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Chapter 641 The Miracle of Huo Village Arrives in Rome
In the next few days, the war of words between Hoffenheim and Barcelona gradually started, and the atmosphere of the final became more and more intense.

Lannick, who has always been low-key, took the initiative to provoke trouble this time. In an interview with a reporter from the Spanish "Marca", Lannick said: "Barcelona is more eager to prove itself than us. After the Stanford ball game, the referee" These two words haunt them like a ghost. They need to prove to the world that he is worthy of reaching the final. Of course, it cannot be said that there must be tricks in the process. It is normal for the referee to make a misjudgment. A fair game, but we are looking forward to a game A fair and fair match is what every fan expects, and what Barcelona should desire, because this is a battle related to their honor and dignity."

Rangnick's words were like stabbing a hornet's nest, and immediately attracted Barcelona's counterattack. Guardiola said dissatisfiedly: "A coach like Rangnick should not say such irresponsible words. Barcelona scored by relying on their own strength. In the final, the Chelsea people thought that the referee obliterated their penalty. After the game, maybe it might be a penalty, but it is difficult for the referee to make a judgment in an instant, and we were also criticized by the referee in the first round. Misjudgment."

Iniesta also said that every team has the possibility of being misjudged. From the perspective of the two rounds, Chelsea did not suffer. It is completely fair and reasonable for Barcelona to enter the final. Iniesta also said that Barcelona will definitely win. Defeating Hoffenheim in the final proved that they are the strongest in Europe.

Messi said implicitly: "I hope that the opponent in the final is Manchester United. The feeling of beating the defending champion is definitely different. In addition, we were eliminated by Manchester United last year."

Li Huan then also joined the war of words, Li Huan said: "Barcelona does not need to be so excited, they still have a chance to prove themselves, as long as they beat us, but the possibility of their wish is not too great, we have already thought about it The way to deal with them is that artistic football may be placed in a greenhouse for fans to watch, but the actual effect is mediocre. Just like Arsenal, they are also artistic and smooth, but in the game against us, they can't play at all. In the end, it was eliminated by Hoffenheim with 5 goals."

Arshavin also contributed to the flames. He publicly stated that Hoffenheim will surely become the new champion of the Champions League, and that Barcelona should not worry about it. Without the help of the referee, they would not even be able to make it to the final.Although Hoffenheim is not a giant, they scored the most goals in the knockout rounds in the entire Champions League, while Barcelona, ​​which has the best offense, only scored a little more than half of Hoffenheim's goals.Arshavin believes that Hoffenheim can score at least two goals against Barcelona in the final.

Facing the provocations from Hoffenheim, the honest man Xavi couldn't hold back anymore. He also stood up and said: "Barcelona has won the Champions League twice and is one of the most successful teams in Europe. Playing offensive football, artistic football is not what Barcelona self-proclaimed, this is the affirmation and praise given by the fans and the media. Hoffenheim needs to prove that they are not an upstart and worthy of reaching the final."

Harvey also believes that Hoffenheim's football is a pseudo-offensive football, although some time ago Hoffenheim was called offensive football by the fans, "Offensive football is a firm concept that does not change because of the opponent. One opponent uses attacking football, and another opponent uses iron buckets, which can only be Mourinho-style utilitarian football."

Li Huan disagreed with Harvey's statement. Li Huan said: "Professional football should only be winning football. Only winning football is the best football. If you can't win, both offensive football and artistic football will become a decline." Football is eliminated. Therefore, artistic football cannot be superior to others, and utilitarian football does not have to be shy. Barcelona often regards themselves as artistic football and thinks that other footballs are inferior. This kind of psychology is actually the most annoying. of."

Messi retorted, "Football is not only about winning, football also has the responsibility of pleasing the fans. If the games are as boring as Chelsea, the fans will soon leave football to watch other games, and football will not be able to do so." Become the number one sport in the world.”

Li Huan ridiculed Messi for taking Barcelona too seriously. It seems that football has become the world's number one sport because of Barcelona's existence. There are more than one billion fans in the world. Everyone is different. Some people like flowing water, while others like the Great Wall of Steel. , Some people like to score more than a dozen goals in a game, and some people like a 0:0 with a lot of technical tactics and wisdom.And so on.Can Barcelona's art be enough?
The verbal battle between the two world's hottest superstars immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the media and fans. The Spanish and German media and fans also had a big debate about this game.Before the game even started, it was already full of gunpowder, and the smoke of the battle had spread out ahead of time.

On May 5th, two days before the Champions League final, 25 Hoffenheim players flew from Munich to Rome to participate in the world-renowned final.

Rome had always been the center of Europe.The Germans could take Rome, but they would still have to be crowned in Rome and call themselves the Holy Roman Empire.Looking at Europe, every city is inextricably linked to war, and Rome is the most among them.No other city was so frequently ravaged by war, and no other city was so war-loving.Even, they take pleasure in war-the Colosseum is staging the war between humans and beasts every day.In times of peace, football is war.The UEFA Champions League chose Rome as the place of the decisive battle, which can be described as the highest courtesy to football.

The battle between Hoffenheim and Barcelona is also fully qualified to receive this courtesy, because they have set countless records this season.

At the beginning of the season, Barcelona set the club's worst start in the past 35 years, and then drove low and went high, winning 38 games in 30 rounds, which created a single-season winning record in the history of La Liga, and became the winner in 13 away game days. This tied the La Liga single-game away win record set by Atletico Madrid in the 1995/96 season. In the second round of the national derby, Barcelona also scored 110 goals for Real Madrid at the Bernabéu Stadium for the first time in 6 years.

If Barcelona can finally get their hands on the Champions League Holy Grail, Guardiola's team will become the most gold-rich Triple Crown in the history of Barcelona Club, and it will also become the first team in Spanish history to successively win the King's Cup, League Championship, The Champions League champions are the teams with the three supreme titles.

Hoffenheim has also created countless records and miracles in the Bundesliga. The 20-game winning streak is not only the team with the most winning streak in the Bundesliga, but also the team with the most winning streak in the entire five major leagues. This season, they only lost one game , tied four games and became the strongest champion in history.Li Huan won the League Golden Boot as a defender for two consecutive years and created a miracle that has never been seen before or since in world football.In the history of the Champions League, Li Huan also broke the record of scoring 47 goals in a single season held by the Italian forward Altani 14 years ago, and led Hoffenheim to become the biggest dark horse in the history of the Champions League.

If Hoffenheim wins the championship, it may also become the first triple crown in the history of the Bundesliga to win the Champions League, German Cup and league championship in the same season.

At the same time, this is also a PK between two of the best young people in the world.

Messi, one of the most popular stars at present, one of the stars with the highest scoring efficiency in 09, won the La Liga championship, the top scorer in La Liga, and the second scorer in the Champions League. More and more people use the height of Maradona Come to ask him, and with his current excellent state, once he wins the Champions League, the Golden Globe will fall into his arms without any suspense.

Li Huan, won the World Footballer without winning the Champions League, the most popular star in the world, the top scorer in the Champions League, the top scorer in the Bundesliga, won the Bundesliga championship, and is known as the strongest defender in the history of world football.If Li Huan can win the UEFA Champions League, he will definitely dominate the world next year and embrace both European Footballer and World Footballer in his arms.

The media called this game the originator of artistic football against the Miracle Team, and believed that this is one of the most fantastic matchups in the history of the Champions League. No matter who wins the final championship, they will not be losers.

Italians are relatively lazy, and Rome is no exception. Generally, the city of Rome is mostly quiet.Apart from the relatively noisy main tourist routes, every corner of the city is quiet.The city of Rome, which was not built in a day, always gives people a feeling of quietly savoring history.

However, when the Hoffenheim players got off the plane and walked into the FIUMICINO airport, the city of Rome bid farewell to the silence.From FIUMICINO Airport to the Central Railway Station of Rome; from the Colosseum to the Olympic Stadium in the northwest corner of the city, fans roam the streets and alleys, the police and mounted police with live ammunition watch over them, and large banners can be seen everywhere on the pillars of the airport. The Champions Cup promotional poster, the iconic double-decker sightseeing bus in Rome, has been printed with the advertisement for the Champions Cup final. Most of the pictures are Messi's shy celebration and Li Huan's slightly exaggerated roar. The city of Rome entered the Champions League time.

Hoffenheim got [-] tickets for the UEFA Champions League final. Many fans have already come to Rome ahead of time. This is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime game. Many fans have taken a long vacation to come here in order to enjoy watching and travel. They support their own team here. When Hoffenheim got off the plane, at least [-] local and foreign fans came to pick them up.

Neither the Hoffenheim players nor the club officials expected so many fans to pick them up from the airport. Fortunately, Roma sent twice as many security guards at the airport as usual to escort the Hoffenheim players away. At the airport, we rushed to the five-star hotel La Grave in Rome where we stayed.

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