Green Journey

Chapter 548 Before the game!

June 6, Cardiff, the capital of Wales, Millennium Stadium.

"Chu, how does the quality of the grass feel?" De Bruyne and Foden walked over and asked with a smile after seeing Chu Zheng looking around on the court.

Chu Zheng pressed the lawn in front of him and stood up, clapped his hands and turned back with a smile: "The quality of the turf is great, it deserves to be a UEFA five-star stadium."

"But I'm a little worried about the weather." De Bruyne looked up at the lead-filled sky above the court, with a worried look on his face.

Hearing this, Chu Zheng immediately frowned and looked up at the sky where a heavy rain seemed to be brewing.

Everything in the UK is nice, but the weather is pretty horrible.Sometimes when the sun is shining on your front feet, you can suddenly feel refreshed on your back feet.

If it's winter, it would be even better.

If it does rain during the game tomorrow night, it will be too bad.

No player wants to play a game in the rain.

Because once it rains, it will have a certain impact on player skills and team tactics.

Especially for players, the impact on technology is the greatest.

When the court becomes slippery, the stability of the player's control of the ball and the feeling of touching the ball will become worse, and it will be difficult to control the change of direction, the ball, and the release of the ball on a sunny day.

The ball itself absorbs water. When the time comes, whether it is a short pass, a long pass or a direct pass, it will be difficult for the players to accurately control the intensity of the ball.

In addition to the increased risk of injury, players' physical comfort and psychology will also be severely disrupted.

"Damn it, this damn weather." Edson also walked over, looking at the sky and cursing.

Rain wars have a more serious impact on goalkeepers. As a goalkeeper, the weather Ederson hates most is rain.

At this moment, Little Foden looked back and forth at the faces of Chu Zheng, De Bruyne and Ederson with an idiot's eyes, and he suddenly said: "Sorry, you really don't know what is going on at the Millennium Stadium. Can the roof be closed?"

Chu Zheng's face turned dark immediately. This unlucky kid should have told me earlier.

De Bruyne and Ederson also looked at Foden with embarrassed faces.

"Please, guys, can you please pay attention to things other than the game?" Foden continued to complain.

"I know your focus is on the game, but understanding the playing field is also an essential skill for a professional player, isn't it?"

"Wait, why are you looking at me like that?" Foden was stared at by three pairs of evil-looking eyes and subconsciously took a step back. "Did I say something wrong?"

In the next second, Edson, who was a little bit embarrassed, turned Foden over with a wrestling move. Chu Zheng and De Bruyne immediately squatted down and tickled Foden.

On the sidelines, some reporters smiled knowingly when they saw the four people having fun, and then immediately raised their cameras to take pictures.

In less than two hours, this scene appeared on the Internet.

Listening to the laughter of the four Chu Zhengs in the video, as well as the cheers of other Manchester City players nearby, countless fans who were worried about Manchester City's preparations for the game laughed.

In this atmosphere, it seems that these young guys from home have a very good mentality.

An event of this level is no less important to the club than the national team to win the World Cup.

In terms of game experience, there is no comparison between the players from Manchester City and Real Madrid who are in their prime and have been baptized in the Champions League.

What Manchester City fans fear most is that in their main lineup, young players such as Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, and Sane were affected by the almost suffocating atmosphere before the game, and then sleepwalked in tomorrow's game.

Although Chu Zheng's two seasons in the Premier League have been so stable that people can't help but doubt his age, the pressure of the league and the Champions League finals is very different.

Especially since the opponent is Real Madrid, a veteran of the Champions League and last year's Champions League winner.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, I took the Manchester City bus back to the hotel. As soon as I entered the room, Chu Zheng immediately charged his mobile phone.

Less than 1 minute after turning on the phone, the phone came in.

Chu Zheng took off half of his pants and immediately jumped to the table. He answered the phone and pressed the speakerphone. He smiled in a flattering tone and said, "Hey, wife, have you received someone?"

"No, what's the matter with you? The phone can't get through."

"There's no electricity. I just returned to the hotel. Have you received my parents?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Dudu said in a helpless tone, "We will spend the night in London tonight and drive there tomorrow."

"You'd better come here today, otherwise I'm afraid you'll be stuck outside the city tomorrow." "Is it that exaggerated?"

"Why not? I just came back and saw the streets full of fans. There will be more tomorrow."

"Well, I'll ask my uncle and aunt for their opinion. If you're tired, just take a night's rest. At worst, we'll start early tomorrow."

"..."

At the same time, at London Heathrow Airport, He Wei and six staff members just came out of the airport pick-up gate.

Seeing that the cameraman immediately set up the camera as soon as he came out, He Wei immediately stood still, looked at the camera, looked at his watch and smiled: "It is 7:50 pm local time in London, and it should be early morning in the domestic BJ time."

"You see, I'm still in good spirits, right? It's because I'm jet-lagged from Europe. I'm used to staying up late at work, so I don't need to be jet-lagged at all..."

After speaking to the camera, He Wei asked the cameraman to put the camera away and prepared to go to a nearby hotel together before heading to Cardiff early tomorrow morning.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw several familiar faces walking out of the pick-up gate not far behind him.

When the photographer saw Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, Zhang Lu, Yang Chen, and Shao Jiayi, he immediately set up the camera that was going to be put back in the box.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

"Xiao He, are you here to broadcast live?"

When Zhang Lu and the others saw He Wei approaching, they quickly quickened their pace and everyone smiled.

"Who are you?" He Wei asked.

"It's not work, we are here to watch the Champions League together. For this reason, Zhang Zhi dumped Lao Zhan directly." Fan Zhiyi made everyone laugh when he opened his mouth.

"This is a historic moment for our Chinese players. How can we not come and see it with our own eyes?"

In a blink of an eye, everyone was walking outside the airport.

"What do you think of this Champions League final? People in Europe are generally not optimistic about Manchester City. They say Manchester City is too young and has no experience." He Wei said as he walked.

Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Manchester City is really at a disadvantage in terms of competition experience."

"I'm still optimistic about Manchester City." Fan Zhiyi interjected, "Think about Chu Zheng's terrifying statistics this season. Those are really ball-king-level statistics. As long as he performs stably, he can definitely cause considerable trouble to Real Madrid."

These words caused He Wei and others to nod.

"Chu Zheng doesn't take too much advantage of his teammates. You see, along the way from Wolfsburg, his teammates have changed one after another, but his performance is still stable as always, so as long as he performs stably tomorrow, Manchester City is still very likely to win the Champions League trophy." Yang Chen said.

……

At around 1 noon the next day, more than six hours before the start of the Champions League final, the city of Cardiff was already occupied by fans of Real Madrid and Manchester City.

Fans of Manchester City and Juventus can be seen everywhere in the streets, alleys, bars, restaurants and other public places.

Such a large flow of people also makes Cardiff, the ninth largest city in England, run at full speed. There are mounted police patrolling everywhere on the street to maintain order in the city.

Although the Millennium Stadium can only accommodate 85000 fans to watch the game, according to statistics from the relevant departments of the Cardiff City Government, the number of fans entering Cardiff in the past three days has exceeded 30.

The urban population of Cardiff is only over 30, so it is no exaggeration to say that it is occupied by fans of Manchester City and Juventus.

Outside the Millennium Stadium, there are already many fans queuing at the entrance of the stadium.

As time goes by, more and more fans enter the city of Cardiff, making the city more lively, and the whole city is filled with a strong atmosphere of a decisive battle.

In the evening, with the afterglow of the setting sun, buses from Real Madrid and Manchester City also appeared outside the Millennium Stadium.

The appearance of the players was followed by warm cheers from fans on both sides.

For Real Madrid, everyone is wearing suits, like a team of male models on the T stage.

On Manchester City's side, compared with Real Madrid, they have one less suit jacket. Everyone wears black trousers and dark blue shirts.

At the players' entrance, Chu Zheng attracted collective cheers from Manchester City fans on both sides of the railings as soon as he got off the bus.

Chu Zheng smiled and waved, and the cheers became even louder for a while.

(End of this chapter)