Chapter 289 Leiden's declaration of winning the championship

"Welcome to the Stadium in France to watch the final of the 45th European Champions League! This is the last Champions League in the 20th century... Maybe it is the first Champions League in the 21st century. No matter how he argues, it has nothing to do with the Champions League!"

The live commentator of the French Stadium used this sentence as the opening remark, which caused a burst of laughter at the scene. Whether the so-called millennium starts from January 1, 2000 or January 1, 2001, is still arguing. The Royal Greenwich Observatory, the most authoritative field of time and calendar in the world, issued a press announcement in March 1996 saying that the 21st century and the new 1,000 should begin in 2001. Dr. Peter Andrews, who was responsible for explaining the calendar, pointed out in an interview with reporters that ancient Westerners used to use 1 as the starting point for counting.

, therefore, no 0 AD was set. The most authoritative longitude organization of the French calendar held the same view as the Greenwich Observatory. However, although many people in the scientific community advocated observing the inherent laws of the AD, the 21st century began in 2001, many ordinary people agreed with the 21st century in 2000. Therefore, some experts also proposed that, given that many people are used to the statement that the 21st century will begin in 2000, it is recommended to adopt the rule from 0 to 9. Now there is no definite statement about the day when the millennium begins, but as the commentator said, even if the debate continues, it has nothing to do with the Champions League.

Whether it is the last Champions League final of the 20th century or the first Champions League final of the 21st century, Real Madrid, the oldest in the Champions League, and Leiden Oriental, the least experienced, meet in the final, which itself gives people a sense of fate. Perhaps Leiden Oriental cannot be called the biggest dark horse in the history of the Champions League. After all, before them, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa won the final championship when they entered the Champions League for the first time, and the same is true for the Celtics and Inter Milan.

In this way, Nottingham Forest is the only team in European football history that wins the European Champions League more than the top leagues in the country. However, there is no controversy that Real Madrid is known as the best team in the Champions League. The seven-time Champions League championships are solid data, twice higher than AC Milan, and three times higher than Liverpool and Ajax, who are ranked third. With such performance, Real Madrid is the well-deserved king of European football in the 20th century.

King vs Dark Horse, this is a good gimmick. In the Champions League finals in the past few seasons, both sides have been the best in the leagues of various countries, Manchester United, Bayern, Juventus, Real Madrid, Dortmund... Fans of these faces are very familiar, but for most European fans, Leiden Oriental is undoubtedly a rather unfamiliar team. Even their winning champions of the Winners Cup last season did not cause much response. Except for the fans of the final opponents Leiden Oriental and Lazio, fans of other teams probably only say "oh" when they hear this news, and then think: It's another upset...

The attention that comes to the finals of the Champions League is far from comparable to the finals of the Winners Cup.

The Winners Cup may only pay attention to the fans of the participating teams. In the Championship Cup, even if the team you like has long been eliminated, you will still pay great attention to the competition - for no other reason, just because it is the Championship Cup, the club's World Cup.

Two hours before the start of the game, the French Stadium was almost full. The unfilled place was probably because enthusiastic fans wanted to welcome the team they supported outside the court before entering the court. Outside the court, there were countless fans who had not bought tickets asking for tickets everywhere.

I don't know how many Leiden Oriental fans in red jerseys and Real Madrid fans in white jerseys are waiting for the arrival of buses on both sides at the largest entrance. Everyone is shouting their supportive team names, as if they want to use momentum to overwhelm before the game begins.

Soon, a bus appeared in their sight, and the body was painted red, which was the bus from Leiden East!

The fans of Leiden Oriental, who occupied one side, immediately sang "The Red Dragon Flag Flying" in unison. They waved their scarves, pulled their jerseys, and sang loudly, and their momentum was no worse than Real Madrid, who won the most championships in the Champions League.

Xiao Ming, who was sitting in front of the bus, looked at both sides and found that the other side was occupied by Real Madrid fans. So he turned to the carriage and smiled: "It seems that we are here before Real Madrid this time... This is a good sign."

The players laughed one after another, although everyone knew that Xiao Ming's words made little sense - if you could win the game first, then every team would arrive at the stadium as soon as possible after the last game - but at this time, Xiao Ming's words were more about psychological hints and reducing the tension in the players' hearts.

The other players are pretty good. They are basically the main players of this season and are the first choice to participate in the Champions League, but Ashley Cole is different. This season, Garney has performed very well and is the most stable and worth the money among the four players from Leiden Oriental. Although Ashley Cole has performed well in some games, the most important game he has participated so far is just a match against Arsenal in the league. In such an important game that some professional players may not be able to participate in in their entire lives, a 19-year-old man suddenly got such an opportunity. It is impossible not to be excited and scared.

The coaching staff also proposed whether to replace Garney with more experience. Although Karaze is not much bigger than Ashley Cole, he is much richer than Ashley Cole, and his fighting spirit and defensive ability are also above Ashley Cole. However, Xiao Ming finally decided to let Ashley Cole go on the ground, considering the similar characteristics of the players on the field to the greatest extent and the opponent's average offensive ability on the right.

McManaman plays more as a frontcourt libero in Real Madrid, not just on the right. Real Madrid has only one desperate man, Salgado, on the right. Xiao Ming focuses on the offense on the left. Ashley Cole's offensive ability is better than Carlaze, which determines Xiao Ming's choice.

Ashley Cole, who laughed with his teammates, relaxed a little. At this time, the bus was about to open at the entrance. Xiao Ming saw Sawyer and his group of old brothers making various encouragement gestures to the bus. Seeing their rude and unwilling behavior, Xiao Ming couldn't help but laugh.

"To be honest, I still like these rude guys more!" Xiao Ming laughed and said to everyone: "Today, let's do our duty as a rude guy!"

Warm up, go back to the locker room to change clothes, all this went on in an orderly manner. Each player's excitement slowly calmed down before setting off, waiting for Xiao Ming's final mobilization.

"This is... the Champions League final."

Xiao Ming made his opening remark with one nonsense. Everyone knew that it was a nonsense, but everyone listened carefully.

"The highest honor in football is the World Cup, but for me, the Champions League is my World Cup. I can't coach a national team, and I can never step on the World Cup field as a coach, but I have the confidence to step on the final field again and again in the Champions League."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming smiled: "Maybe you think I'm talking big... But from the moment I became the chairman of Leiden Oriental, I was looking forward to stepping into the Champions League finals and holding up the Big Ear Cup... Leiden Oriental is a small team with a long history but no record that cannot be achieved. But there is one thing we are the same as those top clubs and super giants. That is, when we step on the court, the score we face is a zero-to-zero. No matter how famous they are, the past history cannot allow them to lead the score before they go on the court. Any victory depends on the players on the court - they can fight, why can't we fight?"

"This season, our performance has surprised everyone. We eliminated AC Milan and Valencia in the group stage, and directly eliminated Lazio and Barcelona in the knockout stage. These are all giants, from La Liga and Serie A, but we suppressed them in their performance... What does this prove? Prove that we are not fucking dark horses, we are strong teams! They are strong teams with deterrence in the European arena! Let the media who think we can only cause some trouble for Real Madrid in the finals! We are for the championship! Maybe before the start of this season, we are the media that think we can only cause some trouble for Real Madrid!

I didn't expect us to move forward to this position. After all, in a game like the Champions League, not only strength is important, but luck is also important. But I never doubt that our strength has reached the point of being able to win the Champions League! From tenth to second in half a season, overcoming the defending champion Arsenal. Although we have lost three games so far in the Champions League, we are the most stable team! Real Madrid is not invincible. Their personnel composition and tactics have great flaws. As long as we play the content of the training on the court, victory must belong to us!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming waved his hand suddenly, and his eyes were filled with an extremely hot and desire to win, and he shouted: "Champion!"

The players who had been completely motivated by him yelled together: "Champion!"

"Leedon!" Xiao Ming made a second explosion.

"Leyton!" The players waved their fists and shouted a second time.

"The champion belongs to Leiden! Glory belongs to Leiden!"

"Ula!"

This is not a pre-celebration, but a declaration of Leiden Oriental’s championship!

At this time, there is no need to cover up any concealment. No team that has entered the Champions League finals will say before the game, "We have completed the task this season, and we can satisfy it whether we lose or lose or win." If we enter the final, we have to win the championship, and at least we have to go in this direction. If we don't think so, we will either be a stupid idiot or a super hypocrite who is not right.

"Let's go, boys, 60,000 Leidens, and 220,000 Walthamstos will be your strong backing!"

Standing at the entrance of the player's passage, the players on both sides stared forward and did not look at the people beside them.

Real Madrid players did not notice this team from the UK, which was called "the least famous and most unlikely to win the championship in the Champions League" by the media before the start of the season. You should know that before the start of the season, although Leiden Oriental was a Premier League team, the highest odds for winning the championship by major bookmakers were also the escort 35. If Leiden Oriental really won the championship, then perhaps the economic level of Leiden City would rise to a higher level - you should know that there are many loyal Leiden Oriental fans who beat Leiden Oriental before the season to win the championship! A Success 35, even if they don't push much, it is enough to be a lot of income!

Such a peasant team can stand in front of them and become their opponent in the Champions League final - but Real Madrid players will not look down on them in any way, because like them, Leiden Oriental also stood in front of them after a hard battle and an undisputed victory!

Real Madrid's path to promotion is also uneven! So they will never underestimate any opponent standing in front of them!

What's more, although most of the opponents in front of them are unfamiliar, there is no shortage of familiar stars in the middle...

Dutch star scorer Van Nie, who has made his mark in the Dutch national team, Croatian midfielder Boban, French national team captain Deselli... Last season, Suk and Gianni, who were in the same team as them, could not appear in the main lineup of Leiden East. Giarney was suspended, while Suk was unable to compete with Leiden East players... From this point of view alone, these main players of Leiden East should not be underestimated!

In the Champions League, where the giants gather, there is no absolute weak team. Denmark's Bronder is considered a weak team? In the group stage of the Champions League last season, in the death group with Barcelona, ​​Manchester United and Bayern, they overturned Bayern, who later won the first place in the group in the first game! This season, there was also a situation where teams like Rosenberg put Feyenoord and Dortmund under their feet in the group stage, and giants like AC Milan were eliminated in the first stage of the group stage!

When thinking about this, Real Madrid players would not have any intention of underestimating their opponents. What about Real Madrid's opponent in the European Champions League final two seasons ago was Juventus, who was in full swing at that time. At that time, Juventus and Serie A could dominate European football, but what about Real Madrid? Although they had won six Champions League titles before, they were heavily in debt at that time, and the number of stars in the team was not as many as Juventus. Only Redondo could be called the top midfielder, only Robert Carlos and Jero, and although there were Suke on the forward line.

, Mijatovic and Raul, but Suk and Mijatovic's performances are not particularly good. Raul is just a rookie. On the contrary, Juventus has entered the Champions League final twice in the past two seasons, winning the championship and losing to Riddle and Ricken's super performance. There are many good players in the team, Zidane, Davis and Deschamps' three super midfielders, Piero and Inzaghi's forward line combination, and the strongest defense line in Serie A... Before the game, almost all European media believed that Juventus would win the Champions League championship, but what about the end?

Relying on Mijatovic's gold-like goal, Real Madrid defeated Juventus and won the Champions League! After that season, Juventus began to encounter darkness, suffered both setbacks in the Champions League and the league next season, and was defeated by Manchester United. He ranked only sixth in the Serie A. Real Madrid slowly recovered their vitality and began their revival journey!

Although perhaps the gap between Leiden Oriental and Real Madrid is much larger than that between Real Madrid and Juventus two seasons ago, you should know that the competition for the Champions League this season is much greater than that two seasons ago. At that time, only the top two can participate in the four major leagues, and the schedule is not dense at all. Now the teams that can participate in the Champions League in the four major leagues are four to three! It can be said that the most powerful teams in Europe are concentrated in the Champions League, rather than distributed in the Champions League, League Cup and Winner Cup as before...

Teams that can enter the finals in such a cruel schedule are definitely not able to get to this point just by luck!

It is precisely because of the experience of winning the championship two seasons ago as an unpopular person, that Real Madrid players did not despise Leiden Oriental at all, whether on the surface or in the heart.

Leiden Oriental's outstanding performance in the European arena in the past two seasons is largely due to the contempt and unfamiliarity of other teams. Now, when this advantage is lost, can Leiden Oriental continue to create miracles?

"Yes, because I'm here."
Chapter completed!