[football] walk side by side

The UEFA Champions League has always been a game that has attracted the attention of the entire European media. In the current semi-finals, when the top leagues have basically announced their end, it is naturally the top priority of media reports.

Chelsea VS Real Madrid, Barcelona VS Manchester United.

The two matchups between La Liga teams and Premier League teams immediately attracted everyone's attention. Unlike the first round, the media and fans focused on the following points——

"Unbelievable!Messi scored twice at Camp Nou!Easily beat Manchester United's dense defense!Ferguson made several substitutions and was unable to recover! "

"Two passes and one shot, Slade dominates the overall situation again!From midfield scheduling, to frontcourt breakthrough, from passing, to shooting... What else can he not do? "

"Chelsea vs. Real Madrid: Will vs. will, the toughest Champions League semi-final ever"

"Possession rate is 72%, Barcelona is attacking all the time, Manchester United is exhausted and unable to counterattack.Who can stop such Barcelona? "

"It has to be said that the two Champions League semi-finals in this round symbolized the highest level of confrontation among European teams. Barcelona showed us the beauty of football and their strong control ability, and Chelsea and Real Madrid staged a match. In a mental and technical duel, Real Madrid was about to equalize the score twice, but was overtaken by the tenacious Blue Army soldiers twice. It was not until Slade scored a lore to seal the victory that the game was finally dusted. settled."

"Looking at the two games, the confrontation between Barcelona and Manchester United seems more like a repeat of the last round. This year's Manchester United is strong enough, but this year's Barcelona is even more desperate. The second half comes from Messi's journey alone It was even more stunning! It is indeed Leo Messi! If Barcelona can win this year's Champions League, Messi may also create an unprecedented miracle in football history!"

"Of course, the Chelsea-Real Madrid game on the other side is just as exciting, whether it's the tryout between Slade and Mourinho, or the contest between Slade and Ronaldo, it's a feast for the eyes. Slade almost dominated the entire game. Looking at the overall situation, it is not difficult to find that every goal of Chelsea has the shadow of Slade. He may not directly help Chelsea score, but every goal The ball is all about him!"

"So far, if you want to talk about the Ballon d'Or, Slade may be the only one who is likely to be Messi's opponent. From the perspective of individual performance, the results of the two are on par. Judging from the current results of the club , the distance between Chelsea and Barcelona is not far away. The only thing that can decide the outcome of the two is the final. "

In addition to the London media focusing on reporting on the performances of Cyril and Chelsea, and the Catalan media focusing on bragging about Barcelona, ​​more European media chose to give their attention to every game and every goal in a fair way. team.

After the fair evaluation of the four teams, the European media began to focus on the individual.

And this individual, of course, was Cyril, who played the best in the two games, and Messi.

"Many people once listed Slade as a member under the shadow of Ronaldo and Messi, but now it seems that maybe Slade is not worse than Ronaldo or Messi, but has no chance to meet as an opponent. Whenever When the outside world doubts his ability, Slade will use the actual performance on the field to prove himself-he can't score fancy goals like a striker, breaking one goal record after another, but he is also the team leader. an integral part of it.”

"Ronaldo's performance in this game was actually very good, and Real Madrid also worked very hard. Unfortunately, they ran into an unstoppable Slade, who can break through by himself, and can also use passing and running to tear apart the defense. Slade!"

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All kinds of words of praise emerged from the major newspapers one after another. What's more, they also found out a lot of Chelsea's games in the past year, explaining in detail the role Cyril played in the Chelsea team.And when I was in the European Cup, the forum post of "818 underestimated players" written by a fan became popular overnight!

For a long time in the past, the forwards were the darlings of the media and clubs. Even if they valued the midfield, they were also offensive midfielders like Kaka, and Cyril and Carrick were generally in the back position. The players have never been paid much attention, but since the media pointed out Slade's role in Chelsea, more and more midfielders have begun to be valued by the media and the team.

On the other hand, if the media's comments this time are fair, then after the game is completely over, there will be a bloodbath on the football forums.

In the last round of the game, Barcelona fans and Manchester United fans did not pinch, after all, the scores of the two sides were placed there.The fans of Real Madrid and Chelsea didn't pinch them either. Everyone always believed that saving character silently was the last word.In fact, even if the game is over at this moment, the two rival teams have no intention of fighting each other—they lost, and they lost so much that it made people speechless. There were no misjudgments or fouls. What is there to pinch?

The so-called bloodbath is mainly because... the fans of the semi-finals who were chatting well, the top three of them suddenly began to concentrate on Barcelona.

"It means that I watched the whole game at the Bernabéu Stadium! It was really a super exciting game! Although I am a Real Madrid fan, I am convinced of Chelsea! I wish you good luck! PS Put your hands together and pray for Slade's arrival."

"Ls, although the whole game was very frightening to watch, it was really good! Interested parties: Car fans, originally I wanted to say that if you don't talk about Slade upstairs, we can still be good friends, and then I thought Check out Slade's promise, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

"I suggest that you car fans should be more realistic. It is so difficult to beat Real Madrid. The final is probably hanging."

There is no doubt that this comment aroused the anger of Chelsea fans and Real Madrid fans almost immediately, and perhaps because of the arrogance of Barcelona fans, even the Manchester United fans who were still silently staying on the side were also angry.

"Reality? What is reality? Like your La Masia Academy of Film and Television, you have a small golden man? You will fall down when you touch it, and you will scream around your referee mother at every turn. What else do you do besides acting? Sissy!"

Needless to say, such remarks are naturally made by Manchester United fans who have lost their stomachs. Although Barcelona dominated the audience in both games, this is not to say that there are no contradictions between the two sides - although Manchester United did not use rudeness. A team known for its defense, but as a Premier League team, its defensive style is naturally tougher.

And the tough Manchester United faced Barcelona, ​​which "falls as soon as it is touched" and "surrounds the referee as soon as it falls", of course it is also a bit angry.

Barcelona's performance is indeed beyond doubt, but their frequent "falling to the ground" behavior did have a certain degree of impact on Manchester United.

"This is a normal self-protection behavior of our players! If everyone is as rude as you, all of our players will probably be hospitalized. Do you know what art is? Football is not a game for barbarians!"

"Art? You want to talk about the art of the referee? Forget about the Stamford Bridge tragedy in 2009?"

"It's funny, didn't the person who said the 2009 Stamford Bridge tragedy didn't watch the first round at Camp Nou? Do you dare to say that Chelsea didn't get the honor of the referee in that game? If Chelsea won that game, wouldn't it be Should it be renamed 'Camp Nou Tragedy'? Let's talk after watching the game. Didn't Chelsea take advantage of the same thing, and the two sides drew at most. The reason for your exit is that your skills are inferior to others. Who can blame this?"

"I don't quite understand your logic. Your players need to be protected, and our Chelsea players can kick whatever they want? How did Slade get off the field in that game? How many Chelsea players did Abidal bring down? ? Slade was even absent from the game for several months because of this reason, why don’t you guys reflect on it? Art, I’m rude to death, and I don’t have the face to mention art.”

The direct consequence of this turmoil is that in the face of the upcoming Champions League final, many Chelsea fans have shown unprecedented enthusiasm and are already eager to try, planning to give Barcelona, ​​who came from afar, a good look.

***

Who do you prefer, Chelsea or Barcelona?

Anyone facing this question may have a completely opposite answer, but European football betting companies have offered similar odds for this - Chelsea's winning odds are almost three times that of Barcelona.In previous Champions League finals, such a difference in odds is very rare.

Because in more cases, all teams that can reach the Champions League final are often teams with similar strengths and unpredictable outcomes, but this year's Champions League final is completely different.

Is Chelsea strong?

Of course, there is no doubt about this problem-although since the Champions League knockout round this season, many media have put the title of "big team" on Chelsea without any explanation, but in reality, it won this year's Champions League. Chelsea, the Premier League champions and FA Cup champions, is actually enough to be called the Premier League king this season.

And all of these problems are just because... Barcelona this year is really outstanding!

Counting Barcelona's Champions League road this year, this giant from La Liga is almost invincible. Except for two draws in the group stage, from the group stage to the knockout stage, Barcelona has solved the opponent with absolute advantages. If it is said that facing Leverkusen in the group stage, Barcelona's 10:2 score is shocking, then the total score of 5:1 against Manchester United is chilling.

This is Manchester United!

Although Manchester United seems to have no results in the Premier League this year, in fact, if it weren't for Chelsea's sudden emergence in the mid-term, and the fact that Manchester United was distracted by the Champions League in the second half, and the usual lineup suffered injuries, this year's Premier League champion might be It fell to Manchester United.

You know, until the last round of the Premier League, Manchester United was only two points away from Chelsea.

However, such a prosperous Manchester United lost to Barcelona in a way that can only be described as embarrassing.

The outside media began to create an atmosphere for this upcoming final battle. Barcelona also set off from Spain and embarked on a plane to London, England.Chelsea, which also belong to London, did not have so much trouble. They conducted closed training directly at Chelsea's own venue.

Di Matteo refused all interviews from the outside world, and all reporters were kept far away from the field.At this time, Chelsea does not need any external disturbance. For them, maintaining the current stable mentality and actively preparing for the game is the most important thing at present.

As for media interviews?

This kind of thing that can't bring any benefit to the game at all should not appear in the sight of Chelsea people.

Under such circumstances, even if the British media racked their brains, they could not get a word out of any Chelsea player or coach. In desperation, the British media could only read Flipping through the past records, I created some dry text:

"Chelsea VS Barcelona: Reunion after three years, is Chelsea's revenge battle?Or another battle for Barcelona's throne? "

"As we all know, since 2004, Chelsea and Barcelona have regularly met in the Champions League, and some fans even joked that Chelsea's daily routine has become 'eat, sleep, and play Barcelona' unconsciously. And after the tragedy that shocked the world in 2009, Chelsea even forged a death feud against Barcelona, ​​and now they meet again in the final, it must be a hard fight for both sides."

"Counting the records of the two sides in the past few years, Chelsea's current record against Barcelona is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In other words, the two sides have reached a tie in the past seven years. Of course, this year's situation Maybe it will be different-Barcelona is not as strong as it used to be, and Chelsea's hatred may not fail to inspire the blue army soldiers to the limit."

This string of discourses is considered a relatively peaceful report.

What's more, they chose to directly focus on the close-up of the game three years ago. They wrote in detail how Chelsea fell at the feet of Barcelona that year, how vicious the opponent's foul was, and how bad Chelsea was out. Tragic... All these behaviors naturally infected the emotions of Chelsea fans, and a large number of fans took action to try to turn the final venue into the home of Chelsea.

Some Chelsea fan organizations have begun to plan various slogans, slogans and songs, intending to give Barcelona a "good look".

Frankly speaking, Stamford Bridge Stadium has never been a devil's home stadium. This is inseparable from the class of Chelsea fans. Most of the time, even if they are playing at their own home stadium, Chelsea fans will not appear too enthusiastic. .

However, at this time, the "hate" towards Barcelona made this group of Chelsea fans decide to cheer up and arrange a perfect "home court" for the upcoming final.

At the press conference before the game, both Di Matteo and Guardiola chose to travel alone.

The two head coaches behaved peacefully and politely in front of the media, but the media tried to create some conflicts and let the two head coaches say some "shocking" words. Unfortunately, neither Di Matteo nor Guardio Lah, don't take this kind of thing, let the media ask nonsense questions, and the two people on the stage have always stood still.

Sometimes, a proper "verbal fight" can indeed have a certain impact on the game, but for Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​at their level, when the players will not be swayed by the words of the outside world anyway, the so-called "Trash talk" has long since become meaningless.

Until the day of the game, none of the Chelsea players accepted interviews from the media.

As they did after every game in the past, the Chelsea players trained and finished the pre-match warm-up activities in an orderly manner, then returned to the dressing room, and gave up the venue to the pre-match theatrical performance.They didn't line up in the player channel until after such an event was over, and each player was equipped with a small caddy.

Standing beside Cyril was a little girl carved with jade.

The little girl looked less than six years old, she was wearing a small Chelsea jersey, her fair face was round, she looked really cute.The girl carefully pulled the hem of Laciril's clothes, and looked up at him.When Cyril squatted down in cooperation and looked at him face to face, she asked in a low voice: "Slade, do you believe in God?"

Cyril didn't understand why the girl suddenly got up and asked such a sentence, but it didn't affect his straightforward answer: "No."

He has never been an atheist.

The girl blinked her eyes, looking a little at a loss, she thought for a while in a daze, and then said: "Then can you pretend to believe in God?"

"..." Cyril couldn't help but be amused by the girl's words, and before it was time to appear on stage, he looked at the girl's expectant eyes, and changed his words as he said: "Okay, I believe in God."

As soon as the last word was spoken, the little girl stood on tiptoe slightly, and pressed a wet kiss on his face, then put her hands together, closed her eyes devoutly, and made a serious prayer gesture.

"Okay." The girl opened a pair of bright and clear eyes, with a big dimple on both sides of her mouth, and said to Cyril with a smile: "Now, God has heard your voice."

Before Cyril could react, she added another sentence: "As a thank you for conveying prayers to God, can you give me a jersey signed by you?" The girl's eyes sparkled: "I like you the most!"

Cyril couldn't help laughing.

He and the girl faced each other, made a hook gesture, and promised to give her a signed jersey after the game. This agreement made the little caddy smile and smile, and he held Cyril's hand and laughed. Cyril's heart moved slightly.Speaking of which, according to the time given by the doctor, Cristiano found the child through surrogacy, and he was looking forward to the child for more than half a year. After the summer break after the Champions League final, it was almost time to be born.

After confirming the child's delivery date, Shen Wei also asked Cyril if he had considered having a son or daughter. My child, Cyril has always held an indifferent attitude, but now it seems that if there is a cute little princess, it seems not bad?

This idea only lingered in his mind for a moment, and then he put it behind him. After all, it was something to think about after the game ended and the summer break began.

As the players on both sides stood in line, the referee team took their positions. People from both sides followed the referee and walked out of the player tunnel in an orderly manner.

The head coaches of the two sides have already taken their positions on their respective benches.

The venue for the game was chosen at Wembley Stadium, which is a stadium belonging to the England representative team. Due to its location in London, there are destined to be more Chelsea fans than Barcelona fans who came from afar. The game has not yet started, but The Chelsea fans in the stands are already reckless, planning to give their old opponent a devil's home experience.

The person in charge of commentating this game is Martin Taylor, a famous commentator in England, and he is broadcasting the names of the players entering the field at this time.At this time, every time he said the name of a Chelsea player, there would be warm applause from the stands, and the fans shouted the player's name loudly. Correspondingly, every time he said the name of a Barcelona player , There will be uniform boos from the stands!

How much do Chelsea fans hate Barcelona?

To put it bluntly, after that game in 2009, Barcelona can now be said to be the most hated team in the hearts of Chelsea fans-in this regard, even Arsenal and Manchester United cannot be compared.

The former is the "thief" who stole Chelsea's victory, but the latter is only Chelsea's competitor in the league, so naturally they cannot be discussed together.

The Barcelona fans want to counterattack the Chelsea fans-however, the Chelsea fans have worked hard for this game. The advantage of being in London allows them to snatch a lot of neutral tickets. The stands, the entire neutral fan stand area and the visiting team stand area, looked from a distance, and they were all blue.

Yes, the away team stand area.

Although Chelsea is located in London, this UEFA Champions League final in London should have been regarded as Chelsea's home game, but in fact, in UEFA's arrangement, Chelsea played as an away team in this game .

Even if it is completely a "fake home" in the hearts of Barcelona fans.

"Hello, everyone in front of the TV audience. This is Wembley Stadium in London. The 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League final will be staged here. I am Martin Taylor, the commentator for this game. The final is Barcelona from La Liga and Chelsea from the Premier League. The two sides also entered the final after eliminating the two giants Manchester United and Real Madrid from the Premier League and La Liga. I believe that the two sides will also bring us a wonderful game."

"The players on both sides have already lined up... The referee presided over the side guessing on the sidelines, oh! Chelsea won the right to choose the side, and Barcelona is about to kick off."

Just as Iniesta walked towards the middle circle with the football in his arms, Martin Taylor continued: "As we all know, Barcelona has been very strong offensively in recent years. Now that Barcelona has won the kick-off, it is against Chelsea. Saying it's never good news..."

"In this game, Slade has returned to the position of the midfielder. It seems that Chelsea is determined to focus on defense. However, it should be noted that since last year, no team has been able to do it under the attack of Barcelona. Keep the defenses intact, and good luck to them."