Hamburg is not the strongest team in the Bundesliga right now, but the city of Hamburg is one of the most important cities in Germany.

Known as the "Bridge City of the World", the city is an important transportation hub in northern Germany and one of the richest cities in Europe, of course, many people know the name of the city for the first time, probably thanks to a food, that is, hamburger, the word hamburger is the Chinese name of the English Hamburger, formerly known as Hamburg. In English, Hamburger means "from Hamburg".

With Atletico Madrid arriving in Hamburg on Monday afternoon local time and Manchester City opting for Tuesday morning, the two teams did not have much to expect to meet at Hamburg Airport, but they were warmly welcomed when Linson showed up at the airport compared to the cold reception Atletico Madrid received at the airport.

To Linsen's surprise, there were many fans wearing Hamburg jerseys among the welcoming crowd. At first, Linsen thought it was because the host Hamburg had been eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, but when Linsen heard the names of these people, he was relieved.

The name that appears in the mouths of Hamburg fans is not Reuss, in fact, Reuss only transferred from Malaga due to the winter, and this game can only be watched from the sidelines, of course, whether it is qualified or not, like most managers, Linson brought all the players of the first team to Germany without missing a single one.

It was Kompany and De Jong who caused Hamburg fans to cheer.

Kompany moved to Manchester City in the summer of '08, and De Jong was half a season later than Kompany, and the two played for Hamburg before the transfer. In Linsen's memory, these two are not the only players who transferred to Manchester City from Hamburg, and the defender Boateng, who is still in the Hamburg team, is also a "veteran" of Manchester City. It can be seen that the relationship between Manchester City and Hamburg is clearly not much worse.

Both Kompany and De Jong were smiling as they both raised their hands in the face of the enthusiasm of the fans, and even stopped to sign autographs for their lucky fans.

Lin Sen was naturally happy to see it, and even deliberately slowed down his pace to let the two spend a little more time interacting with the fans.

Hamburg is not the home of Manchester City, nor is it the home of Atletico Madrid. Neither side has any particular advantage in this regard.

It is worth mentioning that this year's Europa League final has caused a huge controversy in terms of ticket allocation, because both Manchester City and Atletico Madrid have only been allocated 12,000 tickets, and for the Northern Bank Arena, which can accommodate 57,000 people, this means that the two teams together have not even received half of the tickets.

The situation also provoked the wrath of one Manchester City fan chief, Daulson, in an interview with the BBC. Daurson blasted UEFA directly: if they want to put on a show, they have a lot of opportunities and occasions, but it's a Europa League final and it should belong to real fans. Instead of the bunch of guys who just hang out around after getting off the sponsor's bus, these guys in suits and leather shoes don't come to watch the game at all, except for posing for the camera.

Manchester City fans were outraged, and Atletico Madrid fans were thrilled. And more directly, Barr took direct aim at UEFA President Michel Platini: what has changed since he came to power, except for some bullshit policies? What did he do for the fans?

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. The facts have become facts.

In any case, both sides have to accept the fact that there are more neutral fans than supporters of both teams in this final, and because of this, this part of the fans has become the supporters that both sides need to strive for, and it is clear that City now have a natural advantage in this regard.

Speaking of tickets, as the head coach of the team, Lin Sen got some tickets in the first month, but most of them were sold to other people, such as Tang Hua, he planned to invite some of his classmates to Germany to watch the game, such as Ariel, Cinderella and Boya's tickets naturally fell on her head, but Lin Sen himself did not leave much, except for a few friends who were not often contacted, such as Herris, who owed favors to Tang Hua's coaching training last time, Lin Sen thought about it for a while and called his parents, Then send two tickets, but Lin Sen is not sure if his parents with some special identities will come to watch the game-

After arriving in Hamburg, the city took a short break in the morning at their hotel before having their first training session in the afternoon. Unlike Atletico Madrid's closed training, Manchester City's training is open to the media and fans throughout the whole process, after all, it was just some simple training, and there was nothing to keep secret.

Pre-match press conference in the evening.

Lin Sen met with Flores for the first time, compared with Lin Sen in casual clothes, Florence who had just walked down from the press conference was in a suit and leather shoes, with a strict face, and the two who met in the passage subconsciously slowed down when they met, but they also did not stop tacitly, Lin Sen's impression of Flores is only limited to memory, and Flores's impression of Lin Sen is similar, although the story of Lin Sen and Atletico Madrid is well known to the world, and he naturally knows it, but for him, if it were not for this game, the predecessor of the predecessor, It really has nothing to do with him.

The two sides didn't talk to each other, just nodded to each other even if they said hello, but the person next to Flores was an acquaintance to Linson, Antonio López.

After Maxi Rodriguez left Liverpool, Antonio Lopes became the captain of Atletico Madrid, and after meeting Linsen, although Flores next to him did not say anything, he finally smiled.

Lin Sen also smiled, and the two sides staggered, and Lin Sen led Dunn to the press conference.

The Europa League final, while far less high-profile than the Champions League final, is still a top priority for the local media, and with the English and Spanish media, there were no shortage of journalists at the press conference. At the press conference, the relationship between Lin Sen and Atletico Madrid naturally became one of the most concerned topics of the media, and Lin Sen did not shy away from it.

Now that we've looked back at the past, it's time to look to the future. Reporters are also interested in Manchester City's starting XI tomorrow, but Linson doesn't want to reveal too much about this issue, he just gives a few players who will definitely start, such as Arjen Robben and David Silva...... Of course, there is basically no difference between what these people actually said and what they didn't.

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Back at the hotel, Lin Sen locked himself in his room, in the name of recuperating his energy, but in fact he was just making final preparations for tomorrow's big battle.

European competitions are different from domestic competitions in England and there are many more things to look out for, such as the field conditions, such as the weather conditions, and the referee. The referee for this match was the famous referee from Italy, Nicola Rizzoli, a referee who was trained by the Italian Referees Association after the phone gate, and only officiated in the Champions League in March this year, and this match was the first European major game he officiated.

Lin Sen deliberately investigated Rizzoli, of course, it is not that he has any prejudice against the Italian referee, but each league has its own style, and the referee also has different scales in law enforcement, the style of the Premier League is tough, in order to maintain the fluency of the game, the referee of the Premier League will generally be looser, and the style of Serie A is obviously different from the Premier League, fortunately, Rizzoli also seems to be a referee who attaches importance to the fluency of the game, and the law enforcement scale is also a relatively loose one among the Italian referees, and there are not many cards.

In addition to the referee, the starting list that the media was concerned about before was also one of the places where Linsen was scrutinizing, eleven starters, Linsen has determined ten, and only one position is still a little doubtful, that is, Vidal's partner in the back position, Linsen originally intended to let Javi Martinez, who is familiar with the La Liga team, start in this game, but Brian Kidd disagrees, he believes that De Jong should be believed at this time.

Kidd's point of view is not unreasonable, compared to Javi Martinez, although De Jong is a little lacking in the reading of the game, he is more experienced, this is the final after all, the role of experience is more than a qiē, not to mention, De Jong, who was previously in Hamburg, is no stranger to this stadium. Lin Sen didn't give a conclusion at the time, just nodded, and Kidd didn't continue to say anything, as an assistant coach, his duty is to build yì, whether he adopts it in the end or not, it is the head coach's decision. Moreover, after a season of getting along, Kidd is also familiar with Linsen's habits, and Linsen is very "dictatorial" most of the time when it comes to the starting list, but if he consults himself, he generally respects his opinion.

This time, it's no exception.

Lin Sen finally decided to adopt Kidd's opinion, but this time it was not entirely the reason Kidd said, in the final analysis, it was due to his own scruples about Atletico Madrid.

That's their front line.

Like Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, it's not hard to guess how many people started the game. First and foremost, it's their forward line. Aguero plus Fran. This season, the injury-free Sergio Aguero and Forlan have teamed up to score 30 goals together, more than half of Atletico Madrid's goals, although they have not been able to make a leap forward in Atletico Madrid's league record.

Therefore, optimistically, if these two people are locked, Atletico Madrid's attack will be wasted. But as an opponent, Lin Sen can't be optimistic, but to prepare for the worst.

It's not about not being confident, it's about being prepared. (To be continued......)