Afternoon in Porto, Portugal, airport departure hall.

All the reporters and fans who came to the scene to see off Porto were surprised to find that all the outfits of the Porto team today have been completely renewed, the original dark blue of the suit has changed to the current dark gray, but their ties still maintain the traditional color of dark blue, but with eye-catching white stripes.

Everyone knows that this is the colour of their Champions League win in 1987, but Porto have invited the veterans who won the Champions League in 1987 to follow the team to Gelsenkirchen in the hope that it will bring good luck to the team and help the team beat Chelsea.

Porto president Da Costa personally came to the airport to see him off, which can be regarded as a sign of trust in Mourinho and reassuring the Portuguese.

Just before the Portuguese Cup final, some media revealed that Mourinho and President Da Costa had a fierce quarrel, and the two had a strong argument about it, and even almost fought after the end, for this reason, in the Portuguese Cup final, Da Costa did not even go to the bench to watch the game as usual, but ran to the VIP seat to accompany President Sampaio.

What annoyed Da Costa was that Mourinho's team lost to Benfica in the Portuguese Cup final and missed the perfect opportunity to create a treble for Porto.

Although Sampaio is the president, da Costa has extraordinary connections and influence in Portugal, and there are media reports that da Costa scolded his mother in front of President Sampaio, but Sampaio had nothing to do with him.

Because of this, many people are worried that Mourinho will be swept away for offending Da Costa.

However, with da Costa coming to the airport to see him off, I believe this will somewhat ease the worries of the outside world.

"Hello, President da Costa, Mr. Mourinho, I'm a reporter for the Spanish newspaper El País, can I ask you a few questions before I leave?" A Spanish journalist walked over.

Da Costa looked at the time and shrugged his shoulders, "Of course, it's an honor" It was obvious that he even substituted Mourinho's answer, and Mourinho stayed by his side after he agreed, even if he was very unhappy.

'We're all interested in knowing, what do you think about the final against Chelsea? Is there confidence? The reporter asked.

"Of course," da Costa nodded without hesitation, "I have a lot of confidence in the team, in Jose, and I firmly believe that we can beat Chelsea and win the St. Bolled Cup back to Portugal."

The focus of the reporter's question was obviously not on Da Costa, but on Mourinho, so after Da Costa answered, he transferred the recorder to Mourinho, the Portuguese madman coach has been known for his outspokenness in the past, so the Spanish journalist also hopes to get some strong information from him.

"We'll definitely come back with the title," Mourinho said succinctly.

The Spanish journalist nodded and immediately got to the point, "But, Mr. Mourinho, I'm sure you should also be aware of some recent news, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, and Deportivo La Coruna manager Irueta have both publicly expressed their support for Chelsea to win the title, and they both suspect that in Porto and their knockout rounds, they were clearly taken care of by the referee, do you have any personal response to this?" ”

Porto's two knockout legs against Manchester United and Deportivo La Coruna were both home and away, but in both rounds of the tie, the first leg in Porto was red-carded, and it was Manchester United's Keane who was sent off in the round of 16, when Ferguson accused the Porto goalkeeper of deliberately acting to deceive the referee's sympathy.

Mourinho didn't give much justification for the red card at the time, he directly said that football is a game of wits and strength, and any means are to win, and he thinks it is impossible to win without a long heart.

In the second leg of the Old Trafford stadium, Porto striker Alberto was analyzed live TV after the game, and the number of fake falls was as high as 8 times, including K for a foul on a Manchester United player, and Ferguson was also very unhappy with this.

The same controversy was seen against Lyon, but the most shocking was against Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-finals.

The first leg was held in Porto, and Deportivo and Porto played 00 as a result of a defense, Andrade tackled Porto's player, which was just a very ordinary foul, but after Andrade fell to the ground, he gently kicked the Porto player, both of them were smiling at the time, but the referee ran directly over and gave a red card.

At that time, Andrade directly complained, he has played for Porto for many years, and many players in this team are friends, and the players of Porto also defended Andrade, believing that the kick was just a joke between good friends and should not be given a red card, but the referee did not change the penalty at all.

Irueta blasted the referee's standards after the game, and believed that Porto had adopted the most brutal way to play, even if they won, it would be dishonorable, so he said he would support Chelsea and Ye Qiu in the Champions League final.

Not only in the Champions League, but also in the Portuguese Premier League, Porto has been the subject of controversy more than once, and many professional football journalists have previously revealed that Da Costa is using his amazing influence and extensive contacts to control Portuguese football and even control the game.

It's just that this series of news has not been disclosed because Porto is from the Portuguese Super League and has little influence, but as Portugal's neighbor, the Spanish football circle is more aware of all this, and the reporters of the newspaper El País obviously came with a kind of mentality of fighting for Irueta, so there is such a difficulty.

Mourinho's face became visibly ugly, because of course he knew what was going on during the game, "I don't pay attention to what people say, especially the losers, they fail precisely because they say a lot but do very little, and I think all those who doubt us should look to themselves for the reason." ”

"But, Mr. Mourinho, you can't deny that Porto was indeed lucky," the Spanish journalist sneered.

The expression immediately infuriated Mourinho, who felt he was being treated with contempt.

"Lucky? I don't think it at all," Mourinho said in a very unfriendly tone, turning around to leave, "although I can't control what you think and say, but I will definitely prove one thing, and that is that we can get to this point by strength, and we will prove this in the final"

In fact, not only Mourinho was angry, but Da Costa also glared at the Spaniard unkindly, if there was a Portuguese reporter standing in front of him now, he believed that no one would dare to ask him such a question to his face, but he could not do anything with the Spanish reporter, unless he wanted to cause trouble.

The reporter of the National newspaper dared to criticize Mourinho, but he did not dare to offend Da Costa, if the same question was asked to Da Costa in person, it was difficult to guarantee that the Portuguese football predator would not give him a direct slap, which was somewhat self-defeating.

This is a guy who is not even taken seriously by the president of Portugal, so it is better to be less troublesome

Chelsea also flew in from London in Gelsenkirchen, but they arrived earlier, at noon, and unlike Porto, who live in the city, Chelsea live at the Marriott Hotel next door to the Schalke Stadium.

The Schalke Stadium is located in the north of Gelsenkirchen, just between Gelsenkirchen and Gladbeck, and in addition to being the home of Schalke 04, Schalke 04's training ground is also next door to Schalke 04.

Abramovich has a lot of money, and he has directly chartered one of the few private rooms in the Marriott Hotel, and the most exclusive floors of the four-star hotel have been allocated to the players and coaching staff, as well as Chelsea staff and players' families, as well as some of Abramovich's friends.

Directly chartered the entire Marriott Hotel, the hotel is naturally in accordance with Chelsea's requirements, because the hotel has a lot of supporting facilities and podium, so the security of martial law is mainly concentrated in the main building, all people in and out of the main building need to go through the security guards, in case there are fans or reporters entering.

Behind the hotel is the home of Schalke 04, an old athletics stadium that resembles the Munich Olympic Stadium, with a sunken design and a grandstand on the top floor that is just level with the ground, which is hard to see elsewhere, but obviously not very important.

This is Schalke 04's old home stadium, Park Stadium, which is now home to the youth team.

Unlike the old home stadium of the youth team, Schalke 04's training ground is very formal, with a five-storey training building, four standard-sized fields, each with the most complete geothermal and drainage system, and one of the fields has a narrow field dedicated to some small team training

The only fly in the ointment is that as a Germany that often snows, there is no standard indoor training ground in Schalke 04's training base, which has to be said to be a big fly in the ointment, but after renting Schalke 04's training ground, everyone can feel the regularity and perfection of the German club in this aspect.

From the turf of the training ground to the indoor swimming pool, to the gym, to the medical room, to the lounge, the training base of Schalke 04 can be said to be five-star, which echoes the Proud Schalke Stadium next door, and Schalke 04 said that there are still many places to complete this training base, and the club will continue to invest more, and the total investment is expected to reach 45UU million euros.

Not only that, Schalke 04 will also build a Schalke History Museum near the stadium and training base, and the Marriott Hotel also belongs to Schalke 04, and all of this will become a fixed real estate of Schalke 04, bringing a steady stream of income.

Ye Qiu and the players arrived at the Marriott Hotel and dealt with trivial matters, and then conducted recovery training in the training base of Schalke 04 that afternoon, and everyone also felt the regularity and perfection of the Schalke 04 training ground, and even many details made Ye Qiu very interested and thought it was worth learning.

However, Chelsea's Cobham training base has been completed and the team is ready to move in after the end of the season, and many good things are too late to learn now, so we can only save them for a later day to see if there is a chance to rectify them.

After the training session in the afternoon, Ye Qiu arranged for all the players to be in the conference room of Schalke 04 to analyze and study Porto's offensive routines and defensive weaknesses, as well as Ye Qiu's strategy and tactics in this game.

Strategically, Chelsea's advantage in this game is clear, and the players will overwhelm Porto in terms of individual ability and overall quality, which can be said to be a complete victory, because in a way, Porto's qualification for the final is arguably the most controversial in recent years, and is also regarded as the weakest team in the final.

But even so, Ye Qiu still didn't dare to be careless, because he knew Mourinho's strength very well.

"Porto's strength is their overall football, they always maintain a very tight and tight defensive formation, Maniche, Mendes, Costinha are all famous players in the Portuguese league, and I am sure that they will make a fuss about defending and intercepting from midfield in this game."

Relatively speaking, Chelsea's attacking power is stronger, even if Chelsea is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League and Europe this season, but in fact, this team's attacking ability is very good, and the number of goals is even the same as Arsenal's.

"Compared to Porto, we are a team with a lot of experience in major tournaments, but I am sure you all know that it is absolutely not enough to rely on our experience to deal with a final like this, we also need a good mentality"

The more important the game, the more important the player's mentality, and it can even be said to be a key factor that affects and influences the team's performance.

Ye Qiu has always paid attention to this, he has always avoided putting too much pressure on the players, and even he has been emphasizing that the team does not need to have too much pressure at all, as long as they play their best side and play their own games well, then no matter who the opponent is, Chelsea can defeat the opponent.

William Hill and other bookmakers also support Ye Qiu, believing that Ye Qiu's good management of the army, as well as the star-studded team and excellent personal ability, are all important factors for Chelsea to beat Porto.

However, the importance of this game is far greater than Ye Qiu's previous life, not only the British royal family sent a lot of princes and queen representatives, the most famous of which is Prince Charles and his two sons, British Prime Minister Tony Blair will also come to the scene in person, many people feel that this is the first time that the London team has reached the final, and may win the first Champions League, the royal family and London political and business celebrities from all walks of life attach great importance to this.

But not only the United Kingdom, the Portuguese government is also fully supportive of Porto, in addition to Portuguese President Sampaio will personally visit the scene to supervise the war, Prime Minister Barroso even decided to postpone the plan to visit Mexico, personally come to Gelsenkirchen to supervise the war, and then the German Schroeder will also personally accompany him.

In addition, UEFA also announced that a group of stars such as IOC President Samaranch, famous Beckenbauer, PI car king Schumacher, and former German star Klinsmann will attend the game, which greatly adds attention to the game, coupled with the pre-game momentum, which makes this game particularly eye-catching.

But because of this, Ye Qiu's protection of the team became even tighter, and he even issued a death order to prevent anyone from accepting any kind of access before the game, everyone was uniformly sealed, and everyone could only move inside the hotel.

But Ye Qiu obviously didn't want to seal everything too hard, so he decided that after the players' families arrived in Gelsenkirchen tomorrow at noon, the players could get two hours at noon and until 10 p.m. in the evening.

In this way, the mood of the players can be avoided to the greatest extent, and they can face the game with a better mentality.

Therefore, in this pre-match tactical meeting, Ye Qiu's tone was also as relaxed as possible to avoid giving pressure.

"Actually, we don't have to think about how terrible the opponent is in this game, because we have faced more terrible and difficult opponents than them, Arsenal, remember? We got to the final after losing to Arsenal. ”

"For this game, I am full of confidence, I think we only need to grasp one link, we can win, that is patience" Ye Qiu has always emphasized the mentality of the players.

'Porto will do everything they can to stop us from attacking, we shouldn't fight them with that brute force, it's not worth it, we should play smarter, use our strengths, use our control, dominate the game, put the opponent into our rhythm and the way we play, be patient and look for the opponent's holes.'

When he said this, Ye Qiu pointed to Drogba and Ronaldinho.

'Obviously, Carvalho is a hole for Didier and for Ronaldinho he is more than capable of creating a hole between the strong but inflexible and slow Jorge Costa and Pablo Ferreira, and our wing is perfectly about that.

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu looked at his player again, smiled confidently and calmly, and said: "The most clever hunter will never lose his patience and confidence, he will patiently wait for the opportunity, waiting for the prey to show flaws, because he believes that his prey will definitely show flaws, and at that time, he will be able to give a fatal blow with incomparable precision." ”

"It's the Champions League final, guys, don't try to break the opponent in the shortest possible time, because when we are thinking about restraining the opponent, they are also thinking about restraining us, how we will attack, how they will defend, so it is a long-term battle and a test of will and patience."

"Many of you have a lot of experience in tournaments, and I'm sure you know as well as I know how to deal with this kind of tournament, so my clever hunters, remember my words, don't lose patience, don't mess with yourself."

'It's going to be our Chelsea game'