Chapter 383 Pre-Match

The time of the game is getting closer and closer.

In Glasgow, Scotland, the number of fans has been increasing in recent days. The Glasgow police are very nervous.

Although Real Madrid and Blackburn fans have no bad records. Of course, this is also related to history.

As everyone knows, Real Madrid fans are proud. Real Madrid is an aristocratic team, and Real Madrid fans also consider themselves aristocrats. They disdain to do things like football hooligans. When they go to away games or in such important finals, there are rarely things that shame the team.

Even when they face Blackburn fans, they will look down on them. They naturally think that they are superior.

Therefore, they disdain to haggle with your country fans.

So although Real Madrid has many opponents, Real Madrid fans rarely have scandals.

And Blackburn fans have no bad records. This is not because Blackburn fans are so gentlemanly. If in the 1980s, when English football hooligans were rampant, if Blackburn had good results, then Blackburn would also have many football hooligans.

Lancashire is a city-county that rose up during the British Industrial Revolution. But it is not only because of this, but also because of a more sinful origin.

The British city that benefited the most from the slave trade in England was Liverpool. Liverpool became a big city by relying on the slave trade. When it comes to the slave trade in England, Liverpool cannot be bypassed.

Lancashire, which is not far from Liverpool, also gained some benefits at the time. And Blackburn, as a city in Lancashire, also received some preferential treatment.

Therefore, although racial discrimination is not common in Blackburn, it is not absent. Moreover, Blackburn not only has black people, but more Asian descendants from Asia. Historically, Blackburn has a lot of soil for football hooligans.

If it were not for the British football world's vigorous crackdown on racial discrimination and football hooligans, there would definitely be a lot of football hooligans rampant in Blackburn now. But it was precisely because Blackburn's performance was too poor back then. There was no chance to show their football **** to the world.

Fortunately, the crackdown in the British football world in recent years has been very effective.

Even the fans of West Ham United and Millwall, where English football hooligans are most active, have become much more honest. Therefore, Blackburn fans are not well-known in the world football.

Although the fans of these two teams have no bad records, the Glasgow police dare not relax at all. If there is any tragedy, they will be embarrassed.

Not only fans are pouring in, but also more and more reporters from various countries.

This is the Champions League final.

When George played in the League Cup final, more than 300 reporters visited the scene. As the highest honor in European football, the number of reporters in the Champions League final doubled.

Although the World Cup is about to be played, the attention of the Champions League final is no less than that of the World Cup.

After various media came to Glasgow, except for those who arranged their own media positions in the stadium, other reporters were frantically looking for information. They began to interview the two teams and the supporters of the two teams.

Of course, at this time, various football celebrities also came out to express their opinions.

But overall, there are more voices supporting Real Madrid. This is not because these football celebrities like Real Madrid.

It is the same at any time. The first bird to be shot hits the head, and Real Madrid has performed very well in the past few seasons. In the past five years, Real Madrid has won the Champions League twice, and this season it has entered the Champions League final. So there are a lot of people who don't like Real Madrid.

And after Florentino took over Real Madrid, Real Madrid became even more arrogant. Therefore, many people were offended.

But Real Madrid can still get so much support, entirely because Real Madrid's strength has been unanimously affirmed by people.

Even when those reporters interviewed George, they would talk about Real Madrid. This made George really feel the influence of Real Madrid. Damn, I am also the youngest club coach in the Champions League final.

These reporters actually ignored me so much.

Finally, George could not bear it anymore, and coldly rejected those reporters. Facing the reporter who proudly showed Real Madrid's eight big ear cups, George replied viciously: "In my opinion, Real Madrid only has three Champions Leagues. The first five consecutive Champions League titles, that's not bad to show off. The Champions League at that time was not as valuable as our English League Cup."

George was not a good person. I finally got to be an ostrich this time, but I didn't expect these Spanish reporters to be so arrogant and look down on me.

So George was also very angry. Of course, what he said was not pleasant to hear.

After hearing George's words, Real Madrid did not have any extreme reaction.

But Real Madrid's captain Hierro smiled and replied to the reporter: "I heard that Blackburn is the first time to enter the Champions League final."

This simple sentence made Blackburn speechless.

Real Madrid and Blackburn are one world apart.

In such a noisy, time passed quickly.

In a blink of an eye, it was May 16.

Hampden Park was already full of clearly divided fans. Needless to say, Real Madrid fans were in the white lineup. Blackburn's side was in the blue lineup.

This time, playing the Champions League final at Hampden Park Stadium was a disaster for fans of both sides.

Because this is the Champions League final, there are a lot of fans interested in the game. Not to mention Real Madrid, there are more than 40,000 Blackburn fans who want to buy tickets to watch the game live. Needless to say, Real Madrid has more than 50,000 fans who want tickets.

Unfortunately, Hampden Park can only accommodate 52,000 people.

And some of the tickets will be reserved for neutral fans and some other team guests. Therefore, Blackburn and Real Madrid were able to obtain only 40,000 tickets. This is the result that both parties have striven for, otherwise UEFA would only be willing to provide 35,000 tickets at that time.

Each side received 20,000 tickets.

Before the game even started, fans from both sides began to cheer for their teams.

At this time, George had already begun the final mobilization in the locker room.

"At this point, I don't want to say anything more. I just want to say that in a final, many years later, people only remember who the champion is, and never who the runner-up is!"

"Don't talk about the Champions League finals more than ten or twenty years ago, even the Champions League finals a few years ago. We can know who the Champions League champion is, but who of you can tell who the runner-up is in every Champions League final? Anyway, I can't. , I only remember the champion, who will remember the runner-up!”

"So I'm telling you. The runner-up is the loser!"

"Are you going to be losers and be laughed at?"

"No! No!" All the players shook their heads vigorously.

George looked at the players below and his pride grew greatly. It took him seven years to finally reach the highest stage like the Champions League final.

"Our opponent is Real Madrid, which has eight big-ear cups." George exaggeratedly shouted "eight big-ear cups." Then he continued: "Are you afraid?"

Sagnol stepped up.

"Boss, you don't need to provoke us. So what about Real Madrid? It's not like we haven't defeated Real Madrid before."

Other players also echoed Sagnol. "Yes, head. Not Real Madrid."

"We are Blackburn."

"Eight big ear cups, that's because they didn't touch us."

Looking at the players whose answers were getting more and more outrageous, George laughed. Right, that is it. As a dark horse, of course compared to giants like Real Madrid, Blackburn is indeed a dark horse in entering the Champions League final.

As a dark horse, what is the most important thing? It's about maintaining that fearless attitude.

Once a dark horse has an unbalanced mentality and is afraid of its opponents, it will be impossible for the dark horse to continue to be magical.

Therefore, a dark horse should be fearless.

"Okay, then let's tell Real Madrid. If you want the ninth Big Ear Cup, you have to ask us."

George made the final push, as did Del Bosque.

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There are many activities before the Champions League final.

But George waited patiently, and none of the fans found this cumbersome.

At this time, Real Madrid's senior management and Blackburn Rovers' senior management also began to take their seats.

"Hello Mr. Perez."

"Hello, Mr. Walker."

Although Florentino greeted Paul Walker and Williams very gentlemanly. But Paul Walker still has some dissatisfaction, and even Williams has some dissatisfaction.

Because of Florentino's tone, although it didn't seem like much on the surface. But that look was condescending.

Maybe Florentino looks at Paul Walker and Williams the way a gangster looks at juniors. Florentino is the chairman of Real Madrid, the world's largest club, while Paul Walker and Williams are just the owners and chairman of a small club.

Williams is experienced, or he has been in the mall for so many years without showing any dissatisfaction.

But Paul Walker is still young. The dissatisfaction showed immediately on his face. Florentino shook his head secretly, this young boss was not enthusiastic enough. Florentino is an old fox. Even if he really looks down on you, he won't let you see it.

It was intentional just now. Florentino was very curious about Blackburn's rise, so he gave it a brief try and found that Williams was calm while Blackburn's boss was a little restless.

After all the activities were over, everyone was waiting for the referee's whistle.

"Hello everyone, this is the Champions League final of the 2001-02 season. This game is held at Hampden Park Stadium in Scotland. The two sides of the game are Real Madrid from Spain and Blackburn Rovers from England."

"Real Madrid has won eight Champions League titles so far and is the well-deserved champion of the Champions League."

"Blackburn has entered the Champions League final for the first time. It is the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season."

"One is the king and the other is the dark horse. Let us wait and see who will win in the end."