Chapter 492 5 consecutive Champions League titles VS 6 consecutive Champions League titles

Chapter 492 Five consecutive Champions League titles VS Six consecutive Champions League titles

The International Champions Cup, which was held in Shanghai with 80,000 people, ended.

Real Madrid finally won the game 4:2 with goals from Martin, Benzema, Vinicius and Hazard.

Martin, who returned to the locker room early, put on the clothes, wig, and glasses frames that he had prepared in advance, then quietly walked out of the stadium, got into the ordinary business car of the investment company's office in Shanghai, and went to the reserved bar to wait for the former club. teammates.

As for Arnold and Gilavoji, Martin has naturally made arrangements in advance, and there will also be a dedicated person and car to pick them up.

Old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time met again in the Dragon Kingdom. Naturally, they had a lot to say, and they didn't leave until twelve o'clock.

The next afternoon, Martin and the Real Madrid team took a flight from Dongpu International Airport to Yangcheng to prepare for the Champions League match against their former club Arsenal.

Yangcheng Blue Sky International Airport is exactly the same as Real Madrid arriving at Dongpu International Airport.

International arrival gate.

Thousands of enthusiastic fans were waiting for their idols to arrive early under the supervision of on-site security to maintain order.

These fans are mainly yellow-skinned local fans, there are also a large number of dark-skinned foreign African fans and a small number of white fans.

There are also a large number of reporters with cameras ready, waiting for the arrival of Real Madrid players.

To be precise, most of these fans and reporters are waiting for Martin.

Joining the century-old club Real Madrid from the king of guns is a strong alliance.

The best football players in the world join the most influential football clubs in the world.

"Martin!"

"Martin!!"

"Martin!!!"

When Martin appeared at the international arrivals gate, the overwhelming shouts came one after another.

Martin, a fan favorite, waved to the enthusiastic fans.

In order not to affect the normal operation of the airport, we will take group photos as we did at Dongpu International Airport. Then we will go to Martin's Instagram and Twitter to find our own photos.

The hotel we stayed at was the Compound Ritz-Carlton, one of the most luxurious hotels in Yangcheng.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Arsenal's Emirates flight arrived at the Blue Sky International Airport in Yangcheng.

Due to the positive response brought about by Martin's six years of playing, Arsenal's popularity and influence in Dragon Country is greater than that of any European football club.

Even if Martin joins Real Madrid, the fans' love for Arsenal has not diminished much, so there are still many fans coming to the international arrivals.

It is worth mentioning that in order to maintain their influence in the Dragon Country, Arsenal spent 30 million euros to sign the main winger Wei Shaohao who plays for Porto after Martin moved to Real Madrid.

And Wei Shaohao is also known as the veritable number one star in the Dragon Kingdom.

Even Wu Sanshi, who plays for the Spanish, can't compare.

Before Real Madrid's International Champions Cup match against Arsenal, the team had a number of sponsor activities and charity activities in Yangcheng.

Main sponsors Adidas, Emirates Airline, new partners Warwick, Every Word TV, etc.

Of course, not all players participate in an event together, but spread out.

The charity activity is to spread some training experience to the U9 players of the Yangcheng Football Association, so that they can go more smoothly on the road of football.

There is also the need to send warmth to the elderly and children in nursing homes and welfare homes.

Martin is a major participant in charity activities.

After all, he is a pure Dragon Countryer.

If Real Madrid wants to have greater influence in the Dragon Kingdom, it must do so through Martin.

Therefore, Martin participates in the most activities among the entire Real Madrid team.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, we arrive at the International Champions Cup match between Real Madrid and Arsenal.

The game is at 7:35, the golden period of the Dragon Kingdom game time. The two teams arrived at the outer main channel of the stadium at o'clock respectively.

Fans who queued up or came to join the fun without tickets spontaneously gave out huge cheers to cheer for the two teams.

There are also a large number of fans without tickets in the outer square holding up slogans asking for tickets, hoping to meet kind-hearted fans to give up their tickets.

Willing to buy no matter the premium.

But... as the game time gets closer and closer, where are the fans who are temporarily busy buying tickets?

Since the next International Champions Cup is a clash between Real Madrid, winner of five consecutive Champions League titles and holder of ten championship trophies, and Arsenal, winner of six consecutive Champions League titles, the most common tickets have a premium of over 20,000 dragon coins.

Places with good locations may even cost more than 100,000.

The key is that no one who can afford the price can buy a ticket.

Some Internet celebrities who want to gain traffic even pay more than 100,000 yuan to buy an ordinary game ticket.

For them, Martin, who set a new football transfer fee record, is worth the price of admission.

Those responsible for selling tickets are now very regretful.

If you had reserved some game tickets and sold them privately, wouldn't you have made a lot of money?
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world, nor can we turn back time.

At around 6:30, players from both teams came to the court from their respective locker rooms to warm up.

Considering that it is a warm-up match for the International Champions Cup, the warm-up stretching needs to be checked a bit more than the official match.

"aoaooaoaooaoooo——"

"Martin!"

"Martin!!"

"Martin!!!"

As soon as Martin entered the court, the entire Tianhe Sports Center erupted into deafening roars, one wave after another.

After responding to the fans, Martin took the initiative to walk towards the Arsenal players' warm-up area.

"team leader!"

"team leader!"

"team leader!"

Before the person had completely walked over, the Arsenal players shouted in unison.

The on-site director obviously knew the game and gave Martin a long close-up shot.

Martin smiled and waved his hand: "I am now a player of Real Madrid, not your captain. From now on...just call me by my name."

"No matter what, you will always be the captain in my heart."

Portugal national team teammate Leo said solemnly.

Odegaard and Haaland, the Norwegian national team teammates, also nodded solemnly and recognized Leo's words.

"In that case, it's up to you~"

Martin put his arm around the shoulders of Arsenal players and chatted with them as he did when he was playing for Arsenal.

Fans who watched the game live in advance seemed to be watching a variety show. Martin, wearing a Real Madrid jersey, moved freely among the Arsenal players, chatting and laughing with everyone.

Even after the necessary pre-match warm-up, Martin followed the Arsenal players to the player tunnel.

It wasn't until the locker room leading in the opposite direction that he turned a corner and headed to Real Madrid's locker room.

At 7:35 pm local time in Dragon Kingdom, the International Champions Cup match between Real Madrid and Arsenal officially kicked off.

This warm-up match is also known as the focus of this year's International Champions Cup.

Five consecutive Champions League titles VS Six consecutive Champions League titles!
The two teams sent all their main players in accordance with the competition requirements. Real Madrid has a 433 formation.

Goalkeeper: Courtois
Defenders: Alaba, Militao, Nacho, Carvajal

Midfielder: Modric, Martin, Toni Kroos
Forwards: Vinicius, Benzema, Asensio

Arsenal is still in their usual 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Leno
Defenders: Ferland Mendy, Van Dijk, David Luiz, Achraf
Midfielder: Xhaka, Thomas
Midfielders: Aubameyang, Odegaard, Gnabry

Forward: Haaland
……

Arsenal, who had a kick-off advantage, did not initiate an attack. Instead, they started to attack from the middle and backcourt step by step, looking for Real Madrid's defensive shortcomings.

Obviously, Arsenal players are very afraid of Real Madrid's defensive system led by former captain Martin.

Although Real Madrid did not send Kanter, who is good at defense, in the middle, but considering Martin's outstanding defensive ability and command and defense ability, most of the organized attacks were focused on the wing.

Odegaard, who took over from Martin as the attacking midfielder, also consciously strengthened the running coverage, and the active areas were actively concentrated on the two wings.

As a result, Arsenal made more crosses in the opening stage.

Haaland has a strong ability to eat cakes, but it also depends on who will feed him.

The quality of Ferland Mendy and Achraf's crosses from the two wings was somewhat touching, and they did not reach Haaland's head at all.

Real Madrid survived several consecutive waves of Arsenal attacks and naturally gained offensive opportunities.

Arsenal did not dare to use high pressure, and Arteta's defensive strategy was to retreat to the half court.

The defensive system was developed based on Martin's characteristics. In addition, Martin and Real Madrid's tactical systems are still adjusting, so the cooperation is a bit unfamiliar.

The two sides exchanged offense and defense in the first twenty minutes, but neither could break the opponent's goal.

Until the 26th minute of the game, Martin took advantage of a corner kick to forcefully rewrite the score.

"Nice header!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei said impassionedly: "Modric's corner kick accurately found the high-leaping Martin! Real Madrid leads Arsenal 1:0!"

Martin, who scored the goal, had no intention of celebrating. He just gave a thumbs up to Modric who sent in a precise corner kick.

Van Dijk and Harland, who were responsible for marking, looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

They put all their energy on former captain Martin, but they still got the ball.

What is an unsolvable player?
This...is the unsolvable player!
Head coach Arteta sighed and shook his head.

Arsenal, who were lagging behind, had a tendency to strengthen their offense when the game restarted, but they did not blindly invest too many people in the offense to avoid Martin's defensive counterattack.

Artert and Arsenal players are familiar with Martin's technical characteristics.

In the same way, Martin is also very familiar with Arteta's technical and tactical characteristics and the strengths and weaknesses of Arsenal players.

The most important thing is that the whole world knows Martin's strengths, but there is no way to restrict him from scoring.

Time often passes very quickly in high-level matches. In the blink of an eye, at 35 minutes, the scoreboard still showed Real Madrid leading 1:0.

Arsenal's attack ended hastily and possession changed hands.

The Real Madrid players slowly advanced from the backcourt. After several non-stop passes, the football came to Martin in the middle, who was about 40 meters away from the goal.

"aoaoaooaoaoooooaa——"

Tianhe Sports Center instantly burst into loud cheers.

When Martin received the ball, he originally planned to pass it to Modric who was running forward. He suddenly changed his mind when he felt the enthusiasm coming towards him. He faked a dunk and passed Odegaard who was like a wooden stake.

Xhaka, who always maintained a high level of concentration, filled the position in time, but was still deceived by Martin's easy body feint. It was already too late to foul again.

Thomas, who was well prepared, fell directly to the ground and tackled. Unexpectedly, Martin pushed the ball to the left with the arch of his right foot, passed the ball to Benzema who was retreating to receive, and then jumped over the fallen Thomas. past.

Martin, who landed on the ground, adjusted his steps and fired furiously.

David Luiz stepped forward to block the shot with his hands behind his back, intending to block the shot with his flesh and blood.

Never expected it.

Martin exaggeratedly raised his right foot and faked a shot for a real dunk, passing David Luiz who had already made a defensive move.

Van Dijk was distracted by Benzema's advance, so he could only watch helplessly as Martin held the ball and cut into the penalty area from the front of the right penalty area.

Leno abandoned the goal and attacked.

As a former teammate, he knew Martin's scoring rate on one-on-one shots.

The reason for abandoning the goal is not to make a successful save, but... to avoid dying in a useless way.

The result was exactly the same as the Arsenal players on the field and the Arsenal fans in front of the TV. Martin easily pushed the ball through the legs of Leno and rushed towards the unguarded empty goal.

"Super personal abilities are fully demonstrated!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei shouted passionately: "This...is the peerless style of the world's number one footballer! Feng Qingyun calmly handles the ball, and is especially calm in the face of the attacking goalkeeper Leno! Real Madrid 2: 0 ahead of Arsenal!”

The atmosphere in the Tianhe Sports Center became fanatical again, and Martin still did not celebrate after scoring.

The Arsenal players looked at each other again, each seeing a slow helplessness in the other's eyes.

No matter how good your defense is, it can't prevent Martin from scoring.

Fortunately, Martin did not score any more goals in the remainder of the first half, and Real Madrid entered the halftime break with a 2:0 lead.

After changing sides and fighting again, both sides made adjustments to their lineups.

Arsenal, who came on the bench, struggled to play. On the other hand, Real Madrid played in an orderly manner under Martin's organization.

He seems to be extremely adaptable and can fit into any system seamlessly.

Of course, Martin still has a deep affection for his former club Arsenal and will not pay too much attention to the warm-up match. His offensive organization is mainly centered around control.

By the time he was substituted in the 70th minute, the score was still Real Madrid's two-goal lead.

With Martin off the court, Real Madrid's offense became chaotic, with passing errors occurring from time to time.

In the 82nd minute, it was Real Madrid's midfielder who made a pass error and was intercepted by Gnabry who came on the bench. It was Leo who also came on the bench and kicked the ball into the goal guarded by Courtois.

This goal was also the last goal of the game.

Real Madrid defeated Arsenal 2:1 at the Tianhe Sports Center with Martin's two goals, gaining two consecutive preseason victories.

At the end of the game, Martin once again took the initiative to gather in the Arsenal players' gathering area and chat with each other.

They all know that if they want to meet again, they have to rely on UEFA.

However, according to UEFA's UEFA Champions League draw, there is a high probability that the two teams will be drawn together.

Forcing a gimmick.

Arsenal won the quadruple crown in the 2020-2021 season, and Real Madrid finished second in La Liga.

According to the draw levels, Arsenal, the Champions League champion and Premier League champion, is the first-tier team, and Real Madrid, which does not have any championship titles, is the second-tier team, and there is a possibility of being drawn together.

Many Arsenal players became depressed when they thought about playing against Real Madrid led by Martin in the Champions League group stage.

Real Madrid finished two International Champions Cup games held in Dragon Country, and then took a flight to Singapore to play the last International Champions Cup game against Inter Milan.

There is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and there is no suspense in the game in Singapore.

Martin, Vinicius, Valverde and Rodrigo each scored a goal and defeated Inter Milan 4:1.

After playing this International Champions Cup, Real Madrid also took a charter flight back to Madrid to prepare for the 2021-2022 La Liga season.

(End of this chapter)