Seven-time Champion

Chapter 643: Champions League final against Bayern

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After defending the La Liga title, Lu Wenbin also received rewards for this season's La Liga championship, with an increase of 100,000 experience points, 10 skill points, and a balance of 35 skill points.

The next morning, Real Madrid, who had won the championship one round ahead of schedule, returned to Madrid with the 2012/2013 La Liga championship trophy and was warmly welcomed by countless Real Madrid fans.

This time Real Madrid celebrated on a slightly larger scale after returning to Madrid, with a parade carrying the championship trophy.

However, it was not too intense. After all, Real Madrid's season is not over yet, and they still have a Champions League final to play.

If Real Madrid wins this Champions League final, they will set many records, becoming the first team to defend the Champions League title after the Champions League reform, becoming the first team to win six championships in a season after winning six championships in the year, and becoming the first team to win three championships for two consecutive seasons.

But for Lu Wenbin personally, it was even crazier.

If he wins the Champions League this season, Lu Wenbin will have won the Champions League for four consecutive seasons and the Treble for four consecutive seasons. This is a record that has never been achieved and is unlikely to be surpassed in the future.

Especially the treble championship, except for Lu Wenbin, other players would find it difficult to win it once in their entire life, but Lu Wenbin was able to win it four times, and in a row.

Therefore, both the Real Madrid club and the individual players attached great importance to the Champions League final five days later, and no one celebrated wildly.

The players' families and friends also try not to disturb them so that they can concentrate on preparing for the Champions League.

The wedding date of Lu Wenbin and Kate has been set long ago, but the specific matters are all handled by Kate, their parents and relatives, and the wedding company. Lu Wenbin only needs to play his game well and get married when the time comes.

After a day of rest and a day of training, the entire Real Madrid team flew to England on May 23.

The venue for this season's Champions League final is Wembley Stadium, the same venue where Lu Wenbin participated in the Olympic final and won the championship.

When arriving in London for an interview, Lu Wenbin stated that he had experience in winning championships at Wembley Stadium and could lead Real Madrid to win the Champions League.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, is relatively low-key.

There is no way. Real Madrid and Lu Wenbin are too strong nowadays. No team is sure of winning, and it is difficult to even brag.

Even if they shouted it out, most of them would only make people laugh and lose face. Therefore, even Bayern Munich did not have anyone to speak out, but just quietly prepared for the final.

However, not bragging does not mean that Bayern Munich will surrender.

Having lost to Real Madrid in the final last season, Bayern Munich naturally does not want to lose again this season.

Those who have lost once and missed the championship have a stronger obsession in their hearts. In this final, the desire of the entire Bayern Munich team to win is even stronger.

On the night of his arrival in London, Lu Wenbin celebrated a simple birthday in the hotel, announcing that he had turned 23.

A day later, at 20:45 on the evening of May 25th, at Wembley Stadium in London, with the referee's whistle, the 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich officially began.

Real Madrid still uses the 4231 formation, and Casillas is still the starting goalkeeper.

Despite the many conflicts between Mourinho and Casillas, Mourinho still chose Casillas in the Champions League final which was about the six-time champion.

Center back Carvalho is injured in the defense line, so Ramos, who can play in the middle or on the right, will partner with Pepe as center back. The left back is the unshakable Marcelo, and the right back is Arbeloa.

In the defensive midfield, Khedira and Xabi Alonso are still the partners.

The attacking midfielder is naturally Lu Wenbin, the left midfielder is Cristiano Ronaldo, and Mourinho chose Ozil over Di Maria as the right midfielder, with Di Maria sitting on the bench.

As for the forwards, Benzema was unlucky enough to catch a fever cold.

Although it was not serious, he was no longer suitable for starting the game and could only sit on the bench and watch Higuain replace his lone striker position.

Bayern Munich played in a 4321 formation with a heavier defensive focus, and sent out the strongest lineup they could.

The starting lineup includes goalkeeper Neuer, defenders Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Alaba, midfielders Martinez, Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, double forwards Ribery, Robben, and forward Gomez.

With one more defensive midfielder and one less attacking midfielder than Real Madrid, Bayern is obviously more focused on defensive counterattacks than Real Madrid.

Sure enough, after the game started, Bayern Munich contracted their formation and did not attack rashly.

Facts have proved that teams that actively attack Real Madrid have suffered a miserable death. Since Bayern's paper strength is not as strong as Real Madrid, it is better to play a more thorough defensive counterattack, lure Real Madrid to attack, and then they will look for opportunities to counterattack.

If the game can be tied and goes all the way to the penalty shootout, Bayern's chances of winning may be higher than in the regular season.

The penalty shootout can weaken Lu Wenbin's abnormal personal ability, and the German team has huge confidence and psychological advantages in taking penalties.

Of course, whether they can defend until the penalty shootout depends on luck. Anyway, the head coach Heynckes has set the tone for the game. In this game, they must play a more patient defensive counterattack than Real Madrid.

Therefore, the two teams, both of which played defensive counterattacks, tested each other at the start, and neither team launched a large-scale offensive attack.

In the 4th minute, Lu Wenbin tried to break through to the front court with the ball, but was surrounded and snatched away by Gustavo, Martinez and Boateng.

In the 7th minute, Gomez's counterattack failed to enter the penalty area and was destroyed by Khedira and Alonso just outside the penalty area.

10 minutes passed and neither side had a shot on target.

Seeing that Heynckes was determined to defend to the end, Mourinho could only wave his hand and let Real Madrid press forward and take the initiative to attack.

However, Bayern also did a pretty good job defensively in this game.

Not to mention that Lu Wenbin's old teammate Gustavo was closely guarding him, no matter where he went, there would always be one or two players nearby to assist Gustavo in defense.

The other players also kept an eye on Lu Wenbin's breakthrough or passing direction at all times, not giving him any chance to break through and shoot or pass the ball to assist.

In the 14th minute, after receiving the pass from Ozil, Lu Wenbin used a Marseille turn to get past Gustavo, and then dribbled past Martinez, but was still tackled by Boateng, who poked the ball away before Lu Wenbin could.

In the 17th minute, Lu Wenbin used a bicycle kick to get past Schweinsteiger, then dribbled the ball to Gustavo to create an angle, and then made a wonderful pass into the penalty area, trying to assist Higuain with a good goal.

As a result, before Higuain could catch the ball, Lahm rushed over from the side and slid away.

20 minutes into the game, neither side had a threatening shot, not even Lu Wenbin.