After 90 minutes of intense action against Barcelona, Atletico Madrid had no respite and they were on their way to the Champions League group stage.

It's just that this away game is still very difficult to play.

Because their opponent is Turkey's powerhouse Galatasaray.

Galatasaray's home stadium is known as the "home of hell".

One of the most famous things about this stadium is that when the Premier League team Leeds United came here to play the Champions League match against Galatasaray, the Leeds United fans were stabbed to death by the rampaging Galatasaray fans.

Manchester United also visited the stadium in the 1993 Champions League, when a slogan spread around the world: "Welcome to Hell!" ”

For a time, Galatasaray's home stadium, Ali Samyyan, had the nickname "Home of Hell".

The atmosphere in this stadium is very frenetic, and the fans will do everything to put pressure on their opponents.

When United arrived in Istanbul, Galatasaray fans were plastered with slogans and thousands yelling at the bewildered United players and throwing things at them. They also gathered outside the hotel where they were staying to sing and make phone calls in the hotel room, just to prevent the Manchester United players from having a good rest and make the Manchester United players physically and mentally exhausted.

This, combined with the tension they created in the stands, made the United players simply not interested in playing. In the final game, Manchester United and Galatasaray drew 0-0, because Galatasaray drew 3-3 with Manchester United in the previous leg of the away game, so in the end Manchester United were eliminated due to the disadvantage of away goals.

However, at that time, the United players no longer cared whether they made it to the next or not, they only thought about whether they could get out of this terrible hell alive.

Not only the fans, but even the security staff at the stadium are dedicated to the home team.

It was the match between Manchester United and Galatasaray when Eric Cantona was sent off for being rude to the referee. After the game, there was a fierce clash between the Manchester United players, including Mark Hughes, and the Galatasaray players, and in the tunnel, Cantona and the referee team clashed again, causing chaos, in which Cantona was hit in the head with a baton by the Turkish police, while Brian Robson was also bruised by the police's shield and received two stitches on his arm while pulling the rack......

The vast majority of the teams that come here are facing huge psychological pressure and it is difficult for them to play normally.

After all, life safety is more important than winning football.

Of course, not all matches played at Ali Samyan are so intense.

But the stadium did make a name for itself through these two events.

The stabbing of a Leeds United fan is a tragedy wherever it is placed. But Galatasaray's extreme fans took it as a very honorable thing and spread it everywhere, deliberately creating panic. They wish that all the teams that come here to play away games will have no fans to come, no fans to cheer them on, and all these away players can hear during the game is a flood of boos and scolding.

They believe that if they do, they may not have a team that can win at the Ali Samyan Stadium.

But alas, so far, this wish of theirs has not been fulfilled.

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After Atletico Madrid arrived in Galatasaray, they were also "welcomed" by the Galatasaray fans at the airport, and singing and firecrackers could be heard outside the hotel in the middle of the night.

Diego Simeone stood by the window, looking through the cracks in the curtains at the Galatasaray fans on the street, singing and dancing.

Simeone expected Galatasaray fans to do this, but he couldn't stop it, this is someone's home stadium, and everyone from the hotel to the police is probably in league with Galatasaray.

Even if he protested and appealed, it was useless.

In the end, I was exhausted by tossing myself.

So he can only choose to ignore it, and just hope that his players can sleep well tonight......

Despite the closed windows, the sound of music and firecrackers from outside can still be heard, especially the sound of firecrackers, and it is completely unknown when they will go off, as if it only depends on the mood of Galatasaray fans. But because of this, the sound of firecrackers that don't know when the next time will go off is more disturbing, which is a bit like the mentality of the downstairs tenant who has a nervous breakdown not knowing when the second boot will fall after the tenant who returns home in the middle of the night upstairs throws off one boot, so the mentality of not being able to sleep peacefully is the same.

In Gao Zheng's room, there was a burst of snoring.

The sound of firecrackers and singing outside could not interrupt the snoring in this room.

Gao Zheng was completely unaffected in the noisy environment and slept soundly......

However, his roommate Stefan Savage was unlucky, with the snoring of Gao Zheng in his left ear and the singing and firecrackers of Galatasaray fans outside in his right ear.

Savage tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

He stared at the ceiling of the hotel with wide eyes, and was a little glad that he was a substitute in this game, otherwise with his sleep quality, how could he ensure the state of the game at that time?

Savage turned over and glanced at Gao Zheng, admiring Gao Zheng for being able to fall asleep under such circumstances.

In Gao Zheng's ears, an earbud came out, and the sound of music came out faintly. It's just that under the cover of his snoring and the noise outside, Savage was not heard......

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When Gao Zheng and his teammates warmed up at the Ali Samyan Stadium the next day, the stands were already full of Galatasaray fans.

Generally speaking, when the team starts to warm up, the fans tend to start entering.

But Galatasaray's home stadium is certainly not the same as the regular stadiums outside, so when the Atletico Madrid players came to warm up on the pitch, the stands were completely full.

The Galatasaray fans hung their banners in the stands, several large flags had been erected, and giant TIFOs were being put together, while the Galatasaray fans were singing as if their voices were made of machines, completely tireless.

Red and yellow flares were lit in the stands, and the smoke emitted was the colour of Galatasaray's home jersey. At first glance, it looks like the stands of the Ali Samyan Stadium are on fire.

However, the effect of this "flame" is really similar to the scene of a hell full of lava.

The tremendous momentum they created hit everyone's ears and eyes.

It may also hit their hearts......

Gao Zheng found that his roommate Savic's face was a little ugly when he was warming up, so he took the initiative to go up and comfort the other party: "Don't worry, Stefan." Don't look at the cheers of these home fans, but in fact, there is nothing to be afraid of, they are just a bunch of paper tigers. Do you know what paper tiger means? It's just a kind of goods, and it's useless! Ha ha! ”

Gao Zheng said this, which immediately attracted the attention of other teammates to Savic, and they all cast their eyes.

Mistakenly thought that he was frightened by the Devil's home field, Savage hurriedly defended himself: "Uh, Gao, you misunderstood...... I don't have a good face because I didn't sleep well yesterday......"

Hearing that Savic didn't sleep well, some of his teammates expressed understanding: "Indeed, yesterday the group of Galatasaray fans almost made an all-night fuss outside the hotel......

Savage waved his hand: "No, in fact, the main reason why I can't sleep well is ......"

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's a high snoring ......."

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then turned their eyes to Gao Zheng.

In front of everyone's eyes, Gao Zheng frowned: "Nonsense, I don't snore when I sleep!" ”

But immediately some people who had lived in the same room with Gao Zheng jumped out, such as Griezmann, who raised his hand and said: "I testify that Gao snores really loudly!" ”

After Savage found his comrade-in-arms, he immediately nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" I'll just say it! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Gao Zheng argued for himself.

But more people stood up to testify against Gao Zheng.

The other teammates burst out laughing.

Gao Zheng has always been treated as a core figure in the team, and he is beautiful on the court, so it is really a happy thing to see him deflated at this time......

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Simeone and assistant coach Boggs were watching the players warm up on the sidelines of the training pitch, and they naturally felt the huge noise created by the home fans.

"Honestly, the Turks are good at ......it," assistant coach Boggs said, looking worriedly at Galatasaray fans in the stands. For the first win in the Champions League, they did their best. But it's right to think about it, it's their home stadium after all, and if they want to fight for the right to qualify from the group, it will be nice if we can win at home......

"If it was just the right to qualify from the group, I don't think they would be so serious in this game. I'm afraid it's going to be the first place in the group with us. Simeone said.

Before the words fell, a burst of laughter came from among the Atletico Madrid players who were warming up.

Simeone and Boggs looked over curiously, and found that the Atletico Madrid players who were scrambling for the circle were smiling happily, and their faces were full of bright smiles, which seemed to be a little out of place in this tense hellish home atmosphere......