Soo Dong's Next Club

The day after Bayern eliminated Inter Milan and reached the Champions League final once again, Barcelona also eked out a 1–0 away win over Lyon.

Messi was still the one who scored Barcelona's only goal of the match.

This season, Soo Dong and Messi had both displayed one obvious characteristic in the Champions League: they had performed far worse than before in the group stage. Soo Dong, for example, had scored only five goals, even fewer than Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi had scored even fewer, finding the net only twice.

But after entering the knockout stage, both men had grown increasingly outstanding, becoming their teams' chief contributors to their continued progress.

Bayern and Barcelona had met in the Champions League final once again, marking a first in Champions League history.

In the competition's fifty-four-year history, there had been five consecutive titles and three consecutive titles. Teams such as AC Milan and Juventus had reached the final in three successive seasons, while there had also been cases where teams reunited in the final after an intervening year.

But never before had the previous season's champions and runners-up met again in the Champions League final the following season.

Without a doubt, this had become one of the biggest talking points of this Champions League final.

Bayern Munich had not made any signings during the Winter Break, bringing in only Rafinha. But the Brazilian right-back could not dislodge Lahm from his position, so Bayern's overall strength was roughly the same as last season's.

Barcelona was different. Ibrahimovic's arrival had greatly enhanced Barcelona's dominance in attack.

To a certain extent, Barcelona's attacking trident was in no way inferior to Bayern's. Combined with their midfield advantage, all of this filled people with anticipation for Barcelona, who many believed would personally complete their revenge this