NOVEL WEB Chapter 207: An unexpected incident
Under the UEFA Champions League theme song,
The players from both teams, holding their caddies and led by three referees, entered the Guangming Stadium one by one.
In an instant,
The packed Stadium of Light erupted into earth-shaking cheers.
Although it was Xia Qi's second time to participate in the Champions League final, under the huge cheers, his blood still boiled at that moment, and a heroic spirit surged in his chest.
Ronaldo!
Big ear cup!
Defending the title!
tonight,
The back wave pushes the front wave forward!
"Penguin Sports!"
"Penguin Sports!"
"Viewers, welcome everyone to watch the 25-2013 UEFA Champions League final live broadcast for you on the Penguin Live Platform in the early morning of the 2014th!"
"I am your old friend Zhan Jun."
"Hello, viewers, I am Zhang Lu."
"Tonight's game is between Real Madrid, who want to win their 11th Champions League trophy, and Arsenal, who want to defend their Champions League title. Who will have the last laugh? Let us reveal the answer after 90 minutes..."
"The players are entering!" Zhang Lu raised his voice unconsciously.
"The referee is looking at his watch. The game is about to start. Let's announce the starting lineups of both sides.
Wearing white jerseys, they attack from the left side of the screen to the right side is Real Madrid. Tonight's starting lineup is their usual 433:
Goalkeeper: Casillas
Left back: Coentrao
Centre-backs: Varane, Ramos
Right back: Carvajal
The three midfielders are: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric
Three forwards: Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
On the other side is Arsenal wearing red jerseys. They attack from the right to the left of the screen. They also play a 4231 lineup.
The goalkeeper is...
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"Ding Dong"
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"Detecting the host's team's predicament, matching the host's [Fast as the wind, slow as the forest...] attributes."
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"Please host choose 'autonomous mode' or 'one-click hang-up mode'"
"Warm reminder: During the hang-up period, the host will automatically complete various indicator actions by the system."
"Hang up with one click!"
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On the court, Xia Qi stood in the center circle, his excitement and enthusiasm transformed into one thought:
Score a goal → win the championship!
Dutch referee Kuipers is using a headset to have final communication with his assistant.
He stared at his watch, then raised his hands and blew the whistle in his mouth.
The moment the whistle sounded, the flash lights in the stands of the Light Stadium flashed like a vast galaxy.
"Dear audience, the game has begun!"
Real Madrid got the ball, and after the whistle, Ronaldo gently passed the ball to Modric, then ran forward himself.
The ball was passed back and landed at the feet of defender Ramos.
Arsenal players chased the ball, and when the ball reached Ramos' feet, Arsenal's formation had completely dispersed.
Ramos passed the ball to Kroos, who made a long pass to find Ronaldo in the frontcourt.
However, Gustavo defended Ronaldo well. He hugged Ronaldo at the moment when Kroos passed the ball.
Although he let go of the ball immediately, it had already been intercepted by Cazorla.
There was immediately a huge booing at the Stadium of Light, but the booing had the opposite effect. The Dutch referee indicated that Arsenal's counterattack was effective and the game continued.
So the booing got louder!
After receiving the ball, De Bruyne passed it directly to the left side of the penalty area.
Xia Qi faced the ball and kicked it, and the ball changed direction and passed between Carvajal's legs.
At the same time, he suddenly accelerated, passed by Carvajal and cut into the penalty area.
Both catching the ball and passing the ball are beautiful!
Unfortunately, the last shot was blocked by Ramos's leg and went out of bounds.
There was thunderous applause in the Luz Stadium, some for Ramos and some for Xia Qi.
Xia Qi's continuous stopping, passing and crotch-piercing moves are full of imagination!
Ramos, who successfully cleared the ball, rushed to Xia Qi and roared: "Don't show off your footwork. Do you know why Neymar was injured?"
Xia Qi, in AI mode, glanced at Ramos coldly. The battle-hardened Shui Ge couldn't help but shudder, and the usual greeting stuck in his throat, not daring to utter it...
The reason why Ramos was so angry was not because he felt humiliated by the "crotch pass", but because he wanted to ruin Xia Qi's mood.
Just like Materazzi ruined Zidane.
But... Xia Qi's eyes reminded him of Ibrahimovic who knew karate, and he became inexplicably timid and gave up his plan.
The referee ran over and verbally warned Ramos that Xia Qi's crotch-piercing move was allowed by the rules and he was not at fault.
Fans who support Xia Qi and Arsenal booed Ramos.
"When the game started, the two sides were very tense. Ramos was very dissatisfied with Xia Qi's crotch pass, but Carvajal, the player involved, seemed to be fine."
"High-end games actually involve a psychological battle. Ramos is putting pressure on Xia Qi, while Gustavo is putting pressure on Ronaldo. Their methods are different, but their intentions are the same..."
"Let's see Arsenal's first corner of the game."
De Bruyne took a corner kick from the left side of the field. Balotelli was in front of the goal and touched the ball in front of the goal. He did not head the ball, but touched it near the penalty spot.
This was a corner kick tactic, and Xia Qi should have been the one to bend his bow and shoot an arrow.
But Xia Qi was tripped by Ramos, but Ramos did not get the advantage.
AI gave him an elbow very covertly, and the pain was so severe that he grabbed Xia Qi's arm tightly to prevent himself from falling to the ground.
Of course Ramos knew that rolling on the ground was the best thing to do, but would the four evil men still have the face they deserved?
Only cowards ask for help from the referee!
Both sides suffer!
When the football reached the penalty spot, it became an ownerless object, and there was chaos in front of Real Madrid's goal.
In the chaos, Luke Shaw, who came in from the wing, poked the ball with his toes and got ahead of Balotelli.
The ball was poked directly into Casillas' arms.
Balotelli was so angry that he stamped his feet and chased after Luke Shaw, holding him in his arms and questioning: "Team traitor, aren't you?"
Xia Qi did not retreat. He replaced Balotelli in the middle and stood at the forefront of the team.
Casemiro and Ramos secretly glanced at Xia Qi and discussed defensive strategies.
The game continues,
Real Madrid kicked the ball out of the goal, Modric and Benzema who was returning to defense made a wall pass in the midfield,
The ball was passed to Bale, who successfully broke through the side and passed the ball into the penalty area.
The powerful Ronaldo was able to shoot even though he was sandwiched between Mertesacker and Umtiti.
Of course, the new generation goalkeeper Martinez will not let such a forced shot be a surprise.
Martinez quickly served the goal kick, and Cazorla made a long pass from the backcourt to Xia Qi in the front point.
Xia Qi and Casemiro both jumped up. Casemiro was behind Xia Qi and used his elbow to push Xia Qi after jumping up.
However, Xia Qi's fall did not happen.
Instead, he was hit by Xia Qi and fell backwards.
Shouyao was very embarrassed. He lay on the ground and looked at Ramos, blinking his eyes. His expression was very honest. He didn't look like a fat tiger but more like a cute Chinese giant panda.
Ramos was speechless, you should direct this expression towards the referee!
Sure enough, the whistle did not sound.
“It’s a power gap.”
"It's hard to imagine that the difference in power between the two is so huge."
"In fact, Casemiro's position just now was very good, even better than Xia Qi's, but he couldn't defend it!"
"Xia Qi pushed back like a bulldozer..."
"This Fat Tiger is a little weak. Some people look very strong but actually don't have much strength."
In 2014, Casemiro had not yet become famous and was looked down upon by coach Zhang.
In fact, strong and weak are relative.
In the air, Xia Qi headed the ball to the goal.
The ball flew to Balotelli on the left.
Balotelli received the ball and faced Carvajal.
As long as Balotelli passes Carvajal like Xia Qi did, he can replicate Xia Qi's first assist at the beginning of the game.
Balotelli thought that Xia Qi passed through the crotch, so I can't be so unartistic, so I'll do a rainbow pass.
Unexpectedly, Carvajal had already seen through his intentions. Balotelli had just put the ball under his feet.
Carvajal came with his shovel along the grass.
This sudden sliding tackle directly shoveled the ball that Balotelli had dribbled back out of the sideline.
At the same time, Balotelli was knocked down directly to the grass.
"This is beautiful defense!"
"Balotelli's dribbling was too complicated."
"In high-end games, the defenders won't give you too much time."
In the penalty area, Xia Qi, who had squeezed Ramos behind him, saw Balotelli fail to cut inside and had no choice but to retreat from the penalty area.
Cassola threw the ball out of bounds, and he threw the ball back.
Luke Shaw received the ball, looked up at the front court, and suddenly made a long pass at a 45-degree angle.
Passed from the left side of the court to the right front court.
This was a Pirlo-like pass, he accurately seized the loophole in Real Madrid's defense.
Passing through the space between Modric and Varane,
The terrible thing is that the ball hit behind Coentrao.
Walcott made a high-speed run forward and Coentrao was about to turn around, but by the time he turned around, Walcott had already dribbled the ball towards the penalty area.
"Stop him!"
Casillas panicked, he saw the danger and knew he couldn't let Walcott cut inside.
Varane rushed out quickly.
Walcott made a move to cut inside laterally, while Varane's center of gravity moved inwards.
He dribbled the ball in the opposite direction and braked suddenly to change direction. Although he still didn't completely get rid of Varane, he had already created an angle for passing the ball.
Walcott raised his leg and passed the ball.
Go back one second.
In the middle of the penalty area, Xia Qi and Balotelli switched positions again, but this time Balotelli did not return to the left, but stayed behind Xia Qi.
Half a second before Walcott passed the ball.
Xia Qi first rushed to the right side of the penalty area, as if he wanted to shorten the distance between him and Walcott to make it easier for Walcott to pass the ball.
Ramos followed closely, Xia Qi suddenly braked and rushed towards the goal.
Ramos was scared out of his wits, and seeing that he was in a hurry, he tried to disrupt Xia Qi's sprint by pulling and tugging.
The football was passed.
It is not Xia Qi's front point.
But it is Xia Qi's back point.
All Real Madrid defenders were fooled!
Balotelli was the one who did it, no wonder he didn't go back to the left.
Balotelli stopped the ball, then without any hesitation, swung his right leg and shot directly.
All Real Madrid players thought that Xia Qi was the one who operated the ball, and they were not prepared at all for Balotelli's shot.
Among these people is goalkeeper Casillas!
Fortunately, Casillas' "Saint Casillas" aura is still there, and his subconscious reactions are still world-class.
He instinctively dove sideways to dive for the ball, barely catching it with his fingertips.
With just this touch, the football flew out of the baseline.
"Oh!……"
Exclamations spread!
"Casillas! He saved Real Madrid. He is the strongest wall of Real Madrid..."
"In the first six or seven minutes, Arsenal played better than Real Madrid and created several dangerous situations, but unfortunately they failed to seize them."
"The main reason is that Real Madrid didn't expect that Xia Qi, who is the top scorer in the Champions League, would play as a supporting role tonight."
"Although it's a bit of an overkill, Wenger's tactics have been quite successful so far. If it weren't for Casillas' exceptional performance, perhaps Arsenal would be leading now."
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Squandering opportunities on the football field will backfire.
In the 16th minute of the game, the backlash came.
De Bruyne inexplicably slowed down and stopped during a start without any physical confrontation.
At the same time, he covered his thigh and gave up chasing the ball.
Seeing this, teacher Zhan Jun exclaimed: "It seems that the situation on Ding Ding's side is not good! Oh my God! Please don't let anything go wrong. Ding Ding has sacrificed too much for the World Cup. If... bah... there is no if."
In front of the camera, tears were already welling up in De Bruyne's eyes.
He is worried about his thighs, and also about his Champions League and World Cup.
No professional football player would want to miss such a stage.
"Looking at Ding Ding's expression, his condition may not be optimistic..."
Xia Qi released the AI status and ran towards De Bruyne:
"how's it going?"
"It looks like a strain. If it's not serious, I'll get a closed injection and come back."
"No, who will buy me ice cream at the World Cup without you?"
"Why don't you just recover from your injuries? Don't worry, the world will still turn without you."
On the sidelines, Wenger had just jumped up excitedly for Balotelli's shot, and now he jumped up again for De Bruyne's injury.
He quickly waved for the team doctor to come on the court.
After the team doctor came on the field and did a simple check, he gestured to Wenger, who was hoping for a miracle, to make a substitution.
In an instant,
There was a huge sigh of regret in the Stadium of Light.
"Ding Ding couldn't continue the game. Wenger was forced to use a substitution after only 16 minutes.
More importantly, Ding Ding is an indispensable part of Wenger's tactics. In this way, I don't know whether Arsenal, who has the advantage on the field, can maintain the advantage after making substitutions. "
"The defending champion curse! This is a test for Arsenal."
"Ding Ding is injured and Wilshere stayed in London. Who else does Arsenal have in the midfield? Will Arteta play? His ability is still a little bit worse than Ding Ding."
"Wenger seems to have no better solution. Wilshere's organizational ability is good, but it's a pity that he has to stay at home to recover from his injury."
On the stretcher, De Bruyne sat up: "Sorry, Boss! I..."
He admitted his mistake when facing Wenger.
Wenger rubbed his head lovingly and said: "If possible, don't rush to the hospital. This big-ear cup has your sweat. Without your championship, its color is not enough."
"Boss, I can get a closed shot!"
De Bruyne was moved and blurted out without thinking.
"Haha, I don't want to become the public enemy of Belgium, Kevin. Let me make a bet with you. Your teammates will win the championship. For you, they will only become stronger..."
"Wenger made a substitution, why is it striker Gnabry who is warming up?"
"Xia Qi, go back and play in the midfield. In the 16th minute of the game, De Bruyne was accidentally injured, and Xia Qi was ordered to retreat to play in the midfield. This is a good choice..."
De Bruyne's injury happened suddenly, and Gnabry was unable to warm up in advance.
In order to protect the health of the players, Arsenal will play with one less player under the leadership of Xia Qi.
Real Madrid certainly took advantage of the situation and attacked Arsenal's goal, trying to establish their advantage while Gnabry was warming up...