The Champions League final is scheduled to be held on May 17, that is, Wednesday, at the Stade de France in Paris, France.
This is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Champions League, so the final venue will be returned to the venue of the first Champions League final fifty years ago.
Barcelona meets Chelsea. This is a duel between the two most powerful teams in European football today.
In La Liga, Barcelona established its league lead early and won all the championships this season, except for the Champions League. Chelsea is also a strong player in the Premier League and won the championship early. Mourinho won the Premier League for two consecutive seasons.
, both teams are the most popular teams in European football at the moment.
Such a duel naturally attracts the attention of fans all over the world.
Even before the game, the two teams had already begun a battle of wits and courage.
Barcelona was originally scheduled to charter a flight from Barcelona to Paris on Monday evening, and even the hotel had been booked in advance.
This caused many media from all over the world to squat at the airport, waiting for Barcelona to come out.
But who would have thought that Barcelona changed their minds temporarily and did not go to Paris as originally planned. Instead, they postponed the trip to Tuesday noon. On Tuesday morning, they still held a closed training session at Gamber Sports City.
When Barcelona's charter flight suddenly landed in Paris, media reporters hurriedly received the news, but Barcelona quickly took a bus directly from the tarmac to a hotel near Versailles.
In order to avoid harassment from media reporters to the greatest extent, Barcelona even arranged the hotel in the suburbs and directly booked the entire hotel for the use of players, their families, and club staff.
Not only that, just like last year, Rijkaard also brought all the players from the first team, including the injured, to Paris.
"I hope that like last year, when the team wins the championship, every one of you will be there!"
At the critical moment, Rijkaard's words were quite provocative.
In terms of logistical support, the club used a large heavy-duty truck with four front and eight rear, loaded with a whole truckload of supplies, and transported it from Barcelona to Paris. In addition to the players' training equipment and ingredients, the most special thing on the truck was a bottle of added sugar.
Extra large champagne from the Catalonian region.
As we all know, France is rich in wine and champagne, but Catalonia also produces champagne. Although it is not as famous as France, Barcelona would rather choose its own champagne than use local materials from France.
Last year when they went to Istanbul, Turkey, the team forgot to bring champagne. This year they reached the Champions League final again. Barcelona is no longer the young kid it was last year. Today, Barcelona is chasing the title of the first giant to successfully defend its title since the restructuring.
, so the team prepares extra large champagne in advance, hoping that the players can show more confidence.
When the team arrived in Paris, all the supplies had been delivered.
Everything Barcelona eats and drinks in Paris is on this big truck.
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Unlike Barcelona, Chelsea's pre-match preparations are also very orderly.
The Blues arrived in Paris on Monday evening, trained at a football field near the hotel on Tuesday morning, and went to the Stade de France in the afternoon for acclimatization training.
According to the itinerary, their acclimatization training time is before Barcelona, and the two teams happen to be staggered.
After training in the afternoon, Mourinho attended the pre-match press conference.
Regarding the upcoming Champions League final, Mourinho said that he is full of confidence and the players can't wait.
The Portuguese madman is as proud as ever. He said that the reason why Barcelona has won consecutive victories is because they have never encountered a truly strong team, such as Chelsea.
As for tomorrow night's Champions League final, Mourinho said that his biggest hope is that the team can finish the game with all the players intact.
"As long as we play with eleven men, we can definitely beat Barcelona!"
This is also a set of psychological tactics by Mourinho.
Barcelona is good at passing and controlling the ball, and with technical masters like Su Dong, Ronaldinho and Messi, they can get more balls and hold the ball longer, while Chelsea is good at running and defense. The Blues'
His style has always been very rigid and aggressive.
Mourinho took precautions in advance to put pressure on the referee.
If a Chelsea player is really sent off, wouldn't that follow what he said before the game?
Then everyone will definitely guess, is there really something shady?
But if the referee is concerned about the impact and relaxes the law enforcement standards, it will be more beneficial to Chelsea, because they have an aggressive style of play, and the law enforcement standards are loose, which means they can invade Barcelona to a greater extent and prevent Barcelona.
Get the ball and organize the offense.
It can be said that Mourinho's remarks are very smart.
Of course, to use the words of Cruyff's rebuttal in his column, this is called cunning cleverness.
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Su Dong was also invited by UEFA to attend the pre-match press conference.
At the press conference, he said that he was negotiating a contract extension with Barcelona. "There is no doubt that my future belongs to Barcelona!"
Su Dong is also quite experienced in the upcoming Champions League final.
He has won a Champions League in Valencia, and reached the Champions League finals for two consecutive years in Barcelona. He also won one last year. Now, Sudong has reached the Champions League finals for three consecutive years.
In this regard, Su Dong said with a smile that the most important thing before the final is to keep a calm mood.
"Many people say that we are the favorites, but I don't think so, because in a football match, especially in such an important final, you never know how amazing your opponent will be, so there is no favorite.
Just say it."
Regarding the current situation of the team, Su Dong said that he is not worried about technical and tactical problems. He thinks there is no problem in this aspect.
The real problem is psychological.
"I think we might be a little anxious."
Three days ago, in the final round of La Liga, Barcelona played away at Athletic Bilbao with a full substitute lineup. As a result, they lost 3-1 in the away game. Logically speaking, this is nothing, but some players were still affected.
"I'm a little worried about this. If we can't control this emotion well and restore calm before the game, then we will definitely be affected by it during the game, or even destroyed by it."
Su Dong said that he can understand this pressure, because everyone is eager to successfully defend the title.
It has been more than ten years since the Champions League was restructured, but no team has successfully defended the title so far. Even if there is a team like Juventus that has reached the Champions League finals for three consecutive years, they have only won one.
The tyrannical Real Madrid had a lot of superstars in the past few years, but between 2000 and 2002, they were also robbed of one by Bayern Munich. They were separated in the middle and failed to successfully defend their title.
It can be said that the competition in the Champions League today is more cruel than ever.
In this regard, Su Dong suggested that the team should try to avoid external interference, "Don't think about the championship, don't think about history, just focus on the game. I know this is difficult because I have been affected by this before, but
We have to do it."
When talking about his teammates, Su Dong not only talked about himself and Ronaldinho, but also focused on Messi.
"If people still regard Messi as a rookie now, then he will definitely teach his opponents a lesson in the final."
"Maybe Chelsea's defenders know Su Dong very well, but they don't know Messi!"
The media at the scene all laughed and felt that Su Dong was deliberately trying to promote his best friend.
After all, in Barcelona, Sudong is the well-deserved number one superstar, and Messi's status is even lower than that of Ronaldinho, Deco, Xavi and Puyol. His performance is indeed good, but after all, he is still young.
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The next day, the morning of the finals.
When Su Dong was flipping through the morning newspapers in the hotel, he found that almost all the media automatically ignored his words about Messi and focused more on him and Ronaldinho.
"Leo, tell me, you have no sense of existence!" Su Dong casually handed a newspaper to Messi next to him, "I have already said that, and they still don't believe it, so, tonight's game
In the finals, you have to work harder and slap them in the face hard to let them know how good you are."
Messi smiled and glanced at the newspaper, "I don't need them to know how many abilities I have, you just know."
"That won't work. Now that I've said it, just let go and turn their defense upside down, and piss that guy Mourinho off to death." Su Dong said with a smile.
He and Mourinho have the same agent, and their relationship in private is actually quite good.
But there is no way, who makes them opponents on the court now?
"Jose's style is very cautious. He won't say anything, but he will definitely pay attention to Messi." Deco played under Mourinho, and he knows the style of the Portuguese madman.
Don't look at the fact that he always looks like a millionaire in front of the media. In fact, deep down he is a seriously insecure person, so his preparations are very meticulous and he will not miss even a single detail.
"It's okay. When the time comes, I will open the defense. You can defend yourself and rush boldly to see which unlucky guy will defend you." Su Dong was a little worried that the world would not be in chaos.
Messi smiled shyly and said nothing more.
People who are familiar with him will be used to his shyness, but only those who know him will know that behind this shyness and low-key, Messi also has a little-known pride and competitiveness in his bones.
He was never willing to be the queen, and the reason why he admired Su Dong was because of his relationship with Su Dong and the help Su Dong gave him, which made him obedient and obedient to Su Dong.
If it had been anyone else, Messi would have beaten him long ago!
"Don't worry, I'll still be there when the time comes." Ronaldinho is also a dribbling madman, he smiled and showed his buck teeth, "Leo, let's dribble as much as possible on both sides, let's see who
The threat is greater.”
This time Messi was not polite and nodded directly.
The date was successful!
"Leo, don't be afraid, I'll help you." Iniesta expressed support for his best friend.
Ronaldinho stagnated. Is this a case of two fighting one?
Coupled with Su Dong, whose butt has long been turned away, this...
Ronaldinho immediately looked at Deco with "unkindness", and the latter scratched his head in embarrassment, "Don't look at me, I am Portuguese now!"