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Chapter 298 Probably No Big Deal, Right?

Istanbul International Airport has been filled with fans who came to pick up the plane. The Istanbul police are trying their best to control it, but there are still more than [-] fans gathered in the airport, and there are more fans in the small square outside the airport, just to watch from a distance Take a look.

The first Liverpool team to walk out of the airport was Sami Lee, followed by Benitez. The players lined up and followed behind, followed by other staff members. In the ranks of staff, Shen Yang is no exception, he has been hanging behind talking and laughing with Wang Minghao.

In the whole team, Shen Yang was very inconspicuous.

But when Shen Yang walked out of the airport, he was still recognized by reporters from both sides who came to interview. Several reporters called Shen Yang's name. They knew that Liverpool coaches and players would definitely not be interviewed at the airport, but Shen Yang was not 'Liverpool man', he could still be interviewed.

Shen Yang just greeted them with a smile.

Now as a member of the Liverpool team, he is also asked not to accept interviews, otherwise he will delay the time to go to the hotel. It is impossible for everyone to wait for him alone.

Several reporters were slightly disappointed.

The Liverpool team took the bus and went directly to the hotel they had booked. After packing up, Liverpool borrowed the lobby of the hotel and held a temporary press conference, which meant to 'announce that we are coming', and then said some morale-boosting words, Head coach Benitez also attended the meeting. He talked about the technical issues of the game against Chelsea, such as Chelsea's advantage, Liverpool's advantage, etc., but in the end Benitez did not express his absolute confidence in beating Chelsea.

Benitez's silent statement made Liverpool support the media slightly disappointed, although they knew that the Spaniard's character was like this.

Shen Yang, who was interviewed temporarily, encouraged Liverpool to support the media, "I think Liverpool will win. I have confidence in Liverpool. In the past week, we have conducted the most scientific and rigorous training, and the status of each player has been adjusted. At the best level, when it comes to games, I believe Liverpool will do a lot better than Chelsea, so we will definitely be the winners."

One question that the media cares about is, "Are Liverpool ready for penalties?"

Shen Yang hesitated for a moment, then shrugged and said, "You should ask Benitez, or other Liverpool coaches, or the players? I am only in charge of state training, and the specific game matters are not within my scope of work."

The interviewer was slightly disappointed.

But then they interviewed Steven Gerrard, the core player of Liverpool. Gerrard didn't think there would be too many goals in the game. 3-3 or 2-2. I think one goal will decide the game. I hope Liverpool will score in nine 3 minutes, we don't want to see penalties at the end. It's not good for anyone."

At 09:30 in the evening, the Chelsea team arrived in Istanbul and checked into another hotel.

After Liverpool and Chelsea arrived respectively, the media throughout Europe began to analyze the final situation. Various media analyzed the possible situations of the game from various angles, such as whether there will be a penalty kick, what the score will be, and which player will be there. Goals, which player will be the key and so on.

These pre-match analyzes are very interesting. When summed up, it may be read as a novel, but it does not have much meaning for the real game.

Meanwhile, Liverpool are making final pre-match preparations.

Due to the tight schedule, the "state training" of the "Sheep and Sheep Football Training Group" completely replaced the daily training and became the main training for Liverpool. The two assistant coaches who came with the team, Sammy Lee and Mullins, felt sad, They can only assist the 'Yangyang Football Training Team' to train the players.

Benitez supports this, and the players are also very satisfied. Sammy Lee and Mulins have no choice but to work like this.

Both are at a loss for the future.

Now there is only one "Yangyang Football Training Team" in the world, but like the inevitable development of many things, new and useful things will always develop rapidly. If there are more "Yangyang Football Training Teams" in a few years , they may consider early retirement?

Shen Yang didn't know the 'magic' idea of ​​Sami Lee and Mullins.

The inexplicable hostility between the two made Shen Yang feel a little baffled. He thought that the 'Yangyang Football Training Team' was destined to leave Liverpool and had no direct competition with them. Why should the other party be hostile?Because of this, Shen Yang didn't think too much about it, he just led the team and did his job well - helping the Liverpool team to be in the best position before the game.

Until the start of the game, both teams were working hard to prepare for the game, and both sides seemed to be much more low-key.

On the day of the game, Liverpool had the last training session, and then Benitez had the last tactical meeting, in which all players participated. At the meeting, Benitez carefully explained the possible situations in the game and how to deal with them.

Shen Yang also attended the meeting.

If you just got to know Benitez, you will definitely not have a good impression of him.

The Spaniard is too rigid.

After contacting for a period of time, Shen Yang also had to admit that Benitez is a genius in football tactics. He is worthy of the title of "Master of Tactics". Just explaining various tactics and routines is a bit confusing. Scratching his head, Benitez detailed the tactics to what each player should do, what situation each player encountered, how to move, defend, etc. The tactics are so detailed that it even makes people feel the progress of the game It's all in the hands of Benitez.

This is the world's top professional football?
It was the first time for Shen Yang to realize that the world of football is also very attractive.

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Istanbul Ataturk Stadium.

The auditorium is already overcrowded. Fans wearing Liverpool jerseys and Chelsea jerseys are lined up on both sides of the stadium. The Ataturk Stadium officially divides the two teams into areas, and Turkish fans are sandwiched in the middle.

The scene was filled with shouts.

Turkish fans are the hosts, but this game is a contest between two English teams. England fans accounted for half of them. They were all silent.

Most Turkish fans don't know which team to support, because both are England fans.

Turkish fans don't have any good opinion of English football. Whether it is Chelsea or Liverpool, they can be said to be their 'enemies'.

It has to be said that the two enemies fought against each other on Turkish soil was a bit dramatic.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the two teams, led by their respective coaches, stepped onto the final battlefield. After a series of levels before the game, the referee whistled the whistle, and the game officially began.

Chelsea coach Mourinho, with his left leg resting on his right leg and pointing his toes, with a smile on his lips.

The British BBS broadcast interpreted this as, "Mourinho is very confident in the game!"

Liverpool coach Benitez sat upright, with no expression on his face.

The British BBS broadcasting interpreted this as, "Benitez looks very serious, he may be worried about the game."

As the game officially started, the media was not in the mood to ridicule the head coach. The screen cameras began to chase the football back and forth, and the names of the players were mentioned by the commentator. The match between the two sides entered a fierce state from the beginning.

Chelsea and Liverpool are too familiar.

It is often like a major event, and both sides will conduct tentative matches, but Chelsea and Liverpool do not. Their style is fixed, and their tactics are all on the bright side. No team will change suddenly. The familiarity of the two sides also made the game quickly heated up.

In the 3rd minute, 5th minute, and No. 11th minute, Chelsea and Liverpool made threatening shots respectively.

Chelsea once, Liverpool twice.

Although neither side scored a goal, there were three threats to the goal in 1 minutes, and one can imagine what the game was like.

This game situation surprised all the media.

No matter how you analyze before the game, almost all opinions believe that the two teams will play very well. The media in Italy, Germany, France, Spain and other countries all think that 'this will be the most boring final'. England's conservative team plays a game, and it is very good to score a goal, and the game scene will also make people drowsy.

But the fierceness of the game lifted everyone's spirits.

The commentator of Italian Milan TV was surprised, "Both teams are playing very openly. So far, Liverpool has threatened to shoot twice. Just now, Gerrard's kick from the outside almost broke through Cech's gate. There was also a threat from Chelsea, the intensity of the game was unexpected, it seemed that neither team was conservative...”

Facts have proved that the analysis of the media is actually very reasonable.

After the fierce opening, it was time for both sides to adjust. Both teams began to focus on defense. No. 15 minutes onwards, the defense was more than the offense. Both Chelsea and Liverpool realized that continuing to play like this was very threatening. , The players on the field want to be steady.

The game continued, but the rhythm was a little slower than the beginning, but the analysis before the game was much better. The offense of both sides was also very threatening, but the defense was more stable.

Soon three and ten minutes passed.

At this time, many people were surprised to discover a fact: the two sides seemed to be playing evenly, but in fact Liverpool performed better than Chelsea.

Are Liverpool better than Chelsea?

No one would believe it before the game. Even Liverpool fans have to admit that the current strength of the team is weaker than that of Chelsea. Whether it is comparing the overall lineup or the strength of the starting players, there are some gaps.

In terms of the three fronts, the Chelsea striker led by Didier Drogba is obviously strong, and Liverpool's striker goals have always been a problem, otherwise they will not create an embarrassing record of 'no goals for 431 consecutive minutes' in the season; Ladd, Chelsea has Lampard, but Chelsea also has Makelele, as well as Robben, Duff, Gremi, Chelsea's magnificent midfield line makes Liverpool feel ashamed; not to mention the back line, Liverpool's defense is good, but they rely more on a few veterans. Chelsea Carvalho and Terry's central defender combination cannot be said to be the best in the world, but it can definitely be ranked in the top three.

In short, there is a big gap between Liverpool and Chelsea in terms of staffing.

Throughout the season, the comparison of the results of the two teams also proved this point. The two sides played against each other directly three times. Liverpool only drew one game at home and lost the English League Cup trophy 'by the way'.

When the Champions League final match was decided, most people thought Chelsea would win.

Even if it is just the game scene, it can only be Chelsea suppressing Liverpool, not Liverpool suppressing Chelsea in turn.

Now that the two sides are evenly divided, it is already surprising.

But in terms of statistics, Liverpool has the upper hand, just like the Italian Milan TV commentator said, "In the past three minutes, Liverpool had six shots, five of which were within the range of the goal frame, and Chelsea had five. There were only two shots on goal and only two on target."

"Liverpool had 81 passes, Chelsea had [-], Liverpool had five passes and Chelsea had [-]."

"Liverpool 50.00% possession time four, Chelsea 40.00% six."

"These statistics show that Liverpool are doing better than Chelsea..."

Watching the game live, it is difficult to see the gap in statistics, because Liverpool did not achieve absolute suppression, Chelsea also had shots and threats, and the gap in possession was not too big, but Chelsea coach Mourinho still saw something. The fact that Chelsea did not gain an advantage has already proved something.

"Liverpool are better?"

Mourinho is unwilling to believe this fact, but it is obvious that Chelsea have no advantage.

Liverpool is no worse than Chelsea in terms of offense or defense, and Liverpool has significantly fewer turnovers than Chelsea.

Mourinho's 'Erlang legs' moved, and he couldn't help changing one leg to rest on the other, and his brows frowned slightly.

Now that both teams have not scored, there is no need to worry too much, but if this continues, Chelsea's chances of winning will become a little small, and there is no good way to deal with the current situation. The first half is not over yet, and they did not perform too much Bad player, he can't make adjustments.

But what is certain is that Mourinho has begun to worry about the situation.

At this time, Mourinho couldn't help but think of the young Chinese. He didn't believe in "state training", but he had to admit that the Liverpool team on the field was indeed better than Chelsea.

Is it really the gap caused by 'state training'?
Liverpool thought there was 'form training' where every player performed better and Chelsea played average and the gap between the two sides was bridged?
Mourinho amused himself at the thought.

He may have thought too much.

It is normal for a team to perform well for a period of time. After all, this is the final of the Champions League, not an ordinary league. Liverpool has made a lot of preparations for this, so it is not a big deal to perform well for a while... right! ? ?

(End of this chapter)