The final match of the 2011/2012 European season, the final of the Champions League, the highest level of European football, was played at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

The two sides are Barcelona from Spain and Chelsea from England.

Like last season, Digan entered Barcelona's eighteen-man squad, but he was still on the bench, and the main position was already very far away from him.

In fact, Barcelona's head coach Vilanova was also very entangled in whether to include Degan in the 18-man squad before, and finally the nightmare of the final last season made him withstand the pressure and put Degan on the bench.

On Chelsea's side, the team was led by Italian Di Matteo, who was first Chelsea's assistant coach, but later stayed away from the top four in the league for a long time due to the dismal results of Chelsea coached by Villas-Boas. After Chelsea suffered a 3-1 defeat to Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in February 2012, the Chelsea management finally lost patience with Villas-Boas, who sacked and Roberto Di Matteo took over as head coach.

Di Matteo's first challenge in charge was the knockout rounds of the Champions League, with Chelsea having already lost 3-1 to Napoli in the first leg and a back-to-back in the second.

However, Chelsea excelled under Roberto Di Matteo, beating Napoli 4-1 at Stamford Bridge to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League after 120 minutes.

Roberto Di Matteo established himself in the game, followed by Chelsea's double-fronted campaigns in the FA Cup and Champions League, and a passiveness in the league.

After beating Benfica in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Chelsea faced Real Madrid in the semi-finals, and in the face of Real Madrid's full oppression, Di Matteo resolutely executed defensive counter-attacking tactics in the game, leaving the mighty Real Madrid at a loss.

In the first leg, Didier Drogba defeated Real Madrid 1-0, and in the second leg, Chelsea unexpectedly chased two goals in a row after falling behind 0-2, drew 2-2 with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, and eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 3-2 to enter the Champions League final.

In addition to the Champions League, Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea also excelled in the FA Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 in the semi-finals before winning the FA Cup 2-1 at Wembley Stadium with a narrow 2-1 win over Liverpool, the first title Di Matteo has won as manager.

At the same time, however, Chelsea's focus on the Champions League and FA Cup saw them have been mediocre and finished sixth in the league.

Chelsea's worst finish since Roman Abramovich took charge in 2003 has been third-placed, but this season's internal friction has taken its toll and the Blues are to beat Barcelona in the Champions League final and then enter next season's Champions League as the defending champions if they are to be above the Champions League for the tenth year in a row.

Chelsea had already given up on the Premier League a few rounds in advance in order to meet this battle of life and death, and now it is time to unravel the mystery of the Italian's big gamble.

Di Matteo will certainly be hoping for a good result, with his job at Stamford Bridge being his first at the helm of a big club, having only managed Wimbledon and West Bromwich Albion before.

However, after Roberto Di Matteo replaced Villas-Boas, Chelsea's results have improved dramatically, with 13 wins, four draws and three defeats in 20 games, a 65 per cent win rate.

Another concern for Di Matteo is that even if he leads Chelsea to the first Champions League trophy in the team's history, it may be difficult to become a manager next season, which may bring him some psychological burden.

However, in the face of the media, Di Matteo showed a lot of generosity, he said that he does not care about personal gains and losses, and the most important thing now is to help Chelsea reach the top of Europe: "Now I am still acting coach, as for whether I can become a regular, it depends on the boss's arrangement, if I lead the team to defeat Bayern to win the Champions League, plus the FA Cup can not convince the boss, then I have nothing to say." ”

Di Matteo's duplicity shows his own humility, but people don't care about whether this Italian version of the crayon Xiaoxin can finally move Abramovich's heart and become the new favorite of the oil godfather.

Because of Degan's switch to Tottenham Hotspur, Degan, who was almost turned into a cold meal before, was fired again, and people are now concerned about whether he can play in the final.

What kind of performance will it have?

Is it a gorgeous farewell, a slap in the face to the old club?

Or is it a mess to the end, leaving Tottenham Hotspur secretly sad?

These are obviously much more reliable than an old guy being able to get a job!

Stepping onto the Celtic Park stadium, Deegan felt a burst of excitement for no reason, yes! It's exciting, this is the venue he is most familiar with!

When he was in AC Milan, he teamed up with Kaka to conquer the Champions League final for the first time, and then in Fiorentina, three consecutive championships, although not as domineering as Real Madrid at the beginning of the Champions Cup, but the results of three consecutive championships are estimated to be the best in ancient and modern times.

Last season, Deegan also reached the final of the Champions League, but this time, he was just a spectator, doing nothing but witnessing the team's defeat.

This time, Deegan is here again, or the final of the Champions League, can he play?

It depends on Villanova's idea.

Since last season, there was a conversation with Vilanova in the dressing room, and the two have not communicated since then, and even if Vilanova later took over the position of manager of Guardiola, the relationship between the two in the team is very awkward, and the words that the two have said in a season, combined, are less than 20 sentences.

Although now Degan has let go of his stubborn self-esteem, and only wants to leave here and go to another place to save his career, the problem is that if he has the opportunity to walk out of Camp Nou with his head held high as a winner, Degan will definitely not give up this opportunity.

The game is about to start, Deegan is on the bench, all he can do now is wait, wait for the opportunity that doesn't know when it will come, and if it does, all he has to do is take it.