Failing to win at home to Chelsea, Simeone had to be more cautious than usual when it came to the away road.

After all, as long as you win this game, you will enter the final, which is infinitely attractive for Atletico Madrid, which has already dominated the league.

In fact, as early as a week ago, Simeone told his players on the first day after the first leg that the team would be training for the next six days with only one purpose: next week's midweek against Chelsea.

As for a home game against Elche at the weekend....... Simeone didn't mention it in training.

Simeone brushed aside almost all the details in his pre-match tactical meetings, but one thing was hard to control: the erratic weather in England. On their first day in Fulham, they were disarmed by the British weather, with the sun shining in the morning and the players wallowing in the mud at the training ground in the afternoon. Fulham aren't big teams either, and their training ground facilities aren't too good.

Of course, Simeone is not worried about Stamford Bridge turning into a muddy pitch. Although Stamford Bridge has been in use for more than 100 years, as the home of London's mighty Chelsea, Stamford Bridge has also undergone many modernisations and has excellent drainage facilities, so you don't have to worry too much about the stadium even if it rains heavily on the day of the game.

Simeone's concern is whether Atletico's players will be able to adapt to the rain in the rain. Or rather, he knows very well that the English side will definitely be more adapted to playing in the rain than the Spanish team.

In other words, if it rains heavily during the game, Chelsea will have more experience in rain battles than Atletico.

And when the team returned to the dressing room after an afternoon of training in the rain, he could still hear the cheers of the players, which at least showed that the players were not emotionally affected by the rain.

Li Qingshan naturally put all his energy into this Champions League game. To reach the Champions League final in his first season in Europe, and even win the title, was too tempting for him.

I train in the team during the day, and at night I sweat on the training ground in the football camp when I sleep.

When Li Qingshan woke up from the world of football training camp again on the morning of the game, he touched the sweat-soaked sheets, got up from the bed, unscrewed a bottle of water and drank it all, and then went to the bathroom to rinse up.

And Simeone's first thing in the morning on game day was to rush to the window, open the curtains and see what the weather was outside.

There were many clouds, the wind was not strong, and the sun rose from the east together, and the sun shone into the room through the curtains he had opened.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and it looked like it was going to be a good day.

However, when the whole Atletico team came to Stamford Bridge to warm up, the weather changed suddenly, first the clouds suddenly became dense, the wind became stronger, and then the raindrops the size of beans crackled without warning.

Simeone looked up at the sky and couldn't help but curse.

By the time the Atletico players returned to the dressing room after warming up, the equipment manager had placed spiked boots next to their seats. This is specially prepared for the rain war.

The players were busy changing into clean and dry clothes and equipment, and Simeone took advantage of this last bit of time to give the players another coach.

Judging by the pre-match list, Chelsea's injury situation is not as serious as the media has previously claimed. Mourinho apparently set off a smoke bomb and confused everyone.

Eden Hazard and John Terry both returned in time, and right wing-back Branislav Ivanovic also returned from suspension, and although Frank Lampard and Mikel were unavailable, Chelsea's strength did not drop much compared to the first leg of the two sides, but in terms of attacking ability, it was stronger.

"Juan, you have to focus on Hazard and watch out for his breakthrough on the left!" Simeone drew a triangle under the name 'Eden Hazard' on the tactical board to indicate that this is a player to focus on.

The modest Belgian Eden Hazard's ability to dribble and break through is a big splash in Chelsea's attack.

The striker, who won the Premier League's Young Player of the Season of the 2013/2014 season just a few days ago, won the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award two years in a row before moving to Arsenal in 2012, which speaks volumes about his ability.

Juanfran nodded, his biggest duty in this game was to limit Hazard's play.

'We don't have to rush to attack in the game, don't give them a chance to counter-attack. Get the ball to the front as soon as you get it, play in the rain and don't let the ball stay in our own half for too long. Simeone said.

In rainy days, due to the wet and slippery rain, the speed of the football on the ground will be different from usual, and sometimes there will even be a change in angle, and the probability of an accidental ball is high at this time.

Therefore, try to burn the fire to the opponent's half, so that even if there are various unexpected balls, the probability of the opponent suffering is higher.

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Stamford Bridge is now packed, with the Matthew Harding Stand, the north stand at Stamford Bridge, which houses more than 10,000 fans on two floors, most of whom are Chelsea season ticket holders.

Fans in the stands waved blue and white checkered flags, creating an amazing momentum before the game even began.

As the players from both sides lined up to the singing of the Champions League theme song, on the opposite side of the tunnel was the Matthew Harding Stand, a gathering area for Chelsea die-hard fans.

When Atletico Madrid, worth €300 million on one side, and Chelsea on the other, worth €400 million, stepped onto the pitch through the exit of the tunnel, the fans at Stamford Bridge cheered their team on.

When Abbu took over Chelsea and brought a host of star players to Chelsea, he also brought ambition to Chelsea. The year before, the London side finally won the first Champions League trophy in the club's 100-year history, officially putting Chelsea in the ranks of the giants.

Whether there is a Champions League trophy or not is one of the criteria for judging whether it is a giant, just like Liverpool, who has not won the league title for more than 20 years, but not many people will say that Liverpool is not a giant.

Although Atletico Madrid is known as the "third pole of La Liga", because there is no Champions League trophy, it does not have much confidence to call itself a giant.......

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the stars who lined up to take pictures on the field were soon drenched in soup.

Li Qingshan took off his sports jacket and put it on the head of the caddie he was holding, and the other players followed suit when they saw this.

Finally, after a series of ceremonial processes before the game, the captains of both sides walked to the middle circle and were ready to pick the edges.

Li Qingshan and his teammates formed a circle on the pitch, waiting for captain Gabi to complete the edge picking ceremony, and the Atletico players to make a mobilization at the end!