Chapter 199: Steps Towards the Fourth Championship

The two sides have reached a letter of intent for the time being, and the whole process is quite satisfactory.

For Mourinho, although Buffon is a little older, he is still a good choice as a second goalkeeper. He has enough experience. The most important thing is that he is cheap and has good ability.

Once Martinez has any injury problems, Buffon can take over.

Any club is cautious about the choice of goalkeeper. As the last link of defense, an excellent goalkeeper can fully support the defense of a team.

Of course, the two sides have no intention of announcing it yet.

On the one hand, the season has not ended yet, so it is not suitable to announce it.

On the other hand, Arsenal is currently at a critical moment and no accidents can happen.

After reaching the Champions League final, the entire Arsenal team watched another Champions League game together in the evening.

Their opponents will be born in this game.

The entire 90-minute game process was extremely intense.

Both Tottenham and Barcelona are fighting for another Champions League final qualification.

But in terms of status, Tottenham is better.

On the one hand, with the outbreak of Sun Xingmin, there are more scoring points and attacking points.

On the other hand, Harry Kane's return has led to another level of improvement in Tottenham's overall performance.

At the same time, under Pochettino's deployment, the integration problem of Sun Xingmin and Harry Kane has been perfectly solved.

This also makes Tottenham's offense have a strong aggressive intention.

On the other hand, after a long season, Barcelona's overall state and physical fitness have declined seriously.

Although Valverde and Barcelona's players tried very hard to score goals.

But they were still embarrassed by Tottenham's high-pressure defense.

In the end, Tottenham defeated Barcelona 2:1.

The total score was 3:2 to qualify for the Champions League final.

Arsenal and Tottenham are close to the Champions League final. The Champions League final between the two Premier League teams has caused a lot of discussion throughout Europe.

Of course, the most exciting thing is that the two teams moved the North London Derby to the stage of the Champions League final.

Obviously, this game will inevitably be full of gunpowder.

The mortal enemies are particularly jealous when they meet, and with the Champions League honor in front of them, both the fans and players of both sides will definitely put in 200% of their energy to deal with it.

This will also be the fifth time that Tottenham will face Arsenal this season.

Tottenham lost in the previous home and away games in the league and the home and away games in the League Cup.

If they lose again in this game, it will be a big blow to Tottenham.

For this reason, Pochettino also showed a solemn expression to the media, saying that this is a game they cannot lose.

However, facing Arsenal, who is in good form, Tottenham is still under great pressure.

The Champions League final will be held on June 1st, and will be held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Spain, which is also the home of Atletico Madrid.

Before that, Arsenal will also face the FA Cup final.

They will face Manchester City in this game.

This will definitely not be an easy event.

Soon, the time came to May 18th, which is also the day of the FA Cup final.

Fans of both Arsenal and Manchester City gathered at Wembley Stadium in London.

They will witness the birth of the FA Cup champion here.

Will Manchester City break Arsenal's unbeaten streak, or will Arsenal win the fourth championship trophy?

All this will be decided in 90 minutes.

"This is the FA Cup final of the 2018/2019 season. This game will be between Arsenal and Manchester City. The FA Cup champion will be born in 90 minutes!"

"Manchester City has not won any championship this season, and the league was won by Arsenal two rounds in advance. For this reason, this is Manchester City's last chance to chase the championship."

"If they fail here, it means that the Premier League this season will be dominated by Arsenal."

"And for Arsenal, they just won the League Cup trophy here two months ago, and now they will fight in the FA Cup final again!"

"Arsenal has achieved the treble this season, but they are still chasing the championship."

"There are two key games left for Arsenal, this FA Cup final and the Champions League final on June 1st!"

In the words of commentator Paul Mossen, players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel.

The scene was full of jubilation, and fierce cheers rose and fell.

Fans of both teams were cheering for their respective home teams.

The starting lineups of both teams are as follows:

Manchester City (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Moraes.

Defenders: Kyle Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko.

Midfielders: Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, David Silva.

Forwards: Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

Arsenal (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Kante, Wilshere, Lukay.

Forwards: Aubameyang, Giroud, Dembele.

"Arsenal will play with all their main players, while Manchester City will miss the game due to injury, and Aguero's previous injury has not healed and he may miss this season!"

"In this game, the responsibility of organizing Manchester City's midfield falls on David Silva. Whether he can withstand Arsenal's midfield pressure will become the key point of this game."

After Paul Merson finished speaking, Dixon immediately answered; "David Silva is an excellent midfielder, but after all, his age is there. In the past, Manchester City played around David Silva, but With the growth of De Bruyne, the core of Manchester City's offense and defense is now De Bruyne. David Silva has not done this kind of core job for a long time, but can he perform as well as before? It was when facing Kai.”

When David Silva partnered with Yaya Toure, Arsenal led by young Lucky suffered a lot from them.

But now David Silva is old, and he was the one under pressure when facing Lucky.

But a veteran is a veteran after all, and his face is still extremely calm.

In addition, Kompany, the veteran and captain at the back, started the game, which greatly improved the mental level.

The captains of both sides guessed.

Arsenal got the kick-off and the right to attack first.

Manchester City chose the left half.

Players from both sides came to their respective positions and the atmosphere of the game suddenly became tense.

This is the second time Arsenal has entered the final.

But he was still extremely nervous.

This is especially true for Manchester City players, after all, this is the only championship they can compete for this season.

If they lose this game, they will be without a title this season just like Liverpool.

At the same time, they will also witness the birth of an Arsenal that dominates the Premier League.

This is not a situation they want to see.

For this reason, no matter how difficult this game is, we must win it.

"Cheer up! Let's play a wonderful game!"

David Silva was loudly encouraging morale and at the same time cheering himself up.

It would be fine if it was David Silva when he was young, but now that his physical function has declined, it would be embarrassing for him to face Lucky in his prime.

But there is no way.

After De Bruyne was injured, he must carry the offensive banner.

For this reason, David Silva asked himself not to play more aggressively.

Soon, as the referee's whistle sounded, Arsenal immediately kicked off.

After continuous back passes, forcing Manchester City to press forward, Arsenal directly passed the ball forward, and the ball flew past the gap in the front court.

Aubameyang stopped the ball steadily, but at this time, he was already marked by the opponent's full-back Zinchenko.

With no room to turn, he could only pass back to Wilshere.

Wilshere immediately made the move.

After Dembe came to catch the ball, he tried to break through.

But with Kyle Walker pressing hard, he couldn't find any room to break through.

"Manchester City paid special attention to the defense of both wings in this game. This is also a lesson learned. Arsenal's wing attack always puts too much pressure on them."

Several offensive attempts were fruitless, and Arsenal was unwilling to lose the ball, so they passed the ball back again.

When the ball came to Lucai's feet, Lucai began to direct his teammates, and the overall rhythm began to stabilize.

At the same time, Lucky passed a deeper pass towards the center.

Giroud caught the ball, turned around, fell to the ground and fired.

The ball flew to the upper right corner, and Manchester City goalkeeper Moraes fought hard to save it.