"benevolence", the champions league upsets come one after another
2024-10-05
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the champions league is not just about the weak and the strong. the second match day of the second round of the champions league on october 3, beijing time, was a series of upsets, which can be described as "benevolence". bayern munich, which beat its opponents 9-2 in the first round, lost, losing 0-1 away to villa; defending champion real madrid lost 0-1 away to lille, and atletico madrid lost 0-4 away to benfica. very surprising.
frustrated real madrid
facing lille, who are currently fifth in ligue 1 this season, real madrid suffered their first defeat of the season and their 14-game unbeaten run in the champions league was ended. mbappe, who returned from injury, came on as a substitute. not only did he not score, he was also prevented from shooting, and his dribbling and passing were also intercepted many times. mbappe scored in each of the five games he participated in in september. he missed the madrid derby in la liga due to injury. the start of october was not ideal.
lille coach genesio once coached the chinese super league team beijing guoan. this campaign also made history, becoming the third player to face three world-class coaches in the european war: ancelotti, guardiola and mourinho. the first two coaches who have achieved victory are klopp and simeone. genesio led lyon to a 2-1 away victory over manchester city in the 2018 champions league. lyon is still the latest team to defeat manchester city in an away game in the champions league. in this season's champions league qualifying round, genesio led lille to defeat fenerbahce, coached by mourinho.
in the injury time of the first half, lille forward gegrova took a free kick and hit the arm of real madrid midfielder camavinga. the video assistant referee (var) intervened, and referee mariani personally watched the video replay and awarded a penalty kick. canadian forward david made the penalty kick. lille goalkeeper chevalier had a divine help in this campaign, and he defused the threatening shots of real madrid stars many times. the defending champion was never able to equalize the score, and coach ancelotti had nothing to do.
in a french ligue 1 match in august 2022, paris saint-germain beat lille 7-1 away from home. mbappe scored a hat trick. messi assisted him once and neymar assisted him twice. this time david, who scored the upset goal in the champions league, and gerglova, who was named the best player of the match, both participated in lille's disastrous defeat. when he once again challenged his old rival lille away from home, mbappe was prevented from shooting. paris' "big three" messi, mbappe, and neymar are not a good offensive combination. they have done nothing in the champions league. real madrid's "big three" mbappe, vinicius, and bellingham are far from ready. molding is also still a long way off.
frustrated bayern
bayern munich's new coach vincent kompany has been going smoothly in most games this season. this campaign once again challenged premier league rival villa, but suffered a defeat. kompany coached the underdog burnley in the premier league last season and lost two games against villa. burnley was eventually relegated to the bottom two.
not long ago, when kompany led bayern to a 5-0 victory over the traditional strong team werder bremen in the bundesliga away game and prevented the opponent from taking zero shots, the young coach once lamented: "my situation last season was that our the opponents are all teams with stronger players and richer clubs. the situation is different this season. the reason why the opponent’s zero shot in this game is possible is because the whole team runs actively.”
in this campaign, he challenged his old rival villa away from home. kompany changed from coaching a relegated premier league team to coaching a european giant club, but was taught a lesson by villa coach emery, who is experienced in european games. coupled with the help of argentina goalkeeper martinez, bayern suffered its first defeat of the season.
martinez is nicknamed "big martin" by fans, and he has the temperament to get stronger when he encounters strong competition. only 6 minutes into the game, martin gave bayern a powerful blow, stretching out his legs to block kane's header near the penalty area line. villa has martin who is insurmountable for opponents, and emery can command on the spot with ease. in the 79th minute, villa center back pau torres sent a long pass. colombian forward duran, who came on as a substitute, shot the ball over the head of bayern goalkeeper neuer and into the goal. villa took the lead. near the end of the game, martin saved the inevitable shots of gnabry and kane.
martin made 7 saves in this game to ensure that villa kept a clean sheet against bayern. the flamboyant argentina national goalkeeper knelt down and clenched his fists to celebrate after the game. some fans joked: "kompany still can't play in the premier league." bayern's chief striker kane said after the game: "we had the advantage for a long time and got opportunities, but the opponent's goalkeeper performed very well. sometimes you will on a night like this, the most important thing from our perspective is not to panic."
yangzi evening news ziniu news reporter tang min
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