Chapter 499: Champions League semifinals

Whether it's his athleticism or business aspects, Real Madrid are keen to bring in one of the hottest young players in European football today!

The story between Real Madrid and Li Zihan is not complicated at all, everyone knows that in order to be able to introduce Tottenham star Bale smoothly, Florentino did not attach great importance to Li Zihan, and his determination to introduce him was not absolute.

So the maneuver between him and Tottenham consumed too much of his energy, and he missed Li Zihan and was "cheapened" by Arsenal.

But looking at Li Zihan now at Arsenal, Han Niang's fans have to be glad that Li Zihan did not join Real Madrid in the first place, otherwise there may not be this table.

Countless facts have proved that too young players will not be too lucky to go to Real Madrid, and only the central defender Varane is good among the young players, like Isco, who went to the Galaxy this season, does not have too many tables, and Ilia Ramendi is even worse, and it is rumored that he will be sold or loaned by Real Madrid next season

Thinking of this, not only Li Zihan's fans, but even Arsenal fans have to thank their sworn rival Tottenham. If it weren't for Tottenham's energy pulling away from Real Madrid, they really wouldn't have been able to take on the goal-scoring young talent.

After all, not everyone has the courage to refuse the temptation of Real Madrid, and at the same time, there were also weak forwards at that time, Dortmund, Chelsea, Manchester United and AC Milan, which are very influential in the Chinese market, and even the French giants Paris Saint-Germain, who often go to Serie A to "Taobao", but they finally chose Cavani, the golden boot of Serie A

At that time, Li Zihan was only one goal behind Cavani, and deigned the Silver Boot Award!

So this game is also a lot of highlights, whether it is Arsenal's rare semi-finals, or Real Madrid's sprint towards their dream of the tenth Champions League title, and the scandal story between Real Madrid and Li Zihan, it is the focus of media and fans to report and discuss.

The other semi-final is the third strongest of the "Western Super League", which is also rare to reach the semi-finals, Atletico Madrid against Chelsea after Mourinho's return. There are also a lot of highlights in this game, first of all, the problem of La Liga goalkeepers.

As we all know, Atletico Madrid have such a strong table in the league and the Champions League this season, and it is mainly due to two people who stand out from all the strong teams and giants. One is their striker Diego Costa, and the other is Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

Courtois, on the other hand, belongs to Chelsea, who has only been loaned to Atletico Madrid. But after arriving at Atletico Madrid, the Belgian goalkeeper exploded completely.

Last season, he won the best goalkeeper award in La Liga, beating Spain's holy Casica Ikillas and Barcelona's No. 1 goalkeeper Valdés.

He has continued to excel this season, playing all of Atletico's games so far in the league, including Champions League games.

Courtois's high and low blocks have been the key to Atletico's lack of goals, and it is thanks to his excellent performance that they have conceded only one goal at Camp Nou in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League against a strong attacking line composed of stars such as Messi, Neymar and Sanchez, thus laying the foundation for their promotion.

Thibaut Courtois has become an integral part of Atletico Madrid's success, but Chelsea had the foresight to have a clause attached to his loan deal. Thibaut Courtois will not be available for the game against his former club Chelsea!!

This makes the outside world think that Atletico Madrid without Courtois may not be able to do Chelsea, after all, the veteran Cech's ability is also very good this season!

In such cases, UUEFA, in order to keep their matches fair and spectatorable, had previously announced that Courtois's loan contract would not be void with a rider that could not be used by Chelsea.

That means Courtois will be able to play for Atletico Madrid in both semi-finals.

Naturally, UEFA's statement made Chelsea fans unhappy, because the unspoken rule in this circle would be written on the loan that players could not play against their former clubs. Of course, this is a player they think is good, and it doesn't matter if it's an average player.

There are so many such extras, and everyone accepts and supports them, but UEFA suddenly breaks the mold

So this also makes the outside world full of expectations whether Courtois can appear in the starting line-up, at least from an "official" point of view.

But at the same time, it is believed that if Atletico Madrid wants Courtois on the pitch and does not want to ruin the friendly relationship with Chelsea, then a friendly agreement will be reached.

And at this time, the media broke out, in order to make Courtois play. Atletico Madrid agreed to the transfer of their striker to Chelsea, and no obstacles were set! And Chelsea, who are weak in attack, also very much want to get this striker who is very hot in form to score goals for Chelsea, and at the same time move towards higher glory!

As soon as the report came out, almost everyone agreed with the news, because it was a very good choice for Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, as well as for the player himself.

Finally, Fernando Torres, the former golden boy of Atletico Madrid, the prince of the Calderón Stadium, returns to the place where his dream began - the Atletico de Madrid Calderón Stadium!

It's Torres' journey home and Chelsea fans will be hoping Torres can return to his familiar place to awaken his goalscoring form!

So in this semi-final, fans are also full of expectations.

At the same time, everyone very much hopes that Atletico Madrid can beat Chelsea to advance to the final, and form a city derby with Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

The second is to hope that Chelsea can reach the final, and then Mourinho and his old club Real Madrid meet in the final, which is also drunk to think about.

As for Arsenal, although this season's Arsenal table is very good, at the same time, Li Zihan and Ozil and other cores are also ready to go. But to be honest, everyone is still not optimistic that Arsenal can eliminate Real Madrid and enter the final.

Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid are now getting on the right track after nearly a season, and they are very hopeful of winning the title both in the league and in the Champions League. Now in the La Liga standings, Real Madrid is in first place, two points above second-placed Atletico Madrid.

Finally, Real Madrid, from the president of Florentilo to the players of the team, and finally to the club members and fans, are all very eager to win the Champions League this season.

Because if they win the Champions League this season, then they will be the greatest team in history, and their number of Champions Cups will reach a terrifying ten, which is an unprecedented record and achievement!

So in terms of strength and fighting spirit, Arsenal is actually worse than Real Madrid, especially in strength!

In this way, in the atmosphere of heated discussions in the whole Europa League and even the world's media, the first leg of this season's Champions League semi-finals came.

First up is the match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, with Arsenal and Real Madrid due to take place the following day.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea shook hands at the Estadio Calderón, and Courtois, one of the pre-match focal points, was somewhat surprised and expected to appear in the starting position.

This arrangement makes the rumours of Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa's move to Chelsea all the more real.

Mourinho said at a press conference that Chelsea FC's agreement to Courtois was not due to UEFA's "statement", nor was there any private deal. They are simply hoping to beat their strongest opponents to reach the Champions League final, and although Courtois is a Chelsea player, he now belongs to Atletico Madrid, and it would be unfair to the player and Atletico Madrid to not play at this time.

It's a very firm statement, but who believes it?

On the question of whether Chelsea can reach the Champions League final, Mourinho did not admit it at this time: "Our chances are still very good, I can keep a draw away from home, then I will have a better chance of beating the opponent when I return home!" We lost 3-1 to PSG by two goals in the first leg, so what happened? It was Chelsea who reached the semi-finals!! ”

It's all come to this point, and if we still say that we enjoy the game, our goal is not to win or something like that, it's too fake, and no one will believe it.

It's all in the semi-finals, and it's too problematic to not be heading for the finals and championships, right?

After this game, there were also fans of good things who drew a cartoon to describe the game. A cartoon version of Jose Mourinho sits in the cab above a bus, and several well-positioned windows on the bus project cartoon images of players such as Nemanja Matic, Ramirez, Branislav Ivanovic and Fernando Torres, while the body of the bus has the Chelsea crest painted on it.

The other bus is the same, except that Mourinho in the cab has been replaced by Simeone, and the players have been replaced by Atletico Madrid players, and the body emblem is also the Atletico Madrid team crest.

Then the two buses collided together!

A very vivid cartoon, which directly reflects the scene of this Champions League semi-final - a bus in front of the door, and a dead guard!!

Atletico Madrid and Chelsea were both putting buses on defensive, so the two teams ended up playing a boring 0-0.