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When the Hoffenheim players arrived at Wembley Stadium in a bus, they were shocked by what they saw. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoNo matter how calm they looked before the game, they were all a group of players who had never played in a Champions League final, and they would inevitably be a little excited in the face of such a grand scene.

The majestic Wembley Stadium stood right in front of them, and the iconic twin towers were gone, but that didn't detract from its majesty. A 133-metre-high arch spans over Wembley Stadium and shimmers in the night sky.

This is the symbol of the new Wembley Stadium, which is highlighted in the new Wembley Stadium logo.

Even more shocking than the brightly lit Wembley Stadium was the crowd of people in the square around the stadium, all of whom were fans watching the game. The new Wembley Stadium can accommodate 90,000 fans at the same time, so imagine how many people are outside the stadium now – not 90,000, half of that scene is spectacular.

After a day of composure, the sight of the magnificent stadium and the dense crowd of fans disappeared, and many Hoffenheim players leaned against the windows, curiously watching everything outside. Although they have been to many places and seen many high-class stadiums, this is the first time they have played such a grand game at Wembley, and it is also a Champions League final, and they have not been able to match any game they have played before.

Even Chu Zhongtian came to this game for the first time. The only player in the squad with experience at Wembley was Ruud van Nistelrooy, and it was at the old Wembley Stadium where he was part of the Reds at the FA Cup final.

"Look at the stadium! Gee! I think it's even better than the Allianz Arena! ”

"Then the arch won't fall, will it?"

"It's a dazzling ......"

"It's really exciting to play on a pitch like this!"

Unlike Hoffenheim's group of hillbillies, the Barcelona players didn't arrive at the pitch with their windows at Wembley Stadium. They're just doing their own thing, some are closing their eyes, some are listening to music, some are chatting with their peers, and some are playing on their phones. Many of them have already played in two Champions League finals, so it's no surprise that this kind of scene is not unusual.

Hoffenheim's players were calm before the game, while Barcelona looked very active. And when the game was approaching, the calm people turned into Barcelona players, and the Hoffenheim players were irrepressibly nervous and excited.

※※※Although many Chinese fans may not have gotten up yet, the live broadcast of CCTV Sports Channel has already begun, and in fact their live broadcast starts at half past zero. The TV station invited several football experts as guests, including Zhang Lu, Tao Wei and Gong Lei, and Duan Bin was the host in the rear of Beijing. CCTV went to the scene to do the live commentary, and the person who commented on the scene was He Ping.

The reason why a two-hour and fifteen-minute live broadcast was prepared before the Champions League final, and even a commentator was sent to the front to explain on the spot, entirely because this final had Chinese player Chu Zhongtian participating, and the domestic attention to this game was no less than that of the World Cup final. Since there is such a high degree of attention, it is natural that the TV station will fully meet everyone's wishes.

The three guests analyzed the technical characteristics and styles of these two teams, and predicted the starting lineup. At the same time, we also play a mini-game of predicting the score.

The first thing everyone says when predicting the score is: "Emotionally, I want Hoffenheim to win." But ......"

But what? But Barcelona's strength is a head above after all, and Hoffenheim is afraid that it will be difficult to win. The only thing that seems to be predicted is the scoreline, with the consensus that Hoffenheim will score at least one goal in the game, despite having a good chance of losing. After all, Hoffenheim's attack power is very strong.

Finally, Duan Bin said with a smile after listening to the predictions of the three guests: "It seems that we can only expect Chu Zhongtian to play an outstanding ...... in this game."

※※※Emily and Wu Qingyu followed Boss John into the stands, the stands that can accommodate 90,000 people are quickly filling, and after the two teams arrived at the stadium, many fans who were stranded outside accelerated the pace of entry.

She glanced up at the box. Yesterday, she received a call from Chu Zhongtian's father, telling her that he and Chu Zhongtian's mother also came to watch the game at the scene, booked a private room, and asked Emily if she wanted to come to the box to watch the football together. Emily tells him that she wants to watch the game with her friends.

Chu Zhongtian's father came to watch his son's game for the first time, and I don't know how many people's hearts were touched in this final.

※※※ After the players from both sides arrived at the court, they rested for a while and were kicked out to warm up.

Rangnick was watching the players, and he noticed that although the players deliberately made a nonchalting expression, they were actually a little nervous. After all, this is the first time they have played in a competition like a Champions League final. Although I have won the domestic league championship before, I still can't compare with this. He felt that instead of letting everyone stay here and try to create a more tense atmosphere, it would be better for them all to warm up and use physical exertion to make them forget about their tension.

After watching the players run out of the locker room one after another, and there was no one else but himself, he let out a sigh of relief - what was the nervousness of the players? Isn't he inexperienced himself, so he's nervous?

Although he did enough homework before the game, watched the video, analyzed the opponent, wrote the record, and prepared countermeasures for various possible situations. But that doesn't give him confidence. If he had played this game with the mentality of losing less and winning better, maybe he wouldn't have been under pressure. But who can have such a mentality at this level? Who is in the final to compete for the runner-up? Who doesn't aspire to lift the trophy and stand on the top podium?

So it was destined that he would not be able to deal with this game with a calm mind. He believes that Guardiola's heart will not be at peace either.

In fact, everyone is nervous, just the degree of nervousness.

He thought a lot about the game – what if he conceded a goal in the first few minutes? What if we were ahead in the first few minutes? What if the matches are all draws at the end? What if we fall behind in the last few minutes of the game? What if we are ahead in the last few minutes of the game? What about overtime? What to do with a penalty shootout...... All sorts of thoughts swirled in his head, and he shook his head vigorously, as if that would clear his mind.

※※※In fact, Chu Zhongtian's brain is not very clear, especially when he walked into the stadium and saw the almost full stands, his brain "boomed", as if it had exploded. The blood is surging upward, and it can't be stopped. His body was stretched out and wiggling slightly!

Chu Zhongtian knew that this was caused by excitement and nervousness, but he couldn't do this. He's got to calm himself down, he's the brain, the core, the commander, the tower, and if he's out of his composure, then don't expect the team to play properly.

It's not good to not be excited enough for this kind of competition, and if you're too excited, there will be problems.

And not just to calm himself, but to calm everyone down and not get too excited – he's seen several of his teammates show signs of that.

So he suddenly yelled.

Everyone was startled by his voice and turned their heads to look at him.

Chu Zhongtian looked at his teammates who were surprised and puzzled, and said with a smile: "Now I'm normal!" I was a little nervous and excited just now, and I wanted to calm myself down, so I yelled. It's good now! ”

Everyone looked at each other and understood. So they did the same, and they all yelled along.

For a while, in this half, the players who only saw Hoffenheim did not start warming up immediately, but raised their heads and howled, like a flock of ducks.

Their strange behavior attracted the attention of the others. The fans in the stands pointed at them and talked about it.

"Look, it's Hoffenheim's players!"

"What are they doing?"

"It's okay, what's the roar?"

"Are you too nervous or too excited?"

"It's your first time in a Champions League final, and you're scared of such a big scene, right?"

"Hahahaha!"

Quite a few Neutral and Barcelona fans laughed and laughed.

Even many Hoffenheim fans couldn't understand what they were doing. They've seen the game warm-up many times, but it's the first time they've seen it with a yelling to warm up, is it a body with a warm throat?

Similarly, Barcelona's players were incomprehensible by their opponents' actions.

Many people will glance over there, intentionally or unintentionally.

"What are they doing here?"

"The Devil Knows ......"

"It's weird......"

"Excited, right? Some people want to roar when they get excited. ”

"That's not like the whole team roaring, is it?"

"Hey, a bunch of hillbillies......"

"It's your first time in a Champions League final, right? Understandable, understandable. ”

While warming up, they also commented on their opponents and talked about it.

It's hard to say whether Chu Zhongtian's voice can make his teammates relieve their tension, but at least it can make their opponents distract themselves during the warm-up. It's kind of useful...... After the roar, the Hoffenheim players began to warm up.

"Hmm...... I don't think I'm really too nervous......"

"My body is not shaking, haha!"

It does look like it's working...... The two sides warmed up for 30 minutes, and as Barcelona started warming up earlier, they left the pitch first, and Hoffenheim left the pitch later. The noise that came from the warm-up of the players on both sides gradually became quieter. The fans need to rest too, and they have to rest their voices now, because at a moment they have to yell for 90 minutes, or even 120 minutes, or more. You also have to hurry up and go to the bathroom, because everyone has drunk a lot of beer before the game, and if you wait for the game to urinate, it will be inconvenient - the game is very intense, and wonderful scenes can appear at any time, and if you miss a wonderful goal because of going to the toilet, it will be a big loss.

Everyone went to rest, and Wembley Stadium was a little quieter.

But the silence didn't last long.

Everyone went into the locker room, but Rangnick was the last one to walk in, and when he entered, the assistant coach at the door closed the door.

Everyone changed their clothes and looked at the manager. They all know that the manager has something to say.

"Honestly, everybody. If someone had told me five years ago that 'your team is going to play in the Champions League final', I would have thought he was making fun of me. Because that's simply not possible. I just took over five years ago as a team and an amateur team in the regional league. At that time, the owner of the team, Mr. Hope, had no ambition to get the team promoted to the First Division. No one could have imagined that in five years we would be in the final of the Champions League. ”

"It's like a dream today. In the eyes of outsiders, we ran shit luck. But only we know how much effort we have put into making it to where we are today! ”

At this, Rangnick paused, he looked at his players, and in their faces he saw a strong belief and strong self-confidence, and the nervous and overly excited expressions were gone.

'Whether it's the main players or the substitutes, everyone plays their part. We are one body, and we would not be where we are today without anyone. I'm so happy to be here and there, it's an honor to be with you. ”

"It's also an honor to play under you!" Salikhovich shouted. His affection for Rangnick is very deep, because if it weren't for Rangnick, he would never be where he is today, he may still be an amateur, if he is lucky, he may be a player of the first division, but he will never reach the Champions League final and lift the league trophy.

Rangnick smiled and nodded his head of thanks to Salihovic, then continued: "We are a country team, we came from a small village, and it stands to reason that we should be content to reach the final, but who makes it to the final just to finish runners-up? Even if our opponents are the mighty Barcelona, there is no reason for us to give up early. ”

"And no matter how good they are, they're only eleven, and we're twelve." After speaking, he pointed at Chu Zhongtian.

Everyone laughed.

You've heard this joke many times, but it's especially effective to say it at this time of day. In the past, Rangnick said in an interview that as long as Chu Zhongtian is on the field, his team will always have one more person than others. So some media say that Hoffenheim is playing with twelve people on the field.

When it comes to Chu Zhongtian, everyone will feel very relieved. With him, the possibilities are endless. Who's got the most credit for coming all the way to the finals? No one would choose someone other than Chu Zhongtian. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian, they might have been eliminated in the group stage. Going a little further, if there is no Chu Zhongtian, it is difficult to say whether they can win the Bundesliga championship or participate in the Champions League. The veterans of the team still remember that when the club announced that it would buy such a Chinese player from the small Ligue 1 team Metz for 30 million euros, they were still very surprised - they really couldn't figure out what the factors of "Ligue 1", "Metz" and "China" were worthy of the value of 30 million euros. Salihovic was very dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian because of his arrival to steal his core position. Now he has long admitted that Chu Zhongtian is indeed better than himself and more suitable for this position than himself.

With the arrival of Chu Zhongtian, the team has made a great contribution to the improvement of its strength, but football is a sport of eleven people after all, even if Chu Zhongtian is a top two, there are still nine people behind. Therefore, the increase in strength has not increased by leaps and bounds. Chu Zhongtian's arrival gave the team the biggest boost from spirit and temperament, it was he who gave this hillbilly team a "champion heart", and he told everyone not to surrender and admit defeat no matter how powerful the enemy is. In his first season in the Bundesliga, when everyone was still satisfied with only half of the league title, he had already made a declaration of winning the season. And when they only played one season in the Champions League, he had already set his sights on the final. When everyone thought that reaching the Champions League final was done, he said why not try to beat Barcelona to win the title?

Officially, such a captain led them to move forward all the time before they could reach the top.

Seeing that everyone was looking at Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick said casually, "Chu, say a few words." ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't shirk and stood up: "Everyone knows the significance of this game, and if we win, we will be the European champions." If you lose...... It proves that we are vulnerable in front of Barcelona and we deserve to be looked down upon by the whole world. I feel angry at the thought that we will have to endure such treatment if we lose! ”

He clenched his fists.

"When I was a fan, if my favorite team had won, the next day I would go around the world and look for news reports about the game, just to have fun. But if the team I support loses, I'll avoid going to the news for days, because I can guess that the media will always lift the winner to heaven and trample the loser into the mud! ”

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept failure to be ridiculed by the whole world. Before this match, the whole world thought that Barcelona would win, and the suspense was just a few goals to win. If we lose, can you imagine what they will say about us? I just don't want to think about it! ”

Delivering an impassioned speech in the locker room, Chu Zhongtian is now familiar with it. It could even be argued that he did a better job than Rangnick, but of course, Rangnick himself is not the kind of coach who is good at motivating.

The teammates were successfully mobilized by Chu Zhongtian. How the outside media reported on them during this time, they themselves know very well. At Heathrow, the undisguised contempt of those journalists hurt everyone.

The initial desperation of knowing that their opponent was Barcelona had already been run to Java, and now they couldn't wait to start playing.

They want the world to see if Barcelona are invincible and Hoffenheim is here to be the background of the championship.

"Remember how our fans sang it?"

Everyone sang in unison: "We are Hoffenheim!! Let you get a taste of our football! ”

Chu Zhongtian waved his fist: "My words are finished!" ”

(To be continued)