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Chapter 499: Champions League semi-final

Regardless of his competitive ability or commercial factors, Real Madrid very much hopes to introduce the hottest young player in European football today!
The story between Real Madrid and Li Zihan is not complicated at all. Everyone knows that in order to successfully introduce Tottenham star Bale, Florentino did not attach great importance to Li Zihan, and his determination to introduce him was not absolute. .

So the dealings between him and Tottenham consumed too much of his energy, which caused him to miss Li Zihan and was "picked up" by Arsenal.

But looking at how Li Zihan is at home in Arsenal now, Hanniang fans have to rejoice that Li Zihan didn't join Real Madrid at the beginning, otherwise he might not have this performance.

Numerous facts have proved that too young players will not be too lucky to go to Real Madrid. Among the young players, only the central defender Varane is good. Like Isco who went to the Galacticos this season, there are not many As for Illjaramendi's performance, it is even worse. There are rumors that he will be sold or loaned by Real Madrid next season.
Thinking of this, not only Li Zihan's fans, but even Arsenal fans have to thank their mortal enemy Tottenham.If it weren't for Tottenham to involve Real Madrid's energy, they really don't have full confidence in winning this young talent who keeps scoring goals.

After all, not everyone has the courage to refuse the temptation of Real Madrid. At the same time, there were Dortmund, Chelsea, who had weak strikers, Manchester United and AC Milan, who were very influential in the Chinese market, and even went to Serie A "Taobao" frequently. "The Ligue [-] giants Paris Saint-Germain, but they finally chose the Serie A golden boot Cavani
At that time, Li Zihan was only one goal behind Cavani, condescending to the Silver Boot Award!
So this game is also a lot to watch, whether it is Arsenal's rare semi-final, or Real Madrid's sprint towards their dream of the tenth Champions League, and the scandal between Real Madrid and Li Zihan. It is the focus of reports and discussions by the media and fans.

The other semi-final was the third-strongest "Western Super League" that was equally rare to reach the semi-finals. Atletico Madrid played against Chelsea after Mourinho's return.There are also many things to watch in this game. The first is the problem of La Liga goalkeepers.

We all know that Atletico Madrid can have such a strong performance in the league and the Champions League this season. It mainly depends on two people to stand out among all the strong teams and giants.One is their striker Diego Costa, and the other is Belgian goalkeeper Courtois.

The ownership of Courtois belongs to Chelsea, he was only loaned to Atletico Madrid.But after arriving at Atletico Madrid, the Belgian goalkeeper completely broke out.

In the last season, he won the best goalkeeper award in La Liga, beating Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and Barcelona's No. [-] goalkeeper Valdez.

And this season, his ability is still outstanding. He has played all the games for Atletico Madrid in the league so far, including the Champions League games.

Courtois's high catch and low block has become the key to Atletico Madrid conceding fewer goals, and it is because of his outstanding performance that he faced a powerful attack composed of Messi, Neymar, Sanchez and other stars in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League Line, they only conceded one goal at the Nou Camp, thus setting the stage for their promotion.

Courtois has become an integral part of Atletico Madrid's success, but Chelsea had the foresight to include an additional clause in their loan deal.Thibaut Courtois out against old club Chelsea! !
This has made the outside world think that Atletico Madrid without Courtois may not be able to do Chelsea. After all, Cech's ability is also very good this season!
For such a situation, in order to maintain the fairness and enjoyment of their games, UEFA has previously announced that in Courtois' loan contract, the additional clause that Chelsea cannot play is invalid.

This means that Courtois can represent Atletico Madrid in the two semi-finals.

UEFA's statement naturally made Chelsea fans upset, because the unspoken rules in this circle will state that players cannot play against their old club on the loan.Of course, this is a player they think is excellent, and it doesn't matter about ordinary players.

There are so many, such additional provisions are accepted and supported by everyone, but UEFA suddenly broke the rules.
So this also makes the outside world full of expectations about whether Courtois can appear in the starting list, at least from an "official" point of view, he can play.

But at the same time, everyone believes that if Atletico Madrid wants Courtois to play, but at the same time does not want to destroy the friendly relationship with Chelsea, then the two sides will definitely reach a friendly agreement.

At this time, the media broke out, in order to let Courtois play the game.Atlético de Madrid agreed to transfer the team's striker to Chelsea without setting obstacles!And Chelsea, with a weak striker, also very much wants to get this striker who is in a very hot scoring state to score goals for Chelsea, and at the same time move towards higher honors!
As soon as this report came out, almost everyone agreed with the news, because it was a very good choice from the perspectives of Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and the player himself.

Finally, the once golden boy of Atletico Madrid, Prince Fernando Torres of the Calderon Stadium returned to the place where his dream began-Atletico Madrid's Calderon Stadium!

This is Torres' home journey, and Chelsea fans also hope that Torres can return to his familiar place and wake up his scoring state!
So this semi-final, the fans are also full of expectations.

At the same time, everyone very much hopes that Atletico Madrid can beat Chelsea to advance to the final, and form the same city derby with Real Madrid in the Champions League final. The picture is too beautiful and I really want to see it.

The second is to hope that Chelsea can reach the final, and then Mourinho and his old club Real Madrid will meet in the final. This picture... I am drunk when I think about it.

As for Arsenal, although Arsenal performed very well this season, core players such as Li Zihan and Ozil are also ready to go.But to be honest, everyone is still not very optimistic that Arsenal can eliminate Real Madrid and enter the final.

Ancelotti's Real Madrid is now on the right track after nearly a season of running-in. They are very hopeful of winning the championship whether in the league or in the Champions League.Now in the La Liga standings, Real Madrid ranks first, two points higher than the second Atletico Madrid.

In the end, Real Madrid, from the chairman Florentino to the team's players and finally to the club members and fans, are united and eager to win the Champions League this season.

Because if they win the UEFA Champions League this season, they will become the greatest team in history, and their number of Champions Cups will reach a terrifying ten. This is an unprecedented record and achievement!

So in terms of strength and fighting spirit, Arsenal is actually worse than Real Madrid, especially the strength!
In this way, in the atmosphere of heated discussions in the media of Europa and even the whole world, the first round of the Champions League semi-finals of this season came.

The match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea will start first, and the match between Arsenal and Real Madrid will be held the next day.

After 10 and [-] minutes of fierce fighting, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, who were finally sitting at the Calderon Stadium, shook hands and made peace. Courtois, one of the focus points before the game, was a little surprised and expected to appear in the starting position.

Such an arrangement makes the rumors of Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa's move to Chelsea even more real.

Mourinho said at the press conference that the Chelsea club agreed to Courtois to play not because of UEFA's "statement", nor was there any private transaction.They simply hope to defeat the strongest opponent to enter the Champions League final. Although Courtois is a Chelsea player, he now belongs to Atletico Madrid. At this time, not letting him play is not good for the player himself or Atletico Madrid. is not fair.

This is very firm, but who believes it?

And on the issue of whether Chelsea can enter the Champions League final, Mourinho did not admit it at this time: "Our chances are still very high. If I can keep a draw away, then I will have a better chance when I return home. We beat the opponent with great confidence! Before we lost to Paris Saint-Germain [-]-[-] in the first leg by [-] goals, what happened in the end? Chelsea entered the semi-finals!!"

We have come to this point, if we still say that we enjoy the game and our goal is not to be a champion, it will be too fake, and no one will believe it.

We're already in the semi-finals, so it's too much of a problem if we don't move towards the finals and the championship, right?
After this game, there are also good fans who drew a cartoon to describe this game.A cartoon version of Mourinho sits in the cab of a bus, and then cartoons of players such as Matic, Ramirez, Ivanovic and Torres are projected on several well-positioned windows on the bus Image, while the Chelsea team logo is painted on the body of the bus.

The other bus was exactly the same, except that Mourinho in the cab was replaced by Simeone, the players were also replaced by Atletico Madrid players, and the team emblem on the body was also the team emblem of Atletico Madrid.

Then the two buses collided together!
A very vivid cartoon that directly reflects the situation of the semi-finals of the Champions League - a bus is placed in front of the gate, and they stick to it! !

Both Atlético Madrid and Chelsea defended with the bus, so the two teams ended up playing a dull zero-to-nil.