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Chapter 750 Must win the Champions League!

The much-anticipated Champions League final is about to start, and the eyes of the whole world are on Rome, Italy.

Not only media reporters and fans all over the world are excited about this matchup between Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang and Messi, the world's top superstars, but even major gaming companies have offered odds.

With the reversal of Chelsea and the double win over Manchester United, Liverpool returned to the number one favorite in the Champions League final.

But what's interesting is that Barcelona is also not far behind. Barcelona, ​​which has won two consecutive La Liga and Copa del Rey titles this season, is also a big favorite.

According to the odds offered by many bookmakers including William Hill and BW, the two teams are exactly the same.

In Asia, Yang Yang's Liverpool is slightly better, which shows Yang Yang's popularity in Asia.

Ladbrokes offered the odds for the first goal scorer. Yang Yang is the well-deserved No.1. Almost everyone is very optimistic about this super striker who has won the European Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons, and Messi is close behind.

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Unlike gaming companies, celebrities from England and Spain have also appeared in the team.

Spain's current head coach Bosque wrote a column for the newspaper, saying that he knows Barcelona very well and believes that Guardiola's team will definitely be able to beat Liverpool to win as long as it can perform normally.

"In my opinion, Guardiola should make the team closer and try to avoid his wings being stretched too far."

Bosque also expressed concern, because Liverpool is also a top European team.

"In my eyes, Benitez is a tactical master. He has quite unique experience in tactical preparation and on-the-spot command. This is not a good thing for Guardiola, especially if you let Liverpool score first. It will become a disaster."

"I guess, in this game, Benitez will definitely not leave too much space for Barcelona to pass and control the ball. Even so, their offense will definitely be sacrificed, but it should be noted that they have Yang Yang, a super striker who can destroy the opponent's entire defense line by himself."

Bosque's column expressed not only his speculations and concerns, but also the speculations and concerns of many others.

Football Emperor Beckenbauer was invited by DPA to write a prediction column before the UEFA Champions League final. He also mentioned that this will be an exciting UEFA Champions League final, because both teams represent the top strength in European football in recent years.

"Liverpool with passion is like Barcelona with artistic ballet. It is difficult for anyone to guess who will succeed."

Beckenbauer also pointed out that Barcelona's Messi and Liverpool's Yang Yang are the top football stars in the world 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 become No.1 in world football in [-]."

Speaking such words from a legendary celebrity like Beckenbauer undoubtedly represents a signal.

The winner of the Champions League will win the [-] World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.

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The afternoon before the final, Barcelona chartered a flight to Rome.

Just after arriving at the hotel, Guardiola was interviewed by the media under the arrangement of the team.

The head coach of Barcelona said frankly 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 lose their fear and face the game with confidence.

"I want my players to feel good, to believe in themselves and to show their best in front of the world."

"In any final, there is always only one truth, that is, win or nothing. No one will remember how many finals you have been to, and no one will remember who the runner-up is, but people will remember the champion!"

"I want them to be able to break through the tension and fear in their hearts, be brave and show the world how good our football is. That's the only goal we came to Rome."

Guardiola also said that he will never change his football philosophy in order to restrain Liverpool, nor will he change the way the team plays. That is not Barcelona's traditional approach.

"We don't think about how to make changes 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 also issued provocations, hoping that Liverpool can stand up bravely to play against Barcelona as they did in previous games.

"I have watched many Liverpool games. For example, they beat Manchester United [-]-[-] at Old Trafford and Chelsea [-]-[-] at Stamford Bridge. Before that, they beat Rome [-]-[-]. I am happy that Rome will become our home in these two days."

"I know that Liverpool is a team with super attacking power, but I don't think they will show their offense in tomorrow's game. They should focus more on defense, because they think it will have a better chance of winning."

"Of course, this is just my personal guess. Maybe Liverpool will surprise me and take the initiative to attack the game, which will surprise me, but in any case, this will definitely be a wonderful match that will satisfy fans all over the world."

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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 tough game, but we have a strong team, we defend well, we attack better and we'll do everything we can to win."

"Everyone of us is full of enthusiasm and joy. We are very excited about tomorrow's game, and we can't wait."

Messi also accepted an interview with the Argentine Ole newspaper, saying that he is 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 greatest teams in the world, and there's no room for error from anyone."

"Yang Yang and I? We have a good relationship."

"I'm tired of this kind of comparison, because this is a match between Barcelona and Liverpool first, it doesn't depend on individuals, and I admire Yang Yang very much, he is a worthy opponent, I believe that no matter what the final result of the game is, we will sincerely bless each other."

"I came to Barcelona very early, and I have always felt the strength of Barcelona as a whole. Here, I began to understand that football is not perfect, it is always constantly improving and improving, and this season we have regained confidence and achieved 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 those fans who accompanied us to win!"

In the last sentence, Messi spoke sonorously and loudly, showing 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, many Roman fans also booed Liverpool.

At the airport, there was even confusion at one point.

The city of Rome is also a well-known place in European football where football hooligans are prevalent.

For this situation, both Liverpool and the city government of Rome have long been prepared.

At least, between Barcelona and Liverpool, they will definitely choose Barcelona, ​​because Liverpool has brought them extremely painful memories.

The team's bus left the airport slowly, and arrived at the hotel without hindrance under the clearing of police cars.

Since Liverpool came to Rome to play an away game before, they were not satisfied with the hotel facilities. Therefore, after the club entered the final this time, they arranged for people to come to Rome for on-site inspections, and finally chose a hotel that was farther away from the Olympic Stadium but more undisturbed.

Outside the hotel gate, the media reporters and fans who heard the news had already been waiting here. When the Liverpool bus arrived, the audience burst into cheers, and countless Liverpool fans were singing the team song loudly to cheer for the team.

In the past three days, Liverpool conducted a closed training camp in Melwood, focusing on rehearsing defensive and counterattack tactics against Barcelona, ​​and did not disclose any information to the outside world.

Today, after arriving in Rome, the team also declined all interviews from the outside world, including several close English media, who were not allowed to enter the hotel area. Benitez and the players must remain absolutely focused.

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.

Many media reporters and fans gathered at the scene, and there are probably many scouts from Barcelona in the stands.

Liverpool also only arranged some routine training, mainly adjustments and warm-ups, and at the same time rehearsed free kick tactics and penalty kicks. This is obviously information that the coaching staff intends to disclose to the outside world.

The Red Army is bound to stick to the end, even at the expense of dragging Barcelona into a penalty shootout.

This can be regarded as Benitez's response to Guardiola's provocation.

The Barcelona coach must be eager for Liverpool to come out and play against each other. For Barcelona, ​​which has the advantage of passing and possession, the advantage is even more obvious, but Liverpool can only be a lamb to be slaughtered.

Although Benitez did not accept an 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 the current him, 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 pressure relief methods of his own, which will not easily affect the game anymore.

Messi said that he will win the Champions League and create a triple crown dynasty for Barcelona.

And Yang Yang is also determined to win the Champions League, because this will be the last gift he left for Liverpool, but it is also the most important gift.

Quadruple crown, this will make all Liverpool fans remember him forever and ever!

(End of this chapter)