There is a belief called football

Chapter 498 Chinese Dragon
When the Champions League theme song played at Signal Iduna Park Stadium, Li Qiao’s eyes were wet, and a huge TiFo appeared in the South Stand of Dortmund, with a red Chinese dragon on it.

Going back to a few days ago, when Dortmund returned home from the away game, they were warmly welcomed by the fans. Everyone expressed their sincere admiration for Dortmund's perseverance in difficult times. That is the most precious asset of German football. German football will not give up until the last second.

With two away goals, Dortmund fans are very confident that the team will advance to the final. More importantly, Chelsea's striker "Diego Costa" was suspended in the second round. This is good news for Dortmund.

The Dortmund fans made up their minds to give the fans of the visiting team Chelsea a solid start, and let them experience the charm of Europe's number one devil's home stadium, especially the world-famous South Stand.

So the question is, how to do it?
Of course, it is the most popular TiFo now. For this reason, the Dortmund Fans Association released three TiFo ideas, and finally let the fans vote to decide which one to use.

The first idea is the most traditional and classic, which is a pattern of a person holding a telescope and looking into the distance.

The second idea is relatively novel. It is a poem written by the German poet "Heinrich Heine" - "Germany is not a nation that acts rashly, but once it embarks on any road, it will persevere in this road to the end."

The fans hope that this poem will indicate that Dortmund this season must go to the end of the Champions League and go to the end.

The third idea is a pair of red Chinese dragons. Of course, everyone knows what this means. Without the efforts of the three Chinese players in the team, Dortmund may not have reached the semi-finals at all.

Three ideas were put on the Internet for fans to discuss publicly. Among them, the support rate of the first idea exceeded 50%, the second reached 30%, and the remaining 20% ​​of fans supported the third plan.

This is what Dortmund fans think. For a highly anticipated game like the Champions League, it is better to be conservative than innovative, and the first idea is the safest and the most recognized.

The matter was settled happily in this way, but on the night of four days before the competition, the matter suddenly turned 180 degrees. For some reason, within an hour, the approval rate of the third plan soared to 1%.

It was only later that I realized that Chinese fans from far away in Asia also came to vote. This is a loophole in the rules, because the rules do not stipulate that voting is limited to local votes in Germany, so of course the whole world can vote.

In the face of this divine reversal, Dortmund officials are very happy, because it proves that they have been quite successful in developing the Asian market.

In the end, the rigorous Germans did not regret it, and they decided to use the third option according to the rules.

After the matter was decided, something unexpected happened. A manufacturer in Shenzhen, China said that they accepted the order and it was free.

The Chinese showed what efficiency is. The manufacturer worked overtime in one day to make TiFo and then airlifted it to Germany.

After getting it, the Borussia Dortmund Fan Association was stunned. TiFo and they often do this, and they all know that it is very time-consuming to do this. Because of this, their respect for China has increased a bit.

*****
The TiFo problem is solved, and Dortmund fans are wondering how to deal with those British guys from afar?
When Dortmund played against Bayern in the league, there was a repertoire in the South Stand, which was throwing bananas. Every time Neuer put his hand behind the goal, a lot of bananas would be thrown behind the goal, but against Chelsea, everyone can’t throw bananas, so what to throw?
After much deliberation, the creative Dortmund fans finally thought of it, throwing blue socks!

So for a while, all the blue socks in Germany were ordered by Dortmund fans, and if they were not enough, they went to the neighboring country Austria to buy them.

When the Dortmund fans were getting ready, the whole Chelsea team came to Dortmund. This time Hiddink made a concerted effort, and even the suspended Costa also came with the team. The Chelsea team showed unprecedented cohesion, of course on the surface.

As for whether Chelsea's big boss "Abramovich" will come?It’s hard to say, we know that if you are at Stamford Bridge, there will always be a seat for Abramovich, but under normal circumstances, Abramovich will not go to the away game, but the nature of this game is different, it is the most important game of Chelsea’s Champions League this season.

Compared with Abramovich's uncertainty, another person is much more high-profile, and that is Mourinho. Magic Bird, who is at home at home, made it clear that he will definitely go to the Signal Iduna Stadium to watch the game. This may be another highlight of this game.

What kind of mentality will Mourinho have at that time?Do you really care about your old club, or are you just watching the fun?
The Chelsea soldiers thought that they would encounter a lot of inconvenience when they came to Dortmund, because they had been made things difficult when they were away, such as the quality of the training ground arranged, but what they didn’t expect was that everything arranged by Dortmund for them was first-class, which made the Chelsea players both surprised and satisfied.

Before the game, after the Iduna signal stepped on the field, Chelsea players took out their mobile phones to take pictures. If it is full, the stadium can accommodate nearly twice as many people as Stamford Bridge. Of course, this is also due to historical reasons. Because stadium accidents are common, the Premier League stadiums have stricter safety management. For example, there is no standing seat like the South Stand of the Iduna Stadium in the Premier League.

While taking pictures, the Chelsea players were fantasizing about how hot it would be at that time. It shouldn't be too much to describe it as a mountain roar and a tsunami.

After stepping on the field, Hiddink was interviewed at the scene.

"What was the reason for the crash in the second half of the last game"?
"Hehe, collapse? Who told you that the opponent is a team that can reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Anything can happen. I don't think there is any collapse."

"Costa has been sent off many times in conflict with the opponent this season. Will such a player affect Chelsea's determination to renew his contract?"
Hiddink shook his head: "I don't think Costa is wrong."

"That was the referee's mistake"?
Hiddink smiled secretly, "That's what you said."

This is the way of speaking as a head coach. No matter what your players do, as the boss of the team, you must support him unconditionally.

Just like the scene of Suarez biting someone in the World Cup in Brazil was so obvious, but the Uruguayan coach still insisted that Suarez was wronged.

"So will Costa's suspension in this game have a great impact on the team"?
"Of course, but fortunately Pato came back in time due to our winter",
"That is, Pato will start"?
Hiddink doesn't want to play Tai Chi anymore, because to be honest, there are only two players in front of Chelsea-Pato and Remy.

"It should be, but it depends on the situation."

"I heard that "Jose" will come to this game",
Hiddink smiled meaningfully, "I'm not the German customs, I don't know who will come."

The reporters also showed smiles like "I understand", and everyone has tacitly understood these things.

*****
A few hours before the game, the roads leading to the stadium were strictly guarded by the police. Vehicles were not allowed to enter, but only pedestrians were allowed to enter. From the aerial view, the streets seemed to be a moving sea of ​​yellow and black.

Dortmund's bus and Chelsea's bus came to the Signal Iduna Stadium almost at the same time. The players wore earphones and got off the bus slowly. Wearing earphones has two advantages. First, you can relax yourself.

But Li Qiao is not, Li Qiao does not listen to music, a reporter will attack Li Qiao, shouting Li Qiao loudly.

Li Qiao just smiled and waved, but didn't respond. The time before the game was very tight and there were still many things to do.

In the locker room, the players are meticulously preparing for the game, wrapping bandages on the ankles and screwing on the spikes on the sneakers. These tasks could have been done by the staff, but usually the players will do it by themselves, because they know themselves best.

In addition, everyone is a little nervous today. After all, after 2 hours, only one team can advance to the Champions League final. There is an old saying in China-the one who travels a hundred miles is half ninety.

Li Qiao and Weidenfeller were chatting, and Roman was still smiling, saying something, which was good, and could ease the tension in the locker room.

Finally, the time came, and it was time to play and warm up. The players ran out of the court to warm up vigorously one by one, and the audience burst into warm and long-lasting applause.

The players also applauded while running to show their gratitude to the audience, and then the Chelsea players also came out to warm up. As soon as they came out, they were shocked by the atmosphere of the scene. Chelsea players have seen big scenes before.

Players from the two teams were divided into two piles and warmed up on both sides of the stadium. At this moment, an ironic scene happened. The fans in the stands close to Chelsea's warm-up threw down snowflakes of blue socks. That scene was unprecedented.

After throwing away, it was hard for the staff on the scene. They had to pick up the socks immediately. The Chelsea players also had fun. Everyone had experienced battles, but this was the first time they had seen such a welcoming ceremony.

After 20 minutes of warm-up, the players returned to the player channel, and the official game was about to begin, and the shocking scene at the beginning was about to be staged, with the huge Chinese dragon TiFo slowly unfolding.

(End of this chapter)