After the first leg against Villarreal, the German media believed that Bayern Munich had already qualified for the last four.

This result is already the best result in the Champions League since Magath took charge of Bayern Munich, and it is also the best result of Bayern Munich in the Champions League in recent seasons.

Sure enough, after the glory, it is different......

The German press already has such an opinion.

Bayern Munich was able to advance to the semi-finals this time, and the glory is really great.

The German media are already looking forward to the semi-final.

Bayern Munich's opponent in the semi-finals is likely to be English side Arsenal.

Arsenal defeated Juventus 2-0 at home in the quarter-finals of the first leg, although Juventus will be at home in the next leg, but with the current state and strength of this Arsenal team, it is really difficult for Juventus to turn the tables.

Arsenal is actually a bit similar to Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich have glory, Arsenal have Thierry Henry.

No one would have believed that Villarreal would be able to turn the tables at home.

They're three goals behind!

However, just before the second leg against Bayern Munich, Villarreal's local media suddenly began to take a look back at the classic reversal battles in the history of the Champions League.

They refer to the Champions League in the 2003-2004 season, also in the quarter-finals, where Deportivo La Coruna met AC Milan.

In the first leg, at the home of AC Milan, Kaka helped AC Milan beat Deportivo La Coruna 4-1.

At the time, everyone thought that defending champions AC Milan would definitely advance to the semi-finals, and Deportivo La Coruna had absolutely no chance of turning the tables around.

But just after Deportivo La Coruna returned to their home stadium, they played a surprising scoreline.

4：0！

Tightly in the first half, "Super Laco" already led AC Milan by three goals.

The defending champions were completely dumbfounded. The players were cursed and didn't know how to handle the game.

Later, Deportivo La Coruna eliminated AC Milan with an aggregate score of 5:4 to advance to the semi-finals.

What does Villarreal's media want to revisit the past?

Obviously, what they also hoped that the "Super Lako" would do back then, the "Yellow Submarine" would do too!

Villarreal is also running a campaign on their official website, hoping that the fans will fill the Love Song Stadium and create a terrifying home atmosphere to help the team beat Bayern Munich.

When Villarreal fans were interviewed by reporters, they also looked confident, and they really didn't have any signs of decay to be eliminated......

"We're going to fight back hard at home! We have to let the Germans know that Villarreal is not easy to mess with! ”

"In World War II, the Germans invented the submarine 'wolf pack tactic'. Now it's our 'yellow submarines' to follow their example! ”

And it's not just the media who have confidence, it's not just the fans who have confidence.

Villarreal's players also seem to be quite confident.

Needless to say, their attitude in training is needless to say, and when they are interviewed by reporters, they also seem to be very confident.

"Bayern Munich are very strong, but this is on our home turf. We have no way back, and we can often burst out with more powerful energy......" said the team's top scorer Diego Forlan in an interview with reporters.

Even Riquelme, who has always been a quiet man, expressed confidence: "It's hard to come back from three goals behind, but it's not so difficult that it's impossible. ”

Manuel Pellegrini, the team's manager, said: "When we first played in the Champions League this season, no one believed we could get out of the group. However, we were able to qualify as group winners. In the Champions League, we are already miracles, so why don't we continue to create miracles? ”

From top to bottom, you don't see a hint of pessimism in the Villarreal team, and if you're only starting to follow this team now, you'll think that Villarreal got a good result in the first meeting with Bayern Munich, which gave them the confidence to knock out Bayern Munich in the second leg.

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"It's strange, what makes the Spaniards so confident?" The team's assistant coach, Genk, also felt strange when he got the information back from Spain.

"I don't know what to do. But that's none of our business. The team's head coach, Magath, shook his head. We just have to play according to our own kicks, and we don't have to pay attention to each other. ”

The 3:0 in the first leg gave Bayern Munich such confidence.

"So that's it for the starting lineup for this game, you see." Henk handed the paper to Magat.

Magath took Genk's starting line-up and glanced at it, which was Bayern Munich's starting line-up for the trip to Villarreal.

This is based on the performance of the players in training in recent days.

It is not said who must be the main force.

Kahn is a goalkeeper who starts every game, not because he is Oliver Kahn who has such an opportunity, but because as a main goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn will maintain his own form, so his form has always been stable and his training attitude is also very positive.

Even if it is Rongrong, in addition to rotation, the first factor that determines whether he can start or not is his form and performance in training.

Magath quickly finished the list.

He nodded, "Very well, it's time for the ones on top." Depart for Spain in the afternoon. ”

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As an assistant coach of Bayern Munich, Michael Genk does not understand why Villarreal is so confident, which is normal because Bayern Munich's starting lineup was drawn up by him.

However, Villarreal did not know what kind of starting lineup Bayern Munich would put in this game......

Manuel Pellegrini believes Bayern Munich, after beating Villarreal in the first leg, should rotate their squad for the second leg, and the players will be slack.

Then that's Villarreal's chance.

As long as you grasp it well, you may not be able to create an incredible and epic comeback at home like Deportivo La Coruna!

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When Bayern Munich arrived in Villarreal that afternoon, the whole team went to the Love Song Stadium in the evening to practice acclimatization.

Magath went to the pre-match press conference.

This kind of pre-match press conference, if nothing else, will announce the starting lists of both sides.

Of course, it is not excluded that one side wants to maintain the aesthetic sense and catch the other party off guard, without announcing the starting list, until two hours before the start of the game, everyone knows exactly who will start.

However, Magath clearly has no intention of playing those tricks on the road.

At the pre-match press conference, he simply announced the starting list for this game.

At the same time, this is what the media is most concerned about.

Will Bayern Munich really rotate after the big first leg win and hide all the key players?

After answering a few questions, Magath threw out the starting line-up: "Now I'm going to announce the starting line-up for tomorrow's game......"

Everyone held their breath, and the scene fell silent as they listened to Magath starting from the goalkeeper and reading out the starting lineup for Bayern Munich's game one by one.

Especially those Spanish journalists, they are well aware that Bayern Munich's starting line-up in this game may be directly related to the outcome of this game.

"Oliver Kahn. Lucio, Ismail, Lizarazu, Sagnol......"

But as Magath reported the names one by one, the expressions on everyone's faces changed.

Because judging by these names...... Bayern Munich doesn't seem to plan to rotate, these people are the main players!

It's the strongest squad for Bayern Munich!

At this time, the Spanish journalists were still under illusions. I thought that even so, as long as one person does not play, then Villarreal still has a chance.

That person is ......

"Rong."

Thinking of this, Magath pronounced his name.

When a group of Spanish journalists heard the name, their sitting posture changed, and they seemed to have lost their strength. Originally, they all straightened up, but after hearing the name, they all involuntarily leaned back and did not stop until they leaned back in the chair.

Why does it behave like this?

Because they know very well that Villarreal is going to attack in this game, and they must attack in order to score, and it is impossible to play any defensive counterattacks like in the first leg.

Then when you press the attack, there will inevitably be a big gap behind you.

If Bayern Munich does not have glory, although these vacancies may be used by Bayern Munich, the utilization efficiency will not be too high, and Villarreal people are still a little lucky.

But now after the glory, many people's luck psychology is suddenly gone.

Because Rongguang's ability to seize opportunities is too strong.

And after Villarreal pressed on the attack, the space behind them was almost like it was tailor-made for glory......

So what else is there to talk about creating a miracle reversal?

I'm afraid that before they can score, the goal will be pierced by glory!

As soon as they thought of such a highly probable scenario, these Spanish reporters had no expectation for the next match.

A game with a predestined result...... What's the value of attention?

Yes, Deportivo La Coruna once reversed AC Milan at home.

But Bayern Munich is not AC Milan.

And today's glory is also more mature and threatening than the original Kaka.

So with him, Bayern Munich is unlikely to be reversed by Villarreal.

This game, from the moment Magath decided to put glory in the starting lineup, the suspense was lost......