The Champions League is one of the most prestigious club events in UEFA, predecessored in 1955

The European Club Champions League was created in the 56th season. In 1992, UEFA modified the format and name of this cup. La Liga giants Barcelona is the most successful club, winning four championships. If you include 92 years ago, Real Madrid, which won 9 championships in total, has the most brilliant record, followed by AC Milan's 7 times and Liverpool's 5 times.[]

The trophy of the Champions League is called the St. Berede Cup, commonly known as the Big Ear Cup. The old trophy has a very unique appearance. It was designed and produced by Arthur Bertrand of Paris in 1960. The cost was 20251 francs and all silver. The current stock price is about 2,300 euros. The base of the trophy weighs 8 kilograms, has a net height of 42 cm, and is 50 cm high. I believe that the captains of each champion team can easily lift him over his head.

The new trophy was designed by designer Aspri London, 60 cm high and weighed 8 kilograms. The trophy abandoned the marble base and was all made of sterling silver. In addition to height and weight, the biggest difference between the two trophys is the carving of parts of the previous European champions. The trophy in 1960 was carved on the base, while the new trophy in July 2006 carved the champion name on the back, which was to reduce wear on the champion team's name.

UEFA stipulates that teams that win the championship must return the trophy before the final of next season. They can retain a copy, but the copy cannot exceed four-fifths of the original. Teams that win five championships or win three consecutive championships can retain a trophy permanently.

In history, Real Madrid permanently retained the first original trophy in 1966, followed by Ajax and Bayern Munich winning three consecutive championships, and both AAC and the Reds retained one of their own championships for more than five times, and now the trophy has become the sixth.

This season, Manchester United will attack their third championship, and Schalke 04 is fighting for their first trophy.

Time passed quickly, it was 6 pm on May 22. Fans of both sides had already begun to enter the court one after another. Although it was not held in England and Germany, it still could not stop the fans from coming to the scene to cheer.

As early as a week ago, the tickets for the finals were sold out. Now the ordinary seat in the scalpers would cost nearly 1,200 euros, and there was still no market price. And you know the crazy world of English fans. Just look at the number of Red Devils fans gathered outside the stadium. According to the estimation, there were no less than 50,000 people. In terms of the arrangement of game tickets, the Luzhniki Stadium can accommodate more than 80,000 people, of which Manchester United fans can get 45,000, Schalke 04 fans get 30,000, and the remaining more than 10,000 are for local or neutral fans. This means that not all fans who come to Moscow can enter the game to watch.

Fortunately, the Russian arranged four super large LCD screens in the square outside the stadium for fans outside the stadium. In order to prevent accidental friction between fans on both sides, four areas were specially divided, and each area was pulled up. In addition, a large number of police forces were arranged at the scene. Who can guarantee that English fans will not go crazy?

At this moment, both teams were doing the final preparations in their respective hotel lobbies. The players stood in the lobby, some chatted, some played games, some listened to music, and some were just in a daze, just waiting for the head coach to go to the stadium after they arrived.

Ozil, Marin, Kuranyi and others gathered together, chatting about the blonde girls I saw on the streets of Russia yesterday, how they were so watery, how big breasts were, how hot they were, and so on. In short, they were almost in full swing.

Soon, Sloka brought the coaching staff, Ferguson and his team appeared in their respective lobbies, "Let's go, boys." With a powerful wave of his hand, everyone entered the game as if they were mobilized before the war. Of course, the reporters outside the hotel were still dutifully filming a series of scenes such as going out of the players, getting in the car, and leaving.

From now on, every move of the two teams will attract hundreds of millions of attention.

At this moment, the sky in Moscow was a little gloomy. If there were no accidents, it would definitely rain after nightfall. It was estimated that there would be a rain battle today. Marisca hurriedly ordered the staff to start preparing the players for the shoes for the rain battle. The players' thoughts were now on the game that was about to begin. Although Moscow was very attractive at dusk outside the window, it could not keep the players' eyes and hearts at all.

At this moment, Luzhniki was still waiting for many fans outside the stadium. Most of them obviously did not have tickets, but sometimes the team was absolutely loyal, so they were unwilling to stay at home, but went to the scene to experience the atmosphere.

This game has a deep meaning for fans of both sides. Manchester United waited for 8 years before reaching the final again. Schalke 04? Oh, this kid probably has been looking forward to it since the team was established. It has been a century, so no one is willing to miss this great moment. For fans, it is mainly with the team, whether on or off the court.

When they saw the team bus slowly coming, the fans were in a state of excitement. They followed the bus to trot, applaud, give thumbs up, cheer loudly, using all the means they thought they could cheer on.

"Come on! Manchester United, you are the best."

"Schalke miners, you are the champions."

"Manchester United, champion!"

"Go forward, Schalke 04! Will win! Schalke 04!"

The players also opened the windows and waved to the fans who supported them outside to thank them. The atmosphere before the game increased again due to the enthusiasm of the fans. Qin Tian also discovered that there were many Chinese fans outside, many holding their avatars and wearing their jerseys, which moved Qin Tian very much.

Schalke 04 players first entered the locker room and, under the arrangement of Marisca, began to change their jerseys for warm-up. Seeing the fans appearing to warm up, the entire stadium began to enter the first **, singing and cheers one after another. Qin Tian shot with a long shot and plucked a big bag on the net. At this moment, Qin Tian felt impatient to play football. This was Qin Tian's first Champions League final, and I believe it was also the first time for most people in the team.

The first time is always so memorable!!

After the full warm-up, the assistant coaches of both sides spoke at the same time, asking the players to return to the locker room, and the head coach was ready to start setting up tactics.

In Manchester United's locker room, Ferguson was writing and drawing on the tactical board, and gently wiped it off. Obviously he was thinking about what to say next. After a simple arrangement of the tactics, Ferguson was silent again, and the locker room seemed very quiet at this moment.

"The importance of this game is undoubtedly. I don't say that you should know it," paused, "Who can tell me what is the reason for such an important game?"

The locker room was quiet, everyone's faces were calm, but their hearts were filled with enthusiasm, "When we won the game, we stood at the top of Europe", and it was the captain Ferdyland who spoke first.

Everyone nodded, the captain meant what we mean.

Ferguson shook his head and looked at the players' puzzled eyes, "This is the third championship in our UEFA Champions League history and the second championship of this season. If you include the Community Shield, congratulations, maybe you will be the triple crown in 90 minutes."

Triple Crown!

All Manchester United players' breathing became rapid. Damn, this old man, his inspiring ability is definitely the best in the world!

The dressing room of Schalke 04 is very quiet, without so many passionate scenes, everyone is quietly waiting for Coach Sloka to speak.

At this time, Sloka was not in a hurry at all. He slowly looked at everyone, as if to remember everyone's appearance, "Young men, this season is a successful season for you. Although the loss of the German Cup is a bit regrettable, fortunately you won the Bundesliga championship. The 45 years of waiting finally became a reality. I am proud of you. But you can't rest yet, because there is another trophy lying quietly on the lawn outside. Tell me, do you want it?"

"think."

"In the history of Schalke 04, you have never entered the final battlefield of the Champions League. Congratulations, you have made history, but this is far from enough, because I need you to create miracles, win this game, step on the bodies of Manchester United people, you will be a member of the great club. Don't give up, don't complain about your lack of effort after the game is over. We are Schalke people, we will never give up, win the game!"

"Go to win the game! Schalke 04 will win!"

"Fight, boys, fight for the highest glory!"

The players of both sides met in the player channel. No one spoke, and the passage seemed extremely quiet. No one greeted each other. Everyone looked very calm on their faces, whether it was an old player or a young generation. However, compared with Schalke 04, there were too many players in the Manchester United camp with Champions League experience. Veterans Giggs and Schalke were the absolute main players in the period when Manchester United won the triple-tall championship, and Schalke 04 was a complete young player.

This is the foundation of the wealthy family and the temperament of the wealthy family!

Today, the final of the Champions League will be broadcast live to 198 countries and regions around the world. Sports commentators from various countries and regions are also ready to do a big fight. At this moment, the starting list of players from both sides of the game will also begin to be reported on the scene:

Manchester United lined up 4-4-2 formation - goalkeeper: Van der Sar; defenders from left to right: Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra; midfielders: Cristia Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick and Hargreaves; Tevez and Rooney on the forward line.

Schalke 04 is also in a 4-4-2 formation - goalkeeper: Neuer; Rafinia, Boden, Pique, Westman on the back line; Ernst, Rakitic, Qin Tian, ​​Ozil in the midfield; Kuranyi and Jones on the forward line.

The law enforcement game was the Slovakian referee Rubes Michel. The 40-year-old referee's most famous words were what he said in an interview with FIFA Special Network in 2006, "We are humans, not machines!" This shows the personality of this guy.

Amid the tsunami-like cheers of the whole audience, all the players stepped onto the lawn of Luzhniki Stadium, feeling the cool breeze of the night, and the stadium that was always noisy suddenly became quiet!
Chapter completed!