Chapter 201 Pilgrimage! Towards the Acropolis

On May 16, the first heavyweight champion of the European competition was announced!

Serie A Little Pepper Lecce, who has passed all the way, and Paris Saint-Germain, the strong team of Ligue 1 team, met at Glasgow Celtic Park Stadium to compete for the UEFA Cup championship trophy!

The two sides played 1:1 in the 90 minutes of the regular season, scored another goal in overtime, and finally entered the penalty shootout. In the end, it was the Parisian, the penalty kick was 5:4, and the total score was 7:6 to kill Lecce and pick up the League Cup trophy!

06-07 season's league cup trophy finally fell to Ligue 1, with an end!

After a brief report on the event, the major European media focused on the Greek Olympic Stadium. Real Madrid and Arsenal Arsenal Arsenal will fight for the highest honor of the European club competition on the night of May 23 - the UEFA Champions League Big Ear Cup!

Before that, the madman Li and his Real Madrid still have a league to play - on May 19 at home, Bernabeu will face the seventh-ranked little black horse Osasuna in the league!

In this game, Real Madrid's home court, Bernabeu, appeared for the first time this season, because at least half of the Madrid fans have ordered tickets online, went to Greece three days in advance to prepare to watch the Champions League finals, and visited the mythical monuments of Greece by the way!

Although the stadium was not full, and it rained heavily on the night of the game, it could not stop Real Madrid from winning at all. Argentine young player Higuain shined brilliantly and staged a big four joy with the help of his compatriot Gago. The Galaxy Battleship cut the dark horse 4-0, winning a good color for the about to start of the Champions League final. Head!

After the 37th round of the league, the first relegation team in the 06-07 season of La Liga was born. Li Tongfan's debut opponent in La Liga, Mallorca, said goodbye to the first division with tears and was relegated. The team's head coach Manzano was fired by the club for his poor performance in leading the team!

It is worth mentioning that Manzano was not the first coach to be fired after this round of the league. Celta turned around after "handed up her belt" after successful relegation, and fired the meritorious coach Fernando Varquez! This is also the usual trick of many clubs in the five major European leagues to fire the unsatisfactory coach in the case of relegation and no hope of moving forward, and make preparations for the next season in advance!

But these have nothing to do with Real Madrid, because from the first second of the game against Osasuna, the Galactic Battleship has entered the track of the Champions League final!

It has been a hard season, and the harvest season is coming. At this most critical moment, whoever dares to relax will be able to fight against the trophy and honor! On this planet, no professional football player can refuse the "seduce" of the UEFA Champions League Big Ear Cup - even the Lord of the Rings Raul, who has won this honor!

On May 20, Real Madrid flew to Greece to prepare for this final battle with supreme honor! Arsenal, the final opponent of the Galactic Battleship, has arrived there two days ahead of schedule.

Fight against the Acropolis!

Countdown, there are 3 days, 7 hours and 59 minutes left!

... The population of Athens City has soared by more than 100,000 during this period, and all the hotels have already been full. Some fans who have not made a viewing plan in advance have to set up camping tents in the park or the open suburbs for a few nights! Fortunately, it is almost June at this time, and the local temperature has risen to about 15 degrees above zero. Even if you are camping outside, you will not be guilty!

Greece regards this final as a grand event. In order to maintain the security of Athens City, more than 1,000 security police officers from all over the country were urgently transferred to Athens City to maintain the life order of local names and tourists!

The Olympic Stadium, the venue for the decisive battle, is located in Marosi, in the northern suburbs of Athens. It is a new comprehensive stadium built by Greece for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. It was only built in July 2004 and can accommodate 55,000 fans to watch the game! The competition was sold out a month ago. The "foreign scalpers" on the Internet have speculated the final tickets to 2,000 euros, but there is still no market, and the supply exceeds the demand!

After arriving in Athens, Real Madrid stayed at the famous Blue Sky Hotel in Athens.

Although it is a three-star hotel, it is located on the outskirts of Athens, close to the Apollo coast, quiet and elegant, and there are first-class shopping malls and golf courses around the hotel, which is very suitable for the team to rest and relax!

On the morning of May 21, the team came to the Olympic Stadium for the first time to adapt to the venue training. The stadium has been replaced with a new lawn. Real Madrid only has about 4 hours of light training, because the final opponent Arsenal will also be here for pre-match training in the afternoon!

Before the game starts at 20:00 p.m. on May 23, the court will replace the turf to provide the best service for this world-renowned game!

At this time, Athens City is already full of tension and joy before the finals. The streets and alleys are full of cheerful fans. The red representing Arsenal and the white representing Real Madrid have become the main colors of this world-famous tourist city!

"...Wow, it seems that there are many beautiful women who like me," Luo Fatty sat on the bus back to the hotel, pointed to a blonde and blue-eyed beauty fan wearing an R9 Real Madrid uniform outside the car with a silver smile, and began to show off: "A man like me is really the most popular person... I now think I'm full of energy... I can score ten goals in the final!"

"Real is it? Look there..." Robert Carlos curled his lips and looked disdainful: "Why do I think David is more popular than you?"

Sure enough, more than a dozen tall and hot girls quickly appeared in front of them. They wore Beckham's No. 23 uniform and held the sign "David, please have a one-night stand with me" in her hand to show their love to Bei Shuai. After seeing the Royal Madrid bus coming, they screamed and jumped excitedly. One of them saw Beckham across the way. When the window waved and smiled, he even covered his chest, because he fainted because of excessive excitement... The alien fat man, who was complacent just now, was stunned: "Well, I admit that David can score 100 goals in the final... The hammers laughed loudly and went back to the Blue Sky Hotel all the way!

... When the two teams were preparing for the battle, the major media were not idle. Countless experts and professors jumped out to analyze and predict the game. The French "Team Newspaper" even conducted a large-scale online questionnaire survey. After a three-day survey, 100% of the 870,000 fans from all over the world who participated in the survey. Sixty-eight fans believe that Real Madrid will undoubtedly win the Champions League trophy for the 10th time, and only 12% of fans think that Arsenal has a chance to make history and win the first Big Ear Cup in history after the restructuring of the Champions League!

In addition, 90% of fans think that the most threatening person in Real Madrid is the alien Ronaldo, and the remaining 10% is divided between Beckham and Raul. As for the most noteworthy person in Arsenal, of course, it is the gun king Thierly Hern. Li!

In terms of lineup, most of the injured players in Real Madrid have returned from injuries. Captain Raul and main center Van Nistelrooy are on standby at any time, which can be regarded as a complete lineup! The only pity is that Carlos Bella, a young Mexican player who played well in the second half of the season, was once again recruited into the Mexican national team to represent the North American Gold Cup on behalf of the motherland and missed the list!

And Arsenal captain Gilberto Silva was unable to play because of the yellow card in the semi-finals, which greatly reduced the strength of the Arsenal, because Brazil's midfielder has scored 3 assists for 3 goals in 13 appearances in this season's Champions League, and the most important thing is Gilberto Schill. The average of 6 effective interceptions per game and the 81% passing success rate have long made him one of the most indispensable iron waists of the team!

With the presence of this Brazilian, 20-year-old genius midfielder Cesc Fabregas can devote more energy to the attack. Therefore, in the absence of Gilberto Silva, teaching Wenger how to solve the problem of the team's "wist weakness" has become the focus of attention of fans and the media!

The famous sports betting company BWIN opened a odds against the game on May 23rd. Real Madrid won 2-4; the two sides won the 90-minute regular game and overtime to draw 11-5; Arsenal won 2-4!

William Coburn, the chief consultant of BWIN, said in an interview with reporters that the new champion of La Liga, Real Madrid and Arsenal, who represent the highest level of the Premier League, should be in terms of strength from the lineup! Therefore, it is hard to say who can win, but considering the crazy Li's invincible bizarre record this season, the company is more optimistic about the Galaxy Battleship... May 23rd!

The time for the decisive battle is coming!

The festive atmosphere in Athens City has dropped a little. The tense state before the competition has made the fans on both sides lose the harmony and friendship of a few days ago. If you see the fans in the enemy's uniform, they will ignore them directly, and the grumpy guys will deliberately run in front of the other fans to open the club scarf in their hands. Shout out "Long live Real Madrid" or "The champion belongs to Arsenal"... The battle is imminent!

The road from Athens to Marrothy in the northern suburbs has become bustling from early in the morning. The road less than 5 kilometers from the city center is full of fans wearing red and white jerseys. Because the parking lot near the Olympic Stadium cannot accommodate too many vehicles, at the initiative of Athens Municipal Axe, the fans are Walk to the court to watch the ball!

The special film crew of Spanish national television sat in a helicopter and took aerial photos. The dense flow of people was like ants moving, gathering from Athens and the surrounding small cities to the Olympic Stadium!

Li Tongfan's "old acquaintance" and famous beauty host Elizabeth Kalelina put on her seat belt to the camera and introduced to the fans who sat in front of the TV in Spain to watch the pre-match special program: "... This scene is too spectacular. The two best teams in the 06-07 season will be in five small After that, a wonderful game was presented to fans all over the world on this stadium... Look below, the fans rushed to the game venue like a pilgrimage..."

The camera is aimed at the Olympic stadium below, like a giant bird's nest lying quietly on the Apollo coastline, waiting for the hustle and bustle of the Athens night to begin!

(to be continued)