Junior football dream

Chapter 99 Against the Gunners

Real Madrid, the Bernabéu stadium is full of seats.In February, they will face their most important opponent, a strong team from the Premier League, the so-called "Gunners" Arsenal.

"Gunner", the name is well known throughout Europe.Big names like Henry, Bergkamp, ​​Pires, and Reyes are considered famous stars throughout Europe.Henry, in particular, is one of the top strikers in the world.

However, due to the departure of captain Vieira last season, the team's current points in the league have been pulled far away by Chelsea, and they no longer have the domineering spirit they had when they were unbeaten in 2003 games in 38.Coupled with the club's financial crisis from time to time, it added some wrinkles to the face of head coach Wenger.

Before the match, Carlo Carlo, the head coach of Real Madrid, studied Arsenal carefully.Arsenal are good at attacking from the side, and they cooperate very well in a small area. In terms of attack power, they are also very strong.The combination of Henry and Reyes, plus Bergkamp, ​​has caused headaches for many teams.

"This game will be very difficult, but we will still try our best." Before the game, Wenger said modestly.Like Real Madrid, at this time the team is in the transition stage of the old and the new, so it is naturally very difficult.

Compared with Wenger's caution, Carlo's performance is more positive. "The opponent is a very strong team, but Real Madrid has never been afraid of strong players. This game, we will try our best to win the game. You know, there will be a second round at Highbury in March. At that time, I don't want us The team lost too much."

Before the game, the game attracted the attention of countless media.Every little bit of news or inside story, the reporters have to record it bit by bit and publish it in the newspaper.

In this game, the biggest highlight is still the striker.The combination of Zhou Xing, the newly-emerging striker plus Ronaldo, the veteran striker, Henry and Reyes, and the confrontation between Zidane and Bergkamp will all be presented to the world for the first time.Of course, such a game cannot be missed.

Henry said before the game: "Real Madrid is a very strong team, we will do our best." When a Chinese reporter asked him what he thought of the Chinese teenager Zhou Xing in the Real Madrid team, Henry smiled and said: "I believe, He is our most dangerous opponent."

Hearing that the European Golden Globe won such an evaluation also made the Chinese media extremely excited and made a lot of hype.However, Zhou Xing had already surprised them a lot.This time, it didn't cause too much of a stir.

Zhou Xing himself was noncommittal about such an evaluation, but just smiled and said: "All the results, we can evaluate after the game."

Under the eyes of everyone, the game officially began.

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"Third brother, the game has begun." In a university dormitory, the group of football-loving students still refused to miss every game that Zhou Xing participated in.Many nights, it was the wonderful ball games on this small TV that accompanied them through the four years of hasty time.Many years later, they still miss the golden years.

"Here we come, Boss." Due to the problem of viewing angle, it is impossible for each of the eight people in the dormitory to see the TV clearly.Whenever watching TV, there are always two people huddled together in the same bed, watching the wonderful game together.

Although it is spring now, the weather is still cold.But these people who love football are not afraid of severe cold or staying up late.The passion for football is evident.

Under the influence of this dormitory, people in other dormitories also fell in love with football.Now, they also bought small TVs.Now, they don't have to go to other dormitories to watch TV at night.The students have negotiated with the school, and now their dormitories can also be connected to electricity at night, so they can watch TV with confidence.

And Lao Zhang's family, who love football, are already sitting next to the TV, waiting for the game to start.At this time, Xiao Zhang was much more mature than last year, and his body was much stronger than before.

Although the college entrance examination is approaching, he still has the freedom to watch football games.This is also the envy of his classmates.However, this freedom is also limited.If he fails to rank in the top [-] in the grade in any exam, then he will lose the freedom to watch football games.

Lao Zhang is obviously very satisfied with his carrot and stick policy. "Son, if you can get into a good school this time, your father will pay you to go abroad once and watch a Zhou Xing live game, okay?"

"Okay, Dad, I will work hard." Xiao Zhang hurriedly jumped up from the sofa and saluted.Hearing this news made him even more excited.

"This kid is so excited. Hey, it's okay. Stop talking, the game will start soon." Lao Zhang's wife, Xiao Li, who didn't like football games, started to interrupt at this time. The conversation between the two father and son focused on the TV.

After the influence of these two people, she also fell in love with the sport of football.

"Dear viewers, dear viewers. Now we are broadcasting for you the Champions League Round of [-] match between Real Madrid and Arsenal. The lineups of the two teams are very luxurious." At this time, the two hosts of CCTV Start explaining the game.

"Well, today Real Madrid should adopt a four-three-three lineup. On the forward line, Ronaldo, Zhou Xing and Guti will serve as the front three. In terms of Arsenal, they will adopt a four-four-two lineup today. On the forward line , using the double forwards of Henry and Reyes. Today, they are the focus of the game."

With a long whistle from the referee, the game officially started.

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The first time Zhou Xing played against a Premier League team, he experienced the fierceness and enthusiasm of the Premier League team.Defensively, these defenders have always been fierce and abnormal, and they don't care about fouls and other things.To some extent, it can be described as rude.After a few minutes, Zhou Xing had been knocked down five or six times, and his body was covered with grass juice.

Wenger also attached great importance to Zhou Xing, and specially sent two people to guard Zhou Xing.The two forwards, Campbell and Xigan, followed Zhou Xing every step of the way, which also made Zhou Xing very helpless.Several clever escapes were intercepted by those two people with their joint efforts, and there was no chance to shoot.

On the other side, Ronaldo also complained secretly.Lauren, a typical Premier League defender, shoveled him several times, which also made him understand a truth. "Don't try to play tricks in front of me, or I'll give you a good look." They have rough feet, and they can never tolerate the other party swaggering and relying on fake moves to break through from their side.

Although Guti can play in any position, dribbling and breakthrough are not his strong points.Besides, his thin body can't prevail against the strong physical confrontation of Premier League players.Whenever he had the ball, Arsenal's full-back relied on reasonable physicality to knock him off balance.

On the contrary, Arsenal played in the Bernabéu stadium, but the rumors started.In the second minute of the opening, Henry received a through ball from Bergkamp, ​​quickly started, and then with a light touch, he got rid of Ramos' defense.Facing the defense of Gedwood, he lightly sent the football to Reyes on the wing.

Reyes quickly got down to the baseline, crossed the ball, and distributed the ball to the feet of Pires who inserted in the middle.Pires didn't stop the ball, tapped his toe lightly, and distributed the football to Fabregas' feet.

At the front of the penalty area, Fabregas fired a powerful shot and went straight to the goal guarded by Casillas.Fortunately, Casillas reacted in time, clapped his hands, and stopped the football.At this time, Henry has already quickly plugged in, ran in front of the football, and was about to plug in for a supplementary shot.At the risk of being kicked, Casillas quickly fell to the ground and made a second save to prevent his team's goal from being broken by the opponent.

"It's amazing. Arsenal's speed and coordination in a small area are really unique in Europe." Seeing this, the Chinese live broadcast commentator also had to sigh.

In terms of speed and coordination, Real Madrid obviously does not have an advantage over Arsenal.However, Arsenal's style of play is also exhausting and cannot last long at all.

Seeing this, Carlo, the Real Madrid coach on the sidelines, made a gesture to signal the Real Madrid defensive team to pay attention to the defensive center.No matter how good Arsenal's wing breakthroughs are, they will inevitably have to make the final blow from the center.In this case, as long as the defense in the middle is strengthened, Real Madrid's goal will be much safer.

Such a move was very effective. After containing the opponent's attack, Real Madrid also started a counterattack.In the 7th minute, Zidane broke through with the ball in the middle, first dodged Gilberto's defense, and then made a clever fake move, flicking the ball with his left and right feet a few times, but broke through to the front of the penalty area.

Facing the goal, Zidane made a fake pass and distributed the football to Guti on the right side of Arsenal.Before Guti could do anything, Arsenal's defender Toure had already stood in front of him, preventing Guti from having space to shoot.

Guti didn't hesitate, rubbed his feet lightly, and the football rose from his feet, passed over Toure's head, and flew into Arsenal's penalty area.

This ball, the speed is not very fast, it is obviously not a hanging goal.Seeing the trajectory of the football running in the air, Lehmann has already set up his posture, intending to hold the football firmly in his arms, so that the opponent will not even have a chance to make a follow-up shot.

However, at this moment, a person caught his sight.Facing the falling football, he jumped violently, then stretched his body in the air, turned his body [-] degrees, and volleyed with his foot, causing the football to quickly change direction, towards Arsenal The goal flew away.

With no time to react, Lehman could only watch the football fly into his team's goal.Then, he heard a burst of warm cheers from the scene.

"GOOOOOOOOAL!"

The on-site commentator made a long dragging sound, announcing that Zhou Xing had scored his first goal in the final stage of the Champions Cup.In the 9th minute of the first half, Real Madrid opened the scoring.

(End of this chapter)