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Barcelona's group stage was on the second day, and instead of going out, Barcelona's Piquee opted to watch the Champions League group stage in his hotel room, with Real Madrid away at Arsenal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Real Madrid are his sworn enemies, Arsenal have his best friend, and it is only natural to follow this game.

But his reasons for watching this game are not so simple.

He also wanted to see how Chu Zhongtian lost to Fabregas.

If there's one person who's most interested in the North London media name, it's Pique. From the bottom of his heart, he thought that Chu Zhongtian could only be regarded as Fabregas's stand-in. When it was rumored in the media that Real Madrid was pursuing Fabregas this summer, he also sent a special text message to ask Fabregas not to accept the offer and not to go to Real Madrid, otherwise the whole Barcelona would be disappointed.

In the end, Cesc Fabregas didn't go to Real Madrid and he was happy. And Chu Zhongtian joined Real Madrid, he was even happier, because it meant that he had at least two chances to beat Chu Zhongtian every season and avenge the Champions League final.

After that final, if there is anyone in the Barcelona team who has the most opinions and the worst opinions about Hoffenheim, it is Chu Zhongtian. Especially in the final stage of the penalty shootout, after he even saved Butzks' angry follow-up shot, he was considered a naked provocation by Barcelona's players.

It's just a pity that that the game ended here, and they couldn't find a chance to take revenge. If Chu Zhongtian continues to stay in Hoffenheim, who knows when he will meet him? Now that he has moved to Real Madrid on his own, the opportunity for revenge has come.

Before the match between Real Madrid and Arsenal, Pique had called Cesc Fabregas to cheer him on, telling him to beat Real Madrid and suppress Chu Zhongtian. He is full of confidence in his good friend, and he believes that apart from Xavi, Xiaofa is the best midfielder in the world.

Chu Zhongtian? He's just doing well for a while.

But after watching the first half, his thinking gradually changed.

Fabregas has been suppressed by Chu Zhongtian all the time, and he has not played much. Arsenal's attack lacked change in the first half, there was little threat, all because Cesc Fabregas couldn't play. On the contrary, the goal scored by Real Madrid was precisely because Chu Zhongtian attracted the defensive attention of the Arsenal midfield, and then distributed the football to Mesut Ozil, which eventually led to the goal.

Everyone is playing, it is impossible not to see such a thing, Chu Zhongtian's performance in this half of the game is far less dazzling than in the Champions League final, but Piqui knows that his role is still important. It's just that because he has a lot of excellent teammates to help him in Real Madrid, he doesn't need to be personally involved in many cases, and he has retreated into the background. It doesn't seem important, but it's actually even more indispensable.

He suddenly became suspicious of his good friend.

※※※ The second half of the game has begun.

Chu Zhongtian sensed that Arsenal had made adjustments. In response to Real Madrid's midfield's isolation of Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's players were closer together so they could play all sorts of nice and fast short passes.

The benefits are obvious.

Taking advantage of their kick-off, Arsenal launched an attack on Real Madrid's goal as soon as the second half began.

As Mourinho said, Arsenal were bound to attack in the second half. And that was also the chance for Real Madrid to score, as there were bound to be more openings in their backline.

Arsenal's attack was fierce.

Real Madrid were pressed on the defensive.

The Arsenal fans in the stands cheered and sang loudly for their team.

They looked depressed at half-time and now they see hope of an equaliser, or even a comeback.

Cesc Fabregas got the ball, and when Chu Zhongtian just wanted to go up and force it, he immediately passed the football out. With the distance between the players getting closer, his passes are faster and faster than ever, making it more difficult to grab the ball.

Chu Zhongtian only took a step forward and saw that the football was passed by Cesc Fabregas, so he retreated back and returned to his position.

※※※ "That's right! That's it! "Watching Arsenal on TV tease Real Madrid with a quick pass, especially Chu Zhongtian. Pique, in front of the TV, clenched his fists and waved excitedly.

Arsenal football is somewhat similar to Barcelona football, with both possession and an emphasis on interspersed running and crossing.

It's just that Arsenal in the first half was limited because of Cesc Fabregas and did not play such characteristics, relying more on Walcott's speed and Van Persie and Arshavin's individual skills to seek breakthroughs. Such a one-man battle is too little of a threat for Real Madrid.

Once they play the overall cooperation, I believe that with the strength of Real Madrid, it will not be stopped. It's like they couldn't stop Barcelona in the first place!

※※※ Chu Zhongtian will not be able to contain Fabregas, and if he rushes to grab it, he will only be taken advantage of by the other party. So he simply changed his strategy. and defend his own defensive zone. Anyway, no matter how Arsenal reverses the ball, no matter how beautiful the pass is, they will also play in the penalty area, and they will also return to the middle, as long as they stay here, they will have a chance to destroy their attack.

At the same time, in order to prevent his teammates from being transferred by the opponent's continuous passing, he also waved his hand and shouted: "Don't pounce too fiercely!" Let them pass outside! ”

Although he has only been in the team for three months, he is already able to direct the defense in the game.

Real Madrid's defenders only put pressure on the opponent when Arsenal fell to the ground, but they didn't really rush out to press. Just so that the opponent did not dare to approach easily, Arsenal could only fall backwards from 30 meters away, looking for an opportunity to enter.

Mourinho nodded off the pitch as he saw Real Madrid change their defensive strategy.

He saw the scene of Chu Zhongtian giving orders on the field, and of course he knew who made this decision.

That's the way it takes to deal with a ball-handling team. When his Inter Milan faced Barcelona away, what if he wanted to eliminate Barcelona with one less person? The whole team retracted into the penalty area and couldn't defend it, don't want to possess the ball, don't want face, don't want the scene, just want the result, stunned to the end, eliminated Barcelona with a goal difference, broke into the final and finally won the Champions League, and also achieved Inter Milan's treble that season.

If he rushed out to fight against Barcelona at that time, it is estimated that the degree of misery of death can be imagined with his knees.

Now that Real Madrid is leading on the road, there is no need to press out and play against Arsenal, who are also good at controlling the ball.

Anyway, it's an away game, and he doesn't have to worry about the passive and conservative football being booed by the picky Bernabeu fans.

As long as you can get three points, it's more important than anything else.

※※※ Fabregas is indeed relaxed now, because Chu Zhongtian is no longer by his side, but the expression on his face is more solemn.

Because he couldn't find much of a path to attack. Real Madrid's players are huddled in the box, densely populated, and not easily pulled out, so there are very, very few spaces to take advantage of.

If the opponent doesn't come out, there is no way to force the football into it.

There are three methods that can be used now, one is long-range shooting, and the probability of success of this one is too low. The second is set-pieces, including free-kicks and corners, but Arsenal are not good at scoring from set-pieces, and generally weaker teams are better at scoring from set-pieces because it is one of the few they can score. The third is to use personal skills and tacit understanding between several people to forcibly cooperate with breakthroughs in a small area, tear holes, and look for opportunities.

Cesc Fabregas has tried long-range shots before, and to be honest, long-range shots are not a threat to a goalkeeper of Casillas' level, especially if you have a long-range shot, Casillas has been prepared for it, and this kind of shot is no different from the usual shots in training.

What about set-pieces?

Real Madrid players are now careful not to foul on the edge of the box, just to avoid giving Arsenal a free-kick. As for corners, Real Madrid have been very successful defensively so far.

The only way to do this is to make a small breakthrough by using individual skills and the tacit understanding that Arsenal players have cultivated together.

Cesc Fabregas decided to take it upon himself to try it first.

He received the ball about thirty-five meters away from the goal, and Chu Zhongtian did not come up to force him, but watched him from a distance of five meters from him, paying attention to his movements at any time.

The stubborn posture is obvious.

Cesc Fabregas was worried at first that Arsenal would press up and attack, and whether Real Madrid would be calculating to play a counter-attack. You must know that Mourinho's Real Madrid team may be the world's No. 1 in playing a quick counterattack.

But after pressing for a while, Real Madrid didn't find any intention to counterattack, and even Mesut Ozil, C. Ronaldo and Kaka returned to the edge of the box to help defend. So it looks like they're really going to hold on to a one-goal lead.

Thinking of this, Fabregas was slightly annoyed in his heart. Mourinho is also too blind, does he really think that with Real Madrid's backline, he can hold Arsenal's attack at the Emirates Stadium for 45 minutes without conceding a goal?

There is no such team in the world.

Mesut Ozil saw Cesc Fabregas had possession for a little longer and came up to press. Cesc Fabregas took advantage of the situation to get past the German midfielder, who was very amateur defensively, and then broke forward.

He went to Chu Zhongtian, just to pull him out.

Chu Zhongtian did not pounce as he wished, but took a step back slightly.

Fabregas continued to lead, and Chu Zhongtian also continued to retreat.

Until the space in front of Cesc Fabregas was already very small, he had Chu Zhongtian in front of him, Khedira on the left, and behind these two midfielders there was also Real Madrid's central defender. And what about himself? Having rushed to the front of the big penalty line, he can continue to break inside.

Fabregas didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to still not come up to grab the ball, hesitated for a moment and decided to continue to rush in, as long as he entered the penalty area, whether it was Chu Zhongtian or Khedira, he didn't dare to make another mistake. Thinking so, he suddenly accelerated and rushed in.

At this moment, Chu Zhongtian also stuck up violently, and did not stretch out his foot to break the ball, because that would easily lead to a foul, but the whole body was sticking up, making Fabregas's speed unable to get up, and at the same time increasing the difficulty of his movements.

The moment Fabregas posted it on Chu Zhongtian, he once wanted to fall, but he felt that this was too fake, and if he was judged to fake a fall, it would be too bad. It's a crucial moment, so if you can score, why fake?

He withstood Chu Zhongtian's close pressing, but he couldn't continue to dribble the ball in a straight line, he had to deviate a little.

A little bit, Chu Zhongtian posted it a little more. A little more off, a little more pasted. It's like an appendage, and you can't shake it off.

When Cesc Fabregas realized that something was wrong, he looked up and saw the bottom line not far in front of him, and he had rushed here...... It turned out that he wanted to shoot directly or seek cooperation with his teammates, but the penalty area was full of people, and he was forced by Chu Zhongtian to be in a hurry, so he couldn't take care of it...... When Chu Zhongtian came up, Fabregas had a strong sense of crisis, and he didn't even think about anything else, thinking that he must not concede the ball. And that's where it turned out.

After Chu Zhongtian forced Fabregas to a dead end, things were simple, he either forced a shot, but in the case of such a small angle, Casillas blocked the shooting angle again, and the scoring probability of a direct shot was very low, Fabregas is a smart person and should not choose this. Then all that's left is passing.

Chu Zhongtian is stuck in the middle line, and if Fabregas wants to pass the ball, he can play a role in interference.

In the end, Cesc Fabregas opted for the ball and he played the ball towards the middle of the box, but not in front of goal, but diagonally behind. The football bypassed Chu Zhongtian, but was intercepted by Khedira, who had been waiting at this point for a long time.

Khedira, who intercepted the ball, did not directly blindly kick the ball, but passed the football to the outside of the penalty area, and C. Ronaldo, who was still involved in the defense just now, immediately rushed forward with the football!

"Real Madrid's counterattack!!"

Cesc Fabregas looked back at C. Ronaldo's back with the ball and secretly screamed in his heart.

Isn't that what Real Madrid do best at counter-attacking?

Just now, Arsenal unknowingly pressed too closely, and now the back is empty!

Arsene Wenger jerked to his feet from his seat, his fists clenched and nervous. He knows what it means, and Real Madrid are likely to use this opportunity to score another goal!

"Back to the defense! Back to defense-!! Almunia shouted in a long voice, beckoning his teammates back.

All the Arsenal players were running back, even Robin van Persie rushed back, knowing full well that it would be difficult to equalise against a team like Real Madrid if they were two goals down.

"Ronaldo! Ronaldo is dribbling the ball! The narrator also became excited.

Ronaldo sprinted the ball towards Arsenal's half.

After encountering the block, he did not continue to dribble the ball, but directly transferred the football to Kaka, who followed up in the middle, and at this time Kaka and Ozil had completed the switch, Ozil switched to the wing, and Kaka became the forward midfielder.

When it comes to counter-attacking, Kaka has to be more impactful than Mesut Ozil.

Chu Zhongtian also quickly threw down Fabregas and rushed out.

His movements made Fabregas's pace of defense a little slower, because Chu Zhongtian, who didn't actually need to participate in the attack, ran faster than him, who needed to quickly return to defense...... If this is what Real Madrid is today, it would be terrible...... Chu Zhongtian rushed forward and did not help the team's attack. Because his speed definitely can't catch up with Kaka and C. Ronaldo.

The two men were so fast that they took the football and went to the Arsenal defence.

Kaka dribbled the ball and C. Ronaldo met on the wing. When Kaka was blocked, he passed the ball to Ronaldo and cut it into the box himself. Ronaldo, on the other hand, stepped on a bicycle, shook Sagna, and then jerked the ball forward, accelerated and rushed out with the ball.

Seeing Kaka raise his hand in the box to ask for the ball, he quickly passed the ball over.

It's a pity that Kaka didn't catch up with the step, and this shot was a little reluctant, and finally missed.

There was a loud exclamation at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal fans have their hearts in their throats just now, and now they can be regarded as back to their original positions, but they are still a little afraid - if this goal is scored, the consequences will be unimaginable...... Kaka shoveled out in order to grab the shot point, but it still didn't score, and he got up from the ground with his head in his hands, very annoyed.

And C. Ronaldo is also shaking his head and feeling sorry for his friend.

This is the opportunity that Real Madrid have been waiting for for 12 minutes...... If this opportunity had been wasted by Mesut Ozil, or Higuain and others, he might have waved his arms to express his displeasure. But his friend Kaka, he really can't say anything...... Chu Zhongtian also deeply regretted that if this goal was scored, he would be confident that he would lock in the victory. Real Madrid just need to keep playing like this and maybe score a few more goals.

Cesc Fabregas stopped running and he didn't catch up with the lightning speed of Real Madrid's attack, but the good news was that his side didn't concede another goal.

God is bless Arsenal, Arsenal still have a chance!

This thought in his heart became more and more firm.

Chu Zhongtian walked backwards and walked back, and then passed by Fabregas's side.

The two men glanced at each other, then withdrew their gaze. Fabregas continued to stand where he was, while Chu Zhongtian retreated behind him.

Wenger sat down with palpitations, it was really dangerous just now, and now he has to find a way to contain this counterattack of Real Madrid.

And Mourinho, who was next to him, waved his arms emotionally, frustrated that Kaka didn't hit the ball. In fact, he may not really be so annoyed, a large part of it is pretended, he just wants to stimulate the Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium, the Arsenal coach and substitute players sitting next to him, and let them fall into chaos and can't extricate themselves.

Real Madrid are on the right path, but Arsenal are still looking for a way.

(To be continued)