On the day of the match, the whole Lille team took a bus to the Van den Stock Stadium.

Having already stepped on the pitch yesterday, Reeves followed his team-mates to the door of the visiting dressing room with his bag on his back.

Pushing open the door, the inside of the house, like all the away team locker rooms, is simple and cramped, the metal locker is dilapidated, there are even rusty holes on it, the bathroom is like a public toilet on the side of the road, some don't even have a door, just a curtain to cover it.

It's no surprise that the visiting dressing rooms of all teams tend to be in poor condition, and these "reception" places are often designed to be humid and often without hot water. In the case of a darker home team, the sewers in the toilets in the away team's dressing room are often blocked, or there is no heating in winter.

Reeves had already been here yesterday, but he couldn't help but complain, "We should let our club staff come here to learn from it, the away team dressing room in our stadium is a paradise compared to here." ”

Puel patted Reeves on the back, "Don't complain, it's kind, some teams don't have a place where people stay in the away dressing room." ”

Reeves just complained casually, it was impossible to change places and clothes, so he had to shut up and go into the locker room.

Upon entering the house, Reeves suddenly noticed an oil painting on the wall opposite the locker, showing a tragic war scene.

Reeves doesn't have to look closely to know that he is a miniature version of the circular panorama of the Battle of Waterloo, a masterpiece by French naval painter Louis Dumerand.

The original painting is located on the circular wall of the Waterloo Memorial, located in the small town of Waterloo, 18 kilometres south of Brussels, and is 110 metres long and 12 metres high.

The painting on the wall of the dressing room is only 100 times the size of the original, and it is only the most tragic part of it.

But that didn't stop Reeves and his teammates from recognizing the painting, or knowing what it was conveying.

Because the painting is so famous, the things described in this painting are too famous.

Whenever Waterloo is mentioned in books or print media, the painting appears in various forms in the accompanying illustrations.

Speaking of Waterloo, in addition to thinking of failure, people who know a little bit of history must also think of a place and a person. This place is the Belgian town of Waterloo, and that man is Napoleon Bonaparte, the historical giant of Europe.

Corsica, Napoleon's birthplace, had just been included as French territory from Italy a few months before his birth, but his presence built the First French Empire, and he made the bullied and oppressed France a European power.

Now that his coffin rests in Les Invalides, one of the key steps in the inauguration of the French president to confirm the leadership of the French president still includes the awarding of the title of Legion of Legion to the new president by Napoleon's grave keeper, the President of the French Invalides (also known as the "Grand Necklace of the Legion of Honor" or "Commander of the Legion of Honor", established by Napoleon in 1802) to represent the confirmation of the new leader by the late Napoleon (and all members of the Legion of Honor).

In 1815, in Waterloo, a southern suburb of Brussels, Belgium, Napoleon led the French army to a fierce battle with the British and Prussian coalition forces, and the French army was defeated. Subsequently, Napoleon ended his political career by abdicating.

Since then, Waterloo has become a symbol of failure, describing the turning point from success to failure.

The Antlecht team put a miniature version of the circular panorama of the Battle of Waterloo on the wall of the dressing room, and the meaning of this is self-explanatory.

This is actually a simple psychological hint, which is to make the Lille team understand that the same French expedition, the same in Brussels, then the result will be the same, the French ancestors suffered a defeat at Waterloo in the southern suburbs of Brussels, and today at the Van den Stock Stadium in Brussels, the French will also reap the defeat.

This psychological cue is simple and effective, and if left unchecked, it can have a negative impact on the morale of the Lille team.

After entering the house, the Lille players all saw the oil paintings in the room, and it was not surprising that the atmosphere in the dressing room was condensed. Waterloo means defeat, not to mention that Lille is a French team, which is a bad sign, although I know that this is a deliberate move by the other party, but everyone's mood is still inevitably bad, and morale is naturally a little lower.

At this time, someone needs to deliberately guide and dispel the influence of this psychological suggestion, and Puel, as the head coach, naturally knows this, and clapps his palms to attract everyone's attention.

"The Antlechts are also out of tricks, and this low-level psychological tactic has been used. They compare themselves to the victors of Waterloo, haha, it's very arrogant, Napoleon was the enemy of all of Europe, and it was the anti-French coalition in Europe that defeated Napoleon in Waterloo, not the Belgians, oh, and they also had the credit for providing bad weather, chips and beer. "But one thing is right, we are strong like our ancestors, and we have Napoleon, Napoleon Reeves. ”

"They didn't have bad weather this time, they didn't have the unresponsive Chief of Staff of Sirte, and they didn't have the inactive Dellon Legion, so it's no wonder that the Belgians were told to draw boats for fishing. Of course, Kevin is an exception, and everyone knows how smart he is. Reeves also adjusted the atmosphere when he heard this, causing laughter. My bedroom happened to lack an oil painting to decorate, I thought this one was good, and I took it away after the competition, and no one was allowed to rob me. ”

The weather, Sirte, the Dellon Regiment are all reasons for the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in history.

And painting a boat to fish is similar to the Chinese carving a boat for a sword, which is a joke about the Belgians left in France.

Two Belgians rented a small boat to go fishing. During the fishing process, the first one said: this is a good place for fishing, and we should draw a cross on the bottom of the boat to remember this place. The second replied: Are you crazy, maybe next time we won't be able to rent the same boat!

Kevin Milares, the only Belgian in the squad, stayed here today after suffering a foot injury while adapting to the pitch yesterday.

Puel and Reeves teased one after another, and the atmosphere in the locker room returned to its previous activity.

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After changing their clothes, the Lille team came to the pitch for a final warm-up.

This is Reeves' first competitive Champions League game, and it is not comparable to the previous qualifiers. Although the opponent is not strong, Reeves is still excited.

Reeves thinks that this state is not good, the appropriate excitement will help to play, but it is not good to be too excited to play, Reeves shook his head, others were nervous for the first time, he was not nervous at all, but the excitement of achieving his dream.

Smack, a stunned Reeves was hit on the head by the ball.

"What are you doing?" Goalkeeper Silva deliberately threw the ball and smashed Reeves, who let this kid dare to shoot him in training yesterday.

"Let's practice long-range shooting" Reeves looked at Silva, who was announcing his personal vendetta, and had an idea, kicking a few powerful long-range shots to vent, maybe not so excited, by the way, he could take revenge for smashing his head.

Without waiting for Silva to object, Reeves raised his foot to shoot vigorously with the instep of his foot, and kicked more than a dozen kicks in a row without stopping, but he didn't want to score or hit anyone at all, it was all anti-aircraft guns, Rao was so frightened that Silva hid behind the net.

Well, the effect is really good, Reeves stood on the line of the penalty area with satisfaction, although the instep hurt a little due to the continuous powerful shots, but the excitement in his heart has dissipated a lot.

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Anderlecht also had a glorious history, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup twice, the UEFA Super Cup twice and the UEFA Cup once in the 70s, but now the Belgian side has disappeared from the centre of European football, finishing bottom of the Champions League group stage for three consecutive seasons.

They are now managed by Frank Faircourtren, a legendary midfielder in the club's history, who took over last summer and has put together the team in a short period of time, beating old rivals Club Brugge and Standard Liege to reclaim the league title and restore the team's dominance in the league.

Now, Faircourt is aiming for the Champions League, and after the glory of the team in the 70s, he is determined to restore the glory of the team's history on the European stage, so he must win this game.

At this moment, Faircourt was watching the warm-up of Lille's side from the sidelines, and he was cautious and would not let go of this good opportunity to observe the state of the opposing players up close.

Faircourt Troen held a pen and paper in his hand, the paper was the list of appearances just announced by Lille, Faircourt Kortlen was on the list, looking for the corresponding number on the field in turn, and from time to time marking the status behind the name on the paper, although the tactical arrangement had been made before, he also needed to adjust according to the state of the opposing player.

Soon, his eyes followed the No. 45 jersey to find Reeves, for Reeves, he did not pay attention, combined with the information to give a conclusion, this is a single soldier outside the team, the previous arrangement is enough to seal a single soldier.

But Faircourt still needs to confirm Reeves' condition, if he is in good shape, he doesn't mind increasing his defensive strength, after all, a strong individual soldier is still worth paying attention to when he is in good shape.

At this moment, Reeves is bombarding the sky above the goal, venting the excitement in his heart. The outrageous shot affected Faircourtren's decision, and he thought Reaves was in average form, and quickly withdrew his gaze, writing that Reaves was in poor form behind his name and lightened up the defense.

As soon as he finished writing, Faircourt Kortlen remembered Reeves's goal count this season, and was still a little uneasy, so he crossed out a few words written earlier and rewrote "The defense is as planned", for the simple reason that there is nothing false under the fame, and there is no big mistake in being careful.

After the warm-up, both sides returned to their respective locker rooms,

In the home team's dressing room, Faircourt Courtren fine-tuned his tactics to match the warm-up of Lille's players. Then I started to do the pre-opening game mobilization.

"In the 03-04 season we were in a group with Bayern Lyon, in the 04-05 season we were in a group with Inter Werder Bremen Valencia, in the 05-06 season we were in a group with Liverpool and Chelsea. It's not a surprise to lose to these opponents, so no one blames you for not making it out of the group for three years in a row. ”

"But this year is the best chance to qualify from the group, except for AC Milan, there are no strong teams in the group, if this can't get out, how do you explain to the fans who are there to support you?"

"Maybe some of you think that what I said is righteous, then I will say something realistic, playing football is either for money or fame."

"And now it's your chance, only if you get to the knockout stage of the Champions League, you will have more exposure, only if you get into the knockout round, you will have more prize money."

"Think about it, the knockout tournament that will be broadcast live around the world is waiting for you, when hundreds of millions of viewers will know you, all the top clubs will be able to see your performance, do you want to make money? Want to be famous? Well, we have to win Lille today. Go fight, boys, for the club's sake and for yourselves. ”

The younger players are very excited to play, who doesn't want to be favored by the giants, even the average team in the top league is better than playing in Belgium, and the Champions League knockout round is the best stage. A few veterans are much more calm, but they don't lack the motivation to fight, as there will be a big prize money when they qualify from the group.

Frank Faircourten was pleased with the effect of his speech, playing at home and with the morale of the winner, he could already see that the balance of victory was slowly tilting in his favor.

In the away team's locker room not far away, Puel is also mobilizing, the Belgians' various means before the game have successfully provoked the players' desire to fight, what Puel needs to do at this moment is to cool down appropriately, not to let the players get too excited to underestimate the enemy.

"Don't underestimate the opponent, Van der Hag and Gul are very strong, and they were the top midfielders in Europe ten or even six years ago, and if you add Wilmots, it is the strongest midfield configuration in the history of the European Red Devils." Seeing that the players began to become solemn, Puel nodded in satisfaction and continued,

'But don't be afraid of them because they're old, midfielder Ivers van der Hag is 36, left-back Barter Gul is 33, right-midfielder Ahmed Hassan is 31, that's the midfield configuration you're up against, run, break them down and tell them the midfield is yours.'

Puel began to tell Reeves again, "Their defence is still not to be underestimated with Kompany, and this line has only conceded one goal in the league so far this season. ”

"But they're not invulnerable, and I'll tell them that the penalty area is mine." Reeves preemptively said that he had already guessed the manager's words, and this reversal of the tone of admonition was really cliché, and he didn't think he needed to do any psychological intervention, so please let it go.

Puel couldn't help but slap Reeves on the head, "It's good to know." "I know that the advice to this guy is all nonsense, although this guy still has a lot of shortcomings, but his psychological quality is indeed outstanding, not at all like young people, and he has a strong self-regulation ability.

Puel reluctantly let Reeves go and asked someone in the back line to explain.