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Istanbul, anciently known as "Constantine" and "Byzantine", has a long history and splendid cultural heritage. It was once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire. The fastest update is XX④③, which is now the capital of Turkey.
This is a beautiful city that spans Eurasia and has a population of 11 million people, with libraries, palaces and mosques.
The 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League final will be held at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in the western suburbs of Istanbul.
This is a large stadium that can accommodate 80,000 spectators, but it is not a professional football stadium. It was built for the bid to host the Olympic Games and has a track and field track next to the greenery.
In the afternoon of April 23, the entire Inter Milan team has arrived in Istanbul. After staying in the hotel, they conducted field adaptation training at this stadium.
The amount of training is not large, mainly to make players familiar with the turf condition in advance.
Ronaldo whispered with Ricardo: "Brother, I don't think you have a chance to play tomorrow, I will get Liverpool in half time."
Ricardo laughed: "Dadado, although you are strong, I must remind you that Liverpool have conceded only one goal in four games in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. Their defense is very good."
"Really?" Ronaldo blinked. "But I have found their weakness."
"Oh, what is it?" Ricardo said.
"It's a secret," Ronaldo said solemnly. "You won't start anyway, it's no use telling you."
"Maybe I need to be on the bench to help turn the tide." Ricardo joked.
Ronaldo thought about it: "That makes sense. Let me tell you, come here."
Ricardo rolled his ears.
"Their weaknesses are very obvious ..." Ronaldo smirked and said deliberately, "We just need to drain the water."
"What?" Ricardo looked confused.
Ronaldo reminded: "Think about it, what is Liverpool's team name?"
"Liverpool ..."
"Yes, they all live in the swimming pool. Let's drain the water and see what happens." Ronaldo was proud of his little joke.
Ricardo didn't actually think the joke was funny, but he gave Ronaldo a face and pretended to laugh for a while: "Well, we can drain the water first. But what if it doesn't work?"
"Then try to play more behind the ball," Ronaldo said. "Liverpool's defenders are big and strong, they have a strong frontal defense, and they are also very good at defending high-altitude balls. Works great. "
"Mancini said the same thing ..." Ricardo said helplessly, "Dadado, do you have your own ideas?"
"Of course I do," Ronald said rightly, "I think you can try more long shots."
"why?"
"I heard that goalkeepers across Britain like butter hands."
"Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek is a Polish ..." Ricardo put his hand on his forehead.
"After a long time in the British league, good goalkeepers will also become butter players," Ronaldo said resolutely. "Seeing the British goalkeeper kicked, this is the secret of our Brazilian national team."
Come on, Ricardo knew he didn't want to hear anything useful here at Ronaldo.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Haiser tragedy, which is a special day for Liverpool.
After the Hassel tragedy, Liverpool was banned from the European War for 7 years. Adding to the problem is the Hilzburg tragedy of 1989. These two incidents plunged Liverpool into a two-year trough.
In such a special year, maybe the Liverpool people can burst into a special combat force.
Unbelievable reversal, a permanent miracle in the history of football, an unsolvable mystery, a madness of 3 goals in 6 minutes. The Oxford Dictionary even includes a new entry for it: unbeliverpool.
Although this is in a different time and space, Ricardo firmly believes that Inter Milan with a healthy Ronaldo cannot be overturned by Liverpool, but he can't help worrying.
No one in this world can understand his worry.
Like another spacetime, Liverpool defeated and defeated Chelsea and Juventus all the way to the final, step by step. What if they explode in the finals?
The uneasy mood kept him awake all night.
When he got up for breakfast the next day, he wore a **** eye, which made his teammates scared. Mancini shook his head after seeing it: young players have poor mental quality. Fortunately, I don't plan to start Ricardo today.
Inter's big roster has been finalized: goalkeeper Toledo, defenders Zanetti, Mikhailovich, Cordoba and Favalli are nothing new. The midfielders are Cambiasso, Stankovic, Belon and C. Zanetti. The forwards are Ronaldo and Adriano. The list of seven substitutes is: Fontana, Materazzi, Zemalia, Emre, Vandermed, Ricardo and Martins.
Liverpool have not announced the big names yet, and Mancini and assistant coach Oscar Cabaleiro are speculating about Liverpool's starter.
Liverpool's midfield and backcourt is relatively stable. Goalkeeper Dudek, defenders should be Finnan, Carragher, Hypia and Traore, midfielders should be Gerrard, Riise, and Benitez's loved General Louis Garcia and Xavi Alonso, but the forwards are uncertain.
Liverpool like to use a single arrow this season and then ambush a steal. Single arrow will be French forward Cisse? Or Czech Baros? Will the hidden front be Australian Cowell, or Czech veteran Smitchell?
But one thing is for sure, Liverpool's play is definitely based on defensive counterattack.
They were in a group with Monaco, Olympiacos, and A Coruña in the group stage. The average strength of this group is weak, but they only got 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking second in the group. Out of line.
However, it is worth noting that although they only scored 6 goals in 6 group matches, they also only lost 3 goals, which is the second team with the lowest conceded in 8 groups. The least conceded was Juventus, who lost only 1 goal in 6 group games. Inter, Chelsea and Liverpool all conceded only 3 goals and tied for second.
Then they defeated Leverkusen by two 3: 1 in the quarterfinals, defeated Juventus 2-1 in the quarterfinals, and defeated Chelsea 1: 1 in the semifinals.
It is not that Juventus and Chelsea's attack is weak, Juventus does not mention, Capello's 1: 0 doctrine made them not score too many goals. But Chelsea is a scoring madness, scoring 10 goals in 6 group matches, scoring 5 goals in Barcelona in the two rounds of the quarterfinals, and scoring 6 goals in Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals. These two are traditional The giants are by no means a goalkeeper.
Of course, in terms of attack power, these two teams are not comparable to Inter Milan.
Inter Milan scored insanely 16 goals in six group matches against opponents of La Liga, Bundesliga and Bundesliga last season. In the knockout stage, they scored 4 goals in Porto, 4 goals in AC Milan and 5 goals in Eindhoven. It can be said that Inter Milan is the most attacking team in this UEFA Champions League! Liverpool is the strongest defensive team!
The strongest spear, and the strongest shield, will win today!