champion professor

Chapter 175 Real Madrid, Hello Dot, Goodbye

The draw between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is still very beneficial for Arsenal, and most importantly, they did not drop points on Feyenoord.

In the second stage of the group stage, no matter how average the strength of the opponents in the group is, it is not surprising.Everyone has entered the top 16 teams, no one is much worse than anyone else, and the struggle is stability.

In Arsenal's group, Feyenoord is also considered a weaker team. Everyone must at least score three points on it before they can hope to qualify.

Now Arsenal have done it first, while Real Madrid and Dortmund are temporarily behind.Arsenal, who are leading in points, can also set aside some time for the league.

During this period, due to Shao Bo putting a lot of power into the Champions League, the league ranking has declined.

Taking advantage of the fact that they are more than half a month away from the next Champions League group match, they have to earn points in the league.

To their dismay, the next Champions League opponent was Real Madrid and the previous league opponent was Liverpool.

Shao Bo had to make a choice between the two. Should he temporarily give up this league game and join the Champions League, or should he sprint to the league and give up the latter?
This is a very difficult choice. As long as Arsenal qualify for the quarter-finals, they can get much more bonuses than they do now.

And the pressure on the league is getting heavier and heavier. As the end of the year approaches, every game can't afford to lose.

But thinking about it, after their victory over Real Madrid last season brought huge benefits and influence to the club, Shao Bo felt that they should still fight.They gave up the league and lost to Liverpool at Anfield. They have a last stand and prepare for the Champions League!
There are only four games against Dortmund and Real Madrid. If they can't win the opponents in these four games, they will have no hope in the group and can only concentrate on the league.

Four consecutive European games have been cruel and bloody, but their first battle will be played at home in London.

At this time, it is still a group stage, and there is no difference between the host and the guest or the guest and the host.Anyway, both Arsenal and Barcelona lost at home and won away.

The current head coach of Real Madrid is still the old coach Toshack, but during his time in charge of Real Madrid, the league results were terrible.

Looking at the trend, if the board of directors does not terminate his contract, the fans will overthrow the Bernabéu!
The current Champions League game is the last straw for him. If he wins against Arsenal, he can still survive. If he loses, he will have to go back to his hometown and get married.

Speaking of which, this is the second head coach Shao Bo has encountered who is so dangerous that he is about to terminate his contract.The first one was Lippi. At that time, they also relied on their personal analysis of Lippi to make targeted adjustments to Juventus' weaknesses.

Shao Bo, who won Juventus, is confident that he will let Toshack go home to rest. He has already solved a head coach, and Toshack is not alone.

At home in London, Shao Bo felt that he had prepared enough and just waited for his opponent to arrive.

The number of fans that Arsenal's Highbury Stadium can accommodate is too small, and the top ten cannot meet UEFA's standards, so in recent years, the club has chosen to rent Wembley Stadium.

Although it needs to cost some rent, but counting the skyrocketing number of visitors, it can be found that the ticket revenue can be greatly increased!

Seeing that every Champions League match day, the ticket revenue has increased several times compared to usual, and the managers have the idea of ​​​​relocating there.

However, the advantage they can take can be maintained until the end of this season.

In order to adapt the ancient stadium to modern development, the Football Association and the government have decided on the demolition and renovation project of Wembley Stadium, but the construction has not yet started.

Next season, if Arsenal can still enter the Champions League, they can only use their Highbury Stadium with less than 4 people.

Speaking of which, UEFA's stadium regulations are not very strict, just like Prince William II or some small teams in Eastern Europe, where can they find a big stadium that can meet the standards?
Although Arsenal need to return to Highbury in the Champions League next season, and UEFA also expresses their understanding, the manager is still depressed about the imminent loss of ticket revenue.

Shao Bo has already noticed this breath, and many people are complaining that Highbury is too small, hoping to expand and renovate.

Do not!
It's building a new stadium!
The expansion project at Highbury will be carried out every year. After all, the results are good and there are many fans who come to the stadium to watch the football. Every additional seat is installed with a money printing machine.

However, limited by the nearby land area and the design of the original stadium, not many seats can be added.If you want to really increase the number of fans watching the game and increase ticket revenue, you have to build a new stadium.

However, there are only such ideas circulating now, and no one has proposed it as a correct solution.

Highbury holds a sacred place in the hearts of Arsenal people.In the nearly 90-year history, Arsenal has been reborn here and has gone to glory.

There have been troughs and peaks. I don't know how many Arsenal fans have come here to watch the football.Laughing at the antics of their own players, scolding the dirty of their opponents.

Here they released laughter, but also shed tears.

Even if you don't talk about the problem of Highbury, just talking about the new stadium is not a trivial matter.

The current club has no money and no land. Where can they build a stadium?North London is a bustling area, every inch of land is expensive.

Not to mention how expensive the land is, the fact that many people are unwilling to move is a big problem.The nail houses here are much more difficult to deal with than some places, but the construction of the stadium is a big deal, and there is no rush now.

It won't be long before we coach at Wembley Stadium, and it won't be long before it will be relocated and demolished.

After all, the new Wembley is not the old stadium. All Shao Bo can do is to try his best to leave some good memories during the final period.

How to create good memories?That's winning!

The current Real Madrid does not look like the later Champions League champions. Under the leadership of coach Toshack, their morale is poor and their results are not obvious.

Even Nicolas Anelka, the season's champion, has lost some confidence. Real Madrid, which was originally placed high hopes by the media, is like the Titanic, which claims to be unsinkable, but it has not even survived its maiden voyage.

Reaching the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League is just the minimum requirement, and the current fans are not satisfied. If they lose this game against Arsenal, Toshack will definitely have a bad life.

Having met three times in three years, Arsenal and Real Madrid are also very close, not to mention that they just had an extremely shocking transfer this summer.

In the first two encounters between the two teams, both teams had a record of being eliminated by the other side. In the third match in the Champions League, who will win in the end?
Although the previous two were knockout rounds, and this time they met in the group, it did not affect the media's attention to them.

Whether it is the three-year grievances between the two teams, or the first match between Anelka and his former club, there are enough things to watch.

As for who can win at Wembley, there are no different opinions, and we can only wait for the final result of the game.

Despite the luxurious lineup and strong players, they still sank at Wembley Stadium, and the Spanish Armada sank again in the hands of Britain.

The final score was 2:1, with Raúl scoring Real Madrid's only goal.Anelka was mediocre in this game and was replaced shortly after the start of the second half.

Raúl, Morientes, Anelka, Redondo, McMaraman...the names of these superstars all represent great strength, but it is a pity that Toshack did not integrate the strength of these stars Alright, otherwise Arsenal would never have won the opponent so easily.

When they met Arsenal last season, there were reasons for underestimating the Gunners, but this time, although they tried their best to play a good game, they just failed to win.

There are many reasons, but mainly lies in the head coach.With so many big-name players, if the head coach fails to integrate them well, the consequence will only be to hold each other back.

Everyone is a little "independent" and hopes that they can become the savior to save Real Madrid. With such a mentality, how can they cooperate as a team?

Of course, Hierro's absence due to injury was also an important reason for their loss. Real Madrid faced many La Liga teams this season, but they always failed to get the ideal points because their defense was too bad.

Real Madrid has always been strong in offense and weak in defense, and their defense is mediocre. However, Salgado and Roberto Carlos love offense and often produce classic goals or extraordinary shots.

Then, if they don't return to defense in time, they will be pierced by the opponent and go straight to the penalty area!
Just like this game, Redondo's desire to attack was very strong, and the consequence was that Arsenal's two goals were scored from the area he was in charge of.

Both of Arsenal's goals came from Bergkamp, ​​who scored a goal with his left and right feet to complete his first brace of the season!

Had it not been for the brave performance of the young Casillas and his successful saves, Real Madrid would have been sieved by Arsenal.

Casillas, who had an amazing save success rate and number of times in this game, also became the best player of the game.

Shao Bo wanted to get Casillas to Arsenal a long time ago. After all, David Seaman is also old. If he doesn't find a successor, he will be under a lot of pressure.

It's a pity that as a youth player of Real Madrid Castilla, he showed his talent beyond ordinary people early on, and was favored by the coach to stay in the first team.

Even if Shao Bo wants to poach people, he is not as attractive as Real Madrid.

What made Shao Bo most depressed was that Real Madrid soon announced after the game that they would terminate the contract with the current head coach Toshack, and the firefighter who took over was the later Grand Slam coach Bosque!
This time, it's not easy to fight.

　I'm writing a short essay recently, so this week's update can only be stable at 2, sorry.

　　
　
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