Inspirational! The 34-year-old surprised soldier saved Real Madrid with a loan fee of only 500,000, and cried excitedly after being promoted

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2024-05-09 05:20Posted in Guangdong Sports Creators

In the second match of the second leg of the Champions League semifinals that ended in the early morning of May 9, Beijing time, Real Madrid, sitting at home, reversed Bayern 2-1, eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 4-3, and entered the Champions League final after one year.

In this game, Real Madrid faced the danger of falling behind by one goal at home. Alphonso Davies, who came on as a substitute for Bayern, opened the scoring in the 68th minute to put the aggregate score out. However, just when everyone thought that Real Madrid would be out of the game, the magical plot played out again. In the 81st minute, Carlo Ancelotti made a substitution, with Joselu replacing Rodrygo.

Just seven minutes later, Joselu made a miraculous effort when he capitalised on Manuel Neuer's foul save to score from the spot. That wasn't the end of the story, two minutes later, it was Joselu again, who got an assist from Rudiger and slotted home in front of goal.

In this way, with the 34-year-old wonder soldier's brace in 3 minutes, Real Madrid miraculously completed the reversal and stunner.

When the final whistle blew, Joselu hid his face in excitement and couldn't calm down, and this scene was also quite moving.

According to the statistics after the game, Joselu came off the bench to score 2 goals in 2 games, which was extremely efficient. He also scored a game-high 9 points. It can be said that Joselu is the number one contributor to Real Madrid's desperate comeback in the Champions League semifinals this season.

Joselu is also only the third player in Champions League history to score two goals as a substitute in the semi-finals, joining Wijnaldum (Liverpool against Barcelona in 2019) and Rodrygo (Real Madrid against Manchester City in 2022).

I believe that in addition to Real Madrid fans, other fans will feel very unfamiliar with Joselu. He debuted in the Real Madrid academy, but he had not performed too brightly in many teams before. After Karim Benzema went to Saudi Arabia to pan for gold in July last year, Real Madrid brought in Joselu from Espanyol on a loan fee of 500,000 euros.

Joselu has proven to be an excellent off-the-steady, with 15 goals and three assists in 16 starts in 45 appearances this season, which is quite impressive for a substitute. This season, Joselu has scored 5 goals in the Champions League, only Mbappe and Kane's 8 goals and Griezmann and Haaland have 6 goals more than Joselu.

It is worth noting that Joselu has a €1.5 million buyout clause in his loan contract. With his two goals worth a lot of money in this game, I believe Real Madrid will be willing to keep him after this summer.

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