Jagged Wings

Chapter 135 Caddy
The Berlin Olympic Stadium is the home of the Bundesliga team Hertha Berlin and one of the three home stadiums of the German national team.This stadium is a comprehensive sports field. The outer side of their competition lawn is not adjacent to the stands with barbed wire fences, but there is a circle of running tracks, and the stands are outside.When there is no competition, this stadium will occasionally hold some open-air parties or concerts.

Of course, the main purpose of the Berlin Olympiastadion is as a stadium for football matches, which can hold about 76,000 people.As the capital's stadium, it once served as the venue for the 1974 World Cup final week.When Germany became the host country of the 2006 World Cup final, this stadium also became the final venue of this World Cup.

"Wow, the high-end atmosphere is upscale!" Reyes touched the luxurious furniture in Hertha Berlin's dressing room and praised him full of praise.

Hertha Berlin's dressing room is not only two or three times the size of Arsenal, but also has a huge widescreen TV inside. The all-wooden wardrobe is equipped with built-in CDs, VCDs, game consoles, and even a row in the middle. High-end sofas for players to rest and discuss.

"Well, it's much better than Highbury Stadium!" Xiaofa smacked his lips and said enviously.Although Highbury Stadium is also very famous, it is indeed a bit narrow and crude.

"Go back to Camp Nou, it's even bigger than the Berlin Olympic Stadium!" Puyol patted Xiaofa on the back and said.

"Camp Nou is too shabby!" Reyes also put his hand on Xiaofa's back: "We will have an Emirates Stadium that is more luxurious and modern than Camp Nou next season!"

Hey, want to dig my little law now?no way!Reyes glared at Puyol.

"I played in the Youth League at Camp Nou when I was young, and that stadium is really big!" Xiaofa smiled: "But now I want to try the feeling of playing in the new Emirates Stadium!"

"Okay!" Puyol withdrew his hand under Reyes' "aggressive" gaze: "But Camp Nou will always be your home!"

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At this moment, the door of the locker room was pushed open by the Spanish assistant coach: "Have you guys finished visiting the locker room? Then change your clothes quickly and warm up! I don't want to see anyone get injured because of insufficient warm-up during the game." of!"

Everyone stopped talking, and quickly changed their clothes and ran out to warm up.

Because there was no home team Germany in the final in Berlin, there were many fans from other countries in the stands.Regardless of whether you usually watch football or not, you will watch a World Cup final at this time.Although they couldn't name many players on the court, this did not hinder their interest in watching the game.

The World Cup is so important that many politicians even came to watch it: including French President Chirac, Spanish Prime Minister Zapatello, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Annan... There are even sharp-eyed fans in the stands I saw some Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

But these people are all spectators and supporting roles. Today's protagonists are the 22 players on the field.

There were plenty of players on both rosters who were teammates or friends, but none of them greeted each other.In front of the warm-up live broadcast to the world, the players on both sides are meticulously warming up.Such a warm atmosphere also made their minds more or less nervous, and Reyes even felt that his breathing was a little short.

So he took two quick steps and shot the football in front of him towards the goal, as if he wanted to kick this nervous emotion into the goal.

After warming up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room. When they came out again, they had already lined up, each leading a small caddy.

"They're entering!"

The game was about to start, and Reyes suddenly felt his heart beating faster and faster.He turned his head to look, Xiaofa on one side had a serious expression, and he couldn't see any special expression; Torres clenched his hands and then loosened them, and then clasped them again to relieve his nervousness.

When the national anthem began, Reyes didn't know where to place his hands, but kept holding the little caddy's hair from both sides to the middle, messing up the caddy's hair.

"Hey, don't mess with my hair, you messed up the hairstyle!"

The caddy in front of Reyes was a little boy with freckles on his face. He turned his head and said dissatisfiedly.

Reyes found it a little funny: "Don't be angry, I'll give you an autograph after the game. How about it?"

"Don't buy me!" Xiaozheng was so angry: "I want to give you this jersey!"

"Okay! No problem!" Reyes agreed.

Although Reyes has a bad temper when facing opponents on the court, he still likes children very much.

"Reyes seems to have a little communication with the caddy. We saw the caddy frown. Is he dissatisfied with Reyes touching his hair?" Lineker laughed in the British broadcast room.

After the flag-raising ceremony, the little caddy left the field, the players of both sides set up their formations in their respective halfs, and the captain went to exchange team flags and pick sides.

"Dear viewers! What you are seeing now is the final of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The two sides are Spain and Italy. Spain has won six games and scored 16 goals and conceded 3 goals in the previous game. They stumbled and advanced with a record of five wins, one draw, scoring 11 goals and conceding one goal. But Italy has always had a tradition of slow progress. Before the game, Italian coach Lippi also told reporters that Italy's state has fully recovered and they are very happy. Confident to win. And Aragones also said in an interview that at this point in the game, the only goal of the Spanish team is to win the championship! From this point of view, this game will be a very intense and exciting game !"

The famous Spanish commentator Jose Maria analyzed.

"Let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides. Italy has a 4411 formation. The goalkeeper is Buffon. The defenders are Grosso, Cannavaro, Materazzi and Zambrotta from left to right; the midfielders are four. Camoranesi, Gattuso, Pirlo, Perotta; single midfielder Totti, striker Tony! The other side of Spain is the traditional 442, goalkeeper Casillas. Four defenders Ramos, Pablo , Puyol, Peña; midfielders from left to right are Reyes, Xavi, Fabregas, Senna; forwards are Villa and Torres. Of course, when attacking, Villa can Pulled to the side, Fabregas rushed forward, and the formation became 4231. In this game, except for Italy's main central defender Nesta who was injured and retired, both sides sent their strongest lineup!"

After Jose Maria briefly introduced the situation of the two sides, the game kicked off after the referee whistled.

The Spanish team went into offense after kick-off, their morale was high and they were aggressive.This surprised many people, because they thought that in such an important game, Aragones would definitely stabilize his position first, and at the same time use the speed of the Spanish team on both sides to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.Judging from Italy's last game against Germany, this Italian team often makes mistakes when facing the opponent's defensive counterattack.It is really ironic that the Italian team, which is good at defensive counterattacks, was defeated by Paraguay with defensive counterattacks.

But Aragones knew very well in his heart that Lippi was not joking. Italy that reached the final was not the same as Italy in the group stage.Italy's lineup is also constantly changing in this World Cup, from 442 to 4312, and then to 4321. In this game, Lippi finally advanced Totti and put Pirlo in the backcourt. Italy's formation Finalized as 4411.

A defensive mentality will not work against a more aggressive Italy.Aragones' idea is to use the speed of the Spanish team to attack Italy and strive to gain an advantage by scoring goals.A quick decision, not a protracted war with Italy.

But doing so is actually a bit risky, because the Spanish team allocated most of their physical strength to the first half.If he can't start the situation, he can't predict what will happen to the game as his physical strength declines in the second half.

(End of this chapter)