Chapter 104: A Market-Like Airport
By the time Chelsea's private jet landed at Barcelona Airport, the airport was already crowded with reporters and Chelsea fans who had arrived to pick them up in advance. To put it bluntly, the 1/8 knockout tie between Chelsea and Barcelona is the most intriguing of all eight groups. The reason for this, aside from the super strength that both teams have, is also the focus, boo, and topic that attracts everyone's attention.
For this reason, the British newspaper "The Sun" has done a questionnaire survey about the game for fans around the world, in addition to the wins and losses of the two sides. Among them, there are three points that have attracted the most attention, one is the direct dialogue between Lao Lei and his old teammate Deco. In fact, because at the beginning, whether in the Portuguese national team or in the Porto team, Lao Lei was a well-deserved core and banner player of the team. So at that time, Deco, whose personality and style of play were low-key and steady, was completely shrouded by the light of Lao Lei, and compared with his contribution to the team, he did not get the relative attention.
When people talk about Porto's quadruple and Portugal's European summit, Lao Lei is the first person to be remembered by almost everyone, and Deco is forgotten intentionally or unintentionally. But things changed after they both left Portugal and went to play in different leagues. Although Lao Lei's appearance is still brilliant and difficult to ignore, Deco's strength and appearance have gradually begun to be recognized by the mainstream media. Deco's combing and organization in the Barcelona midfield has become an indispensable part of the Barcelona team, known as the "Dream Second Team".
In such a situation, there is a view that is gradually starting to rise. That is, Lao Lei "stole" the aura that originally belonged to Deco. Among them, Barcelona's mouthpiece "World Sports" even declared: "There is no Deco. There would be no Remaiah splendour. "This view, especially among Barcelona fans, is very popular. Deco has completely conquered them at the table of the season. As a result, the outside world generally regards the head-on confrontation between Barcelona and Chelsea as a battle for the name of the "ignored" Deco in front of Lao Lei.
The second attraction is the entangled relationship between Mourinho and Barcelona. Before Chelsea arrived at Barcelona, the Daily Sport newspaper had written this sentence when looking forward to the game: "That little translator from that year is back. Between the words, there is not friendship and nostalgia, but more of a mockery. This mentality is the one that is common on the Barcelona side right now.
One of the world's top giants. Barcelona has always had a haughty mentality. Adhering to the principle of "beautiful football" and "ball control football", since the Cruyff era, they have regarded this football concept as their own forever implementing, and believe that this concept is the best football concept in the world. Therefore, even in the era of Barcelona's poor results, the arrogant mentality of Barcelona people has not changed.
Therefore, for Mourinho, the little translator in their team back then, Barcelona seems to be born with a superior mentality in his heart. Even if the little translator comes with a strong team that is not inferior to his own. This mentality has not changed. When asked about Jose Mourinho, the first thing Barcelona people seem to say is always "that translation".
This situation, naturally, will not make the arrogant and sensitive Mourinho happy. So, when interviewed by the media in England. Mourinho was right in front of the press and the media, and he said publicly and mercilessly: "My time in Barcelona was indeed a very useful and precious time for me. But for the football philosophy of Barcelona. I don't think so. I think my own football philosophy is far better than Barcelona's. And that's the best football idea. ”
When the interview was made public, it caused an immediate uproar in Barcelona. Jose Mourinho's impression in the hearts of Barcelona people. It's plummeted to hate, disgust. As a result, the discontent and war of words between the two sides has been going on for a long time. So, this time, everyone is looking forward to what kind of and how big waves the "little translator" in the mouth of the Barcelona fans and chairman can make at Camp Nou?
The last and biggest attraction is the direct dialogue between Lao Lei and Ronaldinho. If you count it, there are two direct conversations between the two, one is the World Cup final in 02, and the other is the warm-up match between Lao Lei and Barcelona when he is still in Porto. Since the influence and practical significance of the latter are negligible, the deepest impression of the outside world on the direct dialogue between the two is the figure of the "unwilling and lonely" Portuguese rookie in the Yokohama Athletic Stadium in 02.
However, in that World Cup, although Brazil won the final victory, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the main heroes and cores of Brazil. Although Ronaldinho also had an amazing performance, people would say that it was "Aliens' World Cup" or "Rivaldo's World Cup". Therefore, the World Cup decisive battle to define the outcome of the first head-to-head meeting between the two sides also seems somewhat unfair or unfair.
Therefore, this time, the direct dialogue between these two current most popular players in world football in the knockout round of the Champions League has attracted extremely enthusiastic attention from the outside world. On the one hand, he was just awarded the Double Footballer of the Year in '04 and is a young genius with infinite glory, and on the other hand, he is leading Barcelona to rise and dedicating countless Brazilian football elves that can scare the jaw out of the world's fans. When producing the promotional video and poster before the game, the broadcaster also consciously or unintentionally turned the direct dialogue between the two into the main promotional point.
And due to the enthusiastic publicity and hype of the media, the huge number of fan groups on both sides is also non-stop. In faraway China, such quarrels are particularly enthusiastic, and the two sides are arguing happily on major football forums and websites, and for a time the "Lei Gang" and "Luo Fan" are incompatible, becoming the two most hostile fan groups in China.
The "Luo Fan" side frequently uses the 02 World Cup finals to stimulate the "Thunder Gang". And the "Thunder Gang" did not show weakness. Lao Lei's two names as Mr. Footballer have become their biggest reliance. You must know that in the selection of these two footballers. The old Reco all properly defeated Ronaldinho and reached the top. In addition, although both sides agree with the strength of each other's idols. But they still found many attack points for each other's idols, and even the aunt in the vegetable market was willing to bow down.
One side accused Lao Lei of "playing dirty", "not having a su zhì", and "is 'finding' a penalty master", and the other side immediately shot back and said that Lao Lei is a smart tough guy type of play, but it is not Ronaldinho, who knows the smirk all day long. In this way, the two factions of fans launched a protracted and fierce war of words that far outnumbered the war of words between Western fans and the media. It is estimated that even Lao Lei himself. If you know this, you will be shocked and mistakenly think that you have become a bad source of "national division".
However, in the focus of the bickering between the two factions, there is one thing that is quite interesting. There is also a debate between Chelsea and Barcelona fans in Europe and around the world. That is the debate about which is better or worse between Lao Lei's "passing the ball without looking at people" and Ronaldinho's "pointing to the east and playing the west", and who is the ancestor. The fans on both sides insist on their own words and do not admit defeat to each other, so this has become a big highlight in this game.
These are the three highlights. It was hyped up by the media to the point of even boiling. So when the direct protagonists of these three highlights and boos, Lao Lei and Mourinho, walked out of Barcelona Airport, the reporter's microphone and spotlight directly buried their master and apprentice. Fortunately, they have long been familiar with this qiē. If it were an ordinary person, it is estimated that the eyes are flashed.
Without any preparation for Ray and Mourinho, the questions of the reporters were like a tsunami. pounced on the master and apprentice, and the scene was even more noisy than a chicken farm for a while. "What do you think of Cruyff about Chelsea football as pseudo-Barcelona football? What do you think? "Is there any chance that you will return to Spain in the future and take over the reins of Barcelona?" "Do you think you can beat Ronaldinho?" "Do you feel like your previous success in Portugal was a lot less than Deco's help?" "Are you sure you'll be superior at Camp Nou?" ……
Faced with these trapped-by-trap questions that rained down. Rao is Lao Lei and Mourinho have long been "battle-hardened", and they are a little unbearable. Seeing that if they don't answer, the reporters won't let them go, even if there are security personnel next to them, but in the face of the fierce siege of the reporters, it is not easy to get out safely. All of a sudden, the Chelsea crowd was dragged into the airport.
During this time, there was still a steady stream of media and reporters coming to the airport. In addition, some local Barcelona fan groups also spontaneously organized themselves and came to the airport, ready to give a "warm welcome" to Chelsea, Lao Lei and Chelsea from afar. They rushed to the side of the Chelsea team, pulled up banners of contempt and insults, and hurled insults at Ray.
This made the security personnel at the airport nervous, and they suddenly got into the middle of the fans on both sides to prevent conflicts between fans. Considering the fame of England fans around the world, the security personnel are extremely vigilant, and at the same time, the airport has also sent additional security personnel to support them, and they are constantly rushing over.
The arrival of Barcelona fans is like pouring water into a boiling oil pot, and the scene is splashed with comets all at once. Even Lao Lei, who was dealing with reporters and the media at will, frowned, and he faintly heard some words from the mouths of Barcelona fans that touched the sensitive area of his heart, including Mourinho and his girlfriend.
Lao Lei is a donkey, once someone goes against his will, the anger will rise in the bottom of his heart, and the deeper the stimulation, the greater the anger.
In particular, once you reach the bottom of Lao Lei's sensitive area, then don't want Lao Lei to make any friendly gestures.
So after the anger in his heart rose sharply, Lao Lei immediately answered a few reporters' questions about traps.
"First of all, about this match, I never thought about losing, never!"
'Second, I'm thinking about how I should celebrate at Camp Nou, and I'm going to think very hard about that.
"In the end, Barcelona is nothing but a team in my eyes!"
"Nothing!!" (To be continued......)