I am the king of football

Chapter 482 The King of Kings

Eden Stadium, a historic stadium located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is a bit too cramped and small compared to Manchester United's Old Trafford and Chelsea's Stamford Bridge. It can only accommodate 21000 fans.

On that day, the stadium was quickly filled with fans of both teams, with red and blue colors occupying half of the stadium each. The stadium and even the city welcomed such a large crowd for the first time in a long time.

The two teams naturally arrived in Prague a day in advance. In view of the fact that there were no hostile fans between the two teams in the city, the club officials of Chelsea and Manchester United did not deliberately book hotels in any particular neighborhood. This meant that both teams' hotels were located on the busiest streets in Prague, and were even separated by only a wall.

Both teams arranged for their players to have a good sleep the next day, and only did simple warm-up and training in their respective hotels around noon.

The European Super Cup is not so much a championship event as it is an exhibition match held by UEFA before the start of each season in order to expand the influence of its two golden brands, the Champions League and the Europa League, so it does not seem that formal.

However, because both teams are very strong, namely the Champions League champion and the Europa League champion, this competition has attracted worldwide attention, and the championship of this event is also regarded as a championship of the same weight as other top championships.

As for this season's Super Cup, leaving aside the weight of this trophy, Manchester United and Chelsea have quite a lot of grievances. Mourinho and Ferguson, the two old rivals, met at the beginning of the season. Both sides' pre-match speeches made it clear that they would definitely defeat each other, so this battle is bound to be a fight between dragons and tigers.

At 5 pm local time, two red and blue buses carrying the players of the two teams set out from the hotel. After eating and resting, the players of both teams went directly to the Eden Garden Stadium to start warming up.

With Mourinho returning to Chelsea this season, the veteran players who had been in the team during his first coaching period gave him great support, which allowed the madman to gain control of the locker room in the fastest way.

As the team easily won two consecutive league victories under his leadership, the Blues players' trust in this world-class coach has deepened. It can be said that this Blues team has almost no adjustment period like other clubs when changing coaches, and has directly become the shape of Mourinho.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, at the commentary booth of the Eden Garden Stadium, CCTV from China once again occupied the best commentary position, and Zhan Jun also sat upright here.

"Good evening, viewers. You are now watching the live broadcast of the 2013 European Super Cup. I am the commentator, Zhan Jun."

On the field, the red and blue teams are forming a sharp contrast and warming up in their respective half. Both teams have many top superstars, but the most popular one is undoubtedly the new supernova Qin Hu in the Red Devils.

"Qin! Qin! Qin!"

When Qin Hu scored five wonderful goals in a row during shooting training, the fans at the scene began to shout his name, and Zhan Jun also signaled the broadcast camera to turn to Qin Hu on the field.

"In this match, Manchester United, led by Chinese player Qin Hu, will face their arch-rivals Chelsea. Once they win this match, their achievement this year will be upgraded from four titles to five titles, which is undoubtedly a very tempting achievement."

Chelsea's signings this season are not considered big-name, as the club's target signing of the season, who the team had been paying attention to and negotiating with for a long time, was snatched away, so they could only settle for the second best and introduce some role-playing players.

Forward Schurrle from Leverkusen became the Blues' most expensive signing this season at a price of 1800 million pounds. It's not that this player is bad, but he lacks some qualities compared to William, who the club has been looking forward to.

But Mourinho was not picky, or in his opinion, the Blues' original Europa League champions were already very good, with veterans, stalwarts and talented young players, and he couldn't wait to have a big battle. So, soon after the two sides finished warming up, a simple opening ceremony was held on the field.

As the passionate music sounded, the captains of both teams, Vidic and Lampard, were the first to enter the stadium carrying the Champions League and Europa League trophies won by their teams last season.

When the two championship trophies were placed at the entrance, the atmosphere instantly became lively. Players from both sides walked past their respective trophies and moved forward, where the European Super Cup trophy was placed.

King of kings, this is what the fans call the Super Cup champion, and now the competition to see who is the king of kings is about to begin.

"Okay, Vidic won the captain's rock-paper-scissors game and he directly chose the right to kick off. Both teams played in a 4231--- formation. It seems that the coaches of both teams still maintained appropriate caution."

The ball was given to Qin Hu, and Van Persie stood in front of him. The two super strikers had already developed enough tacit understanding after their partnership last season. They looked at each other, and everything was said without words.

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"The ball has been kicked off! The game has officially begun. Qin Hu has kicked the ball off. The starting players for Manchester United in this game are..."

At the start of the first day of the new year, Manchester United played very cautiously as expected. Mourinho's football philosophy on Chelsea's side was not high-pressure defense, so there was no intensity. This gave Zhan Jun plenty of time to announce the starting lineups for both sides.

"Chelsea also used a 4231 formation, with Torres as the team's lone striker, the three midfielders behind him being Hazard, Oscar and Schurrle, the double defensive midfielders being Lampard and Ramires, the four defenders being Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz and Ashley Cole, and the goalkeeper being Cech."

This lineup is very comprehensive, with almost no lack of top stars from front to back. It is obvious that Mourinho's men are also all elite.

Soon the midfield and frontcourt of both sides were entangled together. Both teams deployed five midfielders and asked the team not to be afraid of confrontation. Mourinho and Ferguson looked at each other on the sidelines and saw a strong fighting spirit in each other.

Like them, the confrontation on the field soon began to clash. In the previous second, Shinji Kagawa was carried and pushed off by Lampard, and in the next second, Hazard, who received the pass, was directly and fiercely forced to steal the ball by Fellaini.

For a while, the technical players on both sides suffered a lot, and the game became a traditional Premier League midfield confrontation and display.

Such a situation is naturally beautiful. The collision of muscles is stimulating and extremely impactful. Fans of both sides began to shout loudly in their respective positions, and the red ocean and blue waves instantly collided with each other.

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