Legendary Road

Beckenbauer himself intended to hint to Rehhagel that the German Football Association very much wanted him to be the head coach, but Rehhagel obviously did not want to discuss these issues before the final, so he avoided talking about it with a haha.

Seeing Rehagel's reaction, Beckenbauer simply stopped talking about related topics, and left after chatting with Rehagel and the officials of the Greek Football Association in a formulaic manner.

The reporter guarding the main entrance saw Beckenbauer walk out, and immediately stretched out the microphone and recording pen in front of him.

"Mr. Beckenbauer, what is the purpose of your visit to the Greek team this time? Will coach Rehagel become a strong candidate for the next head coach of the German team?"

Beckenbauer has long been accustomed to such a situation: "Oh, FIFA sent me to visit to strengthen the cooperative relationship with the two football associations. There is no special intention. As for the latter question, as long as Rehag Mr. Er is willing, why not?"

Cut, this old fried dough stick, doesn't that mean you didn't say anything!

Most of these reporters are not interviewing Beckenbauer for the first time, and they have a basic understanding of how many things can come out of Beckenbauer's mouth.

No one wanted to continue entangled with the question just now, and the reporters wisely changed the topic to allow Beckenbauer to talk more.

"This year's European Cup, the Greek team has reached the final all the way as a dark horse, and the promotion of the host seems to be what everyone expects. May I ask which team you are more optimistic about can win the final?"

"The Greek team's one-on-one close defense is impressive, and their overall discipline is also impressive." Beckenbauer was not ambiguous in this regard, "but I have always been more concerned about the Portuguese team's style of play. Appreciation, their style has always been my ideal style of wonderful football, each player takes the ball with one kick and passes it to the next teammate quickly, which makes their offensive and defensive efficiency extremely high. And they have home court advantage, the players on the field The Portuguese fans will definitely give them great motivation, so I am more optimistic about the host Portugal winning the final."

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In addition to the already notorious crow-mouthed Pele, there is also an "ominous person" in the Portuguese team, and that is the chairman of the Portuguese Football Association, Madair.

Before the finals, "24 Hours", which has always reported "vivid" news, was "entrusted" by all the soldiers of the Portuguese team, and published a ridiculous request in an important position on the inner page.

The head coach of the Portuguese national team, Mr. Scolari, together with all the young men of the national team who are determined to win the championship for Portugal, invite the respected chairman, Mr. Gilberto Madaido, to sit quietly during the game on the evening of July 7th. Watch TV at home, don't go to the scene!

Portuguese striker Nuno Gomez said in an interview with reporters: "We are embarrassed to make this request in person, but let him read this sad news in the newspaper, but he also I'm used to it."

After saying this, Gomez couldn't help laughing himself.

On the evening of July 7th, Yan Jing came around the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, and a large number of well-equipped fans cheered for the country he supported.

The shops selling beer on the street are booming, and the media interviewed can be seen everywhere. The European Cup final has become a grand carnival.

In the Rossio district in the center of Lisbon, tens of thousands of fans who could not buy tickets gathered on Liberty Avenue, the widest in the city.During this European Cup, whenever the Portuguese team played, tens of thousands of fans would gather in front of the big screen in Rossio Square, cheering for their national team while drinking beer.

Before the agreed time, Boas also arrived at the scene. After buying a glass of beer, the two entered the stadium, found their seats, sat down and waited for the start of the game.

Although it is Portugal's home stadium, there are obviously not a few Greek fans who came to the scene. Some of them went into battle shirtless and painted a Greek flag on themselves with paint, some wore antique armor and simulated helmets, and a Greek national flag. The appearance of a samurai.

In the press conference before the game, Rehhagel said emotionally: "The support given to us by the fans is unbelievable. Some fans even came to Portugal on loan. We must show 200% performance to be worthy of the fans' love. .”

Greeks have heavy burdens in education, medical care, etc., the national standard of living improves slowly, and the unemployment rate is also high. Therefore, the gap with other EU countries is quite obvious.However, there are still many fanatical fans hoping to witness the heroic appearance of the Greek team in the Portuguese arena.To this end, they have collected enough money for the trip through loans.

Before the game started, Yan Jing asked Boas about some rumors in the recent transfer market: "Andrei, I heard that Robben is going to Chelsea? Your boss is really quick."

Boas shrugged noncommittally: "It's just a rumor. You know that the media has always been so suspicious."

At this time, a person sat down next to Yan Jing, and Yan Jing glanced at him. The other person was a man in a black T-shirt, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, who looked very refined, and his age was probably less than 30 years old. A satchel, holding a bright red knitted soft hat in his hand.

Yan Jing didn't pay much attention, and turned his head to continue talking with Boas.

Even though they only showed their faces in the major media the day before, Yan Jing and Boas in the stands did not receive much attention, because there are too many people worthy of attention-you can see the international media in the VIP seats. Football Federation President Blatter, Portuguese President Sampaio, Prime Minister Barroso, Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis and other important figures in sports and politics.

The closing ceremony of the European Cup held before the match was short but grand. Immediately afterwards, the players of the two teams walked out of the player tunnel with their caddies, and bursts of cheers erupted in the stadium.

Ronaldo followed Deco and entered the field with the team. The fans at the scene made him feel an unprecedented atmosphere. Even at Old Trafford, his heartbeat had never been so intense.

He is a Portuguese through and through, and he wants to win this supreme honor for his country-this idea makes Ronaldo both nervous and excited.

The German referee Merck, who was in charge of law enforcement, took the game request and came to the center of the field.

"Portugal's starting lineup has not changed compared with the last game against the Netherlands. Scolari chose to continue to trust Pauletta. For the Greek team, Rehhagel replaced the suspended Kara with Yanakopolos. Gunis, although Capsis suffered a slight knee injury at the central defender position, he still started the game."

When the commentator introduced Figo's name while introducing Portugal's starting lineup, the young man sitting next to Yan Jing seemed to curse Figo angrily at the beginning of "F", and then he turned his hand with his fingertips Playing with the red knit hat in his pocket, his eyes never took off from Figo.

After the start of the game, amidst the deafening cheers from the fans, Portugal chose an active offensive strategy, and after seeing Portugal's statement, Rehhagel did not intend to attack it, and directed the players to stabilize the defense first.

Within a few minutes of the opening, Portugal's striker Pauleta fell painfully to the front of the penalty area due to a fierce collision with Greece's Fissas.

However, Merck did not blow the whistle, he raised his hand to signal the game to continue, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Portuguese fans at the scene, and protest boos everywhere in the stadium.

Fortunately, there was nothing serious about Pauletta. After the pain passed, he immediately got up and continued to attack.

"The Greek team has been relatively conservative since the beginning of the game, and the ball has been controlled by the Portuguese team... Oh, let's look at this ball first! Deco in the center dribbled the ball, and then distributed the ball to Ronaldo in the wing—— "

Cristiano Ronaldo stepped on the ball lightly to stop it under his feet. Facing the defense of Greek full-back Sitaridis, he did not choose to use his speed to eat his opponent raw, but calmly dribbled the ball inside.

Deke in the middle retreated a few steps knowingly to make room for Ronaldo's activities.

"Ronaldo cut inside near the front of the penalty area, only about 20 meters away from the Greek team's goal, which has entered his range."

The defense in the penalty area is not very dense. Ronaldo is obviously very confident in his footwork. He looked up and took advantage of the Greek defenders. Door.

Since the trajectory of the ball is not erratic, the Greek team's tall central defender Kapusis quickly judged that the ball will fly to the far post of the goal, and quickly rushed to block the ball with his body sidelines.

"Capsis blocked the ball out of the sideline! Looking at his grinning expression, Ronaldo's shot must have been quite powerful."

The Portuguese fans in the stands hugged their heads in disappointment—if Capsis hadn't blocked it, the goalkeeper would never have caught the ball!

In the 11th minute, the Greek team took advantage of a steal in the frontcourt to make a quick counterattack. Captain Zagorakis scored the ball, Sitaridis broke through along the right rib, and the midfielder Kostinha had no choice but to shovel the opponent from behind. fall.

The German referee Merck clearly saw this scene, he blew his whistle without hesitation, and Costinia, who was shoveling, showed his first yellow card of the game.

It was not a good thing to get a yellow card for the main defensive midfielder not long after the opening. Costinha stepped forward and tried to explain to Merck, but the more experienced Figo understood that it would never be good to eat against the referee. So he stepped forward and grabbed Costinia to signal that there was no need to do so.

"Hypocritical bitch, damn it, hypocrisy is disgusting."

There was another ugly curse in his ear, Yan Jing turned his head to look, and the man next to him was biting the brim of his red knitted hat with disgust, and cursed at Figo.

Perhaps it was because Yan Jing's gaze was too direct, the man quickly noticed Yan Jing, and without hesitation turned his head to extend his hand to Yan Jing, and introduced himself succinctly.

"Homer Marquette Cote, Barcelona fan."

Hearing what the other party said, Yan Jing immediately understood why this man hated Figo so much.

In the summer of 2000, as the captain of Barcelona, ​​Figo switched overnight to Barcelona's eternal rival, Real Madrid.The anger of Barcelona fans is not just as simple as burning Figo's jersey and issuing death threats to him-when Figo wore a white jersey for the first time at the Nou Camp, Barcelona fans entertained the former captain with various sharp slogans, Some people even threw pig heads and throwing knives at Figo in the stands.

But the grievances between the La Liga duo have nothing to do with Yan Jing. He shook each other's hand in a friendly way: "Yan Jing, Dortmund fan."