Chapter 359 Fortunately it was a football match

Before the start of the first round of the Champions League last 16, under the media's offensive, fans of both teams were in a state of excitement and worry. They were excited because their teams would face one of the world's top teams and the match would undoubtedly become one of the classic battles of the season. But they were worried because their opponents would not be pushovers and either team could fail, which often meant being at a disadvantage in the second round.

Perhaps, Barcelona fans have a certain psychological advantage over Chelsea fans. First of all, this game is held at Camp Nou, and they will naturally think that Barcelona will play better on their own turf. Also, no matter how crazy Chelsea's performance this season, their head coach Mourinho was just a translator for Barcelona five years ago.

Can a translator’s leadership level be comparable to that of Rijkaard, one of the ‘Three Musketeers of the Netherlands’! ! ?

At least in the eyes of Barcelona fans, although Chelsea's record is not even as good as Barcelona's this season, it is very unrealistic for a translator who left Barcelona to beat his host at Camp Nou.

Of course, the above is just the discriminatory view of Barcelona fans. According to the "professional statistics" analysis of the "France Football" newspaper, if we look at the data, Chelsea and Barcelona are both the most balanced offensive and defensive teams in the world today. In their respective leagues, their goal scoring and conceding numbers have almost reached the most reasonable "critical point". However, simply comparing the two teams, their respective strengths in offense and defense foreshadow an absolutely good show of "wheat and awn versus needle".

Chelsea's previous record was undoubtedly perfect, with 25 consecutive league wins and 6 wins in the Champions League group stage. No matter from which angle you measure it, especially in the Premier League that advocates offense, the new record set by Chelsea is a miracle.

In terms of defense, they are by no means inferior, and both young goalkeepers have performed at a world-class level.

According to the analysis of many "professionals", the probability of Petr Cech playing is higher than that of Thomas Clarke. The most important reason is Cech's performance problem. What Chelsea needs in this game is stability. In the magnificent Camp Nou stadium, it is difficult to guarantee that Thomas, who is only 19 years old, will not make mistakes due to stage fright. In this game, a mistake is crucial.

On the other hand, Barcelona is the team with the fewest goals conceded in La Liga so far, but they have conceded 17 goals in 23 games, which is not outstanding. However, Barcelona has never been a team that relies on defense. In the competition with Chelsea, Barcelona's real weapon is offense.

But Chelsea’s real weapon is also attack!!!

No one can deny that Ronaldinho is one of the best attackers in the world today, but more importantly, he also has the La Liga top scorer Eto'o and Deco who also has strong attacking and organizing abilities. Behind this "attack trident", Xavi's presence is crucial, because in the eyes of the Spanish media, Rijkaard's tactical system may lack Ronaldinho or Eto'o, but Xavi, who can organize the midfield in an orderly manner and occasionally have "world-class assists", is absolutely indispensable, and is the real reason why Barcelona can create the strongest attacking force in La Liga.

But who can deny that Wang Li is the best attacker in the world, no doubt about it! ! ?

According to the Portuguese newspaper "News", Barcelona's defense is not reassuring. Even at Camp Nou, if Chelsea plays a defensive counterattack, Barcelona will not dare to attack freely because they are afraid. They are afraid of Chelsea's No. 21 Allen Wang. Rijkaard will never ignore the striker with the highest goal efficiency in the world today, especially in terms of quick counterattacks. His speed will become Barcelona's nightmare! !

…………Barcelona, ​​the capital of the Spanish province of Barcelona (belonging to the autonomous region of Catalonia) and the second largest city in Spain. When hearing this name, almost everyone will associate it with football. This is mainly because Barcelona, ​​both in history and now, is almost always the embodiment of the will and spirit of the Catalan people in this area.

Almost every loyal football fan in the world wants to visit two cities, one is Milan in Italy, and the other is Barcelona in Spain. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call Barcelona the capital of football.

However, for Wang Li, Barcelona has only one identity in his mind - a place for Chelsea's rival Barcelona to wash away their grievances, nothing more.

He has no interest in the other meanings of Barcelona and does not want to study them.

After landing at the El Padre de Llobregat International Airport in Barcelona, ​​Chelsea players just stepped out of the cabin when they were met by a large number of enthusiastic Barcelona fans who lined up to "welcome" them. They were neatly dressed in Barcelona's home uniforms and held various insulting, sarcastic, and morale-boosting banners to "welcome" Chelsea's arrival in this way - "Translator, go back to your original job, football is not for you!!"

"Who is Alan Wang!? We have Ronaldinho!!"

"Barcelona is invincible. How can an upstart want to be so arrogant in Camp Nou?!"

...As soon as the Chelsea players walked out of the exit, they could see most of the fans. They were standing very forward, which made the Chelsea players feel that the airport security was deliberately letting them off guard. When the entire Chelsea team walked out of the passage, flash lights immediately filled the entire venue, and reporters from various countries followed the players' footsteps, constantly asking questions in a variety of languages.

Among them, Wang Li is the most popular player, but he is far behind the head coach Jose Mourinho who is at the forefront.

Yes, what was unexpected this time was that the head coach completely overshadowed star players such as Wang Li, Lampard, Terry, Robben, etc. Unfortunately, Mourinho didn't seem to buy it. He carried his luggage bag and walked straight towards the bus without looking back, while the players following behind were relatively relaxed and they also rushed to the bus soon after.

Wang Li was sitting on the bus, looking outside at the crazy fans waving all kinds of slogans, and the reporters who were anxious to interview someone after seeing all the Chelsea players on the bus. He couldn't help but look forward to the game even more. Judging from the scene alone, the attention to this game was definitely the highest this season.

Maybe he didn't like these media in the past, but now he hopes that his football will get more attention. Looking back at these media, he feels that their work is nothing wrong. Players need fame and the media needs news. The two complement each other, which is also inevitable for the development of modern football.

Without these media who are constantly looking for news, no matter how good a player is at playing football, who would know? This is the role of the media relative to the players.

Of course, the role of fans is more important because it is related to the foundation of a club's existence. However, this has little to do with the players because the players' income is related to the clubs and other large companies, and has little direct relationship with the fans.

"Pah!"

Wang Li slapped his forehead and thought that he was thinking too far ahead. These things at least had no great relevance to him at the moment. The most important thing now was to play well in this game.

For Wang Li, it was his first time to play against such a top Spanish team. It should be said that it was his first time to play against a super giant outside the Premier League.

When he was at Wolverhampton, the team had no chance to play in European competitions, and when he joined Chelsea, they did not encounter any strong opponents in the Champions League group stage. Because of this, many foreign media still question Wang Li's ability. The biggest reason is that Wang Li has no experience of playing against top European giants outside the Premier League.

At present, even though the strength of teams like Barcelona and Inter Milan is not much different from the top Premier League clubs, the styles of the two leagues are different, and the performances on the field are naturally different. If Chelsea knows how to play step by step to win against Manchester United, then when facing foreign teams, sometimes even the head coach will be a little at a loss, so they have to carefully analyze the opponent's information before the game.

Of course, this is true for Chelsea and Barcelona. Relatively speaking, they value Chelsea more than Chelsea values ​​them. This is mainly because Mourinho has a deep understanding of Barcelona, ​​while Rijkaard has almost no knowledge of Chelsea. In addition, Chelsea's record this season has almost surprised everyone, so Barcelona cannot afford to be negligent.

………Perhaps, for Mourinho, the significance of this game is even greater.

在六年以前，这个葡萄牙人还是罗布森和范加尔的助手，只能看着别人在话筒面前侃侃而谈，而如今，当他再度回到诺坎普，当初的小人物已摇身一变，成为世界足坛最炙手可热的主帅之一。

当何塞.穆里尼奥涌进新闻发布会的时候，无数的台下记者们以及他本人或许都在感受着“天壤之别”、“时光如梭”，不过穆里尼奥来到这里可不是为了怀旧，他的目标只有一个——带领切尔西向昔曰的东家展开攻击，赢得比赛的胜利。

在场几乎没有人还相信穆里尼奥的内心仍然爱着巴萨，可是新闻发布会才刚刚开始，这个葡萄牙人左右看着周围熟悉的环境，侃侃而谈道：“我想谈谈过去的六年，我的生活和事业都有了质的飞跃，然而巴萨却没有。我换了不同的球队还拿到了很多冠军奖杯，这点，巴萨也没有。我感到很遗憾，因为我的内心仍对巴萨充满爱意。虽然离开了诺坎普，我仍然希望他们能赢得所有荣誉，当然，碰到切尔西除外。”

在谈吐方面，今年刚满42岁的穆里尼奥显的游刃有余，而这早已经被英格兰媒体见怪不怪了。虽然他嘴里提到对巴塞罗那怀有很深的感情，但是这些话让喜爱巴萨的人听了无论如何都高兴不起来，甚至让他们觉得这个年轻的主教练话里充满的讽刺。

“穆里尼奥是在暗示巴萨当时没能慧眼识帅才，留住葡萄牙人！？”

“亦或是无意间才戳到了巴萨近6年来没尝过冠军滋味的死穴！？”

“又或者是在赛前激怒对手让巴萨急功近利！？”

总之，现场很多国外媒体不断分析着穆里尼奥话里的意思，他们正想进一切办法‘破解’话里所含有的密码，而支持巴塞罗那的记者则是耳朵里酸酸的。

看到台下记者似乎已经‘回味’完自己的话，穆里尼奥继续不停的说道：“在赛前我要明确一点，这是一场公平的交战，我们会付出一切努力去争取胜利。现在我们也面临了一些问题，比如达夫的伤势让他仍然不能轻松自如的奔跑，这让球队的边路攻击有些低迷，不过我相信即便在这种情况下，切尔西仍然会是最后的胜利者。”

面对穆里尼奥战前胜利宣言般的发言，里杰卡尔德也不甘示弱，相对来说，这位同样42岁的少壮派主教练却非常审慎，针对这场比赛他说道：“就像2003年12月我们主场输给皇马赛后那样，如今我需要好好分析切尔西。我上任6个月了，媒体称呼我为懦夫，认为我有罪于巴萨。他们指责我胆小怕事，把中场拱手让给了皇马。那样的说法并没有伤害我。我们的确那么做了，而且认为那是正确的选择。可能对付切尔西的时候我们还要在中场上囤积重兵，但是如果你们要我现在对于切尔西谈更多的，我是不会的。”

“我看过几场切尔西比赛的电视转播。他们是一支伟大的队伍，一支伟大的队伍，非常有效率……”——说道这里，里杰卡尔德话锋一转，直言道：“但是，穆里尼奥先生好像并没有什么出色的球员经历，他的一切都来自书本，我觉得这场比赛巴塞罗那取胜的概率更大一些。”

显然，里杰卡尔德在反驳穆里尼奥胜利宣言的同时，也在讽刺他年轻时候并不是一名足球运动员，在欧洲足球界，‘学院派’和‘实战派’主教练之间的矛盾一直存在着，而同样42岁的穆里尼奥和里杰卡尔德更是其中的代表人物，至少，他们同样年轻、都是世界顶级俱乐部的主帅、都有着辉煌的未来。

面对里杰卡尔德咄咄逼人的话语，穆里尼奥只是微微一笑，他反驳道：“身为球队主教练，里杰卡尔德先生好像还没有取得过一次胜利，而我已经有了好多次成功的经历了。我们跟阿森纳、曼联比赛的时候……你们却孤零零的，找不到对手。”

穆里尼奥话里的意思显然是说英超是竞争更激烈的赛程，里杰卡尔德马上反驳道：“是吗？你是那样认为的？”

……在这种情况下，两位年轻的主教练在赛前新闻发布会现场直接吵了起来，如果不是巴萨罗纳的会场足够大，两人的座位相对来说有些远，台下记者都认为他们肯定会动起手来了。

不过，这让各路媒体们直接炸开了锅，他们纷纷举起手里的摄影机，现场直播这场主教练pk战。

遗憾的是，两人又吵了几句之后，就开始相互恭维起来，他们纷纷表示对方的球队的世界最顶级的球队之一，在本赛季的成绩也是辉煌的，这场比赛肯定是今年最精彩的比赛之一，都同样很期待一会儿得正面对决……总是现场的气氛渐渐和谐起来，甚至在新闻发布会最后，两人还亲切的握了握手，让全场记者都搞不明白刚才还剑弩拔张的气氛怎么就一下子变的这么和谐了。

而实际上，两位主教练心里都很明白，以上的争吵更多的只是制造一些矛盾，来增加比赛的关注程度，亦或是提起球迷的姓质而已，实际上，作为全世界顶级球队的主教练，又同样的年仅42岁的主帅，两人心里都是有些惺惺相惜的。

至于一会儿的比赛，和赛前的口水战几乎毫无关系，该做的一切都已经做了，剩下的只是真刀真枪的强拼而已，这没有一点取巧的余地了。

………诺坎普球场，这座球场的历史或许可以说上三天三夜，但球场显然不是主角，下午2点20分的时候，能够容纳10万多球迷的诺坎普已经人满为患了，这其中巴塞罗那的球迷当然占据了绝大多数，而随队而来的蓝军球迷，也只有5000多人而已，这还是因为本赛季切尔西的战绩足够辉煌，这才使得能够这么多球迷随队来到巴塞罗那。

从这一点可以看出，至少在球迷方面，切尔西和巴塞罗那这种有着辉煌历史的顶级豪门球队，还是有很大差距的。

而各个国家的电视台也从1点半开始就对现场进行直播了，从两队球员热身、回更衣室、球迷进场，再到现在的比赛快要开始的球场气氛，这场比赛战前的方方面面他们几乎都非常感兴趣。

据称，本场比赛有160多个国家和地区进行现场直播，全世界至少有1亿多球迷现场观看比赛，这个消息不仅仅让两队年轻球员有些怯懦，甚至就连兰帕德、德科这种超级球星，都有些畏手畏脚的感觉，因为他们觉得这甚至比世界杯还令人激动。

事实上，之所以有这么多球迷、媒体关注比赛，更多的原因是切尔西带来的人气，这些媒体和球迷都希望知道这支整个赛季全胜的球队在面对巴塞罗那的时候，是不是还能保持这种状态，而进球机器一般的王利所带动的人气也是非常恐怖的。

至少在很多非欧洲球迷们心中，罗纳尔迪尼奥的人气远远比不上单赛季已经打进60几球的王利。

两队球员在球员通道里碰面了，他们都相互对视着纷纷大量对方阵营球员，但是却并没有人主动和对方球员说话，就连一些相熟的人也一样，不过，这当然也有特例——“你好。”

王利从切尔西‘阵营’里走了出来，他直接走向了罗纳尔迪尼奥的方向，很有礼貌的抬起右手。

这时候，球员通道里几乎所有球员、教练以及各路媒体、官员纷纷把目光望向王利，这一刻，王利的特殊表现无疑让他成为所有人目光的焦点。

罗纳尔迪尼奥一愣神，反应过来，也礼貌的握住了王利的右手，同时，他咧开那张大嘴笑了笑，不过，在其他人看来，这个情景有些恐怖，就像是一个清纯的小正太向一个怪蜀黍投怀送抱一般——就连巴塞罗那的球员，也同样是这么看的，他们望向王利的眼神甚至带有一些怜悯。

不过，谁也不知道的是，此时长相恐怖的罗纳尔尼迪奥本人才是最值得怜悯的人，就在他握住王利右手的那一刻，他就感觉到对手的右手上传来一阵巨大的力量，虽然只有一瞬的时间，但那种力量还是让罗纳尔迪尼奥感到一阵的酸疼，他不由的咧起了嘴，就差点痛苦的喊出声了。

遗憾的是，旁边的所有人还以为他是在微笑……“你是今年的世界足球先生，很期待和你交手。”

Wang Li took the initiative to come over and started a conversation. His words were very polite, which made the Barcelona players next to him feel a little good about him. However, Wang Li's next sentence made their good impression plummet, and even fell into negative territory. "However, in the game, I will let you know what the strength of the world's number one attacker is. Your title is unworthy of the title. At least the gap between you and me is too far."

After saying this, Wang Li ignored the performance of the Barcelona players and went straight back to his team, while his Chelsea teammates all gave him a thumbs up.

**Naked provocation!!!

Almost everyone in the player tunnel was stunned, and as the protagonist of the provocation, World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho had a strange expression. Now almost everyone was looking at him, and the media behind the players also pointed their cameras at him, but the Brazilian superstar's face was stunned, which made many English reporters at the scene regard this as cowardice.

But in fact, Ronaldinho is still recalling the feeling of the handshake just now. He even feels that the hand can easily crush his right hand. This feeling of fear is very uncomfortable. However, he quickly recovered and thought to himself, "Fortunately, this is a football game and you can't use both hands."

……Attachment: Resumes of the two team coaches (free) Jose Mourinho:

Born on January 26, 1963, he served as assistant coach to Bobby Robson at Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona; assistant coach to Louis van Gaal at Barcelona; head coach at Benfica in 2000; head coach at Unioleira in 2001; head coach at Porto from 2002 to 2004; head coach at Chelsea since 2004. He led the team to win the Portuguese domestic league titles in 2003 and 2004, the Portuguese Cup in 2003, the UEFA Cup and the European Champions League in 2004.

Rijkaard:

Born on August 30, 1962, he has played for Ajax, Zaragoza and AC Milan; he has played 73 times for the national team and scored 10 goals; he won the Dutch domestic league titles in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994 and 1995; the Dutch Cup in 1983, 1986 and 1987; the Serie A in 1987, 1992 and 1993; the Cup Winners' Cup in 1988; the European Club Cup in 1989 and 1990; the European Champions Cup in 1995; and the European Championship in 1988.

He coached the Netherlands team from 1998 to 2000, Sparta Rotterdam from 2001 to 2002, and Barcelona from 2003 to date.

(To be continued)