Chapter 249 Champions League Top 4: Real Madrid vs. Arsenal
Arsenal's luck this year is really good. They can reach the top 4 in the Champions League, which is also a rich year. Not only did the team's 272 and Sanchez not leave the team, but also the French Ligue 1 striker Cazette joined at a high price, allowing him and Sanchez to form a forward trident.
With the forwards strengthened, the defenders of course also had to take a holiday. New signing Kolasinac made a stunning debut, playing as a left wingback, which filled a defensive gap on the left wing, which has always been a bit of a weakness for Arsenal.
The key is the midfield position, with Cazorla back. Arsenal can now play a three-in-one control lineup of Cazorla, Coquelin and Xhaka, which is exactly the same as Real Madrid's three-in-one control lineup of Eggesie, Modric and Kroos.
Although Arsenal's performance this year is good, their injury rate has been greatly increased as they are fighting on two fronts, which has also led to unstable performances by the players. And this time when they are away to the Bernabeu, they are actually much more nervous than Real Madrid.
On the other hand, although Real Madrid seems to have good fighting power, the situation is actually not very optimistic.
Zidane was still worried about his own roster the day before the game. This was because many players from his club had to be called up to the national team. If they were injured, the national team would not pay for it, and the only ones forced to pay would be their club.
Fortunately, no players of the main team are injured, and today's training is a rare occasion in which all the players were present.
This made the reporters who were waiting at the training ground very excited. From the beginning of this year to now, Real Madrid's players have never been so complete. Even Cau, who was not often seen, appeared in the training team.
As a player of a generation of galacticos, Raul has been retained by Real Madrid until now. Raul's ability is naturally not to be underestimated.
However, Raul has rarely played so far. In addition to his age and physical condition, Raul has always been the head coach of the youth team. Of course, he did not come to participate in this training today out of interest, but was invited by his old teammate Zidane.
"Ah... Eggsy, hahaha, long time no see, little cutie!"
When Raul saw Eggsy with pigtails doing warm-up exercises, he immediately ran over and rubbed his hands on Eggsy's hair without any courtesy!
Eggsy didn't recognize him at first, but when he looked at Raul's facial features, his thinness and hooked nose, he suddenly realized his identity.
"Hahaha, you wouldn't have forgotten me, would you? You're really sad, little guy."
That being said, Raul's hand that was touching Eggsy's hair had already started pinching his face!
"Ugh~ it hurts~"
Eggsy has always been tough towards people outside the team, but when facing his teammates, he is a softie. When he is pinched, the most he can do is cry out in pain with tears in his eyes.
"Hey, don't bully our little guy." Zidane couldn't bear it anymore when he saw Eggsy's pitiful look with his face pinched, and hurried over to separate Eggsy and Raul, "I asked you to come here to give the little guy special shooting training."
As soon as these words came out, the teammates who were pretending to warm up and standing around but had been listening with their ears perked up suddenly showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
However, after they suddenly realized what was going on, their teammates, including Ramos and Modric, all looked at Eggsy and said, "Boy, your shot is already so terrible? Zidane can't teach you, so he even called Raul, who ranks second in the total number of shots in Spain, to come?"
He is really worthy of being my son. Is his problem of not being able to score goals in the first place incurable to this extent?
To be honest, in the past year that he has been a teammate with Eggsy, his teammates have noticed something strange about him. For example, Eggsy is not easily injured. Even if someone shovels him maliciously, he will just fall down and roll around and he will be fine.
Moreover, the little guy is very lucky, and the luck of those who have a good relationship with him will also improve.
Take Ramos for example. This guy always loves to invest, but he loses all his money every time.
But last time, this bastard actually put the project he wanted to invest in in front of Eggsy, and even said he wanted to play cat and mouse with Eggsy~
teammate:……
This old bastard has spent all his investments now? Is he trying to be a money-spending boy? And he even let his kid Eggsy choose... How superstitious is he?
However, three months later, when Ramos happily invited his teammates to his home for dinner, they found out that because Eggsy ordered cat during the meal, Ramos actually made back all his previous losses with just this casual order.
Of course, after Eggsy came to Real Madrid, Real Madrid won more and lost less, and the teammates were so tacit that there were fewer injuries overall. You know, everyone in the club is a little superstitious, to what extent?
Let’s put it this way, some goalkeepers will kiss their goal frame before every game, and even some forwards will pay special attention to whether they step out with their left foot first and step on the grass in every game.
Whether you are superstitious or not... you know it without me telling you, right?
If Ramos' investment only made everyone notice Eggsy's good luck, then the year of getting along with Eggsy really made everyone recognize the fact that Eggsy is a human koi.
But even such a kid like Eggsy couldn't score nine times out of ten shots, and the last goal was definitely a header. His teammates really believed that this kid must have some luck.
After all, his midfield breakthroughs and dribbling are already very impressive, and if his shooting could be even better, it would seem a bit too good to be true.
But... every one of Real Madrid's forwards has taught Eggsy how to shoot, but after seeing Eggsy's shooting success rate, they all covered their heads, rubbed their faces and said one thing: Don't say that I taught you how to shoot in the future, I still want to play in football for a few more years.
Eggsy: ...
Of course, it was Zidane who taught Eggsy midfield skills and tactics before Raul, and after teaching him for so long, Zidane had almost mastered his signature skill, which was shooting...
Although he didn't want to, he still called Eggsy and said earnestly: Don't say that I taught you how to shoot in the future. I will call a shooting expert to teach you in a few days.
Of course, Raul was a shooting expert at this time. Eggsy looked at Raul and pinched his face with a smile, thinking in his heart, could today's training be for me to practice shooting?
There are so many people, why are you still practicing? Why don't you give up? I have given up!
However, Raul did not stop smiling after being stopped by Zidane, and then continued: "Where's Modric? Ramos? Hey, come here quickly~"
Ramos and Modric, who originally thought that Raul was here to teach Eggsy, were also stunned, but they were not stupid. After seeing Raul and calling Eggsy, Ramos and Modric, they immediately understood what Raul's training team was today.
Ramos, Eggsy and Modric didn't say anything, but just silently followed Raul into the room and started special training.
Soon it was 4pm on Thursday, the day of the match. Inside the Bernabeu stadium, most Real Madrid fans were waving their flags and jerseys to cheer for their home team. But Arsenal's red jerseys also occupied the other side of the stands, and of course they were making quite a bit of noise.
However, when the players from both sides came on the field and the roster was released, all the knowledgeable players looked at Real Madrid's position in surprise. Eggsy's position could no longer be called a midfielder, but almost a front midfielder, with Modric and Kroos in the back midfield, which was not a big deal.
The most bizarre thing is that Ramos's pass was even placed on the left side of the defender, clearly acting as a wingman.
"What is this position for?"
"I don't understand. What kind of random kicking tactics is Emperor Xuanzong of Qi using?"
The fans and commentators were all confused, but when Arsenal took the lead, there were still Arsenal fans saying online that this was probably some scare tactic by Zidane. This Christmas tree-like positioning really made it impossible for anyone to imagine how the game would play.
However, they soon saw whether this tactic, known as the 'new Christmas tree', was just a bluff.
Arsenal took the ball first and attacked first, with Sanchez and □□ taking the lead in attacking, while Xhaka and Cazorla, as midfielders, also crossed the ball to prevent being intercepted. However, when Sanchez passed the ball to 272 to break through and shoot, he was immediately intercepted by defender Ramos.
The next second Ramos kicked the ball from the left, and Modric, who was also in the right side of the center, received the ball directly and without any dribbling, took another long shot.
This made Arsenal’s management and all the fans at the scene crazy!
It was less than 2 seconds, and Real Madrid had already completed the midfield crossing after intercepting the ball, and Eggsy in front was running. However, Arsenal's defense was not in vain. Real Madrid's forward was also running wildly, but he was just about the same as Eggsy. At this time...
Who will take the shot?
This doubt is not only puzzling to the fans, but even Arsenal goalkeeper Cech is confused!
Real Madrid was the first to start the two-wing attack. When other clubs started the two-wing attack, Real Madrid started the triangle attack. Now Arsenal has just started the triangle attack. What is Real Madrid doing now? The four-corner diamond attack?
Just when everyone was shocked, Eggsy took the first step and Cech, wearing a tank hat, also made his own save direction. But the next second, not only Cech, but all the fans watching the game were stunned.
Eggsy's kick was not a shot, but a pass!
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