Chapter 414: Tickets, Stadiums
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George feels that the past year has been like a dream, in which Chelsea have produced the best player in the world. King, and the team won game after game, getting all the honors they could. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As a pure Blues fan, George's happiest moment came five years ago, in 2000, when Chelsea won the FA Cup over Villa. As the oldest season in the world, the Football Cup meant a lot to England fans, when George and a few friends spent two days in a row in pubs to vent their excitement.
But since the Russian predator arrived at Chelsea, the team even finished third in the league last season, which has made George very happy, so he is looking forward to this season.
But even though George was expecting a good result from the team, it was still a surprise to see what was going on!!
Winning the League Cup against Liverpool, winning the league at Old Trafford in the 31st round, and winning the FA Cup against Arsenal have always made George feel like he is in a dream.
George is a small manager in the company, with a salary of £3,000 a week, which is not a lot, but George spent a lot of money, all of which was used to buy Chelsea shirts, jerseys, memorabilia, and donated some to the fan association, and the biggest expense was the number 21 black shirt.
This black shirt is the first of the 31st round of the league for that game, Chelsea's No. 21 Allen. The shirt that King wore when he came on the pitch was pulled off by the frenzied fans after the game, and the next day, the person who got the shirt sold it for £7,500.
But obviously, this price is only the floor price, and within a few hours, the price soared all the way to 11,000 pounds, George looked at the shirt with hot eyes, and was ruthless, so he directly spent 13,000 pounds to buy it.
George proved to be the right choice, and when he put the shirt online and indicated the provenance, the price was touted all the way to over £50,000, which was much more than George would have spent.
But George, but he will not sell it at all, he hangs it on the Internet is just to show other people, this dress is hung by him on the bedside, every morning when he sees it, George will feel very motivated to work.
This morning, as usual, George woke up from his bed again, and he turned his head to look at the jersey on the wall, very satisfied.
When he saw this shirt, it was as if he saw the domineering figure of the number 21 brunette kid on the pitch, saw the domineering long-range shot of that brunette boy, and saw, in short, that kid has been able to lead Chelsea to victory, all of which is really beautiful.
After breakfast, George called his girlfriend and, after a few sweet words, drove straight to the ticket area at Stamford Bridge.
He does it every day these days.
The UEFA Champions League final is about to begin, and ticket sales for Blues fans are about to begin, but George has no inside information and can only come here every day to see when tickets can be purchased. Because his home is very close to Stamford Bridge, many colleagues also asked him to help buy it, so it can be said that George shouldered the trust of many people to watch the game.
George worked hard, but there were more fans who worked harder than him, and when he drove to Stamford Bridge, the ticket area next to it was already covered with a long queue.
Seeing this scene, George didn't even have to think about it to know what was happening, so he parked the car and immediately walked to the back of the line, ready to line up to buy tickets, and at the same time, he didn't forget to call the boss.
"Hey, it's George, what's the matter?"
"Mr. Fink, I'd like to take half a day's leave." After thinking about it for a long time, George still said it directly, in fact, his company is an Internet company, and the business is usually very busy, in order to complete the work, Mr. Fink has tripled his overtime salary, but he is still busy, so George said that he was a little apologetic about taking leave.
"What!? You want to ask for leave, I heard you right, George, you know that the work of the company is not finished at all, Mr. Stephen was urging again yesterday, if we can't meet expectations, then the company will "As soon as he heard that George was going to take leave, there was a shout on the other end of the phone, which made George sweat profusely, and in the company, he was most afraid of Mr. Fink's chattering voice."
"So, can you tell me what made you take a leave of absence?"
Hearing this, George exhaled, even if his salary was deducted, he didn't want to hear Fink's nagging anymore, "Boss, tickets for the UEFA Champions League final are going on sale today, so I'm in line, you know I'm a Blues fan, I'd love to see that game, and"
"What, buy a ticket? George!! You're actually"
Speaking of this, the voice on the other end of the phone took a big turn, "What, you said that the Champions League final tickets are on sale, oh my God, George, you must buy one, remember to buy one for me, okay, I will grant you a day off, and today will be considered to work for the company." ”
"Oh, well, Mr. Fink." It wasn't until there was a "beep" on the other end of the phone that George reacted, and it turned out that Mr. Fink was also a Chelsea fan.
"If I had known this, I would have just said no," George regretted, but instead he waited with great excitement for the team to move slowly.
Kemal. The Ataturk Stadium, Turkey's Olympic Stadium, which hosted the UEFA Champions League final, has a capacity of 81,000 fans, while UEFA has given 10,000 tickets each to Chelsea and Liverpool, of which 8,000 are purchased through online bookings and only 2,000 are sold at the team's ticket window.
In order to reduce the occurrence of scalping, whether it is online ticketing or window ticketing, a person can only buy two tickets.
However, 2,000 tickets is a drop in the bucket compared to the number of Chelsea fans, with at least a thousand more fans in the square in front of the ticket window, and many more coming one after another.
George didn't know this, and now, he was still a little glad that he had come early, and there were only about 1,000 people in front of him, and according to the ratio, he could have bought tickets.
Time passed quickly, 3 hours passed in a blink of an eye, at this time, there was only one person in front of George, he was very excited, if he could buy a ticket this time, he could go to Turkey to watch the game, depending on what Mr. Fink meant, he would definitely agree to go to the game by himself, maybe he could go with Mr. Fink, then there was really nothing to worry about.
"What, there's only one, but my girlfriend and I need two." While George was thinking happily, the fans standing in front of Fink suddenly shouted, which made the fans behind them a little desperate.
"Sorry sir, there's really only one."
George stood in the square in a daze, staggering towards the parking lot with the fans.
It took a morning to queue up, but he didn't buy a ticket, and being reprimanded by the boss was a trivial matter, but he couldn't go to the game, which made him feel lost.
George walked down the road blankly, not noticing that he was on the road.
At this time, an eye-catching Bugatti Veyron happened to drive straight on the road, and George didn't even notice it, seeing that he was about to collide with the car.
"Beep beep" "Hiss"
With two whistles and the sound of grinding wheels on the ground, the car stopped just a meter in front of George, and if he drove a little further, George would have to go to the hospital, and even to God.
"Friend, be careful when you walk!!"
It was none other than Wang Li who got out of the car, and if he hadn't reacted in time just now, I'm afraid George would have been lying on the ground, so he was also a little angry in his heart.
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to."
George took two steps back in fright, waving his hand in apology, he knew that he had just been distracted, and there was no sidewalk in this position, it was obvious that he had violated the law. (ps: In the UK, there is no such thing as losing money by hitting someone, which needs to go to court, whose fault is borne by himself.) "Oh, what's wrong with you, be careful when you walk, okay, goodbye then." Seeing that George was still a little dazed, Wang Li also knew that he didn't mean it.
"Oh my God!"
At this time, George saw the model of this car clearly, there are definitely no more than 3 people who have this kind of car in London, and Chelsea's No. 21 black-haired boy is one of them, George looked at the car in surprise, and turned his eyes to the owner, only to find that it was Wang Li.
"Alan!! Oh my God, I'm dreaming! After reacting, George immediately ran forward, looked at Wang Li and said in surprise, but at this time he was a little caught off guard, and he didn't know what to do at all, just stared at Wang Li and looked at it.
Being a little hairy by this kind of look, Wang Limin pouted and said, "Friend, what happened to you just now?" ”
'Oh, yes, Chelsea tickets are sold out, I can't buy them, I can't go to Turkey to watch you play.' George said with a look of loss.
"Tickets?" Wang Li was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Okay, friend, is it because of this that you walked on the street?" ”
Seeing George's lost appearance, Wang Li felt a little unbearable, so he took out a few tickets from the car, stuffed them directly into George's hand, and said: "Friend, give you a ticket, you must be careful when walking, life is much more important than a ticket." ”
At this time, George looked at the ticket in his hand with a look of surprise, and he was stunned.
"Oh my God, this is the ticket Allen gave me"
After reacting, George immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, stuffed it to Wang Li, and said, "Thank you, thank you, Alan, oh my God, I can't believe it." ”
With that, George turned and ran to the side, his movements were extremely agile, as if he was afraid that someone else would rob him of his ticket.
"But not so much."
Wang Li waved his hand, wanting to return the money to George, but in his vision, there was still George's figure, he looked at the stack of banknotes in his hand blankly, counted slightly, about more than 3,000 pounds, and said in his heart: "It turns out that scalping can also make a lot of money." ”
Of course, this is just a joke, £3,000 is too small a number for him.
In fact, the price of an ordinary ticket for a Champions League final is between 100 euros and 300 euros, and each Chelsea FC player can get a few tickets, and after the assistant coach distributes the tickets to the players, there are at least 30 tickets in the remaining stack, all of which are stuffed into Wang Li's hands.
Therefore, Wang Li has a lot of tickets, and he doesn't care about a few tickets at all.
Thinking about such an important game, Wang Hai and Eris are probably going to go, as well as Rita, Angela, plus Angela's uncle Cole, then a total of 6 tickets can be sent, if you count his good friends Cooper, Harrielsen, Pete and others, of course, if they want to go to the game, there are only more than 10, these many tickets, Wang Li is also worried that no one wants it.
After this small turmoil, Wang Li drove directly to Cliffenwell Road, where Wang Hai and Eris lived, and the purpose of this visit was naturally to give the couple football tickets.
"Alan, it's been a long time since you've been here, baby, how have you been? Why didn't you bring your little girlfriend with you? ”
Eris is still the same, when she looked at Wang Li, she directly came to an affectionate hug, which made Wang Li a little overwhelmed, even if it has been 2 years since he came to this world, he is still a little uncomfortable with Eris's enthusiasm.
"Tina, let me go, oh my God, I'm here to deliver tickets, the day after tomorrow, you're going to watch the game, right?" Wang Li arched out of Eris's embrace, straightened his hair, and said.
"Yes, baby!"
Eris smiled and said: "I have everything planned, when I go to Turkey, I will go to Portugal with your father, the last time you participated in the European Cup, he always didn't have time, this time you have to have a good visit." ”
"Ahh
While Wang Li was still busy preparing for the final, the couple was ready to play in the summer, the gap was too big, but as his parents in this world, they were so happy Wang Li was also very happy, and after giving Eris two tickets, he made a few more phone calls to his friends and drove back to Chelsea FC.
The reason why Wang Li is in such a hurry to deliver the tickets is because the team will go to Turkey together in the afternoon, and the club has attached great importance to this European Champions Cup final, Mourinho asked the team to arrive in Turkey three days in advance to adapt to the environment there.
In fact, there are a number of other reasons why the Portuguese do this.
"The European Champions Cup is coming to Turkey!"
This news is a hot topic this season, and many European fans are arguing about it, and for such an important match, UEFA chose a stadium in Turkey, which has confused most fans.
Ninety-seven percent of the country, Turkey on the Anatolian plateau, was once a mysterious country, and there are many, many stories that took place here in Greek mythology.
Here is Homer's Trojan Horse, the birthplace of the Virgin Mary, and satellite photographs have found traces of biblical antiquity in Turkey's inhospitable eastern mountains, where Noah's Ark is said to have been kept.
Now, this is the place where the European supremacy of the season will be born, and perhaps UEFA also values the mystery of this place to choose this place to arouse the interest of fans.
Kemal. Ataturk Stadium, located in the center of Istanbul Olympic Park, is the home of Turkish giants Galatasaray Club, the stadium was completed in September 2001, opened on October 31 of that year, with a total cost of up to 110 million euros, Ataturk Stadium is Turkey's most invested so far, but also the most modern sports and cultural complex, designed by the famous French architects Macari and Zubrena.
Zubrena is best known for hosting the 1999 World Cup at the Stade de France, which Turks proudly consider to be Turkey's version of Wembley.
Undoubtedly, the new stadium was the secret weapon of the Turks' bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, but they also contributed it to host the highest level of competition in Europe.
While the facilities are absolutely world-class, that's not the point, the point is that Turkish fans have always been known for their madness, even brutality, and for most teams from other countries, the stadium is more like hell.
Historically, Turkish clubs have not been strong, but they are not afraid of the European giants, because their devilish stadiums can be extremely uncomfortable for outsiders - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal, AC Milan and other teams have all been planted in Turkey. And the Ataturk Stadium is a hell of a hell.
According to a professional from the French Football newspaper on the analysis of the Ataturk stadium, the design of this stadium subverts the principle of coordination, and the stadium is heavy on the west and light on the east, and the turf of the stadium is the base point of the infinite extension upward.
This makes it possible to see everything in the stadium no matter which side of the stand you are watching, and if you stand in the stadium and look up, you will find that almost every fan is staring at you from the sky!
This will put the most pressure on each player and at the same time make the fans go crazy in the extreme!
Playing on a pitch like this is a lot of pressure on both players, and Mourinho is not sure that the players will be able to adapt to this kind of pitch and the madness of the Turkish fans, so he asked the team to adapt in advance.
Again, Rafael Benitez apparently had that in mind, and two hours after Chelsea's departure, Liverpool boarded the plane en masse for Istanbul
(To be continued)