On May 26, at 6:30 pm local time in Germany, the entire Mallorca team set off from the hotel and headed to Ao to Schalke Stadium.

The Aoqi Schalke Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 people, is one of the best in Germany. This stadium built for the German World Cup two years later can accommodate more than 61,000 people in the usual league, including the stands. After international events are converted into full seats, it can accommodate 54,000 people. Tickets for this final have long been sold out. More than 15,000 fans from Mallorca and Porto and more than 20,000 local and neutral fans will squeeze the stadium out of stock!

For European football, competitions like the Champions League finals often attract many big names - this game is no exception. In Portugal, President Sampaio, Prime Minister Barroso and a large number of MPs will appear on the scene to cheer for Porto, and Spain is not inferior. King Juan Carlos I will definitely appear on such occasions. The new Spanish Prime Minister Zapatro, the Minister of Culture and Sports, and the Speaker and Members of the Balearic District where Mallorca is located will basically appear on the scene. At the same time, as the host, many heavyweights in Germany will also come to watch the game. Famous people in sports include Portuguese legendary superstar Eusibio, German striker Klinsmann, famous football-loving racer Schumacher, Spain's Suarez and other veteran superstars will also come to watch the game in person.

The annual Champions League final is a grand event.

However, for most of the players in Mallorca, they had already experienced the Champions League final last season, and although winning this game will be a trio of honor, it is not enough to make them too nervous.

Unlike last season, Mallorca was facing AC Milan, which had rich experience in the Champions League matches. However, the experienced ones this season became them - Porto has won the Champions League championship in history, but that was in 1987. Now, none of the players in Porto have experience in the finals of the Champions League - their captain, the former national goalkeeper of Portugal, only had the experience of winning the Cup Winners Championship in Barcelona.

This will be Mallorca's advantage, and Porto... has a certain degree of home advantage - compared with Mallorca, they are obviously more popular with Schalke fans, and their home uniforms are blue and white, which is quite close to Schalke Zero 4's home uniform. If Schalke fans who go to watch the game live wear Schalke Zero 4's jersey, then Porto fans will have the upper hand in the momentum in the stands.

"Everyone thinks we are better at home because since I was the head coach, we have never lost in home games... But in fact, I am better at a decisive game...League Cup finals, two Copa del Rey finals, European Super Cup finals, Toyota Cup finals...I have played five games now. Do you know the final result?" Jose said with a smile.

"All win!" Mallorca's players raised their arms and shouted loudly.

"Five games, five champions, now the sixth!" Matthias stood up from his seat, raised his hands and shouted, and then he owed, because Matthias was excited that he forgot that he was on the bus now, and raised his hands up and hit the roof of the bus...

The other Mallorca players burst into laughter, Jose just smiled and watched, and could do whatever he could before entering the locker room. After entering the locker room, he began to be serious. This is Mallorca's unwritten rule.

The bus drove towards Ao to Schalke smoothly. After laughing for a while, the players in Mallorca calmed down, especially when the roof of Ao to Schalke Stadium from afar appeared in their sight...

"I hope our new stadium in the future will be more grand than this stadium." Matthias murmured - this sentence is largely the voice of Mallorca players.

Mallorca players are looking forward to the new stadium that can be built in a year. Although many of them may not know whether they can play in the new stadium, when they play football at those four-star and five-star stadiums, they will inevitably feel that their home court is too bad...

"It will definitely...at least in hardware." Jose smiled slightly, and he was confident about this. Aodu Schalke spent a total of 191 million euros to build. Mallorca's new stadium investment increased by 100 million yuan. Although a lot of money was spent on surrounding facilities, coupled with inflation, Mallorca's investment will definitely not be worse than the other. Compared with Aodu Schalke, Jose has enough confidence in hardware facilities.

However... in terms of the momentum of the stadium, Jose was a little unconfident because the Spanish fans were more restrained, and the Mallorca fans were even more idle. Although many strong people such as construction workers would become Mallorca fans, they were not enthusiastic enough compared to Schalke fans, who were basically composed of miners. You should know that Aotu Schalke will create a stadium with a record of 129 decibels in the next few years! The noise emitted by the Rockets during the launch was only 130 decibels within one meter! It can be seen that Schalke fans shouted at that moment almost surpassed the limits of humanity!

"Actually, as long as it is your own stadium, even if it is average, it belongs to you. Just like honor, no matter how many triple crowns others win, it will not do our business. Only when we win triple crowns is an honor that is enough to make people excited!"

Until he returned to the locker room after warming up, Jose's words were still echoed in his mind.

"Now, I have got the starting lineup of Porto...Their defense line has not changed, Baia's goalkeeper, defender Ferreira, Carvalho, Costa, Valente, and there have been changes in the midfield. Mourinho did not send Alenichev and Deco to partner in the midfield, but sent Mendes, Costinia and Maniche's three midfielders, let Deco organize it alone, Senna, Dakot, you only have one task in this game, completely keep a close eye on the midfield engine, making it impossible for him to organize the attack, his organization is the source of Porto's offense! On the front line, Mourini

O did not send McCarthy and Delray to partner, but sent the 19-year-old Brazilian striker Albert... This striker is a technical Brazilian striker. He is a midfielder in Brazil. It seems that Porto's game is still mainly defense. Delco organized, Albert's raid, Delray is at the forefront. As long as he controls Delco's organization and clamps Albert's breakthrough, Delray can't make any waves. If he wants to send McCarthy to complete the changes in the second half, then we will complete our attack in the first half!"

"Carvalo is a very outstanding central defender, Drogba, your task in this game is to restrain him. Etoo is our important attacker in the first half. Although Costa has rich experience, he turns slowly, which is where we can use it. Porto's wing attack is not particularly outstanding. Ram and Beletti, boldly attack the attack and suppress their Ferrera and Valente! Let everyone know that when it comes to full-back assists, few teams can compare with us!" Jose waved his fists in the locker room and said: "Start and remember what our goal is!"

"Triple Crown!" The players shouted in unison - they were full of desire for this honor - no one would be moved by this honor, not to mention that they only have this game except the Triple Crown!

They were suppressed by Real Madrid first and then chased by Valencia. They survived. The Champions League encountered Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza and Real Madrid in succession, and they won. In the Champions League knockout round, they encountered Arsenal and Chelsea one after another, and were once forced into a dead end by Monaco, but they still came over tenaciously. Now they are only one step away from this great goal. At this time, what else can I give up?

While Jose was mobilizing the players passionately, Mourinho also encouraged the players' morale in the locker room. A few days ago, the two head coaches attracted all their firepower to themselves and gave the players enough space. Now, it is time to make the players serious!

"In more than two years, we have walked a lot together... Two league champions, one cup champion, and one League Cup champion are the best gifts we have won together... Before this game, I knew there were a lot of rumors. I don't want to say anything else here, but no matter what happens after this game, we have to work hard to win this game."

"Our goal is not the Triple Crown champion. In order to concentrate on playing the league and the Champions League, we gave up the Portuguese Cup because the Champions League is more important to us. Mallorca is not a team that is easy to deal with. They are the best team in the Champions League in these three seasons. Their average age is similar to ours, but we already have enough Champions League experience. But we are not bad, and the experience of winning the League Cup last season is also a valuable asset for us. We will not face Mallorca in a situation of falling behind. After Mallorca's difficult advancement, public opinion in Europe believes that they will easily win the championship... But if they think so, it is

Their doomsday! Mallorca's offense is the best in Europe, but our defense is the strongest... In the six knockout matches, we only conceded four goals, and in the last two semi-finals, we did not lose one goal! And what about Mallorca? They conceded goals in every game, and the average conceded goals in each game was almost close to two... This is our advantage! In the first half, we must focus more on defense, control their two wings offense, not give their forwards the chance to get the ball, use the crowd to surround their Kaka, and restrain Alonso's offense... Mallorca's offense is just that. With our defensive ability, we can definitely control their offense."

Speaking of this, Mourinho raised his head: "While controlling their defense, use counterattacks to tear open their defense line! Mallorca's defense has never been very good. As long as we make their goals smaller than ours, we can win this game! Force Alonso to disrupt their offensive rhythm, and... Our actions can be bigger. In games like the Champions League final, the referee's penalty standard will not be too strict. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Porto's players answered in unison. For those who are not top players, if they can win this game, there is no doubt that they will have a layer of gold on them, so that they can enter the top ranks in terms of strength and fame!


Chapter completed!