"I don't know if you noticed it just now."

Before the Champions League final, in the home coach's seat at Wembley Stadium, Real Madrid head coach Benitez was asking Real Madrid players in a deep voice.

“The winner’s ladder leading to the Royal Box Podium at Wembley.”

In the locker room, many players nodded at the same time. This was the sign of Wembley Stadium. They naturally noticed that there were 107 stairs in total, leading directly to the podium, which was also the stage that everyone of the two teams longed to take tonight.

"There is a saying in the UK that winning at Wembley Stadium is unparalleled beauty, but losing is like living in hell, because there are 107 steps to the podium here. For the winner, it is a wonderful enjoyment and will be cheered by the fans of the audience. But for the losers, it is a disaster. Every step will be extremely heavy and tormenting, and I wish I could walk back to the locker room directly."

Yang Yang, Xavi Alonso, Mascherano and others nodded at the same time, and they had all heard of this kind of rumor.

But there are many people on the team who have never heard of it, so they are all surprised.

Wembley Stadium is the stage of the Champions League final and the palace in the minds of all professional players, but only winners can enjoy the glory of the 107 levels, while losers are more of a shame.

This is professional football

Cruel, but fair

"If we don't want to be painful losers, we have to win Barcelona tonight." Benitez was doing his last mobilization before the game, just now, he had already arranged everything for the entire game tonight.

"We have such strength because we have beaten our opponents five times in the past two years. I believe that tonight will be the sixth time and the fourth time of the season. We will leave Barcelona with a shadow that will never be erased."

When he said this, Benitez's tone and expression were full of pride.

He is the most die-hard Real Madrid fan, and he is proud to have such an overwhelming advantage over Barcelona.

Benitez is indeed not an orator. If his words were in normal times, it would not be exciting enough. But at Wembley Stadium, before the Champions League final, everyone from Real Madrid was involuntarily excited when they heard his words, as if their whole body was about to be ignited.

Especially when the ringtone of Hungarian referee Victor Koshoi reminded the entry of the court sounded in the locker room, everyone stood up from their seats at the same time. Under the gesture of captain Casillas, they tacitly formed a group of people, handing each other's hands out, overlapping them, and everyone shouted out their own voices with force.

"Real Madrid will win"

When Real Madrid players walked to the exit of the player passage one after another to wait, Barcelona players had already prepared here.

They lined up and greeted Real Madrid players with grace.

The stadium was so powerful that people could beat the horse, but on the court, there was still the demeanor he should have.

However, when they saw Yang Yang at the end of Real Madrid, every Barcelona player showed warning in his eyes, and even a little fearful, because Yang Yang was their biggest opponent tonight.

He debuted in Ajax, moved to Liverpool and later went to Real Madrid. Yang Yang has been in his career for eight years and has encountered Barcelona several times. He left the stadium as a winner, which is almost a legend.

Looking at the world football world today, no player can do this.

Therefore, for Yang Yang, Barcelona players have a deep sense of fear, even fear.

And Yang Yang will definitely be the most terrifying opponent faced by Barcelona defensive players tonight. In the words of head coach Guardiola, if Yang Yang is frozen, he will win most of the game.

But it's not easy to freeze him

Many Barcelona players have also noticed the arrangements of Real Madrid players.

Benitez has always been good at winning unexpectedly, and tonight is another surprise that Robben did not play.

Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben have always been the iron triangle of Real Madrid's frontcourt. Yang Yang and Robben play on both wings. If one of them fails, Di Maria will be used instead.

But tonight, not only did Robben not go on, but Di Maria not go on either.

Instead, Kaka.

The goalkeeper is Casillas, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Ramos and Macon, and the three midfielders are Xavi Alonso, Javier Martinez and Mascherano.

There is no suspense in Real Madrid's midfield and backcourt. Benitez has indeed adopted a more stable three-middle midfielder style, but the problem lies in the frontcourt. Without Robben and Di Maria, how can Real Madrid play on the wing?

Should Kaka play the right winger or Kaka play the front midfielder? Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic play the double striker

If it is the former, then why not Robben or Di Maria, but Kaka

If it is the latter, what should I do with Real Madrid's sidelines

Barcelona spent a lot of effort to curb Real Madrid's frontcourt trident's attack before the game, but Benitez took the initiative to fold his wings and defeated Robben and Di Maria, but both players were on the bench.

This situation is a bit like the situation when Benitez hid Yang Yang during the first century derby war of the season.

Barcelona is observing Real Madrid, and Real Madrid players are also observing Barcelona.

Yang Yang noticed that Guardiola's still had no major changes.

The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defense is Adriano, Pique, Puyol and Alves, the midfield is Busquets dragged behind, Xavi and Iniesta are in the center, and Villa, Messi and Pedro are in the frontcourt.

Guardiola still has not adjusted the team's lineup, and it is estimated that the tactics will not change much.

This is a very important issue for Barcelona this season. The shortcomings of the substitute lineup are quite obvious. Even if Guardiola wants to adjust the lineup, he has no need to change it.

Unless he is willing to trust players like Boyan, Afelle, and Seduketa.

Guardiola believes in active control football, so he doesn't need to consider how his opponents will arrange it. He is more about whether the team can play the combat effectiveness and show his own style and characteristics.

Therefore, although Barcelona's lineup is the same, Guardiola's on-the-spot command is not outstanding, but the teams that can curb and even defeat Barcelona are only a handful of them.

But unfortunately, Real Madrid is one of them.

And it's the strongest one

He guessed Yang Yang thought to himself again.

Benitez's targeted tactics are really powerful, and Yang Yang is convinced by this.

In response to this, Benitez also made targeted arrangements.

Before the game, UEFA arranged a simple opening ceremony.

This is also a routine matter for every Champions League final.

Real Madrid drew the home team draw, wearing a white jersey, while Barcelona also wore their red and blue jerseys.

When Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic stood in the middle circle, the two immediately became the focus of attention of the audience and the whole world.

After two years of partnering with Real Madrid, and in the year Ajax, Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic had already had a tacit understanding. They didn't need any words at all. They could know what each other was thinking with just one look.

And when the referee Kaoshoi whistle sounded, Ibrahimovic quickly kicked the ball to Yang Yang.

Thunderous cheers suddenly erupted from the audience.

"National TV, State TV"

"Friends of the audience, this is the capital of England, the Wembley Stadium in London."

"What we are now broadcasting for you is the Champions League final of the 10 to 11 season, Real Madrid against Barcelona, ​​and the first one to kick off is Real Madrid wearing a white jersey."

"We see Real Madrid's No. 11 player, which is from our Chinese player, the number one player in the world today, Yang Yang."

"This is the fifth Champions League final of Yang Yang's personal career. One of them was Ajax and two for Liverpool. Real Madrid had reached the Champions League final last season and won the championship. If Yang Yang can help Real Madrid defeat Barcelona again tonight, they will become the first team to successfully defend their title in the past 20 years of the Champions League reform."

"At the beginning of the game, the pace was very fast, and we saw that Real Madrid had reached the frontcourt."

"We will find an opportunity to introduce the lineups of both sides to you in a few moments. Now let's take a look at Real Madrid's attack and leave it to Yang Yang."

"Yang Yang took the ball and broke forward. Alves was defending, but Yang Yang passed to the front of the penalty area."

"Kaka follows up and hits the door directly"

Kaka's long shot was steadily swept by Valdes, and failed to pose a threat.

Valdes quickly got up from the ground, holding the ball with both hands, but Real Madrid did not retreat quickly.

Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic both pushed to the outside of the penalty area and let Valdes kick off.

Benitez formulated the game strategy before the game. He studied Barcelona's recent game and found that the team was always slow to get into the state in the first ten minutes, so he hoped that the team could start the game and strive for a goal.

Yang Yang faced Valdes and slowly retreated.

When he saw Valdes rushing out of the small penalty area, he clearly judged the intention of the Barcelona goalkeeper.

Throw the ball with your hand and go to the right.

Yang Yang immediately rushed to the left, which was Barcelona's right, and directly rushed towards Alves.

The Brazilian right back stopped the ball and before he could move forward, he saw Yang Yang coming.

Just in case, Alves immediately chose to pass the goalkeeper back.

Yang Yang just rushed to Alves, quickly changed direction, rushed directly into the penalty area, and rushed towards Valdes.

Marcelo also quickly moved forward to fill the gap on the left after Yang Yang rushed into the penalty area, and was also on guard against Alves.

Valdes stopped the ball and moved forward without waiting for Yang Yang to approach, and immediately passed it to Pique. Under the interference of Ibrahimovic, Pique chose to pass it to Alves, who was unguarded on the right.

The Brazilian right-back is the source of Barcelona's offensive, and he is driving the ball forward is one of Barcelona's usual routines.

But this time, a Marcelo broke out halfway.
Chapter completed!