There was a short gap between the second leg and the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, and the war of words had not yet cleared as Arsenal's army arrived in Porto, Portugal's second-largest city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the grade gap between Porto and Arsenal, the two managers are also more stable, before Arsenal and Porto three games before the game there was no gunpowder, but with the third game after Wenger fiercely attacked Gao Xiaodong, and was vigorously hyped by the media, the fourth game, the pre-game atmosphere suddenly became tense.

When the Arsenal players arrived at the airport, thousands of Porto fans went to "meet the airport" and greeted the Arsenal players with enthusiastic boos and curses, as well as eggs, tomatoes and other delicious foods, and clashed with the Arsenal fans.

England football hooligans are famous all over the world, only Arsenal's fans are a little more stable among the four giants, Porto's own security is enough, but let Wenger do this, the security work of this game immediately became severe, the original stadium security is not enough, and the Porto City Police Department also had to send additional personnel to patrol around the stadium.

Between the two semi-finals, Porto played another league game, because Porto has won the league championship, except for Gao Xiaodong who took the initiative to ask to play, the other main players are all resting to prepare for the last game with Arsenal.

What Gao Xiaodong didn't expect was that Porto's substitutes and the young people of the second team were very powerful, and they defeated the desireless Maritimo 3:2 away, adding 2 system points to Gao Xiaodong.

Although England teams have never won at the Dragons Stadium, the curse is only a curse after all, and Porto broke the curse with a win in England, and who would dare to say that the stronger Arsenal cannot beat Porto at the Dragons Stadium.

The midweek war of words has soured the relationship between the players, coaches and clubs of both sides, but in the face of a life-and-death battle in the semi-finals, no one dares to be careless and no one dares to take their opponents lightly.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Porto coach Patrick Ferreira said: "Porto have to forget the score of the first game, forget the curse and play this game as if it were a final, although we only need a draw to qualify for the Champions League final, but we will go all out to win." ”

Regarding Wenger's attack on Gao Xiaodong in midweek, Ferreira said that the matter has passed and he does not want to mention it again.

Regarding Porto's style of play, Ferreira said firmly: "We will also defend and counterattack, Arsenal will not play because they are at the Dragon Stadium, no matter where they go, Arsenal is still Arsenal, Porto is still Porto, we will be aware of ourselves and put ourselves in the position of the weak to fight the opponent." ”

Wenger was in a good mood at the pre-match press conference, although the war of words was not won, and he was attacked and ridiculed by Mendes and other stars, but the referee sent by FIFA for this game was the Italian golden whistle Rossetti, and with such a harsh referee to enforce the law, Arsenal's life may be better.

Arsene Wenger told reporters that it will be a very difficult game, but again, it is also the best chance for Arsenal to reach the final in '06, "We played badly at home, lost 1-0, but I don't think it's the end, we have the ability to score at the Dragons, as long as we score a goal, we are on the same page as the opponent, and then we have the psychological advantage, the first goal is very crucial......

Finally, Professor Arsene Wenger said he believes Arsenal's youngsters will be able to break the spell and reach the final, while Wenger also believes that the winner of the other semi-final will be Barcelona, who will avenge Barcelona in Rome to win the first Champions League in Arsenal's history.

It was Porto's first Champions League semi-final in 200 years, and the first leg was a narrow 1-0 away win over Premier League giants Arsenal, which made Porto fans around the world ecstatic, and many Porto fans flew to Porto from all over the world to watch the battle between Porto and Arsenal in order to witness the miracle happen.

Although Arsenal lost at home, but the opponent is only Porto after all, Arsenal fans are not giving up, they think Arsenal still has a chance to complete the counterattack, a few days before the game, there are also Arsenal fans rushed to Porto to help the Gunners.

Since 3 p.m., the streets of Porto have been filled with Porto fans in blue and white jerseys, including Arsenal fans in red and white jerseys, but compared to the Porto fans in the sea, Arsenal fans are like red spots in a blue ocean.

At six o'clock in the evening, Monkey, Xiao Le, and Chen Qiang came to the Dragon Stadium with the fat fan group, and now the fat fan group has become more and more huge, with members from all over the world, and the organization is becoming more and more rigorous.

In such a life-and-death battle, the tickets are very tight, but with Gao Xiaodong here, everyone in the fan group of 1,500 people has tickets, and even some fans who came from Huaguo temporarily bought tickets from Monkey.

Entering the stadium and finding their seats, the fans of the Fat Man fan group pulled up two huge banners, one of which read: "Kill the gunslinger, enter the final, win the championship, win the Europa." Another banner read: "Shameless Arsene Wenger!"

Pulling up the banners, the Chinese fans gathered in twos and threes, some watched the big screen of the stadium, some talked about the upcoming game, and some looked at the layout of the stadium one by one elated, high morale, full of confidence to beat Arsenal to the final.

At 6:30 a.m., the stands of the stadium were almost full, and the on-site commentators began to warm up the stadium and introduce the fans to the situation related to the game.

"There is still an hour left in the second leg of the life-and-death battle, let's review the result of the last game, the first leg at the Emirates Stadium, Porto broke the curse of never winning in England, 1-0 win over Arsenal, Gao Xiaodong passed a long pass from 60 meters away, Falcao scored the ball, and now back at the Dragons Stadium, Arsenal is also facing the same curse as Porto, England teams have never won at the Dragons Stadium, can Arsenal break the spell like Porto this time? Let's wait and see……”

At 7 o'clock, the players from both sides came out of the locker room to warm up.

Obviously, there is a world of difference in the treatment of the players from the two teams, with the Porto players receiving a storm of applause, while the Arsenal players are receiving overwhelming boos and a lot of debris thrown by Gao Xiaodong's fans.

At this time, the commentators on the scene also got the starting line-ups of both sides, "Arsenal's starting lineup today is like this: No. 1 goalkeeper Almunia, four defenders: 40-Gibbs, 20-Djourou, 5-Toure, 3-Sagna, four midfielders: 4-Cesc Fabregas, 14-Walcott, 17-Song, 8-Nasri, forwards 11-Van Persie and 25-Adebayor

This is a 442 formation, Professor Wenger just used the wrong Diaby in the last game, in fact, Diaby still has a role in the middle, I didn't expect to be abandoned by Wenger, is this a bit too much, on the front line, Arsenal finally got together Van Persie and Adebayor's forward combination, this is the sharpest combination of Arsenal this season, but Van Persie's first game after returning from injury, I don't know how much strength the Dutchman still has. The defender line Julu Wildfire is back, saying that he is not afraid of Silvestre's sadness, even if he has just recovered from injury, Julu is also a notch stronger than Silvestre, but the left back is still Gibson, and the genuine left-back Eboue is sitting on the bench, this is Arsenal's biggest shortcoming, last time Gibson was beaten into a sieve by Porto, this time Porto will definitely fight to the death, can you keep it, Wenger can only ask God to bless. ”

After talking about Arsenal's starters, the on-site commentator talked about Porto's starters, "There is no difference between Porto's starting lineup and the last game, fighting at home, Ferreira is still steady, that is, playing defensive counterattacks, that is, playing Arsenal's left side, so in competitive football, you can have no specialty, but you must not have shortcomings, otherwise it is equivalent to being caught by the opponent seven inches, and the last point is broken through, causing the collapse of the whole line......"

In the introduction of the on-site commentators, the players of Porto and Arsenal warmed up and returned to the dressing room to the applause and boos of the fans.

At 7.30am, the stands are full, and in 15 minutes, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals will kick off.