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#1045 gamble

Wembley Stadium, formerly known as Empire Stadium, was built on April 23, 1923 and hosted the Champions League final five times.

The first time was in 1963, when Milan and Benfica fought here, and the Ross and Blacks finally won the first Champions League title in club history;

The second time was in 1968, when Manchester United defeated Benfica 4-1 in overtime to win the championship, becoming the first English team to win the Champions League;

In 1971, Ajax and Panashinaks were welcomed. Ajax led by Cruyff had the last laugh and opened the chapter of their three consecutive Champions League titles;

In 1978, Liverpool won the Champions League championship with a goal of "Kings" Daglish at Wembley Stadium 1-0.

The last time the Old Wembley Stadium hosted the Champions League final was in 1992. The Barcelona Dream Team led by Cruyff defeated Sampdoria and won the first Champions League trophy in club history.

The king of football Bailey once said, "Wembley is the church of football, the capital of football, and the heart of football." Every player takes playing football at Wembley Stadium as his dream.

But the fact is that Wembley Stadium is getting old and old, and can no longer meet the needs of modern football games.

On October 7, 2000, the FA demolished the old Wembley Stadium, which cost 79.8 billion pounds, and built the second largest super-luxury stadium in Europe, the world's largest capped stadium.

The Champions League final held on May 28 is the first time the new Wembley Stadium has held the Champions League final since its completion. Both teams participating in the final have won the championship at Wembley Stadium. This time, no matter who wins, they will create a new history.

Manchester United is the club with the most fans in the world. Barcelona has attracted countless fans in recent years due to its brilliant achievements and beautiful playing style. This peak showdown has also attracted Manchester United and Barcelona fans from all over the world to come to London to watch the game.

The game started at 7:45 pm, and when the game was more than two hours away, there were long queues of fans at various gates at Wembley Stadium.

There are also many fans without tickets. Some of them are anxious to bargain with the scalpers holding "need tikets", some sing team songs while playing beats, some provocatively and scold opponents, and some enjoy themselves while playing with their mobile phones.

Zhu Daqiang, Yu Lei, Yang Fan, and Yu Debao naturally didn't have to be so anxious. They came to London in the morning. After staying in the hotel, they went to the final theme park in Hyde Park in the afternoon and went to Wembley Stadium at around 7 o'clock in the evening.

Zhu Daqiang and Yu Lei had heard that this year they would have a real-name system, and the inspection was very strict. Not to mention mineral water, they didn’t even allow professional cameras to be brought. They believed in the rigor of Europeans and really didn’t bring anything. However, when they passed the gate, they found that the real-name system was nonsense! The passport was completely vaginated... And it was pure nonsense if any professional camera was not allowed to be brought... The security check was also average, which was 100,000 miles worse than the security check at the Chinese Olympic Games.

Zhu Daqiang said regretfully: "If I had known, I would have taken my SLR with me."

The monkey smiled and said, "Use mine, I'll bring it."

Zhu Daqiang said angrily: "Monkey, why don't you remind me to take it with me."

The monkey smiled and said, "I remind you that you may not listen."

Yu Lei said laughing and crying: "I thought Europeans are very rigorous, but I didn't expect... I was so naive."

Yang Fan said: "I thought so too. I lived in Europe for a few years and realized that it was all monkeys who turned out to be better than who."

Zhu Daqiang said: "Other person's 28 is still better than you."

Yang Fan said: "It's a big deal. They are big and useless, so how can we be as strong as ours."

The monkey said, "Stop talking, let's talk about you, and they've arrested you as gangsters."

Everyone talked and laughed and found their seats, did it well, and waited for the start of the competition.

On the court, the literary performance had just ended, and Manchester United and Barcelona players were warming up before the game on the shiny green grass. The hosts of various TV stations had already occupied the distant side line, and hundreds of reporters were following big-name stars such as Gao Xiaodong and Messi, capturing every detail of the warm-up.

The warm-up between Manchester United and Barcelona is very interesting. Barcelona is practicing the game of catch-up, and Manchester United practices shooting hard after a while, fully showing the different football styles of the two clubs.

After more than ten minutes of warming up the main players of both sides, they returned to the locker room, and only the substitutes were left on the court to continue warming up.

At this time, the on-site commentators had already obtained the rosters of both sides, and they began to announce the lineups and formations of both sides to the fans, waiting for the official start of the game.

Barcelona's lineup today: 1-Valdes; 2-Alves, 14-Mascherano, 3-Pique, 22-Abidal; 6-Xavi, 16-Busquets, 8-Iniesta; 7-Villa, 10-Messi, 17-Pedro

This is a lineup that is not surprising at all, even a pseudo-fan can guess.

In fact, there is no secret to Barcelona's playing style, just ball control and short pass penetration, but Barcelona's strength lies in the fact that the whole world knows their lineup and playing style, but they just can't defend themselves.

Manchester United's formation today is a 442 formation, with goalkeepers 1-Vander Sar; defenders are 20-Fabio, 5-Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra; 25-Valencia, 13-Park Ji-sung, 24-Fletcher, 10-Gao Xiaodong; 7-Rooney, 14-Hernandez

After the live commentator announced the lineup, Manchester United fans were shocked. The only center Berbatov with high standards did not go, Nani, who had the strongest breakthrough ability, did not go, and even Scholes and Giggs did not go. Except for Gao Xiaodong, all the players on the field were blue-collar players with strong running ability.

Such a lineup will definitely not be an offensive, and it is likely to be a defensive counterattack, but it may be a rush to grab it in the midfield and destroy Barcelona's possession.

China commentator He Hui exclaimed: "If this is Manchester United's lineup today, Mr. Ferguson's courage and adventurous spirit are really admirable. In terms of running ability, this lineup is probably the strongest in Europe, but the offensive organization can only rely on Gao Xiaodong alone. This is a shocking bet, but I don't know who the final winner is."

In the locker room, Barcelona players and coaches also won Manchester United's lineup.

After reading this, Guardiola smiled and said, "What do you think of Manchester United's lineup?"

Assistant coach Biranova said: "I don't think this is the last lineup. Do they still have to attack with such a lineup?"

Harvey said: "Ferguson likes to play tricks. I think it's possible to replace Scholes in the last battle."

Guardiola shook his head and said, "No, I think this may be Manchester United's last lineup. They want to use pressing to destroy our passes and cuts."

Biranova said: "If Manchester United doesn't play the Iron Barrel Formation, I don't believe they can grab our balls. Besides, even if they can grab our balls, who will organize the attack? Park Ji-sung, Fletcher, or Valencia, can it be up to Gao Xiaodong alone?"

Guardiola said: "This is not clear yet, but obviously Ferguson is going to rob us crazy. I hope everyone will pay attention and focus on passing the ball. In addition, no matter what tactics they use, as long as we play our own style, we can defeat all the opponents."

Guardiola's powerful words calmed down the confused Barcelona players and became confident.
Chapter completed!
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