Chang Sheng sat in the locker room and didn't have a fixed project.

Sometimes, he's busy writing and drawing on the tactical board, and by the time the players have finished warming up, he'll be able to see the most detailed tactical diagrams.

Sometimes, he'd pace back and forth in the locker room, thinking about things.

Sometimes he's just in the locker room.

Like now.

It was his third Champions League final since his rebirth.

The Champions League final is no stranger to him.

He still remembers his first Champions League final, when he was a little excited and nervous, couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and woke up at 4 o'clock in the morning.

And then I couldn't sleep.

So he simply got up, turned on his computer, connected to the Internet, and went to the Chinese CM player forum he frequented.

And then put a press there, a starting lineup, and let somebody lose their own -- of course they can't really cut it.

It was a memorable episode that he remembers very well, as it was his first Champions League final.

At that time, the nervousness and excitement were like going out on a date with the girl I liked for the first time.

Nervous and expectant.

He also remembers the second Champions League final.

At that time, all his attention was on the weather.

He didn't know if it would rain or not, because it might mean a change of fate.

At that time, he couldn't care about anything else, so he only cared about fighting with God and fate.

In the end, he won.

And then there's this third game.

Unlike the previous two games, in this final, he seemed very calm.

He wasn't nervous or excited, and he didn't care about anything else outside of him.

But this calm also made him a little worried.

Because he's not even excited.

This is the Champions League final!

Even if you're not nervous, you should always be a little excited, right?

That's the highest honour in European football, after all......

He wondered if he had taken victory and championship for granted.

That's what worries him the most.

At the Vermelo training base, Lazio's dressing room was plastered with the phrase.

"Winning is addictive. Guys. ”

This is what Chang Sheng once said to Lazio when he first instructed them.

This sentence is also the creed of Lazio in recent years.

Victory after victory, championship after champion, is addictive. People are willing to work hard to continue to enjoy this feeling in the future.

So some people though are gone. But many more stayed.

Because they're really addicted.

They are all victorious "junkies".

But if they win constantly, the leaders of this team lose their sense of victory. When his heart is no longer beating wildly for those wonderful moments in football, how can he lead and the team to continue to fight for victory?

What qualifications does he have to ask his players to work hard in training and play the pitch?

Is there any reason for the phrase "victory is addictive" to continue to hang on the walls of the locker room?

He was worried.

Very worried about this.

If the victory is useless for him, he loses the motivation to keep going.

When everyday work and competition become routine – think about how many more days it will take for decades. He felt devastated.

It will make him go from loving football to hating football.

Maybe you want to vomit when you see a football.

It's like after Batistuta, who never watched a football match again after retiring.

He was afraid that he would become like this.

Because he is really into football.

It's his job, but it's also his hobby.

How many people can do what they love for decades?

If that happens, he may have to announce his retirement early.

After winning all the championships he could win more than once before the age of forty, he suddenly felt that the sport was boring for him, so he announced his retirement...... If he does, it will be the most sensational news in world football......

But he didn't want to be such a newsmaker.

Of course. He doesn't have any actual evidence now, he just feels too calm, could there be a problem?

When people reach middle age, they are a little suspicious......

In the end, Chang Sheng shook his head.

Hi. What do you want to do with all this?

Are you really indifferent to the victory and the championship, and won't you know it when this game is over?

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When Tsuneshi finished his musings, his players all finished their warm-up and returned to the dressing room.

Seeing everyone change their clothes and sit in the locker room waiting for him to say something, Chang Sheng threw out the question in his heart: "Our results this season are too good, guys. I don't want to repeat what we've achieved, because it's a suspicion of making up the word count to cheat money...... I just want to ask you one question here. ”

He looked at his men.

"You ...... Lost the desire for victory and championships? Are you used to winning and winning championships? ”

The players thought that the boss was testing them, and they replied loudly: "No! We have not lost our thirst! I didn't take it for granted! ”

Chang Sheng smiled: "Don't lie to the ghost!" I'm not going to believe you when you say that. To convince me that you really don't, prove it with victories and championships. Bayern Munich is the team we haven't beaten in the Champions League, for many reasons like that, but the results are there, we just haven't beaten them. This is a great opportunity to tell those who watch the excitement that we are not afraid of Bayern Munich! We don't have 'fear' in our dictionary! ”

Compared to the importance of the Champions League final, Chang Sheng did say a little less before the game.

But the players don't care, as long as the boss says it, anyway.

That's normal.

If the boss suddenly stops talking about it one day, there's a problem.

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Players from both sides were quickly waiting in the tunnel to play.

The players' tunnel at the Santiago Bernabeu is different from other stadiums.

Most of the other stadiums have an open aisle, with home and away players together without any partitions in between.

And there is a wall in the middle of the passage at the Bernabeu Stadium.

This wall separates the home team from the away team.

In the middle is a section of openwork barbed wire.

Only from here can you see the opposing player.

Nothing else is visible.

The players on both sides stared straight ahead without squinting and did not talk.

Even a German player like Gotze. I didn't say hello to my fellow countrymen when I was out of the game.

It's the Champions League final and the two sides are enemies.

And in the previous two meetings, they were eliminated by Bayern Munich, and there was hatred between them.

To set almost. We'll talk about it when the game is over.

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While the players are waiting in the aisle. Coaches and substitutes from both sides also came out of there.

When Chang Sheng came out, he high-fived the players one by one.

Nothing to say. It's just an action.

This action means a lot.

Then the two managers walked out of the aisle.

Chang Sheng and Louis van Gaal did not shake hands and hug such a gesture of friendship as a gesture of their friendship.

Because they don't have much friendship with each other.

When Louis van Gaal was in charge of Barcelona, it was the failure to win that led to his dismissal.

Not only do the two have no friendship, but they also have hatred......

And Van Gaal and Chang Sheng can be regarded as "fanatics" among coaches. With the principle that madmen are incompatible, the relationship between the two people cannot be much better.

The two men sat in their respective dugouts, waiting for the players to come out.

The five-star flag, which symbolizes the Champions League logo, has been laid in the middle of the Bernabéu stadium, and the caddies carry flags with the crests of the two finalists on either side of the halfway line to guide the team when the time comes.

The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was packed, and the VIP boxes were full of people.

Fans of Lazio and Bayern Munich accounted for 85 percent of the seats in the stadium.

The remaining fifteen percent of the seats are reserved for sponsors, officials and neutral fans.

The Getafe fans had already organised the match, and they bought around two thousand neutral tickets. Admission to watch.

Although it is said that it is a ticket for neutral fans, everyone knows that these people must be cheering for Lazio.

They were wearing Getafe's home shirts, just right. Getafe's home kit is very similar to Lazio's home kit, both are blue, except that Getafe's blue is darker, like seawater, while Lazio's blue is lighter, like the sky.

Lazio were drawn by the home team in this game, so they wore the home shirt.

It just so happened that the Getafe fans were sitting next to the Lazio fans, and suddenly they couldn't tell who was who.

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When the Champions League theme song sounded, the first cheers rang out from the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Because the players are going to play!

Subsequently, in the sound of the passionate music of the Champions League theme song, the players of both sides rushed out.

The cheers at the Bernabeu pitch rose one after another, with fans on both sides cheering for their players.

Just like in a game, no one wants to be silenced by the other party.

So they desperately raised their voices.

For a while, the sky above the Bernabeu stadium was full of cheers, and this sound reverberated the world!

When Chang Sheng heard this almost crazy cheer, he felt that his heart, which had been peaceful all day today, suddenly beat violently a few times, and the speed and strength were different from before.

He felt palpitations!

But he wasn't afraid it was a heart attack or anything.

On the contrary, he was happy.

His mouth was pursed, and then the line gradually turned upward, and finally he grinned, and he laughed.

Because he didn't feel like he had to wait until the game was over.

When the game hadn't started yet, he felt excited when he heard the deafening cheers!

His heart reacted correctly!

It seems that I have not lost my interest and love for football!

That's what makes Chang Sheng laugh.

ps: The title is pinyin, because the word "passion" is a sensitive word and has been blocked.

It is hereby clarified.