After three consecutive Champions League titles, Real Madrid bid farewell to Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo, the main founders of this peak period, and ushered in the transition period of Julen Lopetegui's coaching. In those two years, although the results were somewhat lackluster, they laid an excellent foundation for the success of the team's renewal, allowing Guti to take over the team with a strong force that was both dynamic and very combative.

In the first season after joining the Bernabeu, the "Fourteenth Master" replicated the feat of Zizou that year, winning the Champions League trophy in the first year of the first team coaching, and became a model for the world to praise for a while.

And the Galaxy Battleship also relied on that slightly unexpected ascent to the top, completing a super dynasty, winning the Big Ear Cup five times in eight years, which made all other European giants envious to death, but they also had to admit their supremacy in this event.

In addition, Real Madrid continue to break the record held since losing to Liverpool in 1981, winning eight of their eight games, and their winning percentage in the semi-finals is also amazing, which makes their prestige in the Champions League even more terrifying, and no one wants to face this extremely tricky opponent at this stage.

Therefore, after the birth of the semi-finals, the London media also deliberately analyzed the best route to the championship from the perspective of Arsenal, compared with Real Madrid and Barcelona, the top two in the Spanish Super League, but Manchester City, which eliminated the Red Army, is the opponent that the Gunners hope to meet the most, because Li Mudi's winning rate in the face of Guardiola is still guaranteed.

The second best signing is Barcelona, Messi can still play some games that are not at the level of the earth, but he will turn 35 in three months, and the speed advantage that made the quasi-king a nightmare for all opponents is gone. Although there is no doubt that his football awareness is far beyond the ordinary, after having to move back due to age, Messi is no longer as dangerous as he was back then, which is a great boon for all defenders in the world.

As for the current strikers of the Catalan team, whether it is Ousmane Dembele or Coutinho, or the Danish international Dolberg, who just joined the team last year, although they are also the pride of heaven in various positions, but in terms of Arsenal's current defensive ability, they still have the strength to fight.

The worst draw was to meet the defending champions, with the front trident of Mbappe, Asensio and Isco being the strongest striker duo in world football today, which has been recognized. In midfield, the 32-year-old Toni Klos is getting older, the 25-year-old Ceballos has become the new core of the Spanish national team after years of experience, and the Uruguayan Federico Valverde, born in 1998, made a sudden rise last season, allowing the team to sell Casemiro, who is at the peak of his career, and is one of the most talked-about midfielders at the moment.

As for Real Madrid's backline, Carvajal, Varane, Skriniar and Theo are intimidating enough to be intimidating, with excellent local centre-backs such as Vallejo and Melle on the bench, as well as popular full-backs such as Guilherme Arana, plus the Belgian international Thibaut Courtois, who is playing steadily and in his prime, the defending champions are simply the kind of super bug team that can dominate world football by playing casually in a football game.

In the face of such an opponent, and it is a two-legged home and away game that tests the overall strength of the team, it is really difficult.

Thankfully, the Galactic Battleship is still not invincible, and the lack of consistency seems to have plagued the best teams of the last century as if it were a genetic disease, and their on-the-spot performances have always wandered back and forth between the unsurpassed and the unremarkable, sometimes with performances that have been applauded by the visiting fans, and sometimes have their own supporters beating their chests. This is one of the characteristics of Real Madrid, and the main reason why they have not been able to replicate the miracle of Barcelona's six crowns.

However, after the draw, the outside world still looked at the defending champions to reach the Champions League final for the second year in a row, because the huge talent gap was there, and no one could ignore it.

This situation was illustrated by a subsequent report published by the Spanish newspaper Marca, in which the author listed the total value of the regular rotation players of the two teams (to a certain extent, the ability of the players), the total number of Champions League appearances of the players on both sides (representing the level of experience), and the record of teams with similar tactical styles against their opponents in recent years.

Of course, the article inevitably mentions the intricate relationship between the Gunners coach and the La Liga giants, Li Mudi is deeply imprinted with the traces of Real Madrid, which is no secret in the world, and his friendship with Guti and others is also well known to the world. But the author, who has obviously done his homework, dug up the "love and hatred" between Lafayette and Li Mudi that can be written into a script, which attracted the attention of a large number of people who eat melons.

In the 2019-20 season, Julen Lopetegui led his side to fall to the threshold of eight and four in the Champions League, completely losing the trust of the club's hierarchy and fans, and the selection of a new manager began immediately two months before the end of the season.

The final result is clear to everyone, Guti has won the support of almost all Meilinger and successfully ascended to the position, becoming another former team celebrity to sit in the position of Real Madrid coach. But what most people don't know is that in fact, when the list of coaches was initially formulated, Li Mudi received not much less votes among the club's senior management than the fourteenth master, and the two can be said to be neck and neck.

This is not to say that several bigwigs, including Butragueno, are "anti-bones" and even prefer a Celestial Empire who is just holding a Spanish ID card, but Guti seriously lacked experience in coaching a first-team team at that time, and everyone will have some worries about his immediate takeover of Real Madrid, which is in dire need of results.

Unlike Zidane's replacement of Benitez, Real Madrid actually had no other choice at that time, and it was difficult to find a suitable successor in time for a sudden change of coach in the middle of the season.

However, in 2020, the club had already decided that there would be a manager change at the end of the season, and the options were very wide, with the likes of Allegri, Antonio Conte, Thomas Tuchel and others all interested in the Bernabeu. Even if you want to continue the strategy of hiring the club's own descendants, the former Torino coach who was in a state of leisure at the time is also a very suitable candidate, Li Mudi's ability to cultivate the team's youth training is the top in the world, which is perfectly in line with Real Madrid's team building style during this period, and his coaching ability has been proven through several important titles such as Serie A and Europa League, and his reputation is worthy of the status of the world's giants, which is simply a candidate made in heaven.

Unfortunately, this proposal was rejected without going to the next stage of the investigation, because Galeries Lafayette made a statement to exclude him from the selection of coaches for non-technical reasons, and Guti formed a situation in which he stood out and finally became the new head coach of the team without any suspense.

However, due to the team's outstanding performance in the next two seasons, this choice proved to be very correct, and naturally no one cared about Lafayette's rough intervention at that time, but instead contrasted with his image of a wise and powerful Gundam. That past became a small episode, and almost disappeared from the memories of those who knew it at the time.

This time, the media suddenly unearthed the whole story of the incident, which naturally showed that there was a "ghost betrayal", but it made the outside world feel a different atmosphere before the competition. It was originally thought that it would be another warm situation of old friends after Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, but it suddenly reversed the style and turned into a grudge situation with deep entanglements and undercurrents, how can it not surprise people and raise expectations at the same time. As a result, with almost two weeks to go in the first leg, this matchup has become the focus of most attention from fans and the media, and the heat is comparable to the fierce competition after the national leagues enter the final stage.

However, in the face of reporters' questions, Li Mudi did not give any response, he knew that because he criticized some of Lafayette's practices in the live broadcast of the World Cup in Russia and annoyed the other party, he would be removed from the list of candidates when Real Madrid changed coach, but he will not complain now. Because in any case, Galeries Lafayette did contribute a lot to the resurgence of the Galactic Battleship at the end of the last century, and you can't blame such an old man who really loves Real Madrid. Coupled with the fact that the other party is about to leave the Bernabeu, let's let these unpleasant past events go with the wind.

Last September, Florentino, who had not been able to resist his feelings for the club and continued to participate in the presidential election, was once again re-elected because no one dared to compete with him. However, during a physical examination after New Year's Day, the doctor found that his blood pressure and heart condition were in extremely unsatisfactory conditions, and made a recommendation that he must recuperate as soon as possible.

Under the strong persuasion of family and friends, Galeries Lafayette finally made the decision to step down early at the end of the season, and according to the regulations, the position of Real Madrid president will be temporarily replaced by the current vice-president Fernandez Tapias.

In order to maintain the stability of the club's operations, the new general election will be held three years in advance, scheduled for September 2022, and many people have already rushed to stand up and announce their participation in a high-profile manner, making the prospect of the election that was expected to be fiercely competitive even more uncertain.

Raul is one of those contenders, and although he has not yet left the Coventry club, he has already begun to prepare for the election. The biggest security deposit problem has been solved with the help of Li Mudi, and with his former image and status at the Bernabeu, there is still a chance to beat a group of tycoons and succeed in winning the title, but that is not something that the Gunners manager can participate in.

The most important problem that Li Mudi needs to solve now is how to find the best investment allocation ratio in the three events, so as to achieve the maximum benefit.

With a point behind fourth-placed Manchester United, the league's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League look the greatest, but this seemingly small gap has kept Arsenal chasing it for three months without completing the comeback, and with four rounds remaining, no one dares to pack a ticket to meet the most basic goal of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Another result that can satisfy the club and the fans, or even completely ignore the poor performance in the first half, is to win the Big Ears Cup, but there is the biggest variable in between. Whether it is against Real Madrid in the semi-finals or another strong opponent he will face in the final, Li Mudi is not too sure.

However, Arsenal must fight both fronts, although the final result of either may end in a regret or even tragedy, but as the defending champions of the Premier League and those who want to further consolidate their status, they must give the final explanation to the fans who support them, especially the club's senior management, and there is no room for slackness.

The FA Cup is therefore relatively dispensable, and even if the title could have earned the team a place in the Europa League, the Gunners will almost certainly not need to put much effort into the domestic cup competition with a fifth-place finish in the league and the advantage of Chelsea's shock defeat in the last round to stretch the gap to three points.

However, the semi-final opponent was Manchester United, a sworn enemy who all the Gunners fans and club members did not want to lose to each other at any time, which was a bit tricky.

If the FA Cup is strategically abandoned according to objective reality, the result will most likely be a second defeat at the feet of the Red Devils this season, and it is difficult to estimate the impact on the morale of the entire team. But if you go all out, it will not only bring too much physical crisis to Arsenal in the next two weeks, and may even interfere with the final sprint at the end of the season, after all, once you reach the final, there is no reason not to win, in case the Champions League also reaches the final stage, there will be a certain conflict, difficult!

At this critical moment, no one can help Li Mudi make the most correct decision in the ideal state, it is all up to him to think clearly, and he must do it as soon as possible. Because four days after the second leg with Juventus, Arsenal will welcome West Ham United, who have rebounded sharply after the change of manager, at home. The latter, under the leadership of new manager and former Dutch international centre-back Stanm, has completed an excellent half of the season and is currently eighth in the table, with the possibility of qualifying for European competition, a formidable opponent for all teams.

And next Wednesday, the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United will have to set their priorities well in advance, otherwise it is likely that the chicken and egg will be deadly.

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