Green Dragon

Chapter 67 The UEFA Champions League begins!
Tuesday, April 2009, 9.

at dusk.

The night of Lyon has just fallen, and the lights with French characteristics are slowly spreading in the city.

It is already late at night in China, and many people are already asleep.

But for others, after more than three months, the new Champions League season has finally kicked off.

This is their sleepless night.
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In the CCTV live broadcast room, the commentator He Wei is making final preparations.

This is the first match day of the Champions League this season. Whether it is due to professionalism or feudal superstition, he hopes to get off to a good start, so he checked very carefully.

At this moment, cctv5 is broadcasting the pre-recorded preview program "Champions League Opening Whistle", which systematically introduces the overall situation of this season's UEFA Champions League, as well as the grouping of the 32 teams. He still has time to continue preparing.

The door of the studio was gently pushed open, and a tall man in his late sixties strode in.

He nodded apologetically: "It's clearly early in the morning, but there's still a slight traffic jam..."

"No way, who made this the capital of emperors?" He Wei stood up with a smile, and shook hands politely with the other party, "Zhang Zhi, while you are putting on makeup, let's review the documents, shall we?"

Zhang Lu, who was over 1.9 meters tall when he was young, used to be a professional goalkeeper. After retiring, he began to engage in football theory research. , He also became the first batch of football commentators in China.

He has a habit. In order to maintain neutrality and objectivity, he basically does not make special preparations before commenting on the game. In some games, he does not know the teams of both sides until he enters the broadcast room, so as to eliminate preconceived impressions.

Of course, many people think... this is obviously for laziness!

However, he is not a host or a commentator. As a guest, his professional knowledge is basically enough to cope with changes in the situation on the field.

Today, he also didn't ask in advance which game the commentary was about, so while accepting the makeup artist's simple powder application, he asked He Wei: "Which game shall we talk about? Juventus or Milan?"

Undoubtedly, having been engaged in Serie A commentary for nearly 20 years, he is very familiar with these two teams, and both the Old Lady and the Rossoneri are super giants with many fans in China. Next, it is definitely the target of the TV station's priority broadcast.

"Neither of them," He Wei replied with a smile, "It was the match between Lyon and Ajax."

"Huh?" Zhang Lu was obviously taken aback, "Is this the team from France and the Netherlands? This..."

He originally wanted to question whether the head of the TV station was kicked by a donkey. Although Ligue [-] is one of the five major leagues, everyone knows that this is just to make up numbers. Until many years later, the team that can win the Champions League in Ligue [-] There is only one poor one, and there is no way to compare it with the other four major leagues.

But he didn't do this, because he was not a fool, and the leader of the TV station was not a fool.

"Zhang Zhi hasn't paid attention to media reports recently, has he?" He Wei explained with a smile, "Ajax... has a Chinese player."

"Ah...so that's how it is." Zhang Lu immediately understood. Although he doesn't pay much attention to the Internet media, even the newspapers have reported on the fellow kid in the Netherlands many times, "I remembered, that little guy is called Long Shute! But... this is a Champions League game, can he be included in Ajax's 18-man squad?"

He Wei shook a piece of printing paper in his hand, and made a "squeaky" sound: "Not only has he entered the roster, but he is also a starting player!"
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"They're the best team,

They're the ultimate team,

This is the top game,
victorious teacher,

teacher of kings,
greatest team,
division of champions,

a grandest party,
one of the greatest sporting events,
They are the strongest,
They are invincible,

They are champions! "

The official theme song of the UEFA Champions League "Champions League" sounded over the Gerland Stadium. The lyrics were interwoven in English, German and French. The rhythm was exciting but melodious. And shouting, creating an extremely shocking game atmosphere.

Long Shute was standing in the player tunnel of the Gerland Stadium, waiting to play with his teammates. Beside him stood a six or seven-year-old French caddy, looking at him curiously.

Ball boys who can participate in the UEFA Champions League are by no means ordinary people. They have at least experienced a considerable degree of "experience" in the Ligue [-] league, have seen many big scenes, and rarely make impolite behaviors of staring at players, but maybe Maybe he has never been a caddy for Chinese players before, so he feels a little fresh about this foreign player with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin...

Lyon's starting 11 players stand less than two meters away. These players are quite average in stature. Except for forward Lisandro Lopez and midfielder Gian Marcoun, who are only 1.7 meters four, the height of the others They are all around 180, and even the two central defenders did not exceed 183, which is slightly lower than Suarez.

Although Van Basten advocates ground attack, after experiencing ups and downs, White Swan has long abandoned his rigid and stubborn concepts. He specially arranged high-altitude ball bombing training sessions for Lyon's weaknesses. launch.

Dominating Ligue [-] for seven consecutive years has also allowed Lyon to enter the Champions League for many consecutive years. In addition, this is their own home game, so there is hardly a trace of nervousness on the faces of these players. Talking and laughing with each other, as if they didn't pay attention to today's opponent at all.

Compared with the relaxed home team, Ajax is obviously different here. Except for the defender Oleg who once played for Barcelona, ​​it is the first time for everyone else to participate in such a major event, and they are more or less cautious. .

Ajax captain Suarez was standing at the front of the queue. Although he has always been free and unrestrained, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva at this time, made a cross on his chest from time to time, then bowed his head and kissed his ring finger as an excuse This calms your mind.

After all, he is only a 22-year-old young player, and this Champions League group match is only the first official Champions League game in his career.

The three referees stood in front of him, the game ball was a little farther away, and beyond that was the wide Gerland Stadium.

Suarez took a deep breath and followed the referee team forward.

Stegelenberg, Vertonghen, Van der Wiel, Emmanuel Sen... Ajax players walked out of the tunnel one by one.

The order of entry varies slightly from team to team, but the most common rule is that the captain comes first, followed by goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards at the end.

As the midfielder, Long Shute was the third last to walk out of the tunnel, and he was immediately surrounded by a cloud of scorching air.

The passionate French fans challenged the guests from afar with their shouts!
This is their court!
This is Gerland!

(End of this chapter)