"Arsenal's starting line-up is: goalkeeper No. 1 Lehmann; Defenders: No. 27 Eboue, No. 28 Toure, No. 20 Senderos, No. 16 Flamini; Avant-garde: No. 13 Hleb, No. 15 Fabregas, No. 8 Ljungberg, No. 19 Gilberto, No. 7 Pire; Forwards: Henry 14; The substitutes are: 24-Almunia, 2-Diaby, 10-Bergkamp, 11-Van Persie, 17-Song, 32-Walcott, 36-Djoroux ......"

As the on-site commentator reported the name of an Arsenal player, the scene erupted in a round of applause, and when the name of Thierry Henry, the king of Highbury, appeared, in addition to applause, the scene resounded with a high-pitched shout.

Arsenal fans were in high spirits, receiving a lot of applause when the names of substitutes were called, and when Fiorentina's name sounded, Arsenal fans welcomed the guests from afar with the same "warm" boos.

Arsenal's starting lineup is an attacking lineup, although there are five players in the midfield, but only Gilbert is a pure defensive player of these five players, and the other four are almost all attacking forwards, and the only one who can be called both offensive and defensive is No. 8 Ljungberg.

Judging from this starting lineup, Coach Wenger is ready to penetrate the middle, control the midfield, and launch a quick counterattack on the spot as soon as he grabs the ball.

Fiorentina's starting line-up is as follows: 22 Toldo/21 Ujfalusi, 3 Dainelli, 5 Gamberini, 23 Pascual; Defenders: No. 10 Fiore, No. 32 Brockie, No. 4 Donadale, No. 20 Jorgensen, striker 9 Chen Yu and No. 11 Di Natale; With Toney out injured and Prandelli not at ease with young centre-forward Paccini, it was safe to be cautious, Fiorentina started in a solid 442 formation, with only Chen Yu and Di Natale on the front line, and right-back Maggio, who assisted well on the back line, was also on the bench.

Fans are looking forward to it in the stands, and in the locker room, the managers of both sides are still making the most difficult deployments.

“…… Brocky, you have to keep an eye on Henry, he is the real King of Highbury, if you don't keep an eye on him, we will lose, and also, you can't rely on Brockie alone to prevent Henry, other players must come over to help defend, even if it is two or three people to help defend, not only can't let Henry take the ball out of the canopy, but also can't let him pass the ball out of the lure easily. Thierry Henry's assist ability is also strong...... This is defensively, the focus is on Henry, in attack, Fiore, Jorgensen, Pasquier, Di Natale, you must learn to share the pressure for Chen, the opponent's defensive focus must be on Chen Yu, at this time your opportunity comes, no matter how many opportunities you can grasp, as long as you can create a threat, the opponent has to free up his hands to defend you, so Chen's opportunity comes...... I won't say more about the importance of this game, it was a game that made history and if we can beat the Gunners and reach the final, we can go down in the history books of Fiorentina, whether we win it or not......"

Prandley leaned against the door of the visiting dressing room, repeating his tactics to his players and trying to boost their morale, but many of the players were nervous and excited and didn't take Prandelli's words too seriously.

In the visiting dressing room, Professor Arsene Wenger looked gentle and calm, looking like a professor giving a slow lecture, as if AC Milan's 1-0 defeat at home to Barcelona yesterday did not affect him in any way.

“…… If Fiorentina's starting XI does not change, then Fiorentina's style of play in this game is to defend and counterattack, keep the draw and win, and try to score away goals. They should focus on our right side, Pasquier will assist a lot, can you hold that side, and playing behind Pasquier is the key, the middle needs to worry about Chen, don't look at Tony can't play, as long as there is Chen, Fiorentina's attack will have a fatal threat, look at Chen is the top priority, how to prevent Chen I will not repeat, I have said enough, now I need to emphasize the referee, Austrian referee Plautez law enforcement comparison model, this is not a bad thing for us, The Premier League is the most confrontational league and we have adapted to the rough way of playing, which is not a bad thing for us, and if there is any misjudgment or something, we have to be calm and remember that winning is our only goal......

After the worst, Wenger finally mentioned yesterday's Champions League semi-final, "...... At this time, don't be superstitious about the strength of the home team, Milan also lost at home yesterday, now you only want to win the game by strength, you have to believe in your own strength, we are better than Fiorentina, we can beat them at home! ”

The two managers were obviously nervous, and their reprimands ended with reluctance when the referee blew the whistle for the assembly.

At 7:40 a.m., five minutes to go, the Fiorentina and Arsenal players, led by referee Plautez, came out of the locker room with a caddie.

The fans, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, immediately burst into a round of applause.

Highbury has a small number of fans, but Highbury is small, and the momentum is not much worse than that of Old Trafford and Anfield.

"The players from both sides came out of the dressing room and we came to see if there were any changes to the starting line-up and the squad...... Sure enough, nothing changed, and Tony was indeed not a fraud, he sat on the bench...... Players on both sides are shaking hands, this is a salute before soldiers...... Captain Henry and Chen are exchanging team flags and team emblems, what are the two still talking, it is estimated that it will not be polite words, both captains are strikers, they may provoke the opponent to see who scores more goals in this game......"

The on-site commentators were constantly fanning the flames, teasing the emotions of the fans, and the fans were also very powerful, immediately setting off a climax of shouting Henry's name.

Watching Henry, who was standing in the middle circle, enjoying the support of the fans, Chen Yu finally understood what Henry was known as the king of Highbury, the king of the Gunners, and compared with the French opponent, his status at Frankie Stadium seemed to be a little weaker.

Chen Yu knows what it means to Henry to play in such an atmosphere, which definitely has a bonus amplification function in the game, for what Henry has killed all sides at Arsenal, repeatedly won the top scorer, and is the only core of the team, but the French team has not played as well as expected, which may also be one of the reasons.

In the national team, the only king is Zidane, and the others are auxiliaries, so in the French team, Zidane is superb, while at Juventus and Real Madrid, it is relatively poor.

However, Chen Yu is not afraid, if Henry's ability will be increased at Highbury Field, then Chen Yu's ability will obviously not be bad, because he has a mysterious star acceleration system, so that he can incarnate thousands of people, and even become a star like Henry There is no problem.

However, today's positioning of Prandley to Chen Yu is far from Henry, today Henry is a single arrow, responsible for attacking the city, but although Chen Yu is one of the double forwards, his task actually has an organizational role, that is, it seems to be a 442 formation of double forwards, but in fact, it will become a 4411 formation after the game.

In order to adapt to this tactic, Chen Yu also made the most adequate preparations.

The league is now almost decided, where the Champions League is played, Chen Yu has no worries, so he no longer retains, and the leapfrog binds the consciousness of the superstar Ronaldo Jr.

This kind of skipping binding is also a kind of harm to Chen Yu, Chen Yu has reached the junior superstar level in the star acceleration system for almost a year, but he has never been able to break through, recently, Chen Yu faintly feels that he has signs of breakthrough, and now he is overstepping the binding again, I don't know if the sequelae brought by the road will affect his upgrade.

However, at this critical moment, in order to get a good result in Highbury and lay the foundation for the second round in two weeks, even if there will be some sequelae, Chen Yu will not hesitate.

While waiting for the referee Plautez's whistle, Chen Yu's eyes swept over the east stand intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to look for the shadow that appeared again, but this time he couldn't see it again, but Chen Yu knew that Lin Hong must still be in the stands, and he must still be looking at him.

"Force!"

Referee Plautez's whistle blew and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Arsenal and Prandley finally kicked off.

The first to kick off was the away team Fiorentina, playing away, facing Arsenal whose strength and fame were greater than their own, Fiorentina played very patiently after the kick-off, the ball was passed back in turn, and the most reluctant passed to the goalkeeper Toldo, and then divided the side to Pasquel, continued to pour the ball in the midfield, waiting for the appearance of offensive opportunities.

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal was very calm, and did not take advantage of the home game to launch a fierce attack on Fiorentina, who was determined to defend and counterattack, and when Fiorentina controlled the ball, the whole Arsenal team only left Thierre in front. Thierry Henry was a striker, but at least two of Arsenal's back four crossed the white line in midfield and joined the midfielder in attacking Fiorentina's penalty area.

In fact, the game of a team's defensive counterattack is not boring in most cases, the team that uses this trick is very explosive when the offensive and defensive transitions, and the counterattack is very fast, at least the fans of the home and away teams will definitely not dare to doze off, and the boring game is that both teams play defensive counterattacks, and the rats are not out of the hole, waiting for the opponent's flaws.

Although Arsenal is now steady, it adopts a style of play that penetrates in the middle, and all kinds of passes are very smooth, while Fiorentina's counterattack is sharp, and Chen Yu uses his personal ability to break through from time to time, which adds a lot of color to the game, and also arouses the applause and cheers of the fans on the field from time to time.