Green Journey

Chapter 549 The visual feast begins!
At 19:30 London time, under the leadership of the referee team from Germany, players from Manchester City and Juventus led their ball boys to the court one after another through the player tunnel.

As the exciting Champions League theme song resounded throughout the venue, the atmosphere instantly reached its peak.

Under the influence of the music and the unique noise of the football match, almost all the fans in the stands felt an inexplicable tension at this moment.

The Champions League theme song was playing halfway through, and all the players from Manchester City and Real Madrid, who were lined up at the entrance and exit of the players' tunnel, turned their attention to the figure slowly walking out of the tunnel.

"Oh!!!!!!!!"

In just over ten seconds, an old man with white hair and a blue suit slowly walked out of the player tunnel holding the silver Champions League trophy with a pure white ribbon in his hands. Suddenly, there was a sudden burst of cheers in the stands. Everyone at the scene felt waves of heat sweeping past them.

"Legendary Welsh star and former Liverpool famous striker, Ian Rush, is the ambassador of this season's Champions League final." In the commentary box of the media stand, Ian looked at the small screen on the table as he raised the Champions League trophy and showed it to the surrounding stands. · Rush, He Wei immediately began to introduce.

Not long after, the Champions League theme song finished playing, and Ian Rush walked back with the trophy in his arms and placed the trophy on the trophy stand in the middle of the player tunnel.

As the pre-match communication ceremony between the two teams officially began, supporters from both sides in the stands cheered.

The game hasn't started yet, but the fans have already started competing in advance.

In the stands, Zhang Lu and her group were also submerged in the crowd of fans.

The tickets these five people bought were not very good. They were at the top of the second-level stands, just below the VIP box stands.

"Lao Fan, General Fan, your grandfather's!"

Suddenly he heard someone scolding him among the noisy people. Fan Zhiyi was stunned for a moment and looked around for a long time, but he couldn't find the source of the sound for a long time.

"Old Sun, did you hear someone calling me?" Fan Zhiyi elbowed Sun Jihai beside him.

Sun Jihai looked left and right, shook his head and shouted: "You heard wrong, this is not in China, who would know you!"

"Yes." Fan Zhiyi nodded and smiled.

At this moment, with a croak, Fan Zhiyi suddenly felt that something had hit his head. He covered his head and looked up, only to see two mean smiling faces.

"Hey, so it's you two bastards." Seeing Hao Xiao and Niu Benben leaning out half of their bodies on the railing and looking at him cheerfully, Fan Zhiyi was immediately happy.

"Lao Fan, bring Teacher Zhang, Teacher Sun and Teacher Yang up." Niu Benben stretched out his right hand and pointed down at the entrance and exit of the fans in the stands, gesturing for them to come to the box to watch the game.

At the same time, as the pre-match exchange ceremony between the two sides ended, the starting lineups of both sides were also shown on the live broadcast screen.

Real Madrid: 433
Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas
Defenders: Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo

Midfielder: Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Modric
Forwards: Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo
Manchester City: 4141
Forward: Aguero
Avant-garde: Sane, Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Sterling

DM: Yaya Toure

Defenders: Otamendi, Stones, Kompany, Kyle Walker

Goalkeeper: Ederson
In the commentary stand, He Wei read out the starting lineups of both sides and said: "After a season, Real Madrid has reached the Champions League final again."

"Although Real Madrid won the Champions League last season, whether they can defend the title and break the curse of the Champions League has become a hot topic among many media and fans before the game."

"After the restructuring of the Champions League, no club has been able to break the curse of being unable to defend the Champions League."

"Whether it's the Milan dynasty that was so popular in the 90s, or Juventus who reached the Champions League three times in a row during Lippi's coaching period."

"Whether it was the almost unbeatable Bayern Munich at the turn of the century or the dream third team created by Guardiola, they failed to break this curse."

"But on this night, in Cardiff, at the Millennium Stadium, Zidane has the chance to break that curse."

"For Manchester City, this is also the first time in the club's 137-year history that they have reached the Champions League final."

"This championship is also of great significance to Manchester City and their fans."

At the same time, in the box stands, Zhang Lu and others who saw the starting lineups of both sides on their mobile phones suffered from occupational diseases.

"For Manchester City, once Otamendi comes on, it means Guardiola has adopted a 3241 formation, and there is almost no suspense."

"Real Madrid, Zidane boldly removed Bale today and brought in Isco. It should be a 4312, or it may be a 442 formation with a prismatic midfielder." Zhang Lu said.

"Because if it is 433, then Real Madrid's midfield is too thin for Manchester City. Even if Modric and Kroos are top midfielders, they will be suppressed by Manchester City."

"If there is too much difference in the strength of the midfield lineups of the two sides, then Modric and Kroos can be paired with Casemiro, then there is indeed a chance to control the midfield."

"But the opponent is Manchester City, with Chu Zheng and De Bruyne plus Yaya Toure, and Stones who can step into the midfielder or even make a splash in the frontcourt at any time. Putting aside the aspect of competition experience, Based on the analysis of strength on paper alone, Real Madrid won't be able to take advantage at all, and may even be suppressed by Chu Zheng and the others."

Fan Zhiyi and Jiang Lai, who were nearby, nodded repeatedly and seemed to agree with Zhang Lu's view.

But outsiders such as Chu Dong and Su Ping didn't understand it at all. The only one who had a partial understanding was Chu Zheng's brother-in-law Lin Guo, a pseudo-fan who once supplemented his football knowledge.

At 19:45 London time, with the German referee Blüch's sharp whistle, this world-renowned Champions League final battle officially started.

"ZY TV, ZY TV, viewers, welcome to watch the 2016-17 season..."

On the field, Real Madrid wears white home jerseys, and Manchester City also wears light blue home jerseys, attacking from right to left.

As soon as Manchester City kicked the ball out, they immediately blew the charge horn.

Manchester City's backcourt Stones received the back pass from Aguero at the kick-off point and immediately displayed his excellent court vision and excellent long-passing skills in the midfield.

The ball was passed long to the left side of Manchester City's frontcourt, which is Real Madrid's right side.

The ball landed in the 30-meter inside area of ​​the wing.

Sane, who was originally on the outside of the wing, quickly moved inside and blocked Carvajal behind him, occupying a favorable position for the top.

At the same time, Chu Zheng, who was coming up along the outside line of the ribs, saw that Sane was ready to fight for the top. He immediately accelerated his pace and pulled to the outside line of the wing, running behind Carvajal.

In the ribs, Varane saw Carvajal being beaten two-on-one, and he immediately ran out. Ramos immediately made up the position, watching Aguero who also penetrated the ribs.Varane has a good idea.

He originally thought that if he stepped forward to compete with Sane, Carvajal would look at Chu Zheng on the defensive line.

But when he came one meter behind the back-left Sane, Carvajal, who was behind Sane on the right, was like a mentally retarded child. He didn't notice him coming at all, so he looked up and stared at the falling ball. , and had no intention of guarding Chu Zheng.

At this moment Varane was in a dilemma.

Let's leave. He is afraid that Carvajal, who is only 173 in height, will not be able to compete with Sane. If he does not leave, he is not sure that he will be able to win the ball with this height and distance.

Seeing that the ball had dropped, Varane chose to gamble.

He got close behind Sane and jumped at the same time as Carvajal.

The jump of the two people was effective. Sane, who took off first, was pushed up and tilted in mid-air.

But in the next second, Sane took advantage of his position to touch the ball first.

I saw the ball like a cannonball hit Sane's face directly, rebounded instantly, and flew in the direction of Chu Zheng, who was unguarded in front left.

"Chu Zheng!!"

"Chance!!!!"

"Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing that the area on the right outside the Real Madrid penalty area was completely empty, the [-] fans in the stands and all the commentators in the media stands suddenly exclaimed in unison.

"The ball seems a bit high!" Niu Benben, who is also good at judging the landing point in the box, shook his head and said, "It's going out of bounds!"

However, when he finished speaking, Niu Benben was slapped in the face by Chu Zheng.

On the sideline of the court, Chu Zheng rushed forward for more than a meter and immediately jumped up. The exaggerated ground clearance made countless fans around the world gasp.

After Chu Zheng leaped into the air, he lifted his right foot high and used the outside of his foot to unload the ball that had already flown half way out of the sideline.

"Wow!!!!!!!" Seeing Chu Zheng's extremely standard Bundesliga logo action, countless people once again exclaimed with wide eyes.

"His grandpa's, this kind of ball can be saved. This kid is simply a monster!" Niu Benben bared his teeth and looked like he had toothache.

On the other hand, Su Ping, Chu Dong and others nearby laughed in unison.

On the court, after Chu Zheng unloaded the ball, he didn't hesitate at all after landing. He suddenly pushed the ball forward and diagonally went inside the penalty area.

The timing of this trip once again made fans all over the world exclaim.

Without him, the timing was so good. Chu Zheng just let Modric, who had just rushed to his side, miss him.

On the sidelines, when he saw Chu Zheng leap forward almost in a catapult style, instantly leaving Modric behind him, Zidane was shocked by Chu Zheng's powerful explosive power. His eyes widened with tears in his eyes. It's an incredible color.

At the same time, Qida couldn't help but feel nervous and anxious.

If Manchester City scores a goal at the beginning, it will be a nightmare start for Real Madrid and extremely detrimental to the team's morale.

At this moment, a white figure flashed past the right rib of Real Madrid's penalty area and went straight to Chu Zheng and the ball in front of the baseline outside the penalty area.

In the blink of an eye, the white figure rushed towards Chu Zheng and fell to the ground to shovel the ball just as Chu Zheng was about to touch the ball.

The next second, Chu Zheng was shoveled out of the baseline with the ball.

"Bluff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" For a time, the Millennium Stadium once again set off a wave of exclamations.

On the sidelines, Guardiola became anxious for a moment. He waved his hands vigorously and cursed, pointing at Ramos who had knocked down Chu Zheng on the field. He didn't know what he was saying.

Next to him, Zidane breathed a sigh of relief.

On the field, the referee quickly rushed to the scene of the incident, but did not say anything.

"Through the slow-motion replay, we can see that Ramos' shovel was quite clean this time. He first shoveled the ball out of the baseline, and then brought down Chu Zheng." He Wei said.

Outside the baseline, Chu Zheng also patted his butt and climbed up, frowning and looking at Ramos who turned and walked towards the area in front of the goal.

At this moment, he felt a different game experience from the Premier League and Champions League group stages and knockout rounds. It was an indescribable feeling.

If I had to describe it, this is a game atmosphere and pressure that is different from the Premier League, or even the Champions League group stage and knockout stages.

At the same time, Chu Zheng felt a surge of excitement in his heart. He felt that every cell in his body was full of vitality under the stimulation of this unique atmosphere.

At the top of the arc in the middle, Ronaldo looked at Chu Zheng walking into the penalty area with interest.

At this time, the scene of Chu Zheng taking off and unloading the ball on the sideline replayed in his mind, his eyes full of surprise.

That ball-stopping action is not simple. It requires not only extremely strong jumping ability, but also extremely high ball-stopping skills.

But at the same time, Ronaldo was also extremely curious about how Chu Zheng did it.

As a training fiend, he knows very well that if you gain flexibility and strength, you will lose the other.

Chu Zheng's body core and limbs are so strong. It is obvious that they are acquired through intensive training over time just like him, but Chu Zheng has retained his flexibility.

Chu Zheng's move just now was absolutely impossible without excellent flexibility.

Not long after, Manchester City's corner kick was ready, and Ronaldo quickly put aside these messy thoughts and began to focus on the game.

(End of this chapter)