Chapter 399

There was a short time between the second and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Before the war of words was over, Arsenal arrived in Porto, Portugal's second largest city.

Due to the difference in grades between Porto and Arsenal, the two managers are also relatively stable. Before the three games between Arsenal and Porto, there was no gunpowder. However, with Arsene Wenger's fierce attack on Gao Xiaodong after the third game and the media's strong hype, the atmosphere before the fourth game suddenly became tense.

When the Arsenal players arrived at the airport, thousands of Porto fans went to "pick up" and welcomed them with warm boos and curses, eggs, tomatoes and other delicacies, and clashed with the Arsenal fans.

England football hooligans are famous all over the world. Only Arsenal fans are a little more secure among the four big clubs. Originally, Porto's own security is enough. However, with Arsene Wenger's help, the security work of the game will become more and more serious. The security of the stadium is not enough, and Porto police have to send more people to patrol around the stadium.

Between the two semi-finals, Porto played another league game. As Porto has won the league title, except Gao Xiaodong, all the other main players rest for the final match with Arsenal. What

had left Gao Xiaodong with was that the Oporto substitute and the two team of young people were very awesome. They even beat Marie Timo in the 3:2 away from home, adding 2 points to Gao Xiaodong.

Although the English team has never won a victory at the Dragon stadium, the curse is only a curse after all. Porto broke the curse and won a victory in England. Who dares to say that the more powerful arsenal can't beat Porto at the Dragon stadium.

The spat in the middle of the week worsened the relationship between the players, coaches and clubs of both sides, but in the face of the life and death battle in the semi-final, no one dare to be careless or despise the opponent.

In the pre match press conference, Porto coach Ferreira said, "Porto must forget the score of the first game, forget the curse, and play this game as the final. Although we only need a draw to reach the Champions League final, we will go all out to win."

Regarding Arsene Wenger's attack on Gao Xiaodong in the middle of the week, Ferreira said that the matter was over and he didn't want to talk about it any more.

On Porto's playing style, Ferreira said firmly: "we will defend and counterattack. Arsenal will not play because they arrive at the Dragon stadium. No matter where they go, Arsenal will still be Arsenal and Porto will still be Porto. We will know ourselves clearly and put ourselves in the position of the weak to fight against."

At the press conference before the match, Arsene was in a good mood. Although he didn't win the war of words, he was also attacked and ridiculed by the stars of Mendes. However, the referee sent by FIFA for this match is Rossetti, the Italian golden whistle. With such a harsh referee to enforce the law, Arsenal may have a better life.

Arsene Wenger told reporters that this will be a very difficult game, but also, this is the best chance for Arsenal to reach the final in 2006. "We played badly at home and lost the game 0-1, but I don't think this is the end. We have the ability to score in the Dragon stadium. As long as we score one goal, we will be on the same starting line with our opponents. That's the end At that time, we had the psychological advantage, the first goal was very important.... "

Finally, Professor Arsene said he believed that the young people of Arsenal would break the curse and reach the final. Meanwhile, Arsene also believed that the winner of another semi-final would be Barcelona. They would revenge Barcelona in Rome and win the first Champions League title in Arsenal's history.

This is Porto's first Champions League semi-final since 2004, and the first leg away 1-0 win over Premier League giants Arsenal, which makes the world's Porto fans are ecstatic, in order to witness the birth of the miracle, many Porto fans fly to Porto from all over the world, to watch the match between Porto and Arsenal.

Although Arsenal lost at home, their opponent was Porto after all. The Arsenal fans didn't give up. They thought that Arsenal still had a chance to finish the counter attack. A few days before the game, some Arsenal fans rushed to Porto to help the Gunners.

From 3 p.m., the streets of Porto are full of Porto fans in blue and white shirts, and there are also Arsenal fans in red and white shirts. However, compared with Porto fans in the sea, Arsenal fans are like red spots in Germany.

At six o'clock in the evening, monkey, Xiao le and Chen Qiang took the fat fan group to the Dragon stadium. Now the fat fan group has become more and more large, with members from all over the world and more and more closely organized. The players hold meetings and gather in the QQ group, and monkey acts as the leader and head of the fan group.

In such a battle of life and death, tickets are very tight, but Gao Xiaodong is there. Everyone in the 1500 member fan group has tickets, and even some fans who come from China have bought tickets from monkeys.

Entering the stadium and finding seats, the fans of the fat fan group pulled up two huge banners, one of which said: "kill the Gunners! Make it to the final! Win the championship and dominate Europa. " Another banner read: "Arsene is shameless! Long live Gao XiaodongWith the banners pulled, the Chinese fans gathered in twos and threes, some watching the big screen of the stadium, some talking about the upcoming match, some looking at the layout of the stadium, one by one jubilant, high morale, full of confidence in beating Arsenal to enter the final.

At 6:30, the stands of the stadium were almost full, and the commentators began to warm up and introduce the situation related to the game to the fans.

"The second round is still an hour away. Let's review the result of the last game. In the first round at the Emirates Stadium, Porto broke the curse of never winning the ball in England. He beat Arsenal 1-0. Gao Xiaodong passed a long pass 60 meters away. Falcao scored the ball. Now when he returns to the Dragon stadium, Arsenal are facing a wave Like Porto, England have never won at the Dragon stadium. Can Arsenal break the spell like Porto this time? Let's wait and see... "

At 7 o'clock, the players from both sides came out of the dressing room to warm up.

Obviously, the treatment of the players of the two teams is different from each other. The players of Porto get the same applause as the storm, while the players of Arsenal get a lot of boos, and a lot of sundries thrown by fans of Gao Xiaodong.

At this time, the commentator also got the starting lineup of both sides. "The starting lineup of Arsenal today is as follows: No.1 goalkeeper Almunia, four guards: 40 Gibbs, 20 Zulu, 5 Toure, 3 Sania; four midfield: 4 Fabregas, 14 Walcott, 17 song, 8 Nasri; forward 11 van Persie and 25 Adebayor

this is a 442 formation In the last game, Professor Arsene Wenger just used Diaby wrong. In fact, Diaby still plays an important role in the middle. I didn't expect that he was abandoned by Arsene Wenger. Is that a bit too much? In the attack, Arsenal finally put together the attack combination of van Persie and Adebayor. This is the sharpest combination for Arsenal this season. It's just the first game after van Persie's injury comeback, no doubt I know the Dutch still have some skill left. At the back of the line, Zhulu is also back in the line of fire. If you are not afraid of Silvestre's sad words, even if he has just recovered, Zhulu is one grade better than Silvestre, but the left back is still Gibson, and the real left back Eboue is sitting on the bench. This is the biggest short board of Arsenal. Last time Gibson was beaten by Porto, Porto will definitely play this game Point, can hold, Arsene can only ask God's blessing

Speaking of Arsenal's starting, the commentator talked about Porto's starting again. "Porto's starting line-up is no different from the last game. Ferreira is still in the lead in the home game, playing defensive counterattack, playing Arsenal's left side. Therefore, in competitive football, you can't have strong points, but you can't have short boards, or you can't play It's like being caught seven inches by the opponent, being broken through at the last point, causing the collapse of the whole line... "

In the commentator's introduction, the players of Porto and Arsenal finished their warm-up and went back to the dressing room with the applause and boos of the fans.

It's 7:30 at the moment. The stands are full of fans. In 15 minutes, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final will begin.