The team had a little acclimatisation and set-piece drills in the afternoon. The morale of the players was high and there was a hint of tension spreading.

Inter Milan last reached a Champions League final more than 30 years ago, and their last time was in the 1971/72 season, before the Champions League was restructured.

None of the current squad have ever played in a Champions League final. This lack of experience can be fatal when it comes to the field.

Of course, in this regard, Liverpool is actually similar.

Maybe they're nervous on the training ground, too.

After training, the players returned to the hotel and Mancini did not allow everyone to go out and wander around to avoid accidents.

Some people were playing games in the room, some people were chatting, Ronaldo found a few people to play poker, and Ricardo played table tennis with Adriano, Zemaria and a few Italian players.

There was no suspense about the outcome and Ricardo was rightfully the highest level of table tennis on the team.

After Adriano was beaten 21:3, he threw a racket and sighed: "I almost forgot, you are half Chinese, so you shouldn't be asked to play table tennis." In this world, when it comes to table tennis, no one is the opponent of the Chinese. ”

"Do you want to continue?" Ricardo asked with a grin.

"I'm not coming, it's too frustrating to play with you, it will affect the state of the game at night," Adriano laughed arrogantly, "I'm not like someone, I'm going to start." ”

He was too familiar with Ricardo to make such jokes.

Ricardo didn't care, but there was someone lying next to him, Vieri looked depressed, and Zemaria looked a little gloomy.

Who wouldn't want to play in a Champions League final? For most players, reaching the Champions League final is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and if you can only be a spectator, and even more frustrating is not even in the squad like Vieri, then the feeling in the bottom of your heart is too complicated.

Adriano didn't realize that he had said the wrong thing, nor did he notice the deterioration of the faces of several players around him, although he was born in 1982, he was already 23 years old, but he was actually an immature big boy, and his emotional intelligence was not even comparable to that of Ricardo.

After a dinner of high-energy food, the team set off for the Ataturk Olympic Stadium.

Fans also started to enter early, and by the time the players from both sides began to warm up, a large number of fans from both sides had already poured in.

According to official statistics, the summit game attracted 80,000 fans, including about 12,000 Inter Milan fans from Italy, a little more Liverpool fans, and some scattered fans from other countries, and the rest were Turkish fans.

When the team warmed up, the fans on both sides had already begun to sing each other's team songs, trying to overwhelm each other. Inter Milan fans sang "Pazza Inter" and Liverpool fans sang their famous "You'll never alk alone". The singing is intertwined, but it is as distinct as the two teams of players warming up on the field.

Ricardo has no special feelings for this Liverpool player, except for the more respect for Gerrard, he has a general impression of the rest of the players. This Liverpool team lacks a superstar and doesn't even have a player to whom he wants to exchange shirts.

He liked Owen very much, but unfortunately Owen had already gone to Real Madrid.

Ronaldo is quite popular, as the first person in today's football, he has no shortage of fans wherever he goes, Cisse and Baros have found opportunities to talk to him and express their admiration for him, and Gerrard has also come to talk to him.

Inter Milan's coaching staff has just won the Liverpool squad. Liverpool's starting midfielders were exactly as they had anticipated, with the lone striker opting for the stronger and more technical Barosh instead of Cisse, who had performed well in the league, and Colwill for the hidden striker.

This is a bit unexpected. After all, Colwill only played seven games in the whole of 2005 and has been plagued by injuries, and the Inter Milan coaching staff thought in advance that he would not start.

Colwill has good skills and speed, and Smitchell, another player in this position, are two different types of players, and Mancini rushed to think of a countermeasure to give new instructions to the players in the dressing room.

Colwill should not be underestimated because he has had too many injuries and is not in good form this season, and once he explodes, the damage caused is staggering. He made 182 appearances and scored 46 goals during his time at Leeds United, and as a player closer to midfield, he was no less efficient in scoring goals.

Inter Milan made an unsuccessful bid for him in 2000 for 25 million euros, and his form has since declined. With Leeds United in a financial crisis and selling off players, he came to Liverpool.

This is definitely a player to focus on.

As for Baros up front, Mancini doesn't pay much attention to him, and 10 Baros are not as threatening as one Ronaldo.

Liverpool's squad needs to focus on Gerrard and Xavi. Alonso.

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool's core, spiritual leader, important scoring point, engine in midfield. His importance, his role in the team, needless to mention.

Harvey. Marcos Alonso is Liverpool's midfield commander and metronome, and he shines under Spanish coach Rafael Benitez and is one of Liverpool's most indispensable players.

He, along with Steven Gerrard, are the only two world-class Liverpool players at the moment.

As for the other players, they are all players with obvious advantages and disadvantages, most of them are at the middle and lower levels of the continental level, and there is a lot of gap between them and Inter Milan's lineup in terms of "star flavor".

Liverpool's 442 today is likely to be in a parallel position. Alonso and Steven Gerrard combined to occupy the midfield, with Reese on the left and Luis on the right. Garcia.

Reese is the quintessential balanced wing-back, perhaps more suited to the left-back position, with his long-range shots and free-kicks being important attacking weapons for Liverpool.

And Louis. Garcia is a skilled Spanish winger with a slightly weaker defensive ability, attacking power and a knack for cutting inside. If he had come out in an era when he preferred to use an in-cut winger, he might have shone even brighter. He scored brilliant goals against Juventus and Chelsea and was a player that Inter could not ignore.

Not to mention Liverpool's backline, where the strengths and weaknesses are equally clear. Against strikers like Ronaldo and Adriano, it's impossible for them not to concede goals, the question is how many they will concede.

After the warm-up, the two sides returned to the locker room.

The Inter players listened quietly to Mancini's adjustments.

Eventually, Mancini stopped explaining, paused, and suddenly waved his hand and raised his voice: "Gentlemen, you have always longed to stand here, and now you are standing here. You've put in a lot to get here, and I'm so proud of you. ”

"I know you're all hungry for that trophy. And that's the closest we've come to that trophy. I don't know if I will have such a good opportunity in the future. ”

"So, go and do your best, and don't let your career be left with regrets."

"'Winning the Champions League' and 'lifting the Champions League trophy' are completely different concepts."

"So, let me fight bravely, step on the corpse of the Liverpudlian, and climb high on the podium!"