Chapter 470: Before the War

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As of the 23rd round of the league, Wang Li has played nine times in Real Madrid's La Liga, scored 23 goals, ranking first in the scorer list, while Eto'o has failed to score in two rounds, and the number of goals is still 18, ranking second in the scorer list. Forlan remained strong and finished third on the scorers list with 16 goals. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Since Wang Li's comeback, this strong performance has caused many Spanish media to marvel.

"The Allen era of La Liga is coming!" That's what they said.

After losing to Valencia and sitting first on narrow goal difference, Barcelona's media were lamenting that they hoped Barcelona would hold on and play every game to try to still lead Real Madrid on points ahead of the second Spanish derby of the season.

If this momentum continues, Real Madrid's results will certainly be very strong, and perhaps as long as Barcelona stops for a while, Real Madrid may directly surpass and win the top of the league standings.

For Wang Li's strength, the Barcelona media is complaining about the club: if the Barcelona management is willing to pay the same price, that black-haired kid is already playing for Camp Nou, and they see that with Wang Li's skills, it should be the most correct choice to play for Barcelona, the most traditional Barcelona in Spain.

And the best foreign player of the season, there is no debate now, a star who has won Spain's top scorer, there is no reason not to win this honor, Wang Li's performance is obvious to all, at least in January, he is undoubtedly the best player in La Liga.

If you broaden the scope a bit, it would not be too much to say that he is the best player in the world in January.

For the current scene of Real Madrid and Barcelona competing for dominance, some media commented: "This season will be a battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid, from the momentum point of view, Real Madrid's chances of winning are very high, and their performance is getting better and better, but Barcelona still occupies the top of the standings, who wins and who loses is still unknown, and the final suspense is likely to be reserved for the second Spanish derby, which team can win in the Spanish derby, which team is likely to win La Liga." ”

"However, now we should keep our eyes on the Champions League, the Champions League knockout round is about to begin, Real Madrid's opponent is the Premier League giants Arsenal, and Barcelona's opponent is the Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich, Villarreal's opponent is Rangers, except for the last game, Real Madrid and Barcelona are very eye-catching, and Villarreal also has a good chance to advance to the next round."

"Spain are likely to have a great time in this Champions League, with all three teams having a chance to reach the quarter-finals, and it's exciting to see if Spain has three places in the quarter-finals!"

Not only did the media say so, Real Madrid's manager Carlo also had to prepare for the Champions League.

Real Madrid's opponent is Arsenal, the first leg of the match is on February 22, and the first leg is played at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid will host Arsenal.

It seems that Real Madrid is firmly at home, but in fact, this kind of schedule is beneficial to Arsenal, and the game of home and then home is always better than home and away.

After the away game, with the general situation of the opponent, then it will be more advantageous to win or lose at home, so Carlo must prepare more and try to gain an advantage in the first leg of the contest in order to have a better chance of advancing to the next leg.

Carlo is also in a stable state of mind, and he is well aware of Real Madrid's goals this season.

Although the club does not stipulate that Carlo can continue to coach Real Madrid, but Carlo knows very well that if he wants to continue to coach Real Madrid next season, then Real Madrid must reach the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, and the league must also win the championship, only this kind of result can satisfy Real Madrid's senior management.

Of course, it also satisfies Real Madrid fans.

In the mess left by Luxemberg, this kind of achievement is also a testament to Carlo's quality.

Now, Real Madrid are riding high in the league, and most of the media think that Real Madrid will surpass Barcelona to win the league title, a situation that has given Carlo a sigh of relief, so he has his eyes on the Champions League.

On February 19, the 24th round of La Liga began, and Real Madrid hosted promoted Alaves.

In order to allow the main players to preserve their physical fitness, in this game, Carlo only sent a limited number of main players such as Wang Li, Ramos, and Ronaldo, and all the other players were rested. Originally, in order to play the next game, Wang Li was also in the ranks of the rotation, but Wang Li directly found Carlo to explain that his physical fitness was no problem, and asked to play in the game.

After the physical fitness coach confirmed that Wang Li's physical fitness was higher than the average player's level, Carlo called him a pervert and let him play in the game.

The final result of the game was 3:1, Wang Li scored two goals by himself and assisted Ronaldo for a goal. Alaves tried their best to win, but at the Santiago Bernabeu they only scored one goal after a long struggle.

After the game, Wang Li was interviewed.

Journalists are not concerned about the outcome of this game, and it is not surprising that Real Madrid will win against a promoted side, even if they have a substitute line-up, but they are concerned about the Champions League knockout round in three days' time.

"Alan, can you tell us how you feel about facing Arsenal again?" The boss of the Real Madrid media, the reporter of the newspaper "Marca" asked first.

Wang Li smiled and said casually: "I don't feel anything, it's just an ordinary game." ”

"I heard you were an Arsenal fan when you were a kid?" Correspondent of the Madrid Post.

Wang Li nodded, "That's right, but that was a few years ago, when I was still playing in Arsenal's football school, and of course I would like Arsenal." ”

"So, do you have confidence in this game? Coach Arsene Wenger said yesterday that he admires you, what do you think about that? England correspondent for The London Post.

Wang Li smiled: "It's just a smoke bomb, but I always know that he appreciates me, and I don't refuse to go to Arsenal to follow his command."

Hearing this, the eyes of the non-Real Madrid reporter next to him lit up, but Wang Li continued: "But Real Madrid will definitely not sell me, and when it comes to the summer transfer, Arsenal has not been able to show enough sincerity." I'm not playing for the money, but when I transfer, a transfer fee that fits my value is necessary, but unfortunately they can't afford it" Another way of saying is 'they're too poor'.

Hearing this, the reporters who supported Real Madrid all showed a disdainful smile, compared to Real Madrid, Arsenal is indeed a little too poor.

Not to mention the transfer fee of 200 million euros, even if it is 20 million euros, Arsenal may not be able to take it, and now, this team is in debt for the construction of the new stadium, at least in recent years, they will not have any big moves in the transfer market.

Once this match is over, Real Madrid will start preparing for the Champions League.

In the team's training, the Real Madrid players strictly follow the manager's arrangement, and after the training, they also watch the latest Arsenal game videos together to pay attention to the players that the other side should pay attention to.

In the Arsenal team, there are two key figures to pay attention to, one is Henry, the strength of this player is undoubted, after Wang Li left Real Madrid, Henry became the top scorer in the Premier League, whether in the national team or club, he has a good performance.

The second is midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who is only 18 years old but has been an absolute mainstay for Arsenal since last season, scoring nine goals and providing 11 assists in 46 appearances for the team in a single season, a statistic that is staggering as a midfield commander.

"As long as you hold these two points, it will be a lot easier to defend." Carlo kept emphasizing.

But it's one thing to say, it's another thing to do, it's almost impossible to defend against Thierry Henry or Cesc Fabregas, it's definitely not enough to win against Arsenal just defensively, it's more important to be attacking.

In this regard, Carlo is not too worried.

With Wang Li, Robinho, Ronaldo and Raul returning from injury, scoring goals is never a problem, the problem is to score more goals than the opponent.

Speaking of which, it still depends on the Real Madrid backline.

But Real Madrid's most vulnerable place is also here, Carlo even feels that Real Madrid's defense is more fragile than Arsenal's.

It was a real headache for him.

In fact, at the same time at Arsenal Football Club in north London, the team's manager Arsene Wenger had a lot more headaches than him, and it was Real Madrid's attack that gave him a headache.

Arsene Wenger is more worried about the defence than Carlo.

There are too many attacking players for Real Madrid to look out for.

There is the master Zidane in the midfield, although this player is 34 years old this year, but his skills are absolutely the top in the world, like this kind of world's top star, occasional flash of inspiration, it is enough to cause headaches, and Zidane often comes forward to assist, his small area passing ability is excellent, how Arsenal defends against him, is an important task.

In addition to Zidane, there is also David. Beckham, although Beckham's form is declining and his performance in the national team is not good, but the 'full moon scimitar' has not deteriorated, which makes Wenger especially emphasize to the players to minimize fouls on the edge of the penalty area.

On the forward line, he also has a headache: Ronaldo, Robinho.

These two Brazilian players with the surname Ronaldo need special attention, especially Robinho, the youngster has been very good after his move to Real Madrid, and the number of goals scored in the league is second only to Villarreal's Diego. Fran, this efficiency is amazing.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, is long past his prime, but his performance is still strong, and his occasional experienced shots and breakthroughs in front of goal are a great threat to the goal.

All of the above is enough for Wenger to have a headache, and even more headache for him is Real Madrid's No. 21 black-haired boy Wang Li.

This has become Wenger's heart disease!!

How to defend Wang Li??

This question, Wenger, Ferguson and Benitez racked their brains last season and couldn't come up with an answer, now let Wenger think about it, what conclusions can be drawn?

And now this brunette is still playing right winger in Real Madrid, how to defend this position? Is it possible to divide the troops to focus on defending the right side?

This is unrealistic.

So, what now?

Arsene Wenger had anticipated this moment when the draw was made for the round of 16 of the Champions League, and he had been calm not to think about it, but now he had to think about it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wenger felt that everything had to start with Real Madrid's manager Carlo.

Needless to say, Real Madrid's squad is at least no worse than Arsenal, so if you want to win the game, you must suppress Real Madrid tactically, Wenger is confident in this regard, he has been coaching at Arsenal for so many years, whether it is the top league or the Champions League experience, by no means Carlo, a rookie coach in the top league, can compare.

Only by suppressing Real Madrid tactically can we gain an advantage and make up for the shortcomings in the squad.

So how to suppress Real Madrid?

That's what Wenger has to fix as soon as possible, and there's not much time left before the game starts

Arsenal are a familiar opponent to Wang, having played Chelsea three times last season and won all three of their matches, and he was a key figure in Chelsea's victory.

He knows Arsenal's backline very well and he feels that it is a little difficult to prevent him from that fragile backline, so he was not nervous at all before the game.

Wang Li didn't know what his teammates thought, he just followed his own habits, trained very casually, and prepared for the game very casually.

However, most of Real Madrid's teammates don't know Arsenal, many players have never played against Arsenal at all, and players like Beckham have played against each other a long time ago, so they don't know the current Arsenal.

"They have a youngster who is very strong." It is not good to be entangled by his teammates, Wang Li thought about it and said.

"Cesc Fabregas? Is he really strong? Robinho asked, and his teammates next to him also looked at Wang Li. Wang Li said with a smile: "I know him, I have drunk with him, that kid has a good character, and his ability is also good." ”

Hearing this, the teammates around him all glanced at each other, and they could be evaluated by this black-haired kid as good, and his strength was definitely at the world-class level, at least not worse than their average players.

"And what about their offense?"

Wang Li thought for a while and said, "It should be pretty good." ”

Hearing this explanation, the teammates next to him collectively 'booed', and Wang Li helplessly explained: "The speed is very fast, it should be no worse than Barcelona"

"So that means we have a tough defensive task?" Ramos said with a bitter face.

"It should be."

Actually, I don't know about Wang Li, after all, he is not a defensive player and rarely participates in defense.

At this time, Robert. Carlos quipped: "Alan, you can score a few more goals so it doesn't matter if we make a few defensive mistakes." ”

"You should say that to Mr. Carlo."

"Oh, I don't want to be out of the game."

At noon on February 21, Arsenal's plane had arrived in Madrid.

It didn't take more than five minutes for the news to reach Real Madrid, and after that, the players started training more seriously and the whole training ground looked like a pre-big game.

The usual laughter and slapstick are gone, only seriousness and perseverance remain.

No Real Madrid player wants to lose, they fell in the round of 16 last season, and in any case, this season they want to get a good result, and Arsenal stand in front of them.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured, this is a contest between you and me, and there is no room for relaxation between the two sides.

At this time, the rest of his teammates were arranged by the manager as a small-scale confrontation training, and they needed to adapt to the physical confrontation intensity of the Premier League team, while Wang Li did free kick training with the help of the staff, and the object was a goalpost.

Standing on the line of the penalty area, the odds of him hitting the post were extremely high.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

At first, almost no one paid attention to Wang Li, but as he trained, the eyes of the other half of the players were gradually attracted.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

At this time, the players training on the other half of the court had stopped playing, and they watched in surprise as Wang Li was doing this kind of unimaginable shooting training.

"I think if he plays by himself, he can already win." Carlos said in surprise.

He has always been proud of his strength, but after Wang Li came to Real Madrid, he no longer has this kind of pride, and he doesn't look at the accuracy of this kind of shooting, even the strength is beyond his ability.

"Allen's training has been fantastic."

Wang Li's 'follower' Baptista reacted and immediately took out a DV from the sidelines, and the camera focused on Wang Li to start his 'candid shooting' work.

Wang Li didn't notice this, he was just indulging in training, but after a while, Carlo came over, he also saw Wang Li's training, and while he was proud of it, he also saw the appearance of other players.

"What are you all doing? Keep training!! Don't you want to play tomorrow? He shouted, and the players dispersed, but Carlo sat alone on the sidelines and began to watch Wang Li's training carefully, which is really very appreciative.

Well, maybe that's a benefit for the manager.

Tomorrow is against Arsenal, although Wang Li is not nervous, he still works hard to train.

He knows Arsenal and Arsenal know him very well and he feels he has to take the game seriously to prevent anything from happening.

Perhaps these things should be on the manager's mind, but as a player, he also needs to win, and what he should do is to get back to his peak before the game to prepare for the game.

It's his football ethic and it's the attitude he wants to show when he comes back to Arsenal.

Although he has no grudges against Arsenal for a long time, he still wants to be 100 per cent against this team

(To be continued)