Chapter 644: The final begins
At the moment when Feng Quan hit the line, a familiar system prompt immediately appeared in his mind.
Even if he is surrounded by dozens of reporters from various countries and cannot enter the system to check the "new news", Feng Quan can roughly guess the content of the news.
Because at the next moment when the results of the wind competition were displayed on the big screen in the field, the live broadcaster said in a passionate voice: "Congratulations to China Wind for winning the men's 200-meter championship, and at the same time becoming the world's first 'strongest all-in-one speed king in history' in 100 meters to break 10 seconds, 200 meters to break 20 seconds, and 400 meters to break 44 seconds." ”
Originally, the moment Feng Quan crossed the finish line first, deafening cheers erupted in the Rome Olympic Stadium. At this time, when the more than 80,000 spectators in the stands heard the passionate voice of the live broadcaster, they all stood up from their seats and paid their respects to the wind with the warmest applause.
Seeing that the enthusiastic Italian audience all stood up and applauded him, Feng Quan immediately smiled and said to the reporters around him: "Everyone, I want to be absent for a while, and I will continue to accept your interviews later." ”
With that, Feng Quan jogged along the outermost track and waved to the enthusiastic spectators in the stands.
In addition to thanking the audience for their enthusiastic support, Fengquan let them see the LOGO of "Fengquan brand" worn by them up close, so as to deepen their memories as much as possible.
After completing the work and simply accepting an interview with a group of reporters, Feng Quan finally returned to the VIP lounge specially provided for him by the organizing committee, and then quickly entered the system.
As soon as Feng Quan entered the system, he saw that the familiar interface displayed "Congratulations to the host, becoming the world's first 1 'All-Habitat Speed King', rewarding 5 skill points." ".
Counting the 1 point each for successfully defending the La Liga championship a few days ago and winning the 200m championship in the Diamond League, Feng Quan's total skill points have now reached 28.
As long as he can lead Atletico Madrid to successfully defend the Champions League, then Feng Quan can accumulate enough 30 skill points to upgrade [God's Light] again.
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On the second day of the Diamond League in Rome, Feng Quan took a flight to Berlin, Germany, to meet up with his coaches and teammates to prepare for the Champions League final.
In fact, the main reason why Diego Simeone was able to allow Feng Quan to participate in the Diamond League in Rome at the important moment of preparing for the Champions League final is because the distance between Rome and Berlin is not very far, and it only takes more than two hours to fly.
Of course, absolute confidence in the strength of your team is also one of the very important reasons.
Due to the relationship with Juventus in the group stage, and the good results of 1 win, 1 draw and no conceding 1 goal in the two-legged meeting, Atletico Madrid is full of confidence in defending the Champions League.
At a regular press conference before the game, when a journalist from Italy asked Diego Simeone "how sure is your team defending the title", the Argentine replied without modesty: "We will not give Juventus any chances." ”
Although judging from the overall strength comparison of the two teams, Atletico Madrid's chances of winning are significantly higher. But in the opinion of the Italian journalist, Juventus, which relied on chain defense to grind the "number one" championship favorite Bayern Munich, is by no means a soft persimmon to be manipulated at will.
As a result, the Italian reporter immediately ridiculed him: "I admire Mr. Simeone's self-confidence, but if your team plays malfunctionally and ends up losing the game, your self-confidence will probably become the laughing stock of others, right?" ”
Just when the Italian reporter thought that Simeone was likely to speak ill of him, Simeone said with a smile: "I don't have such worries at all, because my team has a full wind." As long as he stays fit and shows up on the pitch, we have enough quality to beat any opponent. ”
Compared with Atletico Madrid's full of confidence, Juventus, who stumbled all the way to the final, is unusually cautious and low-key.
On the one hand, the overall strength of Juventus is obviously inferior to Atletico Madrid, and on the other hand, because of the 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, even some Juventus players have the psychology of "timidity before fighting".
In fact, if it weren't for Atletico Madrid, who had secured the top spot in the group ahead of schedule, sent a large number of substitutes in the final round away to Juventus, they might even have completed a double against Juventus.
For this reason, the Greek giants Olympiacos, who ranked third in Group A because of the difference of one point, also protested to UEFA at that time that Atletico Madrid's "negative game" caused his team to miss the knockout round of the Champions League, and Atletico Madrid and Juventus should be punished with points deductions.
Although UEFA dismissed Olympiacos' protest on the grounds of "insufficient evidence", in fact, if it were not for Atletico Madrid's "water" behavior, Juventus would not have been able to force a draw.
Without that point, Juventus, who are tied with Olympiacos on nine points, will miss out on the knockout rounds due to the disadvantage of away goals (3-2 at home, 0-1 away).
Because of this, Juventus are unusually cautious and low-key, and they know very well that with both teams playing normally, Atletico Madrid's chances of winning are at least 70%, and their chances of winning without the favor of the gods of fate are very small.
Juventus' cautious low profile doesn't mean they don't want to win.
Just when most people thought that Juventus would sacrifice the same 5-4-1 formation they had beaten Bayern Munich in the final, and then rely on chain defence to drag the game into a penalty shootout, Allegri unexpectedly put out an attacking 4-4-2 formation.
Allegri made such an unexpected choice because he learned the lessons of previous games, and it was impossible to stop Atletico Madrid's attack by relying on stubborn defense.
The risk of opting for an aggressive style of play is easy for Atletico Madrid to use on a quick counter-attack, but when the strength is clearly at a disadvantage, it is only possible to win by surprise.
Of course, Allegri's choice to surprise the win was also a balance between attack and defence.
The four midfielders are all offensive and defensive players, and it is for this reason that Allegri dares to challenge Atletico Madrid, in a vain attempt to destroy the opponent's attacking organization with high-intensity pressing throughout the game, in order to win more time for the backline.
Allegri's "gambling" choice caught Atletico Madrid off guard in the opening stages, but when Diego Simeone gave the team the order to quickly move through the midfield and make more use of the opponent's flanks, Juventus' high-pressing tactics were also sharply effective.
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