Chapter 195 The 32-second fast break and Gucci’s injustice
In another semi-final that ended on the same day, Real Madrid beat Dortmund 3-0 away from home, almost locking in a spot in the final.
As a result, some La Liga media opened champagne at halftime and shouted excitedly: The Champions League final is actually a Madrid derby.
This gimmick is really tempting. In the history of the Champions League, there has never been a city derby in the final.
Although there have been four city derbies in the history of the Champions League, they were not the finals.
Therefore, UEFA is very satisfied with this draw for the Champions League quarter-finals, as every round of competition has its selling points.
The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals begins a week later.
Arsenal faces a difficult three-match week.
They need to play in the 26th and 27th rounds of the Premier League on Saturday this week and next Tuesday respectively. The opponents are Manchester United and Sunderland respectively.
Atletico Madrid will play in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals next Friday.
The league is also very important to Arsenal now. They are only three points ahead of Manchester City and Chelsea and have no advantage to squander.
Manchester City and Chelsea, on the other hand, have neither the Champions League nor the FA Cup to distract themselves, but instead have become the favorites to win the Premier League.
For this reason, Arsenal proposed to the Football Association to postpone the 27th round of the game, which was approved by the Football Association.
In the 26th round of the Premier League, Arsenal faced old rival Manchester United at home.
Wenger originally intended to rest the main players, but the league was really tense. After listening to the opinions of the fitness coach and the players' declarations of seeking competition.
Wenger still sent out his main players to play.
However, Murphy's Law seems to be everywhere.
Whatever you fear will come to you.
In this game with Manchester United, everyone except Xia Qi was extremely tired.
Arsenal only played good football for ten minutes. Although Xia Qi scored twice in these ten minutes, Manchester United scored three goals in a row to lead the score.
If it weren't for Xia Qi's bravery, the score would have been tied at the buzzer.
Helped the team draw with Manchester United 3:3, gained a crucial point, and continued to lead the Premier League standings.
Chelsea and Manchester City follow closely behind with one point difference.
In the 27th round of the Premier League, Arsenal had a truce.
Chelsea and Manchester City defeated Everton and Stoke 1:0 respectively.
With one game in hand, Arsenal are temporarily ranked among the top two in the standings. Arsenal are two points behind and temporarily ranked third.
After the 27th round of the Premier League, the Arsenal team arrived in Madrid one day early.
In the past few days, the physical condition of Arsenal players has become the most concerning thing for Arsenal fans.
For this reason, they even shouted the slogan "Abandon the FA Cup".
At the end of the season, among the five major leagues, Arsenal was the only team still competing on the third tier.
Atletico Madrid was eliminated from the Copa del Rey. Real Madrid is 7 points behind the leader Atletico Madrid in La Liga. The probability of winning the championship is less than %. Ancelotti has not focused on the league. The BBC combination and other main players Already taking a break in the league.
Barcelona and Bayern are already out of the Champions League.
Therefore, the physical fitness of Arsenal players is the most stringent among the five major leagues, so giving up the FA Cup may not be a bad idea.
Regardless of whether to give up the FA Cup or not, the Champions League must go all out. In order to prevent Atletico Madrid from sitting on the home court advantage, about 20,000 Arsenal fans went to Calderon.
The Calderon Stadium, adjacent to the Manzáres River, is not accessible by subway and can only be reached by bus.
And a bus can't carry many fans. The directors of the fans association looked at the distance and found that it was only about 16 kilometers. They said it was far, not far, and not close, either.
As a result, more than 20,000 Arsenal fans began to rush to the stadium on foot.
Along the way, these passionate "crowds" have become a unique landscape of Madrid.
Some Real Madrid fans honked their horns and shouted at them: "See you in Lisbon!"
The Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal is the venue for this year’s Champions League final.
Of course, if you encounter Atletico Madrid fans on the road, they will often say nasty things to you.
Fortunately, the Madrid Mounted Police escorted them all the way, and no physical conflict occurred.
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The more than 58,000-seat Calderon Stadium was packed, and Xia Qi received huge boos when he came on the court to warm up.
This is not the first time he has been treated like this. Xia Qi is not affected. Of course, it does not matter if he is affected.
Anyway, he was "running for free" to watch the game.
This is Xia Qi’s first time competing at the Calderon Stadium.
He carefully looked at this well-known and well-known stadium.
It is not as grand as the Bernabeu Stadium. This is because its area is smaller and the stands are shorter, so that more fans can be accommodated in the same environment.
But also because of this, the fans are closer to the players, and their fanaticism will have a greater impact on the players.
No wonder it is easy to get cards when playing in this stadium.
Enthusiasm is contagious! ! !
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With the referee's whistle!
The second leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League semi-finals has begun.
Arsenal kicks off.
Xia Qi kicked the football to Balotelli, who kicked it back into the backcourt.
When the whistle blew, Atletico Madrid spread out like stars in the sky and actively pressed forward towards their respective goals.
For a moment, De Bruyne, who got the football, couldn't find an outlet for the ball. In desperation, in order to avoid being intercepted, the football was passed back to Martinez's feet.
Arsenal's tolerance only fueled Atletico's motivation to press high up the pitch, with Diego Costa taking the lead and rushing towards Arsenal goalkeeper Martinez.
The plan is to force him to make mistakes such as "butter hands". Martinez had a butter hand in the last game.
Martinez was naturally aware of Diego Costa's little plan. He didn't give Diego Costa a chance to get close to him. He got in front and kicked off with a big kick.
The football flew over the mountains towards Balotelli at the front of Arsenal.
After Balotelli observed Xia Qi's movement, he jumped up and fought for the top.
He planned to cooperate with Xia Qi.
As Xia Qi's "iron buddy", Balotelli knew that Bingshan Xia was a nuclear bomb, and all he had to do was press the nuclear button of the nuclear bomb.
However, the reality is skinny.
Balotelli failed to hit the ball.
Although he did not hit the football, under his interference, Atletico Madrid's Thiago pushed the football crookedly.
The football that should have been pushed back towards the Arsenal goal turned into an "anti-aircraft cannon", almost straight up and down, with only the height visible but no distance.
Xia Qi was overjoyed when he saw this, rushed out from the diagonal stab, pushed Thiago away like a bulldozer, and then jumped up to meet the landing point of the football.
Xia Qi's double speed is very fast!
Neither Garcia, who was guarding Xia Qi, nor Thiago, who was underneath the football, reacted.
It was so easy for Xia Qi to steal the football spot.
Xia Qi, who was leaping high, had no intention of stopping the ball and attacking on his own. Instead, he "lion-swung" his head towards the football, pushing the football behind Godin who was running over to double-team Xia Qi.
At the same time, "Ding dong! [Telepathy] is triggered!"
Balotelli seemed to have known for a long time that Xia Qi would go behind Godin, and at that moment he shot out like an arrow.
"Xia Qi's header flew over, and Balotelli turned it over for offside! An extremely beautiful combination."
At this time, in the live broadcast room, the lineups of both sides of the game were still being introduced, because both sides continued to use the starting lineup from the previous game.
So when Zhang Lu introduced the lineup, he mixed in his own evaluation of the players in the previous game.
At this moment, we were talking about Martinez's buttery hands, and suddenly saw Xia Qi and Balotelli playing a very lethal combination.
The explanation was immediately interrupted, and a thunderous roar erupted from the ground.
In front of the TV, fans who got up to go to the toilet, put their children to sleep, get takeaways and drink beer... all stopped what they were doing and stood in front of the TV.
"There was no offside, Godin turned around and chased back, Miranda put a tackle on the side... Balotelli! Hit the goal!!"
"The ball went in! Oh my God! Arsenal scored in just 31 seconds of the game."
"After Balotelli successfully countered offside, he ignored Miranda's tackle and shot first. The ball hit the dead center. The angle of the ball was extremely difficult and the power was huge. Courtois was powerless."
Everyone cheered in front of the TV to support Arsenal. They no longer had to urinate at this moment. It doesn’t matter that their children will be late for school tomorrow. The delivery man asked you to wait a little longer... Anyway, everyone was reluctant to leave and wanted to watch. Finish the playback and then get busy.
Balotelli was tackled by Miranda after taking a shot. When he fell to the ground, his eyes never left the football.
When the ball hit the net, he jumped up from the ground and slid to his knees towards the Arsenal fans.
Xia Qiyun, the great contributor to the assist, walked slowly and calmly towards the center circle.
I don’t know why, but Atletico Madrid fans didn’t hate Balotelli who scored a goal. They roared at Xia Qi: “You are not as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, he is the real king of the Champions League, you stole his Ballon d’Or. "
But Xia Qi, who was in the middle circle of the stadium, ignored them at all, and looked deeply ahead.
The cameras in the stadium followed Xia Qi's gaze and captured the bleachers in the live broadcast.
There, there was a phalanx of beauties, led by none other than Xia Qi's "roommate" - Alice.
As a result, Wenger and others showed their aunt expressions.
God!
How could Xia Qi have such thoughts in the AI state?
An eternal injustice!
(I will update as usual tomorrow. I have been busy at home these past two days, so there will be less updates. I apologize to you all and will make up for it tomorrow.)