Chapter 102: Opponent! Real Madrid!

On April 23, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid took the lead in starting the Champions League semi-finals.

For two consecutive days, the Champions League semi-finals will be held in London.

respectively at the Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge Stadium in North London.

On the 23rd, Chelsea took the lead against Atletico Madrid.

Lucky is also paying attention to this game as a warm-up for himself and at the same time checking out his future national team teammates.

Of course, Lucky did not go to the scene, but watched the game at home.

Both teams are teams that mainly play defensive counterattacks, and their defenses are extremely strong.

The central defender combination of Terry + Cahill has fierce pressing and excellent anticipation, but the problem is 'slow', slow turning and slow speed.

Fortunately, the two full-backs make up for this shortcoming. As long as these two people are stuck in position, Chelsea can achieve siege and press.

Atletico Madrid's central defender combination is Liu Kairui + Godin.

Lucky's evaluation of these two people is that they are two 'all-round warriors'.

Both Liu Kairui and Godin are all-around fighters with excellent physical confrontation and tackling abilities, and even have certain technical bonuses.

Godin is the main central defender of the Uruguay national team. Before coming to Atletico Madrid, he had good strength.

Liu Kairui is a pure product of Atletico Madrid's youth training.

Both of them are very proactive, which also accelerates Atletico Madrid's overall linkage ability.

Just taking out the central defender combination, Lucky felt that although these two people were slightly cheaper in terms of value, they could still dominate Terry and Cahill.

If Chelsea is a mobile fortress, then Atletico Madrid is a flexible heavy-duty knight.

The collision between the two iron walls ended up making the game soporific.

For 90 minutes, there was no goal scored by either side.

It ended with 0-0.

It's just that this score is not qualified for Chelsea, after all, they are playing at home.

Chelsea's game ended, and although it was a bit unsatisfactory, it didn't lose.

Now the pressure is on Arsenal's side.

After all, their opponent is Real Madrid, a more powerful galactic battleship than Atletico Madrid.

Real Madrid came to London on April 23 and checked into the hotel to prepare for the game the next day.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals was played at Arsenal's home ground.

This has also put a lot of pressure on Arsenal players to a certain extent.

Although they had made certain preparations before the game, when the day actually arrived, they still felt extremely nervous.

None of the current group of Arsenal players has experienced this stage.

For them, this is all new.

But precisely because of this, despite being nervous, there was also a hint of excitement.

The entire North London has been immersed in the red and white colors of Arsenal. Excited Arsenal fans poured into the streets and began to increase their momentum for the home team.

The city hall even closed many streets and opened up a parade street to prevent them from wandering around.

The road leading to the Emirates Stadium was occupied early by enthusiastic fans. They stood on both sides of the street, looking forward to the appearance of the home team.

Night gradually fell, and finally facing the darkness, two buses drove towards the Emirates Stadium from different directions.

Outside the Emirates Stadium, reporters who have been waiting here will take photos frantically.

The flashing lights were connected together, like daylight.

All the Arsenal players walked into the stadium in silence, and they didn't pay attention to anyone.

On the other hand, Real Madrid seemed more at ease. They smiled in front of the camera, and everyone had a touch of confidence in their expressions.

This is Real Madrid's confidence, the confidence that nine Champions League trophies bring to them!

As soon as Lucky and others entered the locker room, Wenger shouted loudly: "Everyone, sit down and listen to me!"

Everyone put down what they were doing and sat on the bench looking at Wenger.

Wenger crossed his arms, looked around, and said: "I know how you are feeling now, you are excited but also a little afraid. This is not shameful. Our opponents have won 9 Champions League trophies, but we have not won any. These trophies It will overwhelm us!”

Everyone's expressions were a little complicated.

After a pause, Wenger continued: "But I hope you focus on the game itself. Some people suggested that I give up the Champions League semi-finals, but I did not adopt it. Because giving up will become a habit. Once you get used to this feeling, it will be difficult for you in the future. We all make compromises when things get tough, so this is my first lesson to you, persevere!”

"I don't know what's going to happen next, what kind of game we're going to play, whether it's bad or good, I'm not going to judge you for that."

Wenger looked gentle and said, "Because you are already our pride when you come here!"

Everyone looked up in surprise.

"Don't put any burden on yourselves. You have done well enough. No one is asking you to do better. You just need to enjoy this game!" Patrice walked out and faced the crowd with a smile; "Gentlemen, football is a sport that pursues victory, but football is not just about victory. Play a game that you are satisfied with, don't leave any regrets for yourself, fight as hard as you can, and don't worry too much about the result! "

Strength and conditioning coach Tony Colbert: "I've made you strong enough, go ahead! Go enjoy this game!"

Goalkeeping coach Gerry Payton; "Go and show yourselves, this is a great stage!"

Goalkeeper coach Lehmann: "Don't leave any regrets for yourself, don't do things that make you regret, don't restrain yourself, enjoy it to your heart's content!"

After that, under the leadership of Wenger, the coaches stood on both sides of the locker room and stretched out their palms!

Wenger smiled and looked at Lekai and said: "Go! Don't leave any regrets."

Lekai exhaled slowly, tightened the captain's armband on his shoulders, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Go! Guys, let's go and make a big fuss!"

Arsenal players stood up one after another.

"Make a big fuss!"

"Knock them over!"

"What are you afraid of!"

"Go, go, go!"

One by one, Arsenal players high-fived the coaches on both sides, and then resolutely walked out of the locker room, their eyes became confident, and their steps were firm.

Lekai walked in the front, and they strode all the way to the player's tunnel.

Everyone stood still, and no one glanced to the side.

Even if the other side was the star-studded Real Madrid.

But so what?

This is the Emirates Stadium!

This is their home ground!

"Players from both sides have begun to walk out of the player tunnel, and the starting lineups of both sides are as follows!"

Real Madrid (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Casillas.

Defenders: Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao.

Midfielders: Modric, Xabi Alonso, Isco.

Forwards: Bale, Benzema, C Ronaldo.

Arsenal (4-3-2-1):

Goalkeeper: Szczesny.

Defenders: Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs.

Midfielders: Walcott, Lukay, Cazorla, Ramsey, Rosicky.

Forward: Suarez.

Lukay and Casillas were called to the referee, and the captains of both teams chose their sides.

Lukay had good luck in choosing his side, and he won.

Lukay chose the ball, while Casillas chose the left side of the field.

The two captains exchanged team flags, shook hands with the three referees, and then returned to their respective teams.

Finally, the two teams shook hands.

The away team took the initiative to shake hands with the home team.

After the whole process was over, they each came to their own half.

The first round of the Champions League semi-final was about to start.

The Arsenal fans at the scene had already begun to make various noises to support.

Suarez stood in the center circle with the ball on his feet. He kept taking deep breaths to stabilize his emotions.

The referee left the center circle and blew the whistle after confirming the status of the goalkeepers on both sides.

Beep! ! !

The first round of the 2013-2014 Champions League semi-final, Arsenal vs. Real Madrid, began.

Suarez took the lead in kicking off.

With the kick-off, Ronaldo, Benzema, and Bale advanced at high speed.

They were very motivated in the game.

Koscielny passed the ball to Lekai who was assisting.

Bale directly hit Lekai, but Lekai was prepared. After stabilizing the first collision, he immediately turned around with his butt sticking out, while looking up to observe.

Walcott was also looking at Lucky.

Lucky dribbled the ball forward and then suddenly kicked the ball.

This time the long pass was extremely sudden and hit directly behind Coentrao.

And the ball was very fast. Coentrao just came to his senses and retreated in a panic. He jumped up in a hurry to try to destroy it, but the ball rubbed his scalp and flew behind him.

At the same time, Walcott also passed through Coentrao and chased the ball.

Sina Sports, when Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were still warming up, the sudden change made the two of them shout:

"Lucky's sudden long pass, Coentrao missed the header!!!——"

"Arsenal opportunity!!"

At the same time, George Adams, the live commentator at the Emirates Stadium, also stood up and shouted in surprise:

"Walcott!! Break into the penalty area!! Ramos can't catch up!!! Opportunity!!!"

Walcott is very fast, but someone is faster than him.

Casillas rushed out when Coentrao missed the header.

Walcott entered the penalty area, and when he looked up, he saw Casillas was very close to him.

Walcott was so scared that he shot quickly.

The hasty shot had bad power and angle.

But Casillas still made a save for safety reasons, and the ball hit Casillas' calf and refracted out of the baseline.

Real Madrid was in a defensive crisis.

But Arsenal's sudden attack still made him sweat.

Walcott covered his head and knelt on the ground, looking regretful.

He had a great chance to get ahead at the start.

But Casillas' attack was too decisive. When he reacted, the opponent was less than five meters away, basically blocking most of the shooting angles.

The shot in a panic was completely incapable of posing a threat.

Walcott shook his head regretfully. After he stood up, he gave Lucky a thumbs up and praised the pass.

I have to say that Luka's pass was very tricky and the landing point was well controlled, which led to the situation where Coentrao headed the ball.

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