Chapter 156: Nervous Warfare

As Pirlo is currently the only midfield master in world football, Lucky's pressure in the confrontation is undoubtedly particularly huge.

Pirlo's long-range shooting ability is as accurate as a scalpel. He is called the king of Italian football by the Italian media. He is a genius that can convince anyone.

He is proficient in almost everything in terms of organizational ability, set-piece ability, and scoring ability. Pirlo's comprehensiveness is the part that Arsenal is most afraid of.

Of course, Pirlo also has problems.

The body is thin and the speed is slow!

Not surprisingly, Juventus' midfielder will adopt the same tactical configuration as against Real Madrid.

4-3-1-2, a lineup with the core of the midfield as the core, Pirlo is this core point.

The characteristic of this tactic is the control of the midfield.

But these are not enough in the face of advantages.

A midfielder who is completely responsible for defense, an offensive initiator who switches from defense to offense, and finally Pirlo who has excellent overall vision and ball-playing ability.

This formation still retains the classic attacking midfielder position.

The purpose is that the ‘commander’ is at the back and the vanguard is at the front!

Of course, the disadvantage is that the key to this tactic is the ‘middle path’.

Three players with different characteristics have already blocked the middle. In other words, in the 4312 formation, the burden of offense and defense on the wings falls entirely on the two full-backs.

Therefore, Arsenal has to make a fuss on the wing.

In the locker room, Wenger is announcing the starting lineup.

"Navas, Sagna, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs"

Every player whose name was called looked excited.

After all, it is an extremely proud thing to be able to start in the Champions League final.

Wenger continued; "The three midfielders are Cazorla, Kai and..."

Wenger looked around and whispered: "Wilshere!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but soon understood.

What Arsenal needs is an offensive breakthrough player. Currently, in the midfield position, apart from Cazorla, only Wilshere has this ability.

Wilshere, on the other hand, looked in disbelief.

He actually started.

And in such an important game.

But no one shared this joy with him. Wenger continued; "Kai's position has been adjusted to the middle, which is also our rear organization point!"

Lucky nodded. Wenger had talked to him before.

The general content of that conversation was to let Lucky take over Arsenal's organization and various offensive and defensive transitions.

Although Cazorla and Wilshere will cooperate, they will make more efforts for offense and breakthrough.

Although this kind of pressure is great when facing Pirlo, Lucky cannot refuse.

Wenger looked down at the time and said, "Okay, gentlemen, the Champions League final is coming soon. I don't think there is any need to say more. Coming to this stage, each of you is obviously ready to wake up!"

"Arsenal have never won the Champions League and this is our second time here."

Wenger pointed outside to the big ear cup at the exit of the players' tunnel and said, "Take it down!"

Lucky yelled:

"Come on, guys!"

Arsenal players howled out of the locker room one by one, partly to embolden themselves, and partly to use this method to vent their inner tension.

Players from Juventus and Arsenal came to stand in front of the tunnel.

Next to Lucky is the famous European goalkeeper Buffon.

The 37-year-old Buffon looked extremely serious. As a goalkeeper full of honors, what he lacked was a Champions League trophy.

This is also the goal he has been striving for.

The camera began to move into the tunnel, taking close-ups on each player.

Lucky and Wenger in the front row are naturally the first to bear the brunt.

"The two captains of Arsenal and Juventus, Lucky and Buffon!"

Zhan Jun looked forward to it: "This is Lucky's first Champions League final and Arsenal's second Champions League final. Arsenal has experienced many bad things in the past years, but now they don't mind it. Because they have come to the Champions League stage again, who dares to say that Arsenal are not strong enough now?”

"Buffon! A well-known name in football. As a goalkeeper full of honors, what Buffon lacks is a Champions League trophy. After passing it countless times, the 37-year-old Buffon once again challenged for the Champions League title. And this time may be their best chance!”

Zhan Jun introduced the main members of the two teams one by one in detail.

But there were too many star players on both teams, which also caused Zhan Jun to start to speed up the pace.

Soon, the cheers suddenly became louder.

The players from both teams also moved forward.

At this moment, everyone became excited.

The Champions League final is about to begin.

Lucky tightened the captain's armband on his arm and followed the referee out of the tunnel.

The first step is to walk out of the arch, which will be designed from the semi-finals onwards.

There is a silver Champions League trophy not far from the arch. The two huge handles are like ears, which also created the reputation of the Big Ear Cup.

When seeing this trophy, neither Arsenal nor Juventus players could take their eyes away for a while.

As they exited the arch, their eyes followed the trophy.

Finally, they reluctantly withdrew their gaze.

But at this moment, their hearts were also extremely excited.

Because they knew very well that after 90 minutes, the trophy would be awarded to one of the two teams no matter what.

The players of the two teams stood neatly in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

The melody of the Champions League theme song "s League" was playing on the dome broadcast.

For any fan who pays attention to the Champions League, this is a familiar melody.

Especially for Arsenal players and Juventus fans, at this moment, their hearts are about to explode with tension.

"We can see that at this moment, whether it is the young Lekai or Pirlo, they undoubtedly showed a solemn expression on their faces. At the moment when they passed by the Champions League trophy, they were deeply attracted, but the championship only happens once and belongs only to the winner!"

The melody of the theme song ended, and fierce applause rang out at the scene.

Juventus came to shake hands with Arsenal.

The players of the two teams had a friendly handshake before the game.

Lekai shook hands and simply dealt with it.

Until Pogba arrived.

"Hey! Kai! Look at my hairstyle."

Lekai was in no mood to mess with this guy, so he patted his arm gently and shook hands with Pirlo behind him.

Pogba also saw Lekai's mood at the moment and did not continue to push his luck.

After the two sides finished shaking hands, the two teams began to disperse to their respective half, and the captains of both sides were called to the referee.

"I want the front side!"

"I want the back side!"

Lekai chose the back side.

The coin was thrown into the sky and fell to the ground.

Back side!

Lekai couldn't help but feel relieved, and then smiled; "I won!"

Buffon frowned slightly.

This damn nerve war!

The two shook hands.

"This will be a wonderful duel!"

"I firmly believe so!"

Immediately, the two shook hands with the three referees again, and then ran to their respective half.

"Our ball!"

Lekai shouted to Suarez and then ran to his position.

Suarez took a deep breath and walked towards the center circle.

At this time, the referee threw the ball over.

Suarez hugged it, then stepped on it, and turned to look at his own half.

The Arsenal players were all moving their bodies, and from their eyes, it could be felt that everyone was full of fighting spirit at this moment.

"Damn! So nervous!"

In the stands, Billy kept rubbing his numb palms.

Before the game started, he felt nervous and numb all over.

Other Arsenal fans were in a similar situation.

Some people were constantly taking deep breaths to adjust their emotions.

Some people had already started to kneel down and pray.

Some people looked at the court without blinking, not wanting to miss any moment.

Some people cheered for a big win.

Some people were shouting passionately.

In ten years, Arsenal reached the Champions League final again!

Perhaps because of the last failure, they became more nervous.