Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 359 The First Contest After Nine Years

At London Airport, the arrival of Real Madrid's superstars made the airport even more lively. The media and fans were waiting outside the airport early.

But these have nothing to do with Arsenal and Li Shou. No matter how star-studded Real Madrid is, they are just opponents and enemies. What Arsenal needs to do is to step forward on the corpses of their enemies.

As for the operation of the media, Wenger treated it coldly as always and ignored it, and asked Arsenal players not to put too much experience on it.

As for Real Madrid, Ancelotti is not a head coach who likes to talk about it. Italian-born coaches have never been talking about it. They rely more on their own rich tactical theory as support.

Under the reassurance of the two head coaches, the pre-match media hype did not cause large-scale talk, and only a few people said a few words in the interview.

Li Shou did not participate in the whole process, but the topic still cannot be separated from him. It is said that when Ronaldo was interviewed, he asked if Portugal had the confidence to break Li Shou's goal.

Regarding this question, Ronaldo certainly would not hesitate, but he did not belittle Li Shou either. The Portuguese said that Li Shou is an excellent goalkeeper, but he still has the confidence to break Li Shou's goal.

Li Shou wanted to defeat Ronaldo to prove the truth, and Ronaldo also wanted to defeat Li Shou to further consolidate his golden goal. As far as the current world football is concerned, Li Shou is the only threat to Ronaldo except Messi.

Although Li Shou has only risen this season, Li Shou's performance is too abnormal, and it is precisely because of Li Shou's abnormality that Arsenal now have the opportunity to hit the triple crown.

The same question about Li Shou also asked Casillas. This season, Casillas' status in the team has further declined. Carlo Ancelotti started the league with Keylor Navas, and the Champions League has Casillas. There are rumors that the former patron saint of Real Madrid will leave the team after the season.

Although Casillas' state is no longer at its peak, Casillas was once a super goalkeeper who could compete with Buffon for the world's number one goalkeeper, and was honored as "Saint Igor" by Real Madrid fans.

But no matter how good a player is, he can't resist the erosion of time, especially a goalkeeper like Iker Casillas, whose state declines very obviously after getting older.

In fact, judging from Li Shou's current performance, it seems that he is the same type of goalkeeper as Casillas, but Li Shou has changed even more, and has become abnormal to surpass ordinary goalkeepers.

In the Yangtze River, the wave behind pushes the wave ahead. This is the eternal truth in the football world. Li Shou defeated Buffon before, and now it's Casillas' turn. The only regret is that Casillas is not at his peak.

Although the two sides did not have any hot events before the game, this does not mean that the game was not exciting. With the current situation, both sides must want to go further.

In the evening, the Emirates Stadium was full, and the players from both sides had warmed up and returned to the locker room, which also indicated that the game was about to start.

"Real Madrid is very strong" In the home team locker room, Wenger looked at his disciples.

"We are not bad, we are the team with the best record in world football this season, and we have the opportunity to hit the Triple Crown." Now Wenger will naturally not hide it anymore.

Arsenal has already won the league title and reached the final of the FA Cup. Their opponents are not strong enough. As long as Arsenal go one step further in the Champions League, they will have a chance to hit the championship. After Manchester United, they will become the second Premier League triple crown team.

"Guys, the Triple Crown is waving to us" The words of the Triple Crown are enough to motivate all players.

No one can refuse the honor of the Triple Crown, and the Champions League trophy is the yearning of all Arsenal people. Compared with the Champions League, which Arsenal has never been involved in, Real Madrid on the other side is completely different.

Real Madrid achieved perfection last season, and coach Ancelotti also won the third Champions League trophy in his coaching career, which also made Ancelotti one of the coaches who won the most Champions League titles.

Soon the players of both sides met in the player tunnel, and Li Shou also met an old acquaintance, the Colombian midfielder Rodriguez who played for Monaco together last season.

Ancelotti still has a lot of trust in Rodriguez, so Rodriguez has played quite well so far this season, which is worthy of his worth.

Although the two are rivals at the moment, they still hugged. Although the relationship between the two was not close in Monaco, they still got along well.

Regarding the hug between Li Shou and Rodriguez, the teammates on both sides didn't say anything. The players are rivals on the court, but many of them are friends outside the court, and they are also very good friends.

After the two separated, the two sides officially set foot on the Emirates Stadium under the leadership of the referee. The referee who enforced the game was Nicola Rizzoli from Italy.

Arsenal lineup:

Goalkeeper: Li Shou

Defenders: Monbilla, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Chambers

Midfielders: Coquelin, Ramsey, Cazorla

Forwards: Griezmann, Giroud, Sanchez

Arsenal has the strongest lineup. In the last game, in order to let the main players rest, Wenger even rotated the defenders in the midfield.

Real Madrid lineup:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas

Defenders: Marcelo, Varane, Pepe, Carvajal

Midfield: Rodriguez, Ramos, Kroos, Isco

Forwards: Ronaldo, Bale

Compared with Arsenal's regular starting, Real Madrid's starting is a bit different. Benzema missed the game due to injury, and Ancelotti did not choose an orthodox striker.

However, the combination of Ronaldo and Gabel is quite bluffing. These two are one or two of the most valuable players in football today.

"This is the first time Arsenal and Real Madrid have played against each other after 9 years." The last time Arsenal and Real Madrid played against each other was in the 05-06 season, which was the season when they reached the Champions League final.

At that time, the two teams played against each other in the quarter-finals. Arsenal relied on Henry's hard work at home to beat Real Madrid and enter the next round.

Time has passed, but Zidane, who was playing the game, sat next to Ancelotti at this time. As for the other players, except Casillas, they are no longer there.

"A generation of newcomers replace the old ones", but the commentators were still feeling emotional when the game on the court had already begun.

Arsenal, which has the right to open the ball, took the lead in launching the offensive, but Arsenal did not rush to cross the half-court, and slowly advanced towards Arsenal's half-court after the two sides opened up.

Arsenal are advancing slowly, and Real Madrid is not in a hurry. After all, the game has just started, and the two teams will play against each other after many years. With Ancelotti's character, it is impossible to launch an attack at the beginning of the game.

(End of this chapter)