The Mandarin Oriental Hotel is only 12 kilometers from the Allianz Arena, and if the road is smooth, it only takes 15 minutes.

This was originally the most ideal hotel in Chelsea's plan, although it was a little more expensive, but after the semi-finals, when Chelsea wanted to book the Oriental Mandarin Hotel, they were informed by the hotel that the hotel had been booked.

Although the hotel keeps it secret, the answer is not difficult to guess, because there is only one possibility that can be purchased at the Wenhua Hotel in one go, and that is Real Madrid.

The defeat in the battle for the hotel forced Chelsea to choose a slightly farther hotel, and there was no problem, but the defeat before the final still made Chelsea feel a little unconvinced.

Before the final, Di Matteo took the team from the hotel on time, got on the bus, and slowly walked north to the Allianz Arena along the northbound municipal road, under the attention of fans on both sides of the road.

There was silence inside the bus, and the Chelsea players were either closing their eyes or looking out the window silently, and there was a clear look of solemnity on each of their faces, obviously they were not sure enough about the upcoming Champions League final, because the opponent was Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, who has Yang Yang, the first person in world football!

Facing Real Madrid, the Chelsea manager's mood is the same as the 20-degree temperature in Munich at this moment.

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For the upcoming final, Di Matteo has also done enough preparations, even more carefully than in any previous game, he has repeatedly scrutinized and studied Real Madrid's tactics and Ancelotti's formation.

He and the coaching staff have a plan for any situation that may arise in the game, such as how to play at the beginning of the game, how to play when the situation is behind, how to play when the situation is behind, how to play one goal behind, or even how to play two goals behind, he is ready, and he even has the order of the penalty shootout.

This is a situation that he thinks is very likely, with the two sides going to a 120-0 draw before going to a penalty shoot-out, in what order Chelsea will take the penalty and he has also asked the goalkeeper coach to study the opponent's penalty in the last two days, and he has asked the players to study the video highlights of Casillas' penalty save.

Even, in order to boost the morale of the team, he also specially asked people to record a short video of the players' families encouraging the team, planning to play it in the locker room later, to stimulate the starters and make them more morale.

Chelsea's starting line-up is well known, and any words of encouragement are hard to do anymore for this group of veterans, who are no longer young, no longer impulsive, no longer driven, and Di Matteo is not the kind of manager who is good at mobilizing the emotions of his players, so he has found a different way to let the players' families do the talking.

Tonight, the family members of the players will also sit in the stands, which is undoubtedly the best spur and encouragement for the players.

In terms of the team's line-up, Di Matteo also made targeted arrangements, which is a conclusion he came to after studying the Real Madrid games in the past year, and he believes that he can find a breakthrough in it, so he is in danger.

Can it be successful?

We'll have to wait for the competition to tell.

However, Di Matteo asked himself if he had done everything he could.

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In the last training session before the game, the atmosphere of both teams was relatively harmonious.

There are many players in the Chelsea team who are old friends with Real Madrid players, such as Yang Yang and Drogba, Torres, Frank Lampard, Cech and others are old acquaintances, and Juan Mata is from the Real Madrid academy.

Speaking of which, it was another regrettable youth legacy, as Calderón's stupidity led to turmoil in Real Madrid's academy and Juan Mata moved to Valencia and became famous.

The players from both sides exchanged a few polite words when they met, and each returned to half-time training and then returned to the locker room.

Less than an hour before the game, both sides officially submitted their starting lists.

It was only at this time that the Real Madrid coaching staff learned about Chelsea's starting line-up, and Di Matteo really made a surprise.

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'The goalkeeper is Cech, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Bosingwa at the back, Mikel and Frank Lampard in midfield, Bertrand, Juan Mata and Kalou up front, and Didier Drogba up front.

When the Real Madrid coaching staff got the opponent's starting list, many people were taken aback.

John Terry's injury is well known, David Luiz and Gary Cahill's centre-back combination is no weak, and Mikel Mikel and Frank Lampard's two-man midfield combination is also excellent, and Essien struggles to secure a place in the main force.

Juan Mata has been one of Chelsea's standout performers this season, and with the addition of Didier Drogba and Kalou, it's fair to say that none of these players have started as a surprise, with Bertrand on the left flank.

Ryan Bertrand, born in August 1989 and now only 23 years old, moved to Chelsea from Gillingham in '05 before spending time on loan at Bournemouth, Oldham and Norwich in the second and third tiers of England, where he excelled at left wing-back.

He is 1.79 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is fast, and has a diligent style on the field.

The player, who played with the development squad last season and made just one appearance for Chelsea, did well when Carlo Ancelotti gave him 33 minutes as a substitute in the home game against Birmingham.

Entering the first team this season, during the coaching period of Boas, he only played a mere thirteen minutes, and did not get any trust at all, until Di Matteo took over, he was quickly promoted to the squad, and even supported as the main team in the last few rounds, and the performance has always been decent, but the data looks average.

All in all, this is a young player who seems to have little advantage other than speed and hard work, and more importantly, apart from seven consecutive starts in the second half of the schedule, Bertrand have not played even a single minute in the Champions League so far.

But it is not unusual for such a player to be placed in the starting line-up by Di Matteo in such an important Champions League final, replacing a European star like Malouda.

The moment he picked up the Chelsea starting line-up, Carlo Ancelotti's brow tightened.

He realised that this would be a killer move that Di Matteo had carefully prepared for Real Madrid, and he vaguely guessed that Bertrand should be targeting McConn, because the Brazilian's form has dropped a lot in the past year, especially after inserting the attack, it is difficult to go straight up and down like in his first season with Real Madrid.

Of course, McCone himself is somewhat slack, because what he wants most to join Real Madrid is the Champions League, and he has achieved his wish and reached the peak of his career, which makes him relieved and at the same time, there will inevitably be a decline in form.

Carlo Ancelotti knew Bertrand and he could guess what Di Matteo was thinking, but he was still worried.

This is not a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy.

'Having a left wing-back play as a winger is obviously both defending and counter-attacking at the same time, and Malouda is old and lacks speed, so replacing Malouda with Bertrand is also a big change that Di Matteo has made since he took over. Zidane also frowned and analyzed.

Carlo Ancelotti nodded, "Let McCone pay attention, we'd rather have a bit of focus in attack than let Chelsea take advantage of it, especially on our right flank." ”

When it comes to the Champions League final, it doesn't matter what style it is, tradition or whatever, the only idea is to win.

Everything has to wait until you win first, and if you can't win, everything is in vain.

Of course, in the face of Chelsea, Real Madrid still has to pass and possess the ball.

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Chelsea wore the blue shirt and kicked off first.

Didier Drogba and Juan Mata stood in the centre circle ready to kick off, while Yang Yang stood on the left side of the circle, arranging his pants.

He will face Portugal's right-back Bosingwa and Chelsea captain Frank Lampard.

When he played for Liverpool, Frank Lampard was one of the Premier League's leading attacking midfielders, but now he has transitioned into a central midfielder, but it doesn't matter.

With a whistle from Portuguese referee Pedro, Chelsea kicked off quickly and played the ball back to Mikel as soon as possible.

Real Madrid rushed forward quickly and put pressure on Chelsea.

Yang Yang sprints straight towards the halfway between Bosingwa and Frank Lampard, while also watching the ball and will be the first to put pressure on opponents in his range once the ball passes.

This time, however, Chelsea opted to play a long ball straight from the back to find Drogba, only to be denied the ball by Pepe and Mascherano to pass quickly to Xavi Alonso.

Real Madrid controlled the ball.

Yang Yang sprinted about 20 meters in the front court, and after seeing his own side controlling the ball, he immediately slowed down and walked slowly in the front court.

At Ajax, his coaches have been telling him that it is not difficult to run on the pitch, but it is difficult to slow down, which is a kind of wisdom.

It's like Essien sitting on the bench, when he was young, he just ran at the expense of physical strength, but no one would think that he was the real world's top midfielder, and when he became more experienced and tactically improved, he began to play smarter, and even transformed into a playmaker for a while, which is even more convincing.

On the football field, how to slow down is the ability.

That's true for the players, it's true for the team.

As soon as Xavi Alonso got the ball under control, Real Madrid immediately slowed down the tempo as the team had missed the perfect opportunity to play on the counter-attack.

Chelsea invested very little in the opening game, even with only Didier Drogba and Kalou, and it was clear that they were not planning to open the game with a rush of attack, but were all about defending.

This made the Real Madrid players on the pitch and Carlo Ancelotti and others on the sidelines feel a headache.

From Claudio Ranieri to Jose Mourinho to Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti, Villas-Boas and now Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea's defence has always been among the best in Europe.

Who doesn't have a headache in the face of such a team?