Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1389 The morning of the final day
This is the first time Liverpool and Barcelona have met in the final of the Champions League. In the 58-year history of the European Champions Cup, Liverpool has never met Barcelona in the final.The last time they played against each other in the Champions League was in the 2007-2008 season. At that time, in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool defeated Barcelona 2:1 away and lost Barcelona 0:1 at home. The advantage eliminated the defending champion at the time.

In fact, in the entire history of the Champions League, they have not played against each other a few times.

It can be said to be a relatively new opponent.

But there is no shortage of talking points between the two teams.

Because Liverpool has Chen Yingxiong.

A week before the game, the media began to hype the grievances of the game.

In fact, it is mainly the grievances between Chen Yingxiong and Barcelona.

The other Liverpool players are fine and have nothing to do with Barcelona.

The media are best at listing statistics, rummaging through piles of old papers, and then telling everyone what happened in the past confrontation between these two teams.

Especially what happened when Chen Yingxiong and Barcelona played against each other in the past.

"...Chen Yingxiong and Barcelona have only played against each other three times in total, but the impression left on people is very deep. So much so that we often have the illusion that Chen Yingxiong and Barcelona are old rivals..."

"Chen Yingxiong and Barcelona are actually old rivals, because although they have only faced each other directly three times, the competition between them has never stopped. It is mainly the competition between Chen Yingxiong and Messi. The two best Even if the shooters do not meet, there will inevitably be a fierce fight. Their competition in the scorer list and breaking records is all-round..."

"...The most impressive thing for me is the competition for the top scorer in the Champions League in the 2010-2011 season. Because Messi played six more group games than Chen Yingxiong, he was far ahead of Chen Yingxiong by six goals in the scorer list. But from At the beginning of the knockout round, Chen Yingxiong made a sudden effort and led Naples all the way to the Champions League final. He scored [-] goals in seven knockout rounds! In the end, he overwhelmed Messi's [-] goals and became the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League that season... …that was the greatest comeback I've ever seen! Since then the competition for top scorer between Messi and Chen Yingxiong has intensified.”

"Messi has just won the top scorer of the Champions League with 76 goals. Two seasons later, Chen Yingxiong broke his record with 67 goals. Messi just broke Gade with 87 goals. Muller's record of [-] goals in a single season, a season later, Chen Yingxiong made Messi's record with [-] goals in a single season, and now he has raised his record of goals in a single season to an astonishing [-] ball!"

In addition to the relationship of mutual competition, there is also the relationship of mutual hatred.

"...the story between the hero and Barcelona can't be finished for three days and three nights. Just talking about the hatred between them is enough for us to talk about it for several episodes... Today I will tell you all the grievances At the beginning——During the Champions League quarter-final match between Naples and Barcelona, ​​Alves deceived the referee with a very obvious dive and let Chen Yingxiong be sent off. If Chen Yingxiong has no choice but to leave the field, then perhaps It would be another story...but the hero made a move that shocked the world - he elbowed the defiant Butzquez, breaking the bridge of the nose of the poor Catalan !Barcelona fans can't forgive Chen Yingxiong until now, and call him a 'butcher'..."

"The grievances between the two teams are mainly between Barcelona and Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong is the most unpopular person in Barcelona. If there is anyone in the world who will definitely not go to Barcelona, ​​then it is definitely Chen Yingxiong ... In view of the grievances between him and Barcelona, ​​I have reason to believe that this Champions League final will be very exciting! Because with Barcelona and Chen Yingxiong, the game is never dull!"

"Judging from the record between the two sides - I'm not talking about the record between Barcelona and Liverpool, I'm talking about Barcelona and Hero - if you look at it, Hero can be Barcelona's nemesis, although he only played against each other three times, but this Hero scored on all three occasions. He scored six goals in three games. Among the active players, he scored the second most goals against Barcelona. The first one was Fernando Torres, who scored eight goals The ball, but he has played against Barcelona more than the hero, he has played against Barcelona twelve times in total, and the hero has only three times. In terms of efficiency in a single round, the hero is the first."

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The media are constantly listing data and counting the history of past confrontations, just to stir up the atmosphere of the finals, let everyone follow their footsteps a little bit, mobilize their emotions, and then wait for the finals to start!

They are doing this with ease, and now fans all over the world are looking forward to the start of this pinnacle of football.

Barcelona's prestige is still there, Liverpool is rising strongly, Messi and Chen Yingxiong, the two top football players in the world, have a direct dialogue, who will win?Everyone cares.

In China, various topics about the UEFA Champions League final have been flooding the Internet. CCTV, which has obtained the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League, even treated this final as a World Cup final. From the day Liverpool arrived in St. Petersburg, they have been Sent a set-up team to St. Petersburg to film interviews with Zun, and sent the first-hand information about Liverpool and Chen Yingxiong’s preparations back to China, and the domestic editors edited it into a film and broadcast it, so that Chinese fans can watch sports news and champions in Europe. You can learn about Chen Yingxiong and the latest situation of Liverpool's preparations.

In addition, the champion Europe, which was originally fought on the day of the game, was also adjusted to four days ago, one session per day.It's just that the topics are mainly focused on Liverpool and Chen Yingxiong, telling everyone how this team reached the final step by step, especially Chen Yingxiong's performance is the largest show, so that everyone jokes "championship" Europe" might as well be renamed "Champion Chen Yingxiong" or "Champion Liverpool".

After all kinds of hype in the media, everyone's expectations for this final have now reached the highest.

After four seasons, when Chen Yingxiong meets Barcelona again, what kind of sparks will it spark?

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St. Petersburg is a city at high latitudes. In summer, there are usually extreme daylight phenomena, that is, 24 hours a day, and the sky is not completely dark. Even in the early morning, it is like six or seven o'clock in the afternoon in ordinary areas. You can read without turning on the lights. .

The hotel rooms where Liverpool players stay have extremely thick curtains, and when they are drawn up, the room is no different from the night.

The only problem is that the air in the room is not very good.

But that's not a big deal.

On the day of the competition, Chen Yingxiong will sleep more than usual and wake up late.Usually he gets up at eight o'clock, so on game day he doesn't get up until nine o'clock.

This is why on the day of the FA Cup final, the hero was woken up by his teammates at five or six o'clock, and he was in a bad mood all day.

It's not that Chen Yingxiong wants to stay in bed on purpose, but it's just like this. Even Chen Yingxiong himself can't tell when he started doing this.

Anyway, on the day when there was a game, he woke up late. It seemed that because the game required a lot of energy and energy, his body needed more sleep and rest.This may be a side effect of his vigor on the court...

After all, energy is always in balance. He has paid so much, it is impossible not to replenish it, and the battery still needs to be charged and discharged.

Sleeping is when Chen Yingxiong recharges his batteries.

Therefore, he must sleep well on the day of the game.

After the incident in the FA Cup, the coaches of Liverpool also knew about Chen Yingxiong's habit. The teammates of the reserve team didn't expect that their unintentional actions would cause Chen Yingxiong such a big trouble, and they almost rose to the top. The point of "Public Enemy of Britain".

So now there is an unwritten rule in the Liverpool team, that is, don't disturb Chen Yingxiong's sleep on the day of the match. He can sleep as much as he likes, even until noon. Anyway, Chen Yingxiong is not worried about his self-discipline. of.

Although this person likes to play, he will never disappoint when it is time to be serious.

When Chen Yingxiong got up, Skotel, who was in the same room, also got up and was washing in the bathroom, making the sound of rushing water.

Chen Yingxiong walked to the window, and suddenly opened the heavy curtains, and the room that needed to be turned on before suddenly became bright.

"Morning in St. Petersburg..." He stood in front of the window with his hands on his hips, wearing a pair of underwear all over his body, and sighed while looking at the street scene outside.

"What? Do you want to make a poem or sing a song?" Skrtel came out of the bathroom wiping the water off his face.

Chen Yingxiong didn't turn his head, ignored him, and just stood by the window, motionless.

After about half a minute, there was a sudden "Ah-choo!"

Chen Yingxiong rubbed his nose: "Damn it! It's finally typed out, so cool!"

Skrtel behind him rolled his eyes, flicked his middle finger at him, and went back to the bathroom to wash up.

Chen Yingxiong shivered. Although it was summer and May, it was still quite cold in the morning at a high latitude like St. Petersburg.

After Chen Yingxiong got dressed, Skrtel also came out of the bathroom.The two stood by the window together looking at the once familiar scenery outside the window.

It is indeed very familiar, because this hotel is the hotel they often stayed in when they played for Zenit St. Petersburg, so the scenery outside the window is naturally exactly the same.

"Over there is Isaac's Cathedral, over there is the statue of the Bronze Horseman of Peter the Great, and that is the Winter Palace... Oh, it's so nostalgic..." Skrtel said suddenly.

Chen Yingxiong's perspective is completely different from his: "Is that the Oriental Restaurant over there? Also, the direction you pointed to is clearly the Northern Pearl Nightclub, and the direction of the Winter Palace is Katyusha... Well, it's really nostalgic .” He nodded.

"You are so lewd... Hero, what a good atmosphere you ruined like this!" Skrtel made a heartbroken expression.

Chen Yingxiong gave him a white look: "The head of the group is ready, he said that it will be a big one at that time, so don't go there then."

"Who cares about you! I'm going!" Skrtel snorted, but he immediately lowered his voice, "But in case of losing the game..."

Chen Yingxiong interrupted him: "It is impossible to lose, we must win."

"You are so confident, hero? The opponent is Barcelona!"

"What's wrong with Barcelona? Let me tell you about Martin, they are afraid of me, they're so scared—come on!" Chen Yingxiong grinned and laughed.

(End of this chapter)