Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 406
George felt that in the past year, it was like a dream. In this dream, Chelsea emerged the best player in the world-Alan Wang, and the team won one after another. Received all the honors that can be obtained.

As a pure Blues fan, George's happiest moment was five years ago, in 2000, when Chelsea defeated Villa and won the FA Cup.As the oldest season in the world, the Football Cup is of great significance to England fans. At that time, George and a few friends spent two consecutive days in the bar to vent their excitement.

But since the Russian predator came to Chelsea, the team even reached No.3 in the league last season, which made George very happy, so he is looking forward to this season.

But even though George is looking forward to the team's good results in his heart, this result is still surprising! !

Beating Liverpool to win the League Cup, winning the 31st round of the league at Old Trafford in advance, and defeating Arsenal to win the FA Cup, all these honors made George feel like he was in a dream.

George is a small manager in the company, with a salary of 3000 pounds a week, which is not a lot, but George spent a lot of money, all of which were used to buy Chelsea jerseys, uniforms, souvenirs, and donated some to the fans association , and among them, the biggest expense is to buy the No. 21 black jersey.

This black jersey is the jersey worn by Chelsea's No. 31 Alan Wang in the 21st round of the league game. After the game, the jersey was pulled off by crazy fans, and the next day, he got The owner of the jersey sold the jersey for £7500.

But obviously, this price was just the reserve price. Within a few hours, the price soared all the way to 11000 pounds. George looked at the jersey eagerly, and bought it for 13000 pounds.

Facts have proved that George's choice was right. When he posted the jersey on the Internet and indicated the source, the price was raised all the way to more than 5 pounds, which greatly exceeded George's cost.

But George would not sell it at all, and he posted it on the Internet just to show off to others. He hung this dress on the bedside. Every morning when he saw it, George would feel very motivated to work.

This morning, as usual, George woke up from the bed again, and he turned his head to look at the jerseys on the wall, feeling very satisfied.

Seeing this jersey, he seemed to see the domineering figure of the black-haired boy No. 21 on the court, seeing the domineering long-range shots of the black-haired boy, and seeing... In short, that kid has always been able to lead Chelsea to victory, All of this is really beautiful.

After breakfast, George called his girlfriend. After a few sweet words, he drove directly to the ticketing area of ​​the Stamford Bridge Stadium.

These days, he does this every day.

The European Champions Cup final is about to start, and the ticket sales for Blues fans will also start, but George doesn't have any inside information, so he can only come here every day to see when tickets can be bought.Because his home is very close to Stamford Bridge, many colleagues also asked him to help buy it. It can be said that George shouldered the entrustment of many people to watch the football.

George worked very hard, but there were more fans who worked harder than him. When he drove to Stamford Bridge, the ticketing area next to it was already covered with a long queue. Although the fans were very orderly and did not jump in line, But these many people still make the scene messy.

Seeing this scene, George knew what happened without even thinking about it, so he parked his car and immediately walked to the back of the team, preparing to line up to buy tickets. At the same time, he did not forget to call the boss.

"Hi, it's George, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Fink, I would like to ask for half a day off." After thinking for a long time, George still said it directly. In fact, the company he works for is an Internet company, and the business is usually very busy. In order to complete the work, Mr. Fink has already taken The salary for overtime work has been tripled, but he is still busy, so George feels a little apologetic when he asks for leave.

"What!? You want to ask for leave, I heard you right, George, you know that the company's work can't be finished now, Mr. Stephen urged again yesterday, if we can't meet the expectations, then the company will..." Upon hearing George was going to ask for leave, and there was a loud voice on the other end of the phone, which made George sweat profusely. In the company, he was most afraid of Mr. Funk's voice like chanting scriptures.

".So, can you tell me what made you ask for leave?"

Hearing this, George took a long breath. Even if his salary was deducted, he didn't want to hear Fink's nagging again, "Boss, tickets for the UEFA Champions League final are going to be sold today, so I'm queuing up, you Knowing I'm a Blues fan, I'd love to go to that game, and"

"What, buy a ticket? George!! You actually"

Speaking of this, the voice on the other end of the phone had a big turning point, "What, you said that the tickets for the Champions League final are on sale, my God, George, you must buy one, remember to buy one for me, okay, I promise you one day It's a holiday, and today counts as working for the company."

"...Oh, okay, Mr. Funk." George didn't realize it until there was a "beep" on the other end of the phone. It turned out that Mr. Funk was also a Chelsea fan.

"If I had known this earlier, I would have just said no." George regretted, but instead he waited excitedly for the team to move forward slowly.

Kemal Ataturk Stadium, the Turkish Olympic Stadium, is the venue for the European Champions Cup final. This stadium can accommodate 1 fans, and UEFA is impartial this time. Chelsea and Liverpool each have 8000 tickets. Among these tickets, [-] are purchased through online booking, and only [-] are sold at the team's ticket window.

In order to reduce ticket scalping incidents, whether it is online ticket sales or window ticket sales, one person can only buy two tickets.

However, 2000 tickets are nothing compared to the number of Chelsea fans. At this time, there were at least 1000 fans in the square in front of the ticket window, and more fans came one after another.

George didn't know this, and now, he felt a little grateful that he came early, and there were only about 1 people in front of him. According to the ratio, he was able to buy tickets.

Time passed quickly, and 3 hours passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, there was only one person in front of George. He was very excited. If he could buy a ticket this time, he could go to Turkey to watch the game. What Mr. Funk means, he will definitely agree to go to the game by himself, maybe he can go with Mr. Funk, then there is really nothing to worry about.

"What, there is only one, but my girlfriend and I need two." When George was thinking happily, the fans standing in front of Fink suddenly shouted, and this voice made all the fans behind despair .

"Sorry sir, there's really only one left."

George stood blankly on the square, followed the team of fans, and staggered towards the parking lot.

It took him a whole morning to line up, but he didn't get a single ticket. Being reprimanded by the boss is a trivial matter, but he couldn't go to the game, which just made him feel very disappointed.

George walked on the road in a daze, but didn't notice that he was on the road at all.

At this time, an eye-catching Bugatti Veyron happened to drive straight on the road, George didn't notice at all, and he was about to collide with the car.

"beep beep beep" "hiss"

With the sound of two car horns and the sound of grinding wheels rubbing against the ground, the car stopped just one meter in front of George. If he drove a little further, George would have to go to the hospital, and even to see God up.

"Friends, be careful when you walk!!"

The one who got out of the car was none other than Wang Li. If he hadn't reacted in time just now, George would have been lying on the ground, so he was also a little angry.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to."

George took two steps back in fright, and kept waving his hands to apologize. He knew that he was distracted just now, and there was no sidewalk in this position, so it was obvious that he violated the rules. (PS: In the UK, there is no such thing as bumping into someone and losing money. This needs to go to court, and whoever is at fault will bear it himself.)
"Oh, what's the matter with you, you have to be careful when you walk, okay, goodbye then." Seeing George's dazed expression, Wang Li also knew that he didn't mean it.

"My God!"

At this time, George saw the model of this car. There are definitely no more than three people in London who own this kind of car, and Chelsea's No. 3 black-haired boy is one of them. George looked at the car in surprise, and then turned his eyes to To the owner of the car, only to find that it was Wang Li.

"Alan! Oh my God, I must be dreaming!" After reacting, George immediately ran forward and looked at Wang Li and said in surprise. Wang Li looked and looked.

Seen a little creepy by this look, Wang Limin said, "My friend, what happened to you just now?"

"Oh, by the way, Chelsea's tickets are sold out, I can't buy them, and I can't go to Turkey to watch your game." George said with a disappointed face.

"Tickets?" Wang Li was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Okay, my friend, is it just for this that you walk on the street?"

Seeing George's disappointed look, Wang Li couldn't bear it, so he took out a few tickets from the car, stuffed them directly into George's hands, and said, "My friend, I'll give you the tickets. Be careful when you walk, life is more important than a ticket."

At this time, George looked at the ticket in his hand with surprise, and he was stunned.

"Oh my God, this is the ticket that Allen gave me."

After reacting, George immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, forced it to Wang Li, and said, "Thank you, thank you, Alan, my God, I can't believe it."

After finishing speaking, George turned around and ran to one side, his movements were extremely agile, as if he was afraid that others would snatch his tickets.

"But, not so much."

Wang Li waved his hand, wanting to return the money to George, but there was no sign of George in his field of vision. He stared blankly at the stack of banknotes in his hand, and counted them. There were probably more than 3000 pounds, and he thought: "It turns out that ticket scalping can also make a lot of money."

Of course, this was just a joke. To him, £3000 was too small a figure.

In fact, the price of an ordinary UEFA Champions League final ticket is between 100 Euros and 300 Euros. Each Chelsea player can get a few tickets, and after the assistant coach distributes the tickets to the players, the remaining There were at least thirty or so tickets in the stack, all of which were stuffed into Wang Li's hands.

Therefore, Wang Li has a lot of tickets, and he doesn't care about a few tickets.

Thinking about such an important game, Wang Hai and Ellis are probably going, as well as Rita, Angela, and Angela's uncle Cole, so a total of 6 cards can be sent out. His good friends Cooper, Harrelson, Pete and others, of course, if they want to watch the game, they only have a dozen or so tickets. Wang Li is worried that no one will want these many tickets.

After this little incident, Wang Li drove directly to Clickenwell Road, where Wang Hai and Ellis lived. The purpose of his visit this time was naturally to give the couple tickets.

"Alan, you haven't been here for a long time, baby, how are you doing recently? Why didn't you bring your little girlfriend with you?"

Ellis is still the same. When she saw Wang Li, she hugged him affectionately, which made Wang Li a little at a loss. Even though he has been in this world for 2 years, he is still a little uncomfortable with Ellis. enthusiasm.

"Tina, let me go, oh my god, I'm here to give away tickets. You'll watch the game the day after tomorrow, right?" Wang Li arched out of Ellis' arms, straightened his hair, and said.

"Yes, baby!"

Ellis smiled and said: "I have everything planned. After I go to Turkey, I will go to Portugal with your father. When you participated in the European Cup last time, he always didn't have time. This time you have to do it well." Go shopping."

"Ah" Wang Li looked at Ellis helplessly, he felt that the gap between himself and them seemed too great.

When Wang Li was still busy preparing for the finals, the couple had already prepared where to go in the summer. The gap was too big. However, as his parents in this world, they could be so happy. He was also very happy. After giving Ellis two tickets, he made a few phone calls to his friends, and then drove back to Chelsea.

The reason why Wang Li rushed to deliver the tickets is because the team will go to Turkey together in the afternoon. The club has attached great importance to this European Champions Cup final. Mourinho asked the ball to go to Turkey. The team has to arrive in Turkey three days in advance to adapt to the environment there.

In fact, the Portuguese did this for some other reasons as well.

"The Champions League is coming to Türkiye!"

This news is a hot topic this season, and many European fans are arguing about it. For such an important game, UEFA has chosen a stadium in Turkey, which puzzles most fans.

97% of the land is in Turkey on the Anatolian Plateau. It used to be a mysterious country. In Greek mythology, many stories happened here.

Here is the Trojan horse in Homer's epic, which is the place where the Virgin Mary was born. Scientists have found traces of the ancient times recorded in the "Bible" in the desolate eastern mountains of Turkey through satellite photos. It is said that Noah was placed there. place of the ark.

Now, this season's European overlord will be born here. Perhaps, UEFA also valued the mystery here, so they chose this place to arouse the interest of fans.

Kemal Ataturk Stadium, located in the center of the Istanbul Olympic Park, is the home stadium of the Turkish club Galatasaray. The stadium was completed in September 2001 and opened on October 9 of that year, with a total cost of 10 million Euro, Ataturk Stadium is the most invested and most modern sports and cultural complex in Turkey so far, designed by famous French architects Macari and Zublerna.

Zubrerner's masterpiece is the Stade de France, which hosted the 1999 World Cup. Due to its famous background, Turks proudly consider this stadium to be the Turkish version of Wembley Stadium.

Undoubtedly, this emerging stadium is the secret weapon for the Turks to bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, in order to host the highest level of events in Europe, the Turks also contributed it.

Although the facilities of the stadium are absolutely world-class, this is not the key point. The key point is that Turkish fans have always been known for being crazy, even barbaric. For teams from most other countries, the stadium here is more like hell.

Historically, although Turkish clubs are not strong, they are not afraid of European giants, because their devilish stadiums will make foreign visitors extremely uncomfortable-Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, AC Milan and other teams have all planted in Turkey Somersault.And Ataturk Stadium is hell within hell.

According to the analysis of the Ataturk Stadium by a professional from the "French Football" newspaper, the design of this stadium has subverted the principle of coordination. In terms of appearance, the stadium is heavy on the west and light on the east, with the turf as the base point extending upwards infinitely. Potential.

This kind of design makes it possible to have a clear insight into everything in the stadium no matter which side of the stand is watching the ball. If you stand in the stadium and look up, you will find that almost every fan is watching from the sky. you!
This will put maximum pressure on each player and drive the fans crazy!

Playing on such a stadium puts a lot of pressure on the players of both goals. Mourinho is not sure that the players can adapt to this kind of stadium and the madness of the Turkish fans, so he wants the team to advance to adapt.

Similarly, Benitez obviously also had this consideration. Two hours after the departure of the Chelsea team, the Liverpool team also collectively boarded the plane to Istanbul.

(End of this chapter)