Chapter 1236
Chapter 1236
The next night, the UEFA Super Cup will be broadcast live across Europe and around the world.
From last season's Champions League champions to meet last season's UEFA Cup champions.
In a sense, this event can also be regarded as a contest of European kings.
Let's see whether the Champions League champion is stronger or the Europa League champion is stronger.
Logically speaking, everyone will think that the champion of the Champions League must win, there is no suspense.
But that's not the case.
Football is round after all.
Let’s not talk about it earlier, let’s talk about the European Super Cup that has been held at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco since 1998, because this is a game that determines the outcome, and the previous European Super Cups were all home and away rounds.
From 1998 to 2010, among the thirteen European Super Cups, the UEFA Cup champions won eight times.
Four of those were consecutive wins.
From 1998 to 2001, in the four European Super Cups, the final winners were the UEFA Cup champions, or the European Cup Winners' Cup champions.
The 1998 European Cup Winners' Cup champion Chelsea defeated the then Champions League champion Real Madrid 1-0 in the UEFA Super Cup. The only goal for Chelsea was the legendary Uruguayan star Poyet.
The following year, Triple Crown winners United lost the UEFA Super Cup to then-Cup Winners Lazio, with Chilean striker Salas scoring the only goal of the game.
In the third year of 2000, the European Cup Winners' Cup was cancelled, and the European Super Cup became a contest between the champions of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.That year, the UEFA Cup champion Galatasaray defeated Real Madrid, who had won the Champions League eight times, 2:1.
In 2001, the first UEFA Super Cup in the new century, Liverpool, which won five crowns, faced the Champions League champion Bayern Munich.In the end, Liverpool defeated Bayern Munich 3:2.
Since the European Super Cup was fixed in Monaco, in the first four years, the champion of the UEFA Champions League did not win even once, which is indeed quite unexpected.
This may also have something to do with the fact that the Champions League champions at the time did not attach much importance to the European Super Cup.
It was not until 2002 that the "Galacticos" Real Madrid, which won the Champions League for the ninth time, ended this embarrassing record in the UEFA Super Cup. They defeated the UEFA Cup champion Feyenoord 3:1 in the UEFA Super Cup.
The 2003 UEFA Champions League champion AC Milan defeated Mourinho's UEFA Cup champion Porto 1-0 in the Super Cup.
The Champions League champions have won two consecutive victories.
But in 2004, Porto participated in the European Super Cup as the Champions League champion, but lost to the UEFA Cup champion Valencia. It is worth mentioning that the head coach of Valencia at the time was Benitez, but the head coach of Porto was no longer Mourinho. Mourinho went to Chelsea.
In the 2005 European Super Cup, Champions League champion AC Milan defeated UEFA Cup champion CSKA Moscow 3:1.Kaka, who was so popular at the time, scored twice in the UEFA Super Cup, and Kaka also won the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or that year.In fact, if it weren't for Kaka's outstanding performance in the Champions League final, I'm afraid that the team participating in the UEFA Super Cup would be Liverpool instead of AC Milan.
In 2006, Barcelona, which defeated Arsenal to win the UEFA Champions League at the Parc des Princes in Paris, was called the "Dream Second Team", but they lost 0:3 to the UEFA Cup champion Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup, a complete defeat!
A sad thing happened before the 2007 UEFA Super Cup. The UEFA Cup champion Sevilla’s captain Puerta suffered a heart attack during the game. He was sent to the hospital and died after being rescued.This is also the first time that Rongguang has participated in the UEFA Super Cup. He is not happy about defeating Sevilla to win the UEFA Super Cup, because the opponent has no interest in fighting at all, and it is meaningless to beat such a team.
In 2008, the Champions League champion Manchester United lost 1:2 to the UEFA Cup champion Zenit St. Petersburg in the Super Cup.
2009 was a relatively critical year. This time, Barcelona beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in the UEFA Super Cup and won the UEFA Super Cup.At the same time, they also won the Spanish Super Cup and the year-end Club World Cup.In the end, a legend of "six crowns" was achieved.It is precisely because of Barcelona's six crowns that the Champions League champions seem to have begun to pay attention to the European Super Cup.Especially for those teams that ended last season with a treble.
However, the 2010 Triple Crown Inter Milan lost 0:2 to Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup. The then Inter Milan coach Leonardo was under tremendous pressure and was scolded by Inter Milan fans all day long.Because he made Inter Milan lose the second team after Barcelona to become a six-time champion...
This is also the last European Super Cup before this year. Judging from the thirteen cups, the Champions League champions have only won five times. If you analyze the historical confrontation record, the Champions League champions are obviously at a disadvantage.
But this does not mean that Porto, the UEFA Cup champion this time, will be able to beat the Champions League champion.
Because there is no logical and necessary connection between each game and the previous game, not to mention that there is still a year between the two games.
Besides, Manchester City has three unpredictable guys, Rong Guang, Ibrahimovic and Kaka. Rong Guang and Ibrahimovic have always been incomprehensible, and recently there is an extra Kaka.Since Kaka went to Manchester City, he has also become difficult to understand.
These three are competing on the court, and no one knows what they will do.So it is impossible to analyze and predict at all.
But one thing is certain.
That is, it is really difficult for Manchester City, which has these three people at the same time, to lose to Porto...
Not to mention other people, just a glory, makes Porto very difficult to deal with.
And if you really want to go back to history, history is also more beneficial to Manchester City.
Because of the 2004 European Super Cup, Manchester City's coach Benitez has already played against Porto once.The situation at that time was almost exactly the same as it is now. It was a young coach with a young personality who left the team for Chelsea after leading Porto to the European championship.
It's just that the team coached by Benitez has changed from Valencia to Manchester City.
But today's Manchester City is much stronger than Valencia back then.
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In fact, this is also the case. In the European Super Cup at night, Rongguang opened the scoring for the team at No. 209 minutes, helping the team get a one-goal lead.
Then in the No. 309 minute, Ibrahimovic expanded the score to 2:0.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 608th minute, Kaka scored the third goal with a long shot, 3:0!
Then Kaka was replaced in No. 70 minutes, and the fans stood up and applauded him.
From Real Madrid to Manchester City, Kaka's performance and transformation are seen by everyone. It is really hard to believe that this is the Kaka who can't run in Real Madrid...
At this time, the commentators on Eurovision ridiculed Real Madrid one after another.
"I really don't know what expressions Florentino and Mourinho will have on their faces after seeing Kaka like this..."
"Kaka's performance in Manchester City is completely different from that in Real Madrid. What I am most interested in now is whether Real Madrid regrets letting Kaka go?"
"Real Madrid let Sneijder go before, but Sneijder performed well in Manchester City and helped the team eliminate Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage. I think from that time, Florentino should be very clear. He must not send his players to Manchester City. The result? Now with Kaka, this law has come into effect again..."
It is a pity that Florentino and Mourinho will not appear on the scene in this game. After yesterday's Champions League draw ceremony, Mourinho returned to Madrid, and Florentino did not come at all.
Therefore, even if the TV broadcast wanted to cut to the stands to give Florentino and Mourinho a few close-up shots, it would be impossible.
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Facing Manchester City's tsunami-like attack, Ferreira's Porto has no good solution.
They had no ability to stop Manchester City at all. No. 808 minutes, Manchester City scored another goal. This time the goal was scored by Gareth Barry who came on as a substitute for Kaka.
And Porto failed to score a single goal until the end of the game.
They didn't even manage to save face.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Porto 4-0 cleanly in the UEFA Super Cup and won the first UEFA Super Cup in their club history.
After winning the championship, Manchester City's players were as happy as if they had won the Champions League again.They became true European kings of kings.
"European Super Cup winner - Manchester City!" The commentator shouted. "Manchester City's recent limelight is unparalleled in the world! In the league, they just tied AC Milan's unbeaten record of 58 league games. At the Champions League awards ceremony, they won almost all the best awards. Now in the UEFA Super Cup, Manchester City defeated Porto with a score of 4:0. Although Porto replaced Villas-Boas, the difference in strength between the two sides is not so big, right?"
"Looking at it now, I'm beginning to believe Rong's previous promise about defending the Champions League... In this state of play, Manchester City really has a great chance of successfully defending the title! Of course, I am also worried. If the state is so early, will the stamina be weak in the later stage? I think this is a question that Benitez needs to consider, but now and tonight, let all Manchester City fans cheer and celebrate!"
(End of this chapter)