Frost Shooter of Greenery

Chapter 747 Decisive Battle at Bright Summit

Stadium of Light, Lisbon, Portugal.

After coming to Europe to play football, Zize has rarely come to this westernmost country in Europe. Compared with neighboring Spain, Portugal is much poorer. Portugal is just an ordinary small country in continental Europe. To make Portugal attract the attention of the whole world, football seems to be the easiest thing left.

Especially after a star like Cristiano Ronaldo was born, football has become a channel for many people to know Portugal.

As the most powerful country in the world 500 years ago, Portugal's status today can be said to be embarrassing. This is inseparable from Portugal's own land area, population and other aspects. However, the credit of their ancestors still has a profound impact on Portugal. Such as Brazil.

Brazil used to be a colony of Portugal, and the official language of the Brazilians today is Portuguese. The interaction and exchanges between the two countries are very frequent, which has given Portugal a lot of convenience in terms of football.

Brazil is known as the kingdom of football. There are many football talents produced in that enthusiastic land, but there is only one national team. Many top players who cannot enter the Brazilian national team often change to Portuguese nationality. In order to play in the World Cup or other important events.

In addition, the Portuguese Super League is also the most ideal transfer point for many Brazilians to go to Europe. With the influx of a large number of Brazilian players, the Portuguese Super League has become a unique top league and plays a pivotal role in European football.

The venue for this season's Champions League final is the home of the famous giants Benfica in the Portuguese Super League. Yes, it is the Benfica that has been cursed for not being able to win European competitions for 100 years.

Lisbon Portela Airport, Chelsea gathered in Lisbon two days in advance to welcome their final match of the season.

It can be said that the success of this season depends on this game.

The FA Cup title is not enough for Chelsea. In this season where the Premier League is only ranked fourth, whether the Champions League can be defended is the only indicator of the success of this season.

But even if this game is lost, it doesn't matter to Hiddink.

In the FA Cup final, Hiddink said at the press conference that no matter what the next game is, he will leave Chelsea, and he will basically withdraw from the mainstream football world. He is about to turn 68 years old, and Hiddink should also rest up.

Chelsea's official website thanked the Dutchman for his contribution over the past two years and wished him success in his final game.

About a week later, Chelsea also announced their new coach before the Champions League final. Next season, the Portuguese madman Jose Mourinho will return to the Blue Bridge and serve as Chelsea's first-team coach!
This is exciting news for Chelsea, Mourinho is one of the greatest coaches in Chelsea history, there may not have been one before, but now Hiddink has led Chelsea to the first Champions League in history, and it is still possible to complete Defending the great cause.

But in terms of the impression left on the fans, Mourinho is much better than Hiddink. Hiddink does not have a strong sense of presence in this team. The main reason is that the aura of Zize is too strong. After a while, the audience's attention returned to Chelsea and Hiddink.

In the end, they came to the conclusion that Zize was the one who went out, and Hiddink was the one who was swimming naked.

But then Chelsea's record recovered, Qi Ce came back, and everything went in a good direction, and these voices gradually disappeared, but what remained unchanged was that Hiddink returned to the supporting role.

If he can win the Champions League again this time and complete the defense, Hiddink, who has two Champions Leagues, one Premier League, one FA Cup, and one League Cup, can completely beat Mourinho two streets from the perspective of honor, but In the hearts of Chelsea fans, Hiddink's status is far inferior to that of Mourinho.

The reason is also very simple. When Mourinho was in the team, he once said domineeringly that this team does not need a superstar, because he himself is the team's biggest superstar. This sentence seems to be no problem, but now , The superstar is Qi Ce, the best player in the world, and it is normal for the head coach to be reduced to a supporting role.

What is most interesting to fans now is, what will happen next season?
The biggest head coach meets the biggest player. The last time the ending was not perfect. Cristiano Ronaldo and Mourinho had some friction last season. In the end, Mourinho failed to control the locker room, and Ronaldo's poor relationship may also be one of the reasons for Mourinho's departure.

After the official announcement that Mourinho took office, Hiddink, who had announced in advance that he would resign, had no effect, but it cheered up some Chelsea players in advance.

Mainly a few old players, Terry, Lampard, Drogba, Cech and others have a very good relationship with Mourinho. The team chose to broadcast this news before the Champions League final, which is also very exciting team morale.

Many times it may not be a good thing to announce in advance, but this time Chelsea's current head coach has announced that he will leave after the end of the season, and the two parties have only signed a two-year contract.

As for other players, including Zize, they have no opinion on this. Zize and Mourinho have not had much contact. Mourinho once commented on Zize as "the special other", but Zize responded to this statement. .

But in general, I am not very familiar with it. When the last coach leaves, there will be new ones to make up for him. Manchester United will also have new coaches who have coached for more than 20 years. Of course, Mourinho is very capable. Coach, maybe if he was here this year, Chelsea might not have collapsed so badly in the first half of the season. If they can hold on to the second half of the season and stay at No.

Of course, none of this happened. Chelsea is in good shape now, and they should strike while the iron is hot and win Atletico Madrid to complete the feat of defending the Champions League.

Lisbon, the Stadium of Light, where Chelsea and Atletico Madrid will face off against the Roof of Light. Atletico Madrid has the best defense in Europe. After Simeone took office, defense has become the main theme of Atletico Madrid. This looks a bit similar to Mourinho , but their defensive methods are somewhat different.

Simeone's defense is more focused on confrontation and fighting than Mourinho's defense that emphasizes space blocking, because Simeone's defense is higher than Mourinho's, which means some high-position pressing.

Therefore, Atlético Madrid's record against Barcelona in the past two years is very good. What Barcelona fears most is this kind of resolute high-position press. It is also a kind of tough high position oppression.

In this year's Champions League, Atletico Madrid eliminated Barcelona in this way. Now they face Chelsea in the final, and they will definitely emphasize tough high-position pressing.

This season, Atletico Madrid ushered in the pinnacle of their honor. Not long ago, in the soul-stirring decisive battle in La Liga, Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona again after the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals. The result of the two sides 1:1 made Atletico Madrid successfully crowned La Liga Champion, won the La Liga trophy again after 19 years.

This Atlético de Madrid team is also known as the strongest Atletico Madrid team in history. The striker has the Spanish veteran Calabash Villa, and his partner is the Brazilian naturalized Spanish forward Diego Costa. The midfielder is led by the captain Gabi. Raul Garcia, Arda Turan and the teenager Koke, on the back line, Uruguay Dinghai Godin is the most stable part of the back line, his partner is Brazilian defender Miranda, and the two defenders are Juanfran And Felipe Luiz, the goalkeeper is the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, who is on loan from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid.

This is more interesting.

Courtois is basically sure to start in the Champions League final, but Courtois is different from Essien, who was loaned to Real Madrid by Chelsea last year. Essien did not sign an avoidance clause between Real Madrid and Chelsea, but Courtois is some.

In many cases, this is related to the status and attitude of the team.

When Courtois was loaned to Atletico Madrid, Chelsea took the initiative. Usually, things like loan training are given to weak teams by strong teams. Of course, there are many exceptions, but Courtois’ loan was at the time. , Chelsea's attitude is actually very clear, renting Atletico Madrid is just for leveling, so they also deliberately added an avoidance clause.

But Atletico Madrid resolutely decided to start with Courtois.

Atletico Madrid's substitute goalkeeper is the veteran Alan Suvia, who has only played five times on behalf of Atletico Madrid this season. It is impossible for Atletico Madrid to use him in the Champions League final, but what to do when faced with the avoidance clause?

The answer is to pay.

The avoidance clause between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid is actually not mandatory. The Football Association cannot directly interfere with the employment, unless it is a suspension. As long as it is not banned, the Football Association has no way to enforce the employment policy. Although the avoidance clause is often used It is written in black and white in the contract that if one party breaks the regulations, what they face is only compensation. Courtois' breach of contract compensation is 300 million euros.

A substitute goalkeeper who played only five games a season and a price of only 300 million euros, in the Champions League final, everyone knows what to choose.

(End of this chapter)