Two consecutive important matches were scheduled in London, leading to a surge in tourists from the UK.
The sound of helicopters circling outside the hotel made people look up.
After arriving in London, there was only one week to prepare for the war.
But Fleet Street is not willing to give up such hot news at all.
Print media and TV media all joined in, and it was a carnival for British media people.
Both teams have received varying degrees of attention.
Barcelona targets fans in Spanish-speaking areas, while Sampdoria targets fans all over the world.
Even assistant coaches are followed when they go out.
In the hotel room, Dejan Lu is watching "The Sun".
The newspaper wrote, "The drinks we found in the garbage on the floor in Barcelona should belong to Zubizarreta, who was born in Bilbao. His garbage contained some puffed food and chocolate packaging bags, as well as some sticky toilet paper. We have reason to believe that the Barca goalkeeper may have done something in the hotel room, or he may have watched the adult station himself."
So fucking scary.
Every British journalist would be blind if he didn't become a detective.
They can analyze the clues in the garbage to identify the owner of the garbage, and then analyze the psychological and physical state of the garbage owner and what they did in the hotel.
It's no wonder that "The Sun" is a bestseller.
They really have a way.
"Dejan, are you going to go out on holiday today?"
Redondo, who was reading a book, looked up and asked.
"It's too much trouble to get out."
Dejan Lu shook his head and said.
If caught by reporters, how to get back to the hotel is a problem.
The news about the players from both teams during this period is so valuable.
Even the hotel staff were bribed, and both teams relied on logistics staff to ensure safety.
The training content had been exposed a few days ago.
The teams that provide the training ground are also exposed from all directions.
Tottenham Hotspur also apologized specifically for this.
Arsenal provided Barca with a training ground without any problems, which made Tottenham Hotspur, their mortal enemy, very angry.
Tottenham Hotspur Club spent a lot of money to hire a security company, just to prevent reporters from taking secret photos, and even caught two moles who wanted to betray the news.
Before the game, there was a Mission: Impossible.
England Football celebrities are also more active than before.
Jimmy Griffiths, who once played for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan, said in an interview, "In my era, scoring more than 20 goals per season was already the best player in the world. I also won the Serie A championship with Milan, but now the times have changed. More and more players can score 30 goals. It is difficult for you to imagine how strong a team like Sampdoria is."
Manchester United coach Ferguson also said in an interview, "One day recently when I was dreaming, I dreamed that Dejan was wearing Manchester United's Number Seven jersey. That was the day when I was the second most happy person after marrying Cathy. Everyone knows George·Best, Best and I dare not say who is better than Dejan, but Dejan's discipline is much better than Best. As long as he does not experience injuries, his achievements will be much higher than Best. You may not even recognize him when you see him off the court. Dejan feels almost non-aggressive off the court, just like my neighbor's child."
After taking a nap, Dejan Lu saw Beckenbauer on TV again.
As the coach of the European Star Team, he arrived in London in advance to watch the game.
Football Emperor who was interviewed said, "I have told Bayern's board of directors that we should decisively buy Dejan. Now you can see, even if we can afford Dejan, Bayern can't afford a salary of US$6 million. It's football that limits Dejan's income, not that Dejan's income is too exaggerated. His performance deserves a salary of US$12 million."
"He said it quite well."
Redondo said with a smile.
"Mr. Chairman, I'm afraid you'll have to worry again."
Dejan Lu joked.
Paolo·Mantovani was afraid that he would want to leave the team, so he always asked about his welfare.
He and Boskov both wanted to give Dejan the Football King a Big Brother phone more than once.
It's a pity that Dejan Lu thinks that thing is too big.
And the signal is not very good, far less reliable than a landline phone.
The shops on the street will install landline phones, so you can borrow them and pay for them.
These days, ordinary people are counting on the number of minutes to make phone calls. They are charged once every three minutes for the first call. Even if you hang up immediately and call, you will still be charged. You will be charged again every time after that.
Most people really don't have the habit of talking on the phone.
Dejan Lu It is impossible for fans to bear this money.
In the afternoon, Roberto Mancini and his teammates came over with playing cards and said, "We were a little bored, so we decided to play some games."
"Dejan, don't you dare?"
Vialli fanned the flames on the side.
Dejan Lu knew as soon as he heard that the Haier brothers were probably colluding to win Dejan the Football King.
"Okay, but let's do something exciting."
Dejan Lu smiled and said, "Italy's gameplay is not too exciting. I will teach you a gameplay that can be doubled."
"That's great!"
Roberto Mancini said with a smile.
Vialli nodded, he was afraid it would not be exciting.
Redondo was holding up the book and snickering.
Based on his understanding of Dejan Lu, Dejan Lu is probably going to teach the two frontline players a lesson today.
The room was full of fun.
Redondo couldn't help but get closer and take a look.
Because they had good cards and wanted to call the landlord, Roberto Mancini and Vialli broke up in a matter of minutes.
Redondo all admire Dejan Lu.
The alliance between these two guys was easily broken up.
"Substitute, replace, you all have no money." Pagliuca shouted from the side.
"Who said that? At worst, I owe you first. Anyway, that guy Dejan likes to have people write IOUs." Roberto Mancini said.
Vialli rolled his eyes and changed places with Pagliuca.
He didn't want to continue playing.
As a rich second generation, he knows very well that Dejan Lu has a better brain than him.
If you continue playing like this, you will only give money to Dejan Lu.
Several hours passed.
As soon as Pezzotti entered the door, he saw Vialli a few old smokers squatting on the window sill and smoking, while others were playing cards on the sofa.
"We'll eat in a while."
Pezzotti said, "Let's go to the restaurant in half an hour."
"Narciso, do you want to come and play?" Roberto Mancini greeted.
"It looks difficult."
Pezzotti said.
"It's okay, we can teach you." Roberto Mancini encouraged.
With a new guy he might have won.
However, half an hour later, only Roberto Mancini was left with a bad face.
Pezzotti held a few hundred dollars with a smile and said, "I didn't expect to be so lucky. I won so much on my first play. I have enough money to buy gifts on my return trip."
"That's when you met Roberto."
Vialli mocked from the side.
Roberto Mancini plays well, but his expression always changes when he catches a good card.
Don't even have to guess.
"You should also be careful and just have fun." Good old man Pezzotti reminded.
A few hundred dollars for more than 20 minutes is not a small amount of money.
Roberto Mancini's face suddenly fell.
He can't get a new car recently.
The dinner prepared by the restaurant is very rich, mainly Italy dishes, as well as some dishes from other countries.
Everyone generally didn't eat much.
In the evening, I learned more about the technical characteristics of Barca players in the tactics room, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
The next day.
May 27th.
Champions Cup The day of the final.
The Samp team was making final preparations after taking a nap.
Not only that, but all kinds of stuff from sponsors.
From the snacks on the bench to the energy drink Lucozade, they all appeared in this Champions Cup competition.
Lucozade was invented in 1927, and its main ingredient is glucose.
Not famous in the mainland, but Hong Kong likes it.
Pagliuca was sitting on the edge studying the opponent's shooting habits. Dejan Lu had already put on his headphones and started listening to music to relax.
He is quite familiar with this Barca.
Whether it is Meng Er or Dream Team III later, Meng Yi's name cannot be avoided.
Anyone who is a fan has watched the game of Barcelona's first Champions League championship in history.
At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the whole team set off from the hotel to Wembley.
At this time London has become a football city.
Many fans are preparing to go to Sweden to watch European Championship. Before that, they will first watch the Champions League and Stars games. Together with the fans from Barcelona and Genoa, the streets of London are full of heads.
I finally got on the bus under the escort of security, but the bus couldn't pick up the speed.
"You won't be late if you keep going like this, right?"
Roberto Mancini asked.
"How is it possible? This place is very close to Wembley Stadium." Vialli said.
The team obviously chose it deliberately, so it will be farther away when going to Tottenham Hotspur's training base, just to prevent the time of going to Wembley from being delayed on game days.
This kind of slow driving is still very torturous.
Fortunately, most fans are shouting the name of player Sampdoria.
Dejan Lu keenly noticed that both Redondo and Roberto Mancini straightened their backs.
Some teammates simply waved to the fans outside the window.
Boskov stood up and reminded, "Be sure not to open the windows, otherwise fans will throw debris into the car."
It would be great fun if a player's head is broken.
Matracci just stopped, he still wanted to say hello to the fans.
It took more than 40 minutes to walk several kilometers.
After the bus stopped, Samp's team quickly got out of the door.
"Ahhh...Dejan!!!"
The high-octave shout instantly suppressed everyone else.
Many fans followed suit.
Dejan Lu nodded with a smile and turned around and walked into the stadium.
He didn't want to arouse the fans' emotions at this time.
Samp was drawn to the home locker room, which is a bit lucky.
You can feel more comfortable in the locker room.
Dejan Lu changed his clothes and opened the system to choose the lottery.
[Your good brother Francesco·Totti rejected Real Madrid's temptation of huge money and chose to stay in Rome. The fairy tale of one man, one city continues, so a team traitor was selected. Ding, get the second round of La Liga in the 1988-1989 season, Barcelona VS Osasuna, Míchel·Laudrup single game experience card]
Such a team is a traitor.
Big Laudrup is the player who transferred to Real Madrid from Barca before Figo.
Before Laudrup was Barca core Schuster.
Barca The core players of this team seem to have the habit of transferring to Real Madrid, and they all performed well, as did the earlier ancient players.
Players that Real Madrid directly transferred to Barca, such as Prosinečki and Hagi, did not perform well in Barca.
When Dejan Lu kicked Bing Er, Laudrup was playing for Juventus.
However, when he transferred to Sampdoria, Laudrup had already followed the call of his idol Cruyff and went to Barca.
Later, his transfer to Real Madrid was said to be due to a conflict with Cruyff.
Cruyff It's always not pleasant to get along with some geniuses, unless your name is Marco·Van Basten.
After putting on the captain's armband, Boskov immediately said, "Let's go Dejan, the reporters also want to see you."
Dejan Lu nodded and followed the coach to the press conference.
Cruyff saw Dejan Lu and Boskov, smiled and nodded.
Dejan Lu also nodded and sat down with the coach.
"Mr. Cruyff, are you sure of winning?"
"Dejan, today it is said that all the Royal Family will appear at Wembley to support you. Is there anything you want to say about this?"
"Will you transfer to Barca, Dejan?"
"Beckenbauer means Bayern missed you. Will you play for Bayern in the future Dejan?"
"What do you think about Serie A All-Stars and the European Stars roster Dejan?"
"Dejan, it is said that you haven't bought your own house yet. Why is that? Are you planning to transfer and leave Genoa?"
"..."
Barca General couldn't help but look sideways.
The scene seemed to be Dejan Lu's personal press conference.
Reporters are much more interested in Dejan Lu than they are.
Dejan Lu did not answer, but motioned to the two coaches to speak first.
Cruyff took the microphone and said, "I have great confidence in the team, but whether we can win or not depends on the situation of the game. Redondo and Lanna have ended their suspensions, which is not good news for us."
"Johan, do you mean Redondo is better than Guardiola?"
one reporter asked.
Cruyff couldn't help but frown.
My beloved disciple Guardiola is the back midfielder of Barca.
Cruyff said, "Pep is a good player, and Redondo is also very good, but they are completely different types and there is no way to compare them together."
"If you were asked to choose one Sampdoria player other than Dejan, who would you choose to play for Barca?" The reporter was obviously unwilling to let go of Cruyff and must dig up some news about him.
Cruyff was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Lombardo, he is more suitable for Barca's style."
This answer disappointed many reporters.
Boskov quickly said, "Today we are mainly discussing the game, not summer transfers. I guarantee that the main players of the team will try to stay on the team, unless someone wants to leave."
"Mr. Boskov, do you mean there are players who want to transfer?"
the reporter asked.
"I didn't mean that." Boskov said directly, "This kind of thing is unpredictable, but Mr. Chairman and I still hope that everyone can stay."
"You have lost to Barcelona once before. Are you confident you can win the game this time?"
one reporter asked.
Boskov nodded and said, "You know what I want to say. It is impossible for us to lose with Dejan. If you want to talk about Dejan dependence, just say it."
The reporter turned to look at Dejan Lu and asked, "Henry the Prince said that you are his idol, what do you think Dejan?"
"It's great to be a role model and it will remind me to do better."
Dejan Lu said.
"What do you think of the Serie A All-Stars list?" the reporter asked.
This is a topic of great concern to fans.
"It's great to play with Diego and Marco, but Mr. Zoff will obviously have a headache to start. Roberto·Baggio and Diego·Diego Maradona are both players behind the forward."
Dejan Lu said gloatingly.
Zoff can't let Baggio play on the left and compete with Dejan the Football King for a position.
Unless Zoff arranges 433 single back midfielder and double front midfielder, then Redondo is afraid that he will be beaten into a sieve.
No matter how strong the defensive midfielder is, facing a team of the level of the European Star Team, it will be difficult for a single defensive midfielder to persist.
"Then who do you think should start between the two of them?"
the reporter asked.
"I think Roberto·Roberto Mancini should start because he is my teammate and my friend." Dejan Lu said with a wink.
Reporters couldn't help but roll their eyes.
It's really not a crime to offend anyone.
"It's the first time you're on the same team as Paolo·Paolo Maldini. Do you feel a little strange? He loses to you several times every season." A reporter asked.
"You should ask Paolo how he feels about being on the winner's team."
Dejan Lu smiled and said, "Today is the Champions Cup finals. We should talk about something related to the game."
"Who do you think is Barcelona's most dangerous player?"
the reporter quickly asked.
"Koeman, Rodman Koeman's long pass is very threatening."
Dejan Lu said.
Koeman's long pass is quite good. Even on the back line, he can play a role in quickly sending the ball to the frontcourt.
"Then do you have any way to target Koeman's long pass?"
"You should ask the coach about this. Okay, that's it for today's press conference. I still have to warm up with my teammates."
Dejan Lu said and stood up directly.
Boskov quickly got up and left together.
Even after coaching for so many years, he still doesn't like to face reporters.
God knows what kind of coach would be so eloquent in a press conference.
"Dejan, you have to be careful on the court. The Dutch are not as clean as the newspapers say." Boskov reminded him as he walked back.
"Don't worry, coach, I will do it."
Dejan Lu said.
Dejan Lu has always felt that the Dutch team is what the national football team should learn from, as it perfectly combines kung fu and technology.
The skills of the players are not bad. When it comes to fouls, each one is more ruthless than the other. In the competition, every three or five will increase the intensity of the opponent.
It's a pity that Kung Fu is easy to learn. After all, traditional culture and technology are not easy to master.
"Let's go out and warm up."
Dejan Lu greeted after pushing open the door of the locker room.
Boom——
As Dejan Lu walked out of the aisle, Wembley immediately burst into cheers.
Wembley's DJ all shouted, "Today we are going to witness a great game, let us welcome Dejan and Sampdoria!"
The cheers in the stands grew louder and louder, and the local fans were more enthusiastic than the Samp fans.
"What happened to those British guys?"
Redondo asked in confusion, "Arsenal was just bloodbathed by us before."
"Because Diego Maradona, Dejan has been steadily beating Napoli, which has helped Britain breathe a sigh of relief." Pari explained with a smile, "Didn't you see Hilton praising Dejan in newspapers all day long? This is the mentality of British people."
"Tch."
Redondo and Roberto Mancini were pronounced with disdain almost simultaneously.
The two looked at each other and nodded.
I feel like it's shameful that this kind of revenge requires help from others.
If you have the ability, let British players transfer and play with Juventus and Diego Maradona.
During the warm-up, Barcelona was more high-profile than Sampdoria, like a peacock with its wings spread out constantly showing off its skills.
Samp's side mainly focuses on passing and receiving.
Occasionally Dejan Lu would dribble the ball towards the defensive players to warm them up.
The director camera is almost overwhelmed.
There are too many celebrities and celebrities in the stands.
Several companies from Europe the Royal Family alone came to the scene.
In Wembley's competition, the British the Royal Family must come forward.
But the Princess appeared in the box with his young son, instead of being in the stands like the rest of the Royal Family.
Spain the Prince Felipe·Juan·Alfonso also appeared in the stands. No matter how Catalonia made trouble, he had to show an attitude.
The family of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden also appears in Wembley.
European Championship is in Sweden in the summer, and they just took the opportunity to warm up European Championship, which can be regarded as a publicity.
As early as the abolition of the monarchy in Germany, they the Royal Family were already on guard.
I am afraid that one day the public will be interested in driving the Royal Family out of office.
Especially after the media has developed, they are always looking for opportunities to create a good public image.
Football celebrities were sitting in the stands in piles.
English First Division After the league ended, many players who had not gone on vacation were also like this.
Beckenbauer, Pelé sat together with the famous players of Manchester United.
Football Emperor and the football champion have played in the United States, so communication is not a problem.
"George, Ferguson said Dejan's achievements will be much higher than yours."
Pelé joked.
He has always liked Best's playing style.
Best shrugged and said, "It was on the green field. If it were on the bed, my achievements would be higher than his."
Bobby Charlton had black lines popping up on his forehead. If he hadn't taken the situation into consideration, he would have wanted to punch his teammate.
Who the hell cares how many Miss Worlds you've slept with.
It's just that Pelé and Beckenbauer are both romantic figures, so they had a lot of fun chatting with them.
These top football players all have one hobby, and that is cheating.
Pelé and Beckenbauer always repeat the process of marriage, cheating, and divorce.
In this regard, Best is similar to Diego Maradona. Both of them prefer the original pair no matter what.
Totti saw the footage of Buffon on the TV, and his whole body felt sour.
Because his parents took him on a trip, he had to refuse Dejan Lu's invitation and could not go to watch the game.
"Your plan caused me to miss the last Champions Cup, Dad."
Totti complained.
Enzo·Totti, who was arranging the fishing rods, joked, "Can you spell the last few words Champions Cup, Francesco?"
"Dad!!!"
Totti shouted angrily.
It's okay for others to say it, no matter what, dad won't let him go.
At this time, players from both sides returned to the tunnel, and the live performance prepared by the British began.
Enzo also put down his work and sat in front of the TV.
"It would be great if Roma could play in the Champions Cup final." Enzo·Totti said with emotion.
Francesco·Totti curled his lips, feeling that Rome was a little difficult.
Don't say Sampdoria.
Even the Milan duo are visibly strong.
If you can't beat them in Serie A, can you win the championship if you go to Champions Cup?
"Today is really a football feast, but I heard that Sampdoria players are more concerned about revenge against Barcelona."
"It should be like this. In the 1988 season, they lost the Cup Winners' Cup final, and their opponent was Cruyff's Barcelona. Today Sampdoria must be holding back a breath and wanting revenge."
"With Dejan here, revenge is not difficult."
"Ahem, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides first."
Sampdoria 4-4-2 double central midfield:
Goalkeeper: Pagliuca,
Defender: Lanna, Verchowod, Matracci, Mannini,
Midfielder: Dejan Lu, Redondo, Pari, Dossena,
Forwards: Vialli, Roberto Mancini.
Barcelona 352 single midfielder:
Goalkeeper: Anthony Zubizarreta,
Defenders: Fernando·Munoz Garcia, Rodman·Koeman, Albert·Ferrer
Midfielder: Juan·Carlos, Míchel·Laudrup, Guardiola, Jose·Bakero, Eusebio,
Forwards: Zhu Leo Salinas, Christo Stoichkov.
"Barcelona prefers to control the game in terms of formation, but facing Sampdoria, they may not have a technical advantage."
"It's like this. Guardiola's defensive ability is definitely not as good as Redondo. The battle between the two in the midfield will be very interesting. Redondo likes to move in front. It just so happens that we can also see how Guardiola performs. A midfielder wearing the No. 10 jersey itself is very interesting."
At this time, Guardiola, who had just been promoted to the first team, was still number ten.
There are indeed not many No. 10 players playing in his position.
When the players from both sides were making final preparations and stretching Dejan Lu, they faced a lot of curious eyes.
Although the Barcelona players have never played against Dejan Lu, they all know that Dejan Lu led Sampdoria to a bloodbath in Real Madrid. During that time, the Catalonia media reported wildly and mocked their mortal enemy.
At 6:15 in the evening, the German referee Aaron Schmidhu Bale blew the whistle to start the game.
It was not yet dark in London at this time.
Barcelona, who took the first kick, returned the ball more cautiously, but Samp's pressure was not as fierce as before.
Obviously Barcelona's opponent is special to Samp.
Koeman adjusted his big foot and drove the ball to the right side of the frontcourt. Eusebio is not tall, but he has good physical fitness. Lanna went up and suffered a loss and was knocked away by the opponent.
Verchowod also wanted to go up to cover the defense immediately, but the opponent directly passed the ball into the penalty area with a big kick.
"Pagliuca! Pagliuca successfully picked off the ball. Barcelona chose a sneak attack in the opening stage. This time it was obviously premeditated. They wanted to create a threat with a cross while Sampdoria was not aware of the problem. Fortunately, Pagliuca was very focused."
"Cruyff's team has good long passing ability. It is estimated that Matracci will still be chosen to start today. Boskov has this consideration."
Pagliuca, who got the ball, quickly threw the ball to Lanna.
Lanna rushed forward after receiving the ball. Although Eusebio was born as a defensive midfielder, he really couldn't withstand Lanna's impact. Lanna squeezed directly between him and the sideline.
Lanna is very fast, which makes the Barcelona players very uneasy.
Bakero and Guardiola greeted them almost at the same time.
"Go back, go back quickly!!!"
Cruyff waved vigorously and shouted from the sidelines.
Oh shit!
Dejan Lu was trying hard to reduce his presence in the opening stage. Can't you see that he suddenly moved forward at this time?
It's a pity it's too late.
Lanna has already passed the ball from Bakero's head.
Click——
Dejan Lu turned slightly sideways and pushed the ball forward, then directly started dribbling the ball forward.
The entire process of unloading the ball was completed while running, without wasting half a second.
Fernando·Garcia and Koeman rushed towards Dejan Lu together, completely ignoring that the middle lane was empty.
Facing Garcia, Dejan Lu suddenly stepped forward with his left foot, pretending to go to the middle, letting the opponent take the center of gravity, and then immediately moved forward with his left foot and continued to rush forward.
A somewhat annoyed Garcia approached Dejan Lu again.
Snap,
But Dejan Lu knocked his left foot and accelerated forward a second time, which made Garcia feel a little difficult.
Fortunately, my teammates are almost here.
Koeman stood up in advance, and the moment Dejan Lu threw Garcia away, Garcia chose to stretch his legs.
Click——Sombrero flick.
Dejan Lu sent his left foot forward and immediately gave the ball to his right foot.
Koeman stretched out his legs and fell to the ground in embarrassment. Dejan Lu easily slipped between the two people, making many Barca fans' eyes twitch.
Bang——
Guardiola, who ran back, chose to tackle the ball on the ground. Dejan Lu took the lead and hoisted the ball to the goal. Unfortunately, Zubizarreta picked the ball off.
Even so, Wembley Stadium burst into applause.
Compared with Barcelona's two-foot long pass, Sampdoria's offense is obviously more interesting.
In the face of Dejan Lu's breakthrough, Barcelona's defender looked very embarrassed.
This made many British fans follow the joke and completely forget why Toni·Adams was banned.
Cruyff stood on the sidelines with his arms folded.
There was no way he could get rid of his frown.
From here he saw more things. The three defenders could not play a big role at this time, and Eusebio was not smart enough. This versatile midfielder should not be able to guard Dejan Lu.
It's only a matter of time before we lose the ball at this rate, as the left wing attracts too much defensive attention.
A few minutes later, Pari pushed Laudrup down. Cruyff quickly waved to the court and shouted, "Pep, Pep, come here..."
"Boss, what's wrong?"
Guardiola, who still had hair, trotted to the sidelines and asked.
"Don't press forward. Just wait for Dejan to help your teammates keep an eye on him when he gets the ball. I don't need you to steal the ball, but just delay his rhythm." Cruyff put his arms around Guardiola's neck and said, "Just make it impossible for him to take off and handle the ball immediately. That's what you need to do. I believe you can do it."
Guardiola nodded with an ugly face. Delaying Dejan Lu's timing is no different from stealing. That guy made too many fake moves...