With the Champions League final approaching, Munich, Germany has been fully upgraded, and the whole city is filled with a strong football atmosphere.

This is the highest level of the annual European professional league.

Fans from both teams flocked to the southern German city, and hotels in Munich began to be in short supply.

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Munich's most exclusive hotel, is located in the heart of the Old Town, surrounded by the State Opera, Hofbräuhaus and the Massimillan shopping street, which are some of Munich's most famous attractions.

The entire Oriental Mandarin Hotel has a total of 73 rooms, 48 rooms and 25 suites, as early as three days before the finals, the hotel announced that it was fully booked, and refused all guests, but despite the hotel's strict agreement with the outside world, the all-pervasive reporter still dug out the big financier who chartered the entire Oriental Mandarin Hotel.

That is the number one favorite in the Champions League final, Real Madrid.

Seventy-three rooms are obviously not enough to meet all the needs of Real Madrid, because this time the Galaxy Battleship expedition to Munich, in addition to the first team, coaching staff and employees, as well as their families, as well as management, club celebrities and special guests, the Oriental Mandarin Hotel simply cannot stay.

Luckily, the hotel is located in a busy area, so Real Madrid has set aside an entire floor of the Hotel Massimilla opposite, dedicated to the club's staff and key employees.

Real Madrid President Florentino personally led the team to Munich and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to personally supervise this Champions League final, and Real Madrid's previous announcement of winning the championship undoubtedly showed a strong desire to win the championship within the team.

Three consecutive titles, this is a rare honor in the history of European football, so far, apart from Real Madrid's five consecutive titles, only Cruyff's Ajax and Beckenbauer's Bayern Munich have reached such an honor.

If Real Madrid had achieved it, it would undoubtedly have created the miracle of European football in the 21st century.

Since the entire hotel is under wrap-up by Real Madrid, Mandarin Oriental has arranged 24-hour security guards at each entrance, and all visitors are not allowed unless invited by Real Madrid.

But even if there is an invitation from Real Madrid, no one is allowed to take pictures in the hotel.

The hotel is located in a narrow alleyway, five storeys high, the top floor is an open-air swimming pool and a Michelin restaurant, the environment is beautiful, the service is good, but the fees are a little more expensive, ranging from 650 euros to 4,000 euros per night, and even if the Real Madrid team stays, a big discount, but it is still very luxurious.

However, for Yang Yang, this hotel does not satisfy him.

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"What's going on?"

The day before the Champions League final, during the afternoon break, when Zidane came to the top pool, he was surprised to see that Yang Yang did not go down to swim as usual, but lay under the parasol by the pool, taking a leisurely rest.

Swimming is a good habit that Yang Yang has developed over the years, which not only exercises his physique, but also maintains his physical coordination and flexibility, which is an indispensable part of his daily training.

"It's too small, it's not fun." Yang Yang shook his head angrily.

After listening to Zidane, he turned his head to look at the pool, roughly calculated, and had to admit that it was indeed small.

The initial estimate should be only eight meters long, what kind of pool is this?

Although Yang Yang is not a professional swimmer, he has insisted on swimming all these years, and his swimming skills are nothing to say.

Looking at his swimming cap, which was almost dry, needless to say, it must have been a few laps down and coming up.

"You're giving them a big problem, a lot of high-end hotels don't have such big swimming pools." Zidane smiled bitterly, because if it is according to Yang Yang's standards, it will be at least twenty-five meters, and it is best to be fifty meters.

For example, the swimming pool in Valdebebas, that is the standard fifty meters.

Yang Yang didn't know anything, and shook his head, "I'll go back to the gym for activities." ”

Zidane nodded, he knew that Yang Yang belonged to the kind of player who couldn't be idle.

"How? Have you discussed your strategy for the finals? Yang Yang asked with concern.

In recent days, the coaching staff have been in meetings to prepare for the Champions League final against Chelsea.

Although Real Madrid have the overall strength and experience of their opponents, they must not be careless, because this is the Champions League final and Chelsea's ability to reach the final is a testament to the quality of the Blues.

Carelessness and underestimation of the enemy are the most fatal weaknesses on the football field.

Zidane nodded, "Almost, in the face of Chelsea, we must still take the initiative, the strength is dominant, and the passing and possession must be grasped in our hands, however, from a safe point of view, we may still continue to play with double backs, and in the final, it is fundamental to ensure that we do not lose first." ”

When it comes to the Champions League final, it is impossible for any team with the advantage to take risks, because the risks and gains do not match, as long as they are safe and do not make major mistakes, they can win.

Real Madrid is like this now, playing single back and playing pass control, the risk is a bit big, and Real Madrid has not yet formed its own stable tactical framework for passing and controlling the ball, so it is understandable that Ancelotti seeks stability.

As someone said before, every Italian manager is conservative in his bones.

Of course, this is not a derogatory term, because when it comes to this, Yang Yang himself is probably conservative.

No one can risk a season's hard work, can they?

"Di Matteo's manager is very good, Villas-Boas was expected to come to Chelsea, but it fell short, mainly because he was too young, and he was Mourinho's assistant coach before, in front of Chelsea's big man, Villas-Boas couldn't control the dressing room at all, but Di Matteo did."

Italian Di Matteo, a former assistant coach at Villas-Boas, became acting Chelsea manager after Boas left and has won unanimous approval from across Chelsea over the past nine weeks.

To use the old saying in the football world, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as changing a coach as a knife.

'We received information that Di Matteo chats with the players individually after every game, and you should understand that.

Yang Yang nodded, that's what Ancelotti did, this is not technical, it purely depends on whether you can talk or not.

Some managers, such as Rafael Benitez, ask him to chat with the players one by one every game, and it doesn't take two games to offend everyone in the team, but Carlo Ancelotti can talk to every player and be obedient.

I have to say that this is also a kind of ability.

In Beijing dialect, he is a Kanye.

Di Matteo clearly has the skills to do the same, and the conversation not only helped him to stand on his feet, but also greatly boosted Chelsea's cohesion, which in turn led to better and better performances and now a Champions League final.

"That alone shouldn't be enough to prove Di Matteo's success, right? What about his tactics? Yang Yang asked.

Zidane nodded and smiled, "Yes, you can't win just by chatting, Di Matteo also has one more ability, his targeted tactics are very strong, because he is the head coach of Italy." ”

Yang Yang smiled bitterly, there is still a popular saying in European professional football that every Italian coach is a master tactician.

Maybe this is an exaggeration, but it also reflects a characteristic, that is, the Italian coaches are very strong in tactical ability.

"We can't figure out Di Matteo's line-up right now, and we don't know what he will do to restrain us, so the only thing we can do is to play to our strengths and play our characteristics."

Zidane's words basically made Yang Yang understand what the coaching staff meant, Real Madrid still has to resolutely play the wings and ribs after controlling the ball, which is Real Madrid's consistent advantage.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was up front, pressing Chelsea's two centre-backs, Yang Yang and Arjen Robben threatening on both flanks, and the world-class full-backs of Marcelo and McCone, all ensuring that Real Madrid had enough attacking power to face Chelsea's defence.

"The midfielder should still pick Kaka, right?" Yang Yang asked.

Zidane's eyes flashed with appreciation, and it is often more comfortable to talk to smart people, because they draw inferences from each other.

Chelsea will certainly strengthen their protection at the edge of the penalty area, with a double midfielder for sure, and at the back of Ibrahimovic, there will have to be someone behind Ibrahimovic who will be responsible for organising and finding space on the ball, as well as being able to split the ball between the wings.

David Silva is a good candidate to strengthen Real Madrid's midfield possession and passing ability, but from the current point of view, Real Madrid is not lacking in attacking threats, more often lacking direct scoring ability, which is Kaka's strength.

No matter how much the tactics are said and how dazzling they look, the essence is actually the same, which is to pass the ball to the middle of the goal, and then the players will get up and hit the goal to create a threat.

Whether it's a cross from the wing, a rib cut, or a strong burst in the middle, these are just means to achieve this destination.

Zinedine Zidane, who has played in Serie A for many years, knows the essence of Italian football tactics very well, just as Pep Guardiola has been deeply influenced by Italian football, and the same is true of Roberto Di Matteo opposite Chelsea.

Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid and Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea, it may seem like an offensive and defensive duel, or a clash between Spanish and English football, but in essence it still has a very strong imprint of Italian football.

Di Matteo is good at targeted tactics, and Yang Yang is also very curious, how will he restrain Real Madrid's attack in this game?

With strength and experience at a disadvantage, if Di Matteo can't contain Real Madrid's attack, then Chelsea will definitely lose.

But Real Madrid is on the safe side?

Neither is it.

Set-pieces will be Real Madrid's biggest and deadliest weakness.

This is a problem that has not been solved well since the time of Benitez.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have Didier Drogba in their squad.

Yang Yang still remembers how Chelsea destroyed Liverpool with a corner kick at Anfield.