Lille's main stadium, the Stade de Lille, has a capacity of only 18,185 spectators, which is not enough to host the UEFA Champions League, so this season Lille has set up the Champions League home stadium at the Stadio Felix Borral (41,229 spectators) of Lens. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The stadium has a capacity of 41,229 people, compared to the population of Lens of about 37,304 (as of January 2006), and the permanent population is declining year by year due to mine closures and the financial crisis, making it a rare course that can accommodate the entire city's population.

However, the stadium has a very good attendance, and the passion for football in the small town of Lens is famous throughout France, with 37,000 people pouring into the stadium to cheer on their team on the day of the Lens game.

Originally, because of his relationship with Lens, Puel suggested that the stadium be set at the Stade de France, the home of the qualifiers, but the team's president, Seydoux, rejected Puel's suggestion because the rent of the Stade de France was too expensive for the Lille club, which was now raising funds for the new stadium, and it was relatively far away. In the end, the club chose the nearby and inexpensive Stade Felix-Borral as Lille's Champions League home.

For this result, Puel can only accept it, but considering the attitude of Lens fans towards Lille, Lille's preparation in Lens will definitely not go well, Puel will arrange the pre-match training in Lille, because Lille to Lens is only 30 kilometers, half an hour's drive, and it is possible to go to Lens on the day of the race.

The day before the game, the Lille team came to Lens by bus, and was really welcomed by the Lens fans.

Fortunately, after all, it was a foreign war, and most Lens fans chose neutrality even if they did not support it, and only a small number of radical Lens fans came to the outside of the stadium and pulled banners to stimulate Lille's nerves, which read "Lille can't afford to carry the flag of France" and "This is Lens, Lilleites are not welcome." "Homeless Stray Dogs" and so on.

Reeves, who was sitting by the window of the bus, saw this group of people from a distance, and felt a little uncomfortable, even if it was the reason of the sworn enemy, it was understandable not to support it, and it was okay to remain neutral, but it was really disappointing to pull back when it was a foreign war. Of course, this kind of person is not unique to France, it is found all over the world, it is not a new thing, just turn a blind eye.

Cabaye, who was sitting on the side, was angry when he saw the slogan, "These garbage Lens people, whether they are French or not, they don't support us in the European War, we are the French Ligue 1 we represent." ”

"Ignore them, it's just a handful of Lance people, didn't you see a dozen people coming?"

"That's right, they don't want to think about it, only if we perform well, the Champions League points in Ligue 1 can be guaranteed, and we can keep the three Champions League places in Ligue 1, if there is one less Champions League place, their hope of entering the Champions League is smaller, they should cheer us on."

"Our family's performance will not determine the Champions League place in Ligue 1, but with the current situation of Lens, they will not be able to qualify for the Champions League even if they have multiple Champions League places"

"It's just, I was wrong, the Champions League place has nothing to do with them, their strength is already good if they are not relegated. It's a pity that the fans who came were all young men, and if some girls came, they would be willing to be scolded even if they were scolded. "In addition to its rich regional culture, long history of mining, dense network of museums, Lens is also known for its abundance of beautiful women.

"If you can't see it, you can't eat, you're not more depressed."

"That's right."

Reeves smiled and ignored Cabaye, as the car had stopped, got up and started to pack his things and get ready to get out of the car.

The door opened, and Puel took the lead in getting out of the car.

Boos erupted, and the Lens fans waved the Lens flag and banners with words written on them.

When Reeves got out of the car, the boos were at their peak.

Reeves put on his headphones and listened to the music, ignored it, and walked into the stadium with his bag directly past the Lens radical fans who were blocked by the security guards.

Cabaye didn't have such a good temper, stretched out his right hand, opened five fingers and waved at the Lens radical fans, five fingers represented the score of the last derby 5-0, the boos of the Lens radical fans immediately soared, exceeding the decibel when Reeves passed by just now, and several grumpy fans even tried to break through the security barrier and go to Cabaye theory.

Cabaye didn't care about the killing, and when he had fun, he ran to catch up with Reeves in front, leaving the bitter stadium security guards to clean up the mess. Cabaye doesn't feel guilty, and the Lens fans are of course the Lens security guards to deal with.

The time to familiarize themselves with the venue before the game is separate for the two teams.

When Lille arrived, AC Milan had finished training and left the stadium.

Reeves' desire to contact superstars in advance was frustrated, Kaka, Inzaghi, Nesta, Maldini, etc., are all absolute superstars in the past and present lives, Reeves has some regrets, if he misses today, he will have no chance, and he will be the enemy when he sees him on the court tomorrow.

Reeves carried the bag into the home team's locker room,

As the dressing room of Lens, the home team dressing room at the Lens Felix Pollard Stadium was decorated a little better than the home team dressing room at the Lille Stadium, but it made Reeves uncomfortable because the color scheme here upset him.

The walls and furniture in the dressing room are in the colours of Lens's jersey – red and gold, which are derived from the many local coal mines, with red representing the blood of miners and gold representing the priceless coal of the time.

As a sworn enemy, the Lille players naturally have a great dislike for these two colors, not to mention the blood-gold crest of Lens on the furniture.

Take on the challenge of another enemy in enemy territory.

It seems to be said by Cabaye, and it feels like he is fighting for Lens.

What about the home field advantage?

But the facts have been decided, and we can't change it, we can only adapt to it.

Wait, it seems that it can be changed.

Reeves approached Puel, "It's not comfortable in the home team's dressing room, why don't we use the away team's dressing room, anyway, the game hasn't started yet, and we have the final say in this regard." ”

Puel thought it was a good idea, and when he entered the house, he felt it would hurt morale, and asked the others for their opinions, and everyone was willing to switch to the away dressing room.

So Puel asked the assistant coach to communicate with the court staff.

The process went smoothly and Lille were given access to the visitors' dressing room.

Dragging their backpacks, Reeves and his teammates arrived in the visiting team's locker room, which was as simple as expected, but without any Lens logo, and felt much more comfortable.

Reeves went out of the locker room after changing his clothes, Felix Bolard Stadium is an old stadium, although it has been renovated several times, but the structure of the stands cannot be changed, it is a very retro four-sided independent and unconnected stands. This kind of stadium is now only available in the lower leagues of the United Kingdom.

Today is adaptive training, there is no specific training program, and after the group does the relaxation training, it is free to move.

Reeves and Kluivert jogged on the grass on the edge of the pitch.

Kluivert also arrived at Lens today as he was named in the 18-man squad by Puel as a reward for his hard work.

"Patrick, do you think we'll win tomorrow?"

"Haha, this question is not easy to answer, you must not be happy when I say losing, I still say win."

"It's very reluctant, on paper, we are not opponents, but football is round, everything is possible. Doing everything we can to play tomorrow's game is what we want to see to stand out from the myriad of possibilities, isn't it? ”

"That makes sense. Then it's up to you tomorrow, and I want to defeat them too. Despite the fact that many years have passed and the only team-mates left at AC Milan are Maldini and Ambrosini, Kluivert is still nostalgic for his experience at AC Milan.

In the group, the other players of Lille, AC Milan, were the weakest team in Pot 1, and they were a little lucky, but when they really faced it, they still lacked confidence.

Reeves, on the other hand, thought that AC Milan was the champion of the Champions League in his previous life, and he was a little lacking in confidence, but then carefully analyzed the lineup of AC Milan at this time and the memory of the previous life, and found that AC Milan at this time was not terrible.

There are many reasons why AC Milan has won the Champions League in history.

Such as: 1, Ronaldo's joining in the second half of the season, in the league, Da Luo Yifu was the pass, leading a group of substitutes to grab points frantically, ensuring that Milan successfully qualified for the Champions League next season, so that a group of glassy veterans can play the Champions League with peace of mind.

2. Otto joined in the second half of the season, before Otto joined, Milan's right side was paralyzed, Cafu was completely aged, and after joining, he and Nesta Gattuso formed the most terrifying right half of the defense in Europe.

3. Kaka, who runs up, the opponents in the knockout stage of the Champions League are all playing with open space, and under this style of play, the peak Kaka is invincible in the world.

4. The Magic Bird lost to Benitez, and Chelsea, whose style of play restrained AC Milan, was blocked by Liverpool in the final.

5. Inzaghi's character exploded, and Inzaghi, who was lucky in the final, helped AC Milan, which was at a disadvantage, to successfully take revenge.

It's only the beginning of the season, Ronaldo and Otto have not joined, and the state of AC Milan's veterans has not yet adjusted to the best, and they have not yet entered the state of blocking and killing Buddha in the back, so Reeves believes that it is not impossible to win against AC Milan in the group stage.

And the recent situation of AC Milan that increased his confidence, in last week's Serie A, AC Milan was forced to draw by Livorno, Maldini went down injured, and Seedorf even had a verbal altercation with An Fat. Reeves thinks that Livorno can draw with AC Milan, and Lille, who are playing at home, can also cause problems for AC Milan, not to mention himself.

Reeves can't wait for tomorrow's game.