What is the climax?

The sarcasm of the fans?

Mockery from the media?

Pinching each other between teams?

No, in Europe, the sport of football has been sublimated into a kind of national pride, and the real culmination is the verbal confrontation between the leaders of those countries.

Although German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considered a Bayern fan, between Dortmund and Shakhtar Donetsk, she naturally chooses to support her country's team.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is also a football fan, and the team he supports, naturally, is Shakhtar Donetsk.

"According to authoritative sources, German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged phone calls with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, in which they talked about football, and the two leaders had an argument."

Of course, such an argument will cause a lot of reverie, but those who know the truth know that it is only limited to football.

Merkel is backing Borussia Dortmund and hopes that Germany can have two teams reach the final stage of the Champions League this season, while Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych wants his country's side to go further.

From the fans to the media to the leaders of the two countries, this game is no longer a simple game, although I don't want to admit it, this game may have become a battle of honor.

This is when the climax begins.

However, it is not necessarily a good thing that a game is so much noticed, because the higher the attention, the more pressure the players will be, which is inevitable.

The Donbass Arena is the home stadium of Shakhtar Donetsk and can accommodate more than 50,000 people, but tickets have been sold out in the days before the tournament has even started.

With only around 5,000 seats left for Borussia Dortmund fans, it's easy to imagine what it would be like on the day of the game.

It is said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Ukraine in the near future, and will also watch the game with the Ukrainian president.

It has to be said that if this is true, the players of Borussia Dortmund and Shakhtar Donetsk are under a lot of pressure.

As soon as the news of this kind came out, more media joined in the reports and interviews, and as soon as the training was over every day, Dortmund's training ground was bound to be surrounded by reporters.

Journalists from Germany, from Ukraine, from China, and from other parts of Europe.

They spoke a variety of languages and used a variety of questions to bring the game to a climax.

This is only in Europe, in Chinese mainland, this influence is even stronger, and fans can be heard in almost every street.

And the source of these influences is not the German chancellor, nor the Ukrainian president, but Lin Yu, after all, no matter what, he is a Chinese, authentic Chinese, the better he is, the happier most fans in China are.

Originally, the influence of the Bundesliga in China was not very large, and even if they knew the Bundesliga, unless they were really die-hard fans, most people could only name one team, and that was Bayern Munich.

But now, Dortmund's fame has even overshadowed Bayern Munich's momentum, all because of the high expectations of domestic fans for Lin Yu.

They really hope that what Lin Yu said will come true, and they expect to see a Chinese player who wins the Champions League Golden Boot.

When it comes to open and secret battles, interviews with players are naturally indispensable, shouting between players, and psychological tactics between coaches are all preludes to this game.

Some people say that football matches are not just 90 minutes on the field, in fact, before the kick-off, the game has already begun, and the psychological warfare off the pitch, the verbal kung fu, is the most obvious.

The reporters seemed to know that Lin Yu was a bad guy and liked to say some shocking things, so he became a hot topic for interviews.

"May I ask Lin Yu, what do you think of this game, also as a German team, some media and fans of Leverkusen do not seem to be optimistic about you?"

'We haven't played against Shakhtar Donetsk but I admit they're a strong team, but I like to score goals on top of a strong team because it's exciting. As for Bayer Leverkusen's fans and media, they don't have confidence in their team, so don't think we're too. ”

Lin Yu's words were really direct and arrogant, which made the media who interviewed him very satisfied.

However, these words angered the players of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Their main centre-back Hubschmann said defiantly: "He was able to score consecutive goals only because he didn't touch us, and here we will make him feel fear and helplessness!" ”

Former player Mkhitaryan also said: "He should learn to be humble, otherwise it will not be possible to gain our respect. ”

Lin Yu smiled and said to the media: "Respect? They called me a yellow-skinned monkey when I didn't speak, and now that I'm talking, they've taught me to be humble again? What a joke! ”

Another striker Alex also stood up and shouted to Lin Yu in the air: "You shouldn't underestimate us, we will definitely beat you all over the ground to find teeth." ”

"You say he's scored five goals in the Champions League? But so what, he hasn't played with us yet, which doesn't say anything, not to mention that when he comes to the Donbass Stadium, he will definitely be scared to pee his pants, will he still play? ”

Shakhtar Donetsk's players did not admit defeat at all, and used the most direct words to ridicule Lin Yu, but they tried to be careful not to use racist words, after all, as a player, it would be very troublesome.

In fact, Lin Yu didn't say anything, but he just said that he wanted to score points on the head of Shakhtar Donetsk, just like he said in the first half of the season that he would take three points at the Allianz Stadium, it was just a common sentence, but it was like a hornet's nest.

The self-esteem of football players is really terrible.

Of course, Dortmund is a team, and it is naturally impossible for teammates to let Lin Yu withstand the attack of bullets alone, although their words are more tactful, they also express their support for Lin Yu.

Gotze told the media: "Lin Yu is a very competitive player, I support him on this, we must get the three points back from Ukraine. ”

Royce also smiled: "If Shakhtar Donetsk's players really have the strength to fight, it is better to show it on the pitch and see if their defense is strong, or our attack is strong." ”

Lewandowski's words were more direct: "I really don't understand what they are excited about, Lin Yu is the core of our attack, is there anything strange about him wanting to score?" Not only does he want to score, I want to score too! A striker can't score goals, so is it still called a striker? ”

In the end, the words of the coaches of both sides further set the tone of the game.

"We went to Ukraine to win, although Shakhtar Donetsk is a strong team, but if we want to get to the next round, we have to eliminate them, it's nothing to say, we're not afraid of anyone." Klopp's personality is actually somewhat similar to Lin Yu, he is also very confident and full of passion, in his eyes, no victory is equal to defeat, and a draw is unacceptable.

'We accept the challenge from Borussia Dortmund and if they want to step on our corpse to get to the next round, then they have to leave something behind. Shakhtar Donetsk's coach Lucescu, although a little weaker, also showed his unyielding attitude.