Marseille is the second largest city and the largest seaport in France, with a population of about 1.65 million, which is already considered a populous city in Europe.

Surrounded on three sides by limestone hills, the city of Marseille offers exceptional beauty and a pleasant climate. Because it is a seaport city, many of the city's buildings are built along the riverbank, which makes the whole city look like it is built on the water, if Venice is the world's famous water city, then there is no doubt that Marseille is the "Venice" of France.

The city of Marseille has a rich history and rich culture, with the famous Notre-Dame de Jurdes, Château d'Ifu, the ancient almshouse and the Palais Longchamp. Not only that, the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" also came from this city, and the original song was called "Rhine Battle Song". Inspired by the city's passionate singing, the people of Marseille marched to Paris and succeeded in establishing a democratic society.

It is worth mentioning that the tarot card that is popular all over the world also comes from Marseille, and it is also known as the Marseille tarot card.

It's a charming city full of classic and modern beauty, but the city's proudest and most talked about is the professional football club Marseille, which was founded in 1899.

The Marseille do have a capital to be proud of, having won nine Ligue 1 titles, 10 French Cups, three French League Cups and two French Super Cups. Most commendally, Marseille are the only team in the whole of France to have won the UEFA Champions League.

Perhaps after the rise of Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, this team has fallen from the leader to the second and third positions, but it is undeniable that the history of Marseille is indeed glorious, and its achievements and honors are unsurpassed by Lyon and Paris today.

And this team is also very good at cultivating superstars, such as Deschamps, Pires, Makelele, Drogba and other superstars are all from Marseille, and even the third place in this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or selection Frank. Ribery has played for Marseille in both ways. It is precisely because of the experience in Marseille that Ribery soared into the sky and entered the eyes of fans around the world.

So, to call Marseille one of the best teams in Ligue 1 history is well deserved.

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After arriving in Marseille, Atletico Madrid was warmly welcomed by the local fans.

In the past two seasons, due to Atletico's better and better results, although many people have criticized their simple and direct rough style, as well as the not-so-good-looking defensive counter-attacking style of play, but in any case, their style of play is also different, which can be regarded as a precedent. Just like Barcelona, who played the pass-and-control style to the pinnacle, Atletico Madrid also achieved the ultimate in ferocious pressing of the whole game, which is already a trend-setting tactical style, so there are not a few fans who appreciate them - after all, if they can win the championship and get the honor, they are worthy of admiration.

And now Atletico Madrid, the game is not ugly, after Qin Shou joined, this team's offense played sharply and quickly, there is an indomitable momentum, plus Qin Shou often has wonderful goals, which makes many fans fascinated.

The current Qin Shou can be said to be popular all over the world, no matter where he is, there is no shortage of supporters.

In Marseille, too.

Naturally, the city's fans support their home team, Marseille, but that doesn't stop them from chasing stars. Star chasing is such a thing, not only Chinese will be interested and fanatical, but also foreigners. It's their freedom to like which player they like, and it's normal for them to show their admiration and respect to their favorite star before the game starts.

On the way from the airport to the hotel, there were fans following all the time, especially in the process of leaving the airport and arriving at the hotel, Qin Shou appeared in front of the fans, causing bursts of screams and cheers. Many excited fans frantically squeezed forward, passed through the blockade of the security guards, came to Qin Shou, and asked Qin Shou for autographs and group photos.

Faced with hundreds of fans "mobbed", Atletico's itinerary inevitably came to a standstill, Simeone is not a stubborn person, after consulting with the staff, he decided to have a fan meeting at the scene, not long, only fifteen minutes, but enough to make the fans feel happy.

Fans began to surround their favorite players, as the team's number one star and a superstar who is popular all over the world, Qin Shou has the most fans around him. He became the busiest person, constantly smiling at the fans, signing autographs, and taking photos.

The scene was very harmonious, the players and fans got along very well, and there was no tension before the big game was about to be seen, as if Atletico Madrid were not here to play a Champions League life and death battle with Marseille, but to play a friendly match of a performance nature.

It is no wonder that soon after, many local media outlets in Marseille carried such headlines and reports.

"The arrival of Atlético Madrid in Marseille caused a sensation in the city!"

"Marseille fans have 'defected', and they have been attracted by the charm of China's Qin to the point of defection!"

'I'm skeptical that on the day of the game, Atletico fans will come back in the stands – to give Atletico cheers and applause.

"I don't know if it's going to be exciting when the Champions League quarter-finals are coming, but one thing I do know is that Atletico and Marseille fans get along too well......

"The Marseille players saw this and didn't know how they were feeling."

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The media likes to exaggerate the facts, although Marseille fans chase stars and express great enthusiasm for the arrival of Qin Shou and Atletico Madrid players, but in fact, they still have a clear distinction between right and wrong. In the game, they have only one object of support, and that is their own team, Marseille.

The reason why they show such great enthusiasm for the arrival of Atletico Madrid is that on the one hand, Atletico Madrid and Qin Shou have indeed been very popular in European football for the past two seasons, and the second is because Marseille is no longer the famous giant in the league and the European arena ten years ago. It is even more difficult to achieve any commendable results.

So the mentality of the fans is very relaxed. They feel that as long as the team does their best and the game can be played well, then the result or something, in fact, it doesn't matter - in fact, even if they think the result is important, they are helpless, they have self-knowledge, and against Atletico Madrid, who can even beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, they really don't have much chance to go further.

France is a romantic European country, and the people here also have romantic genes and blood, so the mentality of French fans is also the best, they love beautiful and wonderful football, even if the result is not satisfactory to them, but the process is exciting enough, they can accept it.

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The game was played promptly at eight o'clock on Wednesday night.

With an hour or so to go before the start of the game, the 60,000-capacity Virodlom Stadium was already full.

Marseille fans sang and danced the national anthem "La Marseillaise" with banners and slogans in support of the club. Before the start of the game, they enthusiastically chased Atletico Madrid, but in the game, they responded to the media's "defection" with practical actions and cheered for their team.

'I hope we can play a little bit more aggressively and try to score goals, because everyone understands that the knockout stages of the Champions League are two legs, with away goals and without away goals, and for us it's two very different results.

"Boys, go one step further, do a good job!"

In the away dressing room, Simeone made the final tactical set-up, then encouraged the players and signaled that they were ready to go.

Except for Qin Shou, almost no one noticed that when the head coach said the words "go further", his tone was a lot heavier.

"Go further?"

Qin Shou thought about it, suddenly smiled, and walked out of the locker room with confidence and a strong forward heart.

Last season, they reached the quarter-finals.

And this season, they are already standing in the round of 16. They are just one step away from what they achieved last season.

The next step is the Final Four.

Is just the Final Four enough?

No, not enough!

Not one step further, but two steps...... Or, three steps – to the top!

"Victory! Victory!! Victory!!! ”

Qin Shou, who was walking in the front, suddenly raised his hand and shouted twice, causing the Marseille players who also walked into the players' tunnel at this time to be a little inexplicable.

Before the home game, Atletico Madrid has a tradition of shouting victory, and the Atletico players did not expect that when they were away from home, their captain would suddenly come to such a play.

However, yelling in this life is indeed easy to make people's blood boil, and many Atletico Madrid players also raised their hands and shouted.

"Victory! Victory!! Victory!!! ”

Qin Shou laughed.

I am looking forward to the future of this season!

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Recently, watching the European Cup really made the whole person's mental state not good, and he has been a little slow. Brothers and sisters, although the ball game is exciting, you must also be restrained, pay attention to rest, don't look bad at the body. (To be continued.) )