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Chapter 439 This Feels Wonderful!

This time Manchester United reached the Champions League final, which also greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of Manchester United fans. According to the prediction of "The Times", there will be nearly [-] Manchester United players coming to Athens to cheer for the team.

At this moment, there are about hundreds of Manchester United fans waiting for the arrival of Manchester United at Athens International Airport. They hold up banners, wave Manchester United flags and scarves, occupying almost half of the terminal building.

At 12:10, the lobby of Building [-] of the airport became lively, and Manchester United fans started to commotion. They saw the latest flight arrival information on the huge electronic information board:

"The flight from Manchester to Athens International Airport has arrived."

Fans sprang into action immediately, flocking to the pick-up gate.

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What moved faster than the fans were the reporters who had been waiting at the airport for a long time. Countless long guns and short cannons aimed at the airport, for fear of missing any shot.

The Manchester United players appeared at the pick-up port, and the captain of the team, Gary Neville, was the first to step forward. For a moment, the flashing lights blazed, and the place at the pick-up port was dazzled.Fans also shouted Gary Neville's name.

The captain of Manchester United still looked honest, and he waved to the fans.

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"Don't you think that guy looks like a country bumpkin?" A reporter said sarcastically, and the person next to him looked at his badge. The media from London smiled and said nothing.

Chelsea's flight also arrived today, but it was two hours later than Manchester United's. The reporters who interviewed Chelsea came to the airport ahead of time, and also interviewed Manchester United. Of course, if only one English team made it to the final, Then that team will undoubtedly win the general support of the English media, but because this year's Champions League final is a civil war between Manchester United and Chelsea, the media is also divided into two factions that support Manchester and those that support London. The journalist from London is now a Chelsea fan.

Londoners look down on Gary Neville, thinking that this veteran has neither super strength nor that great influence, nor does he have a handsome face, nor is he a tough guy on the court. The reason is the seniority.

However, this statement is biased. Gary Neville is a veteran of Manchester United. He has bled and sweated for Manchester United. Toner or Keane are so good, but, as a captain in the transition period, Gary Neville has done quite well.

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After Gary Neville, Manchester United stars appeared in everyone's sight, receiving cheers and compliments from the fans. Among them, when Rooney and Ronaldo walked out of the reception gate, the applause and cheers of the fans became more enthusiastic. However, when When Li Rui appeared in front of everyone, the cheers suddenly reached a climax.

"Li Rui! ——!!"

"Hey Lee—!!"

The Manchester United fans were even happier to see Li Rui waving towards them, and they shouted at Li Rui: "Hey, Li! Please bring us back the championship!!"

"Li, as you said, two championships are not enough."

"Triple Crown!!"

Li Rui enjoys the cheers from the fans. It’s not his fart. It’s a kind of satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. He works hard on the court, and his hard work has been rewarded. The fans love and support him. Hear the cheers, that's the reward!Best returns!

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Li Rui finally got on the team bus. Fatty Rooney looked at Li Rui and shook his head and said, "You are not as handsome as I am. Why do the fans like you more?"

Li Rui just wanted to say that it was because I scored more goals than you, and then he laughed, how hurtful it was to say that, he patted the little fat man on the shoulder, "I'm just a little bit more handsome than you." The angry Rooney stared blankly.

Athens International Airport is still more than ten kilometers away from the downtown area of ​​Athens. The bus drove a certain distance and began to enter the urban area. There was already a traffic jam. It was not too far away and it took nearly half an hour to arrive at the hotel where the team stayed.

A large number of reporters had already been waiting at the entrance of the hotel. The Manchester United team did not have much time to be interviewed by the media at the airport just now, and many experienced reporters had already come to the entrance of the hotel to 'wait for the rabbit'.

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Everyone got off the bus in order, and the staff were busy carrying the team's luggage and packages. Li Rui just wanted to sneak into the hotel when no one was paying attention. However, he is now the focus of media attention, how could he get away with it? Woolen cloth.

A group of reporters immediately saw Li Rui, and they all crowded forward and surrounded Li Rui. Microphones, mobile phones, and recording pens, anyway, tools that could be used for interviews, all handed over to Li Rui like a crowd. Like sandwich biscuits.

While many reporters were focusing on Li Rui, the happy and clean substitute players, such as Brown and Heinze, quickly took advantage of this vacancy and slipped into the hotel.

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"Li, just a few questions, I won't waste your time too much." The reporter shouted.

Li Rui looked at this old man helplessly, and said to himself that you surrounded me so tightly that I couldn't leave even if I wanted to.

"First of all, congratulations on winning the League Championship and the FA Cup." A reporter gave a thumbs up.

"Thank you." As the saying goes, you don't reach out and don't hit a smiling face. When someone sends a blessing, of course Li Rui can only respond with a smiling face.

A reporter then asked Li Rui what he thought of the Champions League final against Chelsea.

"Need to say? The champion! We must be the champion!" Before Li Rui could answer, he heard a voice. It turned out that the little fat Rooney was also surrounded by reporters. He probably asked this question too, and Rooney ignored it at all. And 'impact' so loudly replied.

Li Rui laughed, and he pouted in the direction of Rooney, the reporter who asked him this question just now, meaning did you hear that, Rooney's children's shoes are my answer.

A reporter said loudly, "Lee, maybe I need to remind, Chelsea is a strong team, and they are also eager to win the championship!"

"We respect every opponent, including Chelsea, but we have a psychological advantage against them (Chelsea)." Li Rui smiled, "We are 2-0 Chelsea now, why can't we be 3-0?"

The reporter saw that Li Rui raised two fingers first, then three fingers, and shook them for a while. When the reporters were stunned and a little dazed, he said, "Excuse me, I'm going back to the hotel."

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The reporters certainly understood what Li Rui meant by 2:0,3 and 0:2. Didn't 0:3 mean that Manchester United had snatched the league title and the FA Cup from Chelsea? 0:[-] of ​​course means that in the Champions League final the day after tomorrow, Manchester United will defeat Chelsea again, and win the European Champions Cup trophy, creating the great cause of the Treble.

What stunned the reporters was that the entire Manchester United team seemed to be very confident in defeating Chelsea. Don't they know that Chelsea has waited 50 years for this Champions League final, and Chelsea's performance in the Champions League final will definitely be better than that of Chelsea. I don't know how many times better in the FA Cup final?
"These arrogant Manchester United guys." A reporter from London said very unhappy.

"But Manchester United did beat Chelsea to win the league and the FA Cup. Since they have won those two competitions, why can't they do it in the final of the Champions League?" a reporter heard from the man from London The reporter talked nonsense, and said a few words in anger.

"Hmph." The reporter snorted and walked away. Maybe he didn't know how to answer. After all, it is an indisputable fact that Manchester United took away Chelsea's league and FA Cup titles.

To put it in a more popular way, Manchester United players seem to have a 'psychological advantage' for playing Chelsea now! !

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The Chelsea people expressed great dissatisfaction with Manchester United's "not taking Chelsea as a dish" must-win remarks and actions, such arrogance and arrogance.

Chelsea's Israeli assistant coach Clark criticized Manchester United's arrogance when he was interviewed by the media. He also made a sarcasm of Li Rui, "Manchester United is a club with a good tradition, but the first thing they have to learn is to respect them. Li is a good shooter, but the young man is too proud, which is not a good thing."

Later, when Chelsea players arrived at the hotel, they also accepted interviews with the media.

"Li Rui said 3:0? Are you sure you said that? I have to say, what he said is absolutely correct. Yesterday my friend called and said that he used the Tarot cards several times, and the result was Chelsea 3: 0 Manchester United, I didn't know that Li Rui also had a hobby of divination with tarot cards, maybe he can be called a comrade with my friend." 'Buffalo' Essien laughed while talking, and the reporters also laughed Come on, of course they know that the 'big buffalo' is talking about it, but the important thing is what Essien said, Chelsea wants 3:0 Manchester United, this sentence can be hyped!
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Naturally, Li Rui didn't have time to pay attention to the noise from the media.

On the night before the game, Li Rui met his parents, first coach Qiu Zuolin and teacher Lin Han at the Hilton Hotel not far from the hotel where he was staying, but he didn’t see his younger sister Wen Xiaohan. He only found out after asking. Wen Xiaohan applied for volunteers to support the West, but he didn't have time to come to Athens to watch the football. Hearing this news, Li Rui was both a little relieved and a little regretful.

The reason why he breathed a sigh of relief was that Li Rui could indeed feel Wen Xiaohan's affection for him, but Li Rui really regarded this little girl as a younger sister in his heart, which made him a little unsure when he saw Wen Xiaohan. I was at a loss, so I was relieved to hear that Wen Xiaohan would not be able to come. As for the regret, it was because I hadn't seen this little girl for some days, and it was impossible to say that I didn't miss her.

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Seeing Qiu Zuolin, Li Rui was a little scared. He didn't want to quarrel with his enlightenment coach. The teacher's mother Lin Han seemed to see Li Rui's scared look, so she gave Qiu Zuolin a hard look, and then told Li Rui , "Xiao Rui, don't talk to you, Teacher Qiu."

Lin Han also likes Jessica very much, and Lin Han is an English teacher. Although his spoken English is not fluent, some daily communication is still good, so he and Jessica also have a good conversation, but, The topics discussed were all about the baby in Jessica's womb, from some precautions during the usual perinatal period, and even some taboos.

Seeing Jessica listening attentively there, Li Rui was also a little stunned. It seems that his wife was really too nervous about the child in her stomach, and even the oriental style that the teacher's mother said about some pregnant women' Taboo' is also deeply believed.

I have to sigh the greatness of the power of maternal love!
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When Director Xin Yangxin saw Li Rui, he was really moved. The old coach never thought that he would not hesitate to offend the officials of the Football Association and help Li Rui go abroad to play football. He actually created a top star. At that time, Li Rui was still a young boy, but now he is a top star, a husband, and will be a father, and he is deeply moved.

To Li Rui's surprise, Xin Yang, the old coach who served as the assistant coach of the Chinese national team coach Milutinovic during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup qualifiers, was very concerned about Li Rui's consideration of joining the England national team. The team's affairs, but did not say anything, neither support nor criticism.

Xin Yang just patted Li Rui on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Play well, be a good man, and just have a clear heart."

Mr. Xin Yang's words moved Li Rui deeply, and he sighed endlessly. From Xin Yang's point of view and the old man's experience, it is commendable to be able to say such impartial words.

In Xin Yang's eyes, Li Rui is very pure, he is a player who likes to play football and plays well, that's all.

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Rolf Domen and Chris have also arrived in Athens, but they only talked with Li Rui on the phone, and they didn't meet each other. They also knew that Li Rui was busy preparing for the final of the Champions Cup and didn't have much personal time .

And Alan Lennon, Richardson, Milner, Neil Gilckney, and Pennant who arrived at the end also called Li Rui, and these friends sent Li Rui the best gift on the phone. Sincere blessings, I wish him a goal in tomorrow's final, be able to beat Chelsea and lift the European Champions Cup trophy, and realize his childhood dream, and the Champions League champion, this dream, is it not Alan Lennon? What about your childhood dream?
Everyone has a dream, the difference is that Li Rui is very close to the dream now, very close!

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However, from Neil Gilckney's mouth, Li Rui was surprised to learn that little Vivian also came to Athens, and that the little girl is not with Neil Gilckney now, but is now in the The hotel where Jessica stayed, insisted on staying with Jessica.

Then Li Rui called Jessica, and Jessica told him that Vivienne had indeed passed, and that Li Haisheng, Zhang Huifen and Lin Han, the teacher's mother, all liked this little girl like a doll.

Li Rui smiled and said, when our baby is born, Vivienne will be jealous, and when the time comes, the baby will be the most painful.

Jessica smiled happily on the other end of the phone and said, 'I like to hear that'.

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Athens is located on the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. It has a typical Mediterranean climate. It is hot and dry. After exercising for a while, you will sweat a lot. Fortunately, the weather is not too stuffy, otherwise, it will be very uncomfortable.

On May 5, early in the morning, I saw the fiery red sun rising from the horizon, reminiscent of the shield of Poseidon in the Temple of Athens.

However, on this day, most of the Manchester United players slept until almost 10:[-] in the morning before getting up one after another. Sufficient time to rest, so that we can do our best to ensure that everyone can play the Champions League final in the evening in the most energetic state.

Li Rui had a bit of insomnia last night. He couldn't fall asleep, so he lay on the bed and counted the sheep. When the sheep were running wildly all over the mountains, Li Rui finally fell asleep in a daze. However, after falling asleep, The quality of sleep this time was pretty good. When he woke up and looked at the time, it was already 10:37 in the morning, so he had a barely qualified enough sleep.

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Jessica and Li Rui's mother, the big family, did not come out of the hotel until the afternoon, but set off for the final venue, the Athens Olympic Stadium, after lunch. Of course, they couldn't enter the stadium. Completely experience the atmosphere of this final. Although Jessica is pregnant, she is in a good mood. Her husband will be at this stadium and this stage later, facing more than one billion fans around the world. Jessica Card is proud.

Of course, Li Haisheng is also proud of his son, Zhang Huifen is also proud of his son, and even Xin Yang and Qiu Zuolin are also proud in their hearts. This is the final of the European Champions Cup! !
Jessica's agent, Ma Ke, has already arranged the itinerary for everyone. Don't worry too much. They have already booked a very nice private room in the coffee shop outside the Olympic Stadium in Athens. The whole family chats here. , enjoying the authentic delicacy of Athens, through the semi-hollow glass wall, you can also see the fans gathered outside one after another, and the singing of the fans is getting louder and louder, the footsteps of the final are approaching, this feeling It's wonderful.

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(End of this chapter)