Chapter 245 Have You Lost Your Ji-Qing?

Chang Sheng sat in the locker room and had no fixed project. M

Sometimes, he will be busy writing and drawing on the tactical board, and when the players finish warming up, they can see the most detailed tactical schematic diagram.

There were times when he paced back and forth in the locker room, thinking things through.

Sometimes he just stares in the locker room.

Like now.

This is his third Champions League final since crossing rebirth.

The Champions League final is no stranger to him.

He still remembers his first Champions League final. At that time, he was a little excited and nervous. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and woke up at four o'clock in the morning.

Then I couldn't fall asleep.

So he simply got up and turned on the computer, connected to the Internet, and went to the Chinese CM player forum he often went to.

Then he pretended to be a jerk there, posted a starting lineup, and made someone lose his penis-of course it is impossible to really cut it.

He remembers this little episode especially deeply, because this is his first Champions League final.

The nervousness and excitement at that time was like going out on a date with the girl you like for the first time.

Anxiety and anticipation.

He also remembers the second Champions League final.

During that game, all his attention was on the weather.

He didn't know if it would rain or not, because it might mean a change of fate or not.

At that time, he couldn't care about anything else, he just cared about competing with God and fate.

In the end he won.

And then there's this third game.

Unlike the previous two games, he seemed very calm in this final.

He was not nervous or excited, nor did he care about other external things.

But this calm also made him a little worried.

Because he wasn't even excited anymore.

This is the Champions League final!

Even if you're not nervous, you should be a little excited, right?

After all, it is the highest honor in European football...

He wondered if he had let victory and championships be taken for granted?

This is what worries him the most.

At the Formello training base, Lazio's locker room posted such a sentence.

"Winning is addictive. Guys."

This is what Chang Sheng once said to Lazio when he just taught them.

This sentence is also the creed of the Lazio team in recent years.

Victory after victory, championship after championship, is addictive. People are willing to work hard and work hard in order to continue to enjoy this feeling in the future.

So some people are gone though. But many more stayed.

Because they are really addicting.

They are all victorious "addicts".

But if they win often, the leaders of this team will lose the feeling of victory. When the heart is no longer beating wildly for those wonderful moments in the football game, how can he lead the team to continue to fight for victory?

What right does he have to ask his players to practice hard in training and play hard on the court?

Is there any reason for the phrase "winning is addictive" to continue to hang on the locker room wall?

he is worried.

Very worried about this.

If winning doesn't count for him, he loses the motivation to keep going.

When every day of work and play becomes a routine -- and think of the decades to come. He felt very broken.

This will take him from loving football to hating football.

Maybe the sight of football makes me want to throw up.

Just like after Batistuta, he never watched a football game after retiring.

He worried that he would become like this.

Because he really likes football.

It's his job, but it's also his hobby.

How many people can keep doing what they love for decades?

If it does come to that point, he himself may have to announce his retirement early.

After winning all the championships he could win more than once before the age of 40, he suddenly felt that this sport was meaningless to him, so he announced his retirement... If he really did this, he must be the best player in world football. Breaking news...

But he didn't want to be such a news personality.

Of course. He has no actual evidence now, he just feels too calm, will there be a problem?

When people reach middle age, they become a little suspicious...

In the end Chang Sheng shook his head.

Hi. What are you thinking about so much?

Is it true that I have no feeling for the victory and the championship, won't I know all about it after the game is over?

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When Chang Sheng finished his contemplation, his players also finished their warm-up and returned to the locker room.

Seeing everyone changing clothes and sitting in the locker room waiting for him to say something, Chang Sheng threw out the question in his heart: "Our results this season are too good, guys. I don't want to repeat what we achieved Grades, because this is suspected of cheating money by counting words... I just want to ask you a question here."

He looked at his men.

"Have you... lost your desire for victory and championship? Have you become accustomed to victory and championship?"

The players thought that the boss was testing them, and replied loudly: "No! We haven't lost our desire! We haven't gotten used to it either!"

Chang Sheng smiled: "Don't lie to me! If you say that, I will definitely not believe it. If you want me to believe that you really don't have one, then prove it with victories and championships. Bayern Munich is the team we haven't beaten in the Champions League. Although there are many reasons for this and that, but the results are there, we just did not beat them. This is a good opportunity for us to tell those watching that we are not afraid of Bayern Munich! There is no 'scar' in our dictionary!"

Compared with the importance of the Champions League final game, Chang Sheng did say a little less before the game.

But the players don't care, anyway, as long as the boss says it.

That's normal.

If the boss suddenly stops talking one day, then there is a problem.

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Players from both sides quickly waited to play in the channel.

The player tunnel at the Bernabéu is different from other stadium tunnels.

The passages of most other stadiums are open, and the players of the home and away teams are together without any partition in the middle.

And there is a wall in the middle of the tunnel at the Bernabéu.

The wall separates the home and away teams.

There is a hollow barbed wire in the middle.

The opponent's players can only be seen from here.

Invisible elsewhere.

The players on both sides looked straight ahead without any conversation.

Even a German player like Gotze. He also didn't say hello to his fellow countrymen when he played the game.

This is the Champions League final, the two sides are enemies.

And in the previous two matches, they were eliminated by Bayern Munich, and there was hatred between them.

Get close. Let's talk after the game is over.

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While the players are waiting in the tunnel. Coaches and bench players from both sides also came out from there.

When Chang Sheng came out, he gave the players high fives one by one.

Nothing to say. It's just an action.

This action means a lot.

Then the two head coaches came out of the tunnel.

Chang Sheng and Van Gaal did not shake hands and hug to show their friendship.

Because there is no friendship between them.

When Van Gaal coached Barcelona, ​​it was the defeat of Chang Sheng that led to his dismissal.

Two people not only have no friendship, but also have hatred...

Moreover, both Van Gaal and Chang Sheng can be regarded as "fanatics" among the coaches. Based on the principle of incompatibility between madmen, the relationship between the two cannot be any better.

The two sat on their coaches' benches, waiting for the players to play.

The middle of the Bernabéu stadium has been paved with a five-star flag that symbolizes the UEFA Champions League. Ball boys hold flags with the logos of the two final teams on both sides of the center line, which will be used as a guide for the teams to play.

The Bernabéu stadium is full of seats, and the P box is full of people.

In this game, fans of Lazio and Bayern Munich accounted for 85% of the seats in this stadium.

The remaining 15 percent of seats are reserved for sponsors, officials and neutral fans.

The fans of Getafe for this match had already organized, and they bought about 2,000 neutral tickets. Admission to watch.

Although it is said to be tickets for neutral fans, everyone knows that these people must cheer for Lazio.

They were all wearing Getafe home jerseys, just right. Getafe's home jersey and Lazio's home jersey are very similar in color, both are blue, but Getafe's blue is deeper, like sea water, while Lazio's blue is lighter, like the sky.

In this game, Lazio got the home team's lottery, so they all wore home jerseys.

Just in time, those Getafe fans sat together with the Lazio fans, looking at them suddenly, they couldn't tell who was who.

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When the Champions League theme song sounded, the first round of cheers erupted in the Bernabéu stadium.

Because the players are going to play!

Afterwards, amidst the passionate music of the Champions League theme song, players from both sides filed out.

The cheers of the Bernabéu stadium were higher than the waves, and fans from both sides were cheering for their players.

Just like a game, no one wants to be silenced by the opponent.

So they desperately raised their volume.

For a time, the sky above the Bernabéu stadium was full of cheers, and the sound shook the world!

When Chang Sheng heard the nearly crazy cheers, he felt that his heart, which had been peaceful all day, suddenly beat violently a few times, with a different speed and strength from before.

He felt palpitations!

But he wasn't afraid it was a heart attack or something.

On the contrary he was happy.

His mouth was originally pursed, and then the line gradually turned upwards, and finally he grinned, and he laughed.

Because he didn't think he had to wait until the game was over.

When the game hadn't started yet, he just felt the excitement when he heard the deafening cheers!

His heart responded correctly!

It seems that I have not lost interest and love for football!

This is what made Chang Sheng laugh.

PS: The pinyin is used for the title because the word "passion" is a sensitive word and has been blocked.

Hereby explain.