What happened in the Champions League that year, which finally made the two weak teams Porto and Monaco meet in the final?
The strong team accidentally capsized.
In the Champions League in 2004, all kinds of surprises and mistakes were overwhelming, and major teams were generally optimistic about my giants' accidental capsizing!
Giants meet prematurely.
That year, the group stage was calm, and several traditional giants 16 advanced, including AC Milan from Italy, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Juventus from Italy and Laco from Spain.
Unexpectedly, however, the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Real Madrid had a fatal collision in the final of 1/8. As a result, only one of the two thousand-star European giants can advance, and the other team can only be happy 16 lang! The star of Bayern Munich is much dimmer than that of Real Madrid this year. In the end, Bayern failed to break through Real Madrid.
Juventus, the Italian first-division team, was also attacked by La Coruna, a strong Spanish team. It may not be familiar to the young fans of La Coruna, but at the beginning of the 20th century, La Coruna was at its peak, and it was a strong team that could compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the domestic league, and also made efforts to break through in the European arena. After two 180 minutes of strong dialogue, the old woman Juventus 16 stopped and La Coruna advanced to the quarter-finals!
The weak team broke out
In the final of 1/8, there was a seemingly strong and weak game, that is, Manchester United from the Premier League played Porto, the Portuguese super team, and faced Porto led by the unknown head coach Mourinho. Everyone thought that Manchester United had found the gift package. However, the progress of the game is surprising. In the first round, Porto scored twice at home and beat Manchester United 2-/kloc-0-. Although Manchester United lost, they only need 1-0 to return to Old Trafford. In the second round, Manchester United took the lead with Scholes' goal, but in the 90th minute, the tenacious Portuguese equalized the score and finally advanced to the final with 1/4.
1/4 finals, Monaco, the recognized gift package, actually eliminated the Galaxy battleship with the outbreak of Real Madrid veteran Morientes, which broke out.
Super inversion
In this World Cup, Serie A giants Milan and La Coruna contributed a super reversal. In the first round, Italy won the game heartily with a score of 4- 1. Everyone thinks that Italy will advance to the semi-finals. Unexpectedly, in the second round, the relaxed Italian was defeated by the Spanish and finally lost the game with a total score of 5-4.
With Milan out, La Coruna, Porto Monaco and Chelsea, which are still not strong, are the weakest in the Champions League semi-finals.
In fact, at this time, the four teams are equal in strength. Who can win the championship in the end depends on the on-the-spot scheduling of the head coach and the play of the players. In the end, Porto won the Champions League with Mourinho's characteristics, which made a much-told story.
In fact, in those days, Porto and Monaco didn't look very famous, but their strength was not bad. Monaco has a striker like Morientes, while Porto has a series of Portuguese local stars such as Baia, Marchini, Ferreira, Deco and Carvalho, which are actually very strong. It is no accident that this team won the championship. What's more, they have a talented coach Mourinho!