Camp Nou, home of La Liga side Barcelona, has a seating capacity of 99,354, making it the largest football stadium in Europe, and the slogan in the stands indicates the difference, "More than just a club!" ”

In addition to football, Barcelona basketball also made a lot of money this year, after winning the Copa del Rey at the beginning of the year, and then won the league, Spanish Super Cup and Catalunya Cup. Handball won the league, the Champions Cup, the Pyrenees, hockey won the Intercontinental Cup and the Copa del Rey in 2007, and indoor football won the league, Copa del Rey, Spanish Cup, Catalonia championship, and although ice hockey and rugby did not win the championship in 2007, if the trophy can be used as a reference, Barcelona FC's 2007 was close to perfect.

In addition, it is commendable that the Barcelona women's football team did not let the eyebrows go, winning the Copa del Rey and the Catalan Cup in 2007, counting this half of the sky, Barcelona won 15 titles in 6 teams in 2007.

Barcelona operates more than 20 sports When it comes to FC Barcelona, people take it for granted that this is Rijkaard's team, but in fact, football is only a member of the Barcelona sports family, and basketball, handball, ice hockey and other sports are brothers.

Despite being based on the four major sports of football, basketball, handball and hockey, FC Barcelona is involved in more than 20 sports. It also includes athletics, ice hockey, rugby, volleyball, figure skating, wheelchair basketball, etc., with a total of more than 100 sports teams for all age groups.

Today, Barcelona is an international club. As of June 2002, there were 1,504 Barcelona fan clubs around the world, 937 in Spain, of which 493 are located in Catalonia, 45 in other European countries, 15 in the Americas, 4 in Asia and 6 in Africa. There are 2 in Oceania.

The most important thing is that FC Barcelona not only has a wide range of sports, but also has excellent results in most sports, such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball, hockey, cycling and extreme sports. Over the past decade, Barcelona have won nearly 40 Spanish top-flight competitions and European A-level titles in these seven sports.

Of course, there is no shortage of all-sports clubs in Spain, such as Real Madrid also has its own basketball team, but Real Madrid is involved in only 5 sports. In terms of "all". Naturally, it is willing to bow to the wind.

Gamble Sports City to build a new Empire Ark With Barcelona football dominating La Liga and the Champions League in the past two years, the La Masia Academy has also become famous, but this year, in order to keep up with the trend of the times, the Barcelona Academy moved from the La Masia Academy to the more favorable Gamble Sports City.

If Barcelona is a sports empire, then the Gamble Sports City, named after Barcelona's great legend, is undoubtedly the Noah's Ark of this empire. Yes, it is not only Barcelona dancing on this big boat, but also the rest of the Barcelona club.

In November 2005, FC Barcelona officially opened its new training base: "Juan. Gamble Sports City, located in the city of Barcelona, covers an area of 136839 square meters and can accommodate 49 training teams of all levels under Barcelona. Among them, the indoor gymnasium is divided into three parts. In this way, indoor football, basketball, and volleyball can share the stadium at the same time. But they don't interfere with each other.

Football is naturally an important member of the new sports city, so there are 9 standard football fields, 5 natural turf, 1 artificial turf, and 1 for 7-a-side training. In addition, the Sports City is designed with parking lots, offices, gyms, women's team locker rooms, press conference rooms, bathrooms, bars, referee locker rooms, and more.

Despite the fact that Gamble Sports City is already a first-class club, FC Barcelona still knows how to thrive in the midst of change, such as the addition of a bath in the dressing rooms at the training ground to help players recover.

When we knock on the door of Barcelona's sports empire, we are greeted by the gratifying results of many teams, including football, the enviable results of youth training, and the world-class training base and facilities.

It's not the chairman's shrewdness, or the scheming of a coach, or the talent of any star, these answers can only last for a while, and the longevity of the Barça empire is due to the financial support of the entire region. As the flag team of the Catalan region, Barça's position in this region can be described as unique, and Catalonia is a special region of Spain, Catalans have a strong national identity, and waving the Spanish flag can even be considered racist if they meet in Catalan public places.

Because of its history, Barcelona has become the spiritual sustenance of the Catalans, who see the club as part of their blood, loyal to the death, loved and supported by generations.

Unlike Premier League clubs, which are owners, Barcelona are membership-based, which makes Barça a public property of Catalans, so Manchester United fans have to watch the owner's investment and whether the nouveau riche will leave, while Barcelona have an unimaginably wide support and do not have to worry about the European economic environment.

As of March 2008, Barcelona FC has a record number of 163,000 members worldwide, the largest number of any football club in Europe, and each member will pay about 150 euros per season to the club, which alone can earn more than 20 million euros a year, which has become the club's financial guarantee.

Spain's economic strength is not first-class in Europe, but Barcelona has become a world-class club, it is precisely because of the financial support of the entire region, the membership system, they dare to spend a lot of money when recruiting, dare to still straighten their waists when the financial deficit is in short, in fact, in a word. Because this club is the sustenance of the supreme spirit of the region.

When Manchester United's buses arrived at the Camp Nou, the sky was clear and the weather was surprisingly good. In April and May, during the official local tourist season, there are many Asian faces around the stadium, cheering on Manchester United's players!

When Jonk first got off the bus, he heard the Chinese cheer for the first time in the away stadium, which was really wonderful, and of course there were many Koreans, because they were all neighboring countries. Asian fans make up a special Manchester United fan group made up of fans from two countries.

The Camp Nou, which can accommodate nearly 100,000 people, has about 11,000 Manchester United fans at the moment. Barcelona has around 87,000 fans.

In the stadium stands, you can clearly see that one corner of the stands is the red of Manchester United, as if it is a burning flame. The other area is the red and blue colours of Barcelona.

But. In the middle of the stands of Manchester United fans, there is a small area that is a special place, that is, a special Asian cheering group, and a fan phalanx composed of students from both countries.

Although this match is a match between England's Manchester United team and Spain's Barcelona team, to the delight of these Chinese living abroad, it may decide the fate of the game. It is Jonker, a Chinese star, and the fans in China who finally spent a lot of money to get tickets to the semifinals are of course looking forward to this moment as soon as possible.

You know, tickets for the semi-finals are very expensive these days. If there are scalpers among them, a Champions League ticket in China can be more than a year's income of ordinary workers, which is not a small amount of money, but it still can't stop the enthusiasm of local Chinese and Chinese compatriots.

The CCTV reporting team also did their homework in advance, and there were tour groups in Yanjing and Hong Kong that organized special viewing groups for this Champions League final.

This is simply impossible in China!

Jonker and his teammates changed into special jerseys emblazoned with the Champions League final logo and came out to warm up.

When they came out, they saw that the Barcelona players had already warmed up.

Seeing the Manchester United players coming out, the Manchester United fan camp in the stands began to sing loudly, and the Barcelona fans were not to be outdone and began to sing the Barcelona duet loudly.

However, when it comes to singing on the field, Barcelona fans are not at all England fans who are playing against the stadium atmosphere, England fans are well-deserved masters, their voices are powerful weapons, just using their voices to create a terrifying singing voice for opponents, is a tradition of English football and a place that England fans are proud of In fact, no matter when, 10,000 fans singing together will always be an exciting voice in the world, And 10,000 fans singing a song specially composed for a certain player will make that player inexplicably excited.

Manchester United fans can sing every Manchester United player, and there is no duplicate, these people even have the ability to make up lyrics on the spot, and then set a popular tune for the moment, using their own players, while Barcelona fans turn it over and over is the Barcelona team song, this trick and momentum, it is the wind down.

At this point, Spanish fans and England fans are still incomparable, of course, there is no way to compare after the game, English fans seem so energetic at any time, which may be the characteristics of the nation.

Jonk just came out to warm up, ran two steps, his body was just a little hot, listening to the Manchester United fans singing songs prepared for them, thinking that this is the semi-final of the Champions League again, it can be said that the fans' singing is far more exciting than the few runs just now, just before the game just started to warm up, Manchester United's No. 25 is already boiling.

While the players were warming up on the sidelines, Ferguson was not idle, and the manager was inspecting the soft and hard turf of the pitch.

The turf at Camp Nou today is very good, with moderate hardness and softness, and the arrogant Barcelona people will not do anything on the turf of the pitch, which Ferguson is very relieved of!

However, the grass was not sprinkled with water before the game, and it was a little dry!

For Barcelona, it is indeed ideal, Barcelona is the representative of artistic football, they are used to keeping the football at their feet, 90% of the time the football is Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta, Xavi on the ground rolling Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta, Xavi ...... These are the representatives of technical football, and Barcelona football is all about precise ball control, dribbling and passing, and attacking with fluidity. These, the relatively dry field conditions are still conducive to Barcelona's style of football.

Rijkaard looked up and looked at Ferguson, who couldn't see the United manager's expression. However, Rijkaard can imagine that Ferguson should have some ideas, and Manchester United's efficient counter-attacks often start with long balls on the side, and it is really impossible to make a rush, which is a Premier League repertoire.

In fact, Ferguson's mood is not good, and he does not think that his team's players are not technically proficient. The old man also has high morale and uses Manchester United's skills to beat Barcelona, because this Manchester United team has Jonk and Ronaldo. It's definitely a technical genre, and with the same conditions, Ferguson is confident of getting the better of his opponent.

The warm-up was soon over and the players returned to the dressing room. Manchester United FC staff. Hurriedly hand out dry towels to the players so that the players can keep their bodies warm, otherwise the previous warm-up will be useless.

Jonk took the towel, wiped the sweat from his hair, and then picked up the dry globe coat hanging on the cabinet in the closet, Jonk was not in a hurry to change it, he put the jersey underwear on the stool, picked up the black pen at hand and wrote a sentence. This is a mysterious gift specially prepared for Chinese fans around the world to watch the semi-finals!

"What's written on it, Jonker?" Giggs held his head over to look. It's just that the Chinese characters on it, he doesn't recognize.

"Hehe, this is a message to Huaxia fans!" Jonk smiled mysteriously, he didn't explain the literal meaning.

"Are you going to lift your shirt after you score?" Giggs asked.

Jonker nodded: "I hope that the Chinese fans in front of the TV and on the scene can be proud of football, this is an extremely rare opportunity for Chinese fans." ”

Giggs nodded, expressing understanding, the Welsh veteran is a very good person, he also knows that Jonker is in the Portuguese national team, but he has Chinese blood, in the far east, Jonk's popularity Dù decided to surpass the entire Manchester United club, of course, what kind of football level is Huaxia, in fact, most of the Manchester United players, Chinese players They can only call two names, dong... sun！

This is still the reason why Dong Fangzhuo once played for Manchester United, otherwise there would be one less!

Dong Fangzhuo did not make a big impression during his time at Manchester United, most of the time he was out on loan, and even when he returned to Manchester United, he played in the reserve team, fortunately it was Manchester United, if it was a player from other Premier League teams, that is, he knew the names of the two Chinese players.

Jonke knows in his heart that it is not an overnight thing to change this qiē, and it is enough to do something to make Chinese people proud and do his part, and the problem of the general environment is not something that he can change as a player.

At the same time, he also secretly decided in his heart that he must work hard, and the first goal must have been scored by him, so that it would be more meaningful.

As soon as the teammates listened to the captain of the game, Giggs, they noticed Jonker's actions, and Ronaldo Ronaldo and Park Ji-sung also began to join in the fun, and when Jonk finished writing, they also began to write what they wanted to say.

Park Ji-sung, who has always been honest, also wants to play a scene of stripping to celebrate, but this time it stimulates other players, don't care if you score the ball or not, there is no harm in writing anyway, what if you get in!

"You guys are influencing my game, you know?" Van der Sar finally spoke up, everyone has the possibility of scoring, but he, the goalkeeper, can he not be depressed?

Let you write, after a while, the boss will see it, and I have to say that you can't, isn't this looking for a yellow card?

The old Dutch goalkeeper can only use these heartfelt words to find comfort for himself.

"Lads, I'm very happy to see your actions, this game, get your tickets to the final early, this is the best wish to all the Manchester United fans who love you so much, you don't live up to their expectations!" Ferguson suddenly spoke out, startling all the players.

The old man said something like he was praising their actions, but there was something in the words, the Scottish old man, who has always been straightforward, is a little abnormal today, and he has begun to say the opposite?

I don't dare to write anymore if I'm slow, let's honestly listen to the old man talk about tactics, it's really like the old man said, if you live up to the expectations of the fans, that's a big deal!

The tactics of the game have been talked about many times, and the Manchester United players have memorized them, but Ferguson still told him again about some details that need to be paid attention to in the game.

Barcelona's counter-attack is very fast and active, Manchester United must be fast and accurate if they want to organize some attacks, so he asked the players on the field, when handling the ball, to be more careful, to guard against the opponent's counter-attack after the quick counterattack.

CCTV Sports Special Report Team is still tracking and reporting Manchester United, Duan Xuan has changed from a reporter to a live broadcast commentator, his voice also sounded as the game time approached, the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, CCTV Sports attaches great importance to live broadcast, live broadcast is a must, in the studio hall in China, the live broadcast has actually started more than two hours in advance.

Can't broadcast the Premier League live, CCTV will not let go of the Champions League semi-finals, a large number of fans were organized in the pre-game live broadcast, guessing the score, and the final result was given with rich sports equipment as gifts.

CCTV is also trying to turn today's semi-finals into a football feast, so that Chinese fans can experience the feeling of throbbing for football again.

"I've been following Manchester United these days and I've had the privilege of experiencing many great moments first-hand, and today will be no exception, so let's witness this great moment together." As soon as Duan Xuan opened his mouth, he came impassionedly.

At this time, the big screen in the stadium played the list of starters in the final of the Champions League between the two sides.

Manchester United (4-3-3): Goalkeeper: Van der Sar; Defence: O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Midfielders: Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Park Ji-sung; Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Jonck, Rooney; Barcelona (4-3-2-1): Goalkeeper: Valdés; Defence: Zambrotta, Marquez, Milito, Abidal; Midfielders: Xavi, Yaya Toure, Deco; Forwards: Messi, Iniesta, Eto'o; As the commentators began to introduce the names of the starting players for Manchester United and Barcelona, players from both sides entered the pitch.

It is not difficult to see from the list that Barcelona has made great changes at the back, with Barcelona Ronaldo, Puyol, Edmilson and Holkela absent due to injury, and Abidal, Iniesta, Deco and Marquez rotated into the starting line-up.

On the other hand, Manchester United, almost all of them are all the main players, the trident on the front line will encounter a lot of opportunities in the face of Barcelona's improvised patchwork backline, seize one such opportunity, maybe the game will be completely on the side of Manchester United, Ferguson sent the veteran Ryan Giggs in the midfield, can the Welsh veteran who has not appeared in Manchester United's starting lineup for a long time resist the impact of Barcelona's midfield?

Park Ji-sung also appeared in the midfield position, and the task of the South Koreans today is undoubtedly to target Barcelona's attacking arrow Messi, and if he can successfully defend the media in the final, then the South Korean international's career will undoubtedly usher in another peak.

Barcelona is strong in the midfield and forward, Manchester United is strong in the forward line and the back line, the two teams have their own strengths, and they also have relatively weak links, the key is who can take the lead in the game and score goals to disrupt the opponent's pre-game deployment, which has become the key to the game.

The players of both teams came out one after another, and the Camp Nou stadium had its first small high and tide of the night, and everyone shouted the names of the teams and players they supported, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely enthusiastic.

Jonk noticed that Barcelona fans were very fond of a small player, and this was the first time the two met in a game, with Messi, the top scorer and attacking core of the Barcelona team, No. 19.

In the mouth of Ronaldo, I have heard the name of this person more than once, but this time is a real meeting, in the words of the Portuguese, Jonk can feel that Ronaldo has a competitive idea for Messi, and can be regarded as a level opponent by Ronaldo, then Messi is undoubtedly a football master.

Jonker looked at the player with the number 19 jersey on it, and he would be the one he would be competing against in this match, and how enjoyable it would be to be able to compete against heavyweight opponents in the most important matches. (To be continued......)