Chapter 750 Win the Champions League!
The much-anticipated Champions League final is about to begin, and the eyes of the world are on Rome, Italy.
Revolving around the match between Liverpool and Barcelona, around the contest between Yang Yang and Messi, the top football stars in the world, not only media reporters and fans around the world are excited about it, but even major gaming companies are excited about it. They also offered odds.
With a reversal of Chelsea and a double over Manchester United, Liverpool are back as the favourites for the Champions League final.
But what is interesting is that Barcelona is also not far behind. Barcelona, which has won the La Liga and the King's Cup this season, is also a favorite.
According to the odds offered by a number of bookmakers including William Hill and Must Win, the two teams are exactly the same. It can be said that they are evenly matched.
In Asia, Liverpool, where Yang Yang is located, is slightly better, which shows Yang Yang's popularity in Asia.
Ladbrokes has offered the odds for the first goal scorer. Yang Yang is well-deserved. Almost everyone is very optimistic about the super striker who has won the European Golden Boot Award for two consecutive seasons. West followed.
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Different from the gaming company, famous players from England and Spain have also appeared in the team.
The current head coach of Spain, Bosque, wrote a column for the newspaper, saying that he knows Barcelona very well and believes that as long as Guardiola's team can play normally, it will definitely be able to beat Liverpool to win.
"I think Guardiola should make the team tighter and try not to stretch his wings too far."
Bosque also expressed concern because Liverpool are also one of the top teams in Europe.
"In my eyes, Benitez is a tactical master, he has quite unique experience in tactical preparation and on-the-spot command, which is not a good thing for Guardiola, especially pay attention, Once Liverpool is the first to score, it will be a disaster."
"I guess, Benitez will definitely not leave too much space for Barcelona to pass the ball in this game, although they will definitely sacrifice their attack, but it should be noted that they have Yang Yang, which is a A super striker who can destroy the opponent's entire line of defense by himself."
Bosque's column is not only about him, but also about the speculation and concerns of many others.
The football emperor Beckenbauer also mentioned in the prediction column before the Champions League final that he wrote at the invitation of Deutsche Presse. The highest power in the world.
"Liverpool is full of passion, and Barcelona is like art and ballet. It's hard for anyone to guess who will succeed."
Beckenbauer also pointed out that Barcelona's Messi and Liverpool's Yang Yang are the top stars in the world of football today, and the contest between them will attract the attention of fans all over the world.
"Whoever can lead the team to win the Champions League in a convincing way will be the number one player in world football in 2009."
Saying such words from a legendary legend like Beckenbauer undoubtedly also represents a signal.
The winner of the Champions League will win the 2009 World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.
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The afternoon before the final, a charter flight from Barcelona arrived in Rome.
Just after arriving at the hotel, Guardiola was interviewed by the media under the arrangement of the team.
The Barcelona head coach frankly said that many players in the team's locker room are participating in the Champions League final for the first time, and it is inevitable that they will be a little nervous, but he still hopes that the players can throw away their fears and greet the game with confidence.
"I want my players to feel good, believe in themselves and show their best qualities in front of the world."
"In any final, there is always only one truth, you win or you are nothing, no one will remember how many finals you have been to, no one will remember who the runner-up is, but people will remember champion!"
"I hope they can break through the tension and fear in their hearts, be brave and show the world how good our football is. That's our only goal in coming to Roma."
Guardiola also said that he will never change his football philosophy in order to restrain Liverpool, and he will not change the way the team plays, which is not the traditional practice of Barcelona.
"We don't think about how to change in the final because we just play our own way, play our own football and for us, that's how we win."
Guardiola believes that offense is Barcelona's best weapon, but at the same time he is provocative, hoping that Liverpool can stand up bravely and play against Barcelona as they have done in the past games.
"I've seen a lot of Liverpool games, like they beat Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford, they beat Chelsea 6-1 at Stamford Bridge, and then they beat Roma 9-0, I'm happy that Rome will be our home these two days."
"I know that Liverpool are a super attacking team, but I don't think they will show their attack tomorrow, they should be more focused on defense because they think it will have a better chance of winning. ."
"Of course, this is just my personal speculation, maybe Liverpool will take a surprising, aggressive approach to the game, which would surprise me, but in any case, it will be a game that will please fans all over the world. Brilliant duel."
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Barcelona captain Puyol also encouraged his teammates in an interview with the media.
"We all know it's going to be a very tough game, but we have a strong team, we defend well, attack better and we'll give everything we can to win."
"Each of us is filled with enthusiasm and joy, we are very excited for tomorrow's game and we can't wait."
Messi also accepted an interview with Argentina's Ole newspaper, saying that he was ready.
"I feel very calm now, although I know that the game will be very intense and very difficult."
"It's a collision between two of the most outstanding teams in the world and no one can make the slightest mistake."
"Me and Yang Yang? We have a good relationship."
"I'm tired of the comparison because it's first of all a matchup between Barcelona and Liverpool, it doesn't depend on individuals, and I admire Yang Yang very much, he's a respectable opponent and I'm sure, no matter how the game ends, , we will sincerely bless each other.”
"I came to Barcelona from a very early time, and I have always felt the strength of Barcelona as a whole. Here, I began to understand that there is no perfection in football, it is always constantly improving and improving, and this season we have I regained my confidence and got good results in La Liga and the Copa del Rey."
"I must win this Champions League for Barcelona and complete the treble, so that I can be worthy of the fans who accompanied us all the way to win!"
The last sentence, Messi said sonorously and loudly, showed his determination and attitude.
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Liverpool also arrived in Rome that afternoon, but unlike Barcelona, although many Liverpool fans came to greet the team, there were also many Roman fans who booed Liverpool.
At the airport, there was even a near-disorder at one point.
The city of Rome, which is also famous for football hooligans in European football.
For this situation, both the Liverpool and Rome city governments are well prepared.
At least, between Barcelona and Liverpool, they will definitely choose Barcelona, because Liverpool has brought them extremely painful memories.
The team's bus slowly left the airport and arrived at the hotel unimpeded under the clearing of the police car.
Since Liverpool came to Rome to play away games before, they were not satisfied with the hotel's facilities. Therefore, after entering the finals this time, the club arranged for people to come to Rome for on-site inspections. In the end, they chose a place that was a little farther from the Olympic Stadium, but more comfortable. Undisturbed hotel.
Outside the gate of the hotel, the media reporters and fans who heard the news were already waiting here. When the Liverpool bus arrived, there was a burst of cheers, and countless Liverpool fans were singing the team song and cheering for the team.
In the past three days, Liverpool conducted a closed training camp in Melwood, focusing on rehearsing the defensive and counterattack tactics against Barcelona, and did not disclose any information to the outside world.
Today, after coming to Rome, the team also declined all interviews from the outside world, including several close English media, and were not allowed to enter the hotel. Benitez and the players must maintain absolute focus.
That is, in the evening, Liverpool went out again and came to the Olympic Stadium for familiarization training. This was also the last training session before the Champions League final.
There were a lot of media reporters and fans gathered at the scene, and there were probably a lot of scouts from Barcelona in the stands.
Liverpool also just arranged some regular training, mainly adjustment and warm-up, and at the same time rehearsed free kick tactics and penalty kicks, which is obviously also the information that the coaching staff intends to disclose to the outside world.
The Red Army is bound to hold on to the end, even at the cost of a penalty shootout with Barcelona.
This is also a response to Benitez's provocation of Guardiola.
The Barcelona coach must be eager to press Liverpool to fight against each other. This is even more obvious for Barcelona, which has the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, but Liverpool can only be a lamb to be slaughtered.
Although Benitez did not accept the interview, the arrangement of the training program gave the answer.
Our brains are not funny, only fools fight against you!
Yang Yang's mentality is not bad, after all, he has experienced many such scenes.
For now, he has experienced hundreds of battles and has experienced several major finals. Although he is still nervous, he has already figured out a set of his own pressure relief methods, which will not easily affect the game.
Messi said he must win the Champions League and create a treble for Barcelona.
And Yang Yang is also determined to win the Champions League, because this will be the last he left to Liverpool, but it is also the most important gift.
A quadruple winner, this will make him forever and always remembered by all Liverpool fans!