On February 22, 2006, the first leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League was played at the Bernabeu Stadium, and in full swing, Real Madrid, the galaxy of the recent six consecutive league wins, sat at home to face the Gunners Arsenal who had only won four of the last 13 games. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In that game, no one was optimistic that Arsenal would win at the Bernabeu, and even doubted whether the Gunners could get out of the game, after all, Real Madrid that year, as now, was full of stars, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Jose Guti, David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Raul Gonzalez, Igor Casillas, etc., as well as the young "water master" and the young Robinho.

But the result blinded everyone's eyes, and with the Gunners Thierry Henry single-handedly beating the Yellow Dragon shortly after the start of the second half, Arsenal finally took all three points at the Bernabeu and took the lead.

After that, in the second leg at Highbury Stadium, the Gunners drew 0-0 with Real Madrid and advanced to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 1-0.

Although they did not win the title, the Gunners set a record of not conceding a goal in the knockout rounds until the final with a broken backline after qualifying from the group, which has not been broken so far.

And Real Madrid once again fell outside the quarterfinals and continued to carry the Champions League 16 Lang to the end.

Now, after 12 years, the two sides meet again in the knockout round of the Champions League, but unlike the last time, this time it is the quarter-finals, and the winner will advance to the semi-finals, with only two games to go before the Champions League final.

It's a little strange to say, Arsenal often meets Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the Champions League, but in the past 12 years, let alone meet in the knockout round, even if it is the group stage, it can't meet Real Madrid, the two teams have only two records in the European competition, from the point of view of results, 1 win and 1 draw Arsenal obviously has the upper hand, just two historical encounters, and it does not determine that Arsenal has the absolute strength to eliminate Real Madrid, in turn, Real Madrid does not have the absolute certainty of defeating Arsenal.

Which one can reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League is a soft persimmon?

As Martin Taylor said, in addition to the tactical game and psychological confrontation between the coaches of both sides, the most important thing is the play of key players.

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China, LeEco Video Studios.

"Everyone, at night, I'm Zhan Jun."

"I'm Zhang Zuge."

"Today, Coach Zhang and I will explain the Champions League quarter-final match between Arsenal and Real Madrid."

"With 10 minutes to go, the starting line-ups for both sides have been released. Interestingly, there is a player in the starting list of this game who played in the match between Arsenal and Real Madrid 12 years ago. ”

"Sergio Ramos, who had just moved to Real Madrid from Sevilla, quickly became a regular in the team. In the 2006 Champions League quarter-finals, the 19-year-old played as a left centre-back. ”

"There was a Real Madrid player in that game, and now he is still on the bench, does Mr. Zhan know who it is?"

"You know, Zinedine Zidane, after that season, he retired, and now he is the manager of Real Madrid, this time against the opponent who eliminated him 12 years ago, Coach Zhang, this game will be very interesting."

"Yes, in terms of overall strength and squad depth, Real Madrid are above Arsenal, and judging from recent results, both sides are unbeaten in the league."

"The game is about to start, and we are waiting to see how exciting the two big teams will play for us."

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With twenty minutes to go, the starting line-ups for Arsenal and Real Madrid were revealed.

Real Madrid's starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Keyrol Navas

Defenders: No. 2 Daniel Carvajal, No. 4 Sergio Ramos (c), No. 6 Nacho Fernandez, No. 12 Marcelo

Defender: No. 14 Casemiro

Midfielders: No. 8 Toni Kroos, No. 19 Luka Modric

Wingers: Gareth Bale 11, Cristiano Ronaldo 7

Forward: No.9 Karim Benzema

With the exception of Nacho, Real Madrid fielded an all-out main player and the 4-3-3 formation showed the determination of the Galaxy to win on the road.

Arsenal starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Zhangzhetian

Defenders: No. 6 Laurent Koscielny (c), No. 16 Rob Holding

Wing-backs: Héctor Bellerin (24) and Nacho Monreal (18).

Midfielders: Alex Chamberlain No. 15, Aaron Ramsey No. 8

Forwards: No. 11 Mesut Ozil, No. 7 Alex Sanchez

Forwards: No.12 Oliver Giroud, No.14 Theo Walcott

Compared with the starting list of the last game, in addition to the change of formation, the starting team actually rotated 6 people!

Among them, the wingback returned to the regular main force, the central defender position, the Frenchman returned from injury, and Schödran Mustafi, who has been partnering with the French as the main central defender, was absent due to injury, according to the order, it should be the turn of the Brazilian central defender, but with Koscielny, he has only played once in the Champions League group stage this season, three times in the league, only played in the FA Cup and League Cup, and the youngster Holding, who just joined the Gunners last summer.

Then, two midfielders, two forwards, two strikers, weird, no midfielders.

Yes, you read that right, there is no midfielder, whether it is Oxlade-Chamberlain or Ramsey, they are both B2B midfielders, neither of them are full-time midfielders.

In terms of positioning, if the wing-backs, who are almost parallel to the two midfielders, are counted as a tactical line, this formation can be seen as a 2-4-2-2 formation with four tactical lines.

Arsenal's bizarre formation and bizarre starters, what kind of trouble is this?

Looking at the Arsenal starting list and formation map brought by his assistant, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane frowned.

Meticulous, innovative and highly targeted pre-match deployment is Zidan's strength at the tactical level.

But since the beginning of the month, the formation has changed, playing the two backs that everyone is puzzled by, and Arsenal, which has always left an immutable impression, has suddenly become a strange and changeable Gunners, from Manchester City, West Ham United to Crystal Palace, three games, three different tactical changes, personnel combinations and formation changes, Wenger's new tactics have made Zidane's advantage come to naught in an instant, and the bald young coach wants to take the lead in the tactical game, and it is particularly important to adjust the game strategy appropriately.

But he is not Josep Guardiola, even if he and his assistant watched the game between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in person, even if he studied Arsenal's changes overnight, Zidane did not know that Arsenal's tactical changes and on-the-spot adjustments in the game were decided by Zhang Zhetian, not the French compatriots who sat in the coach's box and were only responsible for the strategic level.