Chapter 167: Start From Here

The second round of the Champions League semi-finals is a key match to determine the ticket to the Champions League final.

Both Arsenal and Real Madrid are naturally extremely cautious.

For Real Madrid fans, they dare not think that Arsenal is tortured by the cruel game as before. The last game has taught them a full lesson. For this reason, they need to be extremely cautious when facing Arsenal at home.

From the morning, the whole city of Madrid was filled with an exciting atmosphere.

This atmosphere continued until the night.

After the sunset and the night fell.

The neon-lit city of Madrid has a little more fiery flavor.

Under the premise of the World Cup, football has become a major focus of everyone's attention, and this is even more so for the Champions League during this period of time.

It can be said that this Champions League is a carnival before the World Cup.

Reporters and fans from all over the world rushed to Madrid.

Even some special "guests" came here to watch this game.

Enrique, the current head coach of the Spanish national team, and Lippi, who just served as the head coach of China half a year ago.

Lippi is still the same image.

Holding a cigar in his hand, wearing a suit, he looks like a trendy old man.

His frown gives people a sense of harshness, but many people who know Lippi say that he is a lovely old man.

The reason why Lippi came to Madrid is very simple, to inspect the core player of the current Chinese team, Lekai.

Perhaps it should not be said to be an inspection, but to be the first to contact.

After all, Lekai needs to play an extremely important role in Lippi's lineup.

Lippi's process of serving as the head coach of the Chinese national team was very tortuous. In addition to being invited out of the mountain many times, there were various additional conditions to invite this meritorious old coach.

After the Chinese team was eliminated in the last World Cup, they became more looking forward to the future.

For this reason, Lippi was invited to serve as the head coach of the national team, which means that they must go one step further.

After all, the current Chinese team is considered a golden generation.

The Chinese team, led by Lekai, Chen Man and Liu Kairui, has enough strong players on both the offensive and defensive ends.

If the overall lineup is reasonably matched, there is a chance to further impact better results.

However, all this requires a better and experienced head coach, and Lippi is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Lippi and Enrique came together, and Real Madrid Club also treated the two head coaches with the best treatment.

The two were invited to enter the VIP room.

After sitting down, Enrique asked Lippi: "Which team do you think can enter the Champions League final?"

Lippi shook his head and said, "I'm not here to see these."

Enrique smiled and said, "In addition to our jobs, we should also enjoy football. It's okay to discuss it a little bit."

Lippi took a puff of cigar, exhaled thick smoke, and then slowly said, "I can only say that I support Arsenal!"

Enrique: "Then I choose Real Madrid!"

Immediately, the two stopped communicating.

At this time, fans began to pour into the scene, and the whole stadium became lively.

Soon, the cheers from the outside world became louder.

Enrique turned his head and said, "Here we are!"

Lippi also nodded slightly.

The buses of both sides arrived at the Bernabeu Stadium almost at the same time.

This stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 spectators, is now full.

Arsenal fans were arranged under the east side of the stands. There were not many of them. Compared with the white fans in the entire stadium, they only occupied a small red area.

But even so, Arsenal fans were cheering vigorously and cheering for the initiative.

Soon, the players from both sides walked into the stadium to warm up.

The appearance of the players from both sides made the atmosphere of the stadium even more excited.

A close-up of Ronaldo appeared on the big screen, which made the cheers on the scene suddenly become intense.

All Real Madrid fans were cheering for their top star.

Then, the camera showed the figure of Lucky.

The cheers took a sharp turn and soon turned into boos, which were extremely harsh.

But Lucky had long been immune to these things. He was hardly affected and continued to warm up on his own.

When Lucky was warming up, Lippi in the VIP stand was also watching Lucky, and his eyes were also a little more passionate.

Lucky is a strong midfielder, and can even be said to be one of the top midfielders in the world, and even the world's number one defensive midfielder.

With the existence of Lucky, the core problem is solved.

For any team, the core is an extremely critical link.

The midfield has always been the position with the most contact with the ball in football, and the strength level of the midfield will determine the upper limit of the entire field.

And the existence of Lucky allows Lippi to start scribbling on the drawing board without scruples.

Lippi doesn't know what kind of painting he can draw, but he thinks this is already a wonderful journey.

"Kai's ability is indeed daunting!"

Enrique also nodded to recognize Lucky's ability.

In this regard, Lippi smiled and said: "More than dread, if your opponent has Kai, how do you limit him?"

Enrique lowered his head and pondered for a moment, but he was unable to answer.

This is also true. Lucky's position is too far back, and his range of influence is astonishingly large. He is proficient in both short and long passes, and has the ability to have free kicks and long shots.

This kind of player is simply a perfect midfielder and difficult to restrict.

At least so far, no one knows how to restrict Lucky. They can only affect Arsenal's performance by restricting others, but Lucky's performance is so wonderful.

In this case, how to limit Arsenal has become a problem for everyone.

Lippi shook his head and smiled.

Although Lucky is difficult to target, it is still an extremely difficult problem for him.

At the club, Lucky was surrounded by top players.

These players together create a strong Arsenal.

But the Chinese team does not have such a large number of top players.

Besides Lucai, there are also Chen Man and Liu Kairui.

Others are more at the third or fourth tier level in Europe.

If you encounter a weak team, that's it. Once the opponent is a European or South American team, it will be really difficult to deal with.

To this end, Lippi must integrate the limited resources at hand and use them rationally.

How to maximize Lucky's abilities is the problem Lippi needs to solve most.

He knows very well that the Chinese team is inferior to other national teams in terms of overall strength.

To do this, he needs to inspire Lucky's abilities to drive the entire team.

And Lippi is very good at this aspect.

It’s nothing more than building a cannon!

It's not like he hasn't done it before.

But unlike before, this time the cannon will be placed in the midfield.

And because of this, Lippi feels more challenging and interesting.

The warm-up session ended and the players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms.

Mourinho looked around and said, "I am a coach with outstanding merits, but you are nothing now."

"Please don't call me arrogant, but I am the European champion and I have the right to say these things."

"Victory is not easy to come by, especially the championship!"

"I have won championship trophies many times, and I have learned a truth from it. The flower of championship will only bloom in a bush full of thorns. If you want to pick up the flowers, you have to pay a sufficient price!"

"The most important thing is to be persistent in victory and belief!"

"You are not the champions now, but the future is in your hands. If you want to be that player who is nothing, you still have to be the European champion!"

Mourinho pointed in the direction of the locker room and said; "The answer is right there, win this game, and then you can challenge for the highest honor!"

In another locker room, Zidane also said loudly;

"We are Real Madrid. We have the most Champions League titles. Our purpose here is not for anything else, but to tell them that the championship only belongs to Real Madrid!"

"You have created many honors, and you are also very good at winning championships! Yes! You are so good instantly!"

"Go ahead! Start from here and tell everyone that Real Madrid is invincible!"

"We will defeat any enemy here and enter the Champions League final with our heads held high!"

Mourinho and Zidane roared loudly:

"Now!--"

"Ready to fight!

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