After spending a warm night at home with their families, the players and coaches all showed up at the Vermello training base in high spirits the next day.
Chang Sheng is very satisfied with the mental state displayed by the players.
This is the result he wants.
After all the players were assembled, Chang Sheng announced the penalty. The whole team took a bus and rushed to Rome Leonardo da Vinci International Airport.
There, take a direct flight from Rome to London to play in the Champions League final.
Prior to this, Barcelona had arrived in London in advance, and they were conducting preparation training at Arsenal's training base.
Lazio is not so popular in London.
One could even say that they have enemies all over London.
When Lazio arrived at London Heathrow Airport, there were more than 200 Lazio fans who had arrived in advance and more than 100 reporters at the airport to welcome them.
As soon as Lazio came out, they heard the cheers from the fans.
The flashlights of the reporters' cameras also lit up.
Flashing the airport's exit hall into daylight.
Lazio players have long been accustomed to such scenes.
They greeted the fans with smiles, but without stopping, they walked straight to the bus parked outside.
In other words, Chang Sheng, on behalf of the entire team, stopped to be interviewed by the media and answer a few questions.
"Champion, championship, we are here to win the championship. Yes, since the Champions League was restructured, no team has been able to successfully defend the title. I know this. But history is meant to be rewritten. If it were not for the championship, we would have come here
do what?"
Chang Sheng said.
"Pep and I have a good relationship, but it has nothing to do with this game. We will give our best to each other in the game, and this is how we pay tribute to each other."
A reporter asked: "But have you considered that if you defeat him, you may let him step down as the head coach of Barcelona. In other words, your respect may cause him to lose his job. To your friends
Tell me, is this not considerate enough?"
Chang Sheng looked surprised: "The value of a head coach is reflected in victory, and this victory is achieved through one's own efforts, definitely not through charity from others. I'm surprised that you have such an idea. I hope the opponent
The idea of letting go and winning by letting go is simply a shame for the head coach! Fortunately, you are not the head coach..."
The reporter looked embarrassed.
Some reporters nearby who knew Chang Sheng were snickering.
Chang Sheng was definitely taking the opportunity to answer a question to ridicule this reporter.
Chang Sheng deserved to be ridiculed for asking such a low-level question. His colleagues had no sympathy for him at all.
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After Lazio came to London, there was only one training session.
Tonight's field acclimatization training will be followed by the competition the next day.
After resting in the hotel for an afternoon, the whole team went to Wembley Stadium for warm-up training in the evening.
This training is open to the media. Reporters can go to the scene to observe Lazio's training, and it is guaranteed that no security will come to attack them.
Chang Sheng attended the press conference before the game.
At the press conference before the game, Chang Sheng announced the team's starting lineup, which was not much different from what the media had guessed.
Many players who played against Lecce last week were not in the starting lineup.
Chang Sheng let them rest.
This is why in the game against Lecce, Chang Sheng and Lazio didn't care about physical fitness and played completely without hesitation.
Because Chang Sheng has multiple lineups, for him, there is no distinction between main players and substitutes.
His first-team players are all very similar in quality.
In the starting list announced by Chang Sheng, Klose returned to the main center position. Cavani's injury has almost recovered, but he is still far away from playing in the game, let alone an important one like the Champions League final.
It's game.
So Klose is still the main player.
This player was originally bought to rotate for Cavani, but unexpectedly he became the absolute core of Lazio's offensive line this season and the team's top scorer.
Not only that, he also has a chance to become the top scorer in this season's Champions League.
Messi scored eleven goals before the final, while Klose scored ten.
This game is a game that determines which team is the champion, and it is also a duel between two shooters, related to who can win the top scorer in the Champions League.
So this final is actually quite interesting to watch.
David Silva and Mario Gotze are on the left and right.
The three midfielders are Modric, Ledesma and Ballack.
Modric stayed behind, while Ledesma and Ballack were slightly forward.
The left back is Balzaretti and the right back is Azpilicueta.
The two central defenders are Jose Passarella and Chiellini.
Goalkeeper Handanovic.
Chang Sheng did not hide this lineup, because to today's media and opponents, his starting lineup has no secrets.
Especially for Guardiola.
Guardiola knows Lazio very well.
Later at Barcelona's pre-match press conference, Guardiola also announced Barcelona's starting lineup for tomorrow.
Naturally, it is also the strongest lineup.
Neither side intends to hold anything back in the final.
As Chang Sheng said, both sides must go all out. This is their way of paying tribute to each other.
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On match day, people gathered around Wembley Stadium.
Lazio fans and Barcelona fans seemed quite friendly before the game - in fact, the two teams have enough reasons to get along well with each other. They are from the same school, their two head coaches have good personal relationships, and their tactical styles are similar...
But the relationship between the two teams has always been tense.
The two teams come from the same school and have similar tactical styles. These characteristics are one of the reasons for their bad relationship.
Even if the two head coaches have a good personal relationship, they can't make up for the gap.
However, if the relationship between the teams is not good, it does not mean that the relationship between the fans must also be bad.
As long as the game has not started, there is no hatred.
Even in the El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, fans wearing Barcelona jerseys and Real Madrid jerseys often take photos together before the game.
It seems very harmonious.
But when the game starts, if you dare to wear a Real Madrid jersey and sit in the stands where Barcelona fans gather, then you have to admire your courage...
The game hasn't started yet, but Lazio and Barcelona fans are naturally enjoying themselves.
Once the game starts, this tender scene will disappear.
"This will be a very memorable game for Lazio. If they can defeat Barcelona in the final, they will become the first team to defend the Champions League after the reform! This is a very remarkable achievement.
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"Lazio and Barcelona are old enemies, but this is the first time they have met in the Champions League final..."
With two hours left before the start of the game, many media had already arrived at Wembley Stadium to broadcast live.
More than a dozen satellite broadcast trucks pointed their antennas into the sky, and camera crews were spread throughout the square, looking for fans everywhere to be interviewed.
Different languages from various countries sounded simultaneously in the square outside Wembley Stadium.
Quite spectacular.
When the buses of Lazio and Barcelona appeared outside the stadium one after another, the square was filled with excitement, setting off the first climax.
Fans from both sides immediately tore off the friendly masks that they had been enjoying before.
Because Lazio's bus arrived first, Lazio fans naturally cheered for their team.
The Barcelona fans disturbed them with boos.
At this time, you can't tell how friendly they were before...
When the bus from Barcelona arrived, the situation was the same, except that the relationship between the two parties was reversed.
Barcelona fans cheered, while Lazio fans booed.
After both teams entered the locker room, Wembley Stadium began to let people into the stadium, and fans from both sides entered through designated entrances.
The finals are about to begin.
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In the locker room, Lazio players are taking a rest.
At this time, there is still some time before the game starts, so there is no need to run out to warm up right away.
The players will take a break first and do some things of their own, such as listening to music, praying, playing with their mobile phones, playing ball, dressing up...
All kinds.
There were a lot of interesting things going on in the locker room before the game.
Here you can easily see each player's customary performance.
Of course, different national teams have different locker room habits.
In England, for example, the dressing room is like a discotheque. It's full of music, banter and chaos.
In the Italian team, the dressing room is always lifeless, like a church or a library. Everyone is absolutely focused. If you are in it, you will almost want to cut off this tension with a knife.
But that's not the case with Lazio.
Because Lazio is not strictly an Italian team.
The Italian media once ridiculed Lazio as the team most like Spain in Italian football.
Because there are many Spanish players in Lazio's team, and their head coach also coached in Spain for many years before Chang Sheng, the style of Spanish football is very obvious.
The atmosphere in Lazio's dressing room before the game was relatively relaxed.
Of course, it won't be as relaxed as the dressing room of the English team. That would be too relaxed.
It's not that noisy here, everyone is doing their own thing, and the atmosphere is very relaxed.
There will also be music playing in the locker room.
Each team will have its own "song selector", usually a player, who will select some songs based on the team's preferences to play in the locker room before the game.
If the music is chosen well, it will greatly enhance the team's combat effectiveness. If it is not chosen well... it will be doomed.
Lazio's "music selectors" are not fixed and change every once in a while to ensure that the tastes are constantly changing and the styles are always new.
Now, before the game against Barcelona, the music playing in the locker room is the soundtrack "Dont_Let_Me_Be_Misunderstood" when the heroine "Black Mamba" and the Japanese female killer in the movie "Kill Bill" duel.
A fast-paced drumbeat and claps serve as the prelude, making people's hearts and bodies jump.
Some Lazio players couldn't help but squirm in the locker room.
This flamenco was not chosen by any player, but by their head coach Chang Sheng himself.
As mentioned before, the music in the locker room before the game is also very important. Good music can boost morale and help players adjust their state.
Therefore, Chang Sheng naturally had to personally take care of the music before such an important game.
He finally chose such a cheerful dance music, hoping to make his players dance on the court with rhythm and rhythm.
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