Chapter 355: Forever Pistachios in the Locker Room
Hampden Park Stadium.
This is also the home stadium of the Scotland national team. It is a circular modern stadium with a capacity of 48,000 people. It was full today. Scalper tickets have been sold for more than 3,000 euros, but they are no longer available.
Half of the stadium was filled with Cologne fans and the other half was Sevilla fans.
The German flag, the Spanish flag, and the Scottish flag formed the colors of the stadium, and everyone was looking forward to the final.
The UEFA Cup final is a warm-up for the Champions League final a week later and is also the most important competition under UEFA this season.
At the VIP table, a group of UEFA bosses who had just taken office were very ambitious. They hoped that European football would be even more glorious in the next 10 years.
Because Cologne was drawn as the away team in the pre-match draw, Cologne will wear red jerseys in this game, while Sevilla can wear white home team jerseys.
In the visiting team's locker room, Cologne's players were very nervous. For most people, this is the highest stage in their lives.
Cups and leagues are different.
The cup match is a determined one, with no chance of saving and even ending after conceding a goal.
This is why Liverpool is particularly strong in cup competitions, but not in the league. In the final analysis, the league and cup competitions are completely different things.
Schultz kept bouncing the ball, hoping to relax himself in this way.
"Damn it, why are your muscles disobedient?"
"I'm not usually like this."
Stevens noticed the nervousness of the team members and called Tang Zhenglong aside.
"Don, you know I never asked you."
"Boss, this is the fourth time you have begged me."
"..."
The black lines on Stevens' forehead almost fell to the ground.
"Okay, I beg you for the fifth time to put on a show for everyone to relax the atmosphere in the locker room."
"Show show?"
Tang Zhenglong was stunned.
"Boss, I'm not from the circus, I'm a star."
Stevens said: "What happened in the locker room is unknown to the outside world, so I will keep it a secret."
Tang Zhenglong seriously doubted this.
"Boss, I will try my best, but I won't perform the show because I don't know how."
"Okay, Tang, it's up to you. I know you have the best mentality. At this time, you need to pass it on to your teammates."
Yes, Stevens used the word infection in German. Tang Zhenglong thought it was strange, or rather low.
Tang Zhenglong went over and patted Schulz, "Matthias, I want to ask you something."
"What?"
"Have you ever felt that the coffee you drank at the Cologne Lounge occasionally smells strange?"
Tang Zhenglong mentioned this, and Schulz remembered it, it seemed like this.
"seems like it."
"You know there is a gardener at Club Cologne named Subbot, right?"
"I know, Baldhead, you help us take care of the flowers and plants."
"Then did you know that there is a chemical fertilizer called urea?"
Schultz shook his head, "I don't know."
"Matthias, I want to confess to you. In fact, I occasionally stole a little urea from Subbot and added it to your coffee."
"..."
Schultz's face turned green.
"Tang Zhenglong! Are you kidding me? Otherwise, I will beat you so that you can't participate in the finals."
Tang Zhenglong sweated: "I'm telling the truth."
"Asshole, why did you do that!!"
"Because I want to know what urea tastes like, but I can't try it myself, so..."
Schultz decided that even if he did not participate in the finals, he would still settle the score with Tang Zhenglong.
"Tang...Zheng...Long, go to hell!!"
Teammates who were already laughing came over to break up the fight.
"Stop it."
"Let me go, I want revenge."
"By the way, Matthias, what does urea smell like?"
"You will know after you go and eat it yourself."
At this time, someone asked: "Don, are you making fun of us? I seem to remember that one time my coffee was very bitter."
Tang Zhenglong's face darkened, "Why didn't you say the coffee you drank was very dark?"
Hahaha.
There was another burst of laughter in the locker room.
Stevens laughed too.
"Hey, boss, why are you sitting on the ground?"
"so funny."
"Hahaha."
"Boss, actually I have something to confess to you."
"What?"
"One time I was eating a sandwich and accidentally dropped a piece of ham on the floor, so I exchanged it with you."
"..."
The smile on Stevens' face suddenly froze, and he felt particularly happy.
"Don, you must be joking, right?"
"No, I don't really like eating things on the ground, so..."
Stevens was furious, "Is it possible that there are still people who like to eat things on the ground?"
"I want to remove Tang Zhenglong."
Assistant coach Khan said: "It's too late now, the list has been submitted."
I saw all the team members laughing so hard that they were out of breath.
"I remembered, I saw it that time too."
"It turns out that the sandwich was eaten by the boss."
Stevens wanted to vomit, the floors in the lounge were so dirty, mixed with the fragrance of lawn dirt, plus the cleaning lady was a Turkish lady, God knows what she did to those floors.
"Tang, if you pay my medical expenses, I will lose 10 years of my life."
"Hahaha."
The atmosphere in the locker room became lively and everyone became less nervous. At this time, there was a knock on the door. It was a UEFA staff member.
"Boys, it's time to enter. I wish you good luck."
Stevens immediately became serious.
"Let us fight, especially Tang Zhenglong."
"Why especially Tang Zhenglong?"
"Because you are the top scorer in the UEFA Cup, we rely on you to win."
Tang Zhenglong dislikes this kind of encouragement that does not come with bonuses. It is boring. If Stevens said that if you win the game, the team will award you 1 million, then Tang Zhenglong will be much happier.
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In the Sevilla dressing room, Juande Ramos looked confident. As the defending champion, they swept Middlesbrough last year and beat their opponents so hard that even his mother didn't recognize him.
So the plot of Lajuend is still the same this year, it's just a question of how many goals he scores.
A 4-goal sweep like last year shouldn't be possible, but 2 goals is still a sure thing.
"My boys, I know you have already booked your vacation, and so have I. We still have one game left."
The team members also laughed. They won the championship and it was another wonderful season. Then they should find a picturesque place to reward themselves.
"Boss, I heard that Thailand is good." Paulson smiled and showed a "you know" expression.
Everyone understood and laughed.
Juande shook his finger: "I am a good man."
Ha ha.
"Of course, if you are willing to invite me to play, I will not refuse."
Alves smiled and said: "Boss, you should invite us to play."
Chapter completed!