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Chapter 620 Kill Germany, You Are Our King!

On June 2008, 6, the gate of the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria was surrounded by reporters who came after hearing the news. All this was because the zoo welcomed a special visitor today, all the players of the England team.

Tomorrow is the final of the European Cup and Germany, but Mourinho gave the whole team a holiday and asked them to come to the zoo to relax.

Li Rui is currently looking at the "Hometown" in the famous Panda House of the Schönbrunn Zoo. In the Panda House, there are two giant pandas, which were leased by the Chinese government to the Schönbrunn Zoo in 2003. One male and one female. The name of the panda is Yang Yang, and the name of the mother is Long Hui. Last year, the pair of giant pandas also gave birth to a cub. This is the first natural birth of a giant panda in Europe. The zoo is famous.

Li Rui had never seen a giant panda when he was in China. Unexpectedly, the first time he saw this national treasure was in a zoo abroad.

The England internationals, including Beckham, saw the giant panda for the first time. Although tomorrow is the final against Germany, seeing the naive look of the giant panda made everyone feel very happy and relaxed. many.And this is why Mourinho gave everyone a holiday to come to the zoo, to decompress the whole team.

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The deputy director of the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna is introducing these two giant pandas to everyone. When the two giant pandas first arrived in Vienna in 2003, the zoo collected their "Austrian" names from the people of Austria.In the end, Yang Yang was called Franz, and Long Hui was called Sissy.

These two names are the real names of the King and Queen of Austria.Dr Damar Schratter, deputy head curator of zoology at Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo, said: 'In our minds, Tamarus is king and queen. '

Li Rui absolutely does not think that Dr. Damar Schratter is exaggerating. In fact, after he came to Vienna, he noticed that huge portraits of "Yangyang" and "Dragon Emblem" can be seen everywhere on the streets of Vienna; This pair of giant pandas from Sichuan, China has also become the signature 'advertisement' of Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna.

Dr. Damar Schratter said, "Two groups of people will serve them every day, one group is dedicated to observe and record the regularity and changes of their diet and daily life, and the other group conducts research based on the records. This is the highest courtesy given by the citizens of Vienna to the king and queen."

After the Wenchuan Earthquake, Schönbrunn Zoo also donated 10 euros to the disaster-stricken areas in Sichuan, the hometown of Yangyang and Longhui, in the name of two giant pandas.

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Coincidentally, when Li Rui and his teammates came out of the Schönbrunn Zoo, the German team's bus also arrived at the Schönbrunn Zoo, which made the reporters waiting outside the zoo even more excited. The feud opponents who met the two finals met together.

What made the reporters even more excited was what German coach Joachim Loew said in an interview with the media, "Both teams maintain a certain amount of respect for each other, so we believe that England also respects the German team." , because they know that with the strength of the German team, it is not difficult to beat them."

And England coach Mourinho seems to have a taste of oriental thinking after seeing the giant panda. When the reporter 'conveyed' this sentence from the German coach Loew to Mourinho, the Three Lions The head coach said, "In ancient China, there is a saying that the happiest is the one who laughs at the end. After the game, I will laugh very happily."

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The whole of England is watching this game. This is the first time that England has entered the European Cup final. Thinking of the possibility of being crowned European champion, those England fans who regard football as more important than life are excited.

Moreover, the opponent in the final is England's sworn enemy Germany. In England, this game has even risen to the level of a national war.The entire British peninsula is watching the final.

Even the Queen of England called the England team and encouraged the Three Lions to make history and bring the Delaunay Cup back to England for the first time.

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After Li Rui took a shower, he just squinted in bed when he received a call from Jessica.

"Honey, I heard that Her Majesty the Queen has called you?" Jessica's tone was a little excited. Although Britain is a constitutional monarchy, it is still difficult to think that the Queen can call her husband in person. Make Jessica proud.

"It didn't call me specifically, she called the whole team, and everyone had a word or two with the Queen."

"What did you say?" Jessica asked with interest.

Li Rui cleared his throat and said with airs, "The Queen asked, 'Can we beat Germany?' I said, 'Yes', and she asked me if I could score in the final?, and I said, 'Your Majesty, you How many are you going to let me in?', and the old woman was overjoyed."

"Your Majesty, you dare to joke. If Buckingham Palace finds out about it, you will be the best." Jessica said with a smile.

"She is the queen of the British, not mine." Li Rui rolled his eyes, "However, in the final, I will definitely try my best to compete for the championship!"

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Li Rui hung up Jessica's phone and lay on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep. It was not because of nervousness, but because of excitement. The final of the European Cup is the dream of many players. I have never experienced it.

Although in Li Rui's mind, the World Cup is undoubtedly the most important, but of course the European Cup champion is also very attractive and exciting.

Fatty Rooney has rushed into the bathroom for the seventh time, and Li Rui is used to this guy's nervousness before an important game, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

Really unable to sleep, Li Rui stood up, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and saw that many reporters were still waiting downstairs. The entire England team was staying on the fifth floor. In the dead of night, there were reporters coughing violently. It can even be faintly heard.

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Li Rui had to marvel at the professionalism of these reporters. He just opened the curtain a crack, and he was on the fifth floor, yet he was discovered by the reporters.

Of course, Li Rui didn't know that some of the reporters were using high-power binoculars to observe the movements in the players' rooms. Li Rui let alone opened the curtains, even if he glanced out through the curtains, he could see clearly from the outside of.

"Lee, we must kill the German!"

A huge banner unfolded below, and Li Rui could see it clearly even on the fifth floor.He opened the window and waved his hand out the window.

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"Li, can you score in the final?" The reporters shouted when they saw Li Rui showing his head.

Li Rui spread out his hands, meaning that he didn't know, it wasn't that he was soft, it was just that he didn't need to talk too much at this time, it was the last word in the game.

The reporters wanted to shout loudly, but the Viennese police officers who were waiting outside the hotel rushed over immediately, without any explanation, and stuffed the English journalists into a police car. The loud noise of these reporters affected the other residents of the hotel.

Li Rui watched the roaring police car disappearing into the night with its long taillights. He took a deep breath and closed the curtains, but he felt a burst of satisfaction. Anyway, the Englishman accepted him from the bottom of his heart and hoped that He can help England win the game and win the championship.

This feeling of being recognized made Li Rui feel comfortable. What's more, the Englishman has always regarded himself as the originator of modern football and considered himself a European giant. It is not easy to win the recognition and respect of the proud John Bull.

However, Li Rui did it.

He does have reason to be proud.

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"I can lose to anyone, but I can't lose to the Germans!"

June 13th, the [-]th European Cup final, the day of England VS Germany, this is the headline of the "Times", it can be said that this is also the voice of the people of England.

"The Times" looked very tragic, counting the grievances between the England team and the German team since the 1970 World Cup, and used the tragic expressions of the England players after England's disastrous defeat and Germany's elimination, and finally used a Big exclamation point --

Today, England don't cry!

The "Daily Mirror" even compared tonight's final to another war between Britain and Germany. They told readers in sensational words that more than 60 years ago, the Queen Mother and the young Queen Elizabeth led Britain to defeat the war. The evil *** Germany, and today, in the face of this war, the 13th European Cup final, England will definitely be able to win this decisive battle:
Great Britain will win!

The Sun continued to point to the 1966 World Cup final, insisting that Hurst's famous 'goal line kick' was over the line and claiming that it was God's goal for England , It is God's will, and God cares for England, so today England will definitely be able to kill Germany and stand on top of Europe for the first time!
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Of course, the Germans will not be idle. On the front page of the day, "Bild" used a few pictures to fight back against the English.

These few pictures are photos that have been restored and analyzed by high technology, and finally proved that Hurst's goal did not pass the line as a whole, so it cannot be counted:
"The English despicably stole the victory that belonged to Germany. Now, we will use a great victory to make the despicable English pay off the debt of the thief!!"

The German National Television began to carry out "nostalgia" from noon that day. They started from Germany's elimination of England in the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup, until the 1996 European Cup, when Germany eliminated the host England, recalling the classics and looking forward to today's The race, at last, was concluded by the rigorous Germans:

As long as it is a big game, Germany VS England-Germany will win!

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Four hours before the game.Fans from both sides have already gathered outside the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, the final venue of the 13th European Cup, waiting to enter.

For this stadium, England players and England fans are no strangers at all, and even quite familiar with it. From the quarter-final match against Italy, England played at the Ernst Happle Stadium. As for the German media's sour statement, the English have a huge advantage over Germany, that is, they don't need to adapt to the playing field at all...

The name of England's football hooligans is well-known all over the world. Although the England team played a few games at the Ernst Harper Stadium, the England fans behaved fairly peacefully and honestly. However, today's European Cup In the final, the Vienna police did not dare to be careless.

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In addition, don't forget that the reputation of German fans in world football is not good, coupled with the feud between the British and the Germans, and this is the European Cup final, once the game is over, the fans of the losing side lose control of their emotions , or the fans of the winning side wantonly provoke the mortal enemy, which is enough to trigger a large-scale conflict.

So this game almost emptied the entire police force in Vienna, the capital of Austria.It was even reported that the Organizing Committee of the 13th European Cup specially coordinated for the police and called the Swiss police into Vienna to maintain order.

In addition, in view of the importance of this European Cup final and the decades of grievances between the opposing sides, the Vienna City Government has also specially issued a temporary 'ban on alcohol'-with a radius of [-] kilometers near the Ernst Happel Stadium In the area, from four hours before the game to four hours after the game, the sale of all alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

This is not the first time that the ban on alcohol was promulgated. During the previous matches between England and Italy and Spain, a ban on alcohol was also issued. However, at that time, the scope of the alcohol ban was within 5 kilometers of the stadium. This time, it was It is within a 15-kilometer area near the Ernst Hapoel Stadium, which shows how fearful the Vienna police and the European Cup Organizing Committee are about the hidden conflicts that may be triggered by this game.

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The Vienna police did their best to ensure the security of the final.

The first is the route. According to the temporary traffic control regulations of the Vienna police, England fans and German fans will go to the Ernst Happel Stadium on different roads, and there will always be a police motorcycle team accompanying them along the way, which is not only a guide, but also a constant supervision , to prevent riots and conflicts.

Worked on the route, and then when they arrived at the stadium and the fans from both sides entered the field, the Vienna police also took great pains.

England fans and German fans will enter the stadium through completely opposite entrances.This ensures that the fans of both sides will never intersect like two parallel lines before entering the field.

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After entering the stadium, in the stands, when the final tickets are extremely tight, there will be a line in the stand area between the fans of the two teams. There, there will be police officers holding shields to separate the fans from both sides open.

In a word, it is to prevent any possible contact between England and German fans, so as to cause conflicts.

UEFA President Platini also said in an interview with the media that the security of the final is even more important than the birth of the 13th European Cup champion, and UEFA will not allow any riots and conflicts.If a fan's provocation leads to a conflict, UEFA will impose severe penalties on England or Germany.

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However, there are too many German and English fans coming to Vienna. The city is now occupied by Germans and English. Therefore, despite the efforts of the Vienna police, small conflicts still occur from time to time.

A few well-disguised German fans, without any signs of being German fans on their bodies, found the BBC's live broadcast camera, and suddenly held up the banner of 'Englanders are thieves'.

This almost caused a riot. The English fans at the scene surrounded those daring German fans and were about to punch and kick them. Fortunately, the Vienna police reacted quickly and almost rushed into the crowd with batons to rescue the German fans. After coming out, it can be seen in the camera that the faces of those German fans turned pale. It is conceivable how miserable their experience would be if the police were one step behind...

A group of England fans also attacked the German fans. They raised their middle fingers at the German fans and shouted in unison: "42 years ago, we won you and won the championship. 42 years later, we can still do it!!"

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When the buses of both sides appeared in the sight of the fans, the atmosphere outside the stadium suddenly reached a boiling point, and even the atmosphere in the air became hot.

Fans in England and Germany were chanting the names of their teams and stars to cheer them on.Now it's so noisy that it can almost drive people crazy.

"England, must win!!"

"Forward, England! God bless the king!!" England fans raised the 'St. George's Flag' with a red cross on a white background, shouting desperately.

"Onward, St. George! Onward, England!!"

"Smash the German's PY!! Haha!"

"Yeah, push harder! They're cool!"

"Oooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

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The fans roared crazily. Li Rui was wearing the jacket of the England national team and sat on the window of the bus, listening to these words.Although he doesn't care about the grievances between England and Germany, and lacks a sense of identity, Li Rui has to admit that seeing the crazy performance of the fans and hearing the scolding from the fans, he felt a wave of anger. The blood is boiling, this is football that makes people crazy...

At this time, a banner caught Li Rui's eyes——

'Lee, score a goal, kill Germany, you are our king! '

Li Rui's eyes widened and then narrowed. He clenched his fists and felt his body trembling slightly. This was excitement.

(End of this chapter)