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Dortmund is located in the east of the Ruhr area. It is the seventh largest city in Germany and the largest canal port in Europe. Steel, beer and football are the symbols of Dortmund. Compared with the pillar industries of beer and steel, Dortmund is most famous all over the world. Their football.

Borussia Dortmund is not as famous as Bayern Munich, but there will never be any fan who mentions Dortmund and does not know that it is a football club. It undertook the World Cup in 74 and defeated Juventus in 97. The home stadium Westerlenfa has become the focus of world football. In the past two years, due to economic problems, Dortmund's performance has declined rapidly, and it has faded out of the mainstream media's attention. However, because of the UEFA Cup final, Dortmund and Westerlenfastadion Once again become the focus of attention of fans.

The most popular team in Europe, Inter Milan, and the most tenacious team, Liverpool, have not yet come to Dortmund, and the German police are already on the verge of a formidable enemy, because the fans of these two clubs are not fuel-efficient.

In the Heysel tragedy caused by Liverpool fans in 85, the bones of 39 Italian fans were already cold, but the reputation of British football hooligans was even louder. After 16 years, Liverpool once again reached the final of the European club competition, and the opponent was still The Italian team has already made UEFA, the German Football Association and the German police restless.

Of course, the fans of Inter Milan are by no means good people. Due to the long-term suppression by the rival AC Milan in the same city, the hostility accumulated by the Nerazzurri is soaring. This season, under the stimulation of the magical Jiang Mu, Inter Milan turned their hostility into courage. , The team is miraculously undefeated so far, and the fans have become extremely arrogant because of this. In the last round of the league against Atlanta, the extreme fans actually threw the opponent's fan's motorcycle off the stands. As a result, they were banned by the Football Association for two home matches.

If the Dortmund government doesn't care about these two clubs playing a game, they really have a lot of stomachs.

The rigorous Germans certainly would not make the stupid mistakes of the Belgians. When selling tickets, the fans of Liverpool and Inter Milan were completely separated by neutral fans. To be on the safe side, the Dortmund police station sent 2000 police officers to assist the day before the game To manage the order inside and outside the stadium, they regard this battle as a rehearsal for the security work of the 2006 World Cup.

On Tuesday morning, all the players and coaches of the Red Army and Liverpool arrived in Dortmund first. They were accompanied by nearly 6 Red Army fans, but this was only their advance force. According to the German Immigration Service, there were about [-] in England this time. Fans come to Dortmund to support their team.

After getting off the plane, they heard the familiar singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" and saw the red tide. The generals of Liverpool didn't feel like they were traveling to a different place, which made them very happy.

Coach Houllier accepted a brief interview with reporters when the players signed autographs for the fans. During the interview, Houllier continued to keep a low profile and continued to tout Inter Milan.

"Until now, I still haven't decided on the starting lineup, so I can't tell you who will appear at the Westerlenfa Stadium. Owen had a magical performance against Arsenal. He can give us hope. Owen Heading and left foot skills have improved significantly this season. If you look at him alive and well, you know we will definitely win, but Heskey and Fowler are also very good. Inter Milan is a great team. The team, it can be seen from many aspects that they are stronger than us, I must be cautious, even if it is really like playing Barcelona, ​​​​I think it is understandable, because this is a UEFA Cup final, so far there has been no one. An English team can win three cups in one season."

Houllier is very cunning and experienced. He not only continued to implement arrogant tactics against Inter Milan, but also used the three German players in his team to win the support of German fans.

"Although Inter Milan is stronger than us, we also have our own advantages, that is, our impact is stronger, and there are some experienced veterans in our team, such as Babel, Haman and Zieg. German players played for Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup final in 3. They beat Bordeaux and became the champions of this competition. Their experience is very helpful to us. In addition, they returned to Germany to play games. I believe we will get More support from German fans."

Two hours after Liverpool, Inter Milan's soldiers also arrived in Dortmund.

Compared with Liverpool, Inter Milan's star brand is bigger and their record is better. Their arrival also caused a greater sensation. Not only thousands of Italian fans picked up the plane, but also two to three hundred reporters came to Dortmund Airport.

Fighting in a foreign country, although Inter Milan's players were a little tired after a long journey, Jiang Mu still made a brief stop at the airport to sign autographs and take photos for the fans, and briefly said a few words to the reporters.

Jiang Mu is not as smooth as Houllier, but he is more popular with reporters than Houllier. In addition to Jiang Mu's young and handsome star fan, he is also because of his sharp words, which can stimulate and attract the attention of fans.

At the beginning of getting off the plane, Jiang Mu said to the reporter: "Last time I led Alkmaar to a draw here, but we won the Champions League in the end. This time I hope to use Westerlen The good luck brought to me by the French Stadium, won a UEFA Cup championship."

When a reporter asked Jiang Mu whether Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick in the last game, would start this time, Jiang Mu replied: "For such an important game, I must send the players in the best condition. If Ronaldo is in training Show se and of course he'll get a chance to start."

"Isn't Ronaldo still in good shape? There are only four players who scored a hat-trick in the Milan Derby." The reporter couldn't help asking.

"Ronaldo in the Milan derby is of course outstanding, but now Ronaldo needs to compete with other players for this starting position. We have enough good forwards."

Of course, Jiang Mu will not punish Ronaldo himself, and he will definitely not reveal the news that he will start in this final. With Houllier's personality, he will definitely think that Ronaldo will definitely start in this game, so as to prepare for the opponent Making a little trouble is Jiang Mu's favorite thing to do.

After returning to the reserved hotel for lunch, Jiang Mu held a short meeting for the players, mainly to reiterate the team's record of going out, and let the players pay attention to their words and deeds and not violate discipline.Then let the players take a lunch break to prepare for the adaptive training in the afternoon.

Jiang Mu had just returned to his room after the meeting when he received a call from Yang Chen.

Yang Chen is the first Chinese player to land in the five major leagues. His performance in Frankfurt was very good. He had contacted during the Chinese friendship, but he did not have a deep friendship.

Yang Chen is also a professional player. He knew that Jiang Mu was not in the mood to reminisce about the old days with his fellow villagers. He called to cheer Jiang Mu up. get together.

Everyone is in the same circle, and there may be opportunities to cooperate in the future. Jiang Mu did not refute Yang Chen's face, and agreed to stay in Dortmund for a day after the game, and then return to Italy.

The Westlenfa Stadium was originally built for the 1974 World Cup. Eight 8-meter-high yellow pillars have become the eye-catching features of the stadium and the gorgeous landmarks of Dortmund.Borussia Dortmund is home to this stadium.The capacity of seats and standing seats is 62 for domestic league matches, and 81,264 for all seats when an international game is held.The length, width, length of the turf and the number of fans that can be accommodated are not much different from those of Meazza. The players feel very comfortable when training on it, and can even find a little home feeling.

At the end of Inter Milan’s training, Liverpool’s players also came to adapt to the training under Houllier’s leadership. Jiang Mu saw the opponent for the championship coming. Not only did he not evade, but he took the players to sit in the stands to watch Liverpool’s game Training, and commenting, made Liverpool very annoyed. With such an opponent watching, of course they couldn't bring out the real thing to train, they could only make a fuss, but when they left, Houllier and his disciples He was still yelling at Jiang Mu for his lack of manners and his unworthiness to be the head coach of a giant like Inter Milan.

In the evening, Jiang Mu held a team affairs meeting again. Since he came to Inter Milan, there have been more meetings in the team. This has been criticized by Inter Milan players, because Jiang Mu's meetings sometimes take up some of the players' time, but The effect of the meeting is also obvious, that is, the players are more united, more motivated, and communicate with coaches and teammates more.

In this meeting, Jiang Mu focused on some fringe players of Liverpool such as Harman, Babel and McAllister. Although they are not as famous as Owen, Gerrard, Hyypia, Heskey and Fowler , but their strength should not be underestimated. Often when the strengths of the two sides are similar, it is the little people who decide the course of the game.

The player Jiang Mu emphasized this time is McAllister, the oldest of the 36 players who came to Dortmund from both sides. This Scottish veteran is 36 years old this year. When he transferred in the summer, he used the Bosman Act and had zero transfer fees. When he came to Liverpool, he was still questioned by the media and Liverpool’s top management, because McAllister was 35 years old and should have retired a long time ago. What’s the use of a giant like Liverpool wanting such a player? Anfield is not a nursing home .

However, McAllister repelled the doubts from the outside world with his excellent performance. In the League Cup final match against Birmingham City, he came on late in the second half, and the two sides still tied 1-1 after extra time. In the penalty kick stage of each other, the Liverpool host scored the first goal.Assisted the team to advance with a score of 5-4.In the home game of the UEFA Cup semi-finals second leg, McAllister scored a penalty kick to help Liverpool beat Barcelona and successfully entered the final.In the last round of the league, in Liverpool's Merseyside derby against Everton, McAllister beat his opponent with a 94-yard free kick in the 44th minute. In the just-concluded FA Cup final against Arsenal In the Arsenal game, McAllister served as a substitute, but it was his free kick that helped Owen make up for the target, and finally reversed Arsenal to win the championship.

McAllister is not well-known, very old, and often comes off the bench, but his role is very important. Jiang Mu repeatedly emphasized that he must deal with this veteran seriously, if he appears on the court.

Although the Inter Milan players didn't take Jiang Mu's fuss seriously, but since Jiang Mu emphasized it this way, they still studied McAllister hastily to prepare for the event that this old guy played.