The Godfather of Football

I don’t know if it’s because Tottenham Hotspur has once again made it to the Champions League final, but the weather in London has been surprisingly good in recent days. It was almost dusk, and the sky was still very clear and blue, with only a few white clouds dotting it.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Tottenham Hotspur’s white top luxury bus slowly drove out of the Theobald training base, and saw thousands of English fans gathered at the gate of the training base. Each of them had encouragement and blessings on their faces, and many of them were even shouting slogans.

“Come on, Tottenham Hotspur! Win the European Championship!”

“Strive for three consecutive championships, long live Tottenham Hotspur!”

“Boys, you must come on and win the championship!”

Amid the shouts and cheers of thousands of fans, the team bus slowly left Theobald, and following closely behind, many fans drove their own or rented cars along the way, following the team bus and seeing it off.

The players on the bus all felt the fans' support for the team from their actions, but everyone seemed calm, because even without fans and without any external stimulation, they would strive to win this game, because this was the last game of Ye Qiu's career.

At the same time, it was also the last game between them and Tottenham Hotspur to establish their legend!

After winning the League Cup, Premier League Championship and FA Cup, as long as they win this Champions League, they will become the first four-time champion in the history of the Premier League, and it will also be the first four-time champion in the history of European football, because only England has two domestic cups.

Such a game does not require any external mobilization and encouragement, and everyone will fight for it!

Perhaps, the only team that can stop Tottenham Hotspur from winning the championship is Real Madrid.

The TV on the bus is broadcasting the news live, and what's interesting is that the news is broadcasting the Tottenham Hotspur bus leaving Theobald and driving on the ring road. Obviously, in the fan convoy behind, there are interview cars from BBC and Sky TV.

"According to the latest news from major fan organizations in London, more than 15,000 vehicles will drive from London to Lisbon, Portugal today. They will arrive in Lisbon around noon tomorrow. After a short rest, they will go to the Luz Stadium in Lisbon in the afternoon to welcome the team's last training session."

"If Tottenham Hotspur can successfully win the championship in Lisbon, they will follow the team and return to London from Lisbon, more than 1,300 kilometers away. Here, we also remind all self-driving fans to be careful about traffic safety, especially fatigue driving."

"In addition, we also wish Tottenham Hotspur the best, and hope to win a complete victory over Real Madrid at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon and realize the dream of three consecutive championships and four championships!"

The bus was moving very smoothly, and the players were very quiet. No one spoke, and the lively atmosphere of the past was lost. This is also the tension before an important game, but for Tottenham Hotspur players who have extremely rich game experience, this tension is only temporary. When the game comes, they will not be like this.

"This is the last battle of the head, only victory is allowed, not defeat!"

Messi felt the silence in the carriage and said loudly.

"That's right, only victory is allowed, not defeat!" Ribery also shouted.

"That's right, if such a game is messed up, we won't go back to London, just die in Portugal!"

"Yes, we will never give up until we beat Real Madrid!"

"Even if we break our legs, we have to take the St. Pauli Cup back to London!"

Many players in the carriage were shouting, perhaps many of them will not be able to go to the football field, or perhaps many of them will leave the team after the end of this season, but this does not hinder their determination and fighting spirit to do their best to win this game at this moment.

This is not only for themselves, for Tottenham Hotspur, but also for their head coach, Ye Qiu!

No one could understand the position of Ye Qiu in their hearts, because this group of people, and even the Tottenham Hotspur team, grew up step by step in Ye Qiu's hands, relying on one game after another to establish their current status and influence in the football world.

Without Ye Qiu, there would be no them, and there would be no Tottenham Hotspur today!

In any case, this game can only win, not lose!

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The team arrived in Lisbon on a Qatar Airways special plane. Another team bus that rushed to Lisbon three days earlier had already familiarized itself with Lisbon and was waiting in the airport parking lot.

But unexpectedly, there were more than 5,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans at the airport and hotel to welcome the team. Especially in the hotel, many fans had even waited here for a whole day, just to be able to see the lineup of Tottenham Hotspur heroes and to shout a word of cheering.

Sporting Lisbon, Cristiano Ronaldo's former home team, Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo's homeland. Playing in such a place, Real Madrid seems to have taken advantage, but in fact, Tottenham Hotspur's influence in this country and this city even exceeds that of Real Madrid.

According to previous media surveys, among the neutral fans interviewed on the streets of Lisbon, nearly 55% supported Tottenham Hotspur, the remaining 35% supported Real Madrid, and 10% remained neutral. No matter who wins or loses, they don't care and appear very indifferent.

When Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Lisbon, the city already had a strong atmosphere of the Champions League final, especially after a night of brewing. By noon the next day, more than 15,000 vehicles had made the long journey from London. Come, the cars are decorated with very conspicuous slogans and logos supporting Tottenham Hotspur. When they drive into the city of Lisbon, the city's Champions League final atmosphere is further boosted.

Lisbon even dispatched the police this time, arranging for fans from London to park their cars throughout the city, even in the suburbs, and then providing them with some travel convenience. For example, that afternoon, there were more than 10,000 fans. Arriving outside the Stadium of Light, I watched the team’s bus enter the Stadium and became familiar with the venue.

Tottenham Hotspur's last training session did not have any special training items. They were all routine training to familiarize themselves with the venue. After the training, Ye Qiu participated in the pre-match press conference held at the Stadium of Light.

It's strange to say that every time Ye Qiu attended a press conference in the past, the atmosphere at the scene was always very lively, especially those reporters who were familiar with him. But this time they just watched quietly, but there was no enthusiasm like before. There was a rush of questions.

"Mr. Ye Qiu!" Sean Ingle was the first to raise his hand and ask, "Before the game, Real Madrid's main defender Ramos said in an interview with the media that Tottenham Hotspur is the winner. The number one favorite, and if they win again, it will be Tottenham Hotspur’s third consecutive Champions League title. How do you personally view this game?”

Ye Qiu laughed after hearing this, shook his head and said: "I don't think we have any advantage to reach the Champions League final. It's normal for whoever wins and who loses. I think the outcome is 50-50, evenly divided, so I I prefer to believe that this is Real Madrid deliberately trying to fool us and make us careless."

"This is one of their tactics, we must not be fooled!"

Ye Qiu's last words made many people present laugh. After all, Ramos' words were just polite words.

With the first reporter asking a question and Ye Qiu looking in a good mood, many reporters at the scene became very enthusiastic. The second person who asked the question immediately raised their hands.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, Real Madrid has played very well in both offense and defense this season. Many people feel that they are the team closest to Tottenham Hotspur so far. They are very balanced, and we all I’m curious, what tactics would you adopt against such a team?”

Real Madrid has pressed out to attack in many games this season, but there have also been many games that have retreated to defend and counterattack. Real Madrid has switched well between the two tactics, so many people feel that Real Madrid's Madrid is actually very hopeful of beating Tottenham Hotspur.

But Tottenham Hotspur is also the kind of balanced team that can advance, attack, retreat and defend. Therefore, no one can have an answer to how the game will start and how it will proceed.

"I can only say that we already have a good tactical idea. We will not blindly try to block the opponent and prevent the opponent from attacking. I want to say that that is not our style at Tottenham Hotspur. We will be more proactive in controlling the game and showing our strength and tactical style.”

Ye Qiu's words are still very ambiguous, because no matter from which point of view, Tottenham Hotspur's control ability is quite good whether they press out to play or retreat to defend. Therefore, Ye Qiu said this, In fact, it was as if he hadn't said anything, no one could guess how he was going to fight.

It can be said that the biggest suspense in this game is not actually the players on both sides, but the head coach.

With the lineup configuration and strong strength of both teams, as long as there are some flaws in the head coach's formation, it may tilt the balance of victory in the game. Therefore, before the game, countless media and fans like to speculate on both sides. The tactics, but no one can guess, no one is sure.

"I think if we have an advantage at Tottenham in this game, it is that in the past seven years, we have reached the Champions League finals five times and we have won four of them. , this is the fifth time, I think we have more and richer experience in the Champions League final than our opponents!”

"There is no doubt that Real Madrid is a team with extremely rich European experience, but in the past ten years, they have been working hard for the tenth Champions League, but they have never been able to achieve their wish, especially There was an embarrassing record of not being able to break through the top 16 knockout rounds for many years, which made them very eager to win the championship. "

"For Real Madrid, it's motivation, but it's also pressure."

When reporters asked Ye Qiu to predict the key points of the competition between the two sides, Ye Qiu believed that the midfielder would determine the outcome.

"In the operation of a football system, the role of the midfielder is irreplaceable. Many people say that we are decentralizing the midfielder. This is incorrect in itself, because we value the control of the midfielder more than any opponent. , so I think whoever uses the midfield advantage better in this game will dominate the game!"

Another reporter mentioned the referee of this game, Kuipers, an international referee from the Netherlands. This was his first time to officiate such a heavyweight match as the Champions League final. Before that, he had officiated the Europa League final, where Chelsea defeated their opponents, the European Super Cup, where Tottenham Hotspur won, and the Confederations Cup final, where Brazil defeated Spain.

In addition, he had officiated Real Madrid twice, and Real Madrid drew with CSKA Moscow away, and lost to Dortmund 1:4 away. In the Champions League games he officiated this season, only two of them involved Premier League teams, and Manchester United won 3:0, and Arsenal beat Dortmund 1:0 away.

Therefore, many Real Madrid fans are somewhat worried about this referee, thinking that he is good at defeating Spanish football, but is very caring towards Premier League teams, because in his officiating record, the record of Premier League teams is always relatively ideal.

For such remarks, Ye Qiu could only smile.

"I know Bjorn. He is very young, only 41 years old, but he is already a head coach with rich refereeing experience. I think he has his own professional judgment. I believe that all head coaches hope that the games they referee will be exciting and smooth."

"As for the referee's previous refereeing experience, I have not paid attention to it and do not want to speak, but I can be very sure that he is a very high-level referee!"

While Ye Qiu was attending the pre-match press conference organized by UEFA, Tottenham Hotspur's official cheering group also arrived in Lisbon in a mighty manner, and they still took the Qatar Airways special plane.

Tottenham Hotspur spent a lot of money this time. In addition to inviting all the players on loan, they also invited all the players who had played for Tottenham Hotspur, including two West Ham United players Carroll who had fallen out with Tottenham Hotspur, and Manchester United player Ashley Young.

In addition, Tottenham Hotspur also specially invited the club's historical superstars and celebrities, as well as some celebrity fans of the team, but the most attention from the outside world is the crew of the Hollywood football movie "Miracle Road", who have obtained the privilege of coming to the scene to shoot some materials, which is a special case granted by UEFA.

This movie has been successfully approved and will be jointly invested and cooperated by the film company under the Huangtian Group and the film company under Time Warner. It is a football movie with Tottenham Hotspur as the theme. In addition to Hollywood superstars such as Jude Norris and Matt Damon, there are also some superstars of Tottenham Hotspur.

Today, the Huangtian Group is not only the largest cinema chain in China, but also acquired the second largest cinema chain in the United States, AMC, becoming the world's largest cinema chain in name and reality. Especially in the United States, seven of the ten theaters with the highest box office belong to the Huangtian Group. With this relationship, the Huangtian Group is very popular in Hollywood, because mastering the cinema chain is equivalent to controlling the market discourse power, even superstars have to buy it.

As for this movie, the outside world is also very much looking forward to it, because Oliver Stone has made classic movies such as "Challenge Sunday", and this time it is a cross-border cooperation between him and Ye Qiu, and it is also the most appealing and influential Tottenham Hotspur in the world in recent years as the material prototype, so it has been expected by countless fans.

This time the entire crew received an invitation from Tottenham Hotspur and appeared at the Stadium of Light. They will experience the fanatical atmosphere of the Champions League final on the spot, and also feel the charm of Tottenham Hotspur's football style. Oliver Stone and Ye Qiu will participate in the writing of the script.

Almost the vast majority of the entire crew experienced the crucial final of the Champions League final for the first time. When they walked into the Stadium of Light, they were immediately attracted by the hot and fanatical atmosphere of the game, especially when they saw the group of fans wearing Real Madrid away jerseys in the opposite stands, they felt nervous from the bottom of their hearts.

"Can we win this game?" Matt Damon asked Judeno nervously. The latter is a die-hard Tottenham fan who watches almost all of Tottenham's games.

Judeno grinned, "If it was the Tottenham in the past, people might still feel worried, but the Tottenham now makes people feel relieved!"

Oliver Stone nodded with understanding. In fact, he had personally met many Tottenham fans. He felt that the biggest impression of this group of fans before the game was confidence, a very calm and calm confidence, as if they would never doubt Tottenham.

In fact, this is what Ye Qiu once told him. In addition to emotions, the film should also provide viewers with an emotion similar to that of fans at the scene. For example, when Tottenham's performance is not good, they will be very worried and anxious. When the team performs well, the fans should show a kind of confidence.

This depends on the rendering of the film's plot and techniques, so that all viewers can have a maximum sense of identification.

In this film, Jude No will play a Tottenham Hotspur fan in his true colors. I believe that his experience can well handle the emotions emphasized by Ye Qiu.

In fact, the more he understood football, the more Oliver Stone could feel the charm of this sport. In particular, the more he came into contact with Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, the more he felt that this team was not simple, and the legendary color that this team exuded.

He believed that this feeling could help him better direct this movie and make a classic work that was better than "Challenge Sunday" and even set a milestone in the history of sports movies.