The 2013-2014 Champions League final is a gluttonous feast for fans all over the world, and the appeal may not be as good as the quadrennial World Cup final, but the excitement and technical and tactical content are higher than the World Cup final, so fans who have tickets to the Champions League final are happy.

The Stadium of Light has a capacity of 64,000 fans, and it was already full with two hours before the start of the game.

In the final, fans from both sides occupied the north and south stands of the stadium and extended in turn, with the main and secondary stands filled with neutral fans.

They came to watch the game to experience the annual Champions League final feast, hoping to see a wonderful Champions League final.

Throughout the 2013-2014 La Liga season, Real Madrid was the sharpest spear and Atletico Madrid was the strongest shield, with the two teams meeting four times in the 2013-2014 season, with Real Madrid and Atletico each winning one and drawing the other two.

It is worth mentioning that each of their victories won a trophy for their respective teams, with Atletico Madrid winning the league title away from home to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid winning the Copa del Rey in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final away at Atletico Madrid.

In terms of influence and gold content, the league championship is naturally stronger than the Copa del Rey champion, but the league is a long season, and the main reason why Real Madrid regretted losing the league title is not that the home and away league wins and losses are inferior to Atletico Madrid, but that they have made too many mistakes.

It's only a few rounds of the league that have undergone some dramatic changes, and then there is easy mode and hard mode.

Players from both sides returned to their dressing rooms about 30 minutes before the start of the match, and the Stadium of Light began to set up cultural performances before the start of the final, highlighting the Portuguese national characteristics and unique football culture.

The performance lasted about 15 minutes, followed by speeches by UEFA President Michel Platini and Portuguese Football Federation President Fernando Gómez.

Not long after, players from both sides of the game appeared in the players' tunnel, and the entire stadium of light suddenly boiled, and a huge cheer erupted: "Whoa—"

Because the live director switched the camera to the players' tunnel, and the fans at the scene could see the players from both sides of the game walking to the players' tunnel one after another through the huge LCD screen erected in the southeast corner of the stadium.

The starting eleven stayed in the tunnel, while the substitutes walked straight onto the pitch through the tunnel, then turned and sat on their team's bench to wait for the game to begin.

An hour before the start of the game, both sides had already submitted their starting lists.

The official formation submitted by Real Madrid is 4231, the goalkeeper is still the cup goalkeeper captain Casillas, the four defenders Carvajal, Varane, Ramos and Coentrão, and the double back Khedira replaces Xavi Alonso, who has accumulated yellow cards and cannot play, and partners Modric.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng and Angel Di Maria lined up, with Benzema at the front of the line.

Atletico Madrid's official formation is a four-four-two, with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and four defenders Felipe, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran at the back.

The midfielders are Koke, Gabi, Thiago and Raul Garcia, with the two strikers being the injured Diego Costa and the veteran David Villa.

The starters who came to the tunnel didn't look as nervous as they did before the game, but had a palpable sense of excitement.

Many of the players on both sides of the game were teammates from the national team, and they encouraged each other and chatted in the limited time before the game to relieve their pre-match tensions.

The championship belongs to the winner, the biggest victim of competitive competition is the loser, and the team that enters the final does not want to lose, so they will do their best for the championship.

The premise of doing your best is to have a stable mentality, and chatting and encouraging each other before the game is one of the means to relieve tension.

Tang Zheng is not very familiar with Atletico Madrid players, but he has played against each other a lot, and Tang Zheng has a very good relationship with Atletico Madrid coach Simeone, so there are more topics to talk about with each other.

Until Atletico Madrid manager Simeone appeared in the players' tunnel, Tang Zheng took the initiative to walk over, open his arms, and embrace this man who changed the fate of his life.

The close-up of the live broadcast was just given here, and the central 5 commentator He Wei commented for the first time: "The pair of masters and apprentices have played four times in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, this is their fifth meeting in the 2013-2014 season, and it is also the last meeting this season.

British Sky commentator Andy Gray turned his head meaningfully to look at Martin Taylor: "Hey ~ old man, which team do you think has a higher probability of winning." ”

"Needless to say? Real Madrid, of course. Martin Taylor said without hesitation.

"Why?"

"Do you need to talk about that, old man?"

Martin Taylor's right index finger pointed at Tang Zheng on the right side of the broadcast screen, full of confidence: "As far as I know, from the beginning of his career to the present, he has not lost in the final, and many media have given him the title of 'King of the Final'. ”

With that, Martin Taylor drew a cross on his chest.

Andy Gray shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was really speechless about his old partner Martin Taylor, because now Martin Taylor has become a die-hard fan of Tang Zheng, and he can't hear others say that Tang Zheng is not at all.

But then again, Tang Zheng started from River Plate to join Real Madrid for one season, and he has never lost in the finals he has participated in.

Maybe the record is meant to be broken, but this season Real Madrid's squad depth and overall strength are significantly stronger than Atletico's, and the chances of winning are higher.

Tang Zheng habitually joked with his mentor Simone: "Hey~ You have to be mentally prepared." ”

"Mental preparation?" Simeone looked at Tang Zheng playfully: "Psychological preparation for winning the championship?" ”

As Simone's proud disciple, Tang Zheng naturally knew Simone's personality characteristics, shook his head and smiled: "You think too much, I'm talking about psychological preparation for losing." ”

Obviously, Simeone has a strong heart, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think you should have more." ”

Tang Zheng rolled his eyes, just as Cristiano Ronaldo came over, Tang Zheng said goodbye to his mentor Simeone, smiled and stretched out his right hand, shook Cristiano Ronaldo's outstretched right hand, and encouraged each other.

In the minds of many Real Madrid fans, the combination that Real Madrid relies on the most in attack is the TC connection of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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In the last two minutes, Dutch referee Kupels led the players of both sides into the pitch.

As always, a number of Champions League volunteers stood in the center circle, holding a corner of a huge five-star canvas with the Champions League logo.

The players on both sides of the game are bounded by the Champions League trophy placed in the middle of the crossing and the stadium, one left and one right, slowly entering the field, and then with the referee team as the center, the players of both sides line up in a straight line in turn, facing the main stand.

What is different from the past is that the first time the players entered the stadium, the Champions League theme song "Champions-League" was not broadcast, but the Portuguese singer Maria Nunez led the singing group to sing the Champions League theme song "Champions-League"

Although the Champions League theme song sung by Portuguese singer Maria Nunez is not as incendiary as the original song, the background music played on the radio is already full of original religious chants that empowers the listener.

At the same time, the south stand of the Stadium of Light gathered enthusiastic Real Madrid fans, who used the colors of the red, white, yellow and blue mosaics to piece together a huge Real Madrid team emblem, while the die-hard fans of Atletico Madrid in the north stand did not show weakness, and obviously had already prepared, they used white and red mosaic boards to piece together the home jersey of Atletico Madrid.

After all, this season's Champions League final is the first local derby final in the 58-year history of the Champions League, and Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid also represent two classes in Madrid, so the contradictions are deep.

Now in the match to determine the Champions League champion, the absolute Mars hit the earth, and sparks flew everywhere.

Especially for fans, it is even more unpleasant to look at each other.

Instead, the players on both sides shook hands with each other in a friendly manner, shaking hands, patting shoulders and encouraging each other as they did in the players' tunnel before the game.

The game went on quickly, and in the end, Atletico won the right to pick the side and lost the right to kick off.

Real Madrid gets the right to kick off, which is exactly what Tang Zheng is happy to see.

It doesn't make much sense to choose which half of the court to attack and defend in a neutral venue, and it is better to have the right to get the tee off first.

It's just that...... The competition was far from being as simple as Tang Zheng thought.

"Beep~"

With a whistle from referee Kupels, Benzema kicked the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, which also meant that the 2013-2014 Champions League final officially began!

CCTV 5 commentator He Wei gave the standard CCTV opening remarks: "CCTV, CCTV, welcome to watch the live broadcast of the final of the 2013-2014 European Champions League, Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid, the game has begun, the field is wearing white jerseys and white pants is Real Madrid, they attack from the right side of the screen to the left, wearing red and white striped shirts and blue pants are ......"

Before he could finish speaking, referee Kuppers blew his whistle again.

It turned out that Di Maria, who was trying to break through after winning the ball, was tripped and fell to the ground by a very unreasonable leg extension by Koke.

He Wei's voice changed, shook his head and said: "The game was interrupted less than ten seconds after it started, maybe the main theme of this game will be to break through and be broken through, Real Madrid with obvious technical advantages must be more patient in the pre-game plan if it wants to score, Atletico Madrid's tactical thinking in this game has been obvious, that is, to destroy Real Madrid's offensive rhythm and not let Real Madrid organize the attack comfortably." ”

Sure enough!

The next game was frequently interrupted by Atletico Madrid in the form of fouls, but because the foul location was not in the core area, the foul methods of the Atletico Madrid players did not pose harm to the Real Madrid players, and the referee Kupels just blew the whistle very usually, and did not even warn.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was furious about this.

Although it was predicted in the pre-match plan that Atletico would frequently interrupt the rhythm of their attack with fouls, they did not expect it to be so frequent.

Coupled with the lack of Xavi Alonso in the midfield, it is difficult for Modric alone to control the overall situation, so Tang Zheng is often needed to retreat to help the offensive organization.

High-level games are where every inch of land is contested, and Tang Zheng's retreat and absence from the front court is equivalent to saying that the football is missing a forward player after the football is handed to the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid's fouls are concentrated near the midfield, which can not only affect the rhythm of Real Madrid's attack, but also ensure that the foul is not severely punished by the referee.

Simeone, who stood in front of the home team's dugout, was very good at executing the tactics of his players, so standing on the sidelines to cheer on the players when Kupels stopped the game was on display.

Simeone's inflammatory body movements also infected the fighting spirit of the players on the field, coupled with the frenzied atmosphere of the game, the Atletico Madrid players once suppressed the superior Real Madrid.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif praised Simeone's tactics: "In the past five minutes of the game, Atletico Madrid, which is not dominant, has perfectly suppressed Real Madrid, it seems that Diego Simeone has done more homework before the game than Carlo Ancelotti, knowing that Real Madrid's lack of Xavi Alonso in the midfield will affect the overall offensive and defensive conversion, and Atletico Madrid has neat personnel and tactical execution is quite in place, it seems that the game will not develop in the direction of Real Madrid......"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei also found that the situation was not in favor of Real Madrid, and he said worriedly: "Alonso's accumulation of yellow cards and missing the final has a great impact on Real Madrid, and it is really a move that pulls the whole body, and Tang Zheng has to share more of the midfield responsibility to make up for the lack of Modric's ability and Khedira's ability." ”

Cristiano Ronaldo was playing very depressed, he already had an injury to his left knee, and he didn't dare to fight hard at the World Cup next month.

And Cristiano Ronaldo's national team teammate Thiago took a fancy to him and chose to frequently play 'black feet', forcing Cristiano Ronaldo not dare to break through with the ball too much.

Of course, this 'black foot' is not the other black foot, it is just that Thiago's kick seems to be very ruthless, and the actual lethality is limited, but it has a great impact on Cristiano Ronaldo's performance.

Tang Zheng has a good attitude towards the game, even if he competes next month, he works very hard, but many times hard work does not mean that there is a gain.

On a top stage like the Champions League final, the difference in the strength of the players is not obvious, and it is not impossible to break the deadlock with individual strength, but the difficulty factor is a bit high.

In the past, Tang Zheng, like many football experts and the media, thought that the absence of Xavi Alonso was insignificant for the team, but judging from the actual game, the lack of Xavi Alonso exposed a very big problem.

Xavi Alonso has both offense and defense, whether it is offensive or defensive, it can relieve the huge pressure on Tang Zheng's body, and the most obvious point is to switch from offense to defense.

In this regard, Khedira and Modric are almost on fire.

Therefore, Tang Zheng did not dare to be too inclined to attack in the first ten minutes, he was worried that the team would have problems switching from offense to defense.

In the eleventh minute, the broadcaster gave the percentage of possession between the two sides.

56%VS44%

Although Real Madrid lead by six points, the extra time on the ball is actually more in central midfield and useless.