Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (also translated as Millennium Stadium) was built in 1999 by the Welsh Rugby Union to host the Rugby World Cup that year. At a cost of £126 million and a capacity of 74,500 spectators, it is the second sports stadium in Europe and the largest in the world with a closing.

It is the home of Championship side Cardiff City, but due to the team's lack of quality, it has not been able to make a name for itself in Europe. The main reason for the stadium's fame is that it took over the task of hosting the Community Shield, English League Cup and FA Cup finals during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium, resulting in the famous 'South Dressing Room Curse'.

According to statistics, before the summer of 2002, there were two FA Cup finals, two League Cup finals, six play-off finals, two LDV Cup finals and one Charity Shield final. All but one of the 13 games in the second division play-off final were won by the team that used the North dressing room, and the curse came in. Originally, the stadium's locker room was originally allocated according to the geographical location of the team's city, but after this obviously superstitious statement was verified by the results of the game again and again, some teams located in the south were reluctant to use the ominous south dressing room, and then changed to a lottery to determine the use of the dressing room.

The winners of the subsequent finals are also more north and south less, so Real Madrid, which is considered to be the away team because of the draw procedure, has to accept a test of magic in today's final, and I don't know what fate will end up giving them.

Although it has passed the peak period of fans entering the stadium, there are still many people on the street holding up the notice asking for tickets, hoping to get the right to watch the game at the last moment, but unfortunately almost no one will choose to sell the tickets that are hard to get at this time, and those who do not have tickets can only enjoy this visual feast through the live broadcast signal.

The closer the location is to the stadium, the more you can feel the enthusiasm and excitement of the British fans, and some men even show their support shirtless, with oil paint painted on their upper bodies and faces. Since Real Madrid star Bale was born in Cardiff City, he has become the focus of local fans in this game, and there is a flag or promotional map printed with Welsh wingers every ten meters or so, which also makes Zizou's team feel the treatment of the home stadium and occupy an innate advantage in people.

From a local fan who made his way to the stadium with a radio, it was clear that the British commentator was giving some basic information about the two sides. Today is the 15th time that Galacticos have reached the final of the Champions League, and they have won a staggering 11 of their first 14 games, with a winning rate of 78.5%, making them a veritable Champions League king. Their opponents, Juventus, have won just two of their previous eight Champions League finals, with a 25 per cent win rate making them the unluckiest of Europe's traditional powerhouses.

The last time the two sides met in the final was in Amsterdam in 1998, and it was a goal from Mijatovic who won the Big Ear Cup, their seventh Champions League trophy in their history, after a 32-year absence. The Old Lady ended the golden era of reaching the final for three consecutive years (one title and two runners-up), and since then fell into a slump, until 2003, when they reached the end of the Champions League again, but unfortunately lost to AC Milan on penalties.

Since that year's final, the situation between the two sides in European competition has been very different, with the Spanish giants starting two golden periods and winning their 11th Champions League title last year. The Bianconeri, on the other hand, stumbled all the way until the year before last to reach the semi-finals again and reach the final. Unfortunately, against the mighty Barcelona, they were powerless to fight back, and for the sixth time in the team's history, they tasted the bitterness of being runners-up.

However, the six-time Serie A champions have been in super hot form this season, and after winning two domestic competitions in succession, they have set their sights on a treble. The team is not plagued by injuries at present, and the main team has been rested early in the league because of the early championship, which looks like it is inevitable.

On the other hand, Real Madrid was upset in the Copa del Rey, and the league championship was won in the last round, and it is difficult to say what the physical condition of the players is. Bale also left the field injured in the second leg of the national derby and is currently in the final stages of recovery, and it is doubtful that he will be able to play in the field. In the Champions League final held in his hometown, the strong desire of the great sage to fight is conceivable, assuming that Zizu starts Bale, who has not recovered 100%, will it weaken the strength of his side? However, if he is not allowed to play, it is very unclear how to deal with the huge pressure brought by the Cardiff fans in the stadium.

Judging from the odds given by the bookmaker, it is still optimistic that the two sides are evenly matched, and the three numbers that are not much different indicate that this will be a very difficult game, and no one can easily crush the opponent and get the ultimate glory.

With the exception of the '98 rivalry, the two teams have met five times in European competition, with the exception of the 2013-14 group stage, when Real Madrid won one and drew one of the two legs. In the three knockout rounds, the Bianconeri maintained the momentum of all the promotions, which is quite a bit of Real Madrid's bitter master.

The last time the two sides met was in May 2015, in the semi-finals, the Old Lady won 2-1 at home and 1-1 away, with a hard-fought 3-2 aggregate victory. At that time, Real Madrid's team was not much different from today, while Juventus still had Pogba and Morata, but the backline combination was basically formed. It was with the best defense in the world and the defection of Real Madrid's veteran Alvaro Morata that the Italian hegemon was able to win a strong opponent and successfully advance. Today's starting list has been announced, Real Madrid is almost still the Real Madrid of the year, and Juve's squad has changed a lot, I don't know how the final result will change.

When he first entered the stadium area, Li Mudi was still caught by the British media reporters who were conducting interviews outside, and when faced with the question of predicting the final victory or defeat, he smiled slightly and responded: "I am a coach from Valdebebas, and the current team is Torino, who do you say I will support?" Real Madrid must win! Then he took his girlfriend and walked towards the guard line of the ticket gate without looking back, and the whole process was clean and neat, and he looked cool.

The reporter who left a confused face did not mention it, and the two of them quickly stepped into the queue outside a ticket gate, and there were only about thirty or forty people in front of them, and they should be able to enter the venue soon. At this point, I could vaguely hear the music coming from inside the stadium, but I didn't know if it was on the radio or if the performers had already appeared. During the queue forward, Li Mudi was recognized by the Real Madrid fans around him, and they were very excited to take out their mobile phones to take a photo with the "own family" who broke out some fame outside, and the Torino coach naturally refused to come with a smile on his face.

As the queue moved forward, listening to these Real Madrid supporters predicting today's score and the situation on the field, everyone clearly thought that the game could be tough, but the final victory would definitely belong to the Galaxy Battleship. In this way, in less than ten minutes, Li Mudi and Lin Yuner went directly to find a seat after checking the tickets. But when the two of them had just found Zone D where the tickets were located through the bulletin board and were about to go straight to their destination, they were confronted by a fat white Westerner. The other party walked up to the Turin coach and greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Coach Li, it's a pleasure to meet you here." ”

Li Mudi is not a face blind patient, but his ability to remember the faces of strangers is indeed slightly inferior to ordinary people, and many people who have met once or twice will not remember who the other party is when they meet again. However, although it was the first time they met, the one in front of him had already left a deep impression on him, because it was one of several big players in the football circle that Ginés asked the Torino coach to keep in mind. The most famous, or perhaps most notorious, agent in Italian football, Mino Raiola, is this small, fat, seemingly honest, but actually cunning and black-hearted guy.

Raiola was born in the Campania region of southern Italy and moved to the Netherlands with his parents when he was one year old. His father first accumulated some money by repairing cars, then invested in a pizza shop, and slowly became wealthy. But no one could have imagined at the time that the young man who grew up serving dishes in a cake shop would become one of the top agents in football in the future, and become one of the most successful and wealthy people in that circle by encouraging players to raise their salaries and transfers.

Lack of talent as a teenager and injuries shattered Raiola's dreams of becoming a star in his own right, but his ingenuity and keen ability to seize opportunities allowed him to successfully transform into a brilliant agent in his early 20s. He first recommended some local players to the Italian team through his connections in the Netherlands, Bergkamp and then Van Bommel both left the Netherlands to join the European giants under his operation, and then signed the Czech king Nedved through Zeman's relationship, and since then his tentacles have not been limited to the Netherlands and Italy, and have become a world-class agent in the true sense.

So far, there have been many top superstars among his clients, including Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Verratti and Mkhitaryan, who have the quality to win the Champions League if they can form a team. And these names also prove how good Raiola's vision is, if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't brought all the superstars under his command, Li Mudi would have thought that this guy also had a plug-in.

However, the most trusted agent in the eyes of the players has become a demon crawling out of hell at the club's top brass, and Ibrahimovic's nickname "Bongxian" was created by the two of them. In the summer of 2004, in order to force his parent club Ajax to release him, Raiola instigated the Swedish Shenta to openly boycott the training, and also tore X with his teammates, and finally joined Juventus. Two years later, when the phonegate incident broke out, Raiola, who had a grudge against Moggi because of his request for a salary increase, resolutely took Ibrahimovic to Inter, so that the old woman did not receive reasonable transfer funds.

The Nerazzurri, who beat their rivals and got the strongest centre-forward in Italian football at the time, didn't have much fun for long, and during the Swede's three years at Meazza, Raiola's toughness forced Inter to raise the player's salary for two years in a row, creating a joke about the highest salary in the world. You must know that Messi, Ronaldo and Kaka, who were obviously higher in strength and status at that time, did not earn so much money, which showed the superb skill of the agent predator, and also became the fuse for the overall soaring salary of players in the future.

When Raiola pressed Moratti to raise Ibrahimovic's salary in the summer of 2009, the Inter hierarchy finally got it up and agreed to Barca's trade request. Not only did they receive a whopping €45 million transfer fee, but they also acquired Samuel Eto'o, who is also the world's top goalscorer, but they made the best deal in the club's history, laying a solid foundation for the first treble in Italian football history a year later.

On the other hand, Ibrahimovic, who joined Barcelona, only stayed at Camp Nou for a year before being swept away because of his failure to compete for power with Messi. After that, although he also played for AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, he never lived up to people's expectations of him, and he was always far from the two of Melo, and failed to become one of the best players in the world.

Focusing on financial interests and ignoring the athletic glory and even the players' own planning is a common problem among Raiola's players. Balotelli and Robinho and others were quite decent when they signed other agents, but once they were included in the big guy's command, they became extremely miserable and have always been in a state of displacement. The former first defected to his parent club's arch-rivals, then lost himself in England and had to go to Ligue 1 to make a living this season. The latter is a typical injury Zhongyong who started high and went low, from Real Madrid to Manchester City, and then to AC Milan, and finally fell to the point where he couldn't play in Yangcheng Evergrande, which made the name of Pele's successor a laughing stock.

So such an agent, who has always stood on the opposite side of the club and the head coach, suddenly appeared in front of him, although he was smiling, but it still made Li Mudi feel very dangerous. His heart began to beat faster and faster, and he responded, "Hello, Mr. Raiola." While guessing in his head whether the other party's appearance was a coincidence or intentional. If it is the latter, how do you deal with it, so that you will not offend him, nor fall into the trap of the other party and cause trouble for yourself.