Hoffenheim and Barcelona arrived at London Heathrow Airport almost at the same time, and they arrived forty-five minutes earlier than Barcelona.

When Hoffenheim's team walked out of the channel, they were excited to see the reporters and fans waiting at the exit. This interview lineup made them feel that this was indeed the final of the Champions League, and they are one of the two most popular teams in the world.

The value and importance of the Champions League final are even no less than that of the World Cup final.

From the perspective of football alone, the Champions League final is even better than the World Cup final. The World Cup final is more because of its huge political influence, which is incomparable to the Champions League.

But they all misunderstood that most of these media are paying attention to Barcelona, ​​not them. There are also those fans waiting outside, and more people hold Messi's posters in their hands.

When they walked past the reporters, of course, some media came to interview, but they were not very active and enthusiastic. Some sensitive players could even feel that the media looked at them as if they were looking at a group of doomed losers.

This is inevitable, and no one believes that they can defeat Barcelona at its peak.

Before this final, Barcelona had won the Spanish Cup of del Rey and the domestic league championship. As long as they win the Champions League final, they will become the triple champion again.

The triple-winning champion is an amazing result. Many teams may only win this once in decades, but Barcelona has twice in three years. How powerful is this!

"Chu is right." Ibisevic snorted with his nose. "How can I know we will definitely lose to Barcelona if I don't try it? I'm really upset to see these people's eyes."

His Bosnian Salihovic looked at the reporters and Barcelona fans. Before he even appeared, he was regarded as an "unpopular person", which was really bad.

Some people will give up and give up in such an environment, while others will gain endless motivation from it. Today's Hoffenheim belongs to the latter.

When Chu Zhongtian walked out of the channel, he was first stopped by a group of Chinese reporters. Everyone asked him to talk about his expectations for the finals.

"Expectations? Well, I think I may not have a chance to play in the World Cup finals in my career." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said. He said this was not considered embarrassing Chinese football. This is a fact. If he felt that he could lead the Chinese national team to the World Cup finals, everyone would think that it was ridiculing Chinese football.

"So, this final is very simple, the Champions League final is my World Cup final. Thank you." Chu Zhongtian simply answered the reporters' questions, but this answer sounded particularly powerful to Chinese reporters.

Chinese football cannot allow its fans to enjoy the joy of entering the World Cup final, and even the joy of winning a ball in the World Cup cannot be given to fans. It is almost impossible for Chinese fans to enjoy the opportunity to be proud of their country in the world's top football events - without Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian regards this final as his own World Cup final, so why are we Chinese fans the same?

Looking at Chu Zhongtian's back walking forward, a Chinese reporter couldn't help but shout: "Come on! Chu Zhongtian!"

Chu Zhongtian turned around and waved to him, turned around and continued to walk forward.

It would be unfair to say that there is no Hoffenheim supporter at the entire airport. There was a group of Chinese journalists just now, and now there are a group of fans wearing blue and holding Chu Zhongtian’s posters on the periphery. However, they are not speaking German, but English.

These people reacted plainly to the appearance of other Hoffenheim players, and they became collectively excited when they saw Chu Zhongtian.

"Chu!"

"Chu! Hey, I'm here!"

"Look here, look here!!"

A group of people rushed to shout, attracting the attention of others in the hall for a while. At first, the Barcelona fans thought it was Barcelona that came out, and were excited for a while. Later, they saw that Hoffenheim was coming out and they all stopped. They just glanced a few times, and continued to tiptoe, stumbled their necks, looking forward to the arrival of their idols. The shouting of the blue-clothed fans naturally attracted their attention.

Chu Zhongtian, among the players, saw those people and laughed out loud: "Ha!"

"Your old friend?" Ibisevic immediately understood when he saw his performance. It must be the friends he met when he played football at Wimbledon.

Chu Zhongtian nodded, then pointed at the fans and said to Rangnick: "I'll go and say hello to them."

Rangnick agreed. Chu Zhongtian walked out of the crowd and came to the fans.

"Why are you here? I thought I could only see you at Wembley?" Chu Zhongtian and the few people in the front line clapped and greeted him.

"I think there are many Barcelona fans who come to the airport by then. Hoffenheim is really not on the same level as them... Don't be angry if I say that, Chu." Old Bente said. "I'm afraid you're lonely, so I asked everyone to cheer you up!"

Chu Zhongtian laughed loudly, Old Bente said it well. After walking out, he saw that the fans of Barcelona and the media that were preparing to interview Barcelona. He was indeed a little lonely. Fortunately, these old guys had these old guys pricked them.

"It's a pity that many people still have to work at this time. There are only more than fifty people who can come, which is a little less than them..." Old Bente pointed to Barcelona's fans. Barcelona also has a high popularity and many fans in England. In addition, there are many Catalans who ran to London in advance to wait.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's enough. Thank you!"

"I know that the teams participating in the finals must not lose their momentum before the game! So I'll cheer you up." Old Bente clenched his fists and waved them in front of Chu Zhongtian. "Come on! Chu! Fight Barcelona!"

A group of people shouted, "Fuck Barcelona!!!"

They had no intention of hiding anything. The words were yelling in a uniform and amazing manner, just like calling their players' names in a noisy court.

It attracted people around to look at each other. Especially those Barcelona fans, they glared at the group of men in blue.

Some of the Wimbledon Athletics fans glared back. This is their territory, and they have nothing to be afraid of.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian didn't want the fans of both sides to fight first at the airport. He thanked the fans for their support and then said goodbye.

He knew that as soon as the team left, everyone would evacuate. Barcelona was coming, and the fans of Wimbledon Athletics were not interested in watching Barcelona here.

※※※An hour after Hoffenheim left, the plane landed on the runway of Heathrow Airport. Barcelona finally arrived.

The arrival of this team brought the atmosphere of the exit to the peak, and the media's flashes were connected without interruption. Fans let out huge screams, almost lifting the roof.

There are even some excited female fans who want to squeeze in front of Messi to hug and kiss with flowers...or want to sacrifice themselves?

In short, the scene was very lively and touching.

The contrast with Hoffenheim before was obvious. It only took Hoffenheim for fifteen minutes to pass the entire exit, but it was because Chu Zhongtian and his old friends had delayed their time, otherwise it would have been faster. It took Barcelona nearly forty-five minutes to leave the exit.

The reporter of The Sun, the short and fat Abel (not the little German Abel), looked at the Barcelona bus that was leaving, shook his head and sighed: "The gap between Hoffenheim and Barcelona is based on light years..."

"It's no wonder that such a team is going to challenge such a team, and it's no wonder that everyone doesn't like them." Beside him is Joe Luther, who is also a sports reporter.

After Luther finished saying this, Abel laughed: "Before Wimbledon Athletics played against Chelsea, the whole world was not optimistic about them. I personally think the difficulty was much greater than today."

Luther didn't say anything. He knew that the fat man had a good personal relationship with Chu Zhongtian, and he must be heading to Hoffenheim where Chu Zhongtian was. He himself was more rational and believed that Hoffenheim did not have a chance to defeat Barcelona, ​​but the probability was too low. Because the probability of some things is too low, we often default to the possibility of it.

"I just observed that the Hoffenheim players did not have any unconfident fear, no aimless confusion, and no ecstasy to enter the finals. They were very calm and could have a very correct response to the surrounding environment. I think their mentality was very peaceful. This team was obviously prepared." Abel continued.

He grinned: "I'm full of expectations for this final now, and I already have a premonition that there is a lot of things in the game that I can write, haha!"

※※After the two teams arrive in London, it means that the Champions League final has officially entered the final sprint stage. The next day, the two teams will have training time and press conferences to adapt to the venue.

The attention of local media on this final has also reached a climax.

This is especially true in China. Although CCTV Sports Channel monopolized the live broadcast rights of the Champions League, this does not prevent other media from reporting and news related to the Champions League finals, especially online media, from being restricted and taking the lead in the news battle.

Although many local TV media cannot report on the competition, it is still OK to report on the preparations between the two sides.

The Champions League finals are available every year, but only this year, the Chinese media has such high attention to the Champions League finals. They are almost comparable to the World Cup finals.

The reason is very simple, because Chu Zhongtian. The Champions League finals are indeed available every year, but Chinese players are not involved every year.

There is no need to say much about Chu Zhongtian’s influence in China. Many people who don’t like football know that there is such a very powerful person.

CCTV even broadcast a five-minute trailer to remind the audience to watch the final. The trailer was cut into fifteen seconds, thirty seconds and sixty seconds of advertisements appeared in the sports channel, and the original film was soon circulated on the video website for people to enjoy.

There are also some enthusiastic Chinese netizens who think that the one produced by CCTV is not passionate enough and not sensational enough, so they all made various trailers themselves. Of course, Chu Zhongtian is the protagonist.

In the past, whenever Hoffenheim fought with those European giants, the fans of Chinese giants were always very worried. On the one hand, they did not want the team they supported to lose, and on the other hand, they also wanted to see Chu Zhongtian perform well.

Now, it's Barcelona's turn to be confused.

When Real Madrid and Hoffenheim were playing, Barcelona fans went to see jokes from Real Madrid fans for a few days. This time it was their turn to be watched. It was really "I'm going to do it, and I'll have to pay it back sooner or later"... On the Internet, the discussion about this game is second to none. Among the Weibo posts of various portals, the "Champions League Final" is the first-ranked keyword.

Many fans are like children looking forward to this game two days ago, talking on the Internet about how to stay up late to watch the game and various preparations for watching the game. At this time, iced beer is essential, and there are several dishes to serve. Of course, if you are unhappy to watch the game alone, it is best to call your friends to the bar to watch the game.

Many bars, video halls, and even cinemas have seized this fleeting business opportunity and withdrawn from various activities of "consuming xxx and xxxx, just watch the premiere of Chu Zhongtian's Champions League final for free", and are also quite popular. The bars in the early morning of May 29 were all full.

For a moment, everyone seemed to have returned to the day of the Asian Cup final. The merchants made a lot of money, while the fans were willing to be made.

Chu Zhongtian made due contributions to stimulating domestic demand and increasing GDP...※※※The country is in full swing, but it is very calm within Hoffenheim. Everyone knows what kind of enemy they are about to face. Strangely, once the goal is determined, they are not afraid or worried about anything. Just take it seriously and exert their strength. They are very calm.

When they know when they are doing, they are far away from them, such negative emotions as helplessness, panic, and self-renunciation.

Rangnick is holding a tactical meeting for them. In fact, there is nothing to say. What should be said has been repeated countless times in the daily training for more than a week. They have watched the videos countless times. Every Barcelona player even penetrated into their dreams.

In order to win this game, they made sufficient preparations. Before the game ended, they did not know whether they could create miracles. But miracles were always created by well-prepared people.

"...Barcelona is a team with all attacks and defenses. After they concede the ball in the frontcourt, two or three people will quickly come up to press and block the defense, so we must be decisive in handling the ball, especially in the backcourt. We must be decisive and not be able to pass the half-court!"

Although I have heard these words many times, Hoffenheim players still listened very seriously.

The scene I saw at Heathrow Airport today stimulated them. If they had only 80% motivation to defeat Barcelona before, then the momentum is now 200%.

Everyone is a team that has reached the finals. Why should we be looked down upon? Why can our opponents book victory? And we are just green leaves that set off red flowers?

Every Hoffenheim player has such a question in his heart. They are not convinced. The more they think about this problem, the more they become, the more they feel like finding a hole to vent.

The best way to vent is to defeat the arrogant Barcelona in the game and tell everyone that Hoffenheim is also the Champions League final team!

Of course, Rangnick noticed the players' performance. This feeling of dissatisfaction does not require much observation. As long as you are not blind and your brain is developing normally, you can feel it.

He felt that this was a good thing. As long as he induces it correctly, he could transform this emotion into considerable combat power.

Objectively speaking, Hoffenheim is indeed not of the same level as Barcelona in terms of strength. If you want to defeat them, you must make full use of all the resources you can use and grasp all the factors you can use. This is also one of them.

Rangnick has even thought about how he should mobilize these people before the game the day after tomorrow.

He continued, and his words had begun to pay attention to bringing these psychological hints.

"The Barcelona players will certainly underestimate the opponent, because in their opinion, we are the weakest opponents to reach the finals. I think this will be beneficial to us..."

"...We don't have much pressure, just play all the levels we have in our training. The whole world believes that Barcelona should win. If they encounter any trouble in the game, the pressure will quickly pounce on them, not us..."

In short, he is constantly instilling in the players that he hopes that the seeds that have been planted can take root and sprout and play a crucial role.

※※The next day, the two teams went to Wembley Stadium to train to adapt to the field, but neither of them met, and the two opponents did not meet before the finals.

Even the same was true at the press conference. Barcelona trained first and held a press conference first. Hoffenheim came an hour later, and the press conference was attended by head coach Rangnick and team captain Chu Zhongtian.

At the meeting, Chu Zhongtian could not bear the behavior of those reporters over and over again, "Barcelona is a powerful team, will there be a lot of pressure on the game with them?". Although the attitude of the Chinese journalists is still kind, the Gateloa reporters here became the protagonist. They seemed to not give up until they heard Hoffenheim say he surrendered, so he took the microphone and said something that shocked the audience.
To be continued...