Chapter 548: The decisive battle is coming

When the drama of Sagna is over, the day of the Champions League final is already quietly approaching, as if Diego Costa's injury and Sagna's contract renewal are the two teams' battle before the Champions League final.

Atletico Madrid flew to Portugal first after training in a sun-drenched Spanish town for almost a week.

Arsenal then asked the airlines to let the flight attendants on the Arsenal plane be the same people they had flown to Munich and Madrid in Spain, and Arsenal had beaten Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in successive away games to reach the final, so they thought this would bring them good luck.

The official name of the "Stadium of Light" is Benfica Stadium, which is a professional football stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal, and the home stadium of the Portuguese Super League powerhouse Benfica. Luce is the name of the parish in which the course is located, and the word "light" means "light" in Portuguese, so the course is also commonly known as the Stadium of Light.

And this is the venue for this Champions League final - Lisbon Stadium of Light!

With a capacity of 64,000 people, the stadium is a standard modern football stadium. It fully meets the requirements of a UEFA five-star football stadium, and it has been the venue for European Championship finals, so the stadium's facilities are completely complete.

Benfica's home stadium is the same red and white accent colour as their shirt. It's similar to the theme colour of Atletico Madrid and Arsenal, and there's an interesting thing about it. In the Champions League final, UEFA usually allows the two teams to wear their home shirts as much as possible, but because the theme colors of Atletico Madrid and Arsenal are very similar, the two teams have a lot of arguments with UEFA about this matter before the game. After all, wearing a home shirt in the Champions League final can increase the team's momentum, morale and luck for a certain extent.

However, if both sides wear the same coloured shirt, it will be a visual distraction for the referees and fans, so both Arsenal and Atletico Madrid want to wear their home shirts.

In the end, UEFA still let Arsenal wear the home shirt, while Atletico Madrid could only wear their yellow first away kit, but interestingly, Arsenal's away kit is also yellow. So either way, it's a red vs. yellow game.

Before the game, the two sides also shouted through the media, and this time the two sides completely saw the truth.

At the pre-match press conference, both sides also announced their starting eleven lists!

Arsenal has not changed much, the goalkeeper is naturally Poland international Szczesny, the central defenders are this season's iron partners Merdessaart and Koscielny, the left wing-back is Gibbs, and the right is the French international Sagna, who has been in a lot of trouble before.

In the midfield, Flamini's partner with the Welsh midfield core Ramsey, although there is also vice-captain Arteta in this position, but Arteta has not played much time this season, most of them are Flamini or Wilshere to play this position, and the 31-year-old vice-captain has become a rotation.

Above the front is Ozil, the German genius midfielder who has been recruited by Arsenal this season, the Spanish attacking midfielder Cazorla on the right, and Wilshere, a product of Arsenal's excellent youth training, on the left.

Arsenal's lineup did not bring many surprises to everyone, after all, Arsenal's lineup is just like this, in the case of no injuries, red cards or anything at the core of a specific position, it is basically a undoubted starter. There is a little suspense about who will partner Ramsey in the midfield, and there are more partners who can be combined, whether it is Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere and Cazorla.

The only difference is who partners with Ramsey is destined to what tactics Arsenal will play, for example, if this game is Flamini, Arsenal should be biased towards attack, although Flamini is a defensive midfielder but his ability to insert back is still very strong, in all games this season, the French midfielder relied on the ability to attack after inserting a total of four goals.

Arsenal also has a change in the forward, Wenger can choose to let Li Zihan play winger, Giroud up, or let Giroud sit on the bench Li Zihan single arrow forward, of course, and Podolski Of course, Podolski has not played much time since the second half of the season, and he has not even had many opportunities for teenager Oxlade-Chamberlain, so this is not an unexpected change.

When it came time for Atletico Madrid to announce the starting lineup, everyone was looking forward to it. Looking forward to whether Atletico Madrid's striker Diego Costa can be included in the starting list, in the previously announced eighteen-man squad, Diego Costa has a name, which means that his injury should not be very big, and there may be a chance to come on as a substitute or even start.

In terms of goalkeepers, Atletico Madrid has no second option like Arsenal, and Chelsea's talented Belgian international Thibaut Courtois, who was loaned to Atletico Madrid, has suppressed the famous Spanish goalkeeper Casillas and Barcelona's No. 1 goalkeeper Valdés for two consecutive seasons, so Atletico Madrid will replace the Belgian's starter unless he has a bad brain.

In the central defence, captain Uruguayan Godin partnered Brazilian central defender Miranda, who has not returned from injury for a long time, and the combination of South American central defenders is also the main theme of Atletico Madrid. On the left and right sides, there is naturally no suspense of Juan Fran and Luis Felipe.

In midfield, Thiago, Gabi and Raul Garcia are all in central midfield, rather than wing-back, with new Spain international Koke at the top of the midfield.

Such a midfield combination is still a test for Arsenal, and the three Gabi are all-round midfielders with both attack and defense. At the same time, in addition to being responsible for organizing the attack, Koke's tireless running around the court is also his personal characteristic, and he can often help the team on the defensive end.

Arsenal only has Flamini and Ramsey in the midfield, but Flamini is old, and his shortcomings of insufficient body and defensive speed have been exposed in the second half of the season, and as for Ozil's defensive problems above the midfield, don't mention him.

Cazorla has often been aggressive defensively, but his individual defensive ability and short body are not dominant. Oxlade-Chamberlain did a good job defensively, but he wasn't in the starting line-up for this game.

Therefore, in terms of the overall strength of the midfield, Atletico Madrid has a slight advantage, at least in the interception and defense of the midfield.

Of course, the midfield is not really the focus of attention, everyone is still concerned about the starting point of the striker. When the list was announced, fans and media who regularly follow Atletico Madrid's game already had a hunch.

Sure enough, after Simeone read the name of David Villa as a central striker, he continued: "The last one is Diego Costa!" ”

"Sure enough, there were!!" That is, it is unexpected by everyone, and it is expected by everyone.

When Arsenal heard assistant coach Steve Boulder tell him that Diego Costa was in the starting line-up for Atletico Madrid, Arsene Wenger smiled and said: "I knew it"

"I knew it was a game!" When adapting to the playing field, Li Zihan said to his teammates.

"The importance of the Champions League final is self-evident, so how could he miss this game, this qiē is a means for Atletico Madrid to confuse us!" Li Zihan rubbed his hands.

You know, when he learned that Diego Costa might miss the final, he was upset for a long time. He likes challenges, and he thinks that he can't improve without challenging himself, which is why he is always full of fighting spirit, and why he can often turn the tide.

Every time he encounters a strong opponent or a strong star, Li Zihan will always be inexplicably excited, and this excitement is stronger than playing doping.

Perhaps it is easier to understand the Chinese kung fu "when you are strong, you are strong".

Of course, it's not like Li Zihan, most football players are like this, for example, when many young players reach the age of seventeen or eighteen, the club will consider putting them in the first team for training or participating in some substitute games, and no matter how bad it is, they will also be loaned out to see the higher league, instead of playing in the reserve team and playing in the reserve league.

It is only against strong teams and high-level competitions that they can improve and improve. Li Zihan is like that, the only difference is that he is a little more obvious than other players.

When the starters of the two sides came out, the "Great Immortals" began to analyze the two sides and predict the results of the game.

But this game is more difficult for all Daisen because both sides are wrong. Typical Arsenal and Atletico Madrid. It is a little different from the previous tradition and everyone's impression of Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, and the final conclusion is that this game should be a close game, and the final result depends on the play of the core players of both sides, Li Zihan and Diego Costa

In fact, without the analysis of the "beast" and the "brick family", everyone knows that this is a close game, and the key players will definitely play a vital role, otherwise how can they be called key players or core players? !