Football King Bale

Chapter 680: Struggle for Glory

In the 2013-14 season, the Champions League group stage was over, and the top 16 teams were all in place. Judging from the promotion situation of major leagues, the Premier League and Bundesliga are the most eye-catching, because all four teams in these two major leagues have advanced.

Compared to last season when Bayern, Dortmund and Schalke 04 all qualified as group leaders, this time Bayern, Dortmund, Schalke 04 and Leverkusen have once again advanced together, which is equally gratifying. For two consecutive seasons, all teams participating in the Champions League group stage have been able to advance, which also reflects the continuous improvement of the overall strength of the Bundesliga.

It is certainly gratifying that the four Bundesliga teams advanced together and occupied a quarter of the knockout rounds. However, judging from the promotion process of the four teams, only the defending champion Bayern Munich won the first five games to secure the first place in the group early. The other three teams only qualified after winning key victories in the final game of the group, leaving fans hanging. to let go.

Although the process was difficult, the ending was very satisfactory. The four Bundesliga teams also achieved ideal results after overcoming difficulties, demonstrating the great progress of the Bundesliga teams in terms of resistance to pressure and fighting tough battles.

Of course, in the final analysis, it can also be seen as the improvement of the overall strength of the Bundesliga. Not only Bayern continues to remain strong, but the comprehensive capabilities of other teams have also continued to significantly improve.

Look at the distribution of the top 16 of the Champions League knockout rounds: 4 Bundesliga teams, 3 La Liga teams, 4 Premier League teams, 1 Serie A team, 1 Russian Super League team, 1 Turkish Super League team, and 1 Greek Super League team.

Even in La Liga, which has the Cosmos, the Galaxy and the strongly resurgent Sheets, there is an Adou that cannot be supported - Real Sociedad, who cannot achieve the promotion of all members.

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Of course, there is another league that does not let the Bundesliga dominate - the new BIG4 of the Premier League has also locked 4 promotion places. The presence of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City ensures that the Premier League remains the most powerful contender for the Champions League title this season.

Moreover, in the direct dialogue between the Bundesliga and the Premier League in the group stage, the Bundesliga is at a clear disadvantage. Judging from the group rankings, the Premier League team takes the lead. In Group A, Manchester United defeated Bayer Leverkusen and qualified for first place with a 4-point advantage; in Group D, although Bayern and Manchester City had the same points, they had a goal difference advantage in the case of a tie, and they won the first place with a slight advantage; In Group E, Chelsea also won the first place in the group, and Schalke 04 ranked second in the group; in Group F, Dortmund defeated Arsenal and advanced together, which was a little proud.

In the 8 direct confrontations between the above-mentioned 4 groups, the Premier League achieved a good record of 6 wins and 2 losses, scoring 21 goals and conceding only 9 goals, completely outperforming the Bundesliga.

In terms of the European War standings, which best illustrates the level of the league, due to Manchester United's strong performance in the European War for many years, and Manchester City and Chelsea's consecutive wins in the Europa League, the Premier League still firmly occupies the top spot in the European War standings, and The advantage is very obvious: they are the only league with more than 100 points, while the second-place La Liga has just over 80 points, and the third-place Bundesliga has not even reached 80 points.

Judging from this point advantage, even if the Premier League fails to score points at all for a season, their number one position will not be replaced.

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In terms of team performance, the Premier League and Bundesliga have the advantage, but in terms of player performance, La Liga is the leader. In particular, Real Madrid's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo performed brilliantly in this season's Champions League group stages.

After being unfortunately injured in the game against Almeria on November 23, Ronaldo, who was originally expected to miss 3 weeks, only rested for 18 days. The Portuguese recovered very quickly.

And he asked An Shuai for help many times. Although he knows that competing with Bale for the Ballon d'Or is hopeless, Ronaldo does not want to surrender his weapons early, and his performance in the Champions League is undoubtedly the best battlefield for him to show himself.

In the 4 Champions League group matches that Ronaldo has participated in this season, he has scored 8 goals, tying the group matches set by Inzaghi and Crespo in the 2002-2003 season and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 2004-2005 season. With a record of 8 goals, the only one ahead of him is the record of 10 goals in the group stage set by Bell in the 2010-2011 season.

As long as he can score 2 goals in the final round of the Champions League group stage, he can tie Bell's record; and if he can perform a hat trick, he can break the record set by Bell.

In the end, Ronaldo appeared on the field, while Bale chose to take a rest and not play.

Now that the suspense of qualifying has ended, whether Ronaldo can score, especially whether he can tie or break Bell's record, has become a major attraction.

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Only 6 minutes into the game, Ronaldo scored the first goal of the game. Isco made a cross from midfield, and Ronaldo's right-footed shot from outside the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper.

In the 24th minute, Ronaldo hit the goal with a free kick, and the ball hit the defender and went slightly wide. The corner kick created by Ronaldo eventually turned into Real Madrid's first goal, but it was not Ronaldo who scored.

In the 48th minute, Marcelo launched a long pass from the midfielder, Pepe headed the ball from the right rib of the penalty area, and Ronaldo pushed the left rib of the penalty area with his right foot and succeeded in the empty goal. The goal here is Ronaldo's ninth goal in five games in the Champions League group stage this season, just one step away from Bell's 10-goal record.

Moreover, Ronaldo's goal was Real Madrid's 800th goal in the Champions League. The 100th goal in the history of Real Madrid's Champions League belongs to Di Stefano, the 200th goal belongs to Puskas, the 500th goal belongs to Guti, the 600th goal belongs to Beckham, and Higuain scored the 700th goal. Ronaldo made history tonight.

In addition, in the Champions League historical scorer list, Ronaldo has scored 60 goals, surpassing Shevchenko, tying Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal record, and tied with the king of small penalty areas to become the third scorer in the history of the Champions League. Messi's 65 The ball record is just around the corner.

In 2013, Ronaldo scored a total of 15 goals in the Champions League, just one step away from the record for the most goals in the Champions League in a single calendar year.

The holder of the Champions League scoring record in a single natural year is also Bell, with a record of 16 goals.

In 2010, Bell, who had just moved to Manchester United, scored 10 goals in the group stage; in 2011, he scored 6 goals in the Champions League knockout round, and then scored 7 goals in the group stage of the new season, scoring 13 goals in the season. In 2012, Bell scored 10 goals in the knockout stage, but he did not play much in the group stage of the new season, scoring only 3 goals. The natural annual goals again stayed at 13 goals; in 2013, Bell scored 10 goals in the knockout stage. It broke out again and scored 10 goals. In the new season, Bell scored 6 goals in 5 games, setting a record of 16 goals in the Champions League in a natural year.

Now, as long as Ronaldo scores one more goal, he can tie the two records set by Bell; and if he can score two more goals, he can break the two records held by Bell.

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Ronaldo did get a chance, not only the chance to tie Bell's two records, but even the chance to break Bell's two records.

In the 75th minute of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo received a wonderful pass from Di Maria and pushed a shot with his left foot from the right rib of the penalty area, but he pursued the angle too much. As a result, the ball hit the post and missed the opportunity to score twice. He also missed the opportunity to tie Bell. A chance for two records.

Before the end, Ronaldo once again had the opportunity to tie Bell's two records. Benzema sent a through ball in front of the penalty area. Ronaldo got the ball in the left rib of the penalty area but was tackled by Delaney. The referee pointed directly to the penalty spot.

There is no doubt that Ronaldo is Real Madrid's first penalty taker and naturally takes the ball. Immediately, the Portuguese used his right foot to hit the middle but kicked a half-high ball. Wilander easily resolved the ball.

This is the 10th time Cristiano Ronaldo has missed a penalty kick in 72 times in his career. The last time he missed a penalty kick in the Champions League was in the first leg of the semi-finals of the 2007-2008 season away to Barcelona (excluding penalty shootouts). .

Messi missed 10 of 56 penalty kicks. In terms of shooting percentage alone, Ronaldo was still higher.

Of course, neither of them can compare with Bell. Since moving to Manchester United and gaining the right to take penalty kicks, Bell has stood on the twelve yard point 33 times for Manchester United and the Welsh national team in more than three years. , as a result, he sent the ball into the opponent's goal 33 times, without missing a single one!

However, this is only Bell's record at the twelve yard point after crossing. Before traveling through time, Bell also had the opportunity to take a penalty kick, but he had a record of missing it.

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While missing the penalty kick, Ronaldo also lost his final chance to hit Bell's two major records.

At that moment, the Portuguese looked up to the sky and sighed, looking extremely frustrated. A figure flashed in his mind: Is that guy my nightmare in this life?

However, in fact, Ronaldo need not be disappointed at all. If it weren't for some guy cheating, he would have already set a new record.

So far, Ronaldo has scored 68 goals this year, continuing to refresh his single-year scoring record.

Since being ridiculed by Blatter, Ronaldo's scoring level has been quite good. After losing to Barcelona in the El Clasico, Ronaldo scored a total of 15 goals in 4 league games, 2 Champions League games and 2 national team games, performing 3 hat tricks, 1 brace and 4 single-game goals. 1 ball.

8 consecutive games is the longest consecutive scoring record in Ronaldo's career. CR7 is able to explode with amazing firepower. In addition to its own superior ability, it is also thanks to Blatter's "prompt".

Ronaldo shot a total of 8 times in the game, 6 of which were on target and 2 of which were missed, running a distance of 10,208 meters.

In an interview after the game, Ronaldo said: "We presented a great game, the opponent played very well, and Real Madrid played better. Unfortunately, I missed the penalty kick, which also made me lose the pursuit. A chance to reach the record held by Gareth. However, compared to failing to tie Gareth's record, I have more confidence in Real Madrid today. We play very attractive football and I am more willing to score goals. To help the team, now I am very much looking forward to Real Madrid's performance in the knockout stages. I feel that I am playing well now and can help Real Madrid a lot. I am enjoying the feeling now."

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