Chapter 068 Scottish Football Philosophy

In the visiting team locker room at Celtic Park Stadium.

Zhang Yang and his teammates were sitting in the locker room. No one spoke or played. The locker room seemed very quiet.

This silence allows the sound of the court outside to come clearly.

That's the crazy shouts and songs of the fans.

The players have realized that this game will not be easy. The atmosphere of this stadium is a boost to the well-informed AC Milan stars. When the AC Milan players went out to warm up just now, they were also shocked by the already full Celtic Park Stadium.

A huge green and white flag appeared in the stands, which was a huge benchmark for the Celtics, and a huge flag corresponding to him. It said 1967, which was the commemorative flag of the Celtics' victory in the European Championship in 1967.

This flag is uncommon and can only be seen in very important competitions. The match with the defending champion AC Milan is definitely a heavyweight match, so the fans brought this flag to the stadium, which is a way for enthusiastic extreme fans to express their support for the team.

These two huge flags are on the stands, which have a great visual impact.

In addition, there are many other banners, slogans and flags waving in the stands.

Even when the AC Milan players warmed up just now, no Celtic fans were sitting in the stands. They all stood up, raised their arms forward, opened their mouths and booed. This is the way the Celtics welcome AC Milan.

The game has not yet started. Celtic fans have made AC Milan's stars realize the difficulty of the game. I believe that this pressure will double after the game starts.

Ancelotti is announcing the starting list. In fact, until the starting list was submitted, he hesitated. The biggest variable was Ronaldo. Ancelotti was not sure whether Ronaldo could meet the requirements of the starting line-up when he had just recovered from his injury. He asked the advice of the team doctor. The team doctor meant that in principle, there was no problem with starting, but, It's better to be cautious. However, Ronaldo personally found Ancelotti, and he was beg for war. Ancelotti said that he would consider it and did not reply to Ronaldo in the first place.

In fact, Ronaldo's invitation still affected Ancelotti. He finally made the decision to let Ronaldo start. Today's front line is Zhang Yang and Ronaldo's starting partners. This formation has also been tried in training, but it is the first time to use it in the official game.

In this game, Dida came back from injury. Nesta and Bonella partnered with a central defender, the right defender is Odo, and the left defender is Jankulovsky.

"Gatuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini." Ancelotti is reading the starting list, "And Kaka." After reading this, Ancelotti paused for a moment.

Ronaldo looked up at the head coach, and then he heard the coach quickly read out two names, "Zhang and Ronnie partnered on the front line."

There were cheers in the locker room, and everyone was happy for Ronaldo and his comeback.

"Ronnie." Zhang Yang stretched out his right hand, and Ronaldo smiled and high-fiveed him.

In today's game, more than 20 Chinese journalists came to the media table at the Celtic Park Stadium. There are more than 20 Chinese reporters reporting a Champions League group match. This number is already considerable, thanks to Zhang Yang's increasing popularity in China, especially after the young man's transfer to the Italian giant AC Milan, in the eyes of Chinese fans, he is already an international superstar. Among Chinese sports stars, Zhang Yang is already compared with Yao Ming and Liu Xiang.

"Look over there." A Chinese reporter pouted.

Everyone looked along. It was a group of oriental faces. They knew that it was a Japanese journalist. Because Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura plays for the Celtics, as long as it is the Celtics' game day, there will be Japanese reporters to report the game, especially in the Champions League.

In fact, in this game, both the Chinese media and the Japanese media are hyping up the duel between Nakamura and Zhang Yang. In China, the media also has an unprecedented sense of superiority. Zhang Yang is now the main scorer of Serie A giant AC Milan, while Nakamura has experienced the first two seasons. After a relatively good performance, this season's performance began to decline, and the Celtics' position in the team began to decline. One is the main scorer of the European championship team, and the other is the player between the main force and the substitute of the Scottish team Celtics. This alone makes the domestic media and fans find a rare reason to be proud.

Japanese reporters looked a little worried, because the more accurate news they just learned, Shunsuke Nakamura is likely to sit on the bench today, which makes Japanese journalists a little frustrated. Some Japanese journalists are also eager to see Shunsuke Nakamura lead the Celtics to kill AC Milan with good performance. Not to mention that this is impossible, at least the Japanese believe in this possibility. Now, the rise of publicity makes the Japanese very jealous. If in this game, Shunsuke Nakamura can perform better than publicity in this direct confrontation. If it is excellent, the Japanese think that this will mean that Japanese football will completely destroy the final confidence of Chinese football. In fact, it's just a game. They really think too much.

Now, from the news received, Shunsuke Nakamura is likely not to appear in the starting list. Can this not let these Japanese reporters be disappointed? Because, on AC Milan, there is almost no problem with Zhang Yang's starting line-up. As long as he is not affected by injuries, Zhang Yang will definitely be AC Milan's starting line-up. Forward.

Seeing the gloomy expression of the Japanese reporter, the Chinese reporter was happy.

In Asian football, Japan has distanced China far away. Chinese football is becoming more and more unable to stand up in front of Japan, a close neighbor of East Asia. It is not easy to find a little self-confidence and superiority in front of Japanese football. No wonder Chinese journalists and domestic fans are a little complacent.

At this time, the players from both sides appeared, and the starting list of players from both sides was also played on the big screen of Celtic Park Stadium.

AC Milan (4-3-1-2): 1-Dida/44-Odo, 25-Bonella, 13-Nesta, 18-Yankulovski/8-Gatuso, 21-Pirlo, 23-Ambrosini/22-Kaka/7-Zhangyang, 99-Ronaldo.

Celtics (4-1-4-1): 1-Bolutz/24-Dumby, 5-Caldwell, 44-McMarus (Captain), 3-Neller/11-Hartley/18-Donati, 8-Scott-Brown, 20-Yarosick, 46-McGiddy/27-McDonard.

There was a burst of cheers of Chinese players on the media table. Zhang Yang undoubtedly got the starting line-up, and what made everyone happy was that Ronaldo really came back from his injury and formed a front-line partner with Zhang Yang.

This makes Chinese journalists more happy and proud. Ronaldo's position in the hearts of countless journalists and fans can be imagined. If someone told him a few years ago that a Chinese player would play for AC Milan and partnered with Ronaldo, they must have thought that the man was crazy, which was simply Daydreaming is unbelievable.

But, now, this scene really happens in front of us, and it really is!

Because of this, the pride in my heart is indescribable.

The Japanese media reporter let out a sigh of regret. Someone was shaking his head. Nakamura Shunsuke was really sure that he could not start. In this game, they could only be a spectator. Seeing the excited appearance of Chinese reporters not far away, these Japanese reporters were angry. Thinking of those years, Nakata Hidemasa When they became popular, Chinese people didn't know how envious they were, but now they are complacent.

These Japanese reporters ignored one point. Even Nakata Hidetoshi only joined the Roma team. Whether it is the strength of the team, its position in the team, and its reputation in international football, Nakata Hidetoshi is unmatched with Zhang Yang.

Merkel, the referee from Germany, blew the whistle at the beginning of the game.

The two sides entered the game directly from the first second.

There is no warm-up, no temptation, no pretentious tampering. From the first second, the two sides are completely in a state, and every attack is aimed at the goal of scoring.

Celtics midfielder Donettie tried a long-range shot and almost scored. Fortunately, Dida's attention was very focused, and she punched the football out - in the face of this kind of long-range shot, Dida didn't dare to hold it directly with both hands for fear of getting out. This is also a shortcoming that restricts Dida from becoming a world-class goalkeeper like Buffon or Kahn. Dida's biggest problem is that he will get out of his hand in the face of the sudden shot, which also makes him a bad nickname of 'butter hand'.

This powerful long-range shot instantly blew up the atmosphere of the Celtic Park Stadium. The Celtics fans in the stands burst into great cheers and thought they had scored the goal.

Before the game, former Italian national team coach Trapatoni reminded AC Milan that the Celtics were not easy to deal with.

"The players there have rough skills, simple consciousness and backward tactics, but they have extremely strong spiritual strength. With the spirit of hard work, they believe that they can defeat everything."

In fact, as Trapatoni said, the magic weapon that the Scots have always relied on is not technology, or even the body and strength they are good at. As Liverpool coach Shankley once said, football is not a battle between life and death, but beyond life and death. In the eyes of the Celtics, football transcends life and death, so if some teams are not ready to work hard here, they are likely to suffer.

Last season, AC Milan was tied by their opponents zero to zero at the Celtic Park Stadium, which is an example.

"Whether it is the Rangers or the Celtics, there are many Scottish international players in the team. The good performance of the national team will also drive their performance in the club. The players have strong self-confidence. Even in the face of the strongest opponents, they will not be afraid. Tonight's game will prove this point!" Scotland's largest media, the Scottish Herald, said before the game.

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