Marseille is France's second largest city and largest seaport, surrounded on three sides by limestone hills, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate.

Marseille is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the southeast, with deep water and wide harbors, no rapids and rapids, and 10,000-ton ships can be unimpeded; In the west, the Rhône and flat valleys are connected to Northern Europe, and the geographical location is unique.

The port consists of Marseille, La Vera, Foz and Rhône-Saint-Louis, with an annual cargo volume of 100 million tons, making it the largest gateway for foreign trade in France.

Once the pride of this historic city, Marseille won the first ever French Champions Cup in '92. However, it turned out that God had played a joke on them, and Marseille boss Tapi had bribed the opposing player.

UEFA stripped Marseille of the title of European champion, and the French Football Federation took the killer blow by not only stripping them of the league title but also relegating them to the second division.

Marseille won the second division the following year, but were disqualified due to financial crisis.

In times of crisis, major companies such as Adidas lent a helping hand, and the team finally returned to the first division in 1996-97, after which the team stepped up its rebuilding efforts and showed signs of recovery in 1998-99, finishing runners-up in the league.

Since then, Marseille have slowly recovered, finishing third in Ligue 1 last season and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs. At the start of the season, Marseille passed the Champions League play-offs and competed in the main competition, but unfortunately they failed to qualify from the group but qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Marseille eliminated Eredivisie powerhouses Twente and Ajax in the UEFA Cup in succession to reach the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup. Not only that, but they have been on their way to Ligue 1 this season, becoming Ligue 1 leaders and the strongest contenders for the Ligue 1 title.

Although they lost 3-1 away to Wolves, they were confident of coming back at home. Wang Rui appeared in the Wolves team, and the Marseille players did not panic like the French journalists. They have their own pride.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the 17th, at the pre-match press conference, Dutch star Zenden said: "Whether the king will appear in tonight's game or not, we are confident that we will defeat Wolves and advance to the semi-finals!" ”

Whether Wang Rui can appear tonight is still a mystery, and even if he does, it is unknown what his state is, so even British reporters don't think there is anything wrong with the Dutch star's words.

French journalists see the Dutch star so confident. Also put the hanging heart in the stomach.

Ince did not appear at the pre-match press conference, but was represented by assistant Wenner. In the face of the intense artillery fire of French journalists, Wenner simply answered a few questions and found an excuse to leave the scene.

The coach did not show up, and the assistant coach left in such a hurry, and the French journalist thought that it was a sign of Wolves' lack of heart, and they were more optimistic about Marseille's promotion.

All conspiracies and tricks, in the face of great strength, only have the end of bankruptcy!

So thought the French journalist.

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After the Wolves check into the hotel. Hasty breakfast, rest in the hotel. Raise your spirits, and you will have the state tonight.

Lytis stayed in the same hotel, but Wang Rui did not go to her. Long journeys are tiring, if there is another marathon hand-to-hand fight......

Even if he hadn't been injured, he would have been in a worrisome state tonight, not to mention that he had just recovered from his injury. Compared to the semi-finals of the League Cup. The League Cup has the upper hand.

Wang Rui didn't come to Marseille to watch the game, he was always ready to play. Since Old Man Thomson gave me this dissenting body, I can't waste it!

Peter, who was in the same room with him, asked, "Can you bear it?" ”

Wang Rui sighed and said, "I can bear it." If you can't help it, you have to endure it! ”

Peter gave a thumbs up and said, "You're amazing!" ”

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Wolves won 3-1 at home in the first leg, and if it were a big team like Chelsea, they would dare to say loudly that they have half their feet in the door of the semi-finals.

But Wolves don't have the confidence and background to say that it is only a matter of time before they advance. This is of course related to Marseille's return to home and more attacking power, but also to the strength of Wolves themselves.

If it were Chelsea, they would be confident of winning any opponent even if Frank Lampard was absent because they were strong overall, unlike Wolves, who relied on a few youngsters to play the world.

Defeated 3-1 away at the feet of Wolves in the first leg, Marseille took part in the 31st round of Ligue 1 after three days, venting all their frustration on their opponents, who beat Grenoble 4-1 at home with their powerful attacking power.

Marseille back at home is really scary!

That's why Cendon dared to say in his pre-match press conference that Marseille were confident of progressing to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

It is clear that Wolves do not want to be overturned by Marseille and they want to continue to play the role of dark horses in the UEFA Cup. After lunch, Wolves took an hour's rest before getting on a bus and heading to the Velodrome Stadium.

With a capacity of more than 60,000 fans, the Velodrome Stadium was one of the stadiums that hosted the '98 World Cup, which saw Brazil lose 2-1 to Norway in the group stage and the Netherlands beat South Korea 5-0.

The semi-finals between the Netherlands and Brazil were also played at this stadium, where Brazil had the last laugh in a penalty shoot-out.

The stadium left Ronaldo's last goal of that World Cup and the tears of the ice prince Bergkamp.

At around 3:15 p.m., Wolves arrived at the stadium for pre-match acclimatisation. They were greeted by a large number of media reporters, and it was obvious that to what extent Wang Rui had recovered and whether he could appear on the stage tonight aroused their strong interest.

French football is one of the representatives of the Latin school in Europe, and Wang Rui's style of play is tough and elegant, and it has a very Latin flavor, which undoubtedly makes the French feel cordial and recognized by them.

In particular, his long-distance run into Shakhtar conquered not only British fans, but also many French fans. Wang Rui scored twice in the first leg against Marseille, which made the French fans have a deeper impact on the Chinese player.

But whatever the fans care about, the journalists will also care, because the fans are their food and clothing.

When Wang Rui stepped off the bus with a sports bag on his back, a group of reporters rushed up, and without the help of the stadium security, Wang Rui might have been swallowed up by them.

This scene made a sneer overflow from the corners of Peter's mouth, and Kenting asked inappropriately, "Jealous?" ”

Peter twisted his neck a few times, and said disdainfully: "What is there to be jealous of, in a few years, I can also enjoy such treatment, he just enjoyed it for the first few years." ”

After all, they were still worried about Wang Rui, and Peter asked, "Shall we help him stop those reporters?" ”

Bell, who had not spoken, said: "Forget it, anyway, he is now a celebrity, this is a compulsory course for celebrities, and it is not bad for him to bear it." ”

The other two nodded after thinking about it, and then left Wang Rui very unrighteous and walked towards the locker room.

Alone, Wang Rui had to face the "excited" French journalists and curious journalists from other countries.

"Wang, did your team doctor lie?"

"King, is this your idea or Ince's?"

The French reporter has already concluded that the Wolves side lied, didn't they say that they would have to rest for half a month, why did they start recovery training now only a week?

"Wang, will you appear tonight?"

"Are you a starter or a substitute tonight?"

"If it's a substitute, when is Ince going to let you play?" (To be continued......)