prince's green

Chapter 139 Champions League Final ([-])

The Champions League final is approaching, and the streets of London are also heated by the football atmosphere.

In Hammersmith, Fulham, London, on the north bank of the River Thames across the city from London, Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, several young people are coming out of the gate of the stadium.

"I still don't understand why Chelsea's home stadium is not built in Chelsea, but in Fulham?"

"This is downtown London. Do you think you can build the stadium wherever you want? Anyway, Fulham and Chelsea are adjacent and not far away."

"Stamford Bridge doesn't feel as luxurious as the Emirates Stadium."

"The Emirates Stadium is very luxurious. It is bought by Arsenal selling their captains every year. They sell their blood every year. Look at how hard Arsenal has been these years."

"It is said that Arsenal will make a big deal this year. Wenger himself said that this year will be a "big summer". He has prepared a transfer fee of 7000 million pounds."

"The worst thing is to say in the end that the strongest is already in the lineup, and Arsenal don't need reinforcements."

"Eh? Do you think Wenger will buy the boss? Hasn't he always liked the boss?"

"The boss has scored goals in the Champions League in a row. Recently, his worth is a bit inflated. Wenger wants to buy him. I am afraid that a small half of the 7000 million he prepared will be spent on the boss. How dare Arsenal take this bet?"

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Arsenal is worthy of being a joker in the Premier League. A few people visit Stamford Bridge, and they can all be linked to Arsenal in the end.

A group of more than a dozen people who visited Stamford Bridge came from China on the other side of the world.

Most of the dozen or so people were members of Ringer's fan organization Cactus, as well as Fatty and his two buddies.

What happened on the streets of Yokohama last time also made them get acquainted with each other.

This time, the cactus wanted to watch Ringer’s first Champions League final, but they were cash-strapped. After learning about it, Ringer gave them tickets to the final, air ticket money and accommodation fees, and at the same time let them stay with Fatty come here.

A group of people visited the Stamford Bridge Stadium and prepared to take the subway back to the hotel, so the topic returned to this year's Champions League final.

"You said that the old general will not start? He has been in good form recently. He only scored twice from the bench last week, helping Bayern to complete a big comeback."

"I think it is still very difficult. Heynckes must still trust Ribery more. Robben and Muller are three."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you start first or not, as long as you win the Champions League with the team, that's the first Chinese to win the Champions League."

"Dort and Bayern are mortal enemies. It is really difficult to say this kind of derby game. It must be difficult for Bayern to win."

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"Sie Sind in China?"

A group of people were discussing on their own, when a big man with a beer belly approached them and asked.

But everyone couldn't understand the language spoken by this beer belly, and they looked confused.

"Are you Chinese?"

The beer belly also reacted, and immediately switched to English to ask, and now some of them finally understood.

So, some people started chatting in English with the beer belly, and some started to translate the words of the beer belly to people who could not understand.

"The guy said he was German and he was in London for the Champions League final and he asked if we were going to the Champions League final as well."

"He asked which team were we here to support, Bayern or Dortmund?"

"He asked us if there were only 15 Bayern fans in China."

"Huh? He said that the boss took his taxi and signed for him."

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On May 5, there are still two days before the Champions League final.

This morning, the Borussia Dortmund team first arrived in London, England.

It has been confirmed that Dortmund's star Goetze, who has been unable to play, also came to London with the team, but when he came out of the airport, the London Police Department dispatched a lot of police for this, because there were many Dortmund fans who were dissatisfied with Goetze outside the London airport There was trouble, and some people even wanted to rush up and attack Gotze.

In the afternoon, the entire Bayern Munich team also arrived in London on a connecting flight provided by Lufthansa.

Outside the passageway of the London airport, Ringer saw many Asian faces.

"Come on Ringer, Bayern will win!", and there is a sign dedicated to him.

As the first Chinese to participate in the Champions League final, Linge seems to have attracted some Chinese fans to London to watch the final.

In the promotion of Bayern's final two days ago, Chinese promotion was also specially issued.

"In the Year of the Snake 12 years ago, we won the fourth championship, and 12 years later in the Year of the Snake, we will win the fifth championship."

Let's show off the Chinese zodiac calendar.

"Linger, will you start in the final?" This is the topic that Chinese reporters are most interested in.

"Lin, will you perform in this Champions League final in London?"

This is a question from a British reporter. Some time ago, the British media gave him the nickname "London Killer". It seems that the British tabloids are also very concerned about this "London Killer" for the UEFA Champions League final in London.

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To deal with the reporters, the entire Bayern team came to the hotel they had booked to rest, and the next day they walked on the field to warm up as usual and prepare for the final.

Heynckes had already announced the starting lineup for the finals. Without surprise, Ringer missed the starting lineup. The starting line-up was still the 11 players that are commonly used recently. However, Ringer also entered the 7-man substitute list without any surprise.

Entering the substitute list is the substitute goalkeeper Stark, defender Van Buyten, midfielder Timoschuk and Gustavo, and the frontcourt are Ringer, Pizarro and Gomez.

There seems to be only one defender on the bench, but Tymoshchuk is more comprehensive in the backcourt, he can play both midfielder and defender.

Entering the list of 18 players means playing in this world-renowned final.

On the afternoon of May 5th, in London, England, the largest city in Europe, a much-watched match is about to begin.

Bayern is using the visiting team locker room. In the locker room at this time, the whole team is making final preparations.Heynckes didn't explain the tactics anymore, what should be said has already been said, and more words at this time will make the players nervous.

"Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 9 people, is the second largest stadium in Europe after Camp Nou, and it is now completely full of fans." The start of the Champions League final is BJ time 5 It was 26:2 in the morning on the 45th, but it was undoubtedly broadcast by Yang Ma, and the sports website also broadcast it.

"9 tickets, Bayern and Dortmund each received 2 tickets, and the rest were given to neutral fans. In fact, most of the so-called neutral fans are from Germany. The final was held in London , but no Premier League team has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this year, so British fans are not so active in terms of ticket sales for the final."

"But the German fans are quite positive. Germany's economic situation has been good these years. The UEFA Champions League final is not far away, and this German civil war has attracted a large number of German fans. From this bird's eye view, we can see that the entire stadium About one-third of the jersey colors of the fans inside are Dortmund's yellow and two-thirds are Bayern's red."

Bayern does have a broad fan base in Germany. After the Champions League final match, German media conducted local surveys. Except for the two respective base camps of the Ruhr area and Munich, as many as [-]% of fans in other parts of Germany supported Bayern to win the championship.

Among the neutral fans outside Germany, everyone wants to see the dark horse counterattack, and 56% support Dortmund to win the championship.

Before the start of the game, there was a cushion game, many retired stars came to participate, Van der Sar, Ljungberg, Ian Rush, Zola, Figo, Cafu, Mijatovic, Cannavaro , Big Laudrup and more.

After a short pad game, the Hollywood star Will Smith and his son invited by UEFA came to the field to enliven the atmosphere, followed by the opening ceremony prepared by the FA.

The two teams of retro fighters in red and yellow uniforms performed in the center of the court, simulating a battle, and then it was the turn of the two protagonist teams to appear on the stage.

"Okay, fans and friends, the protagonists have finally appeared."

"In the starting list announced an hour before the game, the starting lineups of the two teams are not surprising. They are the same set they have used frequently recently. Ringer, who we are paying close attention to, did not get a chance to start, but he In the seven-man substitute list, he may come off the bench in this final."

The starting lineup of both sides is the most popular 4231 formation in football recently. For Bayern,
Goalkeeper: Neuer;

Defenders: Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Alaba;

Defenders: Harvey Martinez, Schweinsteiger;
Avant-garde: Robben, Muller, Ribery;

Forward: Mandzukic.

Dortmund's starter,
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller;
Defenders: Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer;
Back midfielder: Sven Bender, Gundogan;

Avant-garde: Bvaszczykowski, Royce, Gross Kreutz;

Forward: Lewandowski.

"This year, two players with new nationalities appeared in the Champions League final. They are both from the Bayern team. Linger from China and Claudio Pizarro from Peru. Players in the Champions League final." This time it was the opening remarks of the German commentator.

"For such an important game as the Champions League final, it is a great honor to have a player appear in the final. Alaba in the Bayern team is only the third Austrian to participate in the Champions League final. There were three Poles at one time, but in the 58-year history of the UEFA Champions League, there were only three Poles who participated in the Champions League final." He Wei, the mother of the mother, was talking about how difficult it was for Ringer to participate in the Champions League final.

"In Asia as a whole, only two players have participated in the Champions League final before, namely South Korea's Park Ji-sung and Japan's Usami Takashi. Park Ji-sung has previously represented Manchester United in two Champions League finals. In last year's Champions League final, Takashi Usami, who was still at Bayern at the time, also entered the bench list, he became the second Asian player to participate in the Champions League final, and now Linger is the third."

"If he can come off the bench in the final today, Ringer will become the second Asian player to play in the Champions League final, because Takashi Usami did not get the chance to play last year."

(End of this chapter)