The two teams that were completely unfavorable won the right to qualify for the group, while the two teams that were considered to be 'default' were eliminated! Among them, Real Madrid was the worst.
"Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were eliminated. Now let's recall how Rong commented on this group at the beginning? He said that this group is the group of death. At that time, many people laughed at Rong for not knowing the correct meaning of the 'group of death'. Now, I think everyone should know that Rong was right. This group is really the 'group of death'! Teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can be eliminated, and which group can be more dead than group A?"
"Real Madrid fought for honor in the last round of the group stage, while Bayern Munich fought for survival in the last round. But Real Madrid did not say honor, and Bayern Munich also died in the group stage. This is really a grand finale full of irony. This season's Champions League final will be held at the Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid originally planned to win the tenth Champions League trophy at their home stadium. Unexpectedly, their dreams were shattered in the group stage..."
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That night, Rong Guang and his former Bayern Munich teammates had a simple meal before leaving Munich and flying back to Manchester.
Because they lost the game, everyone's interest was not very high, and they didn't even chat much.
Rong Guang left Munich in a hurry, hoping that his friends could cheer up as soon as possible.
But that's for next season too.
Bayern Munich this season can only devote all their energy to the league and strive to regain their Bundesliga title.
And Manchester City have to look forward to what opponents they will encounter in the knockout stage of the Champions League...
A day later, all the Champions League group matches were over, and the final sixteen teams were determined.
A day later, UEFA held a knockout draw at its headquarters.
Manchester City, the first in Group A, finally drew to Lyon, the second in Group E.
It's not a good sign, but it's definitely not a bad sign either.
Lyon's strength in these sixteen teams is not considered weak, but it is not the strongest either.
But having said that, isn't taking the first place in the group just to avoid those powerful other first place groups?
If Manchester City can beat Lyon, then they can go one step further.
At that time, whoever you meet will draw a lottery again.
But that's not what City are thinking about right now.
The absence of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the round of [-] is still the focus of discussion in the European media.
But that's not what Manchester City cares about now either.
The Champions League group stage is over, and the Premier League will usher in the most intensive Christmas schedule.
Although Manchester City is four points ahead of Chelsea, they still dare not take it lightly.
In the following weekend's league game, Manchester City was forced to a 3:3 tie by Bolton away.
But fortunately, at the same time, Chelsea also drew 3:3 with Everton at home.
Manchester United were defeated by Aston Villa 1-0 at home. They fell from third position and were overtaken by Arsenal.
Arsenal can only play in the Europa League this season. The competition in the Europa League is far less intense than the Champions League, so they can devote more energy to the league, so that they can rank higher in the league, and then return to the Champions League next season...
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When Rong Guang had almost forgotten about Kieren Reiswell, he appeared in front of him again.
After a day of training, Rong Guang saw Kieron Reiswell, who had disappeared for a long time, on the sidelines of the training ground.
Kieren Reiswell was very excited to see his idol, and what made him even more excited was that Rong Guang still remembered and called out his name accurately after seeing him.
"Kieren!"
Kieren Reiswell came up to him and said with some excitement, "I've almost made a decision, Ron!"
"About that matter?" Rong Guang asked.
Kieren Reiswell nodded: "Yes. I have already figured it out, I still have to work hard to make myself a professional player! I have worked so hard to study for so many years, if I give up now, then all my previous efforts will be in vain?"
Rong Guang squinted his eyes and looked at him: "Are you just talking this time, or are you really planning to do it?"
"Of course I really intend to do it!" Kieren Reiswell said, "I have been doing physical training during this time to make myself stronger. Don't you find that I am stronger than before?"
Hearing this, Rong Guang took a step back and looked Kieren Reiswell up and down.
Then I compared it with the Kieren Reiswell I saw a few months ago, and found that the kid in front of me was really stronger than before.
Although it is not obvious, it at least shows that he has really worked hard in the past period of time.
Here is a proof.
Rong Guang nodded: "Do you have any specific plans?"
Kieren Reiswell began to talk about his plan excitedly: "There will be a retreat in June next year, and I plan to participate in that retreat. Before that, I will train hard and improve myself. At that time, I will try to attract the attention of a professional club..."
"Retirement? What is that?" Rong Guang didn't know anything about it.
So Kieren Reiswell explained to Rongguang: "Exit_trial is a kind of trial training activity organized by 'League Football Education' for young players whose contracts have been terminated by the club. Everyone forms a temporary team together and then plays a match. There will be many scouts from various teams to observe. If the performance is good and lucky, a player like me can regain the contract where the ball is lost, and will not be in a situation where there is no ball to play like now... Generally speaking, this is our chance to save our careers, and it is usually the last. once..."
"It's just a trial training, right?" Rong Guang understood.
Kieren Reiswell nodded: "Yes. A trial training, trying to win the favor of other teams."
Rong Guang understands, but he has a new question: "Then how do you train to maintain your condition before retiring from training?"
Kieren Reiswell also thought about it: "I can train in my yard and then go to the Sunday league with my dad on Sunday."
"Training by myself..." Rong Guang pondered, and then a thought came out of his mind.
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PS, let me tell you something, the Creation Forum is holding a voting event, and Shanghai Telecom is holding an event to vote for the favorite author. Please help to vote, don’t want to be the first, but the number of votes is too small to be ugly...
In addition, the computer was broken, and I took it for repair yesterday, but because the parts were out of stock, it took a few working days to wait for the goods to arrive, so when my computer is repaired, I will restore two updates...
I'm really sorry...
(End of this chapter)