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Chapter 1565: Chapter 437: Never-Ending, Is That It?

”If you had 10 billion Euros, you wouldn’t be writing every day.”

”Damn, isn’t that Huan? Huan is right.”

”What Huan? Call him Huan the Dog!”

The live stream has already been going on for several hours, from outside interviews to now as the match is about to start.

Zhang chuckled and said, ”Today’s match holds special significance, both teams have former Real Madrid players as core members.”

”Yes, Chelsea has more former Real Madrid players.”

”Whether there’s more or not isn’t the biggest issue, the key is Huang Kaiwen. This is his sixth consecutive UEFA Champions League final, wonder what kind of performance he’ll have today.”

”Yes, but judging from the warm-up, Huang Kaiwen seems to be fine... The camera pans to the stands again, where the suspended Ribery can only sit glumly as a spectator today.”

”Right, his mood must not be great, let’s look at the starting lineup for both sides.”

Chelsea 4-3-3 double pivot:

Goalkeeper: Cech,

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Terry, Ramos,

Midfielders: Modric, Mata, Ballack,

Forwards: Huang Kaiwen, Huntelaar, Bale.

Bayern Munich 4-4-2 double pivot with wingers:

Goalkeeper: Butt,

Defenders: Badstuber, Demichelis, Van Bommel, Lahm,

Midfielders: Altintop, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger, Robben,

Forwards: Thomas Müller, Olic.

”Van Gaal has brought quite a few changes to Bayern, like transforming ’Little Pig’ Schweinsteiger, promoting young Thomas Müller, who’s appeared 51 times this season across competitions for Bayern, scoring 19 goals and assisting on 10, playing as a winger, forward, and wing midfielder, impressively after moving to the first team.”

”Yes, though Thomas Müller and the ’Bomber’ Gerd Müller are not related, they just share a surname. When in the youth team, Gerd Müller was his coach, who knows if the old Müller passed on some wisdom to Thomas Müller that made his performances so outstanding.”

”Ballack once played for Bayern, but his time there wasn’t considered successful. I’m sure he’s motivated today to prove it was Bayern’s problem, not his.”

”Ballack is quite tough, previously losing position due to Frings and Kahn issues, criticized Löw, although he later apologized, the relationship hasn’t fully restored. With Löw here today, I’m sure he hopes for a Bayern victory.”

”Mikel and Essien’s injuries leave Chelsea’s midfield somewhat stretched, young Mata is placed centrally, how effective this is, we’ll see in the match.”

At 7:45, the referee blows the starting whistle.

Robben receives the ball and passes to Schweinsteiger.

Unlike usual, Schweinsteiger didn’t drive forward immediately for Lahm and Robben in the attack, instead cautiously holding in the back.

They watched plenty of Chelsea match footage before.

Chelsea’s counter speed is too fast, too efficient.

Once the pace picks up, Bayern will have to play at Chelsea’s tempo.

Early stages are for teammates to adapt and quickly get into the game.

Huntelaar charged towards Schweinsteiger.

Both wings have a speed advantage, pressure is needed centrally now.

Schweinsteiger made a quick cross-pass, Van Bommel seized the chance for a long ball.

The ball swiftly flew toward the right front.

”Goodness, direct to Robben. Van Bommel’s pass is a bit wild, his technique isn’t too refined.”

”Yes, but Van Bommel’s mentality is exceptional, often seen encouraging teammates, he’s Bayern’s first foreign captain.”

The ball barely stayed inside the sideline before Robben rushed, jumped, and chested it back to the midline.

Mata charged towards ball-holder Schweinsteiger immediately.

Schweinsteiger quickly short-passed toward Robben.

Ashley Cole already approached Robben, and Modric was coming to cover.

Finding no space to sprint, Robben could only cross-pass to the retreating Olic.

Olic fumbled upon receiving and couldn’t keep the ball at his feet, Modric rushed toward it.

Shit!

Robben cursed Olic inwardly and dashed too.

Seeing Modric closing in, Robben resolvedly slid in, successfully tackling the ball back.

But he held his leg and curled up, rolling on the turf.

”Gosh, Robben seems to have hurt his ankle, not entirely sliding through during the tackle, wonder if he’s okay.”

”Bayern haven’t stopped attacking, ball shifted to the left, one long shot from Altintop deflected off Chelsea players... Cech blocks it, first corner of the half.”

Schweinsteiger bent to pull Robben up, asked: ”Are you okay?”

”I’m fine.”

Robben shook his head, heading to the corner flag.

Yet he glanced at Huang Kaiwen.

Everyone’s injury-prone, but Huang Kaiwen seems more and more resilient.

Must ask Huang Kaiwen sometime, how he avoids injuries.

Robben after running from the corner flag chipped the ball out, Cech jumped at the far post to easily claim it.

”Robben seems okay but needs to be careful himself.”