With an hour to go before the game, most of the fans with tickets have already entered the stadium to participate in the carnival of their respective camps.

Champions League final ...... It's a time for the fans to revel!

At this time, the players of both sides have also entered the warm-up, Aiello and Modric showed extremely good competitive form, and the head coach Mourinho looked at it, standing on the sidelines and nodding frequently, obviously extremely satisfied with his own attacking Modric in the starting lineup, and he even thought of the team opening the scoring in the game.

Forty-five minutes of warm-up time went by as players from both sides entered the dressing room.

The next thing that appeared on the pitch was a theatrical performance full of ancient Roman characteristics, but these had nothing to do with the players on both sides of the final, just the enthusiasm of the organizers of the Champions League final.

When Manchester United assistant coach Phelan closed the door to the visitors' dressing room, the noise that spread through the stadium came to an abrupt halt.

All eyes were on Alex Ferguson, and they all knew that veteran coach Alex Ferguson must have something important to say before the final.

Manchester United in the past two seasons has not only lost to Chelsea, but has lost countless titles, the most important of which is naturally the Premier League title in two seasons and the Champions League title last season, so the upcoming Champions League final has become a must-have, otherwise Manchester United will become the laughing stock of the whole Europe!

Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Fletcher, Nemanja Vidic...... Every player is unusually strict.

Ferguson didn't waste time, and said with a straight face: "We have been working hard for the Champions League final for more than half a month, I believe that everyone here does not want to go home empty-handed, Nemanja and Darren have worked hard during this time, what are they working so hard for?" In order to beat Chelsea tonight to win the Champions League!! We've learned enough of the last two seasons, so the Champions League final is a must-win for us and we have to beat Chelsea! Take back our own honor!! ”

Because of the excitement, Ferguson's whole face was red, but he did not feel uncomfortable, but felt very excited, and every player in front of him was full of fighting spirit, just like the fighters of the Colosseum in ancient Rome who were about to start a life-and-death struggle!

Meanwhile, the Chelsea players in the home dressing room are generally in a good mood, with the last two seasons of heavy games against Manchester United allowing them to travel lightly, and with the 'King of the Final' Iroh in charge, there is no reason why Chelsea should lose this final.

In the long run, several players have lost their sense of normalcy.

Obviously, this does not bode well.

Mourinho's eyes were like a torch, and his eyes were vicious to see that many players had a heart to underestimate the enemy, and he knew it was time to give them a blow to the head!

After all the players had sorted out their equipment and appearance, Villas-Boas gathered the players at Mourinho's request.

"Has everyone here decided that the next 90 minutes will be a formality? Do you think that after 90 minutes, it will be us Chelsea who will be on the top podium? Is it possible to sit back and win the championship without putting in any effort? Isn't it?? ”

No one thought that Mourinho's first sentence would be four consecutive 'yes or no', and they were stunned for a while......

Mourinho glanced at the player who had been bluffed by him, and his heart was extremely happy, he had recently studied Sun Tzu's Art of War and already knew how to heal this group of 'proud soldiers', first with a stick and then with a turnip.

"In the past few days, I have found that many players have neglected training, which is not good news for us who are about to participate in the Champions League final, I will not criticize it by name, I hope everyone will take the next Champions League final seriously, and learn more from Ai, he won two Champions League titles at the age of 23, but he still maintains his extreme desire for the title, which is very rare! Don't forget... There is also a great record in front of us - the first team to defend the Champions League title since the reform of the Champions League, which is the highest honor! And think about the prize money we won the championship......"

As Mourinho's sense of rhythm has strengthened, players who have a sense of sluggishness have readjusted their mentality!

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Under the song "Now-We-Are-Free" sung by the blind Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, the players from both sides followed the referee into the stadium, and the live radio played the theme song of the Champions League "Champions Europe", symbolizing the inheritance of the spirit of ancient Roman fighters to the Champions League final, contributing a wonderful and classic Champions League final to all the fans present!

After the broadcast of Champions Europe, the Manchester United player on the right side of the screen walked to the left side of the screen to shake hands with the four referees and the Chelsea players who were officiating the game.

At the same time, the live performers and the entire sideline close to the host are in a triangle exit, which is very ornamental.

However, most fans' attention is not here, but on Iroh and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the attentive commentators have long noticed that the two men, who usually joke around during the warm-ups, players' tunnels and handshakes, did not communicate before the start of this game......

"I don't know if you have noticed a detail, usually as long as it is a match between Chelsea and Manchester United, Ai and Cristiano Ronaldo will chat and encourage enthusiastically, but this time is unusual, whether it is the warm-up, or in the players' tunnel, or the handshake session that has just ended, there is no such scene, will it be because the two are estranged because they care too much about this Champions League final?"

BBC commentator Lineker said suspiciously.

Guest Phil shook his head and said: "It is said that Cristiano Ronaldo also helped Ai speak at the regular press conference before the game, and the possibility of estrangement between the two is not established......"

"That's really weird."

Lineker said in surprise.

"There was a small change in Manchester United's front line in this game, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been operating on the left wing, was put in the middle by Alex Ferguson in this game, and the original starting striker Wayne Rooney was placed on the left, and on the right was South Korean Park Ji-sung......"

At the same time, taking advantage of the time when the broadcaster played the formation on the big screen, He Wei, the CCTV commentator in charge of the on-site commentary, said.

After the preparation was completed, Iello and Drogba stood in the center circle, Airo stepped on the football, and the referee, Swiss Bussaka, stood in the center circle and raised his hand to greet the goalkeepers of both sides if they were ready, and then walked to the Chelsea half-court arc close to the camera, with the whistle in his mouth.

The 2008-2009 Champions League final is about to begin!

At this moment, whether it is the London media or the Manchester media, or the Chinese media and the Korean media, they all feel a sense of tension.

It is worth mentioning that the guests of this season's Champions League final are very strong, Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi, British Prince William, UEFA President Platini and AFC President Hamann, originally Hamann did not come to the scene of the announcement, but two days before the game, he learned that South Korean international Park Ji-sung would make his debut in the Champions League final, so he had to change his itinerary and come to Rome.

The upcoming Champions League final has a different historical significance for Asia, and the outside world can claim to be 'Asia's Champions League final derby'!

It's just that the Chinese and South Korean media prefer to call it an 'East Asian derby'.

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Referee Busaka looked down at the watch time on his wrist, and the live director also gave the camera to the Swiss, and the noisy scene was magically quiet at this moment, and everyone was waiting for his whistle.

Half a second later, the whistle sounded.

It's game on!

Suddenly, the cheers in the stands suddenly exploded, resounding throughout the entire Olympic Stadium in Rome.

No one noticed that Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney had a look of eye contact at this moment.

Iello kicked the ball to Drogba next to him, and then ran towards the United half without looking back, and Drogba kicked the ball to Modric after winning the ball.

At the moment when Iroh finished turning around, a red lightning bolt passed by him at high speed, so he subconsciously turned his head to look over, it was - Cristiano Ronaldo!

"With the Swiss whistle, the game officially begins, now the starting ...... of both sides will be announced" Sky TV commentator Andy Gray was about to announce the starting line-up for the game, and his voice changed and exclaimed: "It's fast! ”

Cristiano Ronaldo was just over 10 metres away from Luka Modric with the ball, but the distance between the two quickly shortened due to his acceleration, and the huge cheers from the United fans in the stands were silenced.

Luka Modric's brilliant vision of the big picture made him realise that there were United players approaching at high speed, not having control at their feet, and passing back to right-centre-back Carvalho.

At this time, Rooney suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Carvalho, who did not dare to slack off and passed the ball to his central defender partner Terry, who did not stop and rushed directly to Terry.

John Terry also didn't dare to keep the ball himself, playing the ball back to goalkeeper Petr Cech with his back to goal.

Under normal circumstances, Cristiano Ronaldo should have stopped to save his body, but what he didn't expect was that he did the opposite, turning a small corner and continuing to rush towards Cech who received the ball.

No one expected Cristiano Ronaldo to be so desperate at the kick-off.

By the time Cech realised he should have kicked the ball forward, he had lost his chance, so he simply passed the ball to John Terry, who was pulled to left-back, but under pressure from Cristiano Ronaldo, he made a mistake and kicked the ball off the touchline.

The United fans in the stands erupted in loud laughter, mocking Cech's rare mistake.