i want to be king

Chapter 394 Classic Reappearance
When Barcelona arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, the media and fans who picked up the plane were surprised to find that all the players of Barcelona's first team, including Marcos Senna, who was not eligible for the competition, followed the 18 players who entered the competition list instead of flying to Istanbul.

Wearing a neat suit, he walked out of the airport in good spirits and was warmly welcomed by thousands of fans.

Edmilson, Thiago Motta and Gabriel, who had been absent for a long time due to injuries, all caught up with the last train at the last minute and returned in time before the Champions League final. Among them, Edmilson and Gabriel played in the team's [-]-[-] draw with Villarreal. Edmilson played the second half and performed mediocrely.

The whole world knows that Barcelona's defense will be the biggest suspense in this final. Edmilson is the main midfielder that Barcelona had high hopes for before the season, but he has not played his due role due to long-term absence due to injury.

Now, at the critical moment, will Rijkaard trust Edmilson?
Not long ago, Harvey, one of Barcelona's vice-captains, talked about injuries in an exclusive interview with Daily Sports Daily. He believed that the team's first-team lineup itself is relatively weak, and the injuries of many players during the season severely hit Barcelona's strategic deployment.

"When our injuries were the worst, there were only 12 regular players in the first team who could play, and we had to transfer a group of young players from the youth team, so we barely made up the 18-man roster."

Harvey recalled that experience at that time, thinking that it was not easy for the team to advance in both La Liga and the Champions League. Such a Barcelona is full of respect.

During this difficult process, Harvey believes that the team can survive the difficulties smoothly, the locker room remains united, and every player plays an important role. This is the most important thing and the key to the team's success today.

"Sudong's consecutive goals in the Champions League and La Liga, whether he is facing a strong opponent like Real Madrid or the Champions League knockout, he has shown incredible performance and state to help the team continue to move forward. He is a trustworthy and admirable professional player and teammate!"

Harvey has never talked much, but this time he gave Su Dong a very high evaluation. At the same time, he also believes that whether Barcelona can win the Champions League final depends on Su Dong. The team must play Su Dong's role and attack power.

Therefore, when the team arrived in Turkey, everyone found that the talented teenager Messi was on the list and appeared in the team's 18-man roster, which meant that he would appear in the final.

Iniesta is another young player who entered the 18-man roster. He has performed well this season. What fans talk about the most is the tacit cooperation between him and Su Dong. These have won him a place in the Barcelona team.

Even, there is a faint momentum to suppress Jiuli, who was introduced with a lot of money.

Before the team set off for Turkey, Barcelona chairman Laporta had made it clear that Iniesta and Messi were among the team's first players to renew their contracts, and they were the most important part of the team's future.

The media and fans all over the world have seen that in the Barcelona team walking out of the airport, Su Dong, who is 1.9 meters tall, is followed by Messi and Iniesta, who are just over 1.7 meters tall.

Marcos Senna, who played for Villarreal in the UEFA Cup and failed to play in the Champions League for Barcelona, ​​followed Su Dong, looking a little lonely, obviously feeling extremely disappointed that he missed such a Champions League final.

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On the evening of the day Barcelona arrived in Turkey, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti led the team to the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul for familiarization training. This is also the routine operation before each Champions League final.

Different from the past, Maradona also came to Istanbul and visited AC Milan's pre-match training.

Maradona believes that this is a close game, but relatively speaking, AC rice is more likely to win.

"I think AC Milan has the strength to win the final victory!"

The reason for choosing AC Milan, Maradona said, is because of his compatriot Crespo. He thinks that Crespo is full of hunger for honor, and all Argentines are looking forward to him bringing back this honor.

Obviously, the ball king still hasn't forgotten his grievances with Barcelona back then, and the bleak prospects of Argentine players in Barcelona in recent years, including Saviola, Riquelme and Sorin, who have not played in Barcelona.

This made the ball king firmly stand on the side of AC Milan.

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After AC Milan training, head coach Ancelotti participated in a routine press conference.

Regarding the praise from Maradona, Ancelotti was in a good mood, jokingly said, "Fortunately it's not Pele."

The media reporters present at the meeting also roared with laughter.

Pele's "crow's mouth" is already a golden sign in world football.

For tomorrow night's opponent Barcelona, ​​Ancelotti has a very clear understanding.

"This is a very good offensive team. At the same time, they will not consider the opponent's rhythm on the court, because they will firmly control the rhythm of the game, so they are used to letting the opponent follow their rhythm."

Ancelotti mentioned that this season, Barcelona played a Gamper Cup with AC Milan, and also played two games with Juventus. He studied Barcelona's game carefully and he is sure to beat his opponent in the game.

"To deal with a team like Barcelona, ​​the opening is very important. We will try our best to knock on Barcelona's goal within 3 minutes of the opening. In this way, all their original plans will be disrupted, their players will no longer have a unified thinking, and all problems will be exposed."

Ancelotti did not elaborate on how to implement the plan to score in 3 minutes. Even the Spanish media on the scene believed that this was Ancelotti's bragging.

Barcelona's defense is indeed very bad, but it is a bit exaggerated to say that they scored within 3 minutes before the game.

Ancelotti smiled without saying a word, and did not refute on the spot.

Regarding AC Milan's physical fitness, Ancelotti said that there is no need to worry, because the players are very physically fit during training, but he still reminded the players to be careful, because Barcelona will get a lot of ball possession, which will be a huge test for the physical fitness of AC Milan players.

Ancelotti also mentioned experience.

In the current AC Milan team, their players have invaluable and rich experience in the Champions League, even the experience in the Champions League final, while in this Barcelona team, there is very little experience in the Champions League, and only Su Dong and Deco have experience in the Champions League final.

"In this kind of game, experience is very important, because it can help players better deal with the pressure and anxiety brought about by the big game, and at the same time deal with sudden events on the court more calmly."

In the end, Ancelotti said confidently that everyone in AC Milan can't wait for the decisive battle tomorrow night!

"We will try our best to reproduce the classic final 11 years ago!"

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Barcelona's training also attracted a lot of media and fans.

In the subsequent pre-match press conference, Rijkaard did not choose to have a war of words with Ancelotti, but said in a low-key manner that Barcelona has made all the preparations for this game.

As for Ancelotti's threat to break the Barcelona goal within 3 minutes, Rijkaard said with a smile, "This sounds more like an exaggeration he said to boost the morale of the players. Who believes it?"

Perhaps in order to reduce the pressure on the players as much as possible before the game, Rijkaard specially gave all the players a three-hour vacation the night before the game, so that they can go to different floors of the same hotel and find themselves with the team's relatives and friends.

This is also a special arrangement that the head coach will make before many major finals.

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Su Dong met his parents, Wang Chuqing and Ma Dawei.

They met in a hotel in Istanbul.

After meeting, Su Dong naturally cared about their situation, such as how they live here, whether they are used to it or not.

"What about you? How is your status adjusted?" Su Wenji asked with concern.

Many people only know that he is Su Dong's father, but they forget that he is also a veteran fan.

"It's okay." Su Dong smiled lightly.

After hearing this, Su Wenji nodded in satisfaction. He knew his son, and he always wanted to hide it.

If he says okay, it's basically pretty good, maybe even very good.

"Before the new year, your dad and I specially hired the most famous designer in Shanghai to decorate and design the house next door for you. We designed it according to your favorite minimalist style. Anyway, we feel deserted."

Mother Yang Xiuyu looked disgusted.

It's no wonder that the minimalist style looks very simple and has nothing, but it is actually very expensive to decorate.

Su Dong couldn't believe his parents, so he immediately looked at Ma Dawei, who nodded at him and gave him a thumbs up.

Ma Dawei went to see the scene and was obviously very satisfied.

Only now did Su Dong feel relieved, and promised to go back and live longer this year.

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As we chatted, the topic naturally turned to buying a house.

Su Dong's parents really don't have any other hobbies. The old couple go to and from work very regularly every day, and their biggest hobby is buying a house.

God knows why they like buying a house so much?
However, listening to his parents talking about their experience in buying a house, Su Dong really felt warm in his heart.

As a professional player, he is not in the country all the year round, so he has no way to accompany his parents. Although he often calls, he is never as caring as when others are by his side. Because of this, he fully supports his parents' hobby of buying a house.

To put it a bit exaggerated, the most important thing is that the speed at which parents spend money buying a house is far behind Su Dong's speed of making money.

In that case, why would he care?

What's more, Su Dong played football so desperately, besides wanting to realize his own wish and prove his worth, didn't he also want to make the people around him live better and happier?

In the intense preparations for the battle, the three hours spent with his parents was the most relaxing moment for Su Dong.

But the final that should come, it is still here!

(End of this chapter)