Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 377 Berlin Olympics

Chapter 377 Berlin Olympics

The countdown to the Champions League final ushered in. Arsenal returned to prepare for the game after a one-day holiday. The situation in Barcelona on the other side is similar to Arsenal.

After winning the league championship, he prepared for the Spanish King's Cup, and then defeated Athletic Bilbao with a score of 3:1. After winning the second championship, Enrique also gave Barcelona's players a day off.

Double crown against double crown, no matter who wins the Champions League, there will be a triple crown in Europe this season, but Barcelona has already won it. If Barcelona really wins, it will be the second triple crown in Barcelona's century-old history.

The media is excited, after all, it is not an easy task to have a triple crown, and the current European league is about to enter the offseason, and the Champions League final is the last game before the offseason.

The UEFA Champions League was born at the end of May, and Sevilla won the championship again. Sevilla once again proved to everyone with facts that the UEFA Cup is also called the Sevilla Cup.

The Sevilla Cup, no, the attention of the Europa League cannot be compared with the Champions League. The Europa League is a competition for the second echelon of the major leagues, while the Champions League is a contest between the major European giants.

As the last game of the season, but also the game with the highest gold content, the Champions League final will not only attract the media from all over the world, but also fans from all over the world.

However, it is not easy for the media to interview the players of the two teams. In the final finals, no one dared to be sloppy in the slightest, so the head coaches of the two sides ordered them to go ahead. Unless it is an interview arranged by UEFA, other interviews will not be accepted, even if it is a media with a good relationship with the team.

Because of the strength of the team, Wenger has always asked the players not to accept interviews and not to give the media a chance to influence him.

Barcelona does not need to worry about the so-called team strength. As one of the La Liga Double Super League, Barcelona's strength has been unanimously recognized as the strongest team in Europe.

But after all, the final of the Champions League is the final of the Champions League. It is related to the team's second Triple Crown honor, and it is also related to whether Enrique can win the first Champions League in his coaching career and prove his coaching ability to the world.

Before returning to Barcelona, ​​Enrique also coached several teams, including Serie A giants Roma, but Enrique's coaching performance in the past few years was not good.

If the players from both sides did not cooperate, the media could only cheer themselves up. As for the fans, apart from watching the media's self-confidence, they could only wait silently. Fortunately, this time was not long.

On the penultimate day, both sides were quiet from the head coach to the players, and there was no change on the penultimate day, even the third and second days.

Of course, this silence refers to the players of the two teams. In fact, the outside world is very lively. Although the media cannot interview the players, this does not affect them from making up stories.

For example, if someone was injured, it was revealed that Li Shou was injured on the first day, and that Messi was injured on the second day. Anyway, they can always make up various stories to attract the attention of fans.

Although the two teams preparing for the game did not have as many events as the media made up, something did happen as the game approached, especially Arsenal.

Most of Barcelona's players are experienced, and it's not the first time they have participated in the Champions League final. Some of them have already won several championship trophies, so their mentality is much more peaceful.

Arsenal is different. The last time Arsenal entered the Champions League final dates back to 9 years ago, and the biggest similarity between that Arsenal and the current Arsenal is that the head coach is Arsene Wenger.

The Arsenal players from nine years ago have basically retired, and the few who are still on the court have already withdrawn from the mainstream league. Moreover, the core players and tactics of the two teams are completely different.

The Arsenal team nine years ago had forward Henry as its core and was known for its offense, but now this Arsenal team has goalkeeper Li Shou as its core and focuses on defensive counterattacks.

Now this Arsenal team has no so-called Champions League final experience, and everyone is entering the Champions League final for the first time. This is also Arsenal's biggest disadvantage in this game.

And now the Arsenal players are not too old. Rosicky is the oldest in the team, then Arteta, and then Flamini.

But these three people will not appear in the next game, Arteta is still injured, Rosicki and Flamini will be on the bench without any accidents, so it turns out that Arsenal's starting list does not have a player over 30 years old.

If there is no change in Arsenal's starting lineup, then the youngest player is Chambers. This young player is 95, and Bellerin, who plays the same position as him, is also 95. So both of them start the same, and then there is 92 Li Shou.

However, there is nothing wrong with Li Shou's mentality. This guy is still focused on the training ground. After the normal training is over, he can do whatever he should do normally, without any influence at all.

Wenger was very satisfied with Li Shou's performance, but the Arsenal players asked Li Shou steadily, and Li Shou's answer was almost beaten by the group.

"Weak people will be nervous. For a strong player like me, no matter who I face, I have the confidence to keep the goal behind me."

Li Shou's words are very flattering, but the reason is the same, but it is easy to say, but it is very difficult to actually achieve it. As far as the current Arsenal is concerned, only Li Shou can really do it.

Li Shou is really not nervous, and even this guy can't wait. Li Shou is eager for this Champions League final, and he is eager to compete with Messi on the court. After defeating Ronaldo and Real Madrid, Li Shou only has Messi and Barcelona as stumbling blocks in front of him.

Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones is Li Shou's truest thought.

Li Shou is eager, but Messi is actually even more eager. With Ronaldo gradually catching up with him, Messi urgently needs a triple crown to consolidate his position.

Messi is not as outgoing as Ronaldo, but Messi's inner pride is no less than that of Ronaldo. Compared with sharing the throne with Ronaldo, Messi hopes to monopolize the throne.

However, if Messi wants to monopolize the throne, he still needs to stabilize Li Shou. After Li Shou led Arsenal to defeat Ronaldo's Real Madrid, Li Shou has surpassed Ronaldo in the Golden Ball selection, which means that Messi's biggest enemy this year has changed from Ronaldo to Li Shou.

In fact, the preparations for the two teams ended on June 6th. Although the final was on the [-]th, it was the Champions League final after all, and both teams would choose to go to the venue of the final one day in advance.

This season's UEFA Champions League final was held in Berlin, Germany. The stadium for the final is called the Berlin Olympic Stadium. This stadium has been rebuilt many times. The most recent reconstruction was in 2000. It took four years. It is the venue for the German World Cup final, a five-star stadium that can accommodate 76000 people.

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