Chapter 422: This is gambling, not gambling!

Time flies like a stimulant.

Immediately after the FA Cup tie with Everton, Arsenal ushered in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. In this round, they will travel to Germany to challenge the mighty Bayern Munich.

Arsenal had beaten 2-0 at home in the first leg, and almost everyone was not optimistic about Arsenal in this game. Defending champions Bayern Munich are well known for their strength and have been in very good form in the previous two league games. Wolfsburg, known as Wolfsburg, and Shakhtar Schalke won by a big margin, scoring eleven goals and conceding only two goals in two games.

You must know that Schalke 04 is not a fish belly, an absolute powerhouse in the Bundesliga. Although the Bundesliga is now monopolized by Bayern Munich and their arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund, the Azzurri remain a strong contender for the top three in the league.

Whether in the league or the Champions League, Schalke can be said to be a rather difficult bone in the eyes of many giants. And the most commendable thing about Schalke 04 is their defense, with the German national team's main central defender Hevedes, the Greek talented defender Papadopoulos, Cameroon's young talent Matip and Brazilian defender Santana, as well as the Austrian national team's absolute main Fuchs and others.

The back line can be described as full of talent, but Schalke, who has such a strong defensive ability, was finally poured five goals by Bayern

In the face of Bayern Munich's huge offensive firepower, Schalke can defensively be at least one or two notches higher than the current Arsenal defense, except, of course, the goalkeeper.

And although Wolfsburg's results in recent years are not top-notch, at least they still have the qualification for the League Cup. Defence is also one of their strengths, such as Wolfsburg, where Bayern's own "iron waist" came from Brazil's powerful defensive midfielder Guztavo last season.

And it was such a strong team that was worse than Schalke 04 at the Allianz Arena because they were flooded with six goals by Bayern.

At the same time, at Allianz's Arsenal, the end can be imagined.

Despite the pre-match press conference, Arsene Wenger repeatedly stressed that Arsenal would be on the verge of a comeback in this game. But no one is optimistic about them.

Whether it is football legends or fans, even the media is singing about Arsenal all the way. And Arsenal's former glory, Bergkamp and Thierry Henry both said in interviews that the difficulties facing Arsenal now are quite strong.

"Hey, Lee. Now that everyone is not optimistic about Arsenal's road trip, what are your thoughts on that? The reporters have dealt with Li Zihan a lot, and they have also learned about the character of this "seemingly" reserved and shy "boy".

He is definitely not a flamboyant player in football, and his temper is one of the best players in the game. But he never admits defeat and is not convinced. No matter what kind of disadvantage you face, as long as the final result does not come out, you will always have a fighting spirit.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Li Zihan can often create zào miracles and successes. It's like a legendary comeback in the league at the Etihad and Anfield.

The reporters came to interview several key players of the two teams before the game, and they believed that Li Zihan would give them satisfactory answers.

Sure enough.

I saw Li Zihan smile a little and said: "If I were you, I would write down the names of those people (the football legends who sang Arsenal's derogatory Arsenal and the "bricks are called beasts" in the media) in a note, and after the game, I would come to interview them one by one about their feelings, I think it must be very interesting." ”

It's very interesting, but the premise is that Arsenal have to win this game and take out the defending champions to make it to the next round. The reporter of the "Daily Mail" who interviewed Li Zihan thought.

"But even the bookmakers are not optimistic about you, whether it is William Hill or 365BET and other big bookmakers, Arsenal is very high in terms of odds." The reporter said.

The bookmaker's analytical skills are still very strong, and they are even more professional than many professional sports companies. So their analysis and numbers are still quite reliable, and as we all know, whoever the bookmaker is optimistic about will have very low odds, and whoever is not optimistic about who will have high odds.

And basically, if the odds given are one one, one or two, then it means that 95% of the game will be won by this team.

Li Zihan patted the reporter's brother on the shoulder, "I look like I know you very well" and asked, "What are the odds now?" ”

"The home team is 1.42 to 1, and the away team is 4.8 to 1." The home team is Bayern Munich, and the away team is naturally Arsenal.

Li Zihan muttered in a shy blush on his face: "If I take three million pounds out, won't it be twelve million pounds in one game?" Then he said to the reporter's eldest brother: "Hey, brother, sue you for a fast track to make a fortune, now try to take out as much money as possible to buy Arsenal winning lottery tickets, you can multiply it four times in one game."

Then Li Zihan happily left in the reporter's stunned eyes

The next day, the news that Li Zihan spent three million pounds to gamble on Arsenal's victory was on the pages of major media newspapers.

There are those who support, oppose, criticize and encourage, and there has always been opposition to players participating in gambling is something that major football associations and clubs crack down, but if people buy their own wins instead of the other party's win, then there is not much to say.

After all, it is not illegal to buy football lottery tickets

Three million pounds is not a small amount for Li Zihan, you must know that the annual salary that Arsenal gives him is only about 3.5 million pounds, and Li Zihan spent a year's salary on a gamble, which is definitely a big gamble.

For Li Zihan's behavior, many celebrities scoffed, thinking that this was grandstanding and arrogant.

And many of Li Zihan's "brain-dead fans" are sharp ripostes, and now Li Zihan is the darling in the eyes of the media, and there is no need to attract attention like this. Because every week there is a queue of reporters who want to do interviews and interviews with Li Zihan, they can line up from London to Manchester. So brain-dead fans think that this is a way for Li Zihan to support the team, because like the club, Li Zihan, who has been pressed on a year's salary, has no way back but to move forward. A loss in this game will leave Arsenal in the Champions League this season, and Li Zihan will also lose a year's salary. So in Chinese, Li Zihan is sharing weal and woe with the club, using "breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat" and "putting it to death and then rejuvenating"!

So when it comes to sensationalism to attract attention, these "outdated" celebrities are more similar.

At this point, Bayern fans are pouting, and it is certain that they will die, and it is not necessarily the afterlife.

Arsene Wenger has publicly stated that Li Zihan's support for the club's spirit is worthy of recognition, but the way is wrong.

Because Wenger cares a lot about the public appearance of his disciples, he opposes his players smoking, drinking and other unhealthy behaviors that affect his public image. You can tell from the several criticisms of Wilshere's smoking.

Therefore, for Li Zihan's participation in gambling, Wenger actually does not support or even oppose it. Although he knew that Li Zihan's starting point was very good, he also used a legal bookmaker's lottery ticket, not an underground gambling game.

In fact, this is not the first time that Li Zihan has publicly spent a huge amount of money to buy his team to win. In the previous Champions League group, everyone was not optimistic about Arsenal's away face Dortmund. Li Zihan spent a huge amount of money to buy a lottery ticket for Arsenal's victory, which made the bookmaker lose nearly 10 million pounds at once.

And this time, if Li Zihan wins, the bookmaker will pay him more than 10 million pounds

All in all, the game did not start, and the fierce Cheng dù and attention Cheng dù before the game can be seen.

The focus of the game between Bayern Munich and Arsenal was very strong in the second leg of the matchup between Barcelona and Manchester City, and there were two major focus battles in the first half of the game. But now a lot of attention is focused on Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and less attention is paid to the match between Manchester City and Barcelona.

The day after the match with Everton, the whole Arsenal team immediately left for Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich also generously freed up grass and training facilities for the visiting Arsenal to keep them fit with two days to go, and did not send their opponents to the training bases of other teams in the same city as other stingy teams do.

For the behavior of a gentleman like Bayern Munich, Arsenal officials also expressed their gratitude. At the same time, he said that no matter what the result of this match is, it will not affect the relationship between the two sides.

Well, in fact, Bayern and Arsenal have nothing to do with each other. There is no deep hatred between them, and there is no particularly friendly relationship. All in all, it is the kind of situation where "gentlemen's friendship fades into the water".

And the friendship expressed by Bayern Munich is purely to bring the two clubs closer, because Bayern wants to enter the Chinese market is not a matter of one or two years, and they also want a piece of the big cake in China. I thought that winning the Champions League and treble last season would have reached the peak of the team's prestige and would be the best opportunity to enter the Chinese market. But at this time, Li Zihan, a Chinese player who has sprung up in Italy, joined the traditional giants of the English Premier League, Arsenal, Arsenal's fan base in China is good, and now the "pride" of Chinese football joins, and no club in China has a high reputation as Arsenal.

Even if Bayern Munich is the legendary treble-winner

So Bayern Munich want to show friendship and then work with Arsenal in the hope of getting a piece of the huge pie.

Anyway, they got two away goals, which is almost invincible for Bayern. Although Arsenal is strong this season, it is not a giant like Real Madrid and Barcelona after all. Even in terms of the luxury of the team's lineup, their comprehensive strength has not kept up with Manchester City