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Southampton and Atletico Madrid will need to prepare a lot for Lisbon, Portugal.

For example, choosing a hotel is also a very important job.

I still remember that when Ferguson led Manchester United to Rome and lost the Champions League final, he pointed the finger at the poor hotel accommodation in Rome, believing that the bad hotel affected the rest of the players, and then affected Manchester United's results.

Of course, many people will scoff at this, but they have to admit that room and board are important.

Not just the players, but also the Saints fan club, as well as sponsor representatives and guests from Southampton and Atletico Madrid.

Yang Huan has always been very pursuing in doing things, either he doesn't do it, or he wants to do the best.

So, this time he personally came to Lisbon, Portugal to personally select hotels for both teams.

How to choose?

Simple!

Every five-star hotel goes in and stays, isn't it OK?

After a few days of comparison, Yang Huan inspected several of the best five-star hotels in Lisbon, and finally selected the two top hotels.

The two hotels are close to each other and are only a few minutes walk away.

What's more, the transportation is convenient, only eight kilometers away from the airport, about ten minutes, to the Lisbon Stadium of Light is also very close, and the hotel facilities are very perfect, what gym, conference room, swimming pool or something, everything.

What satisfies Yang Huan the most is that the two hotels are located near the Lisbon branch of Wange.

Of course, his own property is to take care of his family, and when the time comes, the three meals a day in Southampton and Atletico Madrid will naturally be handed over to Wangjiang Pavilion to be responsible.

But this is not what Yang Huan values the most, what he values most is the number of rooms in the hotel.

Both hotels have more than three hundred rooms, which is quite large.

And Yang Huan's thoughts are......

"Nikolai, Phelan, you go and talk to the hotel, in the two or three days before and after the game, we have all the two hotels!"

Yang Huan sat in the car and used his mobile phone WeChat to make video calls with Nicola Cortez and Ferran Soriano.

When the two of them heard Yang Huan's words, they were obviously a little moved.

"All-inclusive?"

"Young Master Huan, there are more than three hundred rooms, I'm afraid we won't be able to live so many!"

"Yes, according to what you just said, on average, even if they give us a discount, a room will cost at least more than two hundred euros, and six or seven hundred rooms in two hotels will cost more than 200,000 euros a day, not including other expenses!"

This sum of money is indeed a considerable expense, and it has to be carefully considered.

"I know, but what I mean is that the players, the families, the sponsors, the club staff, and the guests we have invited, are all staying at these two hotels."

Oh!

The two people in the video suddenly realized.

No wonder Young Master Huan attaches so much importance to it this time, and he personally went to inspect the hotel, it turns out that this is the case.

Not to mention anything else, among the guests, there are 1,000 people in the Saints fan club alone, according to the normal arrangement, two people have a luxury double room, then 500 rooms will be used, and the rest will be reserved for the players and club staff, as well as the invited players' families and guests, which may not be enough.

Because of this, Young Master Huan will choose two hotels next to each other!

"I've inspected, there is a four-star hotel around, it's also very good, if it's not enough, the staff of our club will quit and stay in a four-star hotel, after all, it's your own people, it's good to talk!"

Yang Huan's ideas were also shared by Nicola Cortez and Ferran Soriano.

In fact, Southampton and Atletico Madrid are treated well enough.

"By the way, Ferran, how is Teschic talking to Sporting Lisbon?" Yang Huan asked with concern.

"I just contacted him in the morning, and the conversation is almost over, I guess he will contact you later, Young Master Huan." Soriano quickly replied.

If the team wants to play the Champions League final in Lisbon, they have to come early, and then they need to have a training ground.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid intends to borrow from Sporting Lisbon, while Southampton is borrowing from Benfica.

This is also a very common thing, and it is also a training session, and basically there is no objection.

"Young Master Huan, how is the situation on Benfica's side?" Nikolai Cortez also asked with concern.

Although Southampton and Atletico Madrid are both young masters of Huan's estate, Nicola Cortez and Soriano represent Southampton and Atletico Madrid respectively, and it is naturally impossible for them not to have the meaning of competition.

After all, it's a Champions League trophy!

Neither team has won the Champions League in their history!

"I'm on my way to the Stadium of Light right now, I called before, it's not a big problem!"

When he heard this, Nicolas Cortez was also relieved.

"Last night I had a meal with the mayor of Lisbon and the representatives of the Portuguese government, and they mentioned that the preliminary estimate is that there will be more than 150,000 fans in Lisbon, which is very large and the whole of Lisbon is very nervous."

'For the sake of safety, we have to do a good job as fans and at the same time keep in good communication with Lisbon, so we can't make any mistakes, you know?'

"Understood!" Both in the video nodded in unison.

They also know very well how important safety really is!

150,000 fans, in just a day or two, frantically poured into Lisbon, which is a heavy burden for any city, especially in recent years, Lisbon and Portugal's economy is so bad, public spending is constantly being cut, the pressure is not small.

So, at times like these, it's important for clubs to take their part in taking care of their fans.

It's not that you have to do everything, but that you need to provide some necessary help and guidance within your ability.

For example, Atletico Madrid, for example, has partnered with a Madrid travel company to launch a Champions League final package for fans, when the tour company will use a bus to transport fans to and from Madrid and Sporting Lisbon, departing in the early morning and returning in the evening.

Moreover, because of the large number of people, the fee is very cheap and very popular with fans.

The same is true for Southampton, but because the UK is further away from Portugal, the club has opted to work with airlines.

Two or three days before and after the race, there will be more than 150 flights from Southampton and London to Lisbon, an unprecedented flight in Europe, with Southampton's official sponsor, Qatar Airways, being the main part of the plan.

In addition, some fans choose to drive themselves and take advantage of the opportunity of the Champions League final to play all the way from Madrid to London to Lisbon.

There was even a group of avid University of Southampton students who made up the Saints fandom and launched an initiative on Southampton's official website to take a road trip by bicycle with the intention of making a documentary.

The initiative was supported by hundreds of young fans, and the club was so supportive that it even invited professionals to accompany the team to shoot the record.

If Yang Huan is not mistaken, they should have already set off!

Just last night, the Lisbon city government also promised to strengthen vigilance, and even dispatched a number of drones to patrol and keep an eye on the dynamics of fans at any time, and the Portuguese government also said that they will also pay close attention to the two teams as soon as they enter Portugal.

But even so, Yang Huan still didn't dare to be careless.

Again and again, Nicolas Cortez and Ferran Soriano were told to be cautious and cautious.

The safety of hundreds of thousands of fans is more important than anything else!

Even after hanging up the phone, Yang Huan still couldn't rest assured.

He's done everything he can, and he just hopes nothing goes wrong.

Just as he let out a long sigh, the car pulled off the main road and saw Benfica's Stadium of Light in the distance.

The stadium is located in the middle of nowhere, in the heart of Lisbon, and is easily accessible.

There is even an overpass around the stadium, and there is a lot of traffic to see, and there are a lot of cars parked on the side of the road.

On the west side of the stadium, across the road, there is an overgrown vacant lot, while on the south side of the stadium there are many high-rise building cranes, but it seems that there is no construction going on.

This is also reminiscent of the downturn and decay of the Portuguese economy in recent years.

The Stadium of Light is the second five-star stadium in Lisbon after Sporting Lisbon's Alvalad.

With a capacity of 64,000 people, the upper floor of the stadium is made of steel frame structure, and the shape is very novel.

This is the final of Euro 2004, the stadium where Greece staged a dark horse miracle!

Therefore, many media outlets are now talking about the fact that this stadium will soon be a miracle again.

Because whether it is Southampton or Atletico Madrid winning the championship, it is a dark horse miracle.

Perhaps, the feng shui here is very unique, it is the so-called miracle place!

But there's more to it than just a football stadium, there's a supermarket and other shops, as well as other facilities and venues such as a gym, basketball hall and a small open-air soccer pitch.

This is because Benfica is not just a football club, but also basketball, ice hockey, volleyball and other branches, which is similar to Atletico Madrid, except that football is the main core industry of Benfica.

Surrounding the stadium and coming to the entrance at the southeast corner, Yang Huan found that there was an underground parking lot here.

But the driver turned directly through another passage, drove directly in, and finally stopped in the administrative parking lot in front of the office.

When Yang Huan got out of the car, the first thing he saw was the vacant land on the east side of the stadium that had just been demolished and had not yet had time to be leveled, as well as the row of commercial houses in the southeast, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

In recent years, more and more Chinese have come to Portugal to invest, mainly to buy houses.

He had also seen a lot of Chinese billboards selling luxury homes at Lisbon International Airport before.

It can be said that investors from China have contributed very much to real estate in Lisbon and Portugal.

But even so, there are still quite a lot of unfinished buildings.

Of course, Portugal's situation is not bad, and its ability to withstand the economic crisis is quite good.

Turning around, I looked up and saw the magnificent Stadium of Light.

This is the hottest stadium in Portugal, with an average of 50,000 people per game, which is not easy in European football.

But who would have thought that behind such a hot ball market is Benfica's poor finances?

When Yang Huan took Long Wu and walked to the door of the stadium office, Benfica's president, Luis Felipe Vieira, had already strode out to greet him.

"Haha, welcome to the Stadium of Light, Mr. Yang Huan!"

Next to him, the staff of the club also hurriedly took pictures, as if Yang Huan had come to the countryside to inspect the leader.

"Hello, President Vieira!" Yang Huan could only smile and shake hands with him, and then generously let the staff take pictures.

Otherwise, how else can it be rectified?

As for the middle-aged man who followed Vieira, Yang Huan recognized it at a glance.

"Rui, Rui Costa!" Yang Huan shouted in surprise.

This is a generation of midfield masters!

Today, he is the general manager of Benfica FC.

"Hello, Mr. Yang Huan!"

Rui Costa, who was dressed in a light gray suit, hurriedly held Yang Huan's hand, and his attitude was very sincere and enthusiastic.