Chapter 288: Quiet and lively pre-match

Stadium in France, Paris.

The French Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, does not belong to any club. This stadium is one of the stadiums built by France for the 1998 World Cup. It is also the home court of the French national team and is one of the most advanced stadiums in Europe now.

The Champions League finals are undoubtedly a football feast. Compared with the World Cup and European Cup, there is only one final in the Champions League, but it seems to be higher in terms of value. Those who can participate in the Champions League finals are the best teams on the European court this season, no doubt.

Real Madrid fans were very distressed. A large part of them did not get tickets to the finals. Although the French Stadium could accommodate 80,000 fans, the total tickets in the hands of the two clubs were only 50,000, and the other tickets were supplied to other fans and people from all walks of life. Real Madrid's members were close to 100,000, and these more than 20,000 tickets were of course not enough. However, this world-class club still gave the emerging team of Leiden Oriental enough respect and did not ask UEFA to allocate more tickets to them.

According to the survey, there were more than 50,000 Real Madrid fans who were interested in purchasing tickets. Real Madrid Club made the decision to draw more than 20,000 lucky people from these fans. In this regard, the fans of Leiden Oriental are much happier. Although they all love Leiden Oriental very much, the overall economic level of Leiden area is average, and not everyone can afford the travel expenses and tickets to France. The result of the public sale is that more than 20,000 tickets have been sold, but there are not many fans who want to go but cannot buy tickets.

Before the Champions League began, European football was extremely lively.

In La Liga, after losing the league championship and failing to reach the Champions League final, Van Gaal resigned as Barcelona's head coach, which means the complete end of Barcelona's three-year "Van Gaal's era". When people speculate who will coach Barcelona's luxury team next, no one noticed that a Portuguese who has been an assistant coach in Barcelona for five years quietly left Barcelona and returned to Portugal. Four years later, this unknown handsome middle-aged man will cause storm waves throughout Europe.

In the Bundesliga, Leverkusen gave it to Bayern again when the championship was almost achieved. They could win the first top league championship in the club's history as long as they tied the weak team Ontehaxing in the last round. Perhaps the pressure was too great. They lost to the young brother Ontehaxing in Munich. A bloody 2-0 allowed Leverkusen's efforts to make a season's hard work. Barack, a young midfielder who only transferred from Kaiserslautern this year, scored an own goal in the game. No one knew that the young man who covered his face and cried after the game would become the greatest player and iconic figure in German football in the early 21st century, and no one would have thought that the runner-up halo would always be with him. Whether it was the club's league, the Champions League, the national team's European Cup, and the World Cup, he won the runner-up, so that he had more than he won.

In the Premier League, Chelsea won the last championship in the Premier League - the FA Cup, but this championship became the last championship Viali won at Chelsea and was also the last championship Viali won as a professional club head coach. However, Chelsea's Italian era continues. After the end of the Viali era, the Ranieri era is about to arrive.

Serie A... The most interesting league, Juventus and Leverkusen were in the same way. They also only needed a draw in the last round to win the championship. Before the start of the last round, even Lazio himself began to despair, because although Juventus played away in the last round, their opponent was Perugia, a midfielder who had no desires and no desires. Juventus has been at the top of the list in the past thirteen rounds, with a lead of up to nine points two months ago. In Serie A history, no team has let the championship fall under such a favorable situation. However, this time, Juventus, who has always been known for its stability, was completely lost in Perugia's heavy rain. In the second half, Perugia defender Carolari's shot helped Perugia lead. After that, Juventus' midfielder Zambrota had two yellow cards, leaving Juventus unable to turn the day--it was reversed in the last round. What a strange thing, Leverkusen encountered such a situation, but this game set two records - the first one was that the rain was too heavy, and the second half was postponed for 75 minutes before it was held. Juventus hoped to postpone it, but referee Corina refused this request. Finally, when Juventus' second half game began, Lazio's game was over, and the other was in the second half. Due to the heavy rain before, all the fans in the stands arrived in the stadium. In the second half of the game, Perugia fans stood on the sidelines. This may be the first time that fans have been so close to the stadium since the regularization of the Italian professional league, that when the game ended, Perugia defender Matrazi, who was holding the ball, picked up the ball and rushed into the fan group, leaving a classic shot.

As for the League Cup finals before the Champions League final, another kind of excitement appeared - before the game began, Turkish fans and English fans who had already had long been frustrated at the venue of the League Cup final, Denmark's Copenhagen fought. The large-scale and sporadic melee between Turkey and England fans lasted from Tuesday night to Wednesday afternoon, and the Danish police had to use tear-jerking and police dogs to disperse the rioters. In such an ominous atmosphere, Galatasaray defeated Arsenal with a penalty kick and became the first Turkish team to win the League Cup. The impact of this championship was also quite far-reaching. The Liangzi of Turkey and English football formed this time. The growing confidence of Turkish fans due to their continuous victory made them successfully replace the status of English football hooligans in the near future and became the most hated object of other European teams.

In such a lively situation, people seem to have reason to look forward to the last battle of the season. This season connects the 20th and 21st centuries. As European football, which has only really begun to develop in the past century, in the final of the top honors of European football, the two sides have won the best results in the Champions League, the oldest Real Madrid, and the biggest dark horse of the season. Leiden Oriental, who participated in the Champions League for the first time. Such a strong contrasting opponent seems to be able to put a perfect end to European football in the 20th century.

On the one hand, it represents the defender of the top teams in the Champions League, and on the other hand, it represents the challenger of emerging forces. What else can attract the attention of fans more than such a game? Is Real Madrid winning their record-breaking eighth Champions League title, or is Leiden Oriental becoming another dark horse for England's team in the European arena after Nottingham Forest?

Seeing Leiden Oriental's outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, this game has begun to attract more people's attention. Real Madrid fans and fans who prefer wealthy clubs in the world certainly hope that Real Madrid can win their second Champions League in three years. Those rich and neutral fans who have no good feelings for Real Madrid may hope that Leiden Oriental can be abducted to the end - people always hope to see the emergence of dark horses and the occurrence of miracles with their own eyes.

Before the game begins, what is more exciting than the clubs of both sides fighting each other and having a few quarrels before the game? But what makes fans and reporters regret is that the two sides remain silent in a tacit understanding before the game, and did not create any topics that make the reporters excited. Leiden Oriental maintains enough respect for Real Madrid, the club with the best performance in the Champions League, and Real Madrid also shows the demeanor of a super club.

—The most important thing is that Xiao Ming does not think that provoking a verbal battle before the game will interfere with Real Madrid. He believes that he is not a person like Mourinho who can always win in a verbal battle, nor does he think that Boske, who looks like no expression, will get angry because of a verbal battle. Look at Benitez later, you will know that this guy who never has expression on his face is one of the few coaches who often doesn’t speak, and can make Mourinho have nothing to say when he opens his mouth.

More importantly, Xiao Ming has no time to play a war of verbal battle now.

In this way, Leiden Oriental has no experience in playing in the Champions League final. In fact, their experience in the Champions League is only this season. It is very necessary to keep a low profile in this situation. Real Madrid has not been in good condition recently. Although they won the long-lost Champions League championship two years ago, they were crushed by their old rival Barcelona in the league. Barcelona failed to complete three consecutive league championships this season, but the league championship belongs to La Coruña, and there is no real Madrid's business. For Real Madrid, which has won the most championships in the Spanish League, it is an unforgivable sin to not win the championship for three consecutive seasons.

Boske was originally just a firefighter for Real Madrid. He replaced Toshak, who had poor performance as Real Madrid's head coach. His performance in the league was not good. Real Madrid can only barely keep the top four. However, it was surprising that he eliminated Manchester United and Real Madrid in the Champions League, two top teams in the Premier League, Bundesliga in the Champions League. If he could win the Champions League championship, Boske's position would naturally be more stable. This is his third time as a firefighter for Real Madrid. No one wants to be a firefighter forever. Of course, Boske also hopes that he can be able to become the real head coach of this century-old giant. In this case, Boske will not have time to play psychological battles before the game.

The three days before Real Madrid and Leiden Oriental came to Paris were very quiet.

On May 23, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Flights from New York to Paris have arrived on time, and the flow of people at the airport has begun to become dense. The flow of people between these two international metropolises is very frequent. However, for Americans, British football is still a very unfamiliar sport, so although the Champions League final will be held here at the French Stadium, it has not made the flow of people from New York to Paris more.

Jessica Alba walked in the crowd wearing a pair of big sunglasses, not because she was afraid that others would recognize her. In fact, Jessica is now considered an unknown person in the United States. "The Dark Angel of the End of Times" has not been officially aired, and it has not yet reached the point of being secretly photographed by paparazzi and being watched by people.

She just wore this pair of sunglasses to cover her face, and she didn't want to be harassed at all. This time, she came to France was a happy leisure trip, and she didn't want to be unhappy.

He called a taxi and came to the booked hotel. Jessica took off her shoes, looked at herself in the mirror, and smiled mischievously.

Today she dresses up very casually. She is not a girl who likes to wear that kind of luxury outfit. She shows the girl's youthful and hot body, and this outfit seems to be more suitable for watching football games on site.

Her interest in football is becoming increasingly strong. Although there are few information about football in the United States, the increasingly developed Internet allows Jessica to know the football news far away in the UK. She also learned what the European Champions League is - the Champions League is the playoffs of European football, and the Champions League final is the European Football Final - once a year, not all teams are qualified to participate, just like the NBA's highest honor, the Champions League final is also the highest honor of European club football!

At the same time, after understanding the history of Leiden Oriental and the importance of the Champions League, Jessica was increasingly surprised by Leiden Oriental, or Xiao Ming's achievements in recent years - if a newly established team in the NBA can reach the finals within a few years after entering the league, it would be a miracle. But you should know that in the NBA, the newly established team can directly play top-level games. As long as they can qualify for the NBA, their starting point is the same as those old and powerful teams, but Leiden Oriental started from the bottom of English football! In just five or six years, Leiden Oriental successfully stood at the top of European football. What kind of achievement is this?

This can no longer be called a miracle, or even a miracle!

Perhaps only God has such power.

However, although she has already become interested in football, Jessica, who grew up in the United States, is not enough to love football to death. In fact, the sport she prefers is basketball, but she has a greater interest in the person who created this miracle, the mysterious Chinese.

In fact, Jessica knew that Xiao Ming was not helping her, and the two roles in the movie were not very important, nor did she bring her much fame. This time, Xiao Ming only made a suggestion for the TV series, but what moved Jessica was Xiao Ming's attitude towards her.

Jessica could feel that although Xiao Ming had a good impression of her, she did not have any unnecessary ambitions. Instead, she treated her very gently and kindly, but did not cross the line. Such people rarely encountered in Jessica's previous life. She helped herself to a limited extent, without any sign of giving, and did not make herself feel uncomfortable. At the same time, Xiao Ming, who was a little gentle in front of her like an elder, made Jessica, who had rarely been with her parents since childhood, felt extremely warm. What a person lacked in childhood, often pursued more persistently when she grew up. However, except for Xiao Ming, the other men Jessica met were either cold in her work or too enthusiastic. No one could give Jessica such a warm feeling like Xiao Ming.

Jessica, who had been relocating with her father's job changes before she was nine years old, actually had some Oedipus plots.

It is precisely because of this that she began to fall in love with football, like the person who made her fall in love with football.

Of course, Xiao Ming didn't know that Jessica he invited was still having a different mind. After calling Jessica and confirming that she had found a place to live, Xiao Ming no longer cared about Jessica. Although what he had to do now was just waiting for the start of the game, he could not be distracted before the game.

At the same time, he had to appease the two forwards of Phillips and Robbie Keane. Phillips is the number one scorer of Leiden Oriental this season, and Robbie Keane's combined goals in the league and the Champions League have exceeded fifteen. They definitely hope to play in such a critical game, but due to tactical reasons, Xiao Ming's first choice is Fanny. Fanny's physical fitness, running position and ball-making ability can take on the heavy responsibility of that "one". Whether it is Phillips or Keane, they must have a high center cover to play their greatest role. Unfortunately, Leiden Oriental can only send a forward in this game.

Phillips expressed his understanding of Xiao Ming's arrangement, and sitting on the bench does not mean that he must not play. Moreover, this season he is mainly engaged in the league and is even worse than Robbie Keane in the Champions League, but Robbie Keane is a little dissatisfied. He has performed well in the Champions League and the league this season. It was his key goal away from home that helped Leiden East eliminate Barcelona. He originally thought he could play in the final, but who knows...

Xiao Ming talked specifically to Robbie Keen, hoping that he could understand his actions, but Keen was still a little depressed, and Xiao Ming had no choice but to do so. After all, he could not satisfy everyone. This game was not about defending and counterattacking, but about fighting hard for the midfield. Sacrifice was inevitable.

Leiden East's main lineup has been arranged, forward Fanny, and the five midfielders are Jinklaze, Glenshare, Boban, Gerrard and Marklele. Among the defenders, Ashley Cole replaced Jairney who was suspended. After all, Ashley Cole is the full-back with the most technical characteristics similar to Jairney. At the same time, he has adapted to this position this year. Compared with Jairney, he just lacks experience. The other three defenders are still Deselli, Hypia and Daniel, and the goalkeeper is Jasqueline.

Xiao Ming also got Real Madrid's starting lineup, as he expected, with a three, four and three formation, with the goalkeepers being the young Casillas, defenders Campo, Carlanca and Elgra, the two sides of the midfield are Salgado and Robert Carlos, Redondo occupying the middle, McManaman and Raul in front, Anelka and Morientes serve as forwards.
Chapter completed!