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Regardless of how comfortable Lin Yi was before the game started, he was still a little nervous when he attended the press conference the day before the game.

But this nervousness came more from a kind of excitement, especially when he saw Eusebio and Klinsmann escorting the Big Ear Cup to the scene.

This is the first time Lin Yi has been in such close contact with the Champions League trophy. For a moment, he even fantasized about lifting it.

Moreover, his ears were filled with the crazy cheers of those Porto people, and the sky was sprinkled with various ribbons and bright confetti, covering his body.

"Boss, the moment I saw the trophy, I seemed to have smelled the smell of champagne celebrating the championship." Lin Yi said in a low voice while looking at the trophy.

"We're still 90 minutes away from it and now our opponent has the last one left and we just need to hit the line one step ahead of him."

Mourinho responded to Lin Yi in a low voice. Not to mention the little guy, even his own heart started to beat when he saw the trophy.

This is the highest honor that belongs to European clubs, but now Porto and themselves are only one step away from it, and no one can calm down.

Maybe it only takes 90 minutes before I can hold those two big ears tightly with my hands and lift them high like a conqueror.

It's just that Mourinho doesn't have as strong a sense of involvement as Lin Yi now. He is more using his eyes to feel the light radiating from the trophy.

The pinnacle honor of European football is now in front of them, within reach, but to truly possess it, a complete game is needed.

In fact, there are many people who have played football all their lives and may not have such an opportunity. For the entire Porto team, they are undoubtedly a lucky group.

For novices like Lin Yi and Mourinho who are new to the Champions League final, this kind of excitement is inevitable, after all, this is their first time.

Just like the first night, it is always full of an impulsive feeling brought by adrenaline, but Mourinho is more restrained now.

Also, this guy's first night was gone more than ten years ago. Only Lin Yi, an immature young lady, still retains a purity.

I heard those reporters just said that the same was true at the morning press conference, and both Deschamps and Giuly touched the Big Ears Trophy with their own hands.

Giuly even joked with a French reporter who is familiar with him, "Maybe one day later, I will not only be able to touch the trophy, but also be able to lift it."

The implication is clear, as the captain of Monaco, he is ready to lift the trophy, and he is not the only one who thinks so.

Deschamps also said in an interview at the press conference that he had lifted this trophy twice when he was a player, and now he wants to relive his old dream.

"Maybe being a coach is different from being a player, but the final goal is the same. In my eyes, there is only the European Champions League."

"It and I are like old friends, but we haven't seen each other for a while. I don't know if it can still recognize me."

As Deschamps stroked the trophy, he joked with the media reporters, but it was obvious that this guy was not just joking.

He seemed to be pointing out in this way that although Monaco lacks experience in the Champions League finals, he will definitely not be unfamiliar with the finals.

Whether in Marseille or Juventus, he is used to being a winner. He has won enough honors as a player. Now he has to start from the coaching bench, but when it comes to honors, neither he nor Monaco will give up. As a coach, he also wants to lift his own Champions League.

This time, not only did Deschamps make a declaration to win the championship, but even his former teammates in the French national team were on his side.

The French team players training in Montpellier now collectively declare to the outside world that they have all become fans of Monaco and are ready to cheer for them. Especially Saha, who has the opportunity to participate in the war for the first time, hopes that Monaco can replace him. Let's settle the old grudge of being eliminated by Porto.

It seems that this piece of French black coal has not forgotten the loss he suffered from the Porto team. He hopes that Deschamps can lead the Monaco team to kill those crazy people.

Deschamps' old friend Blanc also said, "Monaco's miracle has made all French coaches have a greater sense of mission. This is the luck of French football!".

In addition, Blanc, an old guy, was still in front of the interview camera, cheering for his old partner and wishing Deschamps can win the final championship trophy.

Compared with the French cheering group, Portugal is obviously inferior. Except for Figo and Costa, they still have too few tricks.

But having a World Footballer to help out finally gave the Portuguese some face. Although that guy did not come from Porto, Da Costa believes that maybe in the near future, there will be that person on the candidate list for the World Footballer. A little guy with black hair.

Maybe in two years' time, it will be the turn of the French to look at the talents Portugal possesses with envy, especially the twin stars.

Compared with the 1998 generation of the French team who are gradually getting older, Portugal is now more qualified to say that they have a broader future.

Maybe in this summer's European Championship, they will use their strong performance on their own turf to tell the French that the Portuguese are also very strong!

Although there are so many blessings and cheers, Deschamps has not lost his head yet, and the current favorite to win is not pointing to Monaco.

Judging from the winning odds offered by various bookmakers, it is obvious that most people are still optimistic about the Porto team that won the UEFA Cup last year.

Even looking at the direct confrontation between Deschamps and Mourinho, the vast majority of people are still more inclined to support the latter.

After all, Mourinho was never at a disadvantage in terms of on-the-spot command when facing Ferguson, and he will not fail easily against Deschamps this time.

However, this time the betting company chose the safest prediction for the score of the final. They believed that this would not be a high-scoring final.

And Deschamps also agreed with the statement that the finals of major competitions are usually boring. He believes that the two sides will compete with each other tactically. "Finals are rarely exciting because they are so important. Porto's defense is very tight, their style of play is aggressive, and they are very Good at limiting the opponent’s performance.”

"Although both teams have good forward players, I believe that this game may not be a goal battle and there will be few mistakes."

Regarding the possibility of winning the championship raised by those French reporters, Deschamps did not say much. He just said that the results of the game will verify everything.

But when this guy said this, his eyes never left the trophy. Some words don't need to be clarified, his eyes said everything.

Although Mourinho failed to meet his opponent at the press conference, he was able to get a general idea through some familiar Portuguese reporters.

Mourinho can get some information from what Deschamps said in the morning. It seems that his French counterpart is preparing for a boring battle.

But Mourinho has the exact opposite view. He believes that the game will be exciting, "We will definitely make the game interesting, because this final is beyond everyone's expectations. No one guessed that we can get to the end." , I want the world to know that an unpopular team can also play well."

And Mourinho disagrees with Deschamps's evaluation of himself. What does Porto's defense mean? Why doesn't that guy talk about offense.

You must know that after entering the knockout rounds, the Porto people failed to score the opponent's goal only in the home game against Deportivo La Coruna.

Even Manchester United's defense has been pierced by them several times. At this time, mentioning Porto's defense, maybe that guy is looking for a step for himself.

The person who really wants to turn the game into a defensive battle may be the Frenchman. At least Mourinho doesn't want this game to become a boring battle.

"No matter what the result is tomorrow, I hope that I lead a happy team and maintain our usual style. Porto likes to have the ball and will win it back as soon as possible if it loses the ball. We will not take aggressive measures. Attack strategy, but we will try our best to win the game.”

Although Deschamps and Mourinho did not meet at the press conference, the confrontation between them has been completed through various media reporters.

No matter what lineup and personnel configuration the opponent will choose, Mourinho will not waver in his self-centered playing style. The Porto people must control the game, just like they did in previous games. As for who has the better knife? If it's sharper, let's go to the competition to verify it.

Mourinho only answered all questions about the game. As for those who were concerned about his future, he chose to remain silent this time.

"I don't know if this is my last game in Porto, but I know clearly that this is the most important game of my career."

In the morning, Deschamps also responded to those reporters in the same way. It can be seen that these two guys now want to concentrate on completing this game.

As for the future, that is something that needs to be considered this summer. Now both of them want to complete their decisive battle without any distractions.

The person who received the most interviews on the Porto team was Mourinho, but apart from him, the one who was asked the most questions was Lin Yi, who was sitting aside.

This time Mourinho did not let the kid stay in the hotel. Maybe it would be good to put the little guy into fighting condition a little earlier.

Anyway, Lin Yi himself didn't answer the reporters whether he would appear or not. This kid, like Mourinho, is holding back his bad feelings.

And Mourinho was not wrong in his choice. The kid's expression when he saw the trophy was like a beast that had been hungry for a long time.

It was an extreme desire for honor. It could be seen that Lin Yi was now fully wound up and could kill anyone as long as he let it out.

Regardless of whether this kid can start, as long as he is not on crutches, he is a potential threat to Monaco and Deschamps.

The spat in the press conference could only be regarded as a warm-up before the official battle between the two teams. In this round, Deschamps and Mourinho were tied.

However, Giuly is not as popular as Lin Yi. He, the main player of the French team, is completely overshadowed by Lin Yi, a fledgling boy.

You know, when Jiuli appeared, there were not so many reporters raising their microphones waiting to hear what he had to say, and Lin Yi was almost surrounded.

However, the French media also comforted themselves by saying that for a little guy who is only sixteen years old, such a decisive battle will make him feel overwhelmed.

But these guys seem to have forgotten who pushed the Celtics led by Larsson to the ground and kicked them hard in last year's UEFA Cup final.

Does that kid have stage fright? If the people of Porto saw this sentence, they would definitely laugh out loud, because that kid Lin Yi has never been afraid of anyone.

He dares to point his finger at the nose of a stadium villain like Keane, so what else can't he do? Expect him to be timid? Might as well hope for something else to be better.

Although Mourinho did not disclose whether Lin Yi would play, Deschamps was already ready for everything when he saw Lin Yi appear.

Compared with the battle of wits between the coaches of the two teams, the war of words between the players of Porto and Monaco did not cause much trouble.

But their supporters started arguing before the game started, and this time, Porto clearly had the upper hand in the off-field fight.

There was no way, those fanatical Porto fans basically came out in full force this time, and they had even chartered 30 planes as a group.

Counting those Porto people who chose other ways to get to Germany, this time at least nearly 20,000 people came to cheer for their team.

Don't forget, there are still many Portuguese people in Germany. It is conservatively estimated that more than 12,000 Portuguese immigrants will come to the stadium to watch the game.

The cheering group of more than 30,000 people even exceeded the ticket quota allocated to Porto by the organizing committee, but this did not stop the enthusiasm of these people at all.

Compared with the crazy Porto people, Monaco fans are inferior. There is no way, who makes this small French city itself underpopulated.

For a city with a total population of only over 35,000 including babies, it is no small miracle that 14,000 fans can be "gathered" to travel long distances to cheer on site, but compared to the swarming crowds in Porto Up, they still look a little shabby.

However, this time the tournament organizing committee finally did not have to worry about their ticket sales, because even the nearly 7,000 final tickets that were returned by the Monaco people were all swept away by the fanatical Porto people and went to the sand. It seems that Erke will become the home stadium of the Porto people.

Portuguese President Sampaio, Prime Minister Barroso, as well as a large number of accompanying parliamentarians and football association officials will all be guests of this decisive battle.

At this link, the French finally did not lose face. Prince Rainier III and Prince Albert of Monaco will also be present to watch the game.

Strong men in various fields such as "Golden Bomber" Klinsmann, F1 car king Schumacher, and International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch were all present.

Although this Champions League final has become a bit eclipsed in the eyes of many critics due to the absence of the giants, the final is a final after all.

Porto and Monaco are not very well-known, but this is the decisive battle of the Champions League. Even if there is no appeal from the giants, there will be no shortage of spectators.

What's more, there are many head coaches and scouts from many teams who are flocking to Schalke, waiting to get their own gold from the two teams.

After all, this is the final of the Champions League, and UEFA does not dare to be careless. They do not want to get into trouble with the referee this time, so after careful discussion, this Champions League final will be refereed by Danish Nielsen, two assistant referees and The fourth referees are all Danish.

More than 100 international game experiences are enough for this Dane's qualifications to be recognized by both parties. Moreover, this guy is quite a celebrity in the refereeing world.

You know, in the 1998 World Cup in France, it was this old man's red card that ruined Beckham and the England team's World Cup journey.

It's just that when meeting this guy, the Porto team has never had any good luck. Nelson has officiated four Porto games. As a result, the Portuguese only achieved two draws and two losses. Now the Porto people can only pray to God, this time Thousand Don't let anything happen.

So after knowing that it was Nelson who was enforcing the law, Mourinho specifically told Lin Yi, "You kid, don't ever try to imitate Beckham's kick from me!"

Well. . . Lin Yi found that this wretched uncle was becoming more and more nagging. Many times, he was simply an annoying aunt.

At least Lin Yi wouldn't let himself make that kind of mistake on the court. He had spent hellish recovery training in exchange for this final, and he didn't want to miss it.

When the two teams began to spend the last dozen hours before their game amid the media's war of words and fans' quarrels, the final starting lineups had already been written on the blackboards in their respective conference rooms. Twenty-two Individually, the final decisive battle of the Champions League will begin at the feet of these people.

Monaco team's roster: goalkeeper Roma, the back line is Ibarra, Rodriguez, Jiwe, Evra, and the midfielder is Cisse, Bernardi, and Chicos, the two tactical cores. The wingers are Giuly and Roten respectively, and the forward line is still played by Morientes alone.

For the Porto team, the first name Mourinho wrote on the blackboard was Lin Yi, and he firmly fixed his position as the midfielder.

Goalkeeper Baia has no choice, and if he can successfully win the championship this time, Baia will also become a Grand Slam player.

On the back line, this time Mourinho placed Ferreira and Valente on both sides, while Carvalho and Jorge Costa continued to guard the center.

But in the midfield, Mourinho made an adjustment. Alenichev did not play. This time he chose the stronger Bosingwa to start.

The rest, such as Costinha, Maniche, and Deco, were all placed in their positions intact. What Mourinho wanted was stability.

As Mourinho himself said at the press conference, in the final, he did not choose to be dull, but to attack.

4-5-1, although he withdrew a striker, everyone knew that Porto, who arranged the troops in this way, might be the most frightening.

Because the black-haired boy who was heavily painted by Mourinho, stood in front of the French again, and he was a terrible terminator.

The peak showdown on the night of May 26th seemed to be a contest between 22 strangers. However, the top events in European football have always been the best place for stars to become famous. No one knows who will step onto the personal avenue of starlight on this night.

There are still more than ten hours, and the curtain of the battle is about to open. . . . It will be a starry night. . . .

(Now I really want to advise Yao Ming to retire. I don’t want to see you sitting in a wheelchair in the future. Your contribution to Chinese basketball is enough.)