If you're not a fan of any of the Champions League semi-finals this season, who would you prefer to win from a neutral point of view? Without him, it is because among the Champions League semi-finals, only Grand Paris has not won the Champions League. Since the restructuring of the Champions League, this competition has become more and more a game monopolized by the top giants, and in the past, there were stories of teams like Bucharest Star and Red Star Belgrade winning the championship, but now, it is simply impossible. Not to mention these small league teams, even the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie teams are difficult to win the championship. Since the beginning of the new century, only Porto took advantage of the opportunity of the upset to win the championship once, while all the other championships were taken away by the giants of the five major leagues.
The Champions League winner is either Real Madrid or Barcelona, Bayern or Liverpool, AC Milan or Inter Milan, in short, the Champions League winner is always the same face. Finally, the new century has produced two new champions, Chelsea and Manchester City, but it is not enough.
Therefore, the hope of a new championship this season is pinned on Grand Paris. Although Grand Paris may not be the weakest team in the Champions League semi-finals, because of the shallowest background, if they win the championship, it will really be a historic counterattack.
In fact, in addition to not winning the Champions League, Grand Paris has another point, which is different from the other three teams in the Champions League semi-finals. And this is related to the group stage of this season's Champions League.
What do Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have in common? In this season's Champions League, they all topped their group, so they deserved to be in the last four.
Only Grand Paris advanced to the round of 16 as the second in the group and went all the way to the present. Just ask Borussia Dortmund about that. Because, Dortmund and Grand Paris were both in the group of death, and Dortmund finally won the group, overpowering Grand Paris.
So from this point of view, if Grand Paris wins the championship, it will be more counterattacking. In fact, Paris played very badly in the group stage, although it was unanimously considered the strongest team in the group before the game, but Paris was first defeated by Newcastle United 4:1, and then lost to AC Milan, although it was barely advanced in the end, but the process was very dangerous. On the contrary, it was Dortmund who played steadily and remained calm, and finally won the first place in the group.
Comparing Bayern and Real Madrid horizontally, the gap is even greater. Bayern won 5 and drew 1 in the group stage, and in the face of Manchester United, Bayern performed strongly and beat the opponent twice. Real Madrid is even more relaxed, although the Serie A champions Napoli in the same group, Real Madrid still played 6 consecutive wins and advanced strongly.
In comparison, is Grand Paris the lowest?
It is true that the group of death is not easy to play, but why did Dortmund establish an advantage early? In the final analysis, it is the Grand Paris itself that is not good enough.
But now the opportunity has come. After qualifying from the group, Grand Paris' form can be said to be getting better and better, and entering the semi-finals, Grand Paris is fully qualified to pursue the ultimate goal. If Grand Paris wins the championship in the end, it will really be a slap in the face from the second in the group to the first in the three groups. Let's start with beating Dortmund, in fact, in the group stage, although Grand Paris was squeezed behind Dortmund, but in the two-legged game, Grand Paris had an advantage with one win and one draw. It can be seen that the reason why Grand Paris is second can only be said that its performance is not stable enough. This time, they need to prove themselves again.