At dawn the next day, Lazio's players all turned to look out the window.
As a result, the sun was shining brightly outside.
Some Lazio players laughed.
I think their boss is really neurotic...
Yesterday, I told them all night what to do if it rained during the game...so that when they went to bed at night, they dreamed of playing on a rainy day.
As a result, I saw the sun shining brightly outside the window this week, the blue sky with white clouds, and the clear blue sky.
Could it be that the boss is a little nervous after returning to the Champions League final after many years?
Many people started to get up, wash up, and then go to the restaurant downstairs for breakfast.
When they walked into the restaurant, they discovered that Chang Sheng was already there. He was sitting on the table closest to the door. Every player who came in could see them, and he could see them too.
But he didn't say hello to the players. Only when these players took the initiative to say hello to him, he would nod to show that he understood.
Obviously, he is the first person in the team to wake up.
While eating, Chang Sheng kept looking out the window.
Several coaches sitting at the table with him felt strange. Finally, Rudy Gonzalez couldn't stand it anymore and asked him: "What on earth are you looking at, Chang?"
"I wonder when it will rain today." Chang Sheng said and turned to look out the window.
Rudy Gonzalez rolled his eyes along with the other coaches.
"Speaking of which, I'm surprised. Why do you care so much about whether it rains or not?" Rudy Gonzalez asked after rolling his eyes.
"I don't know, maybe the rain will bring us some signs..." Chang Sheng dealt with it absentmindedly.
He had an intuition in his heart. This intuition was dripping wet. Does this mean it will rain during today's game?
"Is this your mysterious Eastern wisdom? If it rains it will be bad for us?"
"For any team that insists on ground passing tactics, rainy days are not good." Chang Sheng withdrew his gaze.
He wanted to take this opportunity to verify how much he had changed the world, and then see if his memory could still be used.
It has been ten years since he came to this world, and he has changed the world more and more. For example, Liverpool did not have Benitez, so Liverpool did not win the Champions League in 2005. That year was Mourinho's Chelsea.
Winning the championship. And the master tactician Benitez is still quietly working on his own future in Getafe.
Another example is that Inter Milan still doesn’t have a league championship because of itself.
For another example, in this year's Champions League final, the two teams that entered the final were not Manchester United and Chelsea, but Manchester United and Lazio.
He has changed a lot, but he always likes to change less and slower.
If today's game did not wait until overtime before it rained, but rained from the beginning, it means that more things were changed without him knowing it.
These things may not seem to do him any harm now, and may even help him...but who knows what will happen in the future?
If it rains until overtime as usual, it means everything is normal.
It's like whether the spinning top on the table has just spun or has not spun at all.
Whether it rains or not becomes a sign of some symbolic significance.
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As a result, the weather was clear until the players were about to board the bus. The weather forecast on the radio was that there would be no precipitation over Moscow today.
It still looks the same as what Chang Sheng remembers.
Logically speaking, he should breathe a sigh of relief, but in fact, Chang Sheng's wet feeling became more and more obvious. He felt that every time he took a breath, what he breathed in was not air, but water.
The club's equipment manager, who is specifically responsible for players' equipment, must prepare the equipment for the players in advance.
Chang Sheng stopped him and asked him what he had brought.
"Each person has two sets of jerseys, both with short sleeves, shin guards, and sneakers..."
Chang Sheng interrupted him: "What kind of spikes are the sneakers made of?"
"SG ones. When I got used to the field yesterday, I noticed that the turf was very soft and even a little unreliable when I hit it...so we decided to use SG ones." the equipment manager replied.
Football spikes are the most important part of soccer shoes, and they are divided into many categories. They are not just simple long spikes or short spikes.
The spikes used in most professional games are SG and FG.
SG is the abbreviation of Soft_Groud, which translates as soft grass. Compromise spikes are suitable for grass with a soft or very soft surface, such as natural grass, especially after rain. The spikes of this kind of shoes are usually metal spikes that can be freely attached and detached.
, somewhat similar to the spikes worn by track and field athletes. Sometimes we see that the field becomes very scary due to rain during football matches, and the players usually change to longer spikes. This kind of sneakers can be loaded and unloaded with various specifications.
Because metal spikes are heavy, many people will choose FG sneakers if they want to emphasize speed and flexibility.
The so-called FG is similar to SG. It is the abbreviation of Firm_Groud. It is translated as hard grass and is suitable for grass with a relatively hard surface. In general professional competitions, players will only choose between SG and FG depending on the softness of the field.
Wedges. This type of shoe is the most common choice for playing football on natural grass.
There are also many different spike versions of the same sneaker.
Take Nike's Mercurial 8 as an example. The SG version of Mercurial 8's soles have removable prototype metal spikes, while the FG version has non-detachable flat elongated plastic spikes.
In this game, because the players reported that the turf was very soft after adapting to the field, the equipment manager chose SG sneakers with removable spikes.
The reason why the Luzhniki Stadium is in this situation is because it was originally an artificial turf stadium. However, UEFA stipulates that all Champions League finals must be played on natural turf. Therefore, the Luzhniki Stadium is in order to host this event.
, we started cultivating natural turf nine months ago.
However, after the turf was laid for the first period, it was found that the turf was uneven and uneven. Such turf was obviously unusable.
So the turf that had been cultivated for nine months was just shoveled away.
Then they urgently imported a batch of turf from Slovakia. However, this turf was still unsatisfactory. Unfortunately, they no longer had time to look for other turf.
The turf that feels soft now is imported from Slovakia.
Chang Sheng thought of that premonition again, so he asked the equipment manager: "Long nails or short nails?"
"Short spikes," the equipment manager replied.
"Bring another set of long nails." Chang Sheng said.
"Spike?" the equipment manager was a little surprised.
Long spikes are only useful on very, very soft and muddy fields. Too long spikes will affect force generation and grip, and may cause ankle injuries, and the protection of the ankles is not particularly good.
From his professional point of view as an equipment manager, the turf conditions at the Luzhniki Stadium in this game meant that normal-length SG spikes would be enough, and there was no need to replace them with long spikes.
"Well, I have a feeling it might rain today." Chang Sheng had to explain to the equipment manager.
The administrator turned to look at the red sunset outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window facing the window.
Then he turned to Chang Sheng and nodded: "Okay."
Although he didn't understand why Chang Sheng did this at all, and the reason why it was going to rain didn't make sense at all.
But anyway, bringing an extra set of spikes doesn’t take up space or weight, so just bring them.
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The equipment manager and his equipment set off early, and after about forty minutes, the players were about to board the bus.
The media gathered outside the hotel lobby, and many enthusiastic Lazio fans blocked the door.
Seeing Lazio players filing out of the hotel lobby, Lazio fans became excited and chanted the name of every Lazio player who appeared.
The reporters came up to click the shutter of their cameras.
The camera reporter carried the camera and stood on a relatively high ground to show the scene in a panoramic manner.
There are reporters on site making connections.
"This is the first time in history that Lazio has reached the Champions League final. It can be seen from the number of these Lazio fans... Lazio fans are very enthusiastic!"
In the camera, there are densely packed fans wearing sky blue Lazio jerseys.
What surprised reporters and fans at the scene was why every Lazio player's first reaction after coming out was not to turn around and look at the cheering crowd and reporters, but to look up at the sky?
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Every Lazio player would look up at the sky before getting on the bus.
There was no scorching sun, but it didn't rain either. There was a bright moon and stars in the night sky. Although the stars were not obvious, the moon could still be seen clearly.
Even at night, it is still sunny...
Summer nights in Moscow always come very late, but even so, it should be considered evening now.
It is now 8:30 pm local time in Moscow.
The Champions League final will kick off at 10:45 pm local time, which is to take into account the TV broadcast time of a huge number of European countries.
It’s 10:45 pm Moscow time, which happens to be the golden time in Western European countries.
The players who saw Mingyue lowered their heads and muttered in their hearts: "It doesn't look like it's going to rain? The boss is really too nervous, right?"
Chang Sheng watched the actions of these players from behind and exclaimed in his heart: "These brats!"
Obviously, everyone did not believe his statement that today's game might be a water battle.
In fact, Chang Sheng still can't tell whether he should hope it doesn't rain or whether it rains.
If it rains, it means that the entire day is different from what he remembers. Then how many things will be different from what he predicted in the future?
If it doesn't rain, won't all the competition skills I prepared in advance be in vain?
He prepared all four competition skills according to the premise of fighting in the rain on a rainy day.
If it hadn't rained, all of my competitive skills would be useless, but at least their effectiveness would be reduced.
First of all, if it doesn't rain, you won't be able to fly in the air, and your skills in the competition for the top will be useless.
Secondly, there won't be too many long-range shots, because more of them rely on short passes to penetrate and hit Manchester United's penalty area.
Third, the frequency of the second landing point will not be as high as in the rain battle.
Perhaps only physical confrontation skills will not be affected. Because no matter whether it rains or not, physical confrontation is required.
When Chang Sheng finally walked out and prepared to board the bus, he received the loudest cheers. Lazio fans knew very well who was the main contributor to Lazio's success today.
They gave all their cheers to this number one hero.
But what still makes everyone and reporters very strange is that even after Chang Sheng came out, his first reaction was to look up at the sky...
What on earth is going on?
Are there UFOs appearing in the sky?
So some fans and reporters also started to look up at the sky...
But without exception, all they could see were the moon and stars, and not a single dark cloud in the clean sky... (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)