Chapter 246: The Most Watched Decisive Battle

Atletico Madrid flew to Berlin, Germany, three days before the start of the final.

In fact, their opponents, Barcelona, also landed at Berlin airport a few hours after Atletico Madrid arrived in Berlin.

With only two days to go until the Champions League final, the preparations for both teams have been very hidden. Barcelona only had 15 minutes of media time a day, while Atletico Madrid simply closed the training ground, and all media reporters could only interview the Atletico Madrid players outside the training ground.

Spain's two domestic heavyweight titles, La Liga won by Atletico Madrid, but in the final of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona swept Espanyol with a score of 4 to 1 in the Catalan derby, and won the Copa del Rey to a certain extent.

The final of the Champions League will be a head-to-head duel between these two Spanish teams, with the league champion and the Copa del Rey winner competing in the Champions League to determine who is the king of the season.

This Champions League final is indeed full of gold. Neither team has had any injuries at the moment and there are no suspended players for red and yellow cards. Both sides can be regarded as the main force of the battle. Barcelona played a Copa del Rey final after the league ended, but that was a week ago, and a week was enough time for the players to recover. Therefore, there is no such thing as Atletico Madrid having a physical advantage.

As the finals approach. All eyes are on the UEFA Champions League final.

The Champions League final is the season finale for European football.

Most European leagues are New Year's Eve seasons, and basically the main European leagues end one after another before June every year.

The impact and importance of the Champions League final is even less than that of the World Cup final.

In fact, purely from a football point of view, the technical content of the Champions League final is even higher than that of the World Cup final. The World Cup final is more because of the huge political influence, which cannot be compared to the Champions League.

However, this is only compared to the World Cup finals, which occur every four years, and the Champions League finals are held every year. In non-World Cup years, the Champions League final is the most watched football event in the world.

The media followed suit and began to hype up the game.

Every place in Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, not a single player, under the magnifying glass of the media, is broken and crumpled for analysis to the fans.

Atletico Madrid has closed its training and the media has been able to find out very little. But it doesn't matter, Atletico Madrid is a team that has no secrets in the eyes of many, and their main squad is quite fixed. In terms of offense, it basically relies heavily on the play of attackers in the front court, especially Li Qingshan.

Therefore, how Li Qingshan is in condition basically means how Atletico Madrid is in condition.

What is Li Qingshan's status? A lot of people think it's good. Especially at the end of the season, Li Qingshan almost completely broke out, the last two rounds of the league, a big four, followed by a hat trick. Seven goals in two games, such a state must not be bad.

So what about Barcelona, Barcelona's number one star is naturally Messi. Messi's form is also quite good. After scoring a hat-trick in the final round of the league and scoring three goals in the Copa del Rey final, Li Qingshan and Messi have been in very good form recently in the comparison of the top cards of the two sides.

And the overall aspect of both teams. Some people are optimistic about Atletico Madrid, and of course some people are optimistic about Barcelona.

Optimistic about Atletico Madrid naturally because in the penultimate round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-1 at home, and successfully staged a big reversal in the final round, taking away the La Liga championship from Barcelona's mouth.

It's just that Atletico Madrid is not without hidden worries, that is, their goals are too dependent on Li Qingshan, if Li Qingshan can be in good shape all the time, then of course there is no problem, what if Li Qingshan is not in good shape? Of course, it is inevitable that the player's form will fluctuate, and once Li Qingshan's form will fluctuate, Atletico Madrid will be finished.

And in this regard, Barcelona is stronger than Atletico Madrid in terms of squad depth and overall strength, so there is no need to worry too much. From the individual strength of the players. Barcelona is not only Messi, they also have Suarez, Neymar, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets......... These are all super giant-level players, although the strength of the players on Atletico Madrid's side is not bad, but at this level, there are only two players, Li Qingshan and Iniesta.

Therefore, on a stage like the Champions League final, Barcelona has more stars, and of course they will be favored by more people.

In particular, the Catalan media has listed all the advantages of Barcelona, as if Barcelona has won the championship in advance without playing in the Champions League final. Completely forget about Barcelona's 4-1 defeat away to Atletico Madrid.

Of course, they can also argue that it is the home stadium of Atletico Madrid, and that the venue for the Champions League final, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, is a neutral venue.

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Amid the media turmoil, both teams have adjusted their best form to prepare for the Champions League final.

On June 6, race day arrived.

On this day, Atletico Madrid had the last joint training session before the game in the morning, and there was no training plan in the afternoon.

After a brief dinner in the evening, the whole team rested, boarded the bus, and started driving towards the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

From their hotel to the stadium, Atletico Madrid fans can be seen everywhere, wearing Atletico Madrid's red and white jerseys, holding slogans and posters of the stars.

Of course, there are also a lot of fans in Barcelona.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards poured into Berlin, Germany, in the past two days, and they gathered on the streets of Berlin, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, which were distinct.

Of course, some Barcelona fans don't think they're Spaniards.

In the Barcelona fan group, many fans wear the Lone Star flag, which symbolizes Catalonia's independence, in addition to wearing the Barcelona jersey.

Although UEFA has warned Barcelona on several occasions, it has clearly not worked.

Most of the fans on Atletico Madrid's side are Madridians, so many Atletico Madrid fans also brought the Spanish flag into the stadium.

Under the influence of politics, the antagonism between fans on both sides is at an all-time high. This made the local security department nervous as well.

Fortunately, there were no clashes until fans from both sides entered the stadium.