When the bus from Real Madrid arrived at the stadium, there were cheers of tsunamis in the square. Even Abel, Koniriya and his group who sat down in the stadium could hear it clearly. It can be seen that the momentum was amazing.

Later, after the Barcelona bus arrived, Abel and Connellia heard the cheers outside on the court that seemed to be a little louder than before. The two looked at each other and smiled, and they all knew that Barcelona fans were unwilling to let Real Madrid fans suppress their momentum. The two sides were competing in this way.

Not long after this cheer, the number of fans entering the court increased significantly, and the long queues at the entrance were getting longer and longer.

Fans from both sides began to enter the court, and the security guards and police in the court were facing a great enemy. All entrances were opened and all the ticket gates were crowded.

The media did not forget to shoot this spectacular scene: "Look! This is the strongest showdown in Champions League history! This game will fill the Allianz Stadium!"

Fans started entering the field and waited for the game to begin, while players on both sides walked off their bus and entered the locker room directly from the dedicated access.

It's time to warm up in the locker room for a while.

Before they entered, a TV broadcaster had already entered the filming process. Later, TV viewers from various countries could see the signal provided by the broadcaster through the TV station. They would see the jerseys of the two teams in the locker room, as well as some other details.

Barcelona entered the home locker room, and Real Madrid entered the away locker room.

In the locker room, their jerseys, sneakers, and even socks and leg guards were prepared for them. These were all the credits of the team staff who came to the stadium in advance. In order to make them concentrate on preparing for the game, such work was handed over to professionals.

Chu Zhongtian walked into the away team locker room at Allianz Stadium, and a familiar feeling came to his face - he played in the Bundesliga for three seasons and had never entered the home team locker room. When he came, he used the away team locker room. This time he represented Real Madrid to play the Champions League final, but he didn't expect that he still drew the away team draw. He seemed to be really destined to be the away team locker room.

He walked into here and looked at the Real Madrid jerseys hanging on the wall. In a trance, he saw the white jerseys in front of him as Hoffenheim's away jerseys. The figure swaying in front of him was not Real Madrid's teammates, but Ibissevic, Salihovic, Sana, van Nistruei, Obasi and others... He still vaguely remembered the mood they felt when they first came to this stadium.

Before that game, the media also hyped up the game between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich to the height of subverting the tradition of the Bundesliga and challenging the old forces. Almost no one is optimistic about them and think it would be great if they could lose a fewer goals at Allianz Stadium.

As a result, Hoffenheim tied the powerful Bayern Munich away in that game.

With this draw, Hoffenheim won the winter championship and finally won the Bundesliga championship that season, shocking the entire German football world and creating a "country fairy tale" that is no less than the "Kaiserslautern Miracle". Taking this league championship as the starting point, Hoffenheim completed their most amazing goal two seasons - they defeated Barcelona in the Champions League final and won the European Champions League historically!

All the stories of rural fairy tales start from this game, from the visiting team locker room of the stadium. Ralph Rangnick slapped and encouraged the young country bumpkins under his command: "...This is a good opportunity for us to show ourselves to the whole world, and if we miss it, there will be no more!"

Chu Zhongtian found that this sentence is also very suitable for today's situation.

This is the best opportunity to beat Barcelona again in the Champions League final, and if you miss it, there will be no more.

Of course, our goal next season is still the champion, but there are always unexpected situations in a long game, and no one knows whether we can really reach the final. And even if we reach the final again, who will the opponent on the opposite side be? The chances of Barcelona are not high. It is different now. Since we are already in the final, what reason is there not to fight this?

He walked to his jersey, started taking off his formal attire, putting on his training suit, and preparing to go out for a warm-up.

※※※In the stands of the Allianz Stadium, fans are quickly filling the modern stadium that can accommodate 66,000 people.

The same is true in VIP private rooms.

The invited sponsors, football celebrities, and political tycoons squeezed into the box and took advantage of the time before the game started to greet and chat with new friends or old friends.

Rangnick was sitting in this box. He was invited by Klinsman. If he bought the tickets himself to watch the ball, he would definitely be sitting in an ordinary seat. These VIP boxes do not sell tickets to the public at all. The period of these tickets is counted according to years, and they are usually collected by rich people in several years.

Now his friend Klinsmann was socializing, and no one came up to shake hands and greet him, so he sat in his seat, quietly waiting for the game to begin.

After finishing his greetings with his friends, Klinsman finally sat in the seat next to Rangnick.

"How do you feel?" Klinsman asked.

"To be honest...it's a bit boring." Rangnick said.

"Ha, who asked you how you feel about waiting? I'm asking you how you feel about this game."

"Originally, Barcelona was far ahead of Real Madrid as a whole, but now it's different. Overall, Real Madrid's strength is almost the same as Barcelona," he said.

Klinsman smiled and said, "Is it because of Chu?"

Rangnick nodded.

"Ralph, if Chu didn't leave the team last summer, would you be confident that you would bring this team to this position again?" Klinsman pointed to the stadium below.

Rangnick was silent.

To be honest, this is quite difficult. A team has reached the final for two consecutive years, and in addition to its absolute strength, it also needs some luck.

After all, not any team is like Barcelona, ​​who can reach the Champions League final three times in four years.

After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed and admitted his "incompetence": "I can't."

"Even if there is Chu, it won't work?"

"No matter how powerful Chu is, he cannot stand up to the entire team. A team can enter the Champions League final, which is a reflection of comprehensive strength... With Hoffenheim's current strength, it is very difficult. Even if I bought players last summer and increased my strength, it may not work... The Hoffenheim used to be full of honor, but after they won the Champions League championship, I can clearly find that their desire for the game is declining. They are no longer hungry, and their motivation is insufficient."

Klinsman nodded. He knew this. He was also watching the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim's performance this season was completely different from the last two seasons. Some media experts believed that it was because of the core and soul. However, Klinsman believed that Chu Zhongtian's departure would not have such a big impact. The most important thing is that the entire team lacks motivation for the game and their desire for victory is decreasing. Many games were originally able to win, but the players suddenly felt relieved, as if they had lost their power.

So the media said they couldn't understand the defeats in some games.

What can’t be understood? Hoffenheim is just a nouveau riche, they lack the foundation of a wealthy family. It is too easy to get carried away because of one peak and lose all their goals, and feel that they can lie on the credit book and sleep.

They are not like Bayern Munich, and they are not giants who have won the Champions League once and twice. They have very strict requirements on themselves and think that winning the championship is the norm and is natural. Therefore, they will do their best in every game and every champion wants to pursue it.

Hope's ideal is to build Hoffenheim into a giant in five to seven years, but UEFA's new policy suddenly broke all his plans. Without the possibility of continuing to inject funds into the team, he had to modify his goals and change it to now gaining a foothold in the Bundesliga, which can ensure that he can continue to stay in the Bundesliga every season and make a dream of a giant.

So it was already a "unexpected surprise" to be able to win the Champions League championship in the end.

Chu Zhongtian's departure is the ending sign of Hoffenheim's meteor-like glorious ending, but it is definitely not the reason for their ending. He is at most one of the reasons. Even if he continues to stay in Hoffenheim, it is only to make Hoffenheim's decline come a little later and cannot fundamentally reverse the process. From the perspective of the players' personal point of view, it is obviously appropriate to leave Hoffenheim, who has no ambitions. This can be seen from the fact that he followed the team to the Champions League final in his first season with the team in Real Madrid that he made the right move.

Chu Zhongtian was not trained by Hoffenheim. Before he came to Hoffenheim, he had already led the unknown Metz to win the League Cup championship. Otherwise, why would he be worth 30 million? A professional player, a professional player with aspirations, of course he would get the championship wherever he could get it.

Klinsmann had no other opinion on Chu Zhongtian's choice to leave Hoffenheim, it was just a normal job change.

He just felt sorry for his friend Ralph Rangnick. He was an idea-friendly head coach, but unfortunately he was not in an environment suitable for him. Just like he was in Bayern Munich, he was not as lucky as Wenger and Ferguson. He was able to stay in an environment suitable for him for ten or twenty years. Most head coaches were like wandering travelers, looking for a place that would allow him to rest and feel at ease throughout his life, allowing him to fully utilize his thoughts, thoughts, feelings and insights.

He originally thought Hoffenheim was a place suitable for Rangnick, but now it seems that it was just suitable for it.

And he seems to have not found a place that suits him yet.

Mourinho is an alternative among them. He doesn't seem to need a place that can suit him for a long time. He only needs to suit himself in a short time to create brilliant results. This person has super adaptability and strong adaptability. He has never belonged to any club. He can leave a deep mark on him wherever he has walked, but he may not be able to leave such a deep mark on him.

Clinsmann feels that Mourinho can't do long in Real Madrid. Now Fiorentino hopes that Real Madrid can break the monopoly of the champions of his arch rival Barcelona, ​​so he found Mourinho, who is most suitable for winning the championship quickly.

Mourinho is indeed capable. He has led the team to the Spanish Cup and La Liga championship in his second season. He still has the hope of winning the triple crown - the triple crown is the most difficult glory for many teams, but under this Portuguese, it seems to be as normal as breathing. He has accomplished two "triple crowns" in Porto and Inter Milan, and is now about to create his third "triple crown" in Real Madrid.

But ironically, when he achieved such a brilliant result, it was also the time when the countdown to leave Real Madrid began. Florentino could not tolerate a person who threatened his power for a long time staying in the team, especially after he had won the tenth European Cup he had dreamed of, his wish was done, and the next step was to clean up dissidents and regain power. Although Mourinho's Real Madrid is very competitive, it is not Real Madrid in the traditional sense after all, and his football is too utilitarian. Florentino still wants to return to tradition, and Real Madrid can

There is no place for Mourinho to gain a foothold. Every word he says will become the fuse for his departure. His arrogance will make him betray his relatives in Madrid. If he is smart, he would be better off choosing to leave after winning the triple crown. Just like in Inter Milan, he left calmly. While leaving a legend, he also left his successor with a glorious back that was high up to his mountain, so that Real Madrid fans will always remember his good deeds, but they don’t care about his negative things at all... Klinsman patted Rangnick’s shoulder: “I heard that Schalke 04 is contacting you?”

Rangnick nodded. The news that he was leaving Hoffenheim was not very news. There were several times in the middle of last season that he was leaving the team. His relationship with Hope was no longer as harmonious as before. He could "share the worries" but not "same joys".

"If possible, you might as well skip over and try."

"I told them to make a decision after I watch this final."

Klinsman smiled and said nothing.

Just as they were chatting, the players from both sides had already run out to warm up, and the atmosphere became warm, and the fans from both sides competed with their singing.

After the warm-up, the players on both sides left the court again. When they came out again, it was time for the battle to begin.

※※※As the players left the court, Allianz Stadium became a little quieter.

Everyone is resting their energy and preparing to work hard to cheer for their team in the game.

At this time, the starting list of both sides has been released. The reporters and TV stations on the scene have already obtained the starting list provided by the event. Generally speaking, this starting list is the same as the starting list in the game at that time, unless a player is injured while warming up before the game and cannot play.

Guardiola also got the starting lineup for Real Madrid. As he expected, Xavi Alonso, who had been hyped by the media for a while before the game, did not appear in the starting lineup, and he sat on the bench.

He smiled - everything was in his control, and at least there was nothing to worry about in this game at the beginning.

He even looked forward to what Mourinho would look like when he got Barcelona's starting roster... In the visiting team's locker room next door, Mourinho was indeed stunned after seeing Barcelona's starting roster.

He saw two midfielders in the starting roster, one is Buzquez and the other is Mascherano. This time, Mascherano was not a guest star in the central defender, because there are two names of central defenders in the starting roster.

But there is a missing name among the forwards - Barcelona actually gave up the 433 formation they had lasted for twenty years and instead played 442!

He was stunned for a moment and then laughed again.

He doesn't think that a few days of attack training can make Barcelona players familiar with and understand 442, and he also agrees with what Cruyff said that if Guardiola changes his best tactics for this game and switches to another unfamiliar set of tactics, it means that Guardiola is already afraid before the battle. As long as he encounters setbacks in the game, such as conceding a goal, he will first start to swing left and right. I don't know whether to stick to this set of tactics or exchange them for his traditional tactics. This back and forth swaying will definitely affect the team's performance. At critical moments, this impact will be fatal.

So he is not afraid at all.

Whether Barcelona is 433 or 442, they will be the same. Can a Buzquez not defend against Chu Zhongtian, then add another Mascherano? If it were Mascherano a few years ago, it might be really OK, but in the past two years, the former Argentina midfield defensive player has worn away his fighting spirit and form on Barcelona's bench. How much of his past things are left?

Mourinho is now eager to see how Chu Zhongtian single-handedly beats these two top midfielders in the game... He shook the Barcelona starting roster in his hand and said to the players who are changing clothes: "We have already got their starting roster, they have changed their formation - they have sent two midfielders, and it is obvious that they are here to deal with Chu."

After hearing what he said, everyone turned their eyes to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "That's great. It's easier to deal with two at one time than to deal with one at a time and to deal with two in a row."

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian was so confident, Mourinho smiled and said, "Don't I give you Niannian who is your opponent in the game?"

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I guess it should be Buzquez and Mascherano, one is responsible for connecting the offense and defense, controlling the rhythm, and the other is responsible for defense. This combination is not unusual, and Barcelona also happens to have these two kinds of people."

Mourinho curled his lips: "Since you know everything, I'm looking forward to your performance in the game."

Everyone laughed.

Mourinho coughed: "Gentlemen, please be quiet, I have something to say to you..."

Everyone turned their sight that had been cast on Chu Zhongtian before and turned to him.
Chapter completed!