What happened at the airport was a blow to Barcelona.

Many players didn't want to say a word after getting on the bus.

They feel very depressed.

In the past, Barcelona was the most popular wherever they went, and they got off the plane with Newcastle United, and it should be said that getting off the plane with Zhen Shaolong made them feel the gap between the two sides.

Truly.

The number of fans who came to welcome Barcelona was larger, but ...... There are many female fans who can't stand welcoming Zhen Shaolong!

If they can make a choice, they would rather exchange 1,000 male fans for 100 female fans, because female fans can lead the trend, and they didn't see many male fans defect and turn to support Zhen Shaolong?

It's so devastating!

Among the Barcelona players, Messi's face was the most serious and heavy, and he did not say a word along the way.

He felt the pressure.

What happened at the airport didn't have much impact on Messi, he didn't care how many female fans supported him, and after arriving in Rome by plane, it meant that the game was approaching, and he also felt a huge pressure.

It was a suffocating feeling of heaviness.

When he sat on the bus, Messi couldn't help but recall the past, in Argentina and in Barcelona, everyone thought he was a genius, but few people knew how difficult his journey was.

When he was very young, Messi was recognized as a football genius around him, but he was detected with a hormone deficiency, which is commonly known as dwarfism, which can be said to be a bolt from the blue, from a genius to no one's attention, fortunately, he survived with excellent performance, but height is still a huge problem.

Until joining Barcelona.

Messi is very grateful to Barcelona, because Barcelona has given him trust, given him the best training environment, in addition, Barcelona has made great efforts to help Messi grow, the club experts, specially formulated a series of leg exercises for him, as well as a set of the most scientific nutritional supplements, to help him continue to grow taller.

Until now......

Now Messi has become a recognized top star, he is the best successor to Ronaldinho, and some people even say that he is about to surpass Ronaldinho, and he has been constantly growing and trying to improve.

Before, he was sure that he was no worse than anyone else, until he met Zhen Shaolong.

Last year's Olympic Games in the capital was a huge blow to Messi, Argentina's very strong lineup fell at the feet of the host Chinese team, and Zhen Shaolong, who represented the Chinese team, performed too well and defeated the Argentine team by himself.

This is followed by the two group games of the season.

Zhen Shaolong also played extremely well to help Newcastle United beat Barcelona.

When Barcelona met Newcastle United before, many Spanish media called the game "the duel between Messi and Zhen Shaolong", and now few Spanish media will say that, because Zhen Shaolong's performance is much better every time.

Messi questioned himself, "Can I really compare with Zhen Shaolong?" ”

"Can we win this game?"

'Barcelona need me, but I'm really not as good as the other side...... Mr Laporta also said that we have to rely on the strength of the whole team, but I still hope to be better than him...... Can I do it? ”

Messi thought as he walked down the aisle and then turned the corner to the lobby, where he stood in front of the window looking at the brightly lit city of Rome and the Stadio Olimpico in the distance, where they would face Newcastle United for the European title.

"Leo."

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola walked over, patted Messi on the shoulder and said, "You're thinking about the game, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Messi glanced at Pep Guardiola, pursed the corners of his mouth and nodded.

"Don't be pressured, we're all as one." Pep Guardiola said, "Of course, I used to be a professional footballer and ...... No worse than you! He laughed when he said it, but he said that he was no worse than Messi, and he was not boasting.

Messi's achievements now cannot be compared with Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola continued, "As a professional, you always have a very good opponent, the opponent will play amazingly, but everyone has their own characteristics, it's true, he shoots very well, he scores a lot of goals, if I go to compete with a top striker, I can only raise my hand and surrender...... "He is a midfielder, the heart of the team's attack, similar to Xavi's role in the team, and the position is naturally a lot less goals.

"No one is absolutely strong."

Pep Guardiola continued, "You have your characteristics. Your skills are unmatched by him. ”

Messi nodded.

Although he knows that Guardiola is comforting himself, Guardiola's words are indeed very reasonable.

Everyone has something they are good at.

"The other party is good at scoring goals...... Messi thought about it carefully and suddenly became depressed again, and said something that made Guardiola stunned, "Why does a football game rely on goals to decide the outcome of the game?" He happens to be good at shooting, scoring goals, ......"

"It's so unfair."

The other side.

Newcastle United's hotel is not quiet at all.

Zhen Shaolong also wants to think about life outside the window like Messi, but there are fans everywhere outside the hotel, and the key is that many of them are female fans, and the female fans keep shouting his name, and it is difficult for him to pretend that he can't hear it.

That's the annoyance of being too welcome.

If it's just normal fan support, it's actually not a big deal, the key is that a large group of female fans is really attractive, causing most of the Newcastle United players to look out the window continuously.

"Zhen! I think you need to step in and calm them down......"

Kevin Keegan did a lot of work to remind everyone to take a good rest, but after the work was basically ineffective, he still found the source of the matter, and the fans were not satisfied with Zhen Shaolong, and only Zhen Shaolong would be better.

Zhen Shaolong could only stand up helplessly, he walked to the door of the hotel under various protections, and in the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, he picked up the microphone and said, "I like Italy very much, I like Rome!" I prefer you guys who support me......"

"Thank you!"

"But please be considerate, we've just arrived here and everyone needs to rest......"

Zhen Shaolong said a lot in a row, expressing his feelings very sincerely, but the effect was not very good, he simply met some small wishes of the fans, took photos with the ten fans at the scene, and was attacked with two lip gloss on his face, which finally had some effect.

"Alas......"

"It's not easy! For everyone's sake, I had to sacrifice myself......" Zhen Shaolong spat bitterness at Milner when he returned to the room, "This is caused by being too popular, so, James, it's a good thing that you look ugly, and it can reduce a lot of trouble!" ”

Milner's eyes widened with his mouth open, and he felt that his palms and Zhen Shaolong's cheeks suddenly appeared with an inexplicable huge suction.

He held his hand hard to control it.

Zhen Shaolong half-lay on the bed and began to close his eyes to recuperate, and in the process of resting, he also checked the system, and the skill introduction of "Skillful Skills" still did not change.

"It would be nice if the temporary task effect could be triggered immediately...... this kind of task executed in the game, most of the collateral effects will only be triggered in the game, and you can only guess based on the task acceptance before, so you have no experience in using it directly.

This is a bit of a pity.

Zhen Shaolong also took the time to check the 'skill acquisition task', and the new skill acquisition task was triggered after the fifteenth round of the league, that is, at the beginning of December last year, and it has been more than half a year now.

"God Comes Skill Acquisition Quest--

In order to gain a powerful Divine Skill, the host needs to work consistently in the official match.

Objective: Accumulate 300 kilometers of running distance in the official competition.

Mission Progress:. ”

Zhen Shaolong was a little disappointed when he looked at the progress of the task.

Although he occasionally looks at it and almost knows the specific number, but in more than half a year, it will probably exceed 30 games, right?

145 km?

"Twenty rounds in the league, six or seven games in the Champions League, and the Carabao Cup...... Even if it's thirty games, the average one game is ...... Four thousand eight hundred meters? Rounded up to the nearest kilometer, it's 5,000 kilometers...... Yes, round it up again, 10,000 meters! ”

"Looks like I've been running a lot!"

"Very diligent!"

Zhen Shaolong suddenly received a little comfort, but the overall number was there, and it didn't feel meaningful to comfort him.

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The next day was training day.

Newcastle United and Barcelona both arrived two days early and they will have one day of normal training time.

Newcastle United were placed at the AS Roma training ground.

Barcelona is Lazio.

The arrangement of the Rome city government also makes some sense, because in the process of Barcelona's promotion, they eliminated Roma, who participated in Italian football and participated in the Champions League, and broke Roma's dream of winning the Champions League in their own stadium, and they will naturally be listed as undesirable by Roma fans.

So Newcastle United have received enthusiastic support from Roma fans.

Because of the promotion of the Champions League final, half of the training day was open to the public, and many fans poured into the training ground, many of them were local Roma fans, and their support for Newcastle United was reflected on the surface.

"Kill Barcelona!"

"Zhen Shaolong, score a few more goals!"

"Come on, Newcastle! Let the Barça people leave with their noses in tears! ”

These voices of support sound good, but they have a certain impact on normal training, and Keegan simply let the team do warm-up drills, adding some tactical training in the afternoon.

The day before the tournament is not the main thing, the interview is also very important, and it is an important time for the club to promote it to the outside world.

Barcelona has done a good job in this regard, and Guardiola has fully demonstrated his linguistic talent to the media by answering 50 questions in one sitting in an interview with reporters; Keegan also accepted an interview, but what was a little embarrassing was that most of the reporter's questions were related to Zhen Shaolong, because Zhen Shaolong did not attend the press conference, and Keegan was continuously troubled and could only flee.

The biggest news of the day before the game was the fan fight.

This happens every time there is a big competition.

An England fan was hospitalized with a dagger stab, two England fans were summoned to the police station for dinner and wrote fake cheques, and two Spanish fans were also hospitalized after being beaten up by local Roma fans.

The biggest news comes from female fans.

Four strong Spanish fans got into an argument with a large group of female fans on the street, and they were then surrounded by a group of fists and kicks, and a whole team of blast police rushed over to maintain order at the scene, and several Spanish fans were all admitted to the hospital, one of whom was said to be seriously injured, and it took an hour to resuscitate.

This incident fully demonstrates the power of female fans, who are not only street scenes, but also high heels.

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Spent in the hustle and bustle before the game.

Newcastle United and Barcelona were not affected much, training and playing as normal, and the time was fast approaching the afternoon of the following day.

Thirty.

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome was already packed, with fans in the stands showing their frenzy, shouting for their supporters.

Both sides have almost equal amount of support.

The number of tickets allocated by UEFA to both sides is 15,000, and among the fans from other regions who came to watch the game, the support for both sides is similar, Barcelona has more influence and fame, but Newcastle United has Zhen Shaolong, Zhen Shaolong's influence is too great, and a large number of overseas Chinese, Chinese students, and even many Chinese tourists have flown to Rome to watch the game.

Fans from many other countries also came to support Zhen Shaolong, and many Italian fans also became supporters of Zhen Shaolong.

There seemed to be only two voices at the scene---

"Barcelona, come on!"

"Zhen Shaolong, come on!"

This kind of scene can't help but make people laugh bitterly, especially the Newcastle United players, they feel that they are all incidental, the support of the fans is given to Zhen Shaolong, and then several teammates are vying to get to Zhen Shaolong's side.

"I was standing there. Those fans are supporting Zhen, and they are also supporting me! Owen said with gusto, "It's my experience, when I get off the plane, a large group of female fans welcome me. ”

"Maybe they'll hate you even more!"

"But they can remember me." Owen said excitedly, "They'll say, 'Look, there's Owen next to Zhen, right?' He's a big star, England's golden boy, I know him, he's great,' and then I was supported. ”

“……”

The rest of the teammates sounded reasonable.

In fact, the reaction of most of the fans in the stands was, "How did that damn Owen stand so close to Zhen!" ”

"Get out of here!"

"Don't come near my Zhen!"

Owen didn't know that he had provoked the anger of the public, but fortunately, the game was about to start, and it was impossible for him to stand next to Zhen Shaolong all the time.

Soon.

With the end of the pre-game ceremony, the two teams stood on both sides of the field in formation, Zhen Shaolong stepped on the football and looked around, and then looked at Barcelona opposite, their expressions were firm, as if they were about to step into the real battlefield.

Football is the battlefield.

Zhen Shaolong was also slightly infected, and his mood became a lot more excited.

Time's up.

Referee Massimo Busaka from Switzerland blew the whistle to start the match and the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League final was officially played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.