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Chapter 348 Camp Nou

Barcelona, ​​Spain, on May [-]nd, although it has not yet entered the summer, it is already a bit sweltering.

After Li Rui got up early in the morning, he yelled that it was too hot. However, Evra reminded him that Barcelona is a Mediterranean city, and it will be much cooler when the sea breeze blows at night.

This afternoon, when the whole Manchester United team went to the Nou Camp to adapt to the venue, the weather was indeed a bit chilly, which also made the Manchester United players feel much better.

During the warm-up of the venue, there were already many Barcelona fans waiting there. Of course, they did not come to cheer for Manchester United. The Barcelona fans also used the unique way of fans, they booed bursts Sound, to welcome the arrival of Manchester United.

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"Wow, what a big stadium, it should be the largest stadium in the world." Rooney said, looking at the stands of Camp Nou.

"It's too big." Li Rui nodded. Of course he didn't know that the Camp Nou stadium can accommodate 98000 people. Although it is also the largest, it is not the largest player in the world. The largest stadium in the world is Marazzi in Brazil. Na Stadium, of course, Manchester United players are not bumpkins who have never seen the world, but young players like Li Rui and Wayne Rooney have really never been to the Nou Camp Stadium, and they are somewhat curious.

Li Rui received a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo. After several dazzling cyclists in a row, Li Rui swayed past the defender Brown who came up to defend him, and then faced the attacking substitute, Foster, with a spoon A lob kicked the football into the net.

On the sidelines, Manchester United coach Ferguson and the staff of the club applauded the goal.Ferguson is obviously very satisfied with Li Rui's good condition and confidence when he shoots.

Li Rui himself seemed very happy. He was very satisfied with his current state. He had already adjusted his state to the best, and he couldn't wait for the game to come.

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May 2005rd, the second leg of the 2006-[-] Champions League semi-final, the day when Barcelona played Manchester United at home.Most of Manchester United's players didn't wake up until [-]:[-] a.m. on this day. This is also the requirement of the coaching staff. All players must ensure that they have sufficient time to rest and be energetic to prepare for the evening game.

It was past eight o'clock, and the sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains into the room, giving it a warm feeling. Unfortunately, Li Rui and Rooney, the two young men were lying on their own beds, sleeping in an indecent position, and hadn't gotten up yet. Those who didn't know thought that the two boys broke out from the back mountain, and they relived their old dreams last night.

After getting up, washing up, and having a simple breakfast, everyone was asked to go to the weight room to do simple exercises, and then it was lunch time. After lunch, players were also arranged to have a lunch break of about 45 minutes. Down is waiting at the hotel, waiting for the approach of the game, waiting to go to the stadium, waiting for the whistle to start the game.

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Since the morning, many Manchester United fans have been coming to Barcelona's airport one after another. If it is not good, the fans simply wear Manchester United's red jerseys and Manchester United scarves around their necks, which makes their identities clear at a glance. You know, they are all Manchester United fans who came to the Nou Camp to watch the game.

Of course, the fans who can come to the away game to watch the game are not just watching the game. When the game has to wait half a day before the game starts, those who come early will naturally take the time to visit the famous scenic spots in Barcelona. This historic city by the Mediterranean Sea can be said to be full of stories and scenic spots, and maybe even a small church has some moving and famous stories.

Seeing that the time is almost up, the Manchester United fans who came from afar began to march with the Nou Camp.Of course, when wandering around the city of Barcelona, ​​it is inevitable that Manchester United fans will encounter some Barcelona fans.

This is also what the Barcelona police are most worried about. You know, the name of a football hooligan is not just blown out, but it has been written after countless bloody battles, mixed with blood or pain, or tears of joy. .

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However, what reassures the Barcelona police is that, in general, everyone was quite peaceful before the war started.Even if they meet each other, the most intense confrontation is nothing more than chanting their own team's slogan a few times, and then they will laugh. Some fans even put their arms around their shoulders and take a group photo together, patting each other's shoulders with a friendly expression. Scenes.

"These Englishmen aren't as scary as the legends say—" said a young policeman in charge of maintaining law and order.

And this young police partner, the middle-aged police officer, is obviously very proficient in this. He has nearly 20 years of police experience and has participated in this kind of security activities in Barcelona many times. Supporting Milan, Manchester United with Cantona, Liverpool with Owen, this police officer has experienced it all.

Now he uses his own personal experience to warn his young assistants not to underestimate these Englishmen, they seem so friendly now, but never doubt that a stimulated and drunk England fan may The destructive power that erupts.

Don't think the fans will always be so friendly and cute.Once the game starts, the fans on both sides in the stands will definitely be at odds, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as enemies.

It has been 6 years since Manchester United reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last time, so Manchester United fans have also exploded with such great enthusiasm. According to UEFA statistics after this game, the semi-finals of this Champions Cup During the game, about 2 England Manchester United fans came to Barcelona through various means of transportation, cheering for the Manchester United team.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, crowds of fans began to appear near the Camp Nou stadium.

At 04:30 in the afternoon, the stadium began to open, and fans began to enter the stadium one after another. Although the semi-final was held in Barcelona in the remote Iberian Peninsula, there were still many Manchester United fans. Came to Barcelona to cheer for Manchester United, and Sky TV broadcast live outside the Nou Camp a few hours before the game started.In the camera, many Manchester United fans even dragged their families to watch the game.

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Barcelona is a typical famous Mediterranean city. With the afterglow of the setting sun, the dusk of Barcelona is cast on the seaside. The Champions League semi-final is about to begin.

The players of the Manchester United team came out of the hotel around 05:30. When they went out, a little humid sea breeze blew on their faces, and they took a deep breath. There was a little bit of the fishy smell of the sea, but it also made people look refreshed .

Li Rui stretched out his arms. Sure enough, as Evra said, a seaside city like Barcelona is quite comfortable with the sea breeze blowing at night. This is a good weather for playing football.

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The Champions League matches are all played at night, so when the Manchester United team bus drove to the Nou Camp Stadium, it was already sunset, the road was full of traffic, and the taillights of the cars were red and red in the twilight that had just set tail...

The distance to Camp Nou is getting closer and closer, and the appearance of this famous stadium can already be seen clearly. As a holy place for Catalans, Camp Nou is definitely a must for any tourist who comes to Barcelona. The place to visit, the Nou Camp Stadium is also one of Barcelona's landmark buildings, almost every tourist who comes to Barcelona for sightseeing will come here to take a look at this legendary football mecca.

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When the bus arrived outside the stadium, although it was already 06:30, the sky was still early. The setting sun hung in the western sky, and it did not set for a long time, dyeing the western sky red like blood.This and the blue water reflect each other, and it is beautiful in an instant.

When the Manchester United team arrived at the stadium, there were still many fans waiting outside the Camp Nou. Most of them were fans from both sides who had not bought tickets for the match. Although they did not buy tickets, these Fans still want to try their luck.I hope to meet some fans who leave the stadium temporarily and get tickets from them.However, the odds are not much higher than winning the lottery.

Of course, the fans know about these situations, but these are die-hard fans of both sides, so they came outside the stadium and watched the big screen to show their support for the team.

In the hearts of these fans, they can only take one step closer to their favorite team, as if they are fighting side by side with the team.

Among them, the most admirable are some Manchester United fans. Due to Manchester United's away game, the tickets allocated to Manchester United fans are quite limited. Under such circumstances, many Manchester United fans still choose to play without tickets. When they came to Barcelona, ​​they just wanted to get closer to their team. Outside the stadium, they used their cheering voices to encourage the team.

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These Manchester United fans waiting outside the stadium were extremely enthusiastic. When the Manchester United team bus appeared in the sight of everyone, the whole square was boiling.

Everyone was yelling——

"Champions! Manchester United!"

"Let's go to the Stade de France!"

"Long live! Manchester United!"

"We are the kings of Europe!!"

"Manchester United! Invincible!" and other slogans, and corresponding to the slogans are various banners waving in the air.

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'This is really exciting! Li Rui looked at the enthusiasm of the Manchester United fans in the square outside the window and became happy. He just likes this kind of feeling, likes this kind of big scene, and likes to be sought after by fans. Li Rui would be extremely happy if the fans booed him.

At this time, Li Rui saw that there was such a banner in the crowd——

"Overseas Chinese living in the West cheer for Li Rui!"

"Li Rui, come on!"

"Well done, Li Rui! The Chinese in the west are with you."

Seeing such a banner, Li Rui only felt warm in his heart, and even more motivated to fight.

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When Li Rui and his teammates came out to warm up, the atmosphere in the stadium became even more frenzied.

At this time, the stadium is almost full, and all the fans with tickets have already entered the stadium. They saw the team coming out to warm up. At this time, there are no fans booing the opposing team. At this time, the game has not yet started. It has nothing to do with the team now, it's the stage for the fans.

In the stands, the fans of both sides were extremely excited. Both sides were singing and shouting non-stop, hoping that their own voices could suppress the other's.

At this time, no matter what your social status is, no matter how powerful you are in normal times, now, you are just an ordinary fan, enjoying the joy and passion brought by football games, and playing happy notes together.

This is the duel of the fans, and they are just louder than others. If one side can overwhelm the other, it will be the most exciting time besides scoring the opening goal.

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In the locker room of the visiting team at Camp Nou, Ferguson had finished arranging tactics for the last time, and mobilized before the battle. Now everyone is waiting for the moment to play.

In fact, the Champions League semi-finals!Such a game does not require any mobilization at all, everyone understands the importance of such a game!The nature of this game, the second round of the Champions League semi-final, as long as they advance, they will enter the Champions Cup final of this season, and they can compete for the glory of standing on the top of Europe at the Stade de France!

This in itself is an order for any player on both sides to fight passionately!
For the team, this is the glory of the club's championship showdown!
For the players, this is not only a battle of honor, but also a place for success. Young people hope to realize their dreams in such a world-renowned game, and already famous stars need to show their abilities on this stage. , to prove that he is a well-deserved NO1!
And if they can make it to the final, on May [-]th, the Stade de France will truly be the biggest stage where the stars will shine. Perhaps only the final of the World Cup can be more important than this.

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Sitting there, Li Rui could hear the fans singing from the Camp Nou stadium. Li Rui couldn't understand Spanish, but he could guess that it should be the cheering singing from the Barcelona fans for the home team.

Camp Nou - a stadium of 8000 people!

Li Rui squinted his eyes. He was imagining the "grand occasion" of being booed by nearly [-] fans. Don't mention it. Thinking about it this way, Li Rui was almost overwhelmed with excitement. He longed for this feeling .

Ugh - Barcelona fans would go crazy if they knew that Manchester United's number 10 was thinking about such nonsense when he was about to play.

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Time to play!

Since Gary Neville sat on the bench in today's game, Manchester United's captain's armband was brought to Giggs' arm today.

Ferguson may come to see the captain of the team today. Giggs knew what he should do. The Welsh veteran stood up. He clapped his hands and called everyone together, "Everyone come here!"

Everyone stood up and formed a circle, and Giggs raised his arms and shouted, "Manchester United!!"

"We must win! We must win! We must win!" Everyone shouted loudly.

This kind of slogan can really make people excited. The locker room is full of men's heavy panting and roaring. Let this passion out.

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At this time, Ferguson, who had been looking at the players with his arms crossed, suddenly clapped his hands. Everyone looked at the head coach. The old Scottish man took two steps forward, opened the heavy door of the dressing room, and stood there , pointing to the door——
"Boys, now, the gate to the final field, there! Go! Kill your opponents! Goal—"

"Stade de France!" Everyone raised their arms and shouted!Following behind the captain Giggs on the field, he rushed out of the visiting team's locker room at the Camp Nou screaming.

The men's passion has been ignited at this moment, completely ignited, they want to burn all the obstacles in front of them!

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The unscrupulous roar of the Manchester United also caused the Barcelona staff in the Nou Camp stadium in the corridor to look sideways, which made the Barcelona staff very uncomfortable. Now, what they desire most is to see their team. The feeling of being eliminated by the team and stepping on your feet.

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On the big screen of the Nou Camp Stadium, the starting lists of both sides for today's game have been displayed——
Home team Barcelona lineup (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: 1-Valdes;

Defense: 15-Edmilson, 5-Puyol, 4-Marcos, 12-Van Bronthorst;
Midfielder: 6- Harvey, 17- Van Bommel, 20- Deco;

Forwards: 30-Messi, 9-Eto'o, 10-Ronaldinho
Away team Manchester United lineup (4-3-1-2)

Goalkeeper: 19-Van der Sar;
Defense: 22-O'Shea, 5-Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 4-Heinze;
Midfield: 24-Fletcher, 11-Gigs, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 18-Scholes;

Forwards: 9- Rooney, 10 Li Rui;

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Today's Camp Nou stadium was full of seats. When players from both sides entered the field, the whole stadium erupted into cheers like the earth shaking and mountains shaking.In the stands, the Barcelona fans held the model of the league champion and gave the craziest cheers to every Barcelona player who played. Barcelona had already won the league in advance, and the fans will always be like this, on such a special occasion, Applause for their heroes. However, in the camera, the banner of 'We want more champions' on the central stand of Camp Nou expresses what Barcelona fans want to express.

Out of superstitious considerations, Barcelona fans did not clearly express their desire for the Champions League.

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The two sides lined up to enter the field, shook hands with each other, and spread out. Li Rui stood in the middle circle and looked at the stands of the Camp Nou Stadium. The stadium can accommodate 98000 people. This spectacular scene is still shocking.

Li Rui jumped on the spot twice, he couldn't wait any longer, this is the big scene.

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Uh——this is? !

When Li Rui was waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to start the game, he looked up and saw a white light in the stands of the fans of the home team, running down from the stands extremely fast and vigorously, and ran to the field.

After running in, Li Rui and the players who were preparing for the start of the game saw clearly what was going on. They saw a white man rushing towards the middle circle quickly, and behind him was a group of stadium security and policemen!

streaking!

This is the legendary streaking that is very common in European arenas? !

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To be honest, this was the first time Li Rui saw fans running naked in the arena. Li Rui winked at Rooney, "Wayne, it's a pity that she is not a beautiful woman."

At this time, the streaking man also ran closer, and one could see that his crotch was covered with a piece of canvas to block his vital parts, and the fat all over his body was streaked with white, which could be described as rippling fat.

This person was extremely fast, and the security guard, who seemed a bit bulky, couldn't catch up with him, and he rushed to the vicinity of the middle circle.

This streaking guy seemed to be enjoying himself enough. He rushed towards Li Rui, and tried to steal the ball from Li Rui's feet. Li Rui seemed to be childlike when he faced the streaker who easily rushed over. He flicked the left side of the football net, and the football was cut off beautifully by this naked man! '

After Li Rui's 'stealing the ball', the streaking man was obviously very high-spirited, and he wanted to get the football away from Fletcher, but Fletcher moved the football to the left Bo, and then the football was disturbed by Scholes, and the streaking man wanted to pounce on Scholes again, but Fletcher stretched out his foot and tripped over a dog chewing shit.Well, this is an absolute 'foul from behind' action!

The man who ran naked immediately fell to the ground in front of him with a whimper!A few security guards who followed immediately flew up and pressed him under him. One security guard even covered the 'light pig warrior' with his hat, which looked so big that it could hardly be completely covered by the cloth strips. Things, and then several people set up this person and walked to the sidelines.

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Being disturbed by the streaker made the atmosphere of the stadium much lighter. While everyone was laughing, they also felt the coolness brought by the night wind.

Rooney and Li Rui even had a leisurely chat about the naked naked figure. Rooney looked annoyed at the 'light pig warrior' who was taken away by the police, "Unfortunately, it's not a woman."

Li Rui pouted, ignoring the little fat man.

After experiencing Yu's streaking incident just now, the referee Merck finally blew the whistle to start the game——

In the 2005-2006 season, the second round of the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, Barcelona VS Manchester United - it's started! !
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After the game whistle sounded, Barcelona showed a very strong desire to attack at their home stadium, Camp Nou, and they were quite active from the beginning of the game.

Messi, Eto'o, Ronaldinho - Frank Rijkaard's three-forward strategy put great pressure and threats on Manchester United's defense from the very beginning of the game.

In Barcelona's tide-like attack, the cheers of the Barcelona fans at the Nou Camp Stadium overwhelmed the waves, constantly building momentum for the home team.

Barcelona's tactical thinking is very clear, that is, to score goals and take the lead as soon as possible. Although Barcelona scored two away goals in the away game at Old Trafford, Barcelona still lost that game. In the last game, Rijkaard's team must win is the only way out. Therefore, Barcelona launched a fierce attack as soon as it came up, and did not conduct a tentative attack at all. In fact, the two teams met in the semi-finals a week ago After the first round of the competition, it can be said that they are very familiar with each other, and there is really no need to test.

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Facing Barcelona's oppressive and offensive style of play, even the high-spirited Manchester United had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​attacking first. They must now defend first-Barcelona's two away goals at Old Trafford Goals are always a thorn in Manchester United's heart. The team must be steady and not allow the home team Barcelona to score first.

Rijkaard's three forwards are not in a parallel position. Eto'o is the most forward. On the right side of the Cameroon striker is the young Argentine player Messi, and on the left side of Eto'o is the Brazilian star and World Player of the Year Ronaldinho.

Messi's speed is quite fast. In less than 5 minutes of the start of the game, the Argentine star who only came off the bench in the first round of the semifinals instigated an extremely threatening attack.

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Messi got the ball, he first tricked Fletcher away with fake moves, then, Messi suddenly accelerated past Heinze, when Vidic came up to intercept, Messi stopped suddenly, turned around Played a sideways pass to Deco.

Deco has already bent his bow and set his arrows. Facing Messi's goal, the kick is a sudden long shot!

The football flew towards the goal with huge cheers from the Barcelona fans at the Camp Nou.

Deco's shot was very tricky and the ball was very fast. Van der Sar didn't dare to hold the ball. To be on the safe side, the old Dutch goalkeeper chose to hit the football out of the baseline with both fists.

Barcelona got their first corner of the game.

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PS: I spent the day on the train today, and I didn’t eat dinner at night, so hurry up and type, tomorrow will be a wonderful chapter.Here, Xiaoqi wants to despise tiedaobu and make a train. On the way, the train broke down and stopped for almost an hour. , the conductor said that the train motor was broken, and then the radio said that the rails in front of the railway were faulty, please be patient... Day!

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