Smiling Proudly

Chapter 98 Porto

No one knew about the conversation between the Real Madrid president and Butragueno in the distance.

On the England side, Arsenal will usher in a relegation rival Burnley in the league before the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

This is not a good thing to encounter a relegation team in the final stage of the season.

At least that's how Wenger sees it.

At the end of the season they will be desperate, sometimes they may not win, but they will also play big.It is very likely that some players of the opponent will be injured.

This made Wenger very distressed, so Wenger was a little hesitant about letting Wang Yi play, and finally decided to let Wang Yi sit on the bench. Wang Yi.

After all, the most important thing is the quarter-finals of the Champions League. This time, the opponent is the weakest of the top 8. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they can pass this level, then Arsenal will be a 7-year comeback. Champions League semi-final.

Although it is not a great honor, but being able to return to the semi-finals of the Champions League means that the team is indeed on the right path.

This is a very important thing for Arsenal, a club that has not won a championship for many years and has continued with the FA Cup.

Including sponsors, fans will regain confidence in the club.

So, in the game against Burnley, Wang Yi sat on the bench.

As Wenger said, Burnley started crazy foul tactics as soon as the game started, and the referee turned a blind eye.

It's too much, come here to warn me and give a yellow card.

And Burnley is also very smart in the matter of fouls, just staring at Sanchez for fouling. If a player comes up and fouls, as long as he does not receive a yellow card, he will always come and receive a yellow card. Okay, replace another player.

As a result, with such a blatant foul tactic, the referee only showed two yellow cards in the first half.

This made Wenger on the sidelines very dissatisfied, and spoke to the fourth official on the sidelines.

Of course the fourth official knew that the referee came with a mission, so he didn't say much, and he didn't warn the coach like he used to.

It's just a casual sentence.

Everything on the court is based on the referee's judgment.

You can make a complaint off the court.

Wenger is not clear about this, and off-field complaints are useless.

Old Premiership.

The entire first half was spent in such a weird atmosphere.

In the second half, Giroud had a flash of inspiration. At 60 minutes, just a few minutes before Wenger was about to replace Wang Yi, Giroud received a pass from Sanchez from the left and ran over.

So with a heel hook, a scorpion swung its tail and hit the ball into the goal.

After scoring this stunning goal, Giroud was very excited, and Wenger on the sidelines was also relieved that Wang Yi didn't have to play this game.

As a relegation team, Burnley was already relying on a sigh of relief, and now the breath has dissipated, which directly led to the next game. Burnley used their poor offense to always try to attack Arsenal's defense, but Arsenal instead It was Burnley's counterattack.

In the last 20 minutes, Sanchez scored twice.

The final score was fixed at 3 to 0. Burnley is now 37 points behind No. [-]. It seems that relegation is a foregone conclusion.

Wang Yi watched Burnley's home fans look mournful from the sidelines, but he had no sympathy at all. If such a team is not relegated, whoever is relegated will be relegated.

Wang Yi will then prepare for the match against Porto with peace of mind.

The first leg of the game will be played at home in Porto.

Regarding the issue of whether the first round of the Champions League knockout round is home or away, many people in the football world have discussed which one has the advantage, but the official seems to think that the first home and then the away has an advantage.

Wang Yi himself is very confident in his team.

But Wenger did not dare to neglect at all.

Although Porto seems to be the weakest team on paper in the quarterfinals, this team passed the last sixteen with ease.

Wenger and the coaching team carefully watched all Porto's games in the Champions League, and the Portuguese Super League games also selected the strong dialogue games to watch.

After reading it, Wenger came to a conclusion.

The two full-backs of this team are too powerful, the two Brazilians, the left back Sandro, and the right back Danilo, both of them are absolutely offensive than defensive coaches.

This makes Wenger a little happy, after all, their defense may be worse.

But the two central defenders of Porto, after Wenger carefully observed through the video, found that the two central defenders of Porto, Indi and Maicon, both have speed and height.

In addition, Porto's defensive midfielders often retreat directly to the middle of the two central defenders when Sandro and Danilo assist, so that it becomes a three-central defender formation.

Things change quickly.

And Porto's attack line does not look weak, with Quaresma and Martinez.These two performed well in the Champions League and the Portuguese Super League.

But Wenger's focus is always on these two full-backs. In Wenger's view, Porto's coach Lopetegui's tactics are also very good.

Moreover, Wenger felt more and more in the process of watching the game that these two full-backs must be bought.

"James, this defensive midfielder is very good, hurry up and ask the price."

James glanced at Wenger in surprise.

"Arsene, this player is on loan from Real Madrid to Porto."

"Ah," Wenger froze for a moment.

"No matter how good the players are, they are bought by Real Madrid."

This is a sigh from the heart.

"Do you think this player is strong?"

Wenger heard his old friend say this.laughed.

"You are also my assistant coach anyway. How do you think the player's vision is so bad? This defensive midfielder named Casemiro is definitely the one that can become a top midfielder. You can see that he can shoot from long distances in the Portuguese Super League. He can compete for a header in the penalty area, his feet are fast, he has hardness, and his speed is also very fast in the midfielder. In this way, he can go up and down the midfielder. Where can I find such a player? Why are such players always bought by those big teams. Real Madrid are really lucky."

Wenger said later, feeling angry.

"You mean he can play the main force when he returns to Real Madrid?"

"What's the biggest problem with Real Madrid this season? It's that they don't have a full-time midfielder. As a result, when they have a strong dialogue, they are always easily intercepted by the opponent in the midfield. Look at that game, which was won by Atletico Madrid 4-0. The game is like this, the opponent can easily grab the ball in the midfield of Real Madrid. Kroos and Modric are good players, but Kroos is slow and Modric is not a full-time defensive player. There is an urgent need for a defensive midfielder."

Wenger gave Real Madrid an analysis.

(End of this chapter)