Seville, Spain.

Whether Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Renaissance, all kinds of architecture can be found in Seville, and Europeans call it the "Garden City". Today, however, the "Garden City" is enveloped in a strong football atmosphere.

The Seville Olympic Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium completed in 1999, has a capacity of 57,619 spectators and has been awarded a five-star football stadium by the European Football Federation.

Sevilla FC wanted to use the stadium as a selling point, and made two unsuccessful bids to host the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. In the end, the political axe hopes to find a new owner for the course. However, Sevilla's two big clubs, Sevilla and Betis, were reluctant to take over the stadium.

If it weren't for the fact that it had won the UEFA Cup final, the stadium would have had little to do with football.

In any case, as the final is about to begin, there is more excitement outside the Sevilla Olympic Stadium than ever before.

Dressed in Tottenham's white jersey and Porto's blue and white striped shirt, the stadium was littered with it.

Among them, Tottenham fans make up the majority.

Although the tickets were the same for the two teams before, Tottenham Hotspur had many avid fans who bought tickets for this final from elsewhere. Because the price of the ticket was speculated to dozens of times the face value before the game, many Porto fans even chose to sell their tickets to the opponent Tottenham.

Obviously, as one of the poorest countries in Western Europe, the Portuguese could not refuse the more than a thousand euros that Tottenham fans had shelled out, which was almost as much as a month or two of their salary!

In this way, the fans of the two teams, who were originally evenly matched, may become a situation where Tottenham fans occupy most of the country after entering the stadium.

Even so, Tottenham fans can still be seen outside the stadium holding signs that say "We need tickets" and "Buy tickets at a high price".

I heard that the tickets have been sold to more than 1,000 euros, Yang Xu, David Marvin, Danny Weir and Lao Yang can't help but feel that it is good to know the stars!

"Hey, maybe before the game starts, the tickets in the front row of our seats can rise to 2,000 euros, let's just sell it and find a bar to watch the game, haha!" David Marvin said with a wicked smile on his face.

"You kid, I didn't spend any money on the road, I reimbursed you for the air tickets, and I still want to make money! I can't stand you! Yang Xu said disdainfully.

"That's it, there is only one game like this every year, how great is it to be able to come to the scene? I came here after closing the store! Lao Zhang said excitedly. After coming to the UK for so many years, he didn't have the opportunity to travel to other countries to watch the game because he always had to see the store. This time, I looked at Chen Xi's face.

"you! I'm not kidding, how can I really sell tickets? I really want to sell it, I've already sold it in London with the ticket, and I can still come here? David Marvin said angrily, as if he was despising them for not understanding their own humor.

"Well, today's game is expected to be Tottenham's home stadium, Porto fans are obviously not as many as Tottenham!"

"Yes! There are still a lot of Sevilla fans in Porto who are 'impersonating'! We have some Betis fans on our side, too. ”

"What a nice man! The game hasn't started yet, so let's have the momentum first! ”

"If you win the championship, it's more exciting, isn't it?"

…… Before entering the stadium, Yang Xu and the others could hear the song of "glory belongs to Tottenham" everywhere. Others don't know, I'm afraid they think this is Tottenham's home stadium.

In fact, Portugal is right next door to Spain, and it stands to reason that the final is played in Spain, so they should have the upper hand. It's a pity that their enthusiasm is obviously not as high as that of England fans!

Upon entering the stadium, the Stadio Olimpico de Seville becomes a sea of white.

Porto fans occupy less than a third of the stands, the rest are Tottenham fans.

In the face of this absolute numerical superiority, Tottenham fans became more and more excited, and the Tottenham team song continued to flutter in the stands of the Serbian Olympic Stadium...... The game kicks off at 8:45, but there are some performances of theatrical programs before the game...... After all, it's a European final!

In order to welcome guests from afar, the organizers specially invited the popular Spanish pop girl group "Tomato Sauce Band" to sing before the finals.

The "Ketchup Band" is made up of three beautiful girls, Pilar, Laura and Lucia, all of whom are daughters of the famous flamenco guitarist Tommatt. "Ketchup" is currently very popular in Europe, like Hong Kong's twins, who had a wonderful performance at the FIFA year-end awards ceremony last year.

As soon as they debuted, they came up with their famous song, "Ketchup Song", which was the most popular during last summer's world tour. The upbeat song, performed by their fresh and sweet Andalusian voices and accompanied by an unrestrained flamenco dance, captivated the crowd of more than 50,000 fans.

Even, there are many fans who twist their bodies with several beautiful girls on the stage, and the scene looks very joyful!

At this time, in the locker room, Chen Xi and his teammates also heard this "tomato sauce song".

This song is really popular in Europe, even Chen Xi has heard this song, and Robbie Keane is in the locker room, writhing along with the music. His antics drew laughter from his teammates.

However, it also made the atmosphere before the final seem a lot more relaxed.

Hoddle was happy with the performance of his players and, in fact, as a coach, he was a little nervous at this point. After all, this is the first time he has led the team to the final of a European competition!

Of course, he can't pass his nerves on to his players.

"All right, gentlemen! When the girls are done, it's our turn, so let me say a few last words! After stabilizing his emotions, Hoddle said after pressing his hands to signal the players to be quiet.

Hearing Hoddle's words, Chen Xi and his teammates also sat down quietly.

"Before the start of the season, we got our last ticket to the qualifying round of the League Cup through the so-called 'fair play prize'. At that time, many people were laughing at us, it was shit luck to get such a European qualification! Now, though, a few months later, I think those guys have shut their mouths because we've made it to the finals! ”

"At Euro '92, Denmark joined in at the last minute in place of the war-torn Yugoslavia. At that time, in the eyes of most people, they were just going to Sweden to make up for it. As a result, they were the last to arrive in Sweden, but they took the biggest piece of the cake. We call it 'Danish mythology'. Now, eleven years later, how similar is our trajectory to that of Denmark? Compared to them, we have gone through layers of levels and overcome more tests! All the way to the final, I can't think of any reason why we shouldn't win the title, the Danes can create a 'Danish myth', why can't we create our own 'Tottenham myth'? Hoddle's words had been prepared for a long time, and he borrowed the allusion of "Danish mythology" to increase the confidence of the players. His impassioned speech really succeeded in arousing the fighting spirit of the players!

"Tottenham myth! Tottenham myths! Tottenham myths! Under the leadership of captain Redknapp, Chen Xi and his teammates raised their arms and shouted in unison.

"Alright! Use your offense to take out the Portuguese and tell them that we didn't fight to get to the final, not to win the runner-up! Champion...... That's what we're aiming for! Hoddle finally added!

Meanwhile, in the visitors' dressing room, Jose Mourinho was struggling to speak to his players at the last minute.

Despite his youth, he is very good at building his prestige, and in the dressing room, he is always the supreme king, and his words always stir up the fighting spirit of the players!

After his speech, the players of Porto also became full of fighting spirit! ――

"The 2002-2003 UEFA Cup is just around the corner! The decisive battle was between Tottenham from England and Porto from Portugal! Both teams have gone through a lot of tests to make it to Sevilla, and both teams will be bound to win the title! ”

UEFA has previously stipulated that starting from the final of this season's League Cup, the "silver ball system" will replace the previous "golden ball system", that is, after 90 minutes of draw, 15 minutes of extra time will be played first, and the "sudden death method" will be used, if the first 15 minutes of extra time still cannot be decided, and then the second half of extra time will be played for 15 minutes, at which time the "sudden death" will be invalid, if it is still a draw, it will enter the penalty shootout. If both teams go to extra time, this game will undoubtedly have the hope of making history! Bierhoff went down in the history of European football when he scored his first golden goal in the European Championship final in 1996, and can either of the two teams make history by scoring the first silver goal today? Let's look forward to ...... together"

…… Before the game, the commentator was doing the final analysis of the game as usual.

It wasn't until the stands suddenly erupted in cheers that the commentators stopped their analysis, "Okay, the players of both teams have played, let's see the starting lists of both teams......"

Porto starting line-up: (4-4-2):

Goalkeepers: BaiaDefenders: Paolo Ferreira, Carvalho, Jorge Costa, Valente Midfielders: Costinha, Maniche, Deco, AlenichevForwards: Delle, Capshu Tottenham starting line-up: (4-4-2):

Goalkeepers: KellerDefenders: Stephen Carr, Ledley King, Richards, Ziggy Midfielders: Simon Davis, Redknapp, Flender, Edison Chan Forwards: Morientes, Robbie Keane

(To be continued)