When the players from both sides came out, the stadium erupted in a huge cheer as the stars shone brightly. Whether they were Liverpool or Real Madrid fans, they couldn't be bothered to boo the opposition at this moment, and instead desperately cheered for their own team.

Flashes of light from the stands twinkled incessantly, forming a sheet of light, as if the Milky Way were hanging there.

The commentator's voice also rose an octave, becoming slightly excited.

"Look at this lineup! It's truly a gathering of superstars! The clash between these two teams is indeed the most high-level confrontation in Europe!"

If the Barcelona fans heard this, they would definitely curl their lips in disdain—without Messi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pique and others in our Barcelona lineup, what kind of top-level confrontation is this!

The commentator would not care about the losers’ feelings at this time. If they were unhappy, they could just turn off the TV.

He continued: "The match between Real Madrid and Liverpool has attracted much attention, and everyone has been looking forward to it for a month. Everyone hopes that these two top teams can present us with a wonderful game in the next ninety minutes!"

This was indeed the heartfelt wish of most people.

When the game had just begun, the cheers at the San Siro stadium resounded throughout the world, and everyone was looking forward to it with excitement.

Every touch of the ball by the superstars could elicit cheers from the stands.

Every shot, even if it went wide, the fans were not stingy with their applause and cheers.

However, as the game went on, everyone gradually realized that the situation was not as wonderful as they had imagined.

Especially Liverpool's performance.

Many fans, especially neutral fans, enjoyed watching Liverpool's game against Barcelona. Liverpool, which had always given people a cautious and conservative image, actually raised the banner of offensive play in the game. The offense never stopped from the first minute of the game until the last minute, so that Barcelona had no power to fight back, let alone parry.

Then they poured six goals into Barcelona at their home stadium.

This performance made many people look forward to their final. They felt that since Liverpool could defeat Barcelona with a strong offense, then defeating Real Madrid with the same means would not be difficult.

Who would have thought that ten minutes after the game started, Liverpool began to gradually retreat, putting on a posture of "I am going to play defense and counterattack."

Normally, Liverpool's games basically involve a strong attack at the beginning of the game, striving to score early. Only after scoring will they retreat to play counterattacks.

So no matter what, everyone could see ten minutes to half an hour of fierce attacks.

But now Liverpool only pretended to attack for ten minutes and then retreated.

Such a performance made people feel strange and unfulfilling.

Some disappointed fans cursed Liverpool on TV for being a bunch of sissies without balls. With such a terrifying human weapon like Chen Hero, why are they playing defense and counterattack!?

However, these people obviously didn't know enough about Real Madrid. Even when facing Barcelona, which is known for its powerful attack, Mourinho's Real Madrid is no longer at a disadvantage. Otherwise, why could Real Madrid defeat Barcelona and win the La Liga title this season?

Real Madrid's defense and counterattack has basically entered the realm of perfection.

Therefore, simply relying on offense cannot solve Real Madrid.

Those who want Liverpool to use offense to defeat Real Madrid are asking Liverpool to commit suicide.

Therefore, after ten minutes of probing, Liverpool realized that Real Madrid was adopting their best tactic of steady defense and counterattack, so they immediately and decisively retreated.

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Real Madrid also adopted the tactic of defense and counterattack. Because they are not the only team that has mastered the defense and counterattack tactic almost perfectly. Their opponent in this game, Liverpool, is also such a team.

Their specialty is to score first at the beginning of the game, and then shrink their defense. Many times, even if they are only leading by one goal, they dare to hand over a lot of space and ball control to the opponent, because they have such confidence. They are confident that their defense line will not be easily broken, and they are also confident that their offense will soon break through the opponent's goal.

Real Madrid did not adopt defense and counterattack because their offense was weak. But if they attack, Liverpool will still seize the opportunity to attack from behind.

Real Madrid is also worried about being killed by the opponent's defense and counterattack.

Both sides had this idea, fearing that the other side would score first and then counterattack, fearing that after pressing forward, the opponent would launch a machine-gun counterattack... Fearing this and fearing that, how could the game be exciting?

A game that everyone was looking forward to with great interest ended up like this.

It's no wonder that boos started to ring out in the stands.

Faced with these boos, the players from both Liverpool and Real Madrid seemed very calm.

They were proceeding step by step according to their pre-match arrangements.

Because both teams are playing defense and counterattack, with defense as the main focus and offense as the auxiliary. Most of the football is spinning around in the middle and backfields, and rarely reaches the frontfield. Even if it does go to the frontfield, they will choose to pass back if the opportunity is not good. In addition, there are not many troops invested in the attack, so the quality of the attack is not high.

In this way, the exciting scenes that make the fans' blood boil are pitifully scarce.

The commentator also saw the plans of these two teams.

"The two teams participating in the Champions League final unexpectedly chose defense and counterattack... If it weren't because the relationship between these two teams is really not good, I would really suspect that they had discussed it in advance!"

"This is really disappointing. What we expected was a peak duel between two excellent teams. But the cruel reality has given us a blow to the head!"

"Such a game is really hard to be considered the pinnacle duel in Europe... I suddenly remembered that in the three encounters between Liverpool and Real Madrid, there was another such situation. That was in the 2013-2014 season Champions League quarter-final. The first leg was held at Liverpool's home stadium. In that game, both sides played as conservatively as they are today. The game was very dull, and in the end, both sides scored one goal each, and shook hands and made peace with a score of 1:1. I didn't expect that in the Champions League final, both sides would go even further..."

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UEFA officials sitting on the podium were watching the game surrounded by Platini. After seeing such a dull game, the faces of the officials were not very good.

Platini's face was also not very good, but he didn't speak, just snorted coldly.

Then the officials around him began to criticize Liverpool and Real Madrid's practices.

"Such a game is simply a stain on the history of the Champions League final!"

"Letting them enter the Champions League final is a disgrace to European football..."

"They actually treat such an important game so casually! It's really abominable!"

"It's a pity that Barcelona couldn't stop Liverpool..."

"But since Liverpool can defeat Barcelona with a devastating momentum and offensive football in the semi-finals, why can't they do the same in the final..."

Platini, who was sitting in front, snorted heavily again.

So all the discussion came to an abrupt end.

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Although the scene was generally dull, some talented players on both sides could still create some opportunities.

And the murderous intent is actually hidden in it.

If you really think that everyone is very conservative, and you can be careless when defending, then you will definitely die miserably.

Liverpool has a frontcourt attacking quartet composed of Sanchez, Chen Hero, Gotze and Gareth Bale.

On the Real Madrid side, there is a strong attacking lineup composed of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Di Maria, and Benzema.

Both teams have such a strong offensive strength, but they have chosen the most negative tactics.

It's no wonder that both the fans, commentators, and UEFA officials are very dissatisfied with them.

However, although there are not many attacks, the quality of both sides' attacks is still quite high.

After all, with so many talented players, even if only one of them shines once, that is enough.

In the limited offensive opportunities, it is even more important to test the shooters' ability to seize opportunities.

So this is actually the best stage for Chen Hero and Ronaldo to compete with each other.

On this side, Ronaldo just took a threatening long shot from outside the penalty area, which made Reina flustered.

Soon after, Chen Hero also took a powerful shot from thirty-five meters away, which also threatened Casillas's goal.

Ronaldo jumped high and headed the ball, slightly wide.

Chen Hero followed with a lion's head shake, hitting the outside of the post.

Just looking at these attacks, it is really hard to imagine that the tactics of the two teams are so conservative.

However, there are too few such attacks, so the fans' resentment is even deeper.

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The dull game makes time seem to pass slowly, but despite this, thirty minutes of the first half have still passed.

No one scored.

The score is still 0:0.

Several superstars occasionally shine once, but more often they are entangled in the middle and rear fields in a tug-of-war.

Seeing that they had not scored a goal even by the end of the first half, the Real Madrid fans became a little anxious, and they became increasingly dissatisfied with the team's conservative tactics.

Then the stands rang out with a uniform boo for the first time. This was the first time in the game. It was the Real Madrid fans dedicating it to Real Madrid—this booing was happening when Real Madrid had the ball, so it must be booing Real Madrid.

Seeing this, the Liverpool fans took the opportunity to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds, helping the Real Madrid fans boo Real Madrid.

For a time, the stands were filled with boos.

The commentator also shouted indignantly: "Listen! Listen! This is the will of the people! This is the will of the people! The Real Madrid fans are actually booing their own team! Doesn't this explain the problem?"