Hamburg is not the most powerful team in the Bundesliga right now, but the city of Hamburg is one of the most important cities in Germany.

This city, known as the "World Bridge City", is an important transportation hub in northern Germany and one of the richest cities in Europe. Of course, many people know the name of this city for the first time, probably due to a food, that is, hamburger. The word hamburger is the Chinese name of the English hamburger, and its original name is Hamburger. In English, hamburger refers to "from hamburger".

Since Atletico Madrid has arrived in Hamburg on Monday afternoon local time, while Manchester City chose to go on Tuesday morning, the two teams did not perform any expected encounters at Hamburg Airport. However, compared with the cold reception that Atletico Madrid was given at the airport, when Lin Sen led the team to appear at the airport, they were warmly welcomed.

What surprised Lin Sen was that among the welcome crowd, there were also many fans wearing Hamburger jerseys. At first, Lin Sen thought this was because the host Hamburger was eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals. However, when Lin Sen heard the names shouted by these people, he was relieved.

The name that appears in Hamburg fans is not Reus, who is a German. In fact, Reus transfers from Malaga in winter. If you regret it in this game, you can only watch it on the wall. Of course, whether you are qualified or not, like most head coaches, Lin Sen brought all the first team players to Germany without missing a single one.

What caused Hamburg fans to cheer were Kompany and De Jong.

Kompany transferred to Manchester City in the summer of 2008, and De Jong was half a season behind Kompany. Before the transfer, the team they played for was Hamburg. In Linson's memory, these two people are not the only players who transferred to Manchester City from Hamburg. Boateng, who is still in Hamburg, is also Manchester City's "old player". It can be seen that the relationship between Manchester City and Hamburg is obviously not much different.

When they revisited the old place, both Kompani and De Jong were smiling. Faced with the enthusiasm of the fans, both of them raised their hands to signal, and even stopped to sign autographs for each lucky fan.

Lin Sen was naturally happy to see it, and even deliberately slowed down, allowing the two to interact with the fans for more time.

Hamburg is not Manchester City's home court, nor Atletico Madrid's home court. Both sides have no special advantages in this regard.

It is worth mentioning that this Europa League final has caused huge controversy in terms of ticket allocation, because both Manchester City and Atletico Madrid have only received 12,000 tickets. For the Northern Bank Athletic Stadium, which can accommodate 57,000, this means that the combined tickets of the two teams have not even received half of them.

This situation also aroused the anger of Dolson, a Manchester City fan leader, who was interviewed by BBC. Dolson directly bombarded UEFA: If they want to make a show, they have a lot of opportunities and occasions, but that is the final of the UEFA Cup, and it should belong to real fans. Instead of the guys who only wander around after walking off the sponsor bus, these guys in suits and tie are not watching the ball at all, except for posing in front of the camera.

Manchester City fans were very angry, and Atletico Madrid fans were also very excited. And even more direct, Barr pointed his finger at UEFA President Platini: What has changed after he came to power besides playing tricks on some bullshit policies? Look at what practical things he has done for the fans?

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. Facts have become facts.

In any case, both sides have to accept the fact that the number of neutral fans in this final is more than the supporters of the two teams. Because of this, these fans have become supporters that both sides need to compete for. Obviously, now it seems that Manchester City has a natural advantage in this regard.

Speaking of tickets, as the team's head coach, Lin Sen got some tickets for the first month, but most of them were transferred to other people, such as Tang Hua. He planned to invite some of his classmates to Germany to watch the game. For example, Alyl, Cinderella and Boya's tickets naturally fell on her. However, Lin Sen himself didn't leave much, except for a few friends who didn't contact often, such as Hris, who had owe favors at Tang Hua's coaching training last time, Lin Sen thought about it and called his parents and sent two tickets. However, Lin Sen was not sure whether his parents, who had special identities, would come to watch the game.

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After arriving in Hamburg, Manchester City took a break in the morning and held their first training class in the afternoon. Of course, it was said that it was a training class, but in fact there was no training content, and it was more about adapting to the venue and local weather. Unlike Atletico Madrid's closed training, Manchester City's training was open to the media and fans throughout. After all, it was just a few simple trainings and nothing needed to be kept confidential. Since it was decided to win over the fans, it would do it to the end.

An evening pre-match press conference.

Lin Sen met Flores for the first time. Compared with Lin Sen, who was wearing casual clothes, Flores had just walked out of the press conference and had a serious look on his face. When they met in the passage, they subconsciously slowed down when they met, but they didn't stop. Lin Sen's impression of Flores was only memory, and Flores had a similar impression of Lin Sen. Although everyone knows the story of Lin Sen and Atletico Madrid, he naturally knew it, but for him, if it weren't for this game, his ex-girlfriend would have nothing to do with him.

The two sides had no conversations, just nodded to each other even if they were greeting each other, but the person next to Flores was an acquaintance to Linson, Antonio Lopez.

After Maxi Rodriguez left Liverpool, Antonio Lopez naturally became Atletico Madrid's captain. After seeing Lin Sen, although Flores was not making a sound, he at least smiled.

Lin Sen also smiled, and both sides passed by, and Lin Sen led Dunn to the press conference.

Although the UEFA Europa League final is far less eye-catching than the Champions League final, it is still a top priority for local media. In addition, there are many reporters attending the press conference. At the press conference, the relationship between Lin Sen and Atletico Madrid naturally became one of the most concerned topics of the media, and Lin Sen did not avoid it. Of course, to be honest, for Atletico Madrid, Lin Sen and Atletico Madrid fans' feelings for him can only be described as complex.

After looking back on the past, the next step is to look forward to the future. The reporter is also very interested in Manchester City's starting lineup tomorrow, but Lin Sen doesn't want to reveal too much about this issue. He just gave a few players who will definitely start, such as Robben, David Silva... Of course, these people are actually basically no different from what they said and said nothing.

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When he returned to the hotel, Lin Sen locked himself in the room, calling it accumulating energy, but in fact he was just making the final preparations for tomorrow's battle.

European competitions are different from domestic competitions in England, so there are many things to pay attention to, such as venue conditions, weather conditions, and referees. The law enforcement referee in this game is the famous referee from Italy, Nicola Rizzoli, a referee who was focused on being trained by the Italian referees Association after the phone door. He only enforced the Champions League in March this year. In short, this game is his first major European competition in law enforcement.

Lin Sen deliberately investigated Rizzoli. Of course, it was not that he had any prejudice against the Italian referee, but each league had its own style. The referee also had different standards in law enforcement. The Premier League style is tough. In order to maintain the fluency of the game, the referee's referee's standards in the Premier League are generally loose, while the Serie A style is obviously different from the Premier League. Fortunately, Rizzoli seems to be a referee who attaches importance to the fluency of the game. The enforcement standards are also relatively loose among Italian referees, and they don't play many cards.

In addition to the referee, the starting lineup that the media has been concerned about is also one of the things that Lin Sen is considering. With eleven starters, Lin Sen has confirmed ten of them, and only one position is still a little doubtful, then Vidal's partner in the midfielder position. Lin Sen originally intended to let Xavi Martinez, who is familiar with the La Liga team, start in this game, but Brian Kidd disagrees. He believes that he should believe De Jong at this time.

Kidd's point of view is not unreasonable. Compared to Harvey Martinez, De Jong lacks reading of the game, but he has richer experience. After all, this is the final. Experience plays more important than anything else. Moreover, De Jong in Hamburg was not unfamiliar with this stadium. Lin Sen did not give a conclusion at the time, just nodded, and Kidd did not continue to say anything. As an assistant coach, his duty is to suggest, whether it is adopted or not in the end, it is the head coach's decision. Moreover, after a season of getting along, Kidd has also become familiar with Lin Sen's habits. Lin Sen is very "arbitrary" about the starting roster, but if he consults himself, he generally respects his opinions.

This time, it is no exception.

Lin Sen finally decided to adopt Kidd's opinion, but this time it was not entirely the reason Kidd said. After all, it was due to his own concerns about Atletico Madrid.

This is their front line.

Like Manchester City, it is not difficult to guess how many people start at Atletico Madrid have started. The first one is their forward line. Aguero and Fran. This season, Aguero and Fran, who are not troubled by injuries, have not allowed Atletico Madrid to make a leap in the league. However, the two teamed up to score 30 goals, more than half of the goals scored by Atletico Madrid.

So, optimistically speaking, Atletico Madrid's offense was wiped out by half. But as an opponent, Lin Sen could not be optimistic, but had to make the worst plan.
Chapter completed!