Chapter 913: It's All Against the Sky!

When fans all over the world are still immersed in Messi's going to Manchester City? While Paris Saint-Germain is in the midst of a big discussion, the Champions League continues to be carried out in an orderly manner.

After the quarterfinals, the focus of fans was attracted by Messi's transfer, but no one noticed that Monaco from Ligue 1, after losing 0-1 in the first leg, sat at the Louis II Stadium in the second leg and equalized 1-0 with Fekir's stunning goal.

After that, in extra time, both sides failed to score, keeping the aggregate score 1-1 until the end and going to a penalty shootout.

In the end, Keylor Navas came out on the penalty shoot-out, saving three penalties in one go and sending Monaco to the semi-finals of the Champions League with both hands.

This battle made Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas famous and became famous overnight.

On the other side, Madrid staged a derby.

Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 at home to Real Madrid, but at the Santiago Bernabeu, Simeone's side faced Real Madrid in a desperate duel, with both sides playing in full swing and neither side could find the back of the net.

In the 80th minute of the second half, Isco, a midfielder of the Sheets Army, made an uncool foul in a defense, accumulated two yellow cards, and was sent off the field by the referee.

This made everyone in Atletico Madrid unhappy and shocked.

But with one less player to fight, Simeone replaced the youngster Bieto.

At the critical moment, it was a subtle assist from midfielder Alex Teixeira that helped the youngster Bieto get a chance to counterattack at a critical moment, and the Argentine youngster calmly seized this opportunity and scored the winning goal of the game.

After that, Real Madrid fought back frantically, and Atletico Madrid defended all the lines, and finally kept the score of 1-0 to the end.

Simeone's side eventually eliminated Real Madrid 1-0 on aggregate at the Bernabeu Stadium thanks to Bieto's goal and reached the last four of the Champions League once again.

With Real Madrid eliminated from the Champions League and the Copa del Rey successively, and the La Liga title race gradually falling behind Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti is also getting louder and louder.

There have even been media reports that Florentino has informed the board in advance that Carlo Ancelotti will be stepping down at the end of the season.

As for who will be the new captain of the Galaxy Battleship, it is not clear for the time being.

Monaco, Southampton and Atletico Madrid reached the semifinals one after another, which made Yang Huan so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and even wondered if Benfica defeated Bayern Munich 3-1 at home in the first leg, would he also be able to reach the semifinals?

If the four teams in the Champions League semi-finals were all from their own families, it would be really cool.

But Guardiola did not give face to the future new owner this time.

In the first leg, Bayern Munich responded to a mistake and suffered a 3-1 defeat to Benfica.

This battle greatly created the names of the two Benfica wingers, Gaitan and Salvio, and also made Manchester United CEO Sandezi, who watched the game, call Young Master Huan for the first time after the game, thanked him happily, and repeatedly emphasized that these two players have been sold to Manchester United.

Look at his unproductive appearance, as if he was afraid that Young Master Huan would regret it, as for it?

But in the second leg, at the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich adjusted their tactics and staged a one-sided slaughter, beating Benfica 4-1 at home and knocking out the Portuguese Super League team without danger.

This also made Yang Huan feel a little depressed, three are missing one!

However, in the Champions League semifinals, three of the four teams are their own people, and Yang Huan is already quite satisfied.

According to the rules, in the semi-final schedule, Southampton will face Monaco, and Bayern Munich will face Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

The four teams are from the Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and La Liga, which has also made European fans generally excited.

Only the fans of Italy and Serie A were disappointed, because they also had a chance.

With the release of the Champions League semi-final teams, major bookmakers have also refreshed their odds.

Judging by the market reaction, Southampton has the best odds.

The reigning Champions League champions have been strong this season.

Bielsa's team is not only superstar-studded, but also has an impressive attacking power, and has been unbeatable in the Premier League, establishing the Premier League title early on, achieving three consecutive titles.

You must know that since the establishment of the Premier League, only Manchester United under Alex Ferguson has achieved two triple titles, namely 98 to 01, and 06 to 09.

Interestingly, when Manchester United won three consecutive Premier League titles, it was also accompanied by two Champions Leagues in the 99 and 08 seasons.

Southampton are only the second team to win three consecutive titles since the start of the Premier League, and more importantly, they have also won a Champions League, making the Saints the third Premier League team to win the Champions League since the Premier League's inception, after Manchester United and Liverpool.

Even, with such strong attacking firepower of the Saints this season, it is likely to become the first team to successfully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured, which will undoubtedly greatly boost the influence of the Saints in European football.

However, in the semi-finals, the Saints faced Monaco from Ligue 1.

If Southampton have been the sharpest attacking team in Europe this season, then Ronald Koeman's Monaco have been the most defensively solid in Europe.

With the sharpest spear and the strongest shield, this duel is destined to attract the attention of fans all over the world.

What's more, compared to the star-studded Southampton, Monaco's star configuration is relatively slinging.

But in any case, if Coman can lead Monaco to upset the Saints again, it will undoubtedly take the Ligue 1 side one step further.

As for the other matchup, last season's Champions League runners-up, Atletico Madrid made a comeback this season and reached the semi-finals, which means that they will regain the field that they lost last season.

It's just that in the face of the Bundesliga team leader Bayern Munich, Simeone's team may not be able to take advantage of much.

Therefore, among the odds offered by bookmaker William Hill to win the Champions League, Southampton has the highest odds, followed by Bayern Munich, and Atletico Madrid and Monaco are third and fourth.

In the other popular bet on William Hill, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are far ahead of the odds on the team Messi is most likely to join, followed by Manchester United, followed by Bayern Munich, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid and Chelsea.

Because some Spanish media broke the news that Abramovich wanted to buy Messi, but Messi refused on the grounds that he did not want to join the relegation team, which suddenly made Blues fans around the world very sad.

But no one cares about the mood of the Blues fans because time is still going on.

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With Monaco's further improvement this season, especially in the Champions League, the attendance of the Louis II Stadium has been greatly stimulated, especially in the Champions League, when the stadium is full.

Yang Huan appeared in the stands of the Louis II Stadium in the first leg of Southampton's away Champions League semi-final against Monaco.

Yang Huan was accompanied by Peter Kenyon and others, and sat with Prince Albert and Princess Albert of Monaco, as well as a number of political and business celebrities of Monaco, while the CEO of the Club of Monaco, Bolingbrook, and the technical director Jean-Luc Bissing, accompanied him.

The atmosphere in the whole chairman's stand was very good, because to reach the semi-finals, Monaco has already exceeded the task, and it is difficult for the fans to ask for more from this team.

"Young Master Huan, I never thought that Monaco would be able to improve so quickly and play so well!"

The bald Prince Albert smiled, couldn't close his mouth, and praised Yang Huan when he saw him.

"Hehe, these are all managed by Michael and Jean, and thanks to the dedication of the manager and players, plus the help of His Royal Highness the Prince and everyone present, Monaco can have today's results."

Yang Huan smiled modestly.

Sometimes, with a moderate amount of modesty, it's quite flattering.

Especially for people of Yang Huan's level, who wouldn't like the sycophants he filmed?

"Hehe, Young Master Huan, in the final analysis, you are still a good leader!" Prince Albert nodded with joy on his face.

"In the last four of the Champions League, your team accounts for three, and you say, if you don't succeed, who will?"

The rest of the crowd nodded their heads as well.

If you want to talk about today's European football, when it comes to Young Master Huan, it can be said that it is like thunder.

If someone says that they don't know Young Master Huan, then I'm afraid that this person will be laughed to death by others.

Yang Huan smiled and didn't say anything more.

This modesty should be done in moderation, otherwise it will become hypocrisy, and it will be annoying.

"Young Master Huan, you say, does Monaco have a chance in tonight's game?" Prince Albert asked with concern.

Yang Huan suddenly smiled bitterly, "I said, Your Royal Highness, the back of this hand is meat, and the palm of the hand is also meat, how do you let me answer?" ”

Prince Albert laughed.

"Frankly, in terms of strength, Monaco has very few chances."

"Huh?" Prince Albert frowned.

"It's all in the semi-finals, and there's no chance yet?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan understood what Prince Albert meant, and smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about anything boring, I can tell you very clearly and straightforwardly, there is no such thing as being boring, who wins and who loses, for me, there is no difference." ”

What difference can it make?

If Southampton wins, it will naturally bring in a lot of income, but if Monaco wins, isn't it the same?

Even, if Monaco wins, several players in the team will be able to sell for a higher price.

"The strength of this group of players in Monaco is very good, but it has not yet reached the time of maturity, relying on a breath of air, playing until now, almost, it was enough to choke when he played Dortmund, but Koeman is really powerful, experienced in Europe, and he turned the situation around."

Isn't it?

They lost a goal away from home in the first leg and did not perform very well in the second leg, but in the end, it was Fekir's stunner and Navas's magical performance in the penalty shootout that they could barely qualify.

If there is another game, Monaco is estimated to not be able to qualify.

"Relatively speaking, Southampton is more strong overall, although there are problems in defense, but the attack is quite good, and Monaco has basically no chance of winning against such an opponent."

Prince Albert and the others all nodded, Yang Huan's analysis was reasonable.

At the end of the day, Monaco is a bit of luck that it has come so far.

When it comes to hard power, they are not enough.

"Is there really no chance?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan smiled, "Unless Coman and the players are against the sky!" ”

The princess snorted and laughed.

The rest of the crowd laughed too.

But Young Master Huan is indeed right.

In the case of the overall backwardness of hard power, if Monaco wants to win, it can really only rely on the sky.

Because, in the face of absolute strength advantage, no matter how good luck is, it can't change the final result.

Unless, Monaco is incarnated as a dragon!