The stands at the Bernabeu were covered with a huge Real Madrid logo and a silhouette of the Champions Cup, which was made up of fans working together with cardboard in their hands. Every Real Madrid fan who finds their seat is given a piece of cardboard of different colours, which they just have to hold up to form a giant picture that covers the entire audience. The atmosphere created in this way was extremely frenetic, and the confidence in Real Madrid's victory at the Bernabeu was already bursting.

Poor Nottingham Forest don't have such treatment, who made them a real "away" this time?

Nottingham Forest huddled in a corner of the stands in red jerseys, surrounded by white squares, and Real Madrid's anthem was played on the pitch radio.

This is something you don't see in a typical European Champions League final. Real Madrid have made the most of their home advantage, they have a good relationship with the UEFA hierarchy, and Platini has acquiesced in their "contrary to the spirit of fair play".

"Hooray! Madrid!! Banzai! Madrid!! ”

Seventy thousand people roared at the same time, with a deafening loud noise. In the midst of such continuous roars, players from both sides came out.

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In fact, the players of both sides have been waiting in the Bernabeu for several minutes. The Bernabeu corridor is different from the City Stadium in that it is separated by an iron fence that separates the two teams, allowing players from both sides to see each other through the openwork mesh without further physical contact.

Next to Gago stood Higuain, two Argentines talking. They were once rivals at home, and then they became part of Real Madrid at the same time, and the next two men embarked on two completely different paths. Higuain quickly matured and seized the opportunity to secure his position as Real Madrid's main striker, while Gago was unable to be reused due to the overcrowding of Real Madrid's midfield, and eventually left the Bernabeu for Nottingham Forest. The two of them must have something to talk about together.

But in fact, the two of them are not as affectionate as people think. The two of them just chatted briefly, and Gago was silent.

He was familiar with this road, and he used to be on the other side in white.

Now he stood opposite the man in white, dressed in red.

It was his first return to the Bernabeu since becoming a member of Nottingham Forest. He doesn't know what the fans at the Bernabeu will do to him when he gets the ball on the pitch. He has seen many players who were once part of a team return to their parent club to play at home after leaving this team, and what kind of treatment they enjoy.

He was mentally prepared for that.

Higuain saw Gago's concern through the wall, and he smiled and said to Gago, "Don't worry, people here won't treat you like that." After all, you're not joining Barcelona or Atletico Madrid. ”

Gago glanced at Higuain, unimpressed by his words: "What if we get ahead of you, or win you?" ”

Higuain almost burst out laughing: "Fernando, to be honest, I don't think you can defeat us. ”

Looking at this former teammate who was proud of the spring breeze in Real Madrid, Gago rolled his eyes: "Then wait and see." ”

After saying this to Higuain, he suddenly realized that he was not worried about how he would be treated when he played for a while. Because he figured it out, he and the current Real Madrid are no longer all the way, so in this case, what does it matter how they treat themselves?

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Ribery doesn't have the same worries as Gago, because he's playing at home and if he returns to the City Stadium, he's bound to be booed, there's no doubt about that. He certainly knew he had chosen to leave when his head had a heart attack, and what a betrayal it would be in the eyes of Forest fans.

But for himself, it was the only chance. The only chance for that king to lose control.

Due to the fact that the timing of his departure was not quite right, he is not chatting with his former Forest-mates now, and no Forest player will come up to him. He hid in the Real Madrid team, keeping his head down and silent.

Across the wall, it's former teammate Pepe.

Pepe looked down on Ribery's departure, knowing that at the most difficult time for the leader and the team, none of them chose to leave, only Ribery became a deserter. He squinted at Ribery, then suddenly leaned his head up and smiled at the Frenchman: "Frank, be careful when you play." ”

Sergio standing in front of Ribery. Ramos heard Pepe's words, and although he didn't understand them, he felt that Pepe's smile was unfriendly, and he glared back at Pepe.

Pepe is in English, Cristiano. Ronaldo understood, and he shot back: "Hey, boy. Pay attention to your words, do you want to intimidate us? 'When he was at Manchester United, he didn't deal with the Forest, and when he came to Real Madrid, the two teams didn't see each other, but in today's environment, that feeling of being a sworn enemy came back to him.

Pepe showed no weakness, he grinned at Ronaldo: "Portuguese, you are not my target. He tilted his head to George, the captain who was at the front of the line, with his back to everyone, and didn't say a word. Wood.

Ronaldo certainly knew what he meant. He was not afraid of heaven and earth, to George. Wood was still a little jealous. He stopped talking.

Bell came out to be a peacemaker: "Okay, don't get excited. It's no good for us to quarrel now. The boss will scold you if he finds out. He told Pepe that he knew Pepe looked down on Ribery and he looked down on Bendtner. This person is so love-hate-hate. In order to lighten the mood, he also took the initiative to greet Ribery: "Hello, Frank. ”

Pepe still looked at Ribery and smiled, and that smile was mocking.

Ribery smiled at Bell, a little helpless: "Hello...... Bel. He wanted to say "little monkey", but when he thought of his current identity, he changed it to "Bell". This seems a bit raw, but it is not to be fooled.

Higuain noticed a small scuffle at the front of the group, and he looked over and asked, "What happened?" ”

Gago also looked up, and after seeing Pepe's appearance, he understood: "Pepe must be accusing Ribery......"

"Accusations? Why? ”

Franck Franck Ribery chose to leave Nottingham Forest and join Real Madrid...... Don't you know that? ”

"Hey, what's the big deal I'm doing. Isn't this kind of thing normal in football? A player leaves one team and joins another...... What's so much to hold a grudge against such a thing? ”

Gago also joined the team later, and he didn't know much about the past, so he shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe that's Forest's style......" He had seen the "treatment" that Bendtner was treated when he returned to the city's courts, except that he didn't throw a pig's head down, and the Forest fans scolded Bendtner in the stands in a different way, and made up songs on the spot to humiliate the "traitor" who betrayed the team in the first place.

'The teams in England seem to be ...... like that,' he added.

Higuain shook his head with a smile, a little disdainful. "I said why are you so worried, it turns out that you have seen a lot in England. Don't worry, this is Spain, this is Real Madrid. ”

Pepe continued to stare at Ribery and smile.

Ribery only pretended not to see him as a person, and then simply closed his eyes.

Bell poked Pepe in the back: "That's enough, Pepe." Focus on the game! ”

George. Wood turned his head, and Pepe withdrew his gaze.

"It's time to play." Wood said to the man behind him.

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The Real Madrid players and Nottingham Forest players came on at the same time, and there were huge cheers from the stadium, with the home fans cheering for Real Madrid and the visiting fans cheering for Forest. The cheers lasted only a short time, and when the live broadcast began to broadcast the names of the players from both sides, the names of the Real Madrid players were called out, and the names of the Forest players were reported to the stands, and there were sporadic boos in the stands.

Don looked up at the stands around him, and he grinned, "I'm really surprised that there are only such scattered boos." ”

"We're not Barcelona." Chris Rac said from the side.

"It's not Atletico Madrid either." Eastwood added.

"Hah!" Don laughed, "It's okay, soon they'll think we're more hateful than the two teams above." ”

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Players from both sides lined up to enter the stadium and stood together to be photographed by reporters, and then the away players took the initiative to shake hands with the referee and the home team's players. The players of both sides are separated, the captain exchanges the team flag, and guesses the coin to pick the side.

Casillas, who is Real Madrid's current captain, lost to Wood in a coin guess, with Wood picking the edge and Casillas getting the kick-off.

Seeing this result, Donn shook his head lightly below: "I want the right to kick off...... Letting the opponent control the ball first is not good for our tactical set-up. ”

"Just get past their five-minute attack." Chris Lak didn't think it was a big deal, the ball was going to go back to the Forest's feet anyway.

"You're pretty confident." Don turned his head to look at Chris Rac next to him.

"I've been following you for a long time, and if I'm not confident, I won't be able to keep up with you." Chris Rac laughed too.

A feeling of tacit understanding rose from the bottom of the hearts of the two people.

Instead of hearing Don laugh heartily, Don nodded at him, "Thank you, David, for staying with me for so long......"

This caught Chrislak a little off guard, and he snorted, not knowing what to say.

Don patted him on the shoulder: "The game is about to start, hopefully, as you said, after five minutes, we will regain the initiative." ”

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Wood shook hands with the three referees, as well as Casillas, and walked back. He made a gesture, and his teammates immediately surrounded him.

"We're not here to get the runner-up." Wood reached out and placed it in the center of the circle.

"Me neither." Bell pressed his hand.

"It was the most glorious moment of my career." Pepe's hand.

"Triple crown." Akinfeev's large hand covered the palms of the people below.

Palms of different skin tones and sizes are stacked one by one, piling higher and higher.

After everyone put their hands in, Wood looked at everyone, and everyone was looking at him. As the leader said, they are comrades in life and death in the trenches, they have supported them all the way, they have experienced countless baptisms of war, and now they stand on the last battlefield, ready to meet the last and most powerful enemy.

"I'm not good at words...... "Anyway...... I'm very happy to be able to play with you. Let's win the championship together. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone's hands waved down vigorously.

"Champion!!"

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On the Real Madrid side, there was also a circle, and everyone got together to do the final battle mobilization.

"It's at the Bernabeu, mates." Casillas' gaze swept over the faces of every team-mate, "We must not fail here, the 70,000 people in the stands are all our motivation. We are Real Madrid! It's the glorious Real Madrid! ”

He waved his hand vigorously.

"Don't give your opponent any chance! Won the 10th European Champions Cup in one go!! ”

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When the players of both sides stood in their respective positions and waited for kick-off, the Bernabeu Stadium, which had been noisy for more than half an hour, also fell into a brief silence, and the sound disappeared in an instant, and everyone was holding their breath and waiting for the game to start.

The referee stood in the centre circle, looked at the watch on his wrist and then at the fourth official on the sidelines, and after getting the kick-off clear, he blew a crisp whistle vigorously.

Huntelaar passed the ball to Benzema and ran forward. Meanwhile, Aaron was waiting outside the center circle. Mitchel rushed straight towards Benzema, who had the ball.

Benzema didn't give him a chance to break the ball on the spot, turning and passing the ball to La Sena in the back. Diarra. Himself and Mitchel rubbed shoulders.

Donn did not start Ibisevic in this game, but instead used Mitchel, who scored twice in the FA Cup final and was in excellent form, in his first Champions League final. But Don is not worried that this kid can't bear the pressure, this kid sometimes seems quite lively, and he has his own set of ways to reduce stress - that is, to fantasize in his head, and release all the pressure through fantasies.

Mitchel ignored Benzema and continued to charge towards Diarra.

Diarra then passed the ball backwards to Argentine centre-back Garay. Mitchel ignored Diarra and continued to pounce on Garay.

Garay didn't pass back this time, he could see it, and if he continued to pass back to Casillas, the big man would not hesitate to rush over. It's like a robot, you set your route in advance, and you're going all the way!

He passed the ball to Ramos on the side, and Mitchel stopped sprinting.

As soon as Ramos received the ball, he found that Fernandez had rushed to the eye, and he quickly dunked the ball to dodge the Chilean.

Fernandez was tougher than he thought, and instead of flashing the other side, he was entangled.

"Don't grind, pass the ball!" Casillas has a clear picture of the situation on the pitch from behind, and if Ramos wants to continue playing at the back, he will be unlucky. From his position, it can be clearly seen that the overall formation of Nottingham Forest is pressed forward with Real Madrid's return passes, and Huntelaar, who ran up just now, is already in an offside position.

Nottingham Forest are pressing so the road, what do they want to do?

Ramos was pressed hard by Fernandez and he opted for the right thing to do – a big foot to drive the ball forward.

Bigfoot that looks blind, but flies towards Huntelaar.

Huntelaar lost his position in a battle with Pepe, who was completely unable to compete with Pepe in terms of power. The football sent Pepe back.

In midfield, Gago raised his foot to hook the ball in the air, and Ribery pounced. But as soon as he turned around, the French leaned in again.

Seeing him like this, the forest in the stands booed the fans. There are only two players who have been able to get heartfelt boos from the Forest fans after leaving Forest, one is Bendtner and the other is Ribery.

Ribery interfered with Gago, but Gago was not the hairy boy who couldn't even hold the ball and would always be stabbed from behind by his opponent. He shielded the ball and looked up for a way to get it out.

In the end, he chose to give the football to Bentley on the wing.

Ribery was pestering him, and the flank was empty. Bentley took a few steps forward after receiving the ball, and Diarra and Real Madrid's left wing-back Marcelo both took note of him.

Just then, Raphinha cut in from behind Bentley at high speed and skimmed Marcelo.

Bentley passed an overhead ball over Marcelo's head to Raphinha, who was plugged in.

Raphinha unloaded the ball flying behind him, Marcelo was a little slow to turn, and Garay made up for it. Raphinha didn't make a fake gesture and swept the ball straight into the box. A low flat pass!

Shaheen appeared like a shadow behind Mitchel, who attracted another Real Madrid centre-back, David. Luiz's attention, but he missed the football.

Shaheen shoots directly from the line of the small penalty area!

Before the commentator could read out the names of the two sides, Nottingham Forest's first shot on goal had already appeared.

Nottingham Forest's beautiful combination put Real Madrid's goal in jeopardy in an instant. The only person who can be relied upon at such times is their "St. Igor".

Good Casillas, almost at the same time as Shahin. Shaheen shoveled, and he lunged over there, and the ball was swept out by his hand!

"Wei—great save! Casillas made his first save of the game and he saved Real Madrid's goal! The narrator shouted excitedly.

"Ahh Don held his head in his hands and watched in disbelief at the scene that had just happened in front of Real Madrid's goal. He didn't expect Nottingham Forest to get such a good chance to shoot from the start, but he didn't expect Casillas to still be able to keep out shots from close range......

What a wicked man he is!

"What kind of defense is this?" Casillas jumped up from the ground and yelled at his teammates. As the captain, he is also much more active than before.

Shaheen sat on the ground, unable to believe Casillas had blocked the goal he was aiming for. You must know that when he was shooting, Casillas was still in front of the post to defend Mitchel's grab, and he should not be able to see his ...... Is it the instinct of a goalkeeper?

There was a round of applause for Casillas from the stands, and if it weren't for the heroic performance of their captain, Real Madrid might have conceded a goal just thirty seconds into the game.

The Spanish reporters in the press box were even more frightened, and they could see it clearly from above.

"This bastard...... Do you really want to fight against Real Madrid? ”

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Donn got up from his seat and applauded the Forest players in the field, offering encouragement and appreciation for the team's faithful execution of his tactical arrangement.

The group of Spanish reporters guessed correctly, he was going to play against Real Madrid in this game.

Real Madrid has always been stronger in attack than in defense, and they play defensive counterattacks, and in the end they will only suffer themselves, and giving too much of the initiative on the pitch to Real Madrid is tantamount to suicide.

He just wants to use a more positive and proactive attitude to deal with Real Madrid, pressing all over the field and countering on the spot, not giving Real Madrid too much time and space, and not giving them the opportunity to show their skills at their feet. At the beginning, he tried to use a fierce offensive to deter Real Madrid, so that they had scruples and could not attack with all their might.

He waved gently at the players, motioning for them to continue.

Let this proud team see our storm!

(To be continued)