Chapter 111: 2013-2014 Champions League Final

"Beep~"

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium were in a deep voice, as if they had lost the game.

The Real Madrid players on the field were almost the same, and they were depressed.

The scoreboard, on the other hand, shows a score of 3:1

The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.

It stands to reason that a win over the entire 2013-2014 season would have been a happy ending, but considering that Barcelona drew 1-1 at home to Atletico Madrid in the other game at the same time, Atletico Madrid, who had won one point away from home, remained at the top of the league table with 90 points.

Real Madrid, who won three points from the victory, had to settle for second place due to the disadvantage of their win-loss relationship with Atletico Madrid.

Of course, there are still some Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu who have a glimmer of hope.

In case of...... What about Barcelona's defeat of Atletico Madrid?

However, the score did not change until the end of the game at Camp Nou, and the two sides played 1:1, each taking one point.

The Atletico Madrid players at the Camp Nou cried with joy, many of their players had not received the attention of the big teams before this season, but with Atletico Madrid singing all the way to the top of the league this season and advancing to the final of the Champions League, the value and popularity of these players have increased to varying degrees.

Now that they have won the league championship again, their exposure and income will definitely increase qualitatively.

Professional players themselves eat youth, and in their limited careers, they have won the league championship with high gold content, and the Champions League has also entered the final.

The Real Madrid players at the Bernabeu Stadium were in a slightly depressed mood except after learning the news of Atletico's draw, and their mood was relieved as time went by.

As a Real Madrid player, how many have not won top glory?

Don't have the ability to accept this at all?

Losing the league title is a fact, and then there's the Champions League final.

The Champions League is clearly more important than the La Liga title.

Tang Zheng has won the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup, the German Super Cup, the Europa League, the Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Spanish Copa del Rey, but he missed the La Liga championship.

But then again, there is still a long time left on the contract between the two sides, and this season is the first season to join Real Madrid, and the team has dropped too many points due to a feud with Cristiano Ronaldo at the beginning of the season.

I believe that the whole team will perform better in the next long season, and the league championship will not be a problem.

In addition, he won the Copa del Rey this season, and then there is a Champions League title with even more gold content.

Since you didn't win the league title, then ...... Fight for your second Champions League title!

Tang Zheng was in a much better mood after clearing his thoughts, and then shook hands with Cristiano Ronaldo, and walked towards the main stand in unison.

The 2013-2014 French Women's First Division season has ended, and Tang Zheng's girlfriend Zhao Lina and Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend Yelena are talking in front of the first floor stands.

When they were chatting, they saw Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo coming over, ended the conversation tacitly, opened their arms, and hugged their boyfriends respectively.

Real Madrid fans were very excited to see Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo walking slowly, but they knew that time should be reserved for Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have made great contributions to Real Madrid this season.

The live broadcast is very level, and the close-up shots are just aimed at Tang Zheng and Zhao Lina, Cristiano Ronaldo and Yelena, who are in love with Lang's concubines.

Countless single fans sitting in front of the TV saw this scene and gave a helpless look, and they miscalculated when they saw that Real Madrid missed the league championship. M·D still needs dog food?

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Real Madrid's regret of missing out on the league title has no longer attracted attention, and Atletico Madrid, who won the league title, has become a coach of major media attention.

Because Atletico Madrid won the championship for the first time in 18 years, it broke Real Madrid and Barcelona for nine years to take turns sitting in the bank, Barcelona won six championships, Real Madrid three times.

The last time Real Madrid and Barcelona won the league title was back in the 2003-2004 season, when Rafael Benitez's Valencia won two league titles in three seasons.

Simeone and his team enjoyed the league title at the Camp Nou, while the Atletico fans in the stands and in front of the TV were undoubtedly happy.

Atletico last won the league title 18 years ago, in the 1995-1996 season, when current manager Simeone was still a player for Atletico, and that season Atletico won the Copa del Rey thanks to Simeone's impressive performance.

Eighteen years is enough for an infant to grow into a pillar of a family.

Many Atletico Madrid fans of the older generation cried tears of joy for this championship...... They've waited too long, too long.

Atletico fans watched captain Gabi hold aloft the trophy, a symbol of the league title, as they were no longer limited to the current league title.

A week later, there's a Champions League final!

If the league can beat Real Madrid to win the league title, why can't it beat Real Madrid to win the Champions League in the Champions League?

At the regular press conference after winning the championship, Atletico Madrid coach Simeone and captain Gabi were very domineering when they were interviewed by the media, and they were as passionate and full of strategy as their style of play.

Simeone was blunt and sharp: "The team that enters the final is never on par with the runners-up, you heard it right!

The next day, most of the focus of the mainstream media in Europe revolved around the new La Liga title.

It can be said that Atletico's victory in the league was expected, and they have been consistent throughout the season, with only a few small differences in the penultimate and third-to-last rounds, suffering two consecutive league defeats.

Fortunately, Real Madrid and Barcelona also made mistakes, which means that Atletico Madrid changed the easy mode of winning the title to a hard mode.

However, the biggest attraction is that Atletico Madrid regained the league title after 18 years, and also monopolized Real Madrid and Barcelona for nine years of dominance in La Liga.

From the point of view of La Liga's influence, this is a good thing.

Compared to Real Madrid and Barcelona taking turns to sit in the bank, being able to have a team stand up and compete for the title can increase the viewing of the league, so Atletico Madrid's title can increase the attention of La Liga.

Otherwise, many fans will subconsciously choose Real Madrid or Barcelona to watch La Liga, and now with Atletico Madrid, plus the old powerhouses Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, La Liga will be greatly increased.

Instead of taking the open-top bus to City Hall or Plaza de la Harvest to celebrate their league victory, as the usual champions of the league title, Atletico Madrid prepared for the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon a few days later.

The same can be said of the other participating team, Real Madrid, who are preparing for the Champions League final at their Valdebebas training base.

Assistant coach Zinedine Zidane is in charge of the team's regular tactical drills and matches, while Carlo Ancelotti and Clement are in charge of the tactical set-up and research on Atletico's tactical shortcomings.

In the Champions League final, Tang Zheng is not the first time to participate.

The same is true for most Real Madrid players, who were beaten 3-2 by Tang Zheng's Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium last season.

But there are also Isco, Carvajal, Casemiro, and Ilya Ramendi, who joined Real Madrid last summer, and have no final experience, so the Champions League final is relatively tight for these players.

Of course, it's more about anticipation.

When it comes to nervousness and anticipation, Atletico Madrid players are more than equal.

With the exception of David Villa, who won the Champions League during his time for Barcelona, many players, including manager Simeone, have no experience in a Champions League final.

Therefore, during the preparation for the Champions League final, Simeone had to adjust his mentality while studying Real Madrid, but he had a flexible mind and many methods, knowing that David Villa had participated in the Champions League final and won the championship.

Therefore, Simeone will invite David Villa to work as a part-time psychological counsellor after the tactical class to give the players a break from the tension and excitement.

Nervousness is good for a crucial game, excitement is good for a key game, but it can also be a disadvantage, so it's nice to have an experienced veteran in the squad ahead of the Champions League final.

There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure.

The Real Madrid stars at Valdebebas training ground were preparing for the Champions League final as usual, and that remained the case until two days before the final.

The Real Madrid squad flew from Madrid to Lisbon, more than 500 kilometres away, in the morning to prepare for the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light two days later.

Atletico Madrid, the other team flying to Lisbon, apparently consciously staggered their schedule with Real Madrid, taking another flight to Lisbon that afternoon.

With the arrival of both sides in Lisbon, the 2013-2014 Champions League final is getting closer and closer.

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As one of the largest customers of the Champions League overseas, CCTV 5 TV has received high-standard treatment, and the corresponding interview team and live broadcast team are also very high, even more than the number of people on the four major domestic network TV platforms combined.

Of course, this is directly related to CCTV 5 buying out the live broadcast rights of the Champions League in the mainland.

Lisbon is a city steeped in history, and in the 16th century, during the Age of Discovery, it became one of the most prosperous ports in Europe.

Fast forward and Lisbon is still the capital of Portugal, the heart of Portuguese football.

It's a pity that the Portuguese Super League has not been able to become Europe's top league due to land restrictions and other factors, but this does not prevent the Stadium of Light from becoming the venue for the Champions League final.

Tickets for the 64,000-strong stadium of light have long been sold out, so as the time for the game gets closer and closer, tickets without a real-name system are being speculated to sky-high prices, and they are priceless.

Real Madrid arrived in Lisbon with the most talked-about player naturally being the captain of the Portugal international love team, Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by Pepe and Coentrão.

Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, in the European play-offs of last year's World Cup, it was because Chris wanted to play Ronaldo that he contributed four goals in two legs to help Portugal beat Sweden to advance to the World Cup.

In the hearts of the Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo is a national hero.

However, there are exceptions, and Benfica's die-hard fans have been dismissive of Cristiano Ronaldo, even booing.

In the afternoon, Ancelotti did not take the team to the UEFA-provided venue for training, but gave the players a half-day off to spend time with their family or girlfriend and wife before the game.

Tang Zheng, who was nicknamed the national boyfriend by Chinese fans, lived up to this title, and he and his girlfriend Zhao Lina accompanied Tang's father and Tang's mother to enjoy a rare family fun in the historic city of Lisbon.

Tang Zheng, who played in the Champions League final, did not have any time to rest, and he must quickly return to China to meet with the national team and prepare for the World Cup in Brazil next month, which means that this afternoon is likely to be Tang Zheng's most free afternoon before the end of the World Cup in Brazil.

Although Tang Zheng wears sunglasses as a celebrity, his girlfriend and parents around him do not have any embellishment, so it is inevitable that he will be recognized by some reporters and fans.

For Tang Zhenglian, this is an expected result.

Lisbon is so big, with so many fans and so many journalists with a keen sense of smell, it's very difficult not to be spotted.

Happiness is often short-lived, and in the blink of an eye, Tang Zheng drops his girlfriend and parents at a five-star hotel in the center of Lisbon and then takes a taxi back to the hotel where he stays.

The day before the match was quite tightly scheduled, according to UEFA's arrangement, Real Madrid got used to the venue in the morning and Atletico Madrid got used to the venue in the afternoon.

As time went on, the football frenzy in the city of Lisbon became more and more frenetic.

On the day of the match, May 24 local time in Europe, the frenetic football atmosphere in Lisbon reached its peak in these days.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 90,000 Spaniards have rushed to Lisbon from Madrid alone, while the population of Lisbon is only 580,000.

Unfortunately, tickets are limited and at least half of the Spaniards will not be able to watch the live broadcast.

But Europeans are world-famous for their love of football, and even if they don't have a ticket, they can watch the 2013-2014 Champions League final at the Stadium of Light in the bars and squares of Lisbon's streets.

As usual for the main match, there was still half a day before the start of the match, and the Stadium of Light was filled with fans from both sides of the match and neutral fans.

Real Madrid fans in white jerseys and Atletico Madrid fans in red and white striped shirts are distinct, and the Champions League final between the two teams as sworn enemies in the same city has also brought some unstable factors to Lisbon's law and order maintenance, and has also become some off-field content reported by mainstream media in Europe, enriching the reporting material of the Champions League final.

Of course, it was the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light that really caught the eye in the evening.

It is worth mentioning that compared with the previous Champions League finals, the two sides in this game were more stable, did not spend time fighting wits and courage with each other, and prepared for the Champions League final wholeheartedly.

It was Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid who were focused on preparing for the Champions League final and gave some confidence to football experts and fans alike.

The first city derby in the history of the Champions League final is bound to be exciting!