"Gutman Spells?"

When Hummels put the latest issue of Bild in front of Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng said with a strange expression: "What the hell?"

"Just look at it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

It took five minutes for Tang Zheng to figure out what the 'Gutman Curse' was.

As an atheist, Tang Zheng naturally would not be foolish enough to believe that Benfica's last five Champions League finals and one UEFA Cup were all due to the 'Gutmann's curse'.

The so-called 'Gutmann's curse' should be that the whole Benfica team at that time was too conceited, after all, they defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona to defend the Champions League at that time, so they naturally didn't care about the 'curse' that the coach said before leaving.

So it was natural that there would be some slackness in the Champions League final for the third season in a row, and it made sense to lose to AC Milan in the final.

At that time, Eusebio's Benfica was in full swing, and they were stronger than Altafini's AC Milan, and the game process made many fans feel that it was the 'Gutman curse' that played a role - Eusebio broke the deadlock, and Altafini scored twice to reverse the home victory.

The 1964-1965 and 1967-1968 Champions League finals were played at the Meazza Stadium.

The 1967-1968 Champions League final was somewhat similar to the 1964-1965 Champions League final, with the final being played at the old Wembley Stadium, half of United's home stadium, and the Reds had the talents of George Best and Bobby Charlton, who were stronger than Eusebio's Benfica as a whole.

As for the detailed report that followed, Tang Zheng no longer had any desire to read it.

By the end of the 80s, the level of Portuguese football had declined so badly that it was understandable that it did not win the Champions League, and it had nothing to do with the 'Gutmann curse'.

"It's boring. Tang Zheng put the "Bild" in his hand on the table and continued to deal with the food in front of him.

"Don't you think we have a chance to win?" Hummels was surprised by Tang Zheng's reaction.

Tang Zheng pillowed his hands on the dining room table and looked at Hummels with a serious face: "I said Ma'er, you can't pay too much attention to the so-called curse, serious competition is the king, when the time comes, your carelessness will cause the team to lose the final, I will not let you go." ”

"Is it necessary to be so serious?"

Hummels' expression was somewhat unnatural.

"The final was already rigorous, we lost Lucas and Kevin in the final, Mario could only be used as a substitute, if you focus too much on the sidelines as the main central defender, it will only be us who suffer, you know?"

Listening to Tang Zheng's analysis, Hummels nodded as if he didn't understand.

There was still half a day before the game, and Tang Zheng saw Hummels' natural nod and focused on the food in front of him.

Of course, this delicacy is meant to be put in quotation marks.

The food of professional players has always been highly nutritious and does not pay attention to taste.

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The venue for the 2010-2011 Europa League final was the Dublin Stadium in the capital of Ireland, which was quite interesting to say, and the Irish media called it the most disciplined 'unfinished project' in history.

In 2007, when the stadium was three-quarters of the way was built, it suddenly ran out of money, and it was more amateur than amateurish.

There were also some design problems, as the north grandstand of the stadium was significantly shorter than the other three stands in order to ensure that the stadium was separated from the residential buildings across the road.

However, the stadium is very good, it is the only European football five-star stadium in Ireland, home to the Irish national football team and rugby team, and can accommodate 50,000 fans.

With just over two hours to go, the stadium's outer square was filled with a large number of fans – Dortmund fans, Benfica fans and neutral fans.

Among the fans here, Dortmund fans are the most.

Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund style of play is good-looking, aggressive and spectatory, and many neutral fans like to watch Dortmund play.

At this time, many media also came to the outside of Dublin Stadium in advance to shoot and interview fans from all over the world.

Zhao Lina is already tall and naturally beautiful, even if she wears a pair of sunglasses that are enough to cover her entire face, it is difficult to hide, and He Mengdi, who is walking side by side, does not wear sunglasses, and she is petite and cute, attracting the attention of countless passing fans.

When they were about to line up to enter the stadium with their tickets, they met a middle-aged reporter who was holding the microphone of the logo of "Sports Weekly" for an interview.

The New Wolf Sports reporter tried to say in Chinese: "Chinese?"

"Well, yes. Zhao Lina hadn't spoken yet, but He Mengdi, who came with her, said first.

"Are you here to cheer for Tang Zheng?"

"Of course. He Mengdi pulled Zhao Lina to turn Miaoman's posture, and faced the staff carrying the camera wearing the Dortmund No. 10 jersey: "We are both." ”

Actually, this question is redundant.

As long as the Chinese fans come to Dublin Stadium, they are all to support Tang Zheng and witness him win the first European championship trophy of his career.

Although He Mengdi is young and beautiful, and her posture is beautiful, the reporter of "Sports Weekly" has seen the world, so she didn't pay too much attention, but turned her head and asked Zhao Lina, who is taller than ordinary Chinese men: "It's a bit presumptuous, I want to ask, have we met before?"

"Uncle, your routine is outdated. ”

The middle-aged reporter was embarrassed, but Zhao Lina took off her sunglasses and said with a smile: "Uncle Xu, don't you remember me?"

Seeing Zhao Lina's true face, Xu Wei slapped his forehead violently: "I just said why is it so familiar, it turned out to be you." ”

This season, Zhao Lina has become the No. 2 goalkeeper in the Eintracht Frankfurt women's football team, mainly playing in cup competitions, and occasionally has the opportunity to play in the league, Xu Wei, who is in charge of the international football sector, has interviewed this season.

Both domestic and German media have reported on the scandal between Tang Zheng and Zhao Lina, so Xu Wei gave a meaningful look: "Did you come to cheer for Tang Zheng?"

"Hmm. Zhao Lina instantly understood Xu Wei's expression, and nodded a little embarrassed.

"Whew-"

At this moment, a loud cheer rang out outside the square near the main road.

It turned out that it was Dortmund who arrived at the stadium by bus.

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Listening to the cheers coming from outside the bus, Tang Zheng, who was sitting by the window, opened the curtains and looked out of the car through the glass.

Huge numbers of Dortmund fans in yellow and black jerseys stood outside the bus and chanted hysterically holding banners, slogans and fan scarves.

“Tannnnnnnnnnnnnng――”

Maybe it was seeing Tang Zheng who opened the curtains, and the sharp-eyed Dortmund fans shouted almost crazy.

"Champion Champion!!"

"We need champions!"

Tang Zheng has seen this kind of scene countless times, but he feels very moved every time, so he gave a thumbs up to the Dortmund fans outside the glass window in response.

His actions caused the fans to erupt in even louder cheers.

Listening to the shouts that were almost like a tsunami, Tang Zheng naturally clenched his fists, raised his head slightly, looked at the very beautiful Dublin Stadium, and cheered himself up in his heart: "You must take away the championship trophy!"

It didn't take half a minute for Dortmund to enter by bus, and Benfica also came in by bus, Dortmund fans

Sitting by the window, Gaitan looked out of the stadium through the glass window, and was imprinted with a sea of Dortmund fans, which was simply a sea of yellow and black.

At the same time, a large number of shouts were heard in the ears.

The most conspicuous thing is that countless Dortmund fans hold up Tang Zheng's huge posters, so Gaitan frowned.

"Damn! The champion must be ours!"

"Hey, Nicholas, it's just the Europa League final, don't be nervous. Aimar, an Argentine countryman sitting on the left, patted Gaitan on the shoulder and covered his mouth and said.

"Huh?" Gaitan immediately realized that Big Brother Aimar might be nervous because of his slight tremor in his body, and his frowning brow instantly relaxed, and said with a smile, "No, I'm excited!"

"That's good. Aimar nodded, closing his eyes again, recuperating.

The Europa League final is no longer very attractive for Aimar, who won the UEFA League Cup, the predecessor of the Europa League, and even La Liga and UEFA Super Cup, as well as the Champions League final when he first joined Valencia.

It can be said that Aimar, who has entered the year of his establishment, is experienced in many battles, and his emotional control is perfect, and he knows that the most important thing before the game is to maintain his spirit.

Gaitan's attention was once again outside the window, he looked at Tang Zheng's huge poster, clenched his fists again, and whispered in a voice that only he heard: "The championship is mine!"

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Although Tang Zheng is only twenty-one and a half years old this year, he has already experienced three finals - the Copa Libertadores final (home and away), and the German Cup final.

Now it's the third final of his career.

In the past three finals, Tang Zheng won the championship through his own efforts.

So he believes the same can be said of this Europa League final at Dublin Stadium.

The buses are parked at the entrance to the Dublin Stadium, which is reserved for the players of both sides and is not open to the public.

Fans gathered outside the security guards not to get in, most of them were fans without tickets, but to see their favorite players before the game and cheer them on.

Because after the players enter the stadium, they can only watch through the large LCD screen specially set up in the square outside the stadium, which is their last chance to cheer on the players.

On top of that, there's a lot of media waiting here.

As soon as the Dortmund bus stopped, the flashing lights kept flashing.

The first to get off the bus was Jurgen Klopp, who smiled and waved to the crowd of fans and reporters, but Klopp didn't stop and walked straight to the dedicated lane.

The same goes for other coaches and players.

From time to time, reporters stretched out the microphone around the human wall surrounded by security personnel to beckon coaches and players for interviews.

However, most of the people shook their heads with serious expressions and chose to go straight into the arena.

The Europa League final, they have been waiting for a long time.

None of the players in the Borussia Dortmund squad have experience in the Europa League final, as long as the experienced Kyle and a handful of players can smile and refuse to speak to reporters.

Among the many Dortmund fans, in addition to shouting for manager Klopp, Tang Zheng shouted the most.

Mr. Dortmund Key, the treatment is extraordinary.

Sha Xin, who was following behind Tang Zheng, felt a little unbalanced in his heart, and there was a hint of resoluteness between his eyebrows.

He always felt that his contribution to the team this season was no less than Tang Zheng's, especially when Klopp pushed Tang Zheng up the front during the game.

In many competitions, he has to do both dirty work and fine work.

After all, people's energy is limited, and the number of goals and assists is naturally not as good as Tang Zheng.

But in the context of this huge payment, his agent tried to negotiate a contract renewal with the club, which was not demanding, second only to Tang Zheng and Kaile's annual salary of 2.5 million euros.

However, the club's hierarchy refused, saying that they would only be willing to pay a maximum of 1.5 million euros.

Both the agent and Shaheen were unhappy with the club's renewal conditions.

It was at this time that Real Madrid took the initiative to contact Shahin's agent and promised to give him an annual salary of three million euros.

Thinking of the golden sign of Real Madrid and a good personal income, Shaheen was a little moved.

However, Borussia Dortmund has always had a good understanding of Shahin, he is not the kind of ungrateful professional footballer, and he would certainly prefer to stay in Westphazard Lun under all things being equal, even if the annual salary is slightly lower.

It's just that the club's attitude is a little sluggish, and the two sides are very different.

Why was Tang Zheng able to get an annual salary of nearly four million euros?

And recently the media broke the news that after the end of this season, the club is also ready to renew Tang Zheng's contract and improve his salary, which is said to reach the top five million euros in the Bundesliga.

In the case of the team's successive losses to Barrios and Gros Korois, the fans are only Tang Zheng, and so is the manager and the club.

Shaheen had enough of it and decided to leave Borussia Dortmund this summer to join Real Madrid and take on a new career path.

The players who came to the locker room did not immediately change their jerseys and go out to warm up, because there were still nearly two hours before the start of the game, and the result of warming up too early was that the originally hot body would cool down quickly, affecting the warm-up effect, and it would also consume physical energy too early.

At this time, players can do what they want, such as chatting, playing with their phones, and even getting their hair straightened.

Tang Zheng, like Hummels, came to the locker to take out hairspray and arrange his hairstyle.

Young people always care about their appearance.

In addition, Tang Zheng and Hummels are rare handsome guys on the football field, making themselves more handsome and confident before the game, which is beneficial to the game.

With about 90 minutes to go, manager Jurgen Klopp and assistant coaches Gerliko Bouácz and Peter Kravitz are still discussing the next game tactics.

Strength and conditioning coach Oliver Bartlett clapped his palms hard and shouted in his loud voice, "Guys, it's time to go out and warm up!"