Chapter 217 The opponent! real Madrid!
On April 23, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid took the lead in opening the Champions League semi-finals.
For two consecutive days, there will be a Champions League semi-final in London.
at the Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge in North London.
On the 23rd, Chelsea took the lead against Atletico Madrid.
Lekai is also paying attention to this game, which is a warm-up for himself, and also examines his future teammates of the national team.
Of course, Lucky did not go to the scene, but watched the game at home.
Both teams are mainly defensive and counter-attack teams, and the back line is 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 deficiency. As long as these two are stuck in position, Chelsea can achieve a siege and press.
Atletico Madrid's central defender is Liu Kairui + Godin.
Lucky's evaluation of these two is two 'all-around warriors'.
Liu Kairui and Godin are both kind of all-around fighters, with excellent physical confrontation and stealing 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.
The initiative of these two people is very sufficient, which also accelerates the overall linkage ability of Atletico Madrid.
Light picked up the central defender combination. Le Kai felt that although the two were slightly cheaper in terms of value, they still stabilized Terry and Cahill.
If Chelsea is a mobile fortress, then Atletico Madrid is a nimble juggernaut.
The collision between the two iron walls ended up making the game drowsy.
In 90 minutes, there was no goal on either side.
It ended 0-0.
It's just that this score is not qualified for Chelsea, after all, they are playing at home.
Chelsea's game is over, albeit a little underwhelming, but also without a loss.
Now the pressure is on Arsenal's side.
After all, their opponent is Real Madrid, a more powerful galaxy 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-final is played at Arsenal's home ground.
This also brought a lot of pressure to Arsenal players to a certain extent.
Although they had made certain preparations before the game, when the day really came, they still felt extremely nervous.
None of the current Arsenal players has experienced this stage.
For them, this is all brand new.
But because of this, in addition to being nervous, he was also faintly excited.
The whole north London has been caught in the red and white of Arsenal, and excited Arsenal fans flooded the streets and began to increase their momentum for the home team.
The city hall closed many streets for this purpose and opened up a parade street so that they would not stray 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.
The night gradually came, and finally facing the night, two buses drove to the Emirates Stadium from different directions.
Outside the Emirates Stadium, the reporters who have been waiting here will frantically take pictures.
The flashes are connected together, like daytime.
Arsenal players all walked into the field in silence, they ignored anyone.
On the other hand, Real Madrid should appear to be more at ease. They smiled at the camera, and everyone's expressions had a hint of confidence in their expressions.
This is the confidence of Real Madrid, the confidence brought by 9 Champions League trophies!
Le Kai and others just walked into the dressing room, Wenger shouted loudly; "Everyone sit down and listen to me!"
Everyone put down what they were doing, and all sat on the bench and looked at Wenger.
Wenger put his arms around his arms, looked around, and said, "I know what you are feeling now, but you are excited and also have some fear. This is not shameful. Our opponents have won 9 Champions League trophies, and we have none, these trophies. It will take our breath away!"
The expressions of everyone are a bit complicated.
After a pause, Wenger continued: "But I hope you focus on the game itself. Someone suggested that I give up the Champions League semi-finals, but I didn't take it. Because giving up will become a habit. We all make compromises when faced with difficulties, 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 criticize them for that."
Wenger said with a gentle expression; "Because you are here, you are already our pride!"
Everyone raised their heads in surprise.
"Don't put any burden on yourself, you have done enough, no one asks you to do better, you just need to enjoy this game!" Patrice walked out and said to everyone 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, work hard and don't mind the result too much! "
Strength and Conditioning Coach Tony Colbert: "I've made you guys strong enough, go! Go and enjoy the game!"
Goalkeeper coach Gerry Payton; "Show yourself, it's a good stage!"
Goalkeeper coach Lehmann; "Don't leave any regrets for yourself, don't do things you regret, don't restrain yourself, and enjoy it to the fullest!"
After finishing speaking, under the leadership of Wenger, the coaches stood on both sides of the locker room and stretched out their palms one after another!
Wenger smiled and looked at Le Kai and said, "Go! Don't leave any regrets."
Le Kai exhaled slowly, he tightened the captain's armband on his shoulders, stood up suddenly, and said loudly, "Come on! Guys, let's go make a scene!"
Arsenal players got up one after another.
"Let's make a fuss!"
"Fuck them!"
"What are you afraid of!"
"Up, up, up!"
One by one Arsenal players gave high-fives to the coaches on both sides, and then resolutely walked out of the locker room. Their eyes became confident and their steps were firm.
Le Kai walked at the forefront, and they strode all the way to the player tunnel.
Everyone stood still, and no one glanced sideways.
Even with the star-studded Real Madrid on the other side.
But so what?
Here is the Emirates Stadium!
This is their home ground!
"The players on both sides have begun to walk out of the player tunnel. The starting lineups on both sides are as follows!"
Real Madrid (4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao.
Midfielders: Modric, Xavi Alonso, Isco.
Forwards: Bell, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Arsenal (4-3-2-1):
Goalkeeper: Szczesny.
Defenders: Sarnia, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs.
Midfielders: Walcott, Lucky, Cazorla, Ramsey, Rosicky.
Striker: Suarez.
Both Lucky and Casillas were called to the referee, and the captains of both sides chose sides.
Lucky was lucky in his side selection and he won.
Lekai chooses the ball, while Casillas chooses the left court.
The two captains exchanged flags, shook hands with the three referees, and each returned to their team.
Finally, both teams shake hands.
The away team takes the initiative to shake hands with the home team.
After the whole process is over, they each come to their own half.
The first leg of the Champions League semi-final is imminent.
Arsenal fans at the scene have begun to make various noises in support.
Suarez stepped on the ball and stood in the center circle. He kept taking deep breaths to stabilize his emotions.
The referee withdrew from the middle circle, and after confirming the status of the goalkeepers on both sides, he finally blew the whistle.
Beep! !
The Champions League semi-final of the 2013-2014 season, Arsenal VS Real Madrid, the first round of the game began.
Suarez took the lead.
Along with the kick-off, Ronaldo, Benzema and Bell moved forward at high speed.
Their game is highly motivated.
Koscielny passed the ball to Luckey who was supporting him.
Bell slammed into Lucky directly, but Lucky was already prepared. After stabilizing the first hit, he immediately pouted his **** to turn around and looked up at the same time.
Walcott was also looking at Lucky.
Lekai waded the ball forward lightly, and then suddenly kicked the ball to pass.
This time, the long kick was very sudden, and it hit directly behind Coentrao.
And the speed of the ball is very fast, Cohentram just recovered his mind, retreated in a panic, took off in a hurry and imagined destruction, but the ball rubbed his scalp and flew behind him.
At the same time, Walcott chased the ball through Coentram at the same time.
Sina Sports, when Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were still in the warm-up, a sudden change made the two hurriedly shouted:
"Le Kai's sudden kick and long pass, Coentrao topped off!!—"
"Arsenal Chance!"
At the same time, the live commentator at Emirates Stadium, George Adams, also got up and shouted in surprise:
"Walcott! Into the big penalty area! Ramos can't catch up!! Chance!!"
Walcott was fast, but someone was faster than him.
Casillas dashed out when Coentrao came to the top.
Walcott entered the penalty area, and when he looked up, he saw Casillas was very close to him.
Walcott was so frightened that he hurriedly shot.
The shot between the rushes, the power and the angle are not good.
However, Casillas still made a save for safety. The ball hit Casillas' calf and refracted and rolled out of the bottom line.
Real Madrid contact defensive crisis.
But Arsenal's sudden attack still broke out in a cold sweat.
Walcott covered his head and knelt on the ground with a pity on his face.
He clearly had an excellent chance to start out with the lead.
But Casillas' attack was too decisive. When he reacted, the opponent was already less than five meters away, basically blocking most of the shooting angles.
Shooting in a panic, completely unable to form a threat.
Walcott shook his head regretfully. After he got up, he gave Lucky a thumbs up and praised the pass.
I have to say, Lucky’s pass was very tricky and he had a good grasp of his placement, which is why Coentrao’s top came to him.
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