One day later, the entire Barcelona team also arrived in Paris.
At Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Barcelona head coach Rijkaard was asked an embarrassing question by reporters: Rijkaard had played against Leon's team twice before, and both were on the losing side. Will this make him lose this time?
Facing Li Ang’s Inter Milan brings psychological pressure?
"Victories and championships are not forged by historical data, but by hard work on the court." Rijkaard said.
After getting rid of the entanglement of reporters, Rijkaard still felt unhappy. Last season, Barcelona led all the way, but was eventually reversed by Sporting Gijon and took away the La Liga championship. This was a thorn in Rijkaard's heart. Now
I opened the scar again, saying that it was because of the old and new grudges that had gone too far in my heart, but I still felt unhappy.
This time, my Barcelona team is strong, has won the La Liga championship, and is in good shape. This time we must beat Liang!
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The next day, at the pre-match press conference, the two head coaches once again faced off.
When Rijkaard talked about this game, he said that Barcelona has the advantage because Barcelona has the best players in Europe and plays the most beautiful football.
"We have a phenomenal player like Ronaldinho. Not only that, every player in our team is outstanding. Barcelona is a whole, a healthy whole. Our beautiful football has won the recognition of the audience.
, and also won victory and respect on the court! This is where our confidence lies. We have already won the La Liga championship, and now the Champions League is our higher goal. Barcelona’s desire for victory will help us win the game!”
An Italian reporter raised his hand and asked: "But Inter Milan also has top stars, and they are also the new Serie A champions..."
Rijkaard said: "I know that the current situation in Serie A is quite special. I hope these things will not affect Inter Milan's preparations."
Rijkaard smiled and did not continue. However, what he meant was the "Calciopoli" incident that is currently making a fuss in Serie A. Now, Serie A, the former "Little World Cup", has
Became the laughing stock of other leagues.
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When Li Ang heard Rijkaard's words, his first reaction was that there was something wrong with this guy. The 'phone scandal' has not affected Inter Milan so far, and he can confidently say that Inter Milan's Serie A championship is real.
Withstands tests.
Then he realized that Rijkaard did it deliberately to shake Inter Milan's military morale.
The reason why Li Ang led the team to Paris one day in advance was to prevent the current messy situation in Italian football from affecting Inter Milan's preparations. But now Rijkaard is deliberately not mentioning any of the pots, with 'sinister intentions'.
Moreover, the 'Phonegate' incident is now a sensitive topic.
Li Ang was aware of Rijkaard's intention, became vigilant in his heart, and had a countermeasure.
I saw him smile slightly and said.
"Barcelona is a familiar opponent to me, and I am very happy to be able to meet such a familiar opponent on a stage like the Champions League. My experience against Mr. Rijkaard will help us find the best ideas in the game.
Way to win.”
Aren't you playing psychological warfare? Aren't you trying to cause trouble? Then, I'll just expose your scars.
Li Ang led Sporting Gijon to snatch the La Liga title from Rijkaard's Barcelona. This was his achievement, but it was also a thorn in the side of Rijkaard and Barcelona.
Now all he has to do is to provoke this thorn and anger Rijkaard and the Barcelona people.
A team whose brains are occupied by anger may burst out with huge energy, but it also means that they will lose their cool and easily fall into traps.
Sure enough, Rijkaard's face turned ugly, what a bastard! Is such a blatant act of exposing scars really okay?!
The reporters at the scene watched with great pleasure as the two head coaches bickered.
They are looking forward to this UEFA Champions League final even more.
The collision of the new La Liga champions and the new Serie A champions!
Rijkaard and Li Ang, the enemies, faced off again after a year, and the stage of the duel was on the stage of the Champions League final!
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After the press conference, when he returned to the hotel where he was staying, Li Ang held a tactical meeting with the entire team.
Inter Milan has been preparing for this game for a long time. After winning the Serie A ahead of schedule, all the focus of the team is focused on the Champions League game.
As Li Ang said, he is very familiar with Barcelona and Rijkaard, which is indeed very helpful to Inter Milan.
In addition, the Inter Milan team also has two veterans, Ronaldo and Figo. As former Real Madrid superstars, they are also familiar with Barcelona, Real Madrid's century-old rival.
And Carlos, Mata and Modric, the three direct stars brought by Liang from Sporting Gijon, also know Barcelona's opponent.
So, in a sense, Inter Milan is really familiar with Barcelona.
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Regarding the tactics of this game, Li Ang has already explained it in several previous meetings. What he focused on and emphasized today is another issue.
That is: if Inter Milan has a player sent off shortly after the start, how should the game be played?!
The players all thought it was quite strange - there was a red card during the game, and it might have been a situation that might have happened before. There is nothing wrong with making plans and being prepared.
However, someone was sent off shortly after the start. How is this possible?!
Unless it is an extremely serious foul, the referee will definitely be more cautious when officiating the final of Europe's top competition such as the UEFA Champions League final and will not give out a red card easily.
The referee is now thinking about the situation where a player was sent off early in the game and there is one less person to fight. Is he a little nervous?
Li Ang could see the doubtful looks in these players' eyes.
But he couldn't explain it to them.
He remembered clearly that in the original historical trajectory, the two sides in this final were Barcelona and Arsenal, who had been eliminated by Inter Milan before.
Not long after the start of the first half, Arsenal's starting goalkeeper Lehmann was sent off with a red card. This caused Arsenal to play with one man less for a long time, which is also considered to be the reason for Arsenal's final defeat.
Although the opponent against Barcelona is already his Inter Milan, Li Ang is not sure whether his butterfly wings will change some situations in the game. Therefore, he has to plan ahead, considering that his players will suffer early
