champion professor

Chapter 488 Istanbul is filled with red!

Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul...these names refer to only one place.

The history of more than 600 years has no meaning for the current Arsenal and AC Milan.

Whoever came to Istanbul on May 5 this year has only one purpose - to watch this season's Champions League final!
Both Arsenal and AC Milan are the league champions this year, but AC Milan is indeed far ahead all the way. Ancelotti successfully defended the Serie A champion several rounds ahead of everyone's expectations.

However, in this year's Premier League, Arsenal has always been a late catcher. As a club behind in points, they were not the most favored club until the last moment, but it was Arsenal who won. ultimate victory.

In 1984, the Pope died, and Prince Charles married Diana. England's Liverpool defeated Rome in Italy and won the championship for the last time; in 2005, the Pope died again, and Prince Charles married his old lover. This time, Arsenal inherited England's Will, once again encountering Italian opponents.

Arsenal, which has advanced to the Champions League final twice, has won the Champions League once, with a winning rate of 50.00%. AC Milan has reached the finals nine times and won the Champions League six times. It is known as having the "DNA of the Champions League".

It is this impressive achievement that makes all AC Milan people think that they will create a new "Milan Dynasty" after the Three Musketeers and 58 unbeaten games!
Do not!
In the eyes of most AC Milan fans, they are currently in this dynasty. The dynasty has begun since Carlo Ancelotti's coaching. Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Nesta... many outstanding players Joining, let AC Milan almost monopolize the entire Serie A.

And now after last year's defeat, they once again set their sights on the Champions League, the highest stage of European football!
Serie A has three traditional strong teams, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The Turkish league also has three giants, Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce are all based in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey.

But in these days, no matter how fanatical Turkish fans were in the past, there is no way to stir up a splash in this city.

Because tens of thousands of fans of Arsenal and AC Milan have already poured into this city, and tens of thousands of neutral fans have also poured into this city.

The color of Arsenal's jersey is red and white sleeves, which is very eye-catching, while AC Milan's jersey is red and black, which is slightly gloomy.

In these days, Turkey's largest city has been flooded by a sea of ​​red, the only difference is bright red or dark red.

And the difference between light and dark is very clear.

In the busy Ataturk International Airport, AC Milan players stepped off the chartered plane.

Due to the time difference, Istanbul is an hour earlier than Milan.Originally, they took the plane at noon, but when they arrived at the place, it was almost night.

But now it is almost summer, so the sky is very clear, with white clouds drifting slowly in the blue sky, while the planes above the airport are endless, and the sound is roaring and deafening.

Shevchenko and Maldini, wearing headphones and listening to their favorite music, got off the plane talking and laughing one by one.

When they walked out of the airport, the players noticed that the passage was full of AC Milan fans, and they were there. AC Milan fans were wearing red and black Milan jerseys, holding banners with Italian characters on them. There are words of welcome for AC Milan players written in Chinese, English and other languages.

After carelessly fulfilling the signing wishes of several fans, Maldini and the others left the airport. On the way to the hotel on the bus, Maldini suddenly felt the bus shake and stopped slowly.

"Sorry, the road ahead is blocked, we need to go around elsewhere..."

The voice of the driver in front came faintly into his ears, and the curious Maldini opened the curtains on the bus and looked out.

His eyes widened!

Through the window, here is a city with both ancient history and modern technology. This city across Eurasia is full of enthusiasm and vitality.

However, what Maldini saw was not these, but a big red!

This is not the red and black of AC Milan, but a bright red and white!

A sea of ​​red as the main color!

This sea of ​​red filled the entire street, causing not only their bus, but this street to be temporarily blocked.

Take a closer look, it turns out that there are many banners that welcome Arsenal to stay here, welcome Arsenal and other slogans, which are similar to what Maldini and the others saw at the airport just now.

The only difference is that AC Milan fans wear red and black jerseys, while Arsenal fans wear red and white jerseys.

Hubert Kipling, one of the founders of Milan, said that "red is the color of the devil, and black exudes terror!"

But here at Arsenal, the red shirt is the bottom and the white sleeves are more elegant.

"It turned out that the Arsenal fans gathered here."

"Where is our hotel? Is it far from here?"

Listening to Abbiati and Kaka whispering behind them, Maldini thought to himself, but when he turned his head to look at coach Ancelotti, he found that he had been dozing off all the time.

Looking at Shao Bo standing in front of the hotel in the distance and waving to the fans, you can vaguely see their vitality. The afterglow of the sun that is about to set shrouds Shao Bo and reflects on Henry and the others...

In contrast, Maldini looked at his teammates. Except for a few young players such as Kaka, AC Milan's players are really much older than Arsenal's players.

Even Bergkamp, ​​the biggest in the Arsenal team, is still one year younger than himself... Maldini thought for a while, silently calculating how long his career would last.

It's a pity to hear that Bergkamp was injured because of that last Premier League game and didn't get a chance to play.

In the short few years when Bergkamp played for Inter Milan, Maldini still paid close attention to this excellent Dutch player.

After all, when Maldini first entered AC Milan, the most outstanding team was the Dutch Three Musketeers.Without those three outstanding Dutch players, there would be no glory for Milan.

Moreover, Maldini has also accepted the teachings of those big brothers many times, because of the Three Musketeers, AC Milan has always had a natural affinity for Dutch players.

Back then, AC Milan also pursued Bergkamp crazily, but they still chose Inter Milan. Fortunately, they switched to Arsenal because they did not adapt to Inter Milan. Otherwise, Maldini would not want to be with such a threatening player. Players fight.

Thinking that he and Bergkamp are both getting old, and he doesn't know if there will be a chance to fight together in the future. At this moment, thinking about it, Maldini feels really sad.

Close the curtains in the bus and no longer pay attention to the scenery outside the bus.

However, Kaka and the others are still talking about it excitedly, because Kaka joined the team after AC Milan won the Champions League, so Kaka, who has played for the team for two years, has not been exposed to the Champions League yet The championship trophy, even the Champions League final, has not yet participated.

Maldini thinks about Kaka, who represents the future child of AC Milan. He has always regarded himself as the big brother in the locker room, so he can't think of blaming Kaka.

He has won four Champions League titles, which is more than the entire Arsenal club. It is normal for Kaka to be excited at this time.

Think about myself back then, when I just won the Champions League trophy in the 90s and [-]s with the Three Musketeers, I was as excited and nervous as Kaka at that time.

Silently put on the earphones and listen to Mendelssohn's music, waiting quietly.

When they made a short detour and arrived at the hotel that had been booked in advance, Maldini found that the entrance of the hotel where they were staying was also the same.

Enthusiastic AC Milan fans rushed over after seeing the bus. Fortunately, there are local traffic police nearby to maintain order. Otherwise, I am afraid that the bus carrying the players would not be able to drive to the entrance of the hotel. up.

After Maldini got out of the car, he accidentally saw the fans of AC Milan pulling the slogan: "Long live Milan, the yellow monkey must lose!" He shook his head secretly.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is suspected of racial discrimination. Not only the Chinese, but even the English who are also in Europe have condemned him.

In the Premier League, there have been many laws and regulations prohibiting racial discrimination. I don’t know how many players have been banned and fined for this, and I don’t know how many fans have been banned for life because of this behavior. Penalties for allowing access to the pitch.

This happened less than half a month, so far, Berlusconi has not apologized for this matter.

And Shao Bo has already declared that he wants to defeat his opponent in this Champions League final, which made Berlusconi clearly realize that it was a big mistake for him to anger Shao Bo!

The club has already made a statement on this matter, and apologized to Arsenal and the fans in China. Why are there still fans who are obsessed with it?
Maldini just glanced at it, and then paid no attention.He looked at his teammates talking and laughing behind him, and couldn't help sighing.

They must have angered Arsenal a long time ago. They don't know what it will be like when they meet on the pitch.

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