Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 408 Mentality

On the second day, Steven Gerrard's name appeared in many news media reports.

In normal times, these media would not say much about Liverpool, because they felt that Liverpool must be the loser, which was not necessary at all.

But this time it was different. Gerrard's attitude at the press conference made them think that Liverpool came with the attitude of losing. The game attitude of Germany and Liverpool was criticized.

In fact, if Liverpool didn't say anything, or advertised that they came here with the goal of winning, or showed a serious attitude towards the game, then the media would think they were too proud --- wanted to beat Chelsea , Are you daydreaming?
But now, they showed this attitude, and the media said--I'm so unmotivated, no wonder they lost!

In short, as a weakling, Liverpool did not gain the sympathy of everyone, but did everything wrong. This is the reality of the football world.

There is only one day left before the game, the two teams have already reported what should be reported, and there is not much to say at all, so Gerrard's attitude has caused the media to hype again .

Has Liverpool really lost confidence?
Are they setting off smoke bombs?

What's the point of doing this, or that Gerrard has already decided to leave Liverpool in the summer?
In short, many media have written a lot about the "Gerrard incident", and various strange views, opinions, and speculations have been frequently revealed. It is estimated that all kinds of strange conjectures in the world are added together, and none of these media have ideas. More, and even more strange, if they don't become reporters, they come to the ancient eastern country to become masters of fantasy, maybe they also have a future.

Most of the media in London put on a face that should be like this. They think that Liverpool should have lost. Their attitude is taken for granted. Facing the world's number one team, losing is inevitable. Be mentally prepared, and it will be easier to accept after the game.

An excerpt from the "Fulham Post" said that 'Benitez is already preparing for next season'.

Most of the media from other countries hold a neutral attitude, and they are the ones who use their imagination the most. Many media think that Liverpool is setting smoke bombs, and they have already reached the Champions League final, regardless of luck or strength, which team? At this level, don't you want to win the championship?
You know, that is the champion of the UEFA Champions League, the highest honor for European clubs! !

Among them, the most imaginative and ironic ones are the media of the ancient eastern country.

Don't look at these media, the media in the ancient oriental country are the most unknown, but their news is the best-selling. The reason why they are not well-known is that most of them only sell in the ancient oriental country, but they are completely different from those in Europe. The market is beyond reach.

For these ancient oriental media, every time they report on their players, there will always be various instructions from above, resulting in more than half of the reports being untrue, and there are also keywords blocked by Shenma and various departments. Auditing, in short, if you want to report the news of your country, you must be cautious.

However, foreign sports news, even if it is a sensation, does not look good. It always reports foreign news, and it is very likely to be labeled as "worshiping foreigners". In short, to be a reporter, open a newspaper, The website is not easy either!

However, this time is different. Chelsea is a foreign club, and domestic fans also like to listen to Wang Li's reports.

Regarding Wang Li, no matter how it is reported, the upper class will take an indifferent attitude. After all, even if he has half Chinese blood, Wang Li is still an Englishman and has nothing to do with their interests.

As a result, a series of strange conjectures were made regarding the 'Gerrard incident'. Among them, the most popular among the fans was 'Liverpool's fear of Wang Li led to the loss of morale of the whole team'.

In this report, the reporter who published the report said with reason and evidence: ".In the match against Chelsea this season, Liverpool lost three home and away games. In these three games, Wang Li scored six goals alone. , scored twice in three consecutive times, with this scoring efficiency, he will still score two goals in this game, how important is a goal in the Champions League final? Two goals, that is almost a death sentence for Liverpool!!"

This report got a lot of clicks on the Bridal Sports website, and the fans of the ancient Oriental country thought it was very possible. After all, Wang Li's goal was a real goal, and it wasn't just blown out by the media.

However, this is also related to the fact that there are very few Liverpool fans in the ancient eastern country.

In the ancient oriental country, due to the media’s promotion of foreign teams and the rights to broadcast various TV sports programs in Europe, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Manchester United, and Real Madrid are the four teams that have the most fans. Liverpool is an old aristocratic giants team, but its performance after the 90s was not good. Except for those traditional fans, ordinary new fans will not like a team that does not perform well.

Although the reports were mixed, they did not interfere with Chelsea's training. The media said that Liverpool had lost confidence in the game, but Mourinho didn't believe it at all. On the contrary, he made stricter training requirements for the players.

This kind of strictness does not mean strengthening the intensity of the team's training, but a strict attitude. He requires the players to concentrate during training, regard training as a game, and devote themselves to it. Such a training effect It's the best.

However, although during training, in front of the head coach, the players dare not talk casually, but when they are resting, they gather in twos and threes and start talking about recent topics.

Today's topic is of course Steven Gerrard, and the focus of media criticism is also Liverpool.

"Have they really lost confidence? Are they afraid?" Joe Cole said casually. "Joe, don't take it lightly. I believe that Steven is definitely not that kind of person. He has a strong fighting spirit, especially when facing opponents stronger than himself, he can always show that kind of strong fighting spirit. His game , playing at full strength almost every game." Lampard said with a face of trust.

"But he did say that, is it a smoke bomb?" Damien Duff.

"This is an obvious psychological warfare. There is no need to pay attention to it. They just want us to underestimate the enemy." John Terry hit the point right away.

The players next to him thought about it and found that psychological warfare was the most likely.

Any team and players who can participate in the UEFA Champions League final, even if they feel that their team has a small chance of winning, will definitely fight hard, and it is absolutely impossible to put on such a face of 'we are here to learn', Doing that will only lower the morale of your own team.However, do you want to make them underestimate the enemy and get a chance?it's out of the question.

That's what most players think.

Of course, there are also those who don't like to use their brains, such as the Dutch kid Alkin Robben: "Whatever he is! No matter what, as long as we fight hard, don't care about his smoke bombs and so on, those are not important, we will kick him seriously. , the game is won, we get the trophy, it doesn't matter what they do."

"Hahahaha, Jin, when will you understand the truth." Damien Duff.

Wang Li smiled and said: "Alkin is right. As long as we fight hard, we will definitely win. Our strength is stronger than them. As long as we play hard, no matter what strategies they use, they will not succeed!"

During the break at noon, everyone had a lively discussion, but after Wang Li said that sentence, he stopped participating in it.

Although he now knows that he should put all his energy into the game, there are indeed a lot of annoying things recently, so he can't help but think about it clearly, first of all, the transfer in the summer.

The recent transfer application of Real Madrid is not a fabrication by the media, but it is true. Not only Rita, but even he was asked privately by a Real Madrid scout. However, in the regulations of European football, Private contact with players is not allowed, and Wang Li is also very disgusted with such things as disturbing his private life, so after only meeting him, he put down the sentence of 'talk to my agent' and drove home directly.

For the Real Madrid team, it is impossible to say that Wang Li is not tempted. Anyway, there are many football superstars there. Although he is confident that he is much better than anyone among them, he is a player who can become a superstar. , must be superior, Wang Li felt that if he went there, he could learn more.

Well, Chelsea is not bad, isn't it?Why do you want to transfer?
Here, he can get a lot of salary, and he has many friends. Here, he is the absolute main force, and there is no need to adapt to anything. Everything revolves around him.

In addition, there is also the issue of Wang Li's personal emotional life, Angela and Rita. In the choice of these two women, Wang Li's heart has always been inclined to Angela, which has something to do with age and also with him. It is about feelings, for Angela, he is more out of a kind of love, while for Rita it is out of a kind of desire.

However, he didn't want to give up on Rita. This was the entanglement. As a normal man, how could he bear to say no to a woman who only wanted to be behind the scenes?Unless that woman is nasty, at least Rita isn't.

Also, where the hell are you going this summer?Could it be that he went back to the ancient eastern country and went to see his basketball team?

Also, last year, I could only watch the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony on TV. I might be able to participate in the draw ceremony in a few months. After all, the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony is also an award ceremony. The European Footballer of the Year award is still no problem.

Amidst all these thoughts, Wang Li fell into deep thought. During the discussion of many teammates nearby, he actually fell asleep directly. It was not until Lampard pushed him and asked him to go to lunch together that he woke up with sleepy eyes.

At this time, Wang Li knew in his heart that the journey of a season really made him a little tired: "It feels really good to be able to rest for two months after this game."

He is looking forward to the holiday very much now, at least during the holiday, he will not be restrained by anyone, and he will not have so many troubles.

In Turkey, many famous buildings are named after "Ataturk". For example, the largest airport and museum in Turkey are all called "Ataturk".

In Turkish, "Ata" means "father", and "Ataturk" means "father of Turkey".

The origin of the Ataturk Stadium is to commemorate Kemal Kemal, the founding father of Turkey.

Kemal was the first president of the Republic of Turkey. In November 1934, Turkey implemented the surname law. The Grand National Assembly awarded Kemal the surname "Ataturk" in recognition of his achievements. Because of the respect of Kemal, Turks generally only refer to Kemal as Ataturk.

Kemal died on November 1938, 11. After his death, his body was buried on the LS Tepe Hill in the Maltepe District of Ankara City, which is one of the commanding heights of Ankara.His famous words are engraved on the Independence Fort Tower standing on the right side of the mausoleum entrance——
"Survival means struggle and battle, and survival is only possible if you succeed in the struggle."

This sentence is still inspiring the Turks, so they express their admiration for the martyrs by naming the buildings.
Although, from a historical point of view, the Ataturk Stadium should look very old, but in fact, even in the world, the technological level of the equipment and facilities of this stadium can be ranked among the top few. It is famous, and its appearance looks very modern. The design of flying wings covering the stands on both sides makes this stadium look very beautiful and luxurious.

Of course, none of this is critical.

The most uncomfortable thing for the players of the two teams who just walked into the stadium and adapted to the venue before the game was the dense crowd of fans in the stadium stands.

Although there are very few rookies in the players of the two teams, and the stadium has only 8 people, it is still a little worse than the Nou Camp, but the design of this stadium makes the players feel that the fans in the stands can clearly condescend. Seeing every movement of oneself, even if you are used to being the focus, but being watched by 8 people at the same time, you will feel a little heartbeat.

'No wonder the boss let him get used to the venue so early. "Thomas thought.

In the first team, he is only older than Wang Li, but he has the least experience in major competitions. Although Mourinho has told them in detail about the design of the stadium before the game, he is still a little nervous now.

"Don't play out of order." Wang Li said worriedly.

He is not nervous, but Thomas, as the team's goalkeeper, if he plays abnormally, the chances of Chelsea losing are too great, after all, the position of the goalkeeper is too important.

Thomas looked around at the fans again, shrank his neck a little nervously, then reacted, curled his lips and pretended not to care, and said, "Mind yourself."

Wang Li suppressed a smile, shook his head without saying anything, and directly kicked the ball towards the goal. The football almost scratched Thomas's scalp and flew into the net.

"God, are you going to murder?" Thomas shouted in response.

"Haha, Thomas, you are nervous, I just want to prove it."

"I do not have!"

In the Champions League final, especially in Turkey, not to mention Thomas, who participated in the competition for the first time, even the other players of the two teams were more or less nervous.

Wang Li also felt this way, but he would interpret it as excitement!

Very excited!

Facing the most important game since he joined professional football, Wang Li felt like his blood was about to boil.

As long as the game goes well and wins, then he can win the Champions League medal that ordinary players can't imagine. This kind of game is really exciting.

After staying on the court for more than half an hour, the players of the two teams returned to the locker room one after another, changed their clothes, waited for the time to pass slowly, and prepared to play for the official game.

At this time, the head coaches of the two teams also finished the pre-match press conference and returned to the locker room respectively to make the final tactical deployment.

However, at least for Chelsea, the various tactics before the game, the corresponding arrangements, the tasks of each player, etc., Mourinho has already arranged these things. There is better play.

So, he just briefly appeased the players, emphasizing that the game should be viewed with a normal heart, and said a bunch of irrelevant words.It's not that Mourinho doesn't pay attention to the game.Before the big battle, it is useless to say anything, what should be done is to fight hard with real knives and guns, or say a lot of encouraging words, which will make the players even more nervous with the pressure in their hearts.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, players from both teams were ready to play.

Wang Li stood in the player tunnel, staring at the Liverpool players all the time. He had no other thoughts, but just looked at the opponent's situation naturally.

At this time, there was no communication between the Liverpool players. Everyone was staring at the pitch solemnly. The atmosphere spread among them made the little caddies next to them silent.

Obviously, judging from the expressions and attitudes of these players, they are not as "no fighting spirit" as the media said, but they look high-spirited.

"This game is not easy to play." Wang Li said in his heart.

It's not that he thinks the game will be lost, it's just that Liverpool put on such a high-spirited appearance, and it's not easy to win simply. I'm afraid that before the game, many teammates thought of the so-called "directly in the first half." To seal the score with a goal and turn the second half into garbage time', that was completely a fantasy.

"Beep" a light whistle sounded, and the referee waved his hand to signal the players of the two teams to enter the field.

With the entry of players from both sides, the commentators from various countries also began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams in turn. However, most of the media introduced Liverpool's lineup first, because their introduction to Liverpool was very brief and just passed by.

After that, it was Chelsea's turn, and most of the content was about Chelsea. Every star in Chelsea was discussed by them, especially Wang Li and Thomas. Rising, Wang Li is a bit different. Fans are getting tired of hearing his name, and Thomas is being introduced, because many fans in remote countries don't even know that there is such a character.

As a goalkeeper, this is also the sad part.

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