Chelsea's Cobham training base is located in the southern suburbs of London, 30 kilometres from the city, and it takes more than half an hour to make a round trip.

Due to the distance, Real Madrid basically departs every morning, returns to the hotel in the evening, and rests at Cobham at noon, and the ingredients for the daily meal are flown directly from Madrid to London, where they are prepared by Real Madrid's team chefs.

Cobham spent a lot of money on 130 acres, 15 football training grounds, and an indoor football field that could be used for training in winter, but none of them were used by Real Madrid.

The first-team training centre is functional, the facilities are very advanced, and the management personnel are among the best in Europe, but Real Madrid has felt the commitment of Roman Abramovich from top to bottom, and it is said that when he joined the Blues in '03, Chelsea was still training at a dilapidated training ground next to Heathrow Airport, and he had to endure the noise of planes taking off and landing every day.

Due to the early arrival in London, the Real Madrid coaching staff had to change their training plans for Wednesday and Thursday, and although they were both held behind closed doors at Cobham, the team tried to avoid leaking information and the team's tactical style in advance.

The outside world has also been speculating about what tactics Real Madrid will adopt in this final.

Is it a more secure three-back waist? Or a double back that is both offensive and defensive?

Not only is the outside world chasing all kinds of clues and speculating about Benitez's tactics, but even Real Madrid is also speculating internally, but Benitez never mentions it, and the training arranged does not let people see the slightest clue.

In the past two days, Real Madrid has basically been in the hotel and Cobham, while the Premier League's training base is generally in a relatively remote town, and it has not been affected by the fans who have come to London one after another.

It is estimated that many Chelsea fans may not be able to find Cobham themselves.

On the afternoon before the Champions League final, Real Madrid arrived at Wembley Stadium as usual.

It was a routine before the final, with both teams training at Wembley Stadium and a large number of media reporters and fans, followed by interviews with the media.

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When Casillas walked into the stadium with the Real Madrid players, there were cheers from the stands.

More than 1,000 fans and hundreds of media reporters from all over the world welcomed Real Madrid's arrival in the stands, especially Yang Yang, and even many Liverpool fans made a special trip to help him go south.

"Does it feel familiar?" Xavi Alonso asked with a smile.

The two of them were Liverpool team-mates and worked together in the Premier League for three years, so they have a deep understanding of the football culture and will always have a special nostalgia for the fans.

"Of course." Yang Yang smiled and nodded, "They are the best fans I have seen so far." ”

The Premier League, especially Liverpool fans, is definitely the most fanatical in the world.

Although he has been away for two years, it can be seen that so many people still make a special trip from Liverpool to London for Yang Yang.

Xavi Alonso also kept nodding, "Sometimes I also think that maybe in the future, when I get old, I will choose to return to the Premier League. ”

Yang Yang laughed when he heard this, and patted him on the shoulder hard, "You are only a few years old, and you talk about yourself as if you are about to retire." ”

"Twenty-nine, thirty next season." Xavi Alonso reminded.

He didn't say it, Yang Yang really didn't notice.

When he met Xavi Alonso in Liverpool, Yang Yang knew that the two were born exactly one month apart.

Yang Yang is October 25 and Xavi Alonso is November 25.

By the time Xavi Alonso was thirty years old, Yang Yang would be twenty-five.

Time is like a white horse passing by, fleeting.

"It won't be too long, maybe two years, maybe three years, it's about the same." Xavi Alonso himself is very open-minded.

Real Madrid is the most demanding team in the world, Xavi Alonso, as the core of Real Madrid, he knows very well that once he gets old to a certain extent, it will inevitably fall into a very embarrassing situation, and the most decent way is to leave the team like Raul and play for a team that can continue to play.

Yang Yang's heart sank when he heard this, Xavi Alonso is about to run three, so Ibrahimovic, Kaka and McCone are also running three, and he can still play with this group of old friends for a few more years?

Thirty years old is a hurdle for all professional footballers.

Premier League Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has always adhered to the principle that players over the age of 30 are signed once a year.

This is not unreasonable, because after the age of 30, the injuries of players will increase, their form will decline, and as for how long they can maintain their competitiveness, it depends on the players themselves, and it varies from person to person.

Van der Sar remained until he was forty years old.

Yang Yang is not the kind of person who is sad and sad, the reason why he thinks so much is because he realizes that in the next period of time, he will have less and less time to play football with his friends, and he should cherish such opportunities even more.

Especially with a Champions League final like this year's, it's a godsend.

You can't afford to lose no matter what!

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Training at Wembley Stadium is open to the public, and all fans and media reporters have seen Real Madrid's training program.

Of course, this is also deliberately made by the Real Madrid coaching staff to show the outside world.

The competition actually started very early, but many people didn't realize it yet.

The media was interested in Real Madrid's training as Benitez arranged penalties and shots.

Needless to say, shooting training is an offensive training, mainly to improve scoring efficiency, but the penalty training is obviously preparing for the penalty shootout after 120 minutes of play.

There is a clear contradiction between the two trainings.

After training, Benitez went to attend a pre-match press conference according to UEFA's arrangement, and Yang Yang was also arranged to be interviewed by media reporters.

Regarding the two trainings arranged by the coaching staff, Yang Yang smiled and said that he did not understand the intention.

"I think that's a normal thing." Yang Yang coped ambiguously, "We are equal to Barcelona, no one knows what the final result of the game will be, and any possibility will exist, so arranging shooting and penalty training is also part of the team's pre-match preparation." ”

Yang Yang's answer can be described as watertight.

Regarding the state of the team, Yang Yang said that it is very good.

'For sure, at the end of the season we will definitely be tired, but at the end of the season we have started to adjust and rest and we are confident that we can give our best in the Champions League final.

For Barcelona, Yang admits that this is a respectable opponent, "but there can only be one winner in the Champions League final, and that will only be Real Madrid, and we are confident that we can do that, because in the last two years, we have beaten Barcelona five times in a row, and in my career, I have never lost to Barcelona." ”

The confidence in Yang Yang's tone was unreservedly conveyed to the media reporters at the scene, and several Catalan media took the initiative to respond, saying that the past record could not be used as a reference standard for the Champions League final, which was also recognized by Yang Yang.

"But at least we have the upper hand on a psychological level, don't we?" Yang Yang asked with a smile.

Yang Yang also said that the two teams have played three games so far this season, and are about to play a fourth, and they know each other very well, and there are no secrets to tell, so the key is to see who can play better in the final.

As for the team's tactics, Yang Yang believes that after the run-in of the past two seasons, Real Madrid's overall strength is enough to face Barcelona head-on, so he believes that the team should adopt a more proactive style of play, but in the end he added that no matter what coach Benitez chooses, he supports it unconditionally.

The three backs tend to be conservative, which is a well-known thing.

Barcelona's passing and possession penetration makes Real Madrid very passive, the two backs are balanced in attack and defense, but there is a risk, the three backs tend to be conservative, but they are more secure, Barcelona has always been dissatisfied with Real Madrid, just because of the three backs.

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The whole interview lasted an hour, and Yang Yang was very cooperative and very patient in answering all the questions, including several media outlets from China, and Yang Yang was even more patient.

However, he seems to have said a lot, but in fact they are all high-sounding polite words, and there is no really valuable dry goods, but in the end, Yang Yang confidently said that Real Madrid will beat Barcelona in the final, and he also said that he will score in the final.

"In the Champions League scorer list, I'm still one goal behind Messi." Yang Yang reminded with a smile.

After winning the La Liga championship from Barcelona, Yang Yang has been chasing Messi, and he wants to suppress Messi on all fronts, not only for himself, but also for Real Madrid.

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The time has entered May 29, the day of the Champions League final.

More than 100,000 fans from all over the world gathered in London, but only 86,000 were able to walk into Wembley Stadium.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and UEFA each received 25,000 copies, and the remaining 11,000 were sold to the public, but this was far from enough to satisfy the needs of avid fans.

This is the most expensive and star-studded game in the history of world football, representing the highest level of world football at the time.

Tickets were sold out as early as the Champions League final was announced, and by the morning of the final, tickets for the final on the black market cost nearly £10,000, the highest price ever paid for a Champions League final, and it was still hard to find.

Enthusiastic Real Madrid and Barcelona fans traveled from all over the world to London and finally gathered at Wembley Stadium in the western suburbs of London.

They are all participating in an annual tournament that could make European football history, because if Real Madrid beat Barcelona, it would be the first team in 21 years to successfully defend the Champions League, and that Real Madrid will go down in history.

At the same time, more than a billion people around the world are watching this event.

Is Barcelona the best? Or will Real Madrid make history?