Chapter 207 The goal of the Champions League - to defend the title

Li Qingshan is the best center in the world?

If it was before this season, everyone would definitely think that this sentence was a joke, but since the beginning of this season, Li Qingshan's report card has made everyone have to at least weigh it in their hearts whether this sentence is true.

After 31 rounds of the league, Li Qingshan scored 42 goals in the league, and the Champions League has been played so far, Atletico Madrid has played a total of six group stage games plus four knockout rounds for a total of 10 games, Li Qingshan has scored a total of 12 goals, plus the six goals scored in the Copa del Rey, Li Qingshan has scored 60 goals this season! The total number of goals scored is currently the first of the five major leagues.

And Li Qingshan's contribution to the team is far more than his goals, Li Qingshan's assists have also risen sharply this season, and he has now sent twelve assists to his teammates in the league.

Even the media in each country have different opinions on this topic.

Although no consensus could be reached in the end, the fact that this topic can be discussed on the table at least shows that Li Qingshan has the qualifications to compete for the title of the best center.

There is no disagreement in the Chinese media, they just blow it up. Atletico Madrid broke into the quarterfinals, Li Qingshan scored consecutive goals in the face of Real Madrid, coupled with Li Qingshan's report card so far this season, which has made the domestic media climax.

In the domestic media reports, Li Qingshan is naturally the world's No. 1 center, and even the media put the world's best name after Mero on Li Qingshan's head.

Although such a blowing posture is indecent, as long as it is related to Li Qingshan, everyone will agree.

As the player with the highest achievements and the highest level of Chinese football, and has just led the national team to win the Asian Cup, Li Qingshan's status in the domestic sports circle has been unshakable.

Although the national football team has not achieved good results in the past, the influence of football in China is still quite huge, so when there is a world-class star in the field of football in China, then this person is of course the best athlete in China.

The Chinese media have reason to tout and praise Li Qingshan, because he really deserves it.

Meanwhile, in Madrid, Simeone and his team have been praised by the media, and not all of Madrid's media are Real Madrid's doglegs.

Unlike the Chinese media, Li Qingshan is no longer the only protagonist. Although his performances have taken him a large chunk of the page, Simeone, Antoine Griezmann and other Atletico Madrid players have finally been able to appear in the media.

And Atletico Madrid, which reached the semi-finals, immediately entered the state of preparation after a night of excitement.

None of the opponents in the semi-finals were good at stubble. In other matches, the results came out in turn.

Bayern Munich beat Porto 6-1 at home to reach the last four, while Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 at home to advance to the last four 5-1 on aggregate. The other team to reach the last four is Serie A giants Juventus, who drew 0-0 at Monaco and qualified with a 1-0 home victory.

In this way, the top four teams are all released, there are no upsets, no dark horses, and at this stage of the semi-finals, every opponent is not easy to mess with.

After all the top four teams are selected, everyone's main concern is, of course, the draw for the semi-finals. According to the draw rules, there will be no avoidance in the semi-finals, which means that any of the other three teams could be opponents of Atletico Madrid.

However, for Atletico Madrid, every opponent is actually the same, they are all strong opponents who need to do their best, so the draw for the semi-finals is not much to look forward to for them, no matter which team is drawn as an opponent, they will go all out.

After all the semi-finals were out, UEFA soon held the draw ceremony for the semi-final matchups.

In the end, Atletico Madrid was drawn to Bayern Munich as an opponent, and Barcelona's opponent was naturally Juventus.

Pep Guardiola's side's dominance in the Bundesliga is unassailable, and they will naturally be looking to make a breakthrough in the Champions League. For Pep Guardiola, as well as Bayern Munich fans, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich team is a team that has just won the treble, and it is not enough to be satisfied with the Bundesliga title.

Li Qingshan is still somewhat familiar with Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich, and in the Club World Cup, Li Qingshan once played against Bayern Munich.

And Guardiola's memories of Li Qingshan are of course more poignant, because Li Qingshan's outburst in the Club World Cup made Guardiola lose a Club World Cup championship trophy that can almost be said to be nine out of ten since he took office, which made his early Bayern Munich coaching experience more difficult.

It's just that Bayern Munich at that time was not a team of Guardiola, and now Bayern Munich has completely become a Guardiola-style team under the transformation of Guardiola, good at ground short passing, overall advancement, and the pursuit of ball control, just because of the difference in players, this Bayern Munich team is not a complete copy of Barcelona's style of play, although there are similarities between the two sides. Therefore, this time Li Qingshan meets his opponent again, I am afraid that there will be some different sparks.

For Atletico Madrid, there is no good or bad draw for Bayern Munich, because the other two teams, Barcelona and Juventus, are equally difficult to play, the difference is that, depending on the opponent, Atletico Madrid needs to carry out targeted pre-match deployment and training before the game.

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Li Qingshan, as the best player in the Champions League of the round, said in an interview with UEFA's official website that the semi-finals are not his last step, and the team will go further in the Champions League.

The reporter asked him, "So where is your destination?" ”

Li Qingshan said: "Of course it's the champion!" ”

Atletico Madrid is going to reach the final and win the Champions League!

"But since the Champions League was restructured, no team has ever been able to defend the Champions League."

"Then we will be the first team to defend the title!"

Li Qingshan replied categorically.

"Bayern Munich is of course a strong team, but our goals will not change!"