When Barcelona arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, the media and fans who were picking up the plane were surprised to find that all the players from Barcelona's first team, including Marcos Senna, who was not eligible to participate, traveled with the 18 people who entered the game list, instead of sitting separately.
Plane to Istanbul.
Wearing a neat suit and walking out of the airport in high spirits, he was warmly welcomed by thousands of fans.
Edmilson, Motta and Gabri, who had been sidelined for a long time due to injuries, all caught up with the last train at the last moment and returned in time before the Champions League final. Among them, Edmilson and Gabri were both in the team's three-to-three match.
Playing in the draw against Villarreal, Edmilson played in the second half and his performance was average.
The whole world knows that Barcelona's defense will be the biggest suspense in this final. Edmilson was Barcelona's main midfielder who had high hopes before the season, but he has been sidelined due to injury for a long time, resulting in him not playing his due role.
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Now, at the critical moment, will Rijkaard trust Edmilson?
Not long ago, Xavi, one of Barcelona's vice-captains, talked about injuries in an exclusive interview with Daily Sports. He believed that the team's first-team lineup itself was relatively thin. The injuries to many players during the season had seriously affected Barcelona's performance.
strategic deployment.
"When our injuries were at their worst, there were only 12 regular first-team players who could play football. We had to recruit a group of young players from the youth team to make up the 18-man roster."
Xavi recalled the experience at that time and believed that it was not easy for the team to advance simultaneously in La Liga and the Champions League. Such Barcelona is full of respect.
During this difficult process, Harvey believes that the team can successfully overcome the difficulties, the locker room remains united, and every player plays an important role. This is the most important thing and the key to the team's success today.
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"Su Dong has scored consecutive goals in the Champions League and La Liga. Whether he is facing a strong opponent like Real Madrid or in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, he has shown incredible performance and status to help the team continue to move forward. He is a
A trustworthy and admirable professional player and teammate!"
Xavi never talks much, but this time he rarely spoke very highly of Su Dong. He also believed that the key to whether Barcelona can win in the Champions League final lies in Su Dong. The team must play Su Dong's role and
Attack power.
Therefore, when the team arrived in Turkey, everyone discovered that the talented young Messi was on the list and appeared in the team's 18-man roster, which meant that he would appear in the finals.
Iniesta is another young player who has entered the 18-man squad. He has performed well this season. What fans are most talking about is the tacit cooperation between him and Sudong. These have made him a good player in the Barcelona team.
Earned a place.
There is even a faint tendency to suppress Jiuli, who invested heavily in it.
Before the team left for Turkey, Barcelona chairman Laporta had made it clear that among the first batch of players to renew their contracts, Iniesta and Messi were on the list. They are the most important players in the future of the team.
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Media and fans all over the world saw that in the Barcelona team walking out of the airport, Sudong, who was 1.95 meters tall, was followed by Messi and Iniesta, who were just over 1.7 meters tall. The three of them were pulling luggage.
They were talking and laughing all the way, and they seemed to have a very good relationship.
Marcos Senna, who had played in the UEFA Cup for Villarreal but failed to play in the Champions League for Barcelona, followed Su Dong, looking a little lonely and obviously feeling extremely disappointed for missing such a Champions League final.
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On the evening of the day that Barcelona arrived in Turkey, AC Milan head coach Carlo Ancelotti led the team to the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul for familiarization training. This is also a routine operation before every Champions League final.
What is different from the past is that football king Maradona also came to Istanbul and visited AC Milan's pre-match training.
Maradona believes that this is a close match, but relatively speaking, AC Milan is more likely to win.
"I think AC Milan has the strength to win the final victory!"
The reason why he chose AC Milan, Maradona said, was because of his compatriot Crespo. He believed that Crespo was full of hunger for honors and all Argentines were hoping that he could bring back this honor.
Obviously, the world champion still has not forgotten the grudge he had with Barcelona back then, as well as the bleak prospects of Argentine players in Barcelona in recent years, including Saviola, Riquelme and Solin, who have not played in Barcelona.
This made the football king firmly stand on the side of AC Milan.
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After training at AC Milan, head coach Carlo Ancelotti attended a regular press conference.
Regarding the praise from Maradona, Ancelotti was in a good mood and jokingly said, "Fortunately it's not Pele."
The media reporters present also burst into laughter.
Pele's "crow's mouth" is already a golden signature in world football.
Ancelotti has a very clear understanding of tomorrow night's opponent Barcelona.
"This is a team with a very good offensive power. At the same time, they do not consider the opponent's rhythm on the court because they themselves will firmly control the rhythm of the game, so they are used to letting their opponents play at their own pace.
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Ancelotti mentioned that Barcelona played a Gamper Cup with AC Milan this season and also played two games with Juventus. He has carefully studied Barcelona's games and he is sure to beat his opponents in the game.
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"To deal with a team like Barcelona, the opening is very important. We will try hard to knock on Barcelona's goal within the first three minutes. In this way, all their original plans will be disrupted and their players' ideas will be different.
There will be reunification and all the problems will be exposed."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ancelotti did not elaborate on how to execute the plan to score in three minutes. Some Spanish media at the scene even believed that this was Ancelotti’s plan.
Bragging.
Barcelona's defense is indeed very bad, but it is a bit exaggerated to say that the goal was scored within three minutes before the game.
Ancelotti smiled and said nothing and did not refute on the spot.
Regarding AC Milan's physical fitness, Ancelotti said there is no need to worry because the players are very physically fit in training, but he still reminded the players to be careful because Barcelona will get a lot of possession of the ball, which will affect the physical fitness of AC Milan players.
It's a huge test.
Ancelotti also mentioned experience.
In the current AC Milan team, their players have extremely valuable and rich Champions League experience, even in the Champions League finals, while in this Barcelona team, there is very little Champions League experience, and only Su Dong and Deco have experience in the Champions League finals.
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"In this kind of competition, experience is very important, because it can help players better handle the pressure and anxiety caused by the competition, and at the same time, they can also deal with sudden events on the court more calmly."
Finally, Ancelotti said with confidence that everyone at AC Milan can't wait for tomorrow night's decisive battle!
"We will work hard to recreate the classic final eleven years ago!"
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Barcelona's training also attracted a lot of media and fans.
In the subsequent pre-match press conference, Rijkaard did not choose to engage in a war of words with Ancelotti, but instead stated in a low-key manner that Barcelona had made all preparations for this game.
As for Ancelotti's threat to score Barcelona's goal within three minutes, Rijkaard said with a smile, "It sounds more like an exaggeration he said to boost the morale of the players. Who believes it?"
Perhaps in order to reduce the pressure on the players as much as possible before the game, Rijkaard gave all the players a three-hour holiday the night before the game, so that they could go to the same hotel on different floors and find themselves wherever they wanted.
The team gathers with friends and family.
This is also a special arrangement that the head coach will make before many major finals.
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Su Dong met his parents, Wang Chuqing and Ma Dawei.
They met in a hotel in Istanbul.
After meeting each other, Su Dong was naturally concerned about their situation, such as how they lived here, whether they were used to it, etc.
"What about you? How are you adjusting to your condition?" Su Wenji asked with concern.
Many people only know that he is Su Dong's father, but they forget that he is actually also a senior football fan.
"It's okay." Su Dong smiled lightly.
Su Wenji nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. He knew that his son always had to hide his secrets.
If he says it's okay, then it can basically be said to be pretty good, or even very good.
"Before the Chinese New Year, your father and I specially hired the most famous designer in Shanghai to decorate and design the house next door for you. We designed it according to your favorite minimalist style. Anyway, we think
Deserted."
Mother Yang Xiuyu looked disgusted.
No wonder, the minimalist style looks simple and has nothing, but in fact it is very expensive to decorate.
Su Dong couldn't trust his parents, so he immediately looked at Ma Dawei, who nodded towards him and showed a thumbs up.
Ma Dawei went to see the scene and was obviously very satisfied.
Only then did Su Dong feel relieved and promised to go back and stay longer this year.
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As we chatted, the topic naturally turned to buying a house.
Su Dong's parents really didn't have any other hobbies. The old couple went to and from work very regularly every day. Their biggest hobby was buying a house.
God knows why they like buying houses so much?
However, listening to his parents chatting about their experience in buying a house, Su Dong felt really warm in his heart.
As a professional player, he is away from the country all year round and cannot be with his parents. Although he often calls, he is never as caring as if he were around. Because of this, he fully supports his parents' hobby of buying a house.
To be exaggerated, the most important thing is that the speed at which his parents spent money on buying a house was far behind Su Dong's speed at making money.
In this case, why would he care?
What's more, when Su Dong plays football so hard, in addition to wanting to realize his own wishes and prove his worth, doesn't he also want to make the people around him live a better life and be happier?
In the midst of intense preparations, the three hours spent with his parents were the most relaxing time for Su Dong.
But the final was supposed to come, and it came anyway!
