Chapter 763: The Stage of the Decisive Battle
The media felt that Manchester City's choice of Luton Town as the place to prepare for the Champions League final was not a wise choice.
They believe that Gao Bo chose Luton only because of his feelings for Luton, and at this point, Gao Bo seems to have lost his rational judgment.
Because in every way, Luton's training base is nowhere near as good as Tottenham Hotspur's.
And Luton fans will probably be overly enthusiastic.
Look at the scene they faced Manchester City, it was shocking, I'm afraid Luton won the title themselves, and that's it.
But such enthusiasm could disrupt City's training preparations.
Gao Bo is still practicing closed training, with these enthusiastic fans, can closed training continue? Doesn't that chill the hearts of those passionate Luton fans?
Therefore, the media generally believes that the enthusiastic Luton fans will become a burden for Gao Bo and Manchester City.
However, after Manchester City arrived in Luton, the training was still closed, and they did not allow any journalists or fans, and no one who had nothing to do with Manchester City, did not enter the stadium to watch the training.
Even Luton's chairman, David Morton, and the team's manager, John Aston, two old friends of Gobo, only met in the team's former office, not at the training ground.
Only after training is over, fans can come and ask for autographs from the players, and journalists can come and interview them.
But that's all there is to it, no one wants to find out about Manchester City's training, and any photos and videos don't have pictures of Manchester City's training.
And Luton fans are not dissatisfied, they know that Manchester City need a quiet preparation environment, so there are not too many fans running to the training base to disturb the team's training.
As Gao Bo said, here, they can enjoy the peace that they are in.
In such a preparation environment, Manchester City's preparation training went very well.
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On the last day before the game, City held a final tactical meeting in the conference room, and after explaining the last few things to look out for, Gao Bo asked the players to go back to rest.
It wasn't until the lights in all the players' rooms were turned off that Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief.
He was walking on the pitch at the training base, and the lights on the pitch had been turned off.
"The weather was not bad..."
Gao Bo looked at the twinkling stars in the sky and muttered to himself.
He simply sat down on the training base.
These days, Gao Bo is also leading by example, completely in the training base, he has not gone out, he has not even visited his old friends in the city of Luton, which is just ten kilometers away.
Although, there are not many familiar people anymore.
He sent a few tickets to his old friends and invited them to the final.
He also picked up Mr. and Mrs. Chen, who were far away in China, Gao Bo looked at his watch, and now Mr. Chen and they should be on the plane from China to London, and he asked Haruko to help him pick up the plane.
Gao Bo, who was lying on the grass, took a deep breath.
The second Champions League final still made him a little nervous.
The stars are twinkling.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day.
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On the morning of the match day, Gao Bo waited early in the lobby on the first floor of the players' dormitory at the training base.
The morning training is just a simple physical workout.
In the afternoon, it's time to rest.
After lunch, all the players in the Manchester City squad have to take a lunch break, including the coach.
At this time, there was silence in the training base.
The league is over and now only Manchester City players are left in the training base.
Gao Bo slept in bed for half an hour and did not continue to sleep.
For Gao Bo, only two or three hours of rest a day is enough, and a half-hour lunch break is already a luxury for Gao Bo.
Half an hour's rest made his mind clear and refreshed.
In the evening, he has to follow the game on the sidelines at all times, and command according to the progress of the game at any time.
The game was played at half past seven in the evening, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, the team began to eat dinner.
At this time, the team's nutritionist will monitor the amount of food the players eat at all times.
You must not eat too much, lest the players eat too much, and the blood will be supplied to the digestive system first, which will lead to sleepiness.
The nutrition team is also preparing food for the intermission.
The main thing is bananas, and the main ingredients are glucose and salt plus some other nutrients that are easily absorbed.
These are used to give the players energy at half-time.
The coaching team began to discuss and confirm the game plan for the last time.
The team needs to arrange several sets of reinforcements, from the first minute of the game, to the last minute, and even the possible extra time, and even the penalty shootout, have made detailed and detailed arrangements, and will analyze and make arrangements for various situations in the game.
What to do if you score a goal, what to do if you lose a goal.
Scoring or conceding a goal in the first five minutes of the game, or even red and yellow cards, fouls, the pace of the game, etc.
That's a whole stack of information.
There is also the monitoring of the physical condition of the players by the medical team, the physical condition of the players, the muscle fatigue and so on.
This is the most important game, and no amount of meticulous preparation can be overdone.
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This Champions League final is naturally attracting much attention.
CCTV's live broadcast team entered Wembley Stadium two hours before the game, and CCTV sent two teams inside and outside the stadium, one responsible for the game commentary in the stadium, and the other was responsible for the live broadcast of the pre-match atmosphere of the game.
By this time, media from all over the world had gathered at Wembley Stadium, and OB trucks could be seen everywhere around the stadium.
CCTV is just one of them.
"Fellow spectators, I'm in the square at the main entrance of Wembley Stadium! At this time, fans from both sides are pouring in from all directions and gathering here!! ”
A CCTV reporter took the microphone and said loudly.
At this time, many Manchester City fans with sky blue patches on their faces suddenly entered the country, they hugged the reporter, and then sang and danced.
"High!! High!! He is the best coach in the world, he is a Chinese, he is more famous than Bruce Lee, he is our most beloved coach!! ”
The fans improvised the music, and the reporter had no choice but to dance with the group of fans.
In England, Chinese journalists have to be quite careful.
Manchester City fans are very enthusiastic about the Chinese media – sometimes too enthusiastic, as they are now.
And some, unceremoniously...
Fortunately, the two sides in this game did not have any grudges before.
The two teams met for the first time in the Champions League, and the atmosphere between the fans of both sides was friendly before the game.
There were no clashes between fans before the game, and fans from both teams could even be seen taking photos before the game.
Of course, as soon as the game starts, the friendly atmosphere disappears!
Every fan's mood fluctuates with the performance of his team.
Excited..
Depressed...
Be quiet...
Impatient.....
Football touches people's hearts.
At half past six in the evening, the buses of the two teams came to the stadium one after another.
The fans, who had previously seemed close, immediately split into two camps.
Manchester City fans cheered for their team, while Dortmund fans crowded the Dortmund bus.
Gao Bo, who participated in the Champions League final for the second time, was the first to step off the bus.
The flashing lights rang out.
This was followed by Manchester City's players.
Captain Vincent Kompany was the first to burst out of the door, the tall Belgian with headphones on his headphones, his first Champions League final, but no one could tell what the Belgian star was thinking.
Then there's Kaka, and this isn't Kaka's first Champions League final, as he has already won the Champions League at AC Milan.
Champions League winner in 2007!
And this is his third Champions League final!
He's fighting for his second Champions League trophy.
Griezmann got out of the car.
This season, Griezmann has eight goals in the Champions League, less than Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 12 goals, Messi who has scored 11 goals, and Eden Hazard, who has 10 goals, but he also has 11 assists!
If Manchester City can win the Champions League this season, Griezmann will likely become the best player in the Champions League, and his rivals are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as his team-mate Eden Hazard.
Then Eden Hazard, David Silva....... More Manchester City players stepped out of the bus.
Ignoring the microphones sticking out of the aisle, he looked up at the stadium towering in front of him.
The weather was nice...
Gao Bo walked in with a firm pace and walked in through the special locker room passage.
The same goes for the players behind them.
They are determined to march towards the stage of the final battle!