Chapter 723 Whose Trophy?
There is a saying that God follows man’s wishes.
It was raining all night in Munich last night, and it didn't stop until the early morning. This made Munich blue sky in the morning, and I believe it would be a very good competition weather.
But when Ye Qiu got up, he still had an expression of not having enough sleep. He leaned his right hand and grabbed the back of his neck, which was sore because of the wrong sleeping position. However, he was cursing in his heart that the sound and movement that lasted for more than an hour in the early morning was cursing.
It was early morning after the rain. When Ye Qiu was sleeping soundly, a deafening whistle sound came from the street. The decibels were very high and lasted for an hour. Even the sealed doors and windows of the hotel could not stop the invasion of the noise, which caused Ye Qiu to be awakened and could not sleep for a while.
"Are you awakened last night?" Peter Nion, the big bald man, also walked out of the room. Seeing Ye Qiu rubbing his neck and looking like he couldn't sleep, he laughed and said, "This should be a gift for you by Bayern Munich fans."
"A little trick to carving insects" Ye Qiu shook his head disdainfully.
As soon as the two of them took two steps, they heard the door of the room next door open. Roland, the big fat man, was fucking his loud voice inside, greeting the ancestors of the Bayern Munich fans who honked the whistle last night. Judging from his attitude, he seemed to be too noisy to sleep last night, but the problem is that the fat man looked very energetic.
"Fatty, you scolded so hard that you didn't sleep all night last night?" Ye Qiu stood at the door of the room and asked with a smile.
Fatty Luo turned around, as if he saw the enemy who killed his father, "Damn, those noisy bastards made me sleep less for half an hour last night. If I really made me unhappy, I'll go to the police station to sue them."
Everyone laughed in unison and slept for half an hour less. Is that what happened?
"Let the players rest more at noon, and if they didn't sleep well last night, just sleep for a while," Ye Qiu reminded him.
Maurotasotti nodded and agreed, then handed out a morning newspaper, which was the German Photos newspaper, with a red front page headline on the cover, and published a battle manifesto issued by Bayern Munich overnight last night, "Swearing to keep the Champions League trophy at home." This open letter occupied the entire front page of the Photos newspaper.
"After all, it's a German newspaper that supports Bayern Munich?" Ye Qiu smiled. This may be called "the difference between closeness and alienation."
Bayern Munich actually knows how to hype and take advantage of the situation. They do this not only to cheer up the Champions League final, but also to win more fans and audiences for themselves, because they are the best teams in the Chinese and European competitions in the past decade. In the late 1990s, the arrogant Dortmund has not been able to do it after entering the 21st century.
"Looking at the trouble, go for a meal," Ye Qiu put down the newspaper and suggested.
A group of four people left the room, took the elevator down, and arrived at the Michelin Restaurant.
This Mandarin Oriental Hotel is actually not big, only six stories high, with Tottenham and Hotspurs having more than 100 people. In addition, their relatives, as well as some of the team's sponsor representatives and accompanying reporters, the number of people exceeded 300. All rooms in the hotel were booked empty, so there were only Tottenham and Tottenham's people entering and leaving the entire hotel, and they refused outsiders.
Therefore, the Michelin restaurant is only for Tottenham Hotspur, and everyone can come here to eat for free.
"Less than four hundred meters further west, is Plaza Maria." Peter Nion and others sat down and pointed to the west through the glass curtain wall. Plaza Maria was the location of Munich City Hall.
After a pause, he seemed to notice that no one knew about Plaza Maria, so he said: "Last night when I negotiated with Bayern Munich and the people from Munich City Hall, they planned to treat Plaza Maria as a concentration of football for some fans who could not enter the Allianz Arena, and the other one was Plaza Oden."
After hearing this, Ye Qiu frowned, "Will there be no problem to bring the fans of both sides together?"
Peter Nion nodded, "I also expressed my concerns, but the Munich city government feels that as long as it is well organized and communicates with both fans and as long as they are abide by order, there is no big problem."
In fact, many fans' riots come from some small number of football hooligans, and such a few people will exist no matter which team they are. Therefore, in heavyweight events like the Champions League final, they are still very cautious about the control and suppression of football hooligans. As long as the football hooligans are handled well, the problem will not be big.
Of course, some provocations and competition will definitely happen, such as seeing who shouts louder, and seeing whose slogans and slogans are more lethal. These are inevitable.
"As soon as the photo newspaper reported, as of this morning, 180,000 people are expected to flood the city, and the number is still increasing rapidly. Today, in addition to the fans in the Allianz Stadium, more than 200,000 will be gathered outside the stadium, and it may even reach 250,000 fans."
The total population of Munich is only more than one million, and now there are about 200,000 fans coming in from outside. It is conceivable how much pressure the city is now, but so many people coming in, it is very amazing to the city's economic and consumption stimulus. This is the stimulation brought by the UEFA Champions League final.
Ye Qiu thought for a while and looked at Roland Shepas. After he noticed Ye Qiu's eyes, he smiled, "I have arranged people to go to Maria Square and Oden Square. Don't worry, I will handle it."
Fatty Luo knew Ye Qiu very well. When he heard that so many fans gathered together, he already thought of what Ye Qiu was thinking.
"Is this killer move useful?" Peter Nion asked with a smile.
Ye Qiu shrugged, "Who knows, give it a try."
Everyone was also smiling. Of course they all hoped it would be useful, but sometimes things were hard to say.
The breakfast was delivered soon, and a few people gathered together and chatted while eating.
"I'm really planning to sell Alves?" Peter Nion asked Ye Qiu.
In fact, Ye Qiu didn't say anything, just asked Peter DeVisel to give him a scout report on the right back. His requirement was that the player must be under 25 years old, not be too valuable, and have high cost performance. In addition, he has development potential in the future, because he is not very satisfied with Chambers' progress after loaning to Southampton.
After Lucasmora and Coutinho went to Southampton, their progress was rapid. The former became the core of Southampton's frontcourt attack, but there were still some weaknesses and shortcomings that needed further crafting and improvement. After Coutinho's performance improved a lot after playing in the middle, his defensive attitude was much more upright.
As for Chambers, he is too young. Now he wants him to play in Tottenham Hotspur, or even just a substitute, it is not very difficult. On the contrary, another young player in the team, Lukeshaw, who is seventeen on the left, performed very well in the European Youth Champions League and should give him some opportunities next season.
This season, Tottenham Hotspur's youth team stopped in the semi-finals in the European Youth Champions League and was eliminated by Chelsea's youth team. The Blues youth team finally reached the final and successfully defeated AC Milan's youth team to win the championship. The 19-year-old right-back young player Desilio in AC Milan's youth team gave Ye Qiu a good impression.
This is also a choice made by Ye Qiu and Maurotasotti. The youth team is to show their own characteristics and levels, rather than thinking about getting results and championships. That is meaningless. More importantly, whether the youth team can provide more powerful talent reserves for the first team is the key.
Of course, Tottenham Hotspur’s youth team is the European Youth Champions League that advocates offensive football the most, and has the strongest offensive ability and the most gorgeous style. There was also a wonderful event that beat Real Madrid Youth Team 83, which won a lot of applause and made many youth team rookies famous, such as Nick Powell and Januzai.
Ye Qiu asked the scouts to inspect the right back, and it was obvious that he wanted to touch Alves. After all, Kyle Walker is currently admired by Ye Qiu, especially under the craftsmanship of Maurotasotti, who was from the right back, his defensive level has improved greatly, his offensive power is not as good as Alves, and his skills are not as good as Brazilians, but he is faster and more impactful, and his body and strength are also better.
"I can accept that he complained about the team and even lost his temper in order to renew the contract, but I cannot allow the slackness he showed after he went on the court, especially his indifferent attitude. I must kill this atmosphere in the bud, otherwise more and more people will be like this in the future."
After finally selling players such as Fabregas and David Silva, he stifled the tempers of some big-name stars in the team. If Alves makes such a fuss, what Ye Qiu did before will be in vain.
As Guardiola asked, what do you do when a team loses its balance?
Keeping Alves will break the current balance of the team. The Brazilian will play with a high-ranking mentality that thinks the team is indispensable. The team will lose balance and control as a whole. Although he will lose the team as one of the best right-backs in the world, he will maintain the balance of the team.
Moreover, Alves is already twenty-nine years old, and it is very cost-effective to sell it now.
"I understand what you mean, do as usual," Peter Nion agreed.
Ye Qiu has to admit that Alves has a great tactical effect on the team, but it is not as big as that which allows the team to break the balance for him and tolerate him to trample on the team's rules without scrupulously. If he does this now, Ye Qiu will not punish him, and others will follow suit next time. What kind of prestige can Ye Qiu have?
If Ye Qiu can tolerate it and give him a chance in the second round of Barcelona, and he will only get a yellow card after playing, and he will be sleepwalking, then in this battle of redemption against Aston Villa, he puts pressure on Ye Qiu with such a sluggish performance, which will sentence him to death.
Ye Qiu knew very well that Alves was not lacking in strength or in poor condition, but that he did this on purpose.
For Ye Qiu, this Champions League game Kyle Walker will win the starter, which will also be a test for Ye Qiu. If the England right-back seizes the opportunity, Ye Qiu will send Alves away without hesitation, but if Kyle Walker performs poorly and performs poorly, Ye Qiu may reconsider whether to stay Alves for another season.
As night falls, the Allianz Stadium has changed its red lights in the past, and it is not the blue color of Munich 1860, nor the white color of the German national team, but a kind of grass green added, which is a unique color representing the finals of the UEFA Champions League.
It is said that in order to show this color, Allianz Stadium specially transformed the lighting system and finally achieved the effect.
At the same time, the Allianz Stadium logo on the exterior wall of the stadium was also covered by the UEFA banner of the [UEFA Champions League]. Even the final tickets were written on the Munich Stadium, not the Allianz Stadium, with the purpose of avoiding the name of the sponsor Allianz.
Before the final, the square in front of the stadium became a gathering place for fans. Some fans could be seen holding signs everywhere to ask for tickets. The ticket price for the finals is even as high as 4,000 euros per ticket. If the ticket price is based on the official ticket price, it is more than 300 euros, and the ticket price has almost increased ten times. This is also a very amazing number, but it is still difficult to get a ticket.
Police were in groups to maintain order on the scene, and fans from both sides were looking for the entrance of the stadium under the arrangement and organization of the police and on-site staff. The main stands in the south belonged to Bayern Munich fans, while Tottenham fans gathered in the north stands, and the stands on the east and west sides belonged to the neutral fan zone. The fans of both teams were clearly isolated.
Huang Chu and Eliza walked out of the fan passage with a child. Their seats were arranged in the middle of the ground floor stands of the North Stand, surrounded by either Tottenham Hotspur sponsor representatives, or the families of players and staff. Many of them were even familiar with each other, such as Ribery's wife Vahiba.
Tottenham Hotspur fans are snow-white, while Bayern Munich's southern stands are blood-red. The colors of the two sides are very opposite. In the neutral stands, you can also see a lot of red and white mixed together, including a white square array with an estimated number of nearly a thousand fans. They made a Chinese banner and a large photo of Ye Qiu.
There are many international students in Germany. Not only that, before the game, many Chinese fans were preparing to go to Munich to watch the game. Moreover, they all got tickets and preparations through Tottenham's fans in China, so they sat together after entering the stadium, but they were a little less organized.
Bayern Munich fans are very organized, and perhaps the Germans have strong organization, so the slogans they shout are very loud, especially with the rhythmic drum sounds, which makes people feel a sense of excitement and excitement. The whole momentum is deafening and imposing.
In the blood-red color of the north stand, a very long slogan hung between the bottom stand and the second-floor stand, which read in German, "Our city, our court, our trophy"
Tottenham fans obviously are not ready to make such a big deal. After all, carrying such a long slogan is a very troublesome thing, but they quickly gave another way to deal with it, that is, piece it together.
“Your city, your court, our trophy”
Tottenham Hotspur fans also hung three slogans written in English between the bottom and second floor stands, which happened to be a counterattack against Bayern Munich fans. The slogan was booed and insulted by Bayern Munich fans, and the whole stadium became noisy and shocking.
Ye Qiu and Heinx stood on the sidelines. The latter was already 67 years old, while Ye Qiu was less than 37. There was indeed a big gap in age between the two, but in terms of fame and influence, Heinx was not as good as Ye Qiu, but the latter respected Heinx very much.
At least this German coach has excellent coaching ability.
In fact, this indirectly proves one thing, that is, many so-called famous coaches may not be very outstanding. Many real experts are not famous. They may have problems with opportunities, personality, or other reasons, which may lead to their reputations or stay in mid- and lower-level teams all their lives.
But the ability of these people is undeniable.
Humility, this is always a moral that Ye Qiu is highly praised by the outside world.
Even in such a key battle against Mai Mang, even if Ye Qiu shouted a confident slogan and declaration before the game, when he met Heinx, he took the initiative to go forward to say hello to his seniors, but the two of them had more polite conversations, after all, they were not familiar with each other before.
If it was Ferguson, Wenger, Guardiola, Benitez and others, or even Mourinho, Ye Qiu would have something to say to them, but there was a serious generation gap between Heinkes and him.
When Ye Qiu walked back, he happened to see the slogans played by Tottenham Hotspur fans in the north stand opposite. He turned around and looked at the slogans of Bayern Munich in the south stand. He smiled. Bayern Munich had no choice because they had no way to modify the slogans.
"The old man has a very strong hand." Ye Qiu moved his right hand. When he shook hands with Heinx just now, he felt that the other party was a little forceful.
"He should be trying to show off your power." Roland played Ye Qiu's joke.
Ye Qiu smiled, "I think he is nervous."
Roland and Maurotasotti both laughed. Although Heinques won a Champions League championship in Real Madrid, that championship was also very dangerous.
Many people say that the Champions League final this season is very similar to the Champions League final in the 998 season. Heinx led Real Madrid to face the powerful and arrogant Juventus, and now Heinx led Bayern Munich to face the powerful and arrogant Tottenham Hotspur, so Heinx said before the game that he was confident that history would repeat itself.
However, he defeated Juventus with his key kill, but now, who will become Bayern Munich's Mijatovic, Gomez or Thomas Muller?
Ye Qiu turned around and glanced at the analysis team in the back row of the coach's seat. They were all ready. After looking at the time of the watch on their wrists, he turned his head and said to Roland, "Start prepare."
"Okay," Fatty Luo agreed, left the court early and returned to the locker room.
Chapter completed!