Chapter 388 Guess!

An Airbus flying from Madrid, the capital of Spain, landed slowly at the Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

It didn't take long for the Atlético de Madrid group to walk out of the airport gate, led by coach Diego Simeone and the team leader.

Since their itinerary was kept secret, there was not much movement at the airport.

Only a few Spanish newspaper reporters are waiting here, but they are all taking pictures of them from a distance.

Just kidding, there is a Diego Simeone who looks like a big brother in the underworld walking in front, who dares to offend easily?

A group of people walked out of the airport viciously and got into a bus dyed with the Atlético de Madrid logo.

"Count the number of people, and hurry up when you're done!" As soon as Diego Simeone sat down, he told Boggs to do things.

The front door of Argentina immediately walked all the way through the national road in the carriage, counting the number of people along the way.

When he came back, he nodded at Diego Simeone, "Well, here we are!"

Diego Simeone immediately looked at the driver in the driver's seat in front of the car, "You can go!"

That was the driver of Atlético de Madrid.

This is also the usual way for European teams to play away.

The team's bus is the mobile fortress of a team. The coaching staff will discuss game tactics on the bus, and the players may also chat about some privacy topics on the bus, so the bus drivers must be happy. Only people you can trust will do.

Therefore, in the case of an away game, the buses are usually temporarily leased, but the two drivers are their own.

Even some wealthy teams even own their own buses.

There is no way, people are rich and powerful, and before the game team sets off, they let the driver drive the bus to the away stadium and wait.

For a poor team like Atletico Madrid, there is absolutely no way.

As soon as Simeone finished shouting, he leaned back in the back row, closed his eyes, and planned to squint comfortably.

Strangely, after waiting for a while, there was no movement from the bus.

"What's the matter?" Simeone opened his eyes again and looked at the driver in front of the car, "Why haven't you left?"

The Spanish driver turned his head and said apologetically, "Oh, okay, now, I'll check the navigation!"

Simeone pouted, some not very satisfied, but helpless.

The driver of a wealthy team can drive a bus two or three days in advance to wander around the city where the away station is located, familiarize himself with the traffic in his city, as well as the location of the hotel, training ground, and stadium.

But Atletico Madrid can't, at least it doesn't have that money!

Therefore, there is no way, can only rely on navigation every time!

After finally finding the place, I turned on the navigation, started the bus, and drove forward slowly.

After all, it is a rented car, it is not so comfortable, and the team is also stingy with money. The bus is cheap to rent, and the air conditioning is not enough.

Think about it, on a hot day, dozens of people are nestled in the car, but the air conditioner is not very cold. What kind of experience is that?

The players also complained a little in the carriage, but in the end the meaning was to bear with it, it was coming soon anyway.

"Diego!"

The assistant coach Boggs, who was sitting next to Diego Simeone, came over.

"The team's winning bonus has not yet given an answer, is it a reminder?"

Diego Simeone's closed eyes opened, looking ahead, a flash of anger flashed.

He urged, but the management did not answer directly, but adopted a trick, saying that it was after negotiation, and a bonus plan would be given before the game.

In the Europa League final, the prize money for winning the championship alone is as high as more than 6 million. You don’t need much. Is it too much to divide more than one million as a bonus? Is it outrageous? Are you reluctant?

Seeing Diego Simeone's face, Boggs also knows that the coach is not easy to handle.

"I was on the plane just now and heard some players discussing this. You know, it's better to make this kind of thing clear before the game."

Diego Simeone is a professional player himself, of course he knows this.

These days, you talk about honors, sense of mission, and feelings with professional players, it's all bullshit!

Why is a professional player called a professional?

That's because playing football is the source of their lives and that of their families!

That is money!

Nothing is more important than money!

"Don't worry, I'll ask again when I get to the hotel!"

When Simeone manages the team, he still takes care of the interests of the players, which is one of the reasons why he has won the respect of the players.

After all, no one wants to play for a head coach who doesn't take his own interests seriously.

But as soon as Simeone finished speaking, he heard the driver in front shouting bad.

"What's the matter?" Simeone looked up and looked in front and around.

It's all cars!

The driver turned around and said, "It seems like a traffic jam!"

Not like, at all!

Simeone looked at the time. During the rush hour, this road was not a big road, no wonder it was blocked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't pay much attention just now in order to take a shortcut!" The driver said apologetically.

It's all because of the unfamiliar place. If it's in Madrid, or some major cities in Europe, how can there be traffic jams?

"Forget it, forget it, quickly find an intersection and turn around!"

Simeone noticed a phenomenon, a two-way lane, the direction he was in was a traffic jam, but the opposite was unobstructed.

The driver agreed, saying that he would turn at the next intersection.

But wait and wait, the traffic in front is moving slowly like a snail.

Time passed by, the temperature inside the car was hot and the air conditioner was not working well, the experience... one can imagine.

The most terrible thing is that at this time, I don't know which sharp-eyed bastard, saw a bus opposite from a distance.

"Wow, Southampton even has a bus coming!"

"real or fake?"

"Nonsense, see for yourself, isn't that Southampton's bus?"

"Yeah, there are players on it!"

"How did they come from that direction?"

"I think they probably figured out the road conditions early on!"

It's so deadly, the Southampton bus seems to have seen the Atlético de Madrid bus.

No wonder, the bus is so tall and the team logo is so conspicuous, you can see it from a distance.

"Hey, are you stuck in traffic?"

"Oh, no luck, there's still a long way ahead!"

"The road is being built a few days ago, and this direction is blocked every day, so the fool will go!"

"There are still several kilometers, I'm afraid it will take a long time!"

"You wait, we'll go first!"

Just passing by across the safety island, the Southampton bus went towards the dust behind him, not to mention how dashing it was.

The most painful thing in life is when I get stuck in a traffic jam, only to see the person I hate the most unimpeded and go away.

"Damn Southampton!"

"Too outrageous!"

"I found out about the road conditions, but I didn't notify us in advance!"

"Damn, tomorrow night, let's kill them!"

"Yes, take a big breath!"

In the bus, there was a howl of Atlético de Madrid players.

Finally, more than an hour later, this group of players who couldn't shout, couldn't shout, or even couldn't move a little, appeared in front of the hotel reserved by the team.

"This is the hotel we booked?" Simeone looked at the hotel in front of him, dumbfounded.

It's too crude, isn't it?

Have four stars?

Oh no, is there a Samsung?

It's already night, and the whole hotel is pitch black, not even the lights are turned on, right?

"It seems so!" The leader smiled bitterly, he didn't know either.

"Hurry up and call to ask!" Simeone felt a fire in his heart.

This question is really this hotel.

The reason is very simple. Southampton booked the best five-star hotel near the National Stadium in Bucharest in advance, the Marriott, and other hotels were also booked up by fans from the UK.

According to the news released by UEFA, Southampton reached the Europa League final, attracting a total of more than 30,000 fans to Bucharest, the vast majority of which are British fans.

As soon as these 30,000 people poured into the city, it was a big test for Bucharest's reception capacity.

And Southampton also showed excellent operation ability this time.

After the team defeated Sporting Lisbon in the second round of the semi-final, the team immediately pushed messages on the official website, APP and WeChat to collect fans who were willing to go to Bucharest to watch the game. In addition to giving away tickets, they also contacted the hotel for free.

As a result, Southampton's move immediately received a positive response from the fan organization and fans. The 25,000 fans were filled within a few days, and many fans even contacted the team and expressed their willingness to come to the scene to buy tickets by themselves.

Therefore, Southampton specially sent people to Bucharest to contact some hotels near the National Stadium, and won a very favorable group ticket price for these more than 30,000 fans.

Atlético de Madrid contacted the hotel relatively late. When they started to practice the hotel, the four-star and five-star hotels in the surrounding area, and even some well-reviewed three-star hotels, had already been booked out.

As a last resort, they can only choose this one.

Otherwise, you have to choose a further hotel and travel back and forth.

After Simeone heard the whole story clearly, he was helpless.

Who made Atlético de Madrid poor and unprofessional?

Looking at the operation of the management of Southampton, they almost exploded the management of Atlético de Madrid.

Not only is Simeone depressed, but the players are also in a bad mood.

Who would want to stay in such a bad hotel?

"Okay, everyone goes in, still according to the room we usually arranged, hurry up and prepare, we will go to familiarize ourselves with the venue when we come back, hurry up!"

With Simeone's order, this group of Atlético Madrid players, no matter how reluctant, knew that things were irreversible.

Ten thousand furs and mud horses roared past in my heart, but the cruel reality had to continue.

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Southampton had just finished their last training session at the National Stadium in Bucharest's west when Simeone greeted the players into the hotel.

Bielsa is determined to carry the suspense to the end. In this training session, Toni Kroos only participated in some relaxation training for the team. When the team is conducting some tactical drills, the German midfielder is alone on the sidelines. train.

This also made all the reporters who came to the scene to inspect Southampton feel very confusing.

In the end Tony? Cross will not participate in the game?

When the reporter threw this question to Bielsa at the press conference organized by UEFA, the Argentine madman smiled and did not give a positive answer, but said a rather witty remark.

"you guess!"

Everyone immediately understood that Bielsa was throwing a smoke bomb.

But the problem is, no one knows whether Tony Cross can get on?

Everyone's feeling is that the German midfielder is included