When night falls, Chester Road, a whole row of retro England-style buildings, is filled with fans coming and going.

Most of them were a neutral group of fans, but there were also some fans from both teams who had travelled from afar to get to Old Trafford on foot as the section of Chester Road near Old Trafford was closed to vehicular traffic.

Tonight, it is not only a festival for Inter Milan and AC Milan fans, not only for Italian fans, but also for all football fans around the world, whether they are there or not, no matter how much time difference they have with Manchester, they will be on time in front of the TV, silently waiting for the game to come.

Natalie was running fast on Chester Road, she looked around anxiously, if it weren't for those annoying ** careful defense, she would not hesitate to climb over the iron fence in the middle of the road, directly from the road in the neighborhood introduced by the driver just now, and directly to the Old Trafford stadium.

This damn iron fence is so long that you can only get past it at the fork in the road on Sir Matt Busby, but it's a red light.

"Damn, it's 6 o'clock!" Natalie was sweating profusely and panting, but she couldn't care about anything.

Finally waiting for the green light, she crossed the road and made a quick run to Old Trafford, where the overhead was already visible in the distance, and in fact, she only had to look in the direction the fans were walking to make sure she couldn't go wrong.

Tonight, two huge advertisements were pulled out on the outside of Old Trafford, one for Inter Milan and the other for AC Milan.

Just as she arrived at the stadium, the phone rang again.

"Hey, Lucky Star, have you arrived?" Yang Cheng's concerned tone came.

Natalie smiled with relief, she loved hearing Uncle Makoto's caring tone, "Just arrived at the door, I'm going to go in!" ”

"Well, I'm in front of the home team's dugout, you can see me when you come out, don't talk about it!"

Yang Cheng hung up the phone directly.

He had a busy day today, received a lot of text messages, and also received a few phone calls.

Charlize Theron won't come, she originally wanted to come, but Yang Cheng didn't let her come, worried that her long journey would not be good for her health, and she would have to take care of the children.

But Heidi Klum, Sienna Miller, Melissa Trio and others were all in the stands, and they were all relatively close, or came to England early, so they were not as slow as Natalie.

Aniston is the funniest, she directly said that if Yang Cheng wins, she will confess, which will make Lao Yang feel a lot of pressure.

Raising his head, through the humid air, he saw that Natalie was waving at him in the previously booked position, and the little girl was so excited that she almost didn't shout at Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng was also relieved, he was worried that Natalie would have an accident alone.

Seeing that she had also arrived, Yang Cheng directly turned off his mobile phone, turned around, and looked at the Inter Milan players who were warming up on the field in the distance, all of them looked very active, and the players were playing monkey walking games on it.

Inter Milan came to the stadium 20 minutes earlier than normal to warm up, while AC Milan arrived on time, so they were 20 minutes later than Inter in terms of training and warm-up, but that doesn't mean much.

Yang Cheng watched the players relax and kick the ball on the field, he did not intervene, but let them play on the field, and even made one or two tricks from time to time, which made the Inter Milan fans in the stands cheer.

When it comes to small skills, Inter Milan is really not covered, and there are many technical players in the team.

Compared with Inter Milan's relaxation, AC Milan's warm-up was a little serious, with a single look, but it didn't reveal too much pre-tournament nervousness, after all, they are all players who are used to seeing big scenes.

"Are you really relieved of Shevchenko and Big Inzaghi?" Benitez leaned in.

In the warm-up of AC Milan players in the distance, Shevchenko and Inzaghi all hit the target, especially the Ukrainian, who had a very beautiful curling shot into the corner, which looked like a sharp footwork and felt good to score.

"Of course!" Yang Cheng was very confident, "If they all squeeze into the middle, I am not afraid at all." ”

Benitez didn't say anything more, the tactics before a game were actually to guess the opponent's mind, Yang Cheng has always done a good job in this regard, and Benitez was ashamed of himself. ,

"They're going to attack at the start of the game, I can't be wrong!" Yang Cheng said it very definitely.

First, Ancelotti will not let the initiative of the game be handed over to Inter Milan, and secondly, Ancelotti needs to use a round of attack to play momentum, if it is still like before, the defense is stable from the beginning, AC Milan may not be able to defend.

The current AC Milan, except for Maldini, Costacuta, Inzaghi, Gattuso and several other players, are all entering the Champions League final for the first time, and even Ancelotti himself and his coaching staff are also the first time, which makes AC Milan a little inexperienced.

There is a gap in strength, coupled with a lack of experience, if you don't take the lead with the help of attacking, then Ancelotti's game will be too difficult to play, because once the initiative of the game is seized by Inter Milan, no one will have a problem.

Benitez chose to trust Yang Cheng.

In fact, the Spaniards themselves know very well that they are so familiar with each other that it is impossible to play a surprise game, and it is not difficult to study the tactics and lineups of the other side, so the key to the victory or defeat of this game is not in the tactics, but in the physical and psychological preparation of the players of the two teams.

It can be said that whoever does better in these two areas will be able to win the game.

Rafa Benitez understands this, as do Yang Cheng and Carlo Ancelotti.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Cheng will decide that Ancelotti will attack at the beginning.

It's true that AC Milan have suffered in this area, but sometimes that's the case, you have obviously suffered losses, but you still have to do it, because if you don't attack, you don't have a chance at all.

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The players warmed up on the pitch and the fans were already entering the pitch one after another.

In the North Stand at Old Trafford, Inter Milan fans completely dyed the entire North Stand in blue and black, and pulled out a huge banner that read: "Come on, we want to win the Champions League again and create a treble!" ”

There were other scattered but conspicuous banners and slogans, "The great Inter will be born tonight!" "Get out here and meet the kings of Europe, the losers of Milan!" "Kill those damned Roseneri, brave blue-black warriors!" ”

In response to the slogans and provocations of Inter Milan fans, AC Milan fans also fought back, and they also pulled out all kinds of banners and slogans, attacking and humiliating Inter Milan and the fans, and even shouting for Inter Milan to kneel at their feet.

Throughout Old Trafford, Inter Milan and AC Milan shouted one after another, and the anthem of both teams was heard endlessly, and the fans on both sides created a huge momentum, both desperately trying to overwhelm each other in momentum.

The number of tickets for both sides is the same, the number of fans on both sides is about the same, and in the neutral section, the fans of both sides are also very divided to prevent clashes.

This leaves the stands at Old Trafford distinct, with no one dominating.

When the time was almost up, the players from both sides walked back to the locker room one after another.

The decisive battle is coming soon!

The whole Old Trafford stadium is full of tension!

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In the home team's dressing room, Inter Milan players are methodically preparing for the game.

Almost all of them stripped naked and were ready to change into a dry tracksuit, and for them, the comfort of the tracksuit could affect their performance, and they wanted to prevent that from happening.

Yang Cheng was silently in the locker room, quietly watching the players get ready.

It was only when all of them had calmed down and sat in front of the closet, preparing for the final preparations before the tournament, that he came out and came to the middle of the locker room.

"At this time, it is useless to say any tactics or cooperation, it is a waste of time, I will focus on 2 requirements for you, and you will keep it firmly in my heart!"

'First of all, we have to be relaxed, we have been through a Champions League final, we have beaten a lot of big opponents, we have achieved a lot of glory, we are not a new team, we have enough experience to deal with the situation and I am sure you should all understand how important it is to be relaxed in this kind of game. , Yang Cheng slowly swept over each player, "The more nervous you are, the more persistent you want to win, and the worse you are likely to play, so I hope you can treat this game with a normal heart, AC Milan is just a very ordinary opponent, this is just an ordinary league, what we have to do is just to actively face this game, actively to win this game, that's all." The players all nodded their heads.

"Second, patience, I ask each of you to bring me enough patience, everyone must be mentally prepared, because our opponent is very tenacious, and even after 90 minutes, this game may still be 0:0, at this time......" Yang Cheng deliberately paused to give the players a little space to think, "We must continue to be patient and confident." ”

"But one thing is very important, and that is that once the game is in a stalemate, everyone can't have a negative mentality, you can't think about how not to concede the ball, how not to make mistakes, because the more you think about it, then the goals and mistakes will come to you at any time!"

"We are Inter Milan, we have always been a unit, even in the most difficult and stalemate times, we have a group of teammates around us, we have to support each other, we have to be active and brave to face difficulties, to solve difficulties, so, even in the long stalemate, even if our physical strength is almost consumed by time, we can not shake our belief that we will win!"

In fact, in many football matches, especially in this kind of crucial final, the more you get to the end, both sides still become afraid of making mistakes, afraid of conceding goals, and then become conservative, which eventually leads to mistakes.

Yang Cheng has always believed that proactive tactics will always have an advantage over passivity.

It's like he always believes in a word, and his fate is in his own hands.

'Tonight, in this stadium, anything can happen, maybe we'll concede first, maybe the opponent will play better than us, maybe we'll lose badly, but I want everyone to trust each other, trust me, trust your team-mates, trust yourselves.

"We've been through a lot and we've given a lot since this season, we've finally stepped into this stadium and we finally have the chance to be on top of Europe again and make history in Italian football."

Yang Cheng clenched his right fist, very hard, and said word by word: "I believe that my team is the strongest!" ”

"I'm sure we'll be the best tonight!"

"I believe that the final winner tonight will be us!"

"I am even more convinced that you will never let us all down!"

"I've always believed in you, and I even believe in you more than myself, because I'm your manager, I'm your leader, and I tell you, if you can do it, then you can do it!"

"Okay, we can do it!"

"It can be done!"

One by one, the players stood up excitedly, and they all wanted to rush out of the locker room door with high spirits.

Yang Cheng paused, pleased with the morale of the players, but this time he didn't directly let them out of the locker room, because he didn't want them to be excited to play from the beginning, but hoped that they could carry the excitement throughout the game.

"Now, you can all be quiet, think back to our season, think back to every game we've been through, every opponent, think back to every difficult situation we've encountered, think about how we got through? Think again, have we ever been afraid? Have you ever lost? ”

After Yang Cheng finished speaking, he nodded to Paul Baier in the distance, and a melodious melody immediately drifted in the dressing room, and then gradually added more elements of rock and heavy metal music, gradually pushing the music to a climax.

This is what Yang Cheng has been preparing after reaching the finals, he was a fan of World of Warcraft in his previous life, after watching [Internet Addiction War], he likes this [Bell of Freedom] very much, and he has heard it countless times, and he can memorize the melody or something, so he specially made it and used it in the locker room to stimulate the fighting spirit of the players. , Today's song is just a melody and is not sung, but Yang Cheng himself has heard it many times and is very satisfied with the effect, and the assistants also feel quite good when they listen to it, after all, Yang Cheng hummed it out and let the professionals make it, the quality is still very reliable, and it will not lose to the one in the previous life at all.

When music sounded in the locker room, Yang Cheng stood on the inside of the door of the locker room.

Not long after, the referee rang the bell in the referee's room and asked all the players to go to the players' tunnel** and wait for the game.

After Yang Cheng heard the bell, he motioned for everyone in the locker room to continue, and Yang Cheng himself turned around and walked out of the door of the locker room. I saw that in the distance of the players' tunnel, Ancelotti and others in the away team's locker room had already greeted the AC Milan players, and they walked out of the players' tunnel one after another, lined up in a neat queue, and walked forward slowly.

Ancelotti fell last, and he looked at Yang Cheng standing at the door with some suspicion, unable to tell what tricks this Chinese was doing.

"Hello, Mr. Ancelotti!" Yang Cheng greeted with a smile.

An Fat Man could only smile and walked up, "Hello, Mr. Yang Cheng." ”

As he spoke, Yang Cheng saw Merck walk out of the referee room with his assistants.

"Ha, hello, Marcus!" Yang Cheng specially greeted Merck in front of Ancelotti, he still used English, naturally he didn't want Ancelotti to misunderstand himself and put pressure on the referee.

"Hello, Caesar!" Merck responded with a smile, also in English.

I saw Yang Cheng greet the two linesmen in English one by one, and Ancelotti also followed to meet Merck and others.

"I'm sorry, Marcus, wait a few minutes, my player got a little bit of trouble in the locker room, and it was done right away!"

Merck frowned, looked at the time on her wrist, and then at the two assistants, which the rules allowed.

"I'll only give you 5 minutes at most, Mr. Yang Cheng!" When it comes to serious things, Merck is serious and seems very fair.

"Of course, Marcus, thank you!" Yang Cheng looked very polite, and then he turned back and looked at Ancelotti, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Ancelotti, we have a little trouble!" ”

Ancelotti couldn't tell what this guy was doing, this was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, so he could only nod helplessly.

Watching Ancelotti and Merck walk all the way out of the players' tunnel, the corners of Yang Cheng's mouth lifted.

Back then, Ferguson's dead old ghost used this trick against him, but he wasn't fooled, and now he borrowed it and used this trick to deal with the honest Ancelotti, this guy was really fooled.

5 minutes, not long, not short, let the AC Milan players wait for Inter Milan at the door of the tunnel for 5 minutes, it is estimated that this group of guys must be difficult to maintain a calm mood, they will feel that they have been calculated, they will feel that they are depressed, and they want to kill Inter Milan.

Yang Cheng was waiting at the door, he just saw the lineup of AC Milan, yes, Costacuta was really on, Ancelotti was clearly playing smoke bombs before, but fortunately he didn't hit the trick.

But Yang Cheng doesn't have to worry about anything, because the lineup really has nothing to hide for each other, after all, everyone knows and is familiar with the opponent too well.

After 5 minutes, Merck came over to urge again, and Yang Cheng let the players out of the locker room, they were all listening to the song, the song was very loud, and they didn't even notice the bell much, and they didn't think it was long, but they just thought the song was very exciting.

When Inter Milan arrived at the exit, the AC Milan players all looked a little impatient.

Yang Cheng was a little happy about his little tricks, and walked out of the player tunnel with a smile...... ）