Chapter 318 The Great Tournament
When in the player channel, players on both sides are waiting to appear, and the two teams have no communication with each other, although many of the players in these two teams have known each other for many years and have also had experience playing for the opponent's team.
But in the face of the atmosphere of the Champions League final, it is not a time to reminisce.
Neither Iniesta nor Xavi or Gao Lin looked for Rongguang to chat.
Rongguang stood in the team, and had no intention of looking for them, although Harvey was next to him.
But at this moment, Messi suddenly stood out from the team and... walked straight to the glory at the forefront of the team!
Everyone's eyes were attracted by him, and he saw him walking to Rongguang before stopping.
Rongguang was also attracted by Messi and turned his head to look at him.
"Hello, Rong." Messi raised his head slightly and said to Rongguang. "I want to defeat you."
Players on both sides were stunned by what Messi said.
Only Harvey next to him smiled with his lips pursed.
"Okay, but you can't beat me." Rongguang nodded and replied.
Messi did not continue to respond to Rongguang, but nodded and turned around and walked back.
As Rongguang said, football is not something that can be said by mouth, just express your attitude. It is useless to say more about it next, and let it prove it in the game.
Rong Guang turned his head and looked at Messi back to his own position before retracting his gaze.
At this time, Harvey next to him suddenly said, "I want to remind you, Rong, Leo this time is different from the opponent you have encountered before. He is very, very powerful."
"I'm better than him." Rongguang said.
Harvey laughed silently.
The mouth fight ends here.
The referee team walked up from the end of the team with the ball in the Champions League final: "Gentlemen, it's time to play."
The two teams followed the referee team members and walked out of the passage.
The passionate Champions League theme song rang out from Wembley Stadium outside. In the middle circle, a flag with the UEFA logo trembled in the hands of volunteers, like waves.
The Champions League flag on the sidelines flutters in the wind.
When the players on both sides walked out of the passage, the flashes of the reporters directly in front of the passage and on both sides turned into a galaxy, and the cheers of the fans at the scene came from all directions like tsunamis.
Anyone who is in such an environment will be unable to help but be excited and longs to achieve heroic achievements on such a stage.
As the Champions League theme song sang, this is a great event!
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Amid the passionate chorus, the players from both sides lined up and shook hands with each other. The captains of both sides set out, exchanged team flags, guessed coins, and picked the sides...
Manchester City won the right to pick the sidelines. Rongguang did not choose the half-field where Manchester City was when they were warming up, but chose the venue when they were warming up in Barcelona.
Harvey was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He just didn't understand why Rongguang suddenly had to change the venue.
He accepted the decision and once again shook hands with Glory and the referees, he returned to his team and told them to exchange venues.
Barcelona players were also quite surprised that they suddenly had to exchange venues. They thought they would start from that venue during the game.
"This must be Rong's trick!" Alves muttered as he walked towards the opposite court. "The purpose is to consume more of our energy before the game!
"What kind of trick is this? When we exchange venues, they have to exchange venues." Iniesta rolled his eyes at Alves. "We consume physical energy, and they also consume physical energy. And you can't get much tired even if you take a few steps."
Alves muttered: "Then this is Rong's psychological warfare!"
Iniesta stopped talking to him.
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The players on both sides quickly completed the exchange of venues, and then Messi and Gao Lin stood in the center circle, with Messi stepping on the football under his feet.
The competition is about to begin.
Chinese media and fans attach great importance to this Champions League final, not only because this is Rongguang's return to the Champions League final after four seasons after winning the Champions League championship, but also because this is the first "China derby" in the history of the Champions League final.
For the first time, in the Champions League final, two Chinese players appeared, and they belonged to different teams.
Glory represents Manchester City, while Golin represents Barcelona.
After transferring to Barcelona, Gao Lin still didn't score many goals, he adapted to Barcelona's tactical system very quickly. His extensive involvement in running and ball control, and passing was very helpful to Barcelona's frontcourt offense.
The most important thing is that he is different from Ibrahimovic. He will not be jealous of Messi as occupying the core position. He will not compete for the ball with Messi. He is willing to be a green leaf for Messi. This makes the cooperation between him and Messi better than Ibrahimovic and Messi. So although his fame and strength are not as good as Ibrahimovic, at present, Gao Lin, the center is the most suitable for Barcelona.
So after coming to Barcelona, after a period of adaptation, Gao Lin can now start in the Champions League final.
Chinese media are happy about this - Rongguang is able to start in the Champions League final, which is not suspense at all, and it is not worthy of being publicized specifically, but Gao Lin is different.
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Although it is very happy for Chinese media and fans that Gao Lin can reach the final, the focus of Barcelona in this final is still Messi.
So the TV broadcast camera pushes the camera close, and finally freezes the camera on Messi's face, while Gao Lin becomes Messi's background, appearing in the camera blurred.
Everyone knows that although there are many stars on both sides in this final, this is a contest between Rongguang and Messi.
This is a showdown between two of the best stars in football today.
After giving Messi a close-up, the camera moved to Glory's face again.
Rongguang stood outside the central circle, less than ten meters away from Messi.
His eyes looked straight ahead.
"Rong is looking at Messi." Catalonia's commentator said. "A year ago, Rong once expressed the view that Messi was not worthy of being her opponent. It aroused strong dissatisfaction among Barcelona fans at that time. And now, he is finally willing to face Messi, because Messi surpassed him in the Champions League scorer list and pulled him off the honor that he had never missed as long as he participated in the Champions League. He had to pay attention to Messi and he never mentioned his opponent's matters again. But even if he did not admit it, everyone knows that Messi is not only qualified to take Rong's opponent, but will also defeat him in this final!"
He is truly a commentator in Catalonia. His tendency is very obvious and his stance is firmly on Barcelona.
But he was wrong. Rong Guang was not staring at Messi. Although he was looking at the direction where Messi was, his eyes were directly crossing over Messi's head, and he was looking at Barcelona's goal.
This is also because the Catalan narrator is too self-righteous. Otherwise, if he observes carefully and thinks calmly, he can still see the clues - if Rong Guang wants to look at Messi, he will not look straight...
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After both players stood in their respective positions, the referee put the whistle in his mouth, and he raised his wrist and glanced at the time.
At this time, the sky above Wembley Stadium, which was still noisy before, suddenly became quiet.
Everyone is waiting for that signal.
The referee finally blew the whistle in his mouth.
The competition begins!
In an instant, the lights were ripped off and the cheers suddenly exploded.
In this, Messi gently tapped the football to Gao Lin, while he himself ran to the right side with a diagonal line.
Gao Lin turned around and kicked the football back.
Just as he passed the football back to Harvey, Rongguang rushed over him with a gust of wind!
This scared him - if he passed the ball later or passed it slowly, the ball might have been cut off by Glory before it even reached the feet of Xavi!
The speed of Glory is really too fast!
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"Rong!!" John Motterson shouted, and the instant cheers from Manchester City fans in the stands suppressed Barcelona fans.
They all saw the glory like a sharp sword rushing straight into the heart of Barcelona, chasing the football and running towards Xavi.
Harvey also noticed Rongguang. Facing the football coming from Gao Lin, he did not turn around and pass the ball, because his speed of turning was too slow in front of Rongguang's straight sprinting speed...
Maybe just as he turned around, Rongguang kicked the ball from behind and kicked it off.
Harvey directly kicked the football that Gao Lin kicked over to the right and moved horizontally!
Rong Guang rushed in the air. When he rushed to the front of Harvey, there was no ball under his feet.
At the critical moment, Xavi's calmness helped Barcelona resolve the crisis.
If this were replaced by someone who was not clear about his mind, he would probably give Rongguang a great offensive opportunity...
But fortunately, Xavi is the person in Barcelona's midfielder!
Although Messi is very glorious, the person who really pushes Barcelona forward is actually this small man with a bad appearance. Therefore, in the 2010 World Footballer selection, Messi finally won World Footballer, but Xavi, which made many people even speak out for Xavi.
However, Xavi himself seemed very calm and said that his club's teammates were happy to receive this honor. He didn't care whether he could win the World Footballer. Messi is a great player and it is very honorable to be able to work with him...
But those who truly understand football know that Xavi's importance to Barcelona is truly irreplaceable.
Chapter completed!