Chapter 126: Yellow Card
Xiao Yang's head was a little big for a while, and Kaktas beside him helped him block those microphones and said, "Be quiet, if you want to interview Mr. Lin, come one by one." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
All the reporters fell silent and looked at Xiao Yang blankly. After Xiao Yang looked around, he clicked on his old acquaintance, CTV reporter Zhao Lei, Zhao Lei was overjoyed, squeezed to the front and said to Xiao Yang: "Mr. Lin, first of all, congratulations on entering the Champions League final, now Chinese fans hope that you can create a miracle again and win the Champions League in one fell swoop, do you want to say anything to Chinese fans?" ”
Xiao Yang thought for a while and replied: "Huaxia fans are one of the best and most enthusiastic fans in the world, I am from Huaxia, so I often visit Huaxia's fan forums, where I have learned a lot and absorbed a lot of strength." I am very grateful to the Chinese fans for their support of the club in Gosau. In three days, Gosau and I will have the final of the UEFA Champions League, and I hope that the Chinese fans will continue to support me at that time! ”
Zhao Lei said: "Definitely, on behalf of the Chinese fans, I also wish the Ge Shao team the victory of the game." ”
Xiao Yang then called a few reporters from well-known European media, answered their questions, and left the airport on the grounds that he needed to go back to the hotel to rest.
Xiao Yang is now accustomed to seeing reporters, but it is the first time he has seen so many reporters interviewing him today, which shows that the influence of the UEFA Champions League final is too great. Xiao Yang also deeply feels that if he can beat Juventus and win the Champions League, the influence of Gossau Club will increase exponentially.
Of course, beating Juventus is not an easy task, and the odds offered by the world's major bookmakers for the Champions League final now show that, and Juventus are even more favoured by them.
Juventus has slowly begun to regain in recent years after the "phonegate" scandal. They have relied on the rise of a group of outstanding young players in the past two years, and they have been extremely strong, they won the Serie A title last season with an unbeaten record, and this season they won the league two rounds ahead of schedule, and in the final of the Coppa Italia they beat Lazio to win the cup, and if they can win the Champions League, they will also become treble-winning and may be able to start the Juventus dynasty.
After determining that Juventus would be their opponents in the final, Xiao Yang and the coaching staff conducted a detailed study of Juventus, whose current manager is Ferrara, who played as a defender during his playing days, so he has a strong defensive focus, which can be seen from their usual tactics. Juventus's usual tactics are 442 diamond-shaped midfielders, but their two full-backs are closer to the middle, and they are the kind of midfielders who have both offense and defense, their full-time midfielder Melo is also very strong in defense, and their two central defenders are also proud of Juventus, among which Chiellini is the main central defender of the Italian national team, and the other central defender Congolese Samba is also very good in physical fitness, and he is 1.93 meters tall He is bound to become Juventus's air defense weapon, Juventus' goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon may be 35 years old, but he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and he must have an unusual desire for the Champions League trophy after he has decided to retire at the end of this season.
Since Juventus also won the league two rounds early, their main squad has also been fully rested, so there is no obvious advantage in terms of physical fitness, and both sides can play in this game. Xiao Yang believes that since the ancient finals have been nameless, Juventus will definitely be cautious in this final, and it is likely to discharge their usual lineup, in their usual lineup, their attack is mainly based on the middle, so Gosau should also strengthen the defense in the middle and the midfield contention, so as to control the situation on the field.
At the same time as Xiao Yang is studying Juventus, Juventus head coach Ferrara is also studying the Gosau team, and the tactics used by the Gosau team are also 442 diamond midfielders, but their diamond midfield is relatively flat, which is still very different from Juventus's diamond midfield. Their attack is mainly launched by two wings, in response to this, Ferrara is ready to let his two wing-backs position a little more out when defending, focusing on the two wingers of the Gosau team, Ferrara believes that with Juventus's luxurious backline, it will be able to defend well. In the attack, Ferrara is still preparing to attack in the middle, because Juventus's two full-backs Turan and Marchisio are not good at attacking on the side, and there is only one full-time defensive player in the midfield of the Gosho team, that is Antunovic, although Antunovic is the best player in last year's European Cup, is an extremely good midfielder, but after all, he is invincible with two fists and four hands, so Ferrara believes that in the battle for midfield, Juventus will definitely have the upper hand.
In Istanbul these days, UEFA officials including their president Platini have arrived, many dignitaries from various countries have come, many stars who have finished their seasons have also come, and many stars from the entertainment industry have also come, which has made the stands of this Champions League final star-studded.
Many celebrities, both present and absent, also expressed their thoughts on the Champions League final, with four-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi saying he would prefer to see Juventus win the title. Clear-eyed people know that this is because Messi doesn't like Egerman, who steals the limelight with him.
And Messi's biggest rival Cristiano Ronaldo said that because Juventus eliminated Real Madrid, he would prefer to see Gossau win the championship. In fact, who wins the championship has no impact on Ronaldo, but of course Ronaldo, whom Messi hates, must support, and Ronaldo is also willing to see Messi unhappy.
Juventus' semi-final opponent, Manchester City's head coach Mancini, was asked who he was more optimistic about in this final, Mancini thought that Juventus had a better chance after careful thinking; Interestingly, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, the semi-final opponent of Gosau, said he was cautiously bullish on Gosau when asked the same question. It seems that they all think that the strongest opponent is the one who wins over them.
When the veteran coach Alex Ferguson was asked which team he was more optimistic about winning the championship, he did not hesitate to vote for Xiao Yang: "Xiao Yang is a magical manager, and the Gosho team is also on the right path. I think Gosau will win against Juventus. ”
And Mourinho did not hesitate to vote for Juventus when asked this question, although Juventus is the sworn enemy of Inter Milan, but he will not be the head coach of Inter Milan soon, and more importantly, he hates Xiao Yang even more now.
FIFA president, Swiss Blatter said in an interview that as FIFA president, he does not have any preferences for the Champions League final, but as a Swiss, he would like to see Gossau win the championship at this moment, because Swiss football needs a Champions League trophy to inspire the hearts of all Swiss.
In China, in the fan survey conducted by major media, the support rate of the Gosho team is as high as 98%, which is an overwhelming advantage, of course, this result is more because of the Chinese background of the Gosho team. Many popular and not-so-popular stars in China also took this opportunity to come out and brush up on their presence, they have said that they are fans of the Gosho team, and they firmly support the Gosho team to win the championship, but there is also a female star who made a joke, when she expressed her support, she actually said that the Gosau team was a Swedish team, and the female star was also made up into various jokes by fans on the Internet, which was not lively for a while.
On the eve of the finals, Xiao Yang also received a gentle text message: "Work hard, if you win the finals, I will give you a reward!" ”
This text message gave Xiao Yang infinite motivation and also made him think, what kind of reward would it be? Could it be...... A fragrant scene came to his mind. He began to spit on himself, bah, bah, why is it so obscene? He forced himself to stop thinking about the text message and put himself into the pre-race preparations. However, there is one more reason why he must win the Champions League now.
When the next morning, when the other coaches and players saw Xiao Yang's dark circles, they were very moved, thinking that Xiao Yang was working all night and preparing for the game resulting in lack of sleep, and they all said that they would work hard in the game, and they would definitely win Juventus and live up to Xiao Yang's hard work.
Looking at the high morale of the players, Xiao Yang couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect that he could boost morale by losing sleep because of crankiness, which was an unexpected gain. He casually promised the players: "If you win Juventus, I will give you another reward in addition to the prize money." ”
The players suddenly came to their senses and asked Xiao Yang what the reward was, but Xiao Yang was tight-lipped and refused to say anything. With a mysterious vision, the players were full of enthusiasm and devoted themselves to training.
On the evening of May 25th, the much-anticipated 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League final was held as scheduled in Ali in Istanbul. The Samiyan Stadium kicked off the battle. Today, the Gosho team drew the home team's jersey, and before the game in the home team's dressing room, Xiao Yang did not talk about tactics, but gave a speech to the players: "Boys, first of all, I want to congratulate you, through your own efforts, you have reached the highest level of European football, the final of the Champions League, and you are only one step away from the crown of the king of Europe." ”
All the players of the Gosho team stood in front of Xiao Yang with solemn expressions, Xiao Yang glanced around them and continued: "I told you a few years ago, as long as you work hard, I will take you to the European arena and compete for honor with those giants. You have indeed come to this point through your own efforts, and you are all good! ”
The players' chests involuntarily stood taller.
"Everybody knows that our opponents today are Juventus, they are the European giants, they are very strong, they are so strong that they have been invincible in Serie A for the past two years, and they even won the title last season undefeated. It's an achievement that we haven't even done in the Swiss Super League. ”
In the comments of major media, the vast majority of people are optimistic about Juventus, and many even believe that this final is the biggest disparity in the Champions League final in recent years. Yes, we are looked down upon! ”
Speaking of which, Xiao Yang looked at the players, because the Gosau team has been conducting closed training in the past few days, and the players' mobile phones and laptops have also been temporarily confiscated, so the players don't know what the outside world says about them. Now that their eyes were radiating anger and their chests were higher, Xiao Yang continued with satisfaction: "So, Juventus is so strong, will they definitely be able to win this game?" My answer is no! I don't think you're any worse than them at all, in my eyes you're all the best, I'm very confident that you can beat Juventus, so do you have confidence in yourself? ”
Led by Avandzini, the players shouted in unison: "Confidence! The huge roar almost toppled the roof of the locker room, and Xiao Yang shouted with satisfaction: "Then let us go out now and kill them!" ”
Duan Xuan is in front of the TV to introduce the background of the match to Chinese fans: "Today we are broadcasting live for you the final of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League, against the Serie A champion Juventus and the Swiss Super League champion Gosau. A win for Juventus would lift their third Champions League trophy in the club's history. A win for Gosau would be their first Champions League trophy. Juventus is familiar to everyone, they are the most popular football club in Italy, and they also have many fans in China; The head coach of the Gosau team, Xiao Yang, is from Huaxia, and he has led the Gosau club to a series of miracles in recent years, so the Gosau team also has a very high support rate in China. ”
"Istanbul Ali, which can accommodate more than 52,000 people. The Samyan Stadium was packed today, with many dignitaries and celebrities, including the President of FIFA and UEFA all present. Of course, most of the people who came to the scene were fans from both sides, who were cheering on their home team. The Champions League trophy St. Bride was also brought to the scene today and is now in the middle of the tunnel and whose name will be engraved on this enticing trophy after this game? ”
'Now we can see that the players from both sides have already played, with the players of both teams coming out of the tunnel under the leadership of captain Gianluigi Buffon and Vanzini respectively.
As soon as the players of the Gossau team came out of the tunnel, they were immediately attracted by the St. Bride Cup, a beautiful trophy designed by Swiss designer Stadlemann, but the Swiss team had never won the trophy before. Now the Gosho team finally has a chance to make up for this shortcoming, all the Gossau players looked at it with fascination, Lima even reached out to touch it, but was pulled by Avanzini, Avandzini glared at Lima, and Lima gave up his plan.
The Juventus players didn't do much better, and most of them were in close proximity to the trophy, commonly known as the "Big Ears Cup", for the first time, and when they saw it with their own eyes, they also showed yearning and eagerness in their eyes when they saw it with their own eyes, which represented the lifelong dream of many excellent players.
With the whistle of the referee on duty, German Weiner, the much-anticipated Champions League final began. Today's starting line-up for Gosau is goalkeeper Reiter, left-back Alexis Sanchez, right-back Gugelman, centre-back a combination of Salihovic and Chevali, their left winger Ribeiro, right winger Avanzini, two midfielders Antunovic and Ivanovic, and two strikers a combination of Eggman and Kaudinho. Today, Coach Xiao Yang made a big adjustment in the lineup, he did not use the usual 442 diamond midfield tactics, but set up two midfielders in the midfield, and replaced Horensten with Ribeiro, who has stronger defensive ability, it seems that Coach Xiao Yang pays more attention to defense in today's game. However, it is understandable to be cautious in the finals of major competitions. ”
Juventus had their usual line-up, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, left-back De Cherre, right-back Grigera, two centre-backs Chiellini and Samba, Brazilian Melo at the back, two midfielders on the left and Marchisio on the right, Giovinco up front, and Amaury and Paulucci up front. Coach Ferrara has relied on this squad to lead the Serie A all the way this season, and finally won the title two rounds early, and it seems that he has more trust in this squad in the Champions League final. ”
Ferrara's face is a little unsightly, Gosau's players have changed two people compared with the starting lineup he expected Gosau, and the opponent's tactics have also changed, judging from the opponent's lineup, they are to strengthen the defense in the middle and the competition for the midfield, although Gosau is called an offensive team, but judging from the video of the Gosau team he watched, their defensive ability is not weak at all, when they want to defend, it is not easy for any team to break their goal. It seems that it is impossible to win this game easily today.
The process after the start of the game was similar to what Xiao Yang expected, Gosau and Juventus were more entangled in the midfield, and there were few opportunities to really hit the opponent's 30-meter area, and the two sides occasionally hit the ball into the opponent's penalty area, and they were also destroyed by the opponent's excellent central defenders, so it has been nearly ten minutes since the opening, and the two sides have not even shot on goal.
The game was very dull, but the fans who were still in front of the TV in the middle of the night were not sleepy at all, they still watched the dull game with relish, all because it was the Champions League final.
The Juventus players are very depressed right now, and before the game their manager Ferrara reminded them that they must pay attention to Gosau, and they really want to pay as much attention as possible, but in their opinion, Gosau is always a little better than their first two opponents, Real Madrid and Manchester City, but they did not expect to enter the game and find that this is not the case at all. It can be seen that the head coach of the Gosho team has made full preparations for this game, sending two defenders with excellent defensive ability and running ability, firmly stifling Juventus's central attack, and their two wingers Avandzini and Ribeiro are not weak in tackling ability. Now Juventus' attack is completely mired.
Giovinco is also troubled, he is now the main striker for the Bianconeri and the main initiator of the attack, and he has been in good form at Juventus this year, reaching double figures in goals and assists, and is a player that Ferrara is very eyed. However, his weakness is that as a forward midfielder, his passing skills are not enough, the passing is not accurate and lethal enough, this weakness is not prominent in the usual Serie A games, but in this high-level game, the opponent attaches great importance to defense, his weakness is highlighted, your pass is slightly worse than ten centimeters, and it is broken; In addition, Giovinco is too small, only 1.64 meters, the confrontation ability is extremely weak, almost a touch to fall, but the opponent is staring at his Antunovic is tall and big, the confrontation ability is very strong, and he is constantly seeking physical contact with Giovinco, the game has been less than ten minutes, Giovinco has fallen to the ground three or four times, and the referee always signaled that it was a reasonable body collision, no foul, so that Giovinco was very embarrassed.
Giovinco got up from the ground again and stared at Antunovic viciously, you are such a big man, don't bully me such a small person, can we rely on technology? But he can only say this in his heart, on the football field, it is necessary to make reasonable use of his advantages, who makes him physically inadequate.
In fact, Giovinco is not suitable for the fierce competition in the midfield, he is extremely fast and explosive, so he is more suitable for attacking the city in the counterattack, Ferrara sent him to prepare Ge Shao to play offensive tactics and use him to counterattack, but I didn't expect Xiao Yang to play cards according to common sense this time, and sent two backs, which made Giovinco completely blind.
As Giovinco gradually lost himself, Juventus' midfield began to lose ground, without the support of the midfield, and Juventus' two forwards could only stare dryly.
Juventus' right midfielder Marchisio saw that Giovinco was in an embarrassment, Juventus's midfield organization came to a complete standstill, he took the initiative to move forward to support Giovinco, trying to regain the situation on the field, he is a midfielder who is both offensive and defensive, and his support has eased Giovinco's predicament. After Marchisio's position moved forward, Gosau's left-back Sanchez also took the initiative to meet and entangled Marchisio, and Marchisio's Ribeiro, who was originally opposed, was unrestrained, and suddenly became active, and several consecutive bottom crosses, Egerman grabbed the point several times, causing danger in front of Juventus's goal, but under the interference of Chiellini, his several headers were not of very high quality, and Buffon easily took the ball.
Seeing that Ribeiro began to be active, Marchisio had no choice but to return to his original position, but Ribeiro after a few sprints, the state has been fully mobilized, he has twice in a row with his speed to Marquesio, although Marchisio's defensive ability is very strong, but his speed is not very fast, which is also his biggest weakness, and Juventus's Czech right-back Grigra is 33 years old, slower than Marchisio, therefore, Juventus' right side was in turmoil for a while, and in the 19th minute, Marchisio tackled Ribeiro from the side after a breakthrough by Ribeiro and received a yellow card.