On May 24, in the final round, Manchester City drew at home with the last opponent after sending most of the substitutes, and the final result of this game naturally no one cared, Manchester City fans only cared about the moment when they lifted the trophy after the game.

There wasn't much celebration after the game, because the Champions Cup final was four days away, and the whole city naturally had to adapt to it in advance, and in fact in the previous week, both official and the fan community themselves, there was already quite a lot of celebration, and naturally they didn't care about that.

When Manchester City arrived in Rome, their opponents in the final, Barcelona, also arrived in Rome.

This is the second time Barcelona have reached the final of the Champions League in four seasons, the last time they reached the final was against Dick's Inter Milan, who then gave Barcelona a 4-1 in the final, giving them their biggest defeat since being beaten 4-0 by AC Milan, and now they are in the final against Inter Milan.

"This time the situation is completely different from three years ago, when Barcelona was excellent, but it seemed a little fragile, just suppressed by Inter Milan's movement and power, and now, under Pep Guardiola's Barcelona has been perfect, even top teams like Chelsea have been eliminated by us, and now, although Manchester City is strong, but after all, they still lack a lot of things, in the Champions League final such a chance that there is a big situation, Barcelona's steadiness and experience will make the most difference......"

The media in Catalonia has begun to build momentum for this game, and in this regard, Manchester City is at a disadvantage, after all, Barcelona has a lot of mouthpieces, especially the two local sports media are Barcelona's standard mouthpieces, and what about Manchester City? In this regard, the foundations are indeed weak.

It's just that in terms of building momentum, Manchester City did not suffer a loss, and Dick's first interview after arriving in Rome turned this situation around!

"Robustness and experience? All I know is that I have four Champions League titles and seven European finals, and I don't know who is better than me in that regard. ”

'In terms of resilience, we scored two goals when we had to score two goals to get to Manchester United to reach the final, while Barcelona dragged one goal to the last minute to knock out Chelsea...... I won't talk about what kind of problems were in the game, and the fact that both of Barcelona's centre-backs were handballed in the box and escaped punishment, but that alone makes Barcelona not as good at pressing as we are. ”

"In terms of results, our two teams are half a pound, Barcelona has one more cup title than us, but we won two cup titles last season, it's not that we can't win it, it's that we don't want to win it."

Dick's words seemed to be overwhelmingly dominant and would be able to beat Barcelona to victory......

This is not over, Dick even took out Deco to say something: "A great player like Deco, completing a counterattack in such a final is the most important thing for him to do...... I think Barcelona will regret giving up Deco. ”

Dick's words made the whole Barcelona angry, but they also knew that the contradiction between Dick and Barcelona was getting deeper and deeper, although Barcelona did not get any benefits when facing Dick, but in Dick's own opinion, being swept away by Barcelona was the biggest shame, and it was normal to ridicule Barcelona when he saw it.

However, this does not mean that Barcelona will be constantly taunted by Dick, and soon, their captain Puyol said in an interview: "Maybe Dick is a great coach, but he is really unlikeable." ”

In the World Sports Newspaper, Mr. Rodriguez, who had suffered a big loss from Dick, wrote an article to express his resentment towards Dick: "Maybe Dick can win a lot of championships, but he will not leave any wealth to future generations!" Because of such a head coach, he is just trying to win the championship by any means, and there is nothing left behind for people to learn! Barcelona are now playing football beyond the level of the earth, they are a cosmic team, far from being able to compete with the motley army led by Dick! This Barcelona team will be another dream team! ”

Dick asked only a rhetorical question about this article.

"Mr. Rodriguez, do you want to bet me on the microphone? If I lose this final, I wouldn't mind going naked through the streets of Manchester, and if I won this final, would Rodriguez mind eating another mic now? ”

As soon as he said this, Rodriguez immediately chose to shut up - many people had already forgotten about it, but after Dick answered this sentence, the video of Rodriguez eating the microphone became popular on the Internet again......

Easily killed this opponent in seconds, Dick began to continue to prepare for the decisive battle, Guardiola was very clever not to respond to Dick's words, but various reporters were taking turns to play, Dick also knew this, so he took care of everything, so that the players could better prepare for the final - what tactics to play in the final have already been studied, just waiting for training, he is now idle.

On May 28, it was in the midst of such a war of words.

"Barcelona are the team with the most goals in the Champions League this season, they have now scored thirty goals in the Champions League! Manchester City, on the other hand, are the top scorers in the Premier League, but they don't score too many goals in the Champions League, and although they are already the team with the most goals after Barcelona, they have only scored 22 goals. And they have conceded no less, four of the six games in the knockout round, and only two games in the group stage have not conceded, from the point of view of statistics, Barcelona is indeed more comprehensive than Manchester City, but Manchester City has Dick, this top manager alone is enough to make Manchester City the most fearsome opponent in the Champions Cup! ”

"Countless dignitaries have come to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome...... King Juan Carlos I of Spain came to the scene, although he preferred Real Madrid, but Barcelona entered the final, he still came to the scene to cheer, and the British side was not to be outdone, Prince William came to watch the game! As the organizer, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also came to the scene...... In the VIP stand at the scene, there was also a group of Arabs, who were members of the Abu Dhabi consortium, the owner behind Manchester City! ”

"In terms of value, Dick spent close to 200 million pounds in two years to build the current Manchester City, and what about Barcelona? Although they don't spend so much money, players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol are quite valuable, and players like Eto'o and Henry also cost Barcelona a lot of money. ”

The starting line-ups of the two sides have basically come out, Manchester City sent their usual four-three-three, goalkeeper Hart, defenders Alves, Samuel, Kompany and Barnes, midfielders Yaya Toure, Parker and Vidal, did not send Deco that he announced before the game, and he hid Benzema in the front line, but let Ribery, Torres and Di Natale form a forward partner.

As for Barcelona, their starting lineup has not changed much, goalkeeper Valdés, right-back is Zabaleta who was introduced after Alves failed to transfer - Dick was surprised when this transfer came out, Manchester City robbed Alves, Zabaleta, who was originally going to Manchester City, went to Barcelona, it seems that the Argentine is still doing quite well in Zaragoza.

The left-back was suspended by Abidal, so Pep Guardiola sent 35-year-old veteran Silvinho, and the central defender was captain Puyol and young central defender Pique along.

In midfield, Keita did not get a start, with young midfielders Sergio Busquets and Xavi Iniesta forming a homegrown midfield, with Thierry Henry on the left and Messi on the right, with Samuel Eto'o playing as a central striker.

Such a set of lineups is indeed very strong, all the frontcourt are top players, and the backline is also powerful, and what is even more terrifying is that after having such a top lineup, they still have an excellent system to complete, no wonder Barcelona has been inexplicable in recent years.

But there is no solution, it is not when they have not been defeated, this year they passed the Chelsea level is not so glorious, and next year will be planted in the hands of Mourinho's Inter Milan, and then it will be pushed off the altar by Bayern - to beat them is actually not complicated, it is nothing more than a few points - running, pressing, so that their passing can not go smoothly, with the ability to run and suppress the whole game, and have an effective attack and breakthrough in attack, such conditions, Manchester City is not without such conditions.

Dick knows how to deal with Barcelona, and the preparation for Barcelona this season has been going on for a long time, and he knows that his biggest opponent in the next year or two is Barcelona, and if he doesn't prepare the tactics against Barcelona in advance, then his life will probably not be easy.

"To be honest, it's great that a newcomer can do what you do, but there's a big problem with Barcelona's current tactics, don't you notice?" While shaking hands with Guardiola, Dick said something mysteriously.

Pep Guardiola smiled: "Mr. Dick, I know you are a very good manager...... But don't disturb my mind with such words, my goal now is only this game, and I don't feel any resentment against you. Barcelona's current tactics are not something I can build alone, it's a perfect thing that has been accumulated over more than a decade. What's more, I have a lot of good players, arguably the best in the world, and I don't think I'm going to lose this game in a situation like this. ”

"Really? Let's take a look. Dick laughed: "Busquets's midfielder is very good, maybe he is not the best midfielder, but he is the most suitable midfielder for Barcelona, but have you thought about it, now Barcelona's midfield, can withstand too much impact?" I'll tell you the truth, I've been preparing for this game for a long time, and I'll use my strength and strength to let you know that it's hard to assemble a delicate thing, but it's easy to break it, as long as you can have enough violence! ”

Hearing this, Guardiola's face finally changed a little, he sent Busquets in this game in order to increase the control of the midfield more, and Dick has seen this!