Chapter 937 Never Lose!

Chelsea's Cobham training base is located in the southern suburbs of London, 30 kilometers away from the city, and it takes more than half an hour to go back and forth.

Due to the long distance, Real Madrid basically starts every morning, returns to the hotel in the evening, and rests in Cobham at noon. The ingredients for daily meals are airlifted directly from Madrid to London and made by Real Madrid’s accompanying team chefs.

The Cobham base cost a lot of money, covering an area of ​​130 acres, 15 football training grounds, and an indoor football field that can be trained in winter, but these Real Madrid are not used.

The training center of the first team is well-functioning, the facilities are very advanced, and the management staff are all top-notch in Europe, but it makes Real Madrid feel the investment of Abramovich. It is said that when he joined the Blue Army in 2003, Chelsea He also trains in a dilapidated training ground next to Heathrow Airport, and suffers from the noise of planes taking off and landing every day.

Due to the early arrival in London, the Real Madrid coaching staff had to change the training plan on Wednesday and Thursday. Although they were all closed training in Cobham, the team still tried to avoid leaking news and the team's tactical play in advance.

The outside world has also been speculating about what tactics Real Madrid will adopt in this final.

Is it a more secure three-back? Or a double midfielder with both offense and defense?

Not only the outside world is chasing all kinds of clues, guessing Benitez's tactics, but even Real Madrid is also guessing, but Benitez is absolutely silent, and the training arranged has not let people see the slightest clue.

In the past two days, Real Madrid is basically in the hotel and Cobham, while the training bases of the Premier League are generally located in relatively remote towns, and they are not affected by the fans who come to London one after another.

It is estimated that many Chelsea fans may not be able to find Cobham themselves.

To the afternoon before the Champions League final, Real Madrid came to Wembley Stadium as usual.

This is a routine before the final. Both teams are familiarizing themselves with the ground at Wembley Stadium, and many media reporters and fans have gathered at the scene. Later, Real Madrid will be arranged for interviews with the media.

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When Casillas walked into the stadium with the Real Madrid players, there were cheers from the stands.

More than a thousand fans and hundreds of media reporters from all over the world were in the stands to welcome the arrival of Real Madrid, especially Yang Yang, and even many Liverpool fans made a special trip to help him.

"Does it feel familiar?" Xavi Alonso asked with a smile.

The two of them were teammates during their time at Liverpool. They have worked together in the Premier League for three years. They have a deep understanding of the football culture here and always miss the fans here.

"Of course." Yang Yang nodded with a smile, "They are the best fans I have ever seen so far."

The Premier League, especially Liverpool fans, is definitely the most fanatical in the world.

Although he has been away for two years, there are still so many people who made a special trip from Liverpool to London for Yang Yang, which is evident.

Xavi Alonso also kept nodding, "Sometimes I also think, maybe in the future, when I get old, I will choose to return to the Premier League."

Yang Yang laughed when he heard it, and patted him on the shoulder hard, "How old are you, you talk about yourself as if you're about to retire."

"Twenty-nine, thirty next season." Xavi Alonso reminded.

If he didn't say it, Yang Yang really didn't notice it.

When he met Harvey Alonso in Liverpool, Yang Yang knew that their birth months were exactly one month apart.

Yang Yang is October 25th and Xavi Alonso is November 25th.

By the time Xavi Alonso is thirty, Yang Yang will be twenty-five.

Time flies by like a white horse.

"It won't be too long, maybe two years, maybe three years, it's almost the same." Xavi Alonso himself was very open.

Real Madrid is the team with the highest demands on players in the world. As the core of Real Madrid, Xavi Alonso knows very well that once he gets old enough, he will inevitably fall into an embarrassing situation. The way is to leave the team like Raul and play for a team that can continue to play.

Yang Yang's heart sank. Xavi Alonso is about to run three, so Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Maicon are also going to run three. He can still play with these old friends again. several years?

Thirty years old, this is a hurdle faced by all professional players.

Arsene Wenger, the head coach of Premier League Arsenal, has always adhered to a principle, that is, players over 30 are signed once a year.

This is not unreasonable, because after the age of 30, players' injuries will increase and their state will decline. As for how long the competitiveness can be maintained, it depends on the players themselves and varies from person to person.

Van der Sar remained until he was forty.

Yang Yang is not the kind of person who grieves the spring and sorrow for the autumn. The reason why he thinks so much is because he realizes that in the next period of time, he will spend less and less time playing football with his friends, and he should be more Cherish this opportunity.

Especially with something like this year's Champions League final, what a godsend.

You can't lose no matter what!

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Training at Wembley Stadium is open to the public, and all fans and media reporters have also seen Real Madrid's training program.

Of course, this is also what the Real Madrid coaching staff deliberately made to show the outside world.

The game actually started a long time ago, but many people didn't realize it yet.

The media were interested in Real Madrid's training as Benitez arranged for penalties and shots.

Needless to say, shooting training is a training that tends to attack, mainly to improve scoring efficiency, but penalty kick training is obviously to prepare for the penalty shootout after 120 minutes of play.

These two exercises are clearly contradictory.

After the training, Benitez went to a pre-match press conference according to the arrangement of UEFA, and Yang Yang was also arranged to be interviewed by media reporters.

Regarding the two trainings arranged by the coaching staff, Yang Yang said with a smile that he did not understand the intention.

"I think this should be a very normal thing." Yang Yang coped with ambiguity, "We are as strong as Barcelona. No one knows what the final result of the game will be, and any possibility will exist, so we arranged for shooting and Penalty training is also part of the team's pre-match preparation."

Yang Yang's answer can be said to be impeccable.

Regarding the state of the team, Yang Yang said it was very good.

"Yes, after a whole season, we will definitely be tired, but at the end of the league, we have started to adjust and rest, and we are confident that we can play the best form in the Champions League final."

For Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang admitted that this is a worthy opponent, "But there can only be one winner in the Champions League final, and that will only be us Real Madrid. We are confident that we can do this, because in the past two years, we have I've beaten Barcelona five times in a row and I've never lost to Barcelona in my career."

The confidence in Yang Yang's tone was unreservedly conveyed to the media reporters at the scene, and several Catalan media responded proactively, saying that past records could not be used as a reference standard for the Champions League final, which was also recognized by Yang Yang. .

"But, at least we have an advantage on a psychological level, don't we?" Yang Yang asked back with a smile.

Yang Yang also said that the two teams have played three games so far this season and are about to usher in the fourth game. They are very familiar with each other and there is no secret at all, so the key to the problem is to see who can win in the final. Play better.

As for the team's tactics, Yang Yang believes that after the running-in of the past two seasons, Real Madrid's overall strength is enough to face Barcelona head-on, so he believes that the team should take a more proactive approach, but in the end he added a sentence , No matter how the coach Benitez chooses, he supports it unconditionally.

It is well known that the three lower backs tend to be conservative.

Barcelona's pass and ball penetration makes Real Madrid very passive. The double midfielder is balanced in attack and defense, but there are risks. The third midfielder tends to be conservative, but it is relatively safe. Barcelona has always been dissatisfied with Real Madrid, because of the three midfielders.

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The whole interview lasted for an hour. Yang Yang was very cooperative and patient to answer all questions, including several media from China, and Yang Yang was even more patient.

However, he seems to have said a lot, but in fact they are some high-sounding polite remarks, and there is no real valuable dry goods, but in the end, Yang Yang said confidently that Real Madrid will defeat Barcelona in the final, and he He also said that he will score in the final.

"On the Champions League scorer list, I am one goal behind Messi." Yang Yang reminded with a smile.

Since Barcelona won the La Liga championship, Yang Yang has been chasing Messi. He wants to press Messi on all fronts, not only for himself, but also for Real Madrid.

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Time has entered May 29, the day of the Champions League final.

More than 100,000 fans from all over the world flock to London, but only 86,000 fans make it to Wembley Stadium.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and UEFA each got 25,000 copies, and the remaining 11,000 copies were sold to the public, but this was far from enough to satisfy the needs of enthusiastic fans.

This is the most expensive and star-studded game in the history of world football, representing the highest level of football in the world.

As early as after the Champions League final list was released, the tickets were sold out. On the morning of the final, the final ticket price on the black market was nearly 10,000 pounds. .

Fanatical Real Madrid and Barcelona fans traveled to London from all over the world and finally gathered at Wembley Stadium in the western suburbs of London.

They are all taking part in this annual event that may make European football history, because if Real Madrid beat Barcelona, ​​it will be the first team in 21 years to successfully defend the Champions League. Real Madrid will go down in history for this.

At the same time, more than a billion people around the world are watching this event.

In the end is Barcelona better? Or is Real Madrid making history?