I Want to Be the King of Football

Unlike Glasgow, Scotland, which is more than 2,000 kilometers away from Seville, Lisbon is only 300 kilometers away from Seville. Portugal and Spain can be considered to have the same origin, so playing football in Sevilla and coming to Sporting Lisbon. It's almost like playing away games in Portugal.

But for the sake of safety, Sporting Lisbon decided to go to Sevilla after the training session on the evening before the game, so that the team could have more energy to deal with the decisive battle the next night.

Su Dong's parents and Ma Dawei were arranged to follow a group of relatives and friends of Sporting Lisbon to Sevilla on the day of the game.

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Seville, which hosted the UEFA Cup final, is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,000 years. It is known as a garden city by Europeans and has beautiful scenery. Tourists from all over the world call it Little Rome. The tourism resources are evident. .

The final venue was arranged at the Olympic Stadium in Seville, which was originally the regular home of the Spanish national team, but after the Spanish national team adopted the method of holding home games on a national rotation, the stadium was a little depressed.

But this time, the holding of the UEFA Cup final not only made the stadium, but also rekindled the passion of the entire city of Seville. The slogans of the UEFA Cup final can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Various football-related activities organized by the city government are full of atmosphere.

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Some people say that Britain is the birthplace of paparazzi.

As soon as Sporting Lisbon arrived in Sevilla, they felt their power.

Just at the exit of the airport, the reporters from the UK far outnumbered the Portuguese reporters. They behaved even more frantically, and even caused a commotion at the scene, blocking the Sporting Lisbon players at the exit of the airport.

Looking at the momentum of their uncrowned king, it seems that they will not give up if they don't leave some news for them.

In the end, it was the airport security staff who helped isolate the British journalists, and the Green Lions players were able to leave.

This is a final to remember!

UEFA has decided before that, starting from the UEFA Cup final this season, the [Golden Ball System] will be replaced by the [Silver Ball System]. Death argument, but take the second half overtime.

This will be a historic UEFA Cup final!

The legendary Portuguese star Figo is very happy that his parent team reached the UEFA Cup final, and has high hopes, saying that he will not only come to the scene to cheer, but also set up a star cheering team.

Go to Seville.

Facing the Celtics, Sporting Lisbon is not without advantages. On the contrary, on the offensive end, we have obvious advantages. The key is how to play the threat of Su Dong on the front line.

Figo's evaluation of Su Dong was very high and he had high hopes.

This requires Ronnie and Quaresma on the two wings to actively open up the defense for him and create more opportunities.

Not only that, Figo also politely advised Boloni.

In such a crucial game, he has to put down something. The team needs him to unite all the forces and let the team play the strongest fighting capacity, so as to be able to defeat the opponent in the final.

Figo also mentioned the Celtics, who think their most threatening player is Larson.

The Swedish striker is a goals machine, he has scored 42 goals this season, 28 in the league and nine in the UEFA Cup, just over 100. One less goal.

More importantly, it will be his 100th game for Celtic, and if he scores again, it will be his 200th goal for Celtic, which is undoubtedly Quite a monumental game, so Larson will definitely give his best, such a player can be very scary.

Figo also mentioned Larson's partner, England center Sutton.

The high school striker made his debut in Norwich, once played for Blackburn, and moved to Chelsea for a price of 13.5 million pounds, but it was not successful. A year later, in two thousand years, he moved to Kai. The Celtic, 1.9 meters tall, is a typical England center, very powerful.

In addition, we must pay attention to their midfield playmaker, the Bulgarian player Petrov. This player is also quite strong. The midfield suppression must be in place, and Pederov cannot be given a chance.

Just like Porto, Celtic have been able to shine in the Scottish League and UEFA Cup this season, and a very important reason is also from Martin O'Neill's strong signings, from Sutton to Lennon to Balder and Thompson and other players , All of them are powerful, and they all cost a lot of transfer fees.

In contrast, Sporting Lisbon is rather stretched in terms of capital investment, more of which are local youth training and cheap veterans.

Before the game, though, Sporting Lisbon was not without good news.

Scotland's native center Hutson missed last weekend with a back strain and was sidelined for at least three weeks, missing the final.

High center Sutton is also injured, which makes the Celtics' striker intact, leaving only Larson.

The Celtics themselves are not good at attacking power, but more of a two-forward combination of one high and one fast. At present, both high center forwards are injured, which makes the attacking power of the Su Chao team show how much it really makes. People are elusive.

In contrast, Sporting Lisbon has basically no injuries on the front line.

The attacking core Sudong is in excellent shape. He just scored twice in the Portuguese Super League championship final against Porto, helping Sporting Lisbon defend the Portuguese Super League championship. Ronnie and Quaresma are also in good shape.

In midfield, both teams lack creativity.

The problem with Sporting Lisbon is that Boloni is conservative in his tactics and basically plays with a three-back midfielder, which makes it difficult for creative players like Sa Pinto and Tonito to start.

The same is true of the midfielders trained by Martin O'Neal. They are all a group of power players. Only Petrov is the playmaker, and even Larson is often required to drop back in series.

On the whole, Sporting Lisbon's midfielder has a slight advantage in technology and passing and cutting coordination, while the Celtics are more characteristic in speed and impact, and both teams are good at winning each game.

In terms of defense, the two teams are basically very good, and they are the best defense teams in this UEFA Cup.

Overall, Sporting Lisbon and Celtic are very close in strength.

The Suzhou Super League team adopts the traditional British style of play and faces the three-five-two formation. The strength and impact ability are very strong. Coupled with the combination of one high and one fast striker in the frontcourt, and a scoring machine like Larson, the strength should not be underestimated. .

The disadvantage is that the current Soviet Super League is playing in the dark. Celtic and Glasgow Rangers are fighting for the championship, which makes it difficult for Celtic to focus on the UEFA Cup final.

Sporting Lisbon is bound to face four, three and three. Facing the Celtics with three backs, the wing will have a certain advantage, but it is estimated that the loss of the midfield is a high probability event. The key depends on how the two teams restrain their opponents.

Although the Green Lions don't need to be distracted by the league, but they just fought against Porto three days ago, which makes the team fight continuously, and the players' bodies must be relatively fatigued, and it is unknown how much they can play.

Because of this, the odds offered by the bookmakers are also half-hearted for both teams.

Thirty-nine percent even believed that the two teams would be 0-0 in 90 minutes.

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In addition to the two teams and their respective fans, Portugal and the United Kingdom also lit the fire for the UEFA Cup final.

First, British Prime Minister Tony Blair frantically supported the Celtics. He said that he would come to the scene to cheer for the Celtics.

Not only that, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow Conte also expressed his support for the Celtics, not only writing to Martin O'Neill, but also announcing that he would arrive at the scene to cheer for the Celtics.

As the only remaining British team in the European competition, the Celtics have also received full support from the United Kingdom. Even the captain of the arch-rival Glasgow Rangers, Barry Ferguson, expressed his full support for the Celtics.

Sporting Lisbon is no different.

From President Sampaio and his wife, Prime Minister Barroso, as well as the Portuguese Interior Minister, the Supreme Prosecutor, the Mayor of Lisbon and other government officials, all expressed that they would withdraw from their busy official duties to cheer on the Green Lions at the scene, to the People from the football world led by Figo, as well as national team coach Scolari and others, all expressed that they would come to the scene to cheer for the Green Lions.

Even the chairman of the arch-rival Porto, da Costa, said in an interview, Sporting Lisbon to Sevilla represents not only themselves, but also Portuguese football!

The president of Porto said that six million Portuguese will stand behind Sporting Lisbon!

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The turbulence of the outside world did not affect Sporting Lisbon's intensive preparations.

On the morning of the game, the team held a pre-match preparation meeting.

Head coach Boloni explained to the players his thoughts and requirements for the game.

This time, he also responded to the call from the outside world, and did not make surprising adjustments to the starting lineup. Su Dong was clearly regarded as the team's offensive core, and Ronnie and Quaresma would become his strongest and most powerful players. assistant.

The midfield is still conservative, and Rui Bento, Albertini and Barbosa will continue to form the three midfielders.

The back line is the unstoppable main force, Rui Jorge, Pepe, Andre Cruz and Queroga.

This should be Sporting Lisbon's strongest lineup so far this season.

Veteran Albertini has a lot of experience in the final, and he passed on his experience to everyone after coach Boloni.

In a game like this, no matter what happens, we have to stay calm and rational at all times.

Celtic's style is very aggressive, they must have a lot of fouls, we must be mentally prepared for this, and many of our advantages in the Portuguese Super League are not in Celtic. Yes, you must pay attention.”

Speaking of which, Albertini solemnly looked at Su Dong, For example, physical confrontation.

Su Dong understood Albertini's concern, and he nodded, indicating that he received it.

Don't worry, no matter how they want to play, I will accompany them! Su Dong said confidently.

He is no longer the rookie who just debuted.