Chapter 1 Netherlands, Amsterdam

Cruyff sat in front of the TV, surrounded by a group of Ajax legendary players.

The fireplace warmed the large living room.

He smiled with a pure Amsterdam suburban accent, "Have you seen the first leg? My teacher Michels and Reynold’s teacher inherited his football philosophy!"

"Look at this goal! His 17-year-old speed is as fast as when I was! Well! And the balance of both feet! Jumping!"

As he spoke, his shoulders began to shrug.

Confused syntax!

This was a sign of another attack!

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Van Gaal sat in the corner with a disdainful expression. The two had been spraying each other for many years, but since they were both products of the Ajax youth training camp, they still had to come to the occasional gathering.

What kind of illness was it?

During Cruyff's time as a player, he was once thought to have a very serious mental illness, which made Michels racking his brains and spent a lot of money to hire several doctors.

To this day, old friends still think his psychological problems have not been cured.

The signature move is a crazy shoulder shrug!

Rijkaard covered his forehead and repeated the classic saying of the last century: "Maradona can win with his talent alone, and teacher Cruyff can win by changing the team's tactics."

Bergkamp quickly added: "Yes! That kid is just like the teacher!"

Cruyff stopped shrugging his shoulders and nodded in satisfaction: "Who can advance?"

Everyone hesitated for a moment and said in unison: "Bayer Leverkusen."

.....

Real Madrid training base.

Real Madrid stars finished their tactical meeting.

Bale hurriedly packed his backpack, his mind already flying to the golf course.

Modric patted him on the shoulder.

"Luka, do you have something to tell me? This is not Tottenham, we don't need to discuss the details, Wolfsburg has no ability to reverse."

That's what he said.

Bale still stopped and took Modric's draft paper.

He has excellent grades and comes from Southampton's advanced tactical education youth training camp. After a quick glance, he understood his old teammate's intentions.

"I've seen it! No problem, see you tomorrow... Um? Which team do you want to meet in the quarter-finals?"

Modric thought for a while and smiled: "Bayer Leverkusen."

.....

BayArena.

Li Kang symbolically raised his hand to make a celebrating gesture, which made many Bayer Leverkusen fans cry with joy!

Germans are easily infected by big scenes, otherwise the rise of the Third Reich would not have happened!

Havertz walked forward confused and asked suspiciously: "Li, did I get an assist in the Champions League? The scoreboard! It really counts on me!"

The teammates laughed.

Without celebrating for too long, the referee urged everyone to quickly return to their positions.

The coaching team finally discussed the result: "Boss! We think..."

Old man Toppmöller blurted out: "Defend! Let Havertz pester Wilshere!"

Dino suddenly realized: "They both have unparalleled ball-handling space and rhythm changes!"

....

The game restarts in the center circle.

The number of people pressing in the frontcourt of Bayer Leverkusen has been greatly reduced.

While maintaining the formation and retreating.

Havertz chased after Wilshere.

No tackles.

No deliberate interception.

Just pure sticking, hindering the opponent's ball speed.

After several conversations.

Wilshere was a little annoyed.

He couldn't get rid of this 16-year-old boy.

He couldn't beat him purely with his body.

He couldn't understand what the German kids were eating now, they were a head taller than him!

"Havertz may not have much effect if he marks other people!"

"Coincidentally, he ran into Wilshere."

"The two people's ball-handling rhythm is very similar! No one can deceive anyone!"

"Exchange tactics! Tian Ji's horse racing!"

"Bayer Leverkusen has given up the counter-attack point in the frontcourt! This time they will switch to positional warfare again!"

....

In fact, the young Havertz is not suitable to serve as a counter-attack point in the frontcourt.

Son Heung-min's injury greatly reduced the team's overall counter-attack efficiency and even lost the flash point.

After taking the lead, Bayer Leverkusen had no choice but to choose to defend.

After Wilshere handed over the task of connecting to Cazorla.

Arsenal's advance speed was not greatly affected.

But they encountered difficulties when they advanced to the thirty-meter area.

The passing speed can't be increased!

Havertz didn't care about the spacing at all, sticking to Wilshere.

"The restricted England star is far inferior to Ramsey in the first leg!"

"Arsenal's passing system not only lacks an organizational core, but also loses a passing point for the frontcourt attack!"

....

After receiving the pass from his teammate again.

Cazorla decided to do it himself and tear apart Bayer Leverkusen's midfield defense first!

Facing Kramer's interception!

He swayed his body and wiped to the left!

Forcing the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder to make a tackle!

In the blink of an eye.

Cazorla pushed with the inside of his left foot!

The ball rolled to the right!

Cleverly avoiding Kramer's outstretched long legs.

Push again gently with your right foot!

The man passed, and the ball passed!

Leaving Kramer with a dumbfounded expression!

Arsenal fans burst into warm applause.

"Wonderful!"

"Iniesta's signature skill: La Croqueta!"

"Cazorla said I can do this too, the balance of both feet plays a different style!"

....

The shock that "La Croqueta" brought to the audience has not yet stopped,

Cazorla has touched the ball again and is trying to speed up!

Not the speed of running!

But the speed of passing!

The attacking runs of all the frontcourt teammates are already under control!

He is the Gunners' transmission!

Arsenal's passing will strangle Bayer Leverkusen's defense line!

Raise!

Bayer Leverkusen's No. 10 blocked him in time.

Waiting for a long time.

The effect of the Eye of Truth is not great against top players with balanced feet.

Because their center of gravity conversion speed is too fast!

What Li Kang was waiting for was Cazorla's first touch after passing the opponent!

Bang!

I couldn't see what happened to the two of them.

The ball lifted off the ground and flew out of the sideline of the center circle!

Cazorla spread his hands helplessly towards his teammates.

"Li Kang's long-range clearance is very critical! He destroyed the starting point of the passing attack!"

"It's a pity that all Arsenal's frontcourt players have already run up!"

"It's hard to imagine that a young Bundesliga midfielder can have strategic thinking comparable to Xavi and Pirlo!"

Duan Xuan and He Wei still did a lot of preparation work.

After the first leg, most sports media made a detailed analysis of the game.

Their conclusion was very unified: the key to Bayer Leverkusen's ability to score two goals in a row lies in Li Kang's change to the overall tactics!

They also specially turned out the thermal imaging map of all Bayer Leverkusen games this season.

"Superstars can gain an advantage with their personal abilities, and Li Kang can reverse the situation by changing the team's tactics."

If a sports media doesn't hype Li Kang, it seems unprofessional.

.....

Time passed by.

Arsenal's two organizational cores were entangled and unable to pass the ball quickly.

Havertz exchanged for Wilshere.

Li Kang exchanged for Cazorla.

Bayer Leverkusen didn't want to score any more goals.

The whole team retreated to the front of the penalty area.

Wenger had a headache. Few people in the world could restrict Wilshere and Cazorla.

But they met two nemesis in Leverkusen.

"Boss, I suggest that the task of organizing the connection should be handed over to Bellerin."

"And with Giroud's fulcrum role and Sanchez's impact, we will definitely be able to..."

"Damn it! They are also from La Masia! How can this guy Bellerin only start high-altitude crosses!"

....

Bellerin was a little confused.

That set of La Masia stuff can only be played back in the Spanish second team with teammates.

He believes that in the current situation, starting a cross is the simplest and most efficient way to attack.

After being pushed a few times by Kiessling, Giroud was very emotional and wanted to take off his pants again in a hurry.

Sanchez put his hands on his hips with a bitter expression. He was still thinking about advancing to the quarter-finals and meeting Barcelona to complete his revenge.

"Bayer Leverkusen's aerial defense ability is very strong! For two consecutive seasons, this team has only been broken five times by jumping headers!"

"The shortest Brandt on the field is also 1.85 meters tall!"

"I can't figure out their team-building ideas! But it has a miraculous effect against Arsenal!"

.....

Live broadcast room.

The barrage is getting less and less.

-【What's going on? Is Bayer Leverkusen really going to upset and advance? The opponent is Arsenal!】

-【The art of war says: Strike the drum to arouse the spirit! According to the away goals rule, Arsenal must score at least two goals to have a chance to advance.】

-【I feel sorry for the professor, even if he sells a few less... it won't be like this!】

-【Arsenal is in the top 16 of the Champions League every year, and the opponents they encounter are always so difficult to chew! Juventus is stable! The most stable giants in the five major leagues are still them!】

...

Except for the goal shortly after the start.

There were no highlights in the subsequent games.

The emotions of the fans on both sides gradually returned to calm, and they secretly prayed to their respective gods of faith in their hearts.

Relevant studies have shown that when humans watch team competitive sports, faith can be very devout or become shaken.

Beep! Beep beep~

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half!

Dino sighed: "Boss, I really didn't expect the game to become so simple!"

Old man Toppmöller was silent for a moment, and his weathered palm gently stroked the flattened mineral water bottle: "Arsenal still has many excellent midfielders on the bench, and Wenger has many tricks."

"Don't relax! No one can predict what will happen in the next minute of the game."

"Football is round!"