Chapter 565 Psychological Warfare

Guardiola also saw the media reports about this matter the day after it happened, the day of the match.

He didn't take it to heart. He just curled his lips and snorted coldly from the bottom of his heart: Psychological warfare!

This time he guessed right, Chen Hero was indeed launching psychological warfare.

But he didn't take it to heart…

Guardiola didn't take these words seriously because, first of all, he didn't care about what Chen Hero said. He wasn't someone who liked to make excuses. His players made excuses because they were unwilling to lose the game. This was nothing to him. On the contrary, it was a good thing because it at least showed that they had fighting spirit and refused to admit defeat. Since he himself didn't care, then Chen Hero's words had much less attacking power for him, and he naturally thought his players were the same as him.

Secondly, he was confident in his control over the team. He had already warned the players not to be influenced by Chen Hero's psychological tactics and not to be fooled. In these days of training, he had also seen that the players listened to him, and the team's mood was very stable.

So he believed that his influence continued to play a role, until now.

The players would not be affected by Liverpool and Chen Hero's clumsy psychological tactics.

Because of this confidence, he didn't even ask his players what they thought about this latest development.

In this way, he lost the last chance to adjust the players' psychology.

Barcelona's spaceship was heading towards a dangerous area.

But no one knew this.

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The area around Anfield Stadium was already crowded with people at dusk.

Champions League matches are different from Premier League matches. Most Premier League matches are scheduled to kick off on weekend afternoons. This is a tradition of the English Football League for more than a hundred years. At the beginning, there were no floodlights on the stadium and no prime-time TV broadcasts. It was impossible to play matches at night, so the afternoon became the best time.

Now, even with TV broadcasts, the Premier League still follows this tradition, and only a few matches are scheduled to take place at night. Even the focus battles are in the afternoon.

Because English fans have been accustomed to watching games in the afternoon for a century.

Since they were used to it, there was no need to change it.

The Champions League is a new competition, and its influence has expanded with the advent of television broadcasts.

They have no traditions to follow. Meeting the requirements of TV broadcasters and sponsors is their primary consideration.

For television broadcasts, seven to ten o'clock in the evening is prime time. Champions League matches naturally have to be scheduled during this time, so that the exposure rate of advertising sponsors will also increase, and their sponsorship fees to UEFA will be higher.

A win-win situation.

Today is Champions League match day, so the match starts at 7:45 in the evening.

Everyone can have dinner at home or around the stadium, and then rush to the stadium to watch the match.

But at this time, who is still interested in eating? Even if they eat, it's just to fill their stomachs, and they rush to the stadium after a hasty meal.

The match has not yet started, and the stadium is not open, but everyone is not in a hurry. They just wait outside the stadium, singing and dancing.

The fans have their own ways of entertainment.

Liverpool fans still occupy the vast majority, they are everywhere. There are only three thousand Barcelona fans, and they gather together, which seems very united—if they weren't united, there would be no way. In a place like Liverpool, there is Chen Hero, so Liverpool fans don't like Barcelona very much, and they don't like Barcelona fans either.

In addition, everyone knows the great name of English football hooligans. For safety reasons, they have to get together to avoid being cracked in the head with a bottle in a small alley.

Now, the square outside Anfield Stadium presents such a distinct scene.

Liverpool fans are wearing red jerseys and occupy most of the territory. The Barcelona fans are wearing green Barcelona away jerseys. In a large red ocean, they are like a small boat that may be submerged at any time.

Not only that, those Liverpool fans who are closer to them are constantly intimidating and threatening them, making various hideous expressions at them, raising their middle fingers at them, and some people simply shouting: "Real Madrid! Real Madrid!" to stimulate the Barcelona fans.

And the Liverpool police separated these obviously drunk Liverpool fans from the three thousand Barcelona fans.

Under the protection of the police, Barcelona fans are still a little worried—they are worried that some of these police officers are undercover Liverpool fans. If a gap is exposed, wouldn't it be the same as a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth?

Out of concern for this situation, Barcelona fans are still a bit rational under the siege and provocation of Liverpool fans. They did not rush over to scold Liverpool fans across the human wall formed by the police.

But everyone has fucked these damn Liverpool fans seventy-two times in their hearts.

Wait and see, you bastard Brits!

You can still laugh now, but when the game starts, you'll be crying!

Our invincible Barca will crush you as easily as crushing an ant!

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When the two teams' buses drove in one after the other, they received completely different treatment.

Liverpool's bus arrived first, and they were greeted with cheers from the fans on the scene. The shouts from Liverpool fans were deafening, making this area their world.

Their shouts made it impossible for those Barcelona fans to hear what the other party was saying even when they were talking face to face.

They let the Barcelona fans fully appreciate what is called "home advantage".

Later, when Barcelona's bus arrived, a deafening boo rang out outside Anfield Stadium.

The booing was so loud that the Barcelona fans who followed the team all over the world were shocked—they had never encountered such a situation.

Even outside the Bernabéu, Real Madrid's home stadium, they had not seen such a scene.

Many Barcelona fans looked at each other and saw some…fear in each other's eyes that they were unwilling to admit!

The Barcelona players on the bus were equally shocked.

They are also players who have experienced hundreds of battles, but such an away environment…

They had really never seen it before!

Even in the Bernabéu, there was no such huge booing—the sound insulation of the Mercedes-Benz luxury bus is very good. But now they were like sitting in an open-top bus, the booing was endless, deafening, as if it was in their ears!

The booing lingered in their ears even after they drove into the dedicated passage—of course, it wasn't that the fans were still booing. In fact, when their bus left the square, the booing gradually stopped. This was entirely an illusion caused by the previous terrifying booing, making them feel that the booing was still ringing in their ears.

These Liverpool fans really achieved lingering sound!

This is what Liverpool fans can do for their team.

Before the match starts, give the opponent a blow and severely dampen their spirit!

Because they couldn't see the expressions of the Barcelona players in the bus, they didn't know if they had completed their mission.

Now that the bus can't be seen, they can only stop booing and then walk to each entrance quietly and orderly.

In fact, they have already succeeded.

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Even in the locker room, the annoying booing was not completely gone from the ears of the Barcelona players…

"Fucking hell! These damn scousers!" Pique entered the locker room and cursed unhappily when he found the booing still in his ears.

He played for Manchester United for several years. Apart from Barcelona, Manchester United may be the team he supports the most. As a Manchester United player, how could he not hate Liverpool? Just like as a Liverpool player, how could he like Manchester United.

He also heard the word scousers from his Manchester United teammates when he played for Manchester United. He knew what it meant.

It's so appropriate to use this word to refer to Liverpool people at this time!

However, after cursing like this, it didn't make him feel any better, because the booing didn't disappear with his cursing.

"I really don't understand why those Liverpool people have so much hatred for us…"

"They must be crazy, right?"

His other teammates around him were also talking about it.

Hearing their discussion, Pique turned his head and said loudly to them: "It's Chen Hero! It must be Chen Hero!"

Hearing what he said suddenly, the players in the locker room stopped what they were doing and looked up or turned their heads to look at him.

"This must have been provoked by Chen Hero! He did it! I believe it 100%! He did it!"

Hearing what Pique said, many people showed a look of sudden realization.

They originally had no hatred with Liverpool, but it suddenly deteriorated sharply in the past two years. Then the difference from before is naturally the difference between Chen Hero being here and not being here.

"This damn Chinese! Why is he always against us?"

"Because he's jealous of our achievements!"

"It's too hateful, we must defeat them in this match! And after the match, I want to celebrate the victory in front of him!"

"That's a good idea!"

Everyone agreed and quickly reached a consensus—to run to Chen Hero collectively to celebrate the victory after winning this match, as a counterattack against his repeated provocations.

Doesn't Chen Hero like to continue insulting his opponents after defeating them?

Then today we will let him taste this feeling!

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When Guardiola finished the interviews with the reporters outside and then entered the locker room, the discussion about Chen Hero and Liverpool in the locker room had ended.

The players were changing clothes, preparing to warm up.

It seemed that everyone was very motivated and couldn't wait for the match to start immediately.

Looking at these motivated players, Guardiola showed a satisfied smile.

This is the Barcelona he wants to see…

But unfortunately, what he saw was an incomplete image. He didn't know what had happened before this scene.

Otherwise, he would never have had such an idea…

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