champion godfather

Chapter 885 Kick-off of the Final of the Heart of the Seven Lions King

The huge Real Madrid logo and the silhouette of the Champions League appeared on the stands of the Bernabeu, which was formed by the cooperation of the fans with the cardboard in their hands.Every Real Madrid fan who finds their seat will be given a piece of cardboard in a different color, and they only need to lift the cardboard to form a giant picture covering the entire auditorium.The on-site atmosphere created in this way was extremely frenzied, and the confidence in Real Madrid's victory at the Bernabeu was already overwhelming.

Poor Nottingham Forest doesn't have such treatment. Who made them a real "away game" this time?

Nottingham Forest wore red jerseys and huddled in a corner of the stands, surrounded by white phalanxes, and Real Madrid's team anthem was played on the radio on the stadium.

This is a scene that cannot be seen in the general European Champions Cup final.Real Madrid made full use of their home court advantage. They have a good relationship with UEFA's top management. Platini also acquiesced in their behavior of "violating the spirit of fair competition".

"Viva! Madrid!! Viva! Madrid!!"

Seventy thousand people roared at the same time, making a deafening noise.Amid such continuous roars, players from both sides played.

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In fact, players from both sides have been waiting in the corridor of the Bernabeu for several minutes.The tunnel at the Bernabéu is different from the city stadium. There is a wall made of iron fences in the tunnel, which separates the two teams. Players on both sides can see each other through the hollowed-out mesh, but no further physical contact is allowed.

Standing next to Gago is Higuain, and the two Argentines are talking.They used to be domestic rivals, and later became members of Real Madrid at the same time. Then the two embarked on two completely different paths.Higuain quickly matured and seized the opportunity to secure the position of Real Madrid's main striker, while Gago was unable to be reused due to Real Madrid's overcrowded midfielder, and finally left the Bernabeu and came to Nottingham Forest.The two of them must have something to talk about together.

But in fact, the two of them are not as close as people think.The two of them just chatted for a few words, and Gago remained silent.

He used to be very familiar with this corridor. He used to stand on the other side in white clothes.

Now he is standing opposite the white-clothed man in red.

This is his first return to the Bernabéu after becoming a member of Nottingham Forest.He wondered what the Bernabéu fans were going to do to him when he had the ball on the pitch.He has seen many players who once belonged to a team return to their home team to play at home after leaving the team, and what kind of treatment they enjoy.

He was already mentally prepared for that.

Higuain saw Gago's worry through the wall. He smiled and said to Gago in Spanish: "Don't worry, the people here will not treat you like that. After all, the team you joined is not Barcelona or Atletico Madrid. "

Gago glanced at Higuain, not paying attention to his words: "Then what if we lead you, or win you?"

Higuain almost laughed out loud: "Fernando, to be honest, I don't think you can defeat us."

Looking at this ex-teammate who was proud of himself in Real Madrid, Gago rolled his eyes: "Then just wait and see."

After talking with Higuain, he suddenly realized that he was not worried about how he would be treated during the game.Because he figured it out, he is no longer the same as Real Madrid today, so if this is the case, what does it matter how they treat him?

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Ribery is not as worried as Gago would be, because he is now playing at home, if he returns to the city stadium, then he will be booed overwhelmingly, there is no doubt about it.Of course he knew that he chose to leave when his boss had a heart attack. In the eyes of Forest fans, that was a kind of betrayal.

But for himself, that was the only chance.That king's only chance to lose control.

Due to the bad timing of leaving before, he does not chat with his former teammates of the Forest team now, and no Forest team player will take the initiative to come up to him.He hid in the Real Madrid team, bowed his head and remained silent.

Across the wall is former teammate Pepe.

Pepe looked down on Ribery's departure. You must know that when the boss and the team were in the most difficult time, none of them chose to leave, and only Ribery became a deserter.He glanced sideways at Ribery, then suddenly leaned his head up and smiled at the Frenchman: "Frank, be careful during the game."

Sergio Ramos, who was standing in front of Ribery, heard Pepe's words. Although he couldn't understand, he felt that Pepe's smile was not friendly, so he turned his head and gave Pepe a look.

Pepe was speaking English, which Cristiano Ronaldo understood, and he fired back: "Hey boy. Watch your words, are you trying to scare us?" Deal with it, the two teams didn't meet each other in Real Madrid, but in today's environment, the feeling of sworn enemy returned to his heart.

Pepe did not show any weakness, he grinned at Ronaldo: "Portuguese, you are not my target." He turned his head to the silent captain George Wood who stood at the front of the line with his back to everyone .

Of course Ronaldo knew what he meant by that.He is not afraid of anything, but he is still a little afraid of George Wood.He stopped talking.

Bell came out to be a peacemaker: "Okay, don't get excited. It's no good for us to quarrel now. The boss will definitely scold you if he finds out." He told Pepe that he knew that Pepe looked down on Ribery, and he also looked down on Ribery. Bendtner.This man is so distinct.In order to ease the atmosphere, he also took the initiative to say hello to Ribery: "Frank, hello."

Pepe still looked at Ribery and smiled, with a sneer in that smile.

Franck Ribery smiled at Bell, a little helpless: "Hello... Bell." He wanted to say "little monkey", but when he thought of his current identity, he changed it to "Bell".This seems a bit extravagant, but to avoid people thinking about it.

Higuain noticed the small commotion in front of the line, he looked around and asked: "What happened?"

Gago also looked up and realized after seeing Pepe like that: "Pepe must be blaming Ribery..."

"Blame? Why?"

"Franck Ribery chose to leave Nottingham Forest and join Real Madrid... Don't you know this?"

"Hey, I don't think it's a big deal. Isn't this kind of thing normal in football? A player leaves one team and joins another team... What is there to hold grudges about such a thing?"

Gago also joined the team later, and he didn't know much about the past, so he shook his head: "I don't know either. Maybe this is the style of the forest..." He has seen Bendtner return to the city The "treatment" received by the stadium, except that no pig's head was thrown down, the Forest fans scolded Bendtner in different ways in the stands, and made up songs on the spot to humiliate the "traitor" who betrayed the team at the beginning.

"England teams seem to be like that..." he added.

Higuain shook his head with a smile, a little disdainful. "I asked why you were so worried. It turns out that you have seen a lot in England. Don't worry, this is Spain and this is Real Madrid."

Pepe continued to stare at Ribery and laugh.

Franck Ribery could only pretend that he didn't see him, and then he closed his eyes altogether.

Bale poked Pepe in the back: "Enough, Pepe. Focus on the game!"

George Wood turned his head, and Pepe withdrew his gaze.

"It's time to play." Wood said to the people behind.

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Players from Real Madrid and Nottingham Forest played at the same time, and there was a huge cheer. The fans of the home team cheered for Real Madrid, and the fans of the away team cheered for Forest.The cheers only lasted for a short time. When the live broadcast began to broadcast the lineup lists of both sides, the names of Real Madrid players were called, which was warm applause and cheers. boos.

Tang En raised his head and looked at the surrounding stands. He grinned and said, "I'm really surprised that there are only so few boos."

"We're not Barcelona," Chris Lack said next to him.

"Not Atletico Madrid either," Eastwood added.

"Ha!" Tang En laughed out loud, "It's okay, soon they will think that we are more hateful than the above two teams."

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Players from both sides lined up to enter the arena and stood together to accept photos from the reporters. Then the players from the visiting team shook hands with the referee and the players of the home team.Players from both sides separate, captains exchange team flags, and guess coins to pick sides.

Casillas, who is now Real Madrid's captain, lost the coin toss to Wood, who took the side and Casillas the kick-off.

Seeing this result, Tang En shook his head lightly from below: "I want the kick-off...letting the opponent take control of the ball first is not good for our tactical arrangement."

"It's enough to beat their offensive for 5 minutes." Chris Lak thought it was nothing, anyway, the ball will eventually return to the forest team.

"You are very confident." Tang En turned his head and looked at Chris Rack next to him and laughed.

"I've been following you for a long time, and if I'm not confident, I won't be able to keep up with you." Chris Lak also laughed.

A sense of tacit understanding rose from the hearts of the two of them.

Chris Rack didn't hear Tang En's hearty laugh, but Tang En nodded to him: "Thank you, David, for being with me for so long..."

This caught Chris Rack a little off guard, he snorted and didn't know what to say.

Tang En patted him on the shoulder: "The game is about to start. I hope that, as you said, after 5 minutes, we can regain the initiative."

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Wood shook hands with the three referees and Casillas and walked back.He made a gesture, and his teammates immediately surrounded him.

"We're not here to take the runner-up." Wood stretched out his hand and placed it in the center of the circle.

"Me neither." Bell pressed his hand.

"This is the most glorious moment of my career." Pepe's hand.

"Triple Crown." Akinfeev's big hand covered the palms of the people below.

Palms of different skin colors and sizes are piled up one by one, and the pile gets higher and higher.

After everyone put their hands in, Wood looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him.As the boss said, they are comrades-in-arms who lived and died together in the trenches. They supported them all the way and experienced the baptism of countless wars. Now they stand on the last battlefield, ready to meet the last and strongest one enemy.

"I'm not good at words..." Wood said, "Anyway... I'm very happy to be able to play with you. Let's win the championship together."

Hearing what he said, everyone waved their hands down vigorously.

"champion!!"

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Real Madrid also formed a circle, and everyone gathered together for the final battle mobilization.

"This is at the Bernabeu, guys." Casillas glanced over the faces of every team-mate. "We must not fail here. The 7 people in the stands are all our motivation. We are Real Madrid! Glorious Real Madrid!"

He waved his hand vigorously.

"Don't give your opponent any chance! Win the tenth European Champions Cup in one go!!"

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When the players of both sides stood in their respective positions and waited for the kick-off, the Bernabéu Stadium, which had been noisy for more than half an hour, also fell into a brief silence. The sound disappeared in an instant, and everyone was holding their breath and waiting for the game. start.

The referee stood in the middle circle, looked at the watch on his wrist, and then looked at the fourth official on the sidelines. After getting the kick-off permission, he blew his whistle vigorously.

After Huntelaar passed the ball to Benzema, he ran forward.At the same time, Aaron Mitchell, who was waiting outside the center circle, rushed straight to Benzema who was holding the ball.

Benzema didn't give him a chance to steal the ball on the spot, and turned around and passed the ball to Lacena Diarra behind.I brushed shoulders with Mitchell.

In this game, Tang En did not let Ibisevic start. Instead, he used Mitchell, who scored two goals in the FA Cup final and was in excellent form. This was also his first time playing in the Champions Cup final.But Tang En wasn't worried that this kid couldn't bear the pressure. Sometimes this kid seemed quite lively, and he had his own way of reducing stress—that is, to fantasize in his mind and release all the pressure through fantasies.

Mitchell ignored Benzema and continued to charge Diarra.

Diarra passed the ball back again, to the Argentine centre-back Garay.Mitchell ignored Diarra and continued to lunge at Garay.

Garay didn't return the pass this time, and he could see it. If he continued to pass back to Casillas, the big man would rush over without hesitation.It's just like a robot, with the route set in advance, just go all the way forward!
He passed the football to Ramos on the side, and Mitchell stopped and sprinted.

As soon as Ramos received the ball, he found that Fernandez had rushed in front of him. He quickly dunked the ball, intending to get out of the way of the Chilean.

Fernandez was more difficult to deal with than he thought. Instead of dodging the opponent, he was entangled instead.

"Stop dawdling, pass the ball!" Casillas saw the situation on the court clearly from behind. If Ramos still wants to continue playing in the defense, he will definitely be unlucky.From his position, it can be clearly seen that the overall formation of Nottingham Forest is pressing forward with Real Madrid's return passes again and again. Huntelaar, who ran up just now, is already in an offside position.

Nottingham Forest are so pressing away, what do they want to do?
Ramos was pressed by Fernandez and he chose the most correct way-big foot to drive the ball forward.

Bigfoot, looking blind, flew towards Huntelaar.

Huntelaar lost his position when competing with Pepe for the top. He was completely unable to compete with Pepe in terms of strength.Football made Pepe push back.

Gago in the midfield raised his foot to hook the football in the air, and Ribery missed it.But as soon as he turned around, the Frenchman leaned forward again.

Seeing him like this, Forest in the stands booed the fans.After leaving the Forest team, there are only two players who can get boos from the heart of the Forest fans, one is Bendtner and the other is Ribery.

Franck Ribery interfered with Gago from behind, but Gago was no longer the brat who would always be stabbed away from behind by his opponent when he couldn't even hold the ball.He protected the football and looked up to find the way out.

In the end he chose to give the football to Bentley on the wing.

Ribery is pestering him, this wing is relatively empty.After receiving the ball, Bentley took a few steps forward, and both Diarra and Real Madrid's left back Marcelo noticed him.

At this moment, Rafinha inserted from behind Bentley at high speed and passed Marcelo.

Bentley sent an overhead pass, passing the ball over Marcelo's head to Rafinha who drove in.

Rafinha unloaded the football flying behind him beautifully, Marcelo turned a little slowly, and Garay made up for it.Rafinha did not put on a fake move, but directly swept the football into the penalty area.A low pass!
Shaheen appeared behind Mitchell like a shadow, and Mitchell attracted the attention of another Real Madrid central defender, David Luiz, but missed the football.

Shaheen shovels directly from the small penalty area line!

The commentator hadn't had time to finish reading the list of appearances of both sides, and Nottingham Forest's first shot had already appeared.

The beautiful cooperation of Nottingham Forest put Real Madrid's goal in danger in an instant.The only reliable person at such a time is their "Saint Igor".

What a Casillas, almost at the same time as Shaheen made the action.Shaheen shoveled and shot, but he jumped over there, and the football was thrown out by his hand!
"Great - great save! Iker Casillas made his first save of the game, he saved Real Madrid's goal!" The commentator shouted excitedly.

"Ah!" Off the court, Tang En held his head in his hands, watching the scene that just happened in front of Real Madrid in disbelief.He didn't expect Nottingham Forest to be able to turn away and get such a good chance to shoot from the beginning, but he didn't expect that Casillas could still block the shot that was close at hand...

This man is really a monster!

"What kind of defense is this?" Casillas jumped up from the ground and shouted at his teammates.As the captain, he is also more active than before.

Shaheen sat on the ground in disbelief that Iker Casillas blocked the goal he wanted to win.You must know that when he shot, Casillas was still preparing to defend against Mitchell's grab. He should not be able to see himself... Is it the instinct of a goalkeeper?

There was applause for Iker Casillas from the stands. If it weren't for the heroic performance of their captain, Real Madrid might have conceded the goal in just 30 seconds.

The Spanish reporters in the press booth were even more frightened, they could see it clearly from above.

"This bastard... actually wants to fight against Real Madrid?"

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Tang En got up from his seat and applauded the Forest players on the field, expressing his encouragement and appreciation for the team's faithful implementation of his tactical arrangements.

The group of Spanish reporters guessed right, he just wanted to play against Real Madrid in this game.

Real Madrid has always been stronger in offense than defense, and if they play a defensive counterattack against them, they will only suffer in the end. Giving too much initiative to Real Madrid is tantamount to slow suicide.

He just wants to deal with Real Madrid with a more active and proactive attitude, pressing the whole court and counterattacking on the spot, not giving Real Madrid too much time and space, and preventing them from having the opportunity to display their skills.At the beginning of the game, I tried to deter Real Madrid with a fierce offensive, so that they had some scruples and could not attack with all their strength.

He gave the players a little wave and signaled them to keep going.

Let this proud team see our storms!

(End of this chapter)