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"Something cold fell on me, it's so cold."

"Look at the sky, it's raining."

"It's raining, isn't there no rain in the weather forecast?"

The rain in Moscow came quickly and quickly. At first, it was still fine and dense droplets, and then it fell on people and turned into pea-sized spray.

The temperature in the stadium dropped with the rain. The night in Moscow in May was already cool. After the rain, it felt a bit chilly. Most of the fans in the stands did not carry umbrellas or raincoats, but they also coped with the rain. A coup--many fans come to watch the game with team flags or national flags, and put them on their bodies to keep out the rain and keep warm.

On the court, under the command of the assistant coaches, the players of the two teams slowed down the pace of the game, and took turns going to the sidelines one by one to talk about replacing ordinary sneakers with non-slip spikes for rainy days.

On the sidelines, Carl and Ferguson exchanged glances, and both showed a rather bitter smile.

They are not worried about the lack of equipment for the players - each team has one or two staff members who are responsible for the management of jerseys and shoes. When the team goes to a different place to play, even if the weather forecast is sunny, they will use the rain Bring things with you for emergencies.

Ferguson and Karl were concerned about the rain-fed stadium.

Rain can make bad enough turf worse.

The rain will make the turf wet and slippery, causing more mistakes when players control and pass the ball, increasing the chance of injury during confrontation, and increasing the difficulty of the game; and the lower temperature brought by the rain will also consume players faster The heat in the body, the competition in the Champions League final is already fierce, and the 10 minutes of high-intensity confrontation and the accelerated loss of physical strength have a high probability of causing the game to reach the final stage, and the scene will not be interesting enough because the players cannot run... Of course, except for fans who like to watch players get wet.

For the players of Munich 1860, they had just adapted to the potholes and inferior turf. When it rained, they had to adapt to the new field conditions again.

However, Manchester United will not become more advantageous because of the rain. Although the Red Devils players are used to playing on the turf of the vegetable field, if the vegetable field turns into a big puddle, it will also have a very bad impact on them.

So Karl and Ferguson are in the same mood at the moment: it might as well be playing on artificial turf.

Although artificial turf is inferior to natural turf in terms of shock absorption and elasticity, it will become particularly advantageous when it rains—the bottom layer of artificial turf is composed of fine sand and finely ground rubber, and has specially designed The water-absorbing layer, the flat surface and the super-hydrophobic ability can ensure that when the court encounters a heavy rain, the accumulated water can be quickly drained away.

As for the Luzhniki Stadium, although it is natural, it is obviously potholed... I hope it will not become a "swimming pool" when it encounters heavy rain.

……

The defensive players of Manchester United and Munich 1860 were originally under great pressure.

Because when the score is equalized, the strikers want to score another goal for their team.

Whether it is Rooney Ronaldo of Manchester United or Owen Portillo of Munich 1860, they are all players with very strong personal breakthrough ability. Whether it is physique, awareness, speed, golf quotient, skill or experience, they can be ranked in the world. Top notch ranks.

In other words, these players are all talented superstars who can stage a solo breakthrough as long as they seize a chance.

When a player of this level is gradually playing his best in the game, how can the guard not feel the pressure and fear?

However, when it rained harder and harder...

"Cristiano Ronaldo! Beautiful breakthrough! Very beautiful!"

In the 37th minute of the first half, Ronaldo suddenly started from the midfield after receiving a pass from his teammate, turned around and threw away Beckham in front of him, and rushed towards the Lions penalty area with the ball at high speed.

Munich 1860 responded quickly, and several defensive players ran over from the left and right to flank him.

Ronaldo was not in a hurry. He first made a fake move to pass the ball. After the cheating Lass came over, his body suddenly changed direction and turned to the other side. past.

Lars hurriedly turned around and chased after being passed, but Ronaldo had already run away with the ball.

The Manchester United fans in the stands shouted while wearing the national flag. They cheered and watched Ronaldo break through with the ball.

Because Ronaldo is still a short distance from the Lions goal, and the 1860 defenders all stayed in the penalty area without changing positions, so many Manchester United fans hope that he can use his exquisite foot skills, and then lift up after passing several people. Shock the world with a kick.

Ronaldo probably had the same idea, so after passing Lars, he did not immediately pass the football to his teammate Rooney not far away, but changed his direction and continued to run towards the middle with the ball.

As he ran deeper and deeper, the density of defense he encountered suddenly increased.

After shaking off a defensive player with a feint again, Ronaldo encountered a double-sided attack from Thiago and Mertesacker before breaking into the 1860 penalty area.

After estimating the running route of the two people on the opposite side, Ronaldo did not hide or evade. He just adjusted his posture so that his forward route formed a branch line with the gap between Thiago and Mertesacker, and then faced the opponent again. up!

Ronaldo obviously had the idea of ​​passing through the gap between Thiago and Mertesacker before they closed the encirclement to death!

The British commentator couldn't help but sigh his courage!Then I began to give detailed examples of how many defensive players Ronaldo passed by with this trick in the Premier League.

Media fans watch the game through the broadcast lens of the camera, and they can overlook the entire stadium like a god. Not only can they clearly observe the running trajectory of each player, but they can even predict the next behavior of many players.

But the players on the court, they are in the game, they can wait and see the overall situation when they are free, when they fall into the defensive or offensive rhythm, they can only take care of the small space around them, so Ronaldo wants to crack At the moment, few people can see the idea of ​​winning. Even Thiago and Mertesacker, who rushed forward one after another, did not realize that the Manchester United No. 7 in front of them is seeking victory in danger. .

From this point of view, Ronaldo is indeed courageous and resourceful, and his execution ability is amazing.

Before Thiago and Mertesacker were ready to form a circle, Ronaldo made a gesture to pass the ball to the left.

Although Mertesacker's intuition is high-speed, he may be a fake move by the opponent, but the defensive inertia of his body trained all the year round, still before his brain gives the order to stop, he can't help but tilt to the right. The gap between Thiago also immediately widened by a meter.

It is this little gap that is fighting!

Ronaldo's eyes lit up, and with a kick of his toes, the ball passed through the two of them first, and then suddenly accelerated and rushed forward!

Thiago and Mertesacker suddenly understood what the other was going to do. They didn't bother to look at each other, and directly surrounded them to seal off this point of exit!

Ronaldo has already broken through most of his body.

"C Ronaldo! He broke through the defense of three defenders in one breath! The goal of Munich 1860 is only-"

The narrator seemed to be strangled by someone suddenly, and the loud and loud words in the last second were suddenly interrupted in the next second.

The cheers of the Manchester United fans in the Luzhniki Stadium also disappeared out of thin air as if someone had installed a silencer.

"Pfft!" Contrary to the performance of Manchester United fans, many Lions fans burst into laughter in an instant.

All because of a small accident that just happened on the court.

Ronaldo, who broke through the blockade, failed to show his brave shooting skills, because when he was chasing the ball after passing, his left foot suddenly slipped, the center of gravity of his body was unbalanced, and his hands subconsciously struggled to grab the support in the air. He didn't catch it, so he fell face down on the ground.

A typical dog-planing fall.

The football didn't know that its controller a few seconds ago had an accident, and it was still rolling forward quickly against the turf. Finally, it was caught by Dante who came up with his foot and kicked out of the sideline.

Manchester United's rare attack was so dispelled invisible.

The signs of Ronaldo slipping and falling are too obvious. Manchester United fans want to plant this mistake on the Lions players, and then ask the referee to ask for a free kick.

The referee was also very sorry for Manchester United's wasted attack, and he also sent a sympathetic look to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo got up from the ground with a sullen face, and threw the few grass stalks in his hands when he fell to the ground just to vent his anger.

The players of 1860 Munich showed extremely bright smiles, and the words "alarm cleared" flashed in their minds.

The England commentator also said to the microphone very regretfully: "If the turf is not so slippery, maybe Ronaldo has rewritten the score on the field."

There is a person in the stadium, although he is a player of Munich 1860, he is also regretting that Ronaldo's offense failed.

This man is Koch.

From the moment Ronaldo took the ball into the half, the Lions goalkeeper gave seven or eight points of attention to the opponent.

Koch wished that Manchester United's No. 7 shot quickly, so that he could personally attack the opponent's arrogance - no matter how wonderful your shooting skills are, as long as I am here, the ball under your feet will not even think about crossing the goal line!

I didn't expect Ronaldo's offense to end without a problem.

It really makes people feel suffocated, as if the anger is about to leak out of the critical opening in the chest, and it is held back in the body.

Koch couldn't hold back, and gave all the Manchester United players in the Lions' half of the court a vicious look with wolf-like eyes.

It made many Red Devils players who turned their backs to him feel shuddering: Why do you feel that it is getting colder and colder?

……

The first half ended with a score of 1:1.

The players and coaches of the two teams hoped that the rain would stop during the intermission, but when they walked out of the locker room, they found that the rain had not only stopped, but had even gotten heavier.

Big drops of water fell on the person, and it didn't take long to wet the half-dried hair that had just been wiped with a towel in the dressing room.

During the intermission, many staff members of the Luzhniki Stadium wore raincoats and walked around the field with a pole to test the water accumulation.

Five minutes before the start of the second half, the referee also walked onto the field with a football in his arms. He was going to test whether the playing field was suitable for continuing the game.

FIFA has clear regulations: When the game is hindered by violation of rules, wind and rain, interference from spectators and outsiders and other reasons, the referee has the right to suspend, postpone and terminate the game.

The football test method is one of the methods often used by referees to test whether the playing field is qualified. The process is also very simple. It is to stand in a place where there is a lot of water in the field and throw a ball on the turf. Can continue the game, if the football cannot bounce, it means that the field is too heavy, the game needs to be suspended first, and the game will continue after the water is almost drained.

After the test, the referee indicated that the venue was qualified.

A whistle blows and the game restarts.

In the torrential rain, Manchester United and Munich 1860 continued to fight for the honor of their respective teams.

……

The workers at the Luzhniki Stadium actually watered the venue once this afternoon when the sun was shining in Moscow.

The three-centimeter-long grass stems, coupled with a thin layer of water spray before the game, maintained the elasticity of the turf at the most suitable level for the game.

But now the heavy rain came, and it continued to rain for more than half an hour. The double precipitation soon made the stadium turf reach a saturated level.

Falls and turnovers, which were rare in the first half, became common in the second half.

On the Manchester United side, Scholes and Rooney dribbled and slipped, and defender Evra accidentally fell down once while fighting for the front of the penalty area.

For the Lions, Khedira slipped once in the frontcourt and missed two passes.

Because of this sudden increase in turnovers, neither team was able to pose enough threats to the opponent's goal for a while.

But the faces of the two head coaches outside the stadium became more and more serious.

Unlike the fans, both Carl and Ferguson could smell the smell of gunpowder gradually rising on the court.

Whether it is offense or defense, when a player puts in effort but gets nothing or even wastes precious opportunities because of a slippage, they will definitely feel pity, regret, annoyance and even anger in their hearts.

Not only angry at the damn weather, but also angry at his bad luck.

As long as there is a little anger in the heart, it is difficult for the players themselves to maintain a normal mind. The most direct consequence is that the mentality is out of balance, and then everything is not pleasing to the eye.

If they had a physical confrontation with the opponent at this time, it would be easy to transfer the dislike to the opponent's player-why is this kid's ball control/passing/running/defensive posture so annoying? How many punches do you want to punch?

In the 66th minute, Lewandowski fell in the Manchester United penalty area, but the referee refused to award a penalty.

Judging from the slow-motion replay, Lewandowski had a brief physical contact with Manchester United defender Ferdinand before he fell. It's not necessarily that he was hit but slipped. After all, any situation in the game in this rainy day may happen-so the referee just gave Ferdinand a verbal warning.

Lewandowski kept staring at Ferdinand, slowly got up from the ground, his eyes were a little red, and his chest heaved and heaved very dissatisfied.

Ferdinand showed him a provocative and disdainful expression.

Lewandowski's expression immediately took on anger.

Several Manchester United players stood behind Ferdinand without saying a word.

The atmosphere in Manchester United's penalty area was tense and full of gunpowder, and it seemed that an explosion was imminent.

Carl, who had been paying close attention to the situation on the field, immediately had a blast in his mind. He immediately swung his right arm, and Beckham and Portillo, who saw his movement, ran towards Lewandowski. .

Karl also ran a few steps along the sidelines, shouting Lewandowski's name loudly: "Robert! Robert!"

Perhaps the sound of the rain covered Karl's voice, but Lewandowski was still silently confronting Ferdinand.

Inexperienced, the young Polish star who is impatient in situations has not yet learned how to control his temper. When the anger rushed to the top of his head, he even wished he could have a good fight with the opponent. Just now he exhausted himself. With all the self-control in his body, he barely resisted not doing anything.

Beckham finally ran to the destination. He stood next to Lewandowski, hugged Lewandowski's shoulders, and said breathlessly: "He is trying to provoke you, don't fall for it."

Lewandowski's chest heaved violently a few times. Not only did he not calm down, but he became even more angry at the Manchester United defender because Beckham exposed Ferdinand's real purpose.

Out of the corner of Beckham's eyes, he caught a familiar figure outside the court. He looked over immediately, and then moved Lewandowski's shoulders as instructed: "The boss is calling you."

Lewandowski immediately looked to the sidelines.

The head coach of the Lions team was already standing closest to him, and he was just one sentence away from stepping into the field.

The boss, who was always clean and fresh, and who paid the most attention to his image, looked very different from usual at this time—the rain had disrupted all the meticulous hairstyles he had arranged before the game, and the hair that often shone golden brown in the sun was now soaked. The water has turned into a pure brown. Usually these hairs are combed behind the head, but now most of them hang down, some stick to the cheeks, and a few strands stick to the forehead. It's a bit embarrassing, but it's more... messy and beautiful.

Lewandowski didn't dare to stare any longer after just one glance. He moved his gaze up from the rest of the boss's body and looked at the opponent's face.

Carl gestured with his hands while mouthing.

Lewandowski followed the opponent's mouth and took two deep breaths. Perhaps because his attention was diverted, he suddenly felt calmer and more awake.

Carl also mouthed to hint that the other party must be calm, and if he is not calm, he will "replace you".

After seeing this mouth shape, Lewandowski's anger disappeared all of a sudden, and then he couldn't stop nodding.

Karl waved his hand and asked the opponent to relay this warning to other players.

Lewandowski turned and ran towards midfield.

The few Red Devils players who had just gathered in the Manchester United penalty area saw that the main player had run away, and they all scattered.

The direct dialogue on and off the court also attracted the attention of many media fans. Many TV stations simply cut the camera when Carl waved his arm to signal Beckham to stop the fight.

The photographer thought that the lens from a distance was too ugly, so he directly changed it to a close-up.

This moment made the whole world almost stop breathing.

……

After the heavy rain in Moscow, although the match between Munich 1860 and Manchester United was less exciting, and the two teams have not been able to score again, there are still many fans who are reluctant to change the channel.

It's also interesting to watch the rain wash away the hair gel that the players put on before the game, revealing the original messy hair.

Moreover, after the jerseys of many players are completely soaked, the appearance of the fabric clinging to the body is actually pleasing to the eye.

It's just that no player is more attractive than the head coach of Munich 1860 at the moment.

It turns out that at some point, the coach of the Lions team took off his suit jacket—probably because the woolen suit was soaked in water, and it was heavy and uncomfortable to wear, so he took it off.

Below the neck and above the waist and abdomen, there is only a white shirt left.

Now it looks no different from the transparent one.

The curves of every inch of muscle and bone are meticulously drawn by the shirt cloth tightly attached to the body, as gracefully as if carefully drawn by a skilled artist.

Even the color and texture of the skin and the trajectory of muscle movement during body movements can be clearly seen.

The white and smooth satin shirt is almost transparent when wet, and it is integrated with the whole body. Even if you compare it with the skin above the neck that is not covered with cloth, the color difference is indistinguishable. You can imagine that when this body is usually not covered by clothes, It will be so white that it shines brightly.

Another example is when the arm is raised, the wet fabric is imprisoned at the waist, and when viewed from the front, one can even count how many abdominal muscles there are.

There are also two spots on the chest that are pink and almost colorless, which can be seen clearly.

Perhaps because of the cold weather, those two points stood out stubbornly, like two pomegranate seeds.

Whoever sees this scene, the first four words that come to mind are definitely:

Lively and fragrant.

What is even more astonishing is the lower part of the body, where the wet trousers cling to the skin, outlining two long and powerful legs. When those two long legs stood on the ground as tight as a benchmark, the middle part bulged a lot. Bag……

Tick, tick.

In addition to the sound of rain, there was a sudden sound of viscous liquid falling from the nasal cavity in the Luzhniki Stadium.

The consumption of paper towels in the stands has reached a new high,

When the cleaners were cleaning the court after the game, there were surprised voices from various places from time to time: "Hey, why is there blood here... Could it be that there was a serious fight during the game?"

The picture on the TV remained unchanged for 20 seconds at a close-up of an angle, which can be called the longest shot of the previous UEFA Champions League broadcast.

When the referee blew his whistle in the stadium to signal the end of the main game and the time for overtime, many people were still in a daze.

"The game is over too? Who won?"

"No one wins...? Ah yes, it's overtime."

"What's the score now?"

"It's still 1:1, so no one scored in the second half."

"Which player performed well in the second half?"

"You don't know either?! Then what did you do for the next few 10 minutes?"

"...Look, look at Auston? Well, we do."