Jagged Wings

Chapter 80
The full name of the Bernabéu Stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.Santiago Bernabeu is the icon of Real Madrid, he successfully led and completed this huge project, the stadium is named after him.Officially inaugurated on December 1947, 12, the stadium can accommodate 14 spectators and is one of the most famous football stadiums in the world.

Although Arsenal's home stadium, Highbury Stadium, is twenty years older than the Bernabeu Stadium, its capacity is less than half that of the Bernabeu Stadium, which is why Arsenal hope to build a new home stadium.

Reyes is no stranger to the Bernabeu stadium. When he was in Seville, he would have at least one opportunity to visit the Bernabeu every season.The Bernabéu is also one of Spain's home games. Reyes will also play in the Bernabeu when he participates in the national team.Speaking of which, the Bernabéu stadium is also Reyes' "blessed place", and his famous battle is also in this stadium. In the 03-04 season, Sevilla was a guest at the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid. Reyes assisted his teammates to score with two wonderful passes , Helping the team beat Real Madrid 4:1, the shots of him playing Figo on the left again and again made Florentino in the stands memorable.

Just after that game, Zidane's words earned Reyes the nickname "Motorcycle Boy".

It has only been more than two years since that game, but the two sides who fought against each other are different things.Reyes left Sevilla to join Arsenal, while Figo in Real Madrid has moved to Inter Milan. Of course, most of the players in that game still stayed in the team. Real Madrid's superstars basically all Still there, but not far from falling apart.

Reyes knows that this season is the last season of the Real Madrid Galacticos, and next month "Lafayette" Florentino should not be able to bear the pressure and resign.The Real Madrid chairman who took over began to clean up the players on a large scale. Zidane, Ronaldo, and Beckham will leave the team one after another, and the first phase of the Galacticos sank.

In the current Champions League game, although the outside world is generally optimistic about Real Madrid, the pressure on coach Carlo and Florentino is very high, and they must win.

If Real Madrid is eliminated by Arsenal, then the last fig leaf of the Galacticos will be gone.

Wenger's news was not found, and the media turned back to Real Madrid to find news.Wenger had reason to ignore them, but Carlo didn't dare not be disrespectful to these reporters.Now that Real Madrid's record is too poor, Carlo still needs these "uncrowned kings" to whitewash Real Madrid.

If you want someone, how can you refuse?

This time the media chose the "scandal" between Reyes and Real Madrid. Real Madrid's pursuit of Reyes is not one or two seasons.Now that Arsenal Vieira is gone, although Henry announced his contract renewal, he still has the heart to leave. Doesn't Reyes find a way out for himself?

"Well, he is very good, but now that the transfer window has closed, we are very satisfied with Real Madrid's current lineup." Carlo said politely.

"Huh? It is said that Real Madrid made an offer to Arsenal for Reyes a month ago. How did it take such a short time..."

"I am very satisfied with the team lineup, thank you!"

Carlo didn't give the reporters a chance to ask questions again, so he stood up and bowed to express his gratitude, then stepped off the stage and left.

In fact, Carlo also blames these reporters for not opening which pot and which pot to mention. The reason for the rumors during the transfer period is to put pressure on Arsenal, but now?

At the moment of the big battle, if you say "Reyes' transfer" now, wouldn't that be the big mouth of the Real Madrid players?
Another meaning of this sentence is: "I think Real Madrid's current lineup, no one can match Reyes."

Isn't this provoking internal conflicts in Real Madrid?

Although he is not good at controlling the locker room as the coach now, but if he really said that, then what he has to face is that the big names in the locker room will turn their faces and deny people.

So although he had the idea of ​​pleasing the media, he still chose the latter in the struggle with the club's big names.

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"Listen to those voices outside, are you nervous?" In the locker room before the game, Wenger pointed to the voice outside the locker room door: "This game is our first Champions League knockout match. Unfortunately, we met Real Madrid. I don't want to tell you how bad their past performances are. No matter how bad they are, they have entered the top [-] every season. What's more, their lineup is much more complete than ours. I know You all think that we have hurt so many people, and the away game may be bad or bad. But what I want to tell you is that since I brought you here, you are the best players in my heart. Real Madrid has many attacking players, but If the defense is not good, we still have a chance!"

Because there are too few choices, Wenger's starting lineup can basically be predicted by the media, so fortunately he did not play any tricks and announced the starting lineup early.Because there is only Henry as a striker to choose from, Arsenal can only choose the 4231 formation.

The starting goalkeeper is No. 1 Lehmann, the central defenders Toure and Senderos, the right back is Eb, and Wenger unexpectedly chose Flamini at the left back position.

This is somewhat unexpected, the last game against Liverpool, Flamini's performance as a left midfielder was a mess, and he became the target of public criticism.In this game, Flamini was used to come to the wing. I really don't know what Wenger thought.

In addition, the defensive midfielder is a combination of Xiaofa and Jenas. The three attacking forwards Reyes, Hleb and Ljungberg are lined up in front of them, and Henry is the single arrow.

This season Hleb has been playing as a right midfielder, but the attacking midfielder is his favorite position to play.

Arsenal announced their lineup in advance, and Real Madrid, as a traditional giant, is naturally unwilling to lag behind. They also announced their starting lineup.

The goalkeeper is Iker Casillas.Central defender Woodgate and Ramos partner, left back is Roberto Carlos, right back Cicinho, midfielder Gravesen, left midfielder is Zidane, right midfielder is Beckham, front midfielder Guti, Ronaldo and Robinho are at the front.

Real Madrid's lineup can be said to be full of main players. Right back Cicinho is Reyes' main opponent and Real Madrid's most successful signing this season.Central defender Woodgate and Jenas used to be teammates of Newcastle, but after joining Real Madrid, he was injured and rested for 17 months.

As for the others, they are people who are familiar to the whole world.

Of course, the camera lens is still more to the Real Madrid captain sitting on the bench off the field - Raul.

Because there are so many Spanish international players in the Real Madrid team, Reyest rushed to the Real Madrid bench to greet his national team teammates before the game started.

He and Raul just said hello and didn't want to stay longer.

In his opinion, as a substitute in such an important game, Raul should feel a little pimple in his heart.

(End of this chapter)