The end of the league clash with Napoli is just a small step in the many goals of the season for defending champions Milan, in other words, there is still a long way to go if Milan want to achieve all the signs that followed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For seventeen-year-old Chen Long, his career may have just officially begun.

For the rest of the season, whether in the league or in the Champions League, Chen Long needs to do his best, and if there is a reason, it is only because of Chen Long's mission, he is the absolute core of this Milan.

And Chen Long has indeed been doing this in the following years, in November and December 2024, January and February 2025... May.

When the powerful Nerazzurri's attacking line "CG Combo" was fully assembled, when the defending champions showed their sharp swords, and when all the players were aiming for the final title, it all began.

On April 1, 2025, at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, in the 32nd round of Serie A, the defending champion Milan hosted the weak team Cesena, the former club of Milan's star Chen Long.

At the beginning of this game, the whole Milan team showed a strong desire to attack, as the team's absolute offensive knife, this game Chen Long in the face, the old club Cesena, did not have the slightest mercy, by him and Gross to talk about the Milan forward combination, from the beginning of the game to Cesena caused a very big, pressure.

In the end, Chen Long scored twice in this game, helping Milan beat Cesena 4-0 at home.

And when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire San Siro stadium was in a frenzy.

The reason is very simple, in the 2024~2025 season of Serie A, the defending champion Milan, won the Serie A championship six rounds in advance, successfully defended the honor of the league champion, and defended its position as the new hegemon of Serie A.

Milan, who won the Serie A title six rounds in advance, did not stop their furious pace, just a month later, they won the Coppa Italia with a 2-0 victory over Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

And just a week later, at the San Siro Stadium, in the second leg of the semifinals of the 2024~2025 UEFA Champions League, the "peak duel" between Serie A champion Milan and Real Madrid, one of the La Liga hegemons, came to an end with the referee blowing the whistle at the end of the game.

Milan defeated Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate over two legs and swept the once-invincible Galaxy Battleship to advance to this season's Champions League final.

In this way, Milan, this season, is only one step away from the coveted treble.

And Milan's opponent in the final Champions League final is no stranger to all Milan players, because he is, all Milan players want to beat, Barcelona.

The grievances between Milan and Barcelona are understood by everyone, so by the time the news of Milan and Barcelona meeting in the Champions League final came out, the whole football world was boiling, so everyone was looking forward to the final and waiting for the final, because everyone understood that this game was destined to go down in history forever.

Unlike last season, Barcelona's overall strength is strong, while Milan is relatively weak, and Milan has already completed its promotion this season, so this makes this game more interesting, and it is definitely a peak matchup.

Milan's strength and Milan's strength have been upgraded, which is of course inseparable from the growth of their star Chen Long.

In the previously concluded Serie A, Chen Long defended his title, the honor of the top scorer, and won a series of honors such as the Serie A Player of the Season Award, which can be called the first person in the entire Serie A.

In addition to Chen Long, the "CG combination" composed of Chen Long and Gross is like the most terrifying forward combination in the entire Serie A, and even in the whole of Europe, it is absolutely strong.

The teacher said that it is not only the growth of Chen Long and Gross, but also the run-in of the whole season, and before the Champions League final is coming, a new Milan has reappeared in front of the fans.

In the frontfield position, in addition to the "CG combination" composed of Jackie Chan and Gross, Niang has also become another attack point that Mourinho trusts. In many games this season, when Chen Long and Gross did not play well, Niang was able to step up and help the team to win.

In the midfield position, Rugani completely stood on his feet and became Mourinho's first choice, led by him and Rodriguez Sanchez, the midfield is the top central axis of the entire Serie A.

In the backfield, Desiglio, Cai Heng, and Oqiao are also three young players who are also completely on the top, and the back line composed of Desiglio, Cai Heng, Oqiao, and Carvajal has become a steely defense line of strong Milan.

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There is no reason why Milan should not win the title, there is no reason not to let the fans look forward to it, and there is no reason not to give a visual feast to all those who follow this match in the Champions League final.

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The Champions League final of the 2024~2025 season will officially start at Wembley Stadium in London, England at 11 pm Beijing time on February 12, 2025.

On 11 February, Milan arrived in London, and after spending a night in a hotel, the next day was matchday.

There are no plans to train at Wembley Stadium on this day, and the training to adapt to the pitch was done yesterday. Today the whole team is mainly working on strength in the hotel gym or something, and then it is time to rest for the Champions League final in the evening.

In fact, for all the players in Milan, no matter what kind of grievances they have with Barcelona, but for the final of Barcelona, everyone is still a little nervous, after all, Barcelona's strength is not weak, and the Champions League final is definitely a major competition final in football. So before the game started, the players were all there, trying to find a way to relieve their inner tension.

Everyone has to relieve their stress and tension, and some people choose to sweat in the gym and use a large workout to make themselves less nervous. Some people choose to listen to music, others simply sleep well.

What about Long Chen?

He doesn't have to do these boring things because he's not nervous at all.

It's not that he doesn't know what it is to be nervous before a big game like the Champions League final, but that he doesn't care about it at all. His mind is now full of thoughts of revenge on Barcelona. Don't think that he usually behaves calmly, but the flame of revenge in his heart is no less than that of any player, he was eliminated by Barcelona last season, and in that way, which has always made Chen Long very unhappy in his heart, so he has already made all the preparations for this game.

Far from feeling nervous, he was a little excited, the excitement of the big game.

After a brief dinner in the evening, the whole team took a short rest, boarded the bus, and began to drive towards Wembley Stadium.

From their hotel to Wembley Stadium, Milan fans can be seen everywhere, wearing Milan jerseys and holding all sorts of slogans and posters.

Of course, there are also a lot of Barcelona fans.

The atmosphere of the Champions League final has become more and more intense.

When the team got off the bus, they were also surrounded by reporters, and there were reporters on both sides filming them.

Most of the Milan players hurried past the cameras and straight into the passage.

Chen Long showed a bright smile at the camera, and at the same time gave a thumbs up, looking confident.

He is one of the few players in Milan's squad who can do so. On the one hand, he is really not nervous, and on the other hand, Jackie Chan is now 18 years old and has become the new captain of Milan, so he needs to cheer for his teammates in such a scene, and showing confidence to the media is one of the ways.

"It seems that Long Chen's condition is really good...... Barcelona are going to be out of luck this time......"

"What's the situation, so many fans, it didn't affect him or he was pretending to be calm?"

"This is the live footage that has just been transmitted and we can see that Milan has arrived at the stadium...... "In Catalonia, people who can't go live are watching the game live.

The Catalan TV host was briefing everyone on the situation ahead, and Chen Long's smiling face was displayed in the camera.

The Barcelona fans in front of the TV set out disdainful and angry boos. It's a pity that Chen Long can't hear it.

Long Chen's expression ...... It seems to be easy, it's easy, right? The host himself didn't dare to confirm it. Sometimes Tang Chenglong is now a player who is very good at Dalian, and many media commentators have suffered his losses. So now when commenting on Chen Long's state, he seems to be very cautious, even though he is Catalan, the media

Contrary to the cautious attitude of the media personnel, it is strange that Barcelona fans are full of confidence in their team, believing that even if Chen Long scores 38 goals in Serie A, it is not to be afraid, after all, Barcelona fans know the strength best.

Serie A champion Milan is indeed strong, but Barcelona's strength should not be underestimated, the rise of the superstar Dirk in the team, Neymar is at his peak, plus although he is old, but, still the terrible briquette king, today's Barcelona will definitely not live in Milan.

Barcelona have given them confidence on all fronts this season. Except for the final Copa del Rey final defeat to Real Madrid, Barcelona's performance at other times was top-notch.

Even Simeone's Real Madrid can't compete with them - Barcelona fans believe that Real Madrid beat Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey is a surprise.

In their opinion, Barcelona is definitely not going to help Milan.........

That's right, Chen Long performed very well when he played against Barcelona last season, but everyone thinks that this is because Chen Long played against Barcelona for the first time, and we Barcelona don't know enough about Chen Long. And Barcelona is the world's top giant, and countless people study how to beat Barcelona all day long.

The key is to look at the second encounter. Many people have performed well in the first season and become directly impotent in the second season, otherwise how could there be a "rookie wall" in the sports world?

Anyway...... said a thousand things and ten thousand, Barcelona fans just felt that Chen Long had met Barcelona, and this time he was going to die!

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While the Barcelona fans were scolding Chen, he was already warming up at Wembley Stadium – a later TV broadcast.

Wembley Stadium, this is his first time here, this stadium is magnificent, indeed a little more imposing than the San Siro stadium.

The turf is also of good quality.

However, Chen Long didn't care about this, he focused on warm-up, especially the warm-up training for shooting, and trying to find his shooting feeling as quickly as possible is real.

This stadium is not beautiful, and whether it is magnificent or not has nothing to do with a dime.

But he was concerned about the quality of the turf.

The quality of the turf is good, but that's not where he cares. What he was thinking was...... If the quality of the turf is good, the ground coordination that Barcelona is good at will be played...... This game is not expected to be easy.

But it doesn't matter, revenge, if you easily avenge your deep hatred, how boring it is......

The team returned to their locker room after the warm-up, and at this time, the TV station had begun to officially broadcast the game, analyzing the starting lists of both sides and analyzing the state of the main players on both sides......

The starting line-ups for both sides have been announced, and now everyone knows the starting line-ups. Not much has changed for either team.

Barcelona is 433 for the side, goalkeeper Valdés, central defenders Femino and Frete, full-backs Alba and Turan, midfielders Butzquez, Baltra and Douglas, and Dirk, Neymar and Messi up front.

Except for Puyol Jr., who did not appear in the starting lineup due to a slight injury, Enrique sent his strongest team.

On the Milan side, Mourinho also sent 433, goalkeeper Stegen, central defenders Desiglio and Oqiao, full-backs Kerry Caiheng and Carvajal, midfielders Rodriguez, Rugani and Sanchez, and forwards Gross, Chen Long and Niang.

Experts from all walks of life have done their best to analyze the starting lineups of both sides, and they can give you an analysis of the simple eleven people.

In fact, the formation is just something written on paper, and when it comes to the game, how can the formation be so fixed, saying that it is 433, it is really always 433? Football matches are dynamic, and the formation cannot be static, depending on the change of the game situation, depending on the time of the game, the formation is constantly changing. 433 can become 343, it can become 352, it can also become 442, and it is pointless to discuss whether 433 or 343 is better in formation.

In the dressing room, neither coaches had the option to discuss the other's line-up at this time.

Because there's really nothing to discuss. Barcelona is a thunderous 433, Milan since Mourinho came to power, began to adhere to the 433 route, as for what players the other side will send to play this game, it is basically fixed, how to rotate Barcelona's lineup, their backbone will not change, it is easy to know which people are the core players, which people are rotation players, in a game like the Champions League final, of course, the main force must be exhausted, so it is easy to guess what players Barcelona can send.

It's easier for Milan, there is still a gap between the quality of their main players and the bench players, and it is no secret that their starting eleven is not a secret. Rotation is also extremely limited.

The opponent's tactics have also been thoroughly studied, and each player should and should not do what he should and should not do on the field, these things have been told to the players a long time ago, and they have to be practiced according to these requirements in training. It was impossible for the game to start with 20 minutes to go, and the manager told the players slowly: "Today, let's play defensive counter-attack......

It's fun. What tactics to play in a game have long been reflected in the usual training, not to mention the Champions League final, which everyone has been preparing for for a long time. Tactics are definitely not something that a head coach came up with at night by looking at the stars at night and thinking of a brain, it was the entire coaching staff through the analysis of the opponent, and it was the crystallization of collective wisdom. It's just that it's obviously more convenient to promote one person than a group of people when the public knows, so a lot of the time tactics seem to be just a matter for the manager alone.

So in the dressing room when the game is about to start, the managers don't talk about tactics, they don't talk about the lineup, what do they talk about?

These ten minutes are the time for the masters of eloquence to show their stunts, the time for the psychologist to regulate the emotions of the players, and the moment for the head coach to turn decay into magic.

"In 10 minutes, maybe 10 minutes, the most important game of our lives will begin...... Maybe we'll have to do it a lot in the future, but for now, it's the most important game of our lives. 'In the dressing room in Milan, Mourinho was speaking to the players.

"I've noticed that there's a lot of noise out there these days, and they've put a lot of bad hats on us. But it's not a big deal, you have to know why we are the only ones in world football who are treated like this. Enrique looked calm. Because we're the best team on the planet. The best teams deserve to be slandered and attacked by their enemies. The harder they shouted, the more they feared we. If we lose our normalcy because of this, we fall into their trap. ”

"Our opponents are strong, very strong, and some say they are Team Cosmos. I agree with this statement, Barcelona play football that does not exist on the planet. Mourinho said. In recent years, they have won a lot of championships, as if the whole planet can't stop them. You know, Milan always like to do this kind of difficult thing......"

"Barcelona never compares themselves to others and never cares about what other people have to say. All we have to do is play our own football, which we have been playing for more than 20 years. Many people think that Barcelona was taken care of by the referee and was able to win so many titles for some inconvenient reason. They didn't know that we had been playing like this for a long time, and even if we didn't win a single title at that time, we didn't give up. So today's result is what we deserve and what FC Barcelona deserves. The current championship is nothing more than a late compensation and proof......" Enrique said of the fact that Barcelona people are particularly proud, but still calm. He's not humble, he's proud to the core, and that's the real highest level of pride -- what you think is great, it's normal for me.

"We almost threw them off the altar, but we failed, not at their feet, but at the hands of another adversary. Barcelona are stronger now than they were before, or at least it seems...... But we are not afraid of him, they should be afraid! Because we are stronger than them," Mourinho accentuated. "Because if it weren't for the help of another black hand, they would have been dragged into the mud by us a long time ago!"

"Unlike utilitarian football, Barcelona can win the championship if they play as much as they like. Others, when they want to win a championship, they tend to throw away a lot of the things that they have been holding on to, they are forced to defend, they are forced to foul, they are forced to leave behind their former noble stature, and they jump into the mud and roll around like a barbarian, with a muddy face. We don't need it, we just have to keep playing Barcelona football and we can get everything. Because Barcelona is never changed by the world, Barcelona only changes the world. Enrique was still calm, but the hearts of the Barcelona players below were filled with pride and confidence, and they all held their heads high, like real aristocrats, looking down on everyone.

Milan's players were excited by Mourinho's words, and at the same time looking forward to revenge against Barcelona, many of them simply clenched their fists and trembled slightly.

Nervous?

Hell, it's exciting!

"They consider themselves to be high aristocrats, they play artistic football that is praised all over the world, they are like spotless gods, they don't eat the fireworks of the world. But last season, we almost let them out! So they are not gods at all! If we want to defeat them, we must first strip off their disguises and drag them into the mud! When they lose face and can only roll in the mud like us, they lose! Because they will be afraid, they will panic, and they will be horrified to find that their own set of things will not work for us at all! ”

Mourinho roared loudly, mobilizing everyone's emotions.

At this moment, Mourinho's madness ignited the entire Milan team.

"No matter what tactics the opponent will use against us, you remember, as long as we still play our football, there is no team in the world that can stop us from winning this championship!" Speaking of which, Enrique's tone changed somewhat. He finally showed his desire for a championship. Although he has won many titles in charge of Barcelona, and the Champions League is no stranger to him, his desire for the title has not diminished in the slightest.

He knows very well that Barcelona can only truly dominate the world if the whole team is kept hungry like this.

With him finished, there was no bloody declaration and rant in the dressing room, and the Barcelona players looked at the manager with a determined and confident expression.

They are convinced that Milan will never be able to stop them! Although they came close to losing to Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, it was a close loss.

Besides, can the Champions League final be compared to the Champions League quarter-finals?

"Whether it's defending or attacking, be fierce and aggressive! Put pressure on them from any angle! Don't be afraid of fouls, don't be afraid of cards, as long as you can make them scared, we've already won half the way! Go, guys, this is the best stage, this is the best opportunity, to tell the world with practical actions - even if you are afraid of them, we are not afraid of Milan!! ”

Before the words fell, there was a "bang", and Sanchez, who was enthusiastic as the coach said, stood up, and he also knocked over the chair behind him.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, so he opened his mouth and simply yelled.

As if this is the only way to vent the emotions stirring in the chest.

Influenced by him, the rest of his teammates all raised their heads and roared.

As the Milan and Barcelona players stepped out of the tunnel, there was a huge uproar in the stands at Wembley Stadium.

This is a welcome ceremony for both teams - under the watchful eye of the two protagonists, the two protagonists have been waiting for a long time!

The players of both teams looked ahead without squinting, and no one looked at the people around them, giving them full disdain and contempt for the opponents around them.

Chen Long walked at the end of the team, and he calmly looked at the back of Barcelona, especially Dirk's back, because to a certain extent, this game was still a duel between him and Dirk. Today's Dirk has long since grown up and become one of the mainstays of Barcelona, often picked up by the media to be compared to Jackie Chan.

"They're out! The finals are about to begin! ”

Everyone was excited.

This Champions League final is a pinnacle matchup, not about how close the strength of the two teams is, but in the pre-match media frantically hyped up the grievances between the two teams a year ago, so how can everyone not know what gimmicks this game has?

Milan were knocked out by Barcelona and now they have their chance to get their revenge.