On the afternoon of the day, Porto, Portugal, airport waiting hall.

All the reporters and fans who came to see off Porto were surprised to find that today's Porto team's outfits were completely renewed, and the suits followed the original dark blue and turned into the current dark gray. However, their ties still maintained the traditional color of dark blue, but they had eye-catching white stripes.

Everyone knows that this is the color they did when they won the Champions League in 1987. Not only that, Porto also specially invited veterans who won the Champions League for the team in 1987 to follow the team to Gelsenkirchen, hoping that this will bring good luck to the team and help the team defeat Chelsea.

Porto Chairman Da Costa came to the airport to see him off in person, which was also a trust in Mourinho and a reassurance to the Portuguese.

Just before the Portuguese Cup final not long ago, some media revealed that Mourinho and Chairman Da Costa had a fierce quarrel. The two had a strong argument over this and almost fought. 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 Sampayo.

What annoyed Dacosta was that Mourinho's team lost to Benfica in the Portuguese Cup final, missing the excellent opportunity to create a triple-championship for Porto. Dacosta was furious in the VIp box on the spot, scolding Mourinho, and even threatened to fire Mourinho in front of Portuguese President Sampayo.

Although Sampayo is president, Dacosta has extraordinary connections and influence in Portugal. Some media reported that Dacosta cursed in front of President Sampayo, but in the end Sampayo had no choice but to deal with him.

Because of this, many people are worried that Mourinho will be kicked out for his crimes against Da Costa.

However, as Dacosta arrives at the airport to see him off, I believe this can somewhat alleviate the worries of the outside world.

"Hello, President Dacosta, Mr. Mourinho, I am a reporter for Le Spain. Can you ask you a few questions before leaving?" A Spanish reporter came over.

Da Costa looked at the time and shrugged, "Of course, honor is extremely high." It was obvious that he even replaced Mourinho's answer, and Mourinho remained by his side even though he was unhappy after he agreed.

"We all want to know, what do you think of Chelsea in the final? Do you have confidence?" asked the reporter.

"Of course" Dacosta nodded without hesitation, "I am full of confidence in the team and Jose. I firmly believe that we can beat Chelsea and will definitely win the San Bolade Cup back to Portugal."

The focus of the reporter's question was obviously not on Dacosta, but on Mourinho, so after Dacosta answered, the recording pen was transferred to Mourinho. The Portuguese mad coach has been known for his boldness in the past period of time, so the Spanish reporter also hopes to get some powerful information from him.

"We will definitely come back with the championship," Mourinho said concisely.

The Spanish reporter nodded and immediately started to get to the point, "But, Mr. Mourinho, I believe you should also pay attention to some recent news. Manchester United coach Ferguson and La Coruna coach Iruetta have recently publicly expressed their support for Chelsea's championship, and they all doubt that in Porto and their knockout matches, they have obviously been taken care of by the referee. Do you have any personal response to this?"

Porto, Manchester United and La Coruña's knockout matches were scheduled for home and then away, but in these two rounds of duels, red cards appeared in the first round of the matches in Porto. Manchester United's Keane was sent off in the round of 16 knockout matches. At that time, Ferguson accused Porto goalkeeper of deliberately acting and defrauding the referee of the sympathy.

Mourinho did not give much excuse for this red card at that time. He directly stated that football matches are a game of wits and power, and any means are for winning. He believes that it is impossible to win without being careful.

In the second leg of the Old Trafford Stadium, Porto's forward Alberto was analyzed on live TV after the game, with as many as 8 fake falls, including K, who was a Manchester United player who fouled, and Ferguson was also very dissatisfied with this.

The same controversy also occurred in the match against Lyon, but the most shocking thing was the semi-finals of La Coruna.

The first leg was held in Porto. La Coruna, who played away, played 00 with Porto, and the result was that one defense, Andred tackled the Porto player. This was just a very ordinary foul. However, after Andred fell to the ground, he gently kicked the Porto player. Both of them were smiling at the time, but the referee ran over and gave the red card.

At that time, Andred directly accused that he had played in Porto for many years and had friends with many players of this team. Porto players also defended Andred, 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 meaning of the penalty at all.

Iruetta criticized the referee's law enforcement standards after the game. At the same time, he believed that Porto took the roughest way to play the game, and even if he won, he would be disgraceful. Therefore, he said that he would support Chelsea and Ye Qiu in the Champions League final.

Not only in the Champions League, but also in the Portuguese Super League, Porto has encountered controversy more than once. Many professional football reporters have previously disclosed that Da Costa is using his amazing influence and extensive connections to control Portuguese football and even control games.

However, this series of news was not disclosed because Porto came from the Portuguese Super League and had little influence. However, as a neighbor of Portugal, the Spanish football circle is quite familiar with all this, and the reporter of the National News obviously came with a mentality of being unfair to Iruetta, which made such difficulties.

Mourinho's face became obviously ugly because he knew what happened during the game. "I won't pay attention to what others say, especially those losers. The reason why they fail is precisely because they say a lot, but do very little. I think all those who doubt us should look for the reasons from themselves."

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

This expression immediately angered Mourinho, feeling that he was despised.

"Are you lucky? I don't think it at all?" Mourinho said in a very unfriendly tone and turned around and left. "Although I can't control what you think and say, I will definitely prove one thing, that is, we can get to where we are today, relying on strength, and we will prove this in the final."

In fact, it was not only Mourinho who was very angry, but Da Costa also stared at the Spanish unfriendly. If the Portuguese reporter standing in front of him now, he believed that no one would dare to ask him in person, but he had no choice but to deal with the Spanish reporter unless he wanted to cause trouble.

A reporter from the National Daily dared to criticize Mourinho, but he did not dare to offend Dacosta. If you ask Dacosta in person, it is hard to guarantee that the Portuguese football tycoon would not slap him directly. This is somewhat self-defeating.

This is a guy who doesn't even take the President of Portugal seriously. It's better to be troubled.

Chelsea also flew from London to Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, but they came earlier and arrived at noon. Unlike Porto, where they live in the city, Chelsea's residence is at the Marriott Hotel next to the Aoyu Schalke Stadium.

The Aoyu Schalke Stadium is located in the north of Gelsenkirchen, just between Gelsenkirchen and Gladbeck. In addition to Schalke 04's home court, Schalke 04's training ground is next to Aoyu Schalke 04. The two areas are the same as Ajax, with only a parking lot, and the Marriott Hotel happens to be at the intersection, with three places in shape.

Abramovich was rich and powerful. He directly booked the few private rooms at the Marriott Hotel and arranged the highest-end floors of the four-star hotel to the players and coaching staff. Chelsea staff and players' families will also check in to the hotel. At the same time, some of Abramovich's friends were also included.

I directly booked the entire Marriott hotel, and the hotel naturally had to follow Chelsea's requirements. Since the hotel has many supporting facilities and podiums, the security guard's martial law is mainly concentrated in the main building. All people entering and leaving the main building need to go through strict inspections by the security guard to prevent any fans or reporters from entering.

Behind the hotel is the home court of Schalke 04 Youth Team, an old track and field stadium, which is somewhat similar to the Munich Olympic Stadium, and is all sunken. The stands on the highest floor are just the same as the ground, which is difficult to see elsewhere, but they are obviously not very valued.

This is Schalke 04's old home park stadium, and now it is the home stadium of the youth team.

Unlike the old home court of the youth team, Schalke 04's training ground is very formal. A five-story training building and four standard-sized fields. Each field has the most complete geothermal and drainage system. One of the fields also has a narrow small field specially opened for some small people to fight against the training.

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

From the turf of the training ground to the indoor swimming pool, to the gym, to the medical room, to the lounge, Schalke 04's training base can be said to be five-star, which echoes the Aoyu Schalke Stadium next door. Schalke 04 said that there are still many places that have not been completed in this training base, and the club will continue to invest additionally, with the estimated total investment reaching 45UU,000 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. All of this will become Schalke 04's fixed real estate, bringing a steady stream of income.

After Ye Qiu and the players arrived at the Marriott Hotel and handled the trivial matters, they conducted restorative training at Schalke 04's training base that afternoon. Everyone also felt the formality and perfection of Schalke 04's training ground. There were even many details that made Ye Qiu very interested and thought it was worth learning from.

However, Chelsea’s Cobham training base has been completed, and the team is also preparing to move in one after the end of the season. It is too late to learn many good things now, so they can only be left to see if there is a chance to make rectifications in the future.

After the training class that afternoon, Ye Qiu arranged for all the players to analyze and study Porto's offensive routines and defensive weaknesses, as well as Ye Qiu's strategies and tactics in this game.

From a strategic perspective, Chelsea's advantage in this game is very obvious. Players must overwhelm Porto in terms of personal abilities and overall standards. They can be said to be a complete victory, because to a certain extent, Porto's final qualification can be said to be the most controversial in recent years and is also regarded as the weakest final team.

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 compact and tight defensive formation. Maniche, Mendes, and Costinia are all famous players in the Portuguese league. I can be sure that they will definitely make a fuss about midfield defense and interception in this game."

Relatively speaking, Chelsea has stronger attack power. Even though Chelsea is the team that conceded the least goals in the Premier League and Europe this season, in fact, this team has excellent offensive ability, and the number of goals is even the same as Arsenal. To a certain extent, Chelsea has a balanced offense and defense, but facing Porto, Chelsea must focus on offense.

"Compared with Porto, we are a team with rich experience in major competitions, but I believe you all know that it is absolutely not enough to deal with such finals, we only have to rely on our experience, and that is absolutely not enough. We also need a good attitude."

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

Ye Qiu has always paid great attention to this point. He has always avoided putting too much pressure on the players. He has even emphasized that the team does not need to have too much pressure at all. As long as he plays his best side and plays his own game well, then, no matter who the opponent is, Chelsea can lose the opponent.

Gambling companies such as William Hill also all supported Ye Qiu, believing that Ye Qiu's good governance and the gathering of stars in the team and outstanding personal abilities are important factors in Chelsea's defeat of Porto.

However, the importance of this game is far greater than that of Ye Qiu's previous life. Not only did the British royal family mobilize many princes and queens, but the most famous ones are Prince Charles and his two sons. British Prime Minister Tony Blair will also come to the scene in person. Many people think that this is the first time that the London team has reached the finals and may win the first Champions League. The royal family and political and business celebrities from all walks of life in London attach great importance to this.

But it is not only the United Kingdom, but the Portuguese government also supports Porto. In addition to Portuguese President Sampayo will personally supervise the war, Prime Minister Baroso even decided to postpone his plan to visit Mexico and came to Gelsenkirchen to supervise the war. At that time, Germany's Schroeder will also be his own company.

In addition, UEFA also announced that by then, a group of stars such as International Olympic Committee President Samaranch, legendary Beckenbauer, PI car king Schumacher, former German star Klinsmann and other stars will attend the game. This greatly adds attention to the game, and coupled with the pre-match momentum, this game is particularly eye-catching.

But because of this, Ye Qiu's protection of the team became more stringent. He even issued a death order to prevent anyone from accepting any form of visit before the game. Everyone was sealed off, and everyone could only move inside the hotel.

But Ye Qiu obviously wasn't willing to seal everything too much, so he decided that after the players' families arrived in Gelsenkirchen at noon tomorrow, the players could get two hours at noon, from the evening to 10 pm to visit.

This can prevent the players from being affected to the maximum extent and face the game with a better attitude.

Therefore, in this tactical meeting before the game, Ye Qiu tried to be as easy as possible to avoid stress.

"Actually, there is no need for us to think of the opponents in this game as terrible, because we have met opponents who are more terrible and difficult than them. Arsenal, do you still remember? We reached the final after losing Arsenal."

"I am full of confidence in this game. I think we can win as long as we grasp one link, that is patience." Ye Qiu has always emphasized the players' mentality.

"Porto will try every means to stop us from attacking. We should not fight against them that kind of brute force. It is not worth it. We should play smarter, use our strengths, use our control, dominate the game, incorporate the opponent into our rhythm and game style, and patiently find the opponent's loopholes."

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

"It's obvious that for Didier, Carvalho is a loophole, and for Ronaldinho, he is fully capable of creating loopholes between the strong but not flexible enough, slow-moving Joje Costa and Ferreira, and our sidewalk should also be completely based on this point of the other party."

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu looked at his players again, smiled confidently and calmly, and said: "The most wise hunter will never lose his patience and confidence. He will patiently wait for the opportunity and wait for the prey to reveal its flaws, because he believes that his prey will definitely reveal its flaws, and by then, he will be able to give a fatal blow with great accuracy."

"This is the Champions League final. Guys, don't want to defeat your opponent in the shortest time, because when we are thinking about restraining our opponents, they are also thinking about restraining us. How we will attack, how they will defend. So, this is a protracted battle and a test of will and patience."

"Many of you have very rich experience in competitions. I believe that you know as clearly as I do about this kind of competition. So, my smart hunters, remember my words, don't lose patience, don't lose your composure."

"This game will definitely belong to us Chelsea."
Chapter completed!