On May 2005, 30 pm, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Unlike Stamford Bridge Stadium and Dragon Stadium, Ataturk Stadium is not a pure football field, but a comprehensive stadium, so it has an oval track and some other track and field competition areas. This inevitably makes Ataturk Stadium still far and far even if it has more than 70,000 seats.

According to the presentation of HHC TV's today's event host Alan Hansen, it is that even if Ye Qiu passes the note again this time, it will be difficult to pass it to the coaching staff. This is not only because the whole world is staring at him, but also because the distance is too far.

The game has not started yet, but there are already crowds of people in the stands at Ataturk Stadium, with blue and red dazzling, representing the two camps of this game, representing the blue Chelsea and the red Liverpool. They clearly divided the stands into two major areas.

It is difficult for anyone to find red in blue, and it is difficult for them to find blue in red. They are like two forces that are incompatible with water and fire. But what is amazing is that the crazy passion unique to English fans gathers at the Ataturk Stadium.

Even though the game had not started, the two fans were almost crazy cheering in the stands, singing team songs, and the momentum was equally matched, and eventually they turned into water that could not be heard clearly, intertwined, and no one was willing to admit defeat.

According to UEFA's rules and the latest rules explanation, the head coach will not be allowed to sit in the coach's seat to direct the game after a red card is suspended, and can only sit in the stands, but there is no contact with the team in any form, otherwise severe penalties will be imposed, and there will be no entry into the locker room during the intermission. He can only enter the locker room after 15 minutes after the game.

Therefore, for Ye Qiu, the only one who can command the game is before the game.

But in this game, the home team's locker room before the game was silent like death. No one spoke, no one gasped, and even breathed lightly. If it weren't for the eyes that were still turning and the eyelids were still blinking, there might be no anger here.

Goalkeeper Kudicini, Heinze, Galas, Cannavaro and Sun Jihai, midfielder Davis, Deco and Parker, Ribery, Goodjohansen and Rooney formed a trident. This is Ye Qiu's starting lineup in this game.

Ronaldinho, Lampard and Terry, there are no big names, Drogba, Van der Sar, Macon and Marklele, and they will not even have their own head coaches in the game. This is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing Chelsea in this game.

Many people in this team have appeared on this stage for the first time. They play as the starting player for the first time and feel nervous and feel pressure, because they will inevitably be compared with the absent main players.

In Ye Qiu's view, Chelsea's lineup is simply based on its strength, and it is not completely powerless to compete against Liverpool. The most important thing is that he will be absent, which makes him unable to make adjustments. Moreover, UEFA people are at the door, waiting to ask him to go to the rostrum and accompany the UEFA president and the special guests to watch the game.

In other words, UEFA did not even give him a slight chance this time.

Thinking of this, he was full of anxiety and anxiety about this game. This was the game he had least confidence in since he coached, because he was completely out of control and his opponents were Benitez and Liverpool, who had strong and excellent tactical abilities.

He hasn't felt this kind of hesitation for a long time, especially after coming to Chelsea, everything was smooth sailing, and nothing could escape his control, which inevitably made him feel a kind of arrogance.

Reflecting on himself, he has made no progress on the tactical level in the past year or so.

Actually, it is not surprising. Chelsea is too strong. When a team is too strong, the tactical role will be relatively weak. If the head coach has more choices, there is no need to work hard to improve his tactical knowledge and literacy like when coaching Ajax. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is no progress at all.

It is only when he meets Benitez that Ye Qiu feels the pressure.

"Are you afraid?"

Ye Qiu slowly walked to the middle of the players, and he made himself smile as relaxed as possible. He needed the players to have fighting spirit.

The players were all sitting in their seats, looking up at their head coach, and Ye Qiu turned around, allowing the players to see his face, especially his ease.

"Actually, you may feel that I always look confident, but in fact, every time I walk out of this door, Ye Qiu pointed to the door of the locker room behind him and smiled, "My heart is full of trepidation."

"I always wonder what tactics my opponent will take to deal with me? Have my opponents found my weaknesses and shortcomings? Will they take any measures to restrain me? I will never think about what my opponent's next step will be, so I will always be full of anxiety."

Ye Qiu spoke very slowly, but he did not have the heavy tone that these words should have. Instead, he said it in a relatively relaxed tone, which would give people a very different feeling, stressful, but not suffocating.

"But it's strange, do you know? When I walk out of this gate and walk to the stadium, I'm worried and uneasy, but the moment I walk out of the player's passage, I change my whole body, especially when I hear the shouts of support and encouragement from the fans in the stands, I ask myself in my heart, what are I afraid of?"

When talking about this, Ye Qiu deliberately paused, allowing this problem to appear in the players' hearts.

What are you afraid of?

Different people have different reasons for fear.

"I always wonder, since we walked out of this gate and walked into this green field, why are we still afraid? The ability to wear this jersey proves that we have such strength. The ability to enter this stadium means that we are qualified to participate in the competition here. What are we afraid of?"

Everyone in the locker room was quiet, only Ye Qiu's voice was left.

"In my first year of my coaching career, I was in the second team of Ajax and played the youth team. But we were able to participate in the Dutch Cup, but no one would be optimistic about us, but it was strange that we had no burden at that time. We played one game and finally we won the championship, and there were strong teams like the arrogant Eindhoven and Feyenoord at our feet."

"Later I thought, what did we rely on in the past? Did we also be afraid?"

"I got the answer, that is, we will be afraid, but compared to being afraid, we have more important things, that is, to do our best."

"You know, my wife told me that she loved me because she felt that I was the handsomest one who gave my all."

Ye Qiu's words made everyone in the locker room burst into laughter because they rarely heard Ye Qiu joke about his own affairs, but it was very real. Didn't anyone say it? Focus is the greatest charm of men

"I learned one thing later, a very, very important thing, that is, when you walk on this green field, when you are in front of tens of thousands of fans and live-streaming games around the world, you are afraid, and useless. On the contrary, fear will make you lose. If you lose everything, you will lose as long as you are afraid, and you will lose for the rest of your life."

"The reality is cruel. You won't have to play football games just because you are afraid, and your opponents won't show mercy to you because you are afraid. Fans won't forgive you for losing the game just because you are afraid. After you are afraid, you still have to bear all the consequences and bear all the responsibilities and accusations. If that's the case, why are we still afraid?"

The players all understood that they were stimulated by Ye Qiu's statement, and many people nodded.

"Later, I learned one thing even more, that is, don't be afraid, and there is no need to be afraid, because everyone has their limits when doing everything. People are not God, they are not omnipotent. We have things that are difficult for us to do, and we cannot do everything well. By the same token, we cannot win every game."

"But the key is, my players, we must do our best, we must do our best on the court and try our best to defeat our opponents, because only in this way can we be worthy of the jerseys on our bodies, we can be worthy of the fans behind us, and we can be worthy of ourselves."

"If you ask me, what is the most important thing for a professional player?"

"I will tell you without hesitation, dignity."

"Dignity, for a professional player, is more important than their lives. We can lose all the games, we can lose all the championships, and we can even lose our football lives on the court, but guys, my players, we can't lose our dignity."

"Only by doing our best can we defend our dignity, ensure that we win, win the praise of our opponents, and even lose, we must win the respect of everyone, so that we can leave an experience worth remembering in our lives."

More and more players nodded constantly after hearing Ye Qiu's words. Even experienced veteran Cannavaro and others agreed with Ye Qiu's words, because they chose to leave Inter Milan, Juventus, and come to Chelsea. The purpose was not to win the championship here. This is something that no one can guarantee. They came to Chelsea with only one purpose, that is, to win their dignity again.

"This is not a game for the so-called championship, this is not a game for the huge prize, this is not a game for the sake of others, for the team, for the fans."

"This is a game to fight for ourselves, for your own dignity"

"Don't let your fear occupy your thoughts, clench your fists, soldiers, we will step out of this door, we will step onto that green field, we will fight for dignity"

"Okay" the players responded in unison.

"Sightseeing friends, welcome to Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul, Türkiye"

"What is being broadcast live for you now is the final of the UEFA Champions League season 045, the Champions League final showdown between two Premier League teams, Chelsea and Liverpool."

"We saw that under the leadership of Spanish referee Mehuto Gonzalez, the referee team and the players of both teams walked into the stadium one after another. The atmosphere was very warm because more than 70,000 fanatical Premier League fans gathered here."

"Wearing a blue jersey is Chelsea. This team is the Champions League champion last season. It is determined to defend the title this season, but it is very difficult because in this game, they have a total of 7 main stars absent, including superstars Ronaldinho, Lampard and Terry. The other four players are midfielder Marklele, main goalkeeper Van der Sar, main right back Macon, and main center Drogba."

"In this game, Chelsea's starting lineup is Cudicini, the defense is Heinze, Galas, Cannavaro and Sun Jihai, the midfield is Davis, Deco and Parker, and the front court trident is Ribery, Goodjohansen and Rooney."

"Compared with Chelsea's lack of soldiers, Liverpool seems strong, but Benitez obviously dares not be arrogant, because in the past few Premier League and Cup matches, Liverpool has been pinned to the weakness and was defeated. In this game, Benitez adopted a more stable tactic on the starting lineup list."

"The goalkeeper is Dudek, the defense is Traore, Hypia, Carragher and Fennan, the midfield adopts three midfielders, namely Harman, Xavi Alonso and Gerard, and the front trident is Riser, Barroche and Louis Garcia."

"From the starting lineup of the two teams, both Chelsea and Liverpool are obviously cautious, especially Liverpool. Even though Chelsea had 7 main players absent in this game, Benitez was obviously still afraid of Chelsea's strength. However, there is another very favorable factor for Liverpool, that is, Chelsea's head coach, Ye Qiu from China, was suspended by UEFA and sent to the stands."

With the comments from the live commentator, the live broadcast of the game was transferred to the rostrum, and Ye Qiu appeared on the rostrum accompanied by three bodyguards. The surrounding area was full of famous European football bosses, including Chelsea and Liverpool's management teams.

Ye Qiu's location is in the core area, which not only shows UEFA's respect for him, but also does not rule out the idea of ​​supervising Ye Qiu. After all, no matter where he is arranged, it is difficult to reassure you. Who knows whether this guy who has frequent tricks will have any more trouble?

The players on both sides lined up in front of the player channel. Because the team's captain and deputy captain were both absent from yellow cards, Cannavaro put on the captain's armband in this game and became the team's captain on the court. He used coins to guess the side with Liverpool's captain Gerrard, and Chelsea finally got the kick-off.

Both sides returned to their own half and lined up. The atmosphere in Ataturk's stadium suddenly became tense, especially when the referee Mehuto stood in the middle circle and was ready to blew the game whistle at any time, the atmosphere became very tense.

Finally, with a crisp whistle, the game finally kicked off.

"Okay, this highly anticipated focus game has finally begun. We saw Chelsea, who was the first to kick off, launched an attack on Liverpool. We all know that Chelsea is best at attacking. I wonder if Ye Qiu will continue to adopt attacking tactics this time."

But before Chelsea's first wave of offense entered Liverpool's 30-meter area, Gerald had a direct collision with Davis, breaking the ball under the Dutch, and then quickly passed it to Xavi Alonso. As soon as Espanyol adjusted, he passed the ball directly with a big foot and passed it to the left.

Lisse quickly advanced along the left side, but Chelsea's right defense also returned quickly. Sun Jihai blocked Lisse on the right side, and Chelsea's defense also organized an effective defensive position at the first time, destroying Liverpool's first wave of offense. However, the Reds were obviously not ready to give up and still adopted a high-level defense, collectively pressing forward, launching a round of attacks against Chelsea.

"It's Xavi Alonso's straight pass again, dangerous, Baros got the ball in the penalty area, he's going to kick it off

"Canavaro, beautiful interception, Cannavaro cut off Baroche's foot ball, resolved a Liverpool attack."

"But the ball still fell at Liverpool's feet. After the game, Liverpool fought fiercely. This is also the prediction of Liverpool's tactics by many professionals before the game. That is, Ye Qiu's weaknesses that cannot directly command the game should be fully utilized, and after the game, it will directly disrupt Chelsea's rhythm. Benitez's attack is undoubtedly to achieve such a goal."

With Liverpool's attack, Chelsea had to adopt a retraction tactic, and the three lines remained very compact. Goodjohansen was not so much a center forward, but he retreated very much, while Ribery and Rooney were pressing up.

This is also the tactic that Ye Qiu can adopt. If he has the conditions to take a snatch after the start, Chelsea still has to tear up Liverpool's defense from both sides, but Benitez adopted a more stable three-middle midfielder tactic in this game, with the purpose of blocking his own ribs and resolving Chelsea's attack.

Moreover, Benitez is obviously more tactical and adventurous than Mourinho. The Portuguese did not dare to attack after the opening, but Benitez adopted the attack tactic very resolutely and was not worried about being hit by Chelsea at all.

Because for Benitez, disrupting Chelsea's tactics and rhythm after the opening is undoubtedly more important than anything else.

Ye Qiu was also watching his heart beat faster and his brows frowned. He noticed that Tencart kept calling on the players on the sidelines, and Cannavaro was also playing the role of the team captain, constantly calling on his teammates to stabilize and maintain defensive order.

For Chelsea, the safest and most effective way to fight back without a head coach is to defend and counterattack.

Ye Qiu is even fully prepared. If he can drag the game into a penalty shootout, Chelsea's chances of winning will be greater than in the 0-minute game.
Chapter completed!