Chapter Eighty-Seven: The storm and clouds overwhelm the city and want to destroy it

On the 22nd, the whole team of Atletico Madrid completed the day's training at the training base of Benfica FC. On the 23rd, the day before the match, Atletico Madrid went to the Stadium of Light for training to adapt to the field.

This training is very simple, which is to let the players go up to the turf of the Stadium of Light to experience it and adapt to the environment of the field in advance. In the morning, the whole team returned to their hotel from the Stadium of Light. Simeone then announced that the day's training sessions were all over and that the afternoon was at the hands of the players – not outside the hotel, of course.

For Atletico Madrid, it was their first Champions League final, so it was natural to be a little nervous.

But as a professional footballer, they also need to learn to relieve stress.

Some players choose to sweat in the gym and use a large amount of training to make themselves nervous. Some players choose to listen to music. Li Qingshan's roommate Cork was holding a cross in his hotel room and praying, praying for the Lord's protection.........

He was a very devout Catholic.

And Li Qingshan. He didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, he watched with interest as his roommate prayed with a cross. It's the first time Li Qingshan has seen such a religious ceremony.

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The next day, the whole team in Madrid only did physical recovery training in the gym of the hotel, and in the evening, after a brief dinner, the whole team took a short rest, boarded the bus, and started to go to the Stadium of Light in Lisbon!

The bus drove slowly along the narrow roads of Lisbon, and Atletico Madrid fans gathered on both sides of the bus, wearing Atletico Madrid jerseys and holding various slogans and posters of the stars.

In Madrid, Atletico Madrid fans gather under the big screen of Poseidon Square. Many of the fans who couldn't make it to Lisbon to cheer on the team were gathered here to watch the live broadcast of the game.

Similarly, another square in Madrid, the Goddess of Harvest Square, is a gathering place for many Real Madrid fans.

The atmosphere of the Champions League final is gathering more and more in the city of Madrid.

This is true in Madrid, and it is also true in Lisbon.

By the time the buses of both teams drove into the Stadium of Light, the reporters had already occupied all the convenient positions around for filming and interviewing.

The Atletico Madrid player hurriedly walked past the camera and walked straight into the passage.

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"Now that the players from both sides have arrived at the Stadium of Light, the Champions League final will start with less than two hours to go!"

Duan Xuan had already adjusted the commentary equipment on the commentary seat of the Guangming Stadium, and next to him was Xu Yang, who was sitting in the seat and constantly supplementing the information.

'We haven't got the starting line-up for either side yet, but we shouldn't have to wait too long. The voices of the fans at the scene suddenly became louder! We see ......... Sure enough, the players from both sides began to enter the stadium to warm up! ”

Li Qingshan followed the team into the Guangming Stadium, and the stands of the stadium were already full at this moment. The Stadium of Light in Lisbon has a capacity of 64,000 people, and Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid each received 20,000 tickets before the game, so the two areas behind the two goals are clearly divided fan zones for both sides.

On both sides of the pitch were 24,000 loose tickets sold by UEFA. The two areas are a mix of real Madrid jerseys, Atletico Madrid jerseys, and casual clothes.

A huge noise resounded through the stadium, and before the game even began, the Stadium of Light seemed to be boiling.

Li Qingshan meticulously sat and warmed up. Stretching, jogging, and especially shooting warm-ups, he did it very seriously.

As a centre-forward, finding your shooting sensation as quickly as possible is the most important thing.

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While the players were warming up on the pitch, the starting line-ups for both sides were announced. Duan Xuan, who was sitting in the commentary seat, had already got the starting lists of both sides at this moment. Soon, the list spread around the world through different channels.

There have not been many changes to the starting line-up for Real Madrid, who are still in a 433 formation. In the goalkeeper position is Casillas; Carvajal at right wing-back on the back line, Raphael Varane and Ramos at centre-back, Coentrão at left wing-back, Di Maria, Khedira and Luka Modric in midfield, and Xavi Alonso was suspended for yellow cards and sat in the stands. The three strikers in the front field are Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, and Bale.

Ignoring Carlo Ancelotti in the dugout, this is almost a Real Madrid of Jose Mourinho. Carlo Ancelotti did not make many changes to the system left by Mourinho after arriving at Real Madrid, and he did more to bridge the contradictions in the Real Madrid dressing room. Carlo Ancelotti is known for his soft wrists. Nine of Jose Mourinho's main squad for Real Madrid were in the starting line-up for this game. Of the 11 players in Real Madrid's starting line-up, only two have not played under Jose Mourinho: Mr. 100 million Bale and new right-back Carvajal. From the perspective of age structure, the combination of the three generations of the old, middle and young generations of Real Madrid is quite reasonable, which is also one of the precious "legacies" left by Mourinho in Real Madrid for 3 years. Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid, who won La Liga by 100 points in the 2011-12 season, has an average age of only 24.7 years old, and Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid has an average age of 26.5 years. Efficient defensive counterattacks, the attacking line composed of Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema, make Ancelotti's Real Madrid extremely powerful.

On the side of Atletico Madrid, it is still a 442 formation, the starting goalkeeper is, of course, Courtois, the right full-back, Juanfran on the right, Felipe on the left, Godin and Miranda at the center-back, and the four-man midfield is Gabi, Thiago, Raul Garcia, and Koke; Diego Costa and Li Qingshan partner up front.

At this time, experts from all walks of life from all walks of life finally had something to do, and they did everything they could to analyze the starting line-ups of both sides and analyze the tactical thinking of the managers of both sides.

In fact, there is nothing to analyze, it is already the final stage of the season, the tactical play of both sides is very mature with each other, and their starting lineups are the main lineups of both sides. It's rare for a team to break up their main configuration and make some strange moves when facing the final.

As the saying goes, the final is nameless, which means that when it comes to the final, both sides will be particularly cautious, will not make changes easily, and will not rashly make risky moves.

Neither coaching staff discussed each other's starting line-ups in the dressing room – long before the game, the coaching staff of both sides had already made plans to deal with each other's different combinations of personnel, which had been laid out before the game.

Twenty minutes before the game to discuss these things? Then Simeone's coaching staff should have been laid off en masse long ago..... [.]