Chapter 722 Before the Finals
Huang Chu is a very traditional Chinese woman, and she has always followed some of the advantages of traditional women.
For example, at Ye Qiu's home, there are no hourly workers or servants, and all the housework is done by yourself, and even clothes are washed by yourself, and the hygiene at home is always taken care of by yourself.
As a doctor, Huang Chu is actually very busy. Ye Qiu has repeatedly proposed to hire a servant, but she just refused and insisted on doing it herself. She always said that helping her husband and children wash clothes and cook and do housework is the happiest and most satisfying thing for a woman, especially watching her husband and children put on their own clothes and eat the food she cooks with relish.
So every morning she is very busy, she gets up early to do laundry, then goes to make breakfast, and cleans up the hygiene.
Ye Qiu also has a lot of work, for example, he is responsible for waking up the two children who are staying in bed.
These two little kids are already big, and little Huang Rong is better. She is a little kid and is relatively independent. However, Ye Chen is the only son in the family, and her grandparents and grandparents are inevitably doting, so she is a little pretentious. However, this kid knows how to observe his words and expressions. As long as Ye Qiu and Huang Chu's faces change slightly, he will immediately change his coquettish strategy.
After finally sending his two children to school, Huang Chu returned to the room and helped Ye Qiu pack his luggage in the locker room.
Every time Ye Qiu goes away, Huang Chu helps to pack his luggage. She knows very well what her husband needs to bring, and she also knows Ye Qiu's living habits, and everything will be prepared for him.
When Ye Qiu returned to the room, Huang Chu was helping him fold his clothes.
"I heard that the temperature in Munich will be higher during the day, but it will be colder at night, so I will bring you an extra suit. If you feel it is cold, put it on and don't be stubborn." Huang Chu instructed while putting the folded clothes into his travel bag.
"Who told you?" Ye Qiu had not been to Munich in May. He had been to the World Cup in Germany once, but it was already June and July, and it was very hot.
Huang Chu knew that her husband was laughing at him, so he turned around and complained, "Anyway, you'll just bring it with you."
Ye Qiu nodded. He had no say in this matter and left with his wife.
"We will arrive in Munich at noon tomorrow. Don't arrange for someone to pick us up at that time. We will go to the hotel by ourselves. Just concentrate on preparing for your game. Anyway, you can see us at the Allianz Stadium at that time," Huang Chu told again.
I don’t know if it’s because she is not young. Huang Chu is now in her thirties and is also the mother of two children. It always makes people feel that she is getting more and more verbose. Every time she seems to be treating Ye Qiu as a child, explaining all kinds of big and big things.
If it were another man, he might be a little angry and thinks his wife is too long-winded, but Ye Qiu won't. On the contrary, he felt a very strong concern, a kind of concern from the soul.
Some people say that marriage is the grave of love, especially when they have the crystallization of love, their feelings between them will fade. This is indeed true. After having children, Huang Chu did give more energy and time to the children, but she did not forget her husband.
To her, her husband is the pillar of this family and everything about her.
"Then you have to be careful." Ye Qiu was more at ease with them. Although Munich was unfamiliar with them, Eliza's ghost girl would never disappear anywhere. And they could go directly to the hotel by then, and Ye Qiu had already booked the room for them.
Tottenham Hotspur did not stay in the hotel arranged by UEFA this time, but chose to rent a hotel outside. Finally, after visiting and review by the club, he chose Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Munich.
This hotel is located in the city center of Munich, about thirteen kilometers away from Allianz Stadium. It has an intercity expressway that can be directly accessible to Allianz Stadium. The transportation is very convenient. This hotel also promises to provide Tottenham Hotspur’s most complete services, including confidentiality.
The reason why Peter Neon chose Mandarin Oriental is, in addition to the five-star hotel with luxurious rooms, rooftop pool and a complete gym, and also because there is a Michelin-starred restaurant, they promised to tailor-made food for Tottenham players during their stay in Tottenham Hotspur.
The hotel usually costs very expensive, with the lowest room price of more than 600 euros and the most expensive one is as high as two or three thousand. However, the hotel gives Tottenham Hotspur the biggest discount on the price. The reason is that during the time Tottenham Hotspur participated in the Champions League final, they were able to get huge advertising value from this team.
At least, everyone in the world knows that Tottenham Hotspur is staying at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and all reporters are paying attention to this hotel chain, which has greatly improved the brand of Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
In fact, the Champions League final is no longer as simple as a football match, because behind the football match, it also drives the interests of countless sponsors.
For example, in the past two days, media reported that the air ticket from London to Munich was only 50 pounds, but after the semi-finals, because Tottenham Hotspur reached the Champions League final, the air ticket from London to Munich soared tenfold overnight. The ticket price is as high as 500 pounds, and the cheapest short-distance airline is also as high as 470 pounds.
The price of round-trip air tickets for British Airways soared to 700 pounds, and it was even hard to get a ticket.
Not only that, the prices of hotel rooms in Munich have also skyrocketed. The hotels that originally only had 20 pounds have now risen to more than 100 pounds, and all of them have been booked out. The prices of hotel rooms are basically over 350 pounds.
So the so-called Munich strategy by some fans on the Internet appeared. They arranged some European air tickets, trains and bus schedules on the day and night of the game, calculated the cheapest and fastest guide to Munich to watch football and the route list for returning to the UK. The whole process exceeded 48 hours, and they only stayed in Munich for three hours, which was just watching a football game. It can be seen how much they were rushing.
Tottenham Hotspur official is actually trying every means to provide convenience to fans who watch the away game, because the tickets in the team are given to Tottenham Hotspur season ticket holders, so all fans who hold tickets for the Champions League final can book air tickets to Munich at the usual price.
This is also a move between Tottenham Hotspur and its sponsor Qatar Airways. The latter only provides services at the usual price and does not lose much. It only arranged some short-distance flights to and from London and Munich in those days, but using this can win the favor of Tottenham Hotspur fans, and they don’t lose.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, it took Qatar Airways to Munich at noon the day before the final.
In addition, there will be two planes tomorrow that will carry club players, coaches and staff and their families to Munich, who will cheer for the team in the stands.
Football is a belief in Germany, while Munich believes in red and white.
Red and white are the colors of Bayern Munich. They are the pride and symbol of this city, but in this game, they have to face Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League.
England and Germany are famous feuds and mortal enemies in the field of football. The grudges between the two national teams can even be traced back to the beginning of the last century. Every game between the two teams that are important in the world football world can deeply infect fans of both countries and go crazy.
After decades of grudges and entanglements, from sixty years of Germany not winning against England, to England not winning against Germany, the grudges between them became deeper and deeper, and in the end, the fans of both countries hated each other and opposed each other.
Because of this, the Champions League final between Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich has caused a huge fan response between the United Kingdom and Germany, because in the eyes of the fans of the two countries, it is no longer just a club event, but has risen to national grudges.
Bayern Munich kept promoting before the finals started. They called on all German fans to support Bayern Munich. "This should be a unified action for the entire German football. People should forget the grievances in China and unanimously face foreign enemies. People should wear red and white jerseys and hang red and white flags to help us and help Bayern Munich."
At the same time, Bayern Munich also arranged personnel, and more than 2,000 large-scale publicity posters were hung in Munich's subway stations and various squares, almost spread throughout the streets of Munich. All tourists who came to Munich could basically see Bayern Munich's stars as soon as they looked up.
All walks of life in Munich have also responded to the call for football. In the days before and after the game, many buildings and skyscrapers in the city will be hung with red and white flag patterns to cheer for Bayern Munich's Champions League finals, and many shops have also begun a promotional battle of discounts and price reductions.
The Munich city government also attaches great importance to this game, because 200 million people will watch the live broadcast in this game, attracting 140,000 tourists to Munich, and more than 50,000 people will spend the night here, which will bring great economic benefits to Munich.
To this end, the Munich police have also made full preparations, planning to touch 2,000 police officers and increase the number of city buses and subway flights and staff, because they know that such a large-scale influx of people into Munich will be a major test and challenge for the city's public transportation system.
Tottenham Hotspur has also made sufficient preparations in its operations. More than 30 sponsors have mobilized one after another. Many sponsors have even arranged representatives to enter Munich to make an outpost for Tottenham Hotspur in advance.
An interesting situation is that Adidas, the sponsor of Tottenham Hotspur's jersey, is also a sponsor of Bayern Munich. Therefore, before the final, all Adidas stores in Munich sold Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich jerseys, as well as a T-shirt that cheered the final, which only costs eight euros, attracted the welcome of countless fans.
After arriving in Munich, Tottenham Hotspurs could clearly feel the atmosphere of the Champions League finals all the way from the airport to the hotel. The bus drove past the road and everyone they saw was either wearing red and white clothes or Tottenham Hotspur's pure white clothes. It was obvious that they were two groups.
There is no doubt that Bayern Munich has a good geographical advantage in this regard.
The London government also attaches great importance to this game, especially considering the century-old grudges between England and Germany, they are also very cautious in the choice of fans in this game, banning more than 100 football hooligans who have had a record of violent predecessors to go to Munich, which almost set a new record and caused dissatisfaction among many fans.
But the Munich police still dare not relax. At that time, Munich will ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in glass bottles, and the area around the Allianz Stadium will ban the sale of alcoholic beverages just in case.
More than 100,000 people flocked to this city, and the original population, if something went wrong, it would lead to major riots throughout Munich.
After Tottenham Hotspur checked into the hotel, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff arranged for the players to go to their respective rooms to rest. It was not until 18 o'clock in the evening that the team took the bus to the Allianz Stadium for the last training class before the game.
This training class is no different from some public training classes in the past. Everything, including the training equipment, was brought from Theobord, and there was nothing special about it. Even some instruments claimed to be high-tech have not appeared. Everything looks very ordinary.
When the team confronted the last training team, Ye Qiu directly disrupted the players and reorganized them, forming two groups to fight, so that no one could tell who would win the starter.
Of course, like Messi, Ribery and Cavani, the main core players will definitely start.
The only change in the entire training class was that it started raining in the last twenty minutes, but Tottenham still trained in the rain for penalty kicks and free kicks. This is also the regular training of Tottenham Hotspur before every final.
"This rain came in time." Ye Qiu stood in the rain. Although the rain was not heavy, he was in a very good mood.
Mauro Tasotti and Roland Shepas both laughed when they listened.
"You are frightened by AC Milan," said Roland.
When visiting San Siro Stadium, AC Milan was very impartial in tampering on the stadium's turf and tried every means to prevent Tottenham from showing its level and strength. Ye Qiu was also worried whether Bayern Munich would also do this in this game.
But judging from the turf on the scene, Bayern Munich has maintained it well. It is raining today, so it will definitely not be too dry tomorrow. It is best to stop the next night, and the game will happen to be the match tomorrow night.
"Wait a minute, you will take the players back, remember to sign and take photos of the fans who are waiting." Ye Qiu specially reminded Roland, many Tottenham Hotspur fans have made a special trip to buy tickets to visit Tottenham Hotspur's training at Allianz Stadium, with at least hundreds of people, compared to some of them waiting near the bus.
After the training class, Ye Qiu took Thiago Silva and Ribery to the press conference at the Allianz Stadium to participate in the pre-match press conference prepared by UEFA. This is also a must-have event before every Champions League final, and all head coaches must participate.
Ye Qiu announced the team's 18-man roster at this press conference, and there was basically no suspense. After all, this is a big roster, and the real suspense is the starting lineup. However, in today's information-based era, many positions in Tottenham's starting lineup have been speculated by the outside world.
At the press conference, Ye Qiu praised Bayern Munich a few times when he was asked by reporters.
"They have a lot of very good stars, and they are very competitive in the Bundesliga and European arenas, such as Thomas Muller, Ram, Robben and Schweinsteiger, who are all very high-level players, and Neuer is undoubtedly one of the best goalkeepers now, so I think this game will be very difficult.
"But my players and I are full of confidence in the game. We firmly believe that we can leave the Allianz Stadium with a satisfactory result. Our heartfelt desire will not disappoint all Tottenham Hotspur fans. We will fight for it."
As for one or two players on both sides who missed the final, Ye Qiu also said that this was normal. Even when reporters asked whether Tottenham Hotspur would feel unfair to the game.
Ye Qiu joked, "When we had not won the Champions League finals, we already knew that the finals would be held at Allianz Stadium, so there was nothing unfair to us, and we didn't think that home court could bring an advantage to our opponents, because the pressure at home might cause them to collapse."
The reporter also asked another thing, that is, Bayern Munich's main midfielder Schweinsteiger mentioned in an interview that Bayern Munich had specially trained a penalty shootout in the last training game, and Schweinsteiger also said that as long as you enter the penalty shootout, Bayern Munich will undoubtedly win because Tottenham lacks experience in penalty shootouts.
Ye Qiu also responded to Maimang's response to this question, "I hope you can convey it to Bayern Munich. I am not worried about them practicing penalty kicks because it is a lack of confidence, and I am full of confidence in my players."
"Yes, we lack experience in penalty shootouts, because we always beat our opponents before the game enters penalty shootouts, so we don't need to go into penalty shootouts, so naturally we lack experience. If Bayern Munich players think they can beat us Tottenham Hotspur in training penalty shootouts, I would find it funny."
"Because, in the game, they will not get a chance to score a penalty."
Chapter completed!