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Chapter 546: Intense preparations for the final

5Chapter 16: Intense preparations for the final

Although Arsenal won the FA Cup, thus ending their embarrassing nine-year history without a championship.At the same time, they also tied history. Arsenal broke into the championship [-] times and won the championship [-] times at the same time. The records of the championship and the most times of entering the finals will be shared by the two teams.

Despite this, the entire Arsenal team did not celebrate the championship. They just celebrated the championship in a hotel in London that night. Some fan representatives participated in the celebration, and the players did not even drink any alcoholic drinks. There is no doubt that the celebratory banquet is without class.

But everyone paid no attention, and everyone's thoughts were no longer on the little FA Cup winner.At the banquet, Wenger made it clear that the final in a few days must not be missed, especially not like today.Atletico Madrid is different from Hull City. Atletico Madrid this season can be compared with their neighbors Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​so if Arsenal is still like this, then it is dangerous.

Wenger is also more humane. Although the team was unsatisfactory in today's final, they still won the championship, so Wenger still announced that the team can take a day off and take a break.

Holidays at this time are not something ordinary coaches dare to do. There are still four days until the Champions League final. Many coaches are eager to let the team live in a dormitory, which is convenient for management and prevents players with poor self-consciousness from running out to be "cool". The unimportant players are okay, but if the starting 11 players in the final go to nightclubs and drink, they will be cheated.

That night, Li Zihan, who was in a good mood, posted a Weibo: "Tomb of Wu Guan!" It was also accompanied by a picture of a cross on the tombstone, which also said "Tomb of Wu Guan (2005-2014)"

And the netizens who left messages shouted, Hanniang is losing her character!

There is another interesting thing about this microblog. The foreign media don’t understand Chinese very well. After reading Li Zihan’s microblog, they thought someone he knew died, so they all asked who died, and the life span was only nine years. , and some irresponsible tabloids directly published sensational headlines such as "Arsenal won the championship, Li's relative died, great joy and great sorrow!"

The oolong was quite big, and when it was finally interpreted by Chinese media translators, many media blushed.

The next day, the media all over England were reporting the news that Arsenal had won the FA Cup. Of course, the news that Arsenal had a day off was also revealed-after all, it was no secret.

England star Gary Lineker said on his Twitter about Arsenal's one-day holiday: "Arsenal is on holiday, the happiest is not the Arsenal players, but Atletico Madrid"

The influence of the FA Cup is definitely not comparable to that of the Champions League, so the craze for Arsenal to win the FA Cup faded quickly, and now everyone is paying attention to the subsequent Champions League final, which is the last football feast before this year's World Cup up.

Some Spanish media broke out: "Atletico Madrid, which has just won the La Liga championship, is currently at the peak of the season. However, luckily, Simeone's team has a big problem-Diego Costa Unfortunately, he was injured in the championship battle with Barcelona last weekend, and the latest news is that he will be sidelined for half a month, and he is very likely to miss the Champions League final."

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the entire Europa continent. As we all know, Atletico Madrid can be so magical this season because of the outbreak of their head striker Diego Costa.As Atletico Madrid's top scorer, Diego Costa's stunning performance this season has attracted the attention of the entire European football world.With 27 league goals, he is second only to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in the La Liga scorer list, accounting for more than a third of the team's total goals (77 goals).

It can be said that without Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid would not be able to achieve league supremacy.However, when he was close to another great achievement, the striker collapsed, leaving the fans who were looking forward to the final sighing and Atlético Madrid fans crying.

In the direct dialogue with Barcelona for the championship last week, Diego Costa did receive special care from the opponent. He was violated many times and fell to the ground many times.Although there was a slight injury at the time, when he played the whole game, everyone thought it was just an ordinary injury. After a day or two of recuperation, there would be no problem. How could he know it was so serious.

When it came from Spain that Diego Costa was likely to miss the final, all the greats began to analyze the situation facing Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's lineup this season is usually 442, and according to the Spanish authoritative media "Aspen", Simeone specially rehearsed a set of 5 lineup in the team training on May 19 to deal with Costa's inability to play. Case.

The most notable change in the new formation compared to its usual tactics is the addition of a defensive midfielder in front of the back four, a role Simeone has chosen to fill with Mario Suarez.

"Aspen" analyzed that in the absence of Diego Costa this season, 4141 is Simeone's best formation, which has been used and verified by him several times.It is foreseeable that in the Champions League final with Arsenal, this formation will still be Simeone's first choice, of course, the premise is that Diego Costa cannot play the game.

In addition to midfielder Suarez, the other four in Simeone's five-man midfield are Cork, Thiago, Gabi and Alan Turan, who is recovering.Among the four, Cork is the "signal launcher" of the team's offense, Thiago and Gabi's task is to assist Suarez in midfield defense, as for Turan, his role is on the wing Create murder.The midfielders will match each other to form a solid midfield line.What is more surprising is that Atletico Madrid captain Raul Garcia did not appear on the starting side. Perhaps Simeone hopes that this Spanish midfielder in good form can become the team's "unique move" to defeat the enemy.

Due to the elusive injury of Diego Costa, Simeone may prefer to be steady in his tactical choice. On the basis of a solid defense, he will use the personal abilities of Koke, Villa and others to tear apart Arsenal's defense.

In the multimedia conference room of the training base, what appeared on the screen were these "bricks and beasts" and the analysis of Atletico Madrid's situation by major European media.

The coaching staff led by Wenger is watching these analyzes and combining the observation reports sent back by the team in Spain.

Assistant coach Steve Boulder expressed his opinion after reading the information in his hand: "It seems that the terrifying monster was really injured, and it is being talked about all over Europe. Everyone is talking about the nose and the eyes, even The media also got interviews with the doctors in the Madrid hospital, and our scouts in Madrid also said that they haven’t seen Diego Costa in the team’s daily training for three days.”

Everyone knows who the monster Boulder mentioned is the terrifying striker of Atletico Madrid.However, after learning that Diego Costa missed the final due to injury, Arsenal's coaches were obviously much more relaxed.

Wenger frowned. In everyone's impression, the professor's brows have not been loosened in the past few years.

"It can't be ruled out that it's a conspiracy. The news from the Aspen newspaper is likely to be smoke. The credibility of their local media is not high." Wenger thought for a while and said: "Anyway, we have to prepare two ways. The situation where Diego Costa plays, and the situation where he doesn't play. When Diego Costa plays, he is the key to Atletico Madrid. He is like our Lee. So we must be optimistic about him, and their center The No. 60.00 Cork in the field 'signal transmitter' must also pay attention. [-]% of Atletico Madrid's offense is launched from him. There is also Andre Turan. This Turk has a strong impact ability and he is technical. The attacking winger is a bit like our Cazorla, and he is also a difficult opponent."

Regardless of whether Simeone is setting off smoke bombs, Wenger's Arsenal has already embarked on two preparations, namely [-] with Diego Costa and [-] without Diego Costa.

In fact, Arsenal is no stranger to these two formations. Most of the Premier League teams with some strength like to play four-four-two. It’s just that the four in the midfield, are there two central midfielders or a central midfielder, a midfielder or a midfielder in the middle? The difference in the lower back.For the defending champion Bayern Munich eliminated by Arsenal this season in [-], this formation is used, so it is relatively easy for Arsenal to defend.

When Arsenal's preparations for the Champions League were in full swing, news came from Spain again, this time from "Mundo Deportivo": "Our reporter photographed Diego Costa appearing in Seville at Seville Airport. According to reliable sources, Diego Costa made a special trip this time to seek help from the "goddess doctor" Kovacevic who is good at treating muscle injuries. Although her treatment method of giving the injured a horse placenta is a bit weird, but He has successfully healed the injuries of Lampard, Glenn Johnson, Benayoun and other stars, and is very trusted by players. So it is still a question whether Diego Costa can be in the Champions League final, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is still relatively Enough, after all, they all came to Kovacevic for help."

The news from "Mundo Deportivo" confirms that Diego Costa is injured, which Arsenal are happy to see.