The time between the second and first rounds of the Champions League semi-finals was very short, and the smoke of the war of words had not yet dissipated, Arsenal's army arrived in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal.

Due to the gap in grades between Porto and Arsenal, the two head coaches are also relatively stable. There was no gunpowder before the three games between Arsenal and Porto. However, after the third game, Wenger attacked Gao Xiaodong fiercely and was vigorously hyped by the media, the atmosphere before the game suddenly became tense in the fourth game.

When Arsenal players arrived at the airport, thousands of Porto fans went to "collect the plane" and greeted the Arsenal players with warm booing and scolding, eggs, tomatoes and other delicious foods, and had a conflict with Arsenal fans.

English football hooligans are famous all over the world. Among the four giants, only Arsenal fans are a little more stable. Porto's own security was enough, but if Wenger did this, the security work of this game became severe immediately. It turned out that the security guards on the stadium were not enough, and the Porto City Police Department had to send additional personnel to patrol the stadium.

Between the two semi-finals, Porto played another league game. Since Porto had already won the league championship, except for Gao Xiaodong, who took the initiative to ask for a game, all the other main players were resting and preparing for the final match with Arsenal.

What Gao Xiaodong didn't expect was that Porto's substitute and the second team's young man were very powerful. He actually defeated Maridimo, who was undesirable and wanted to play 3:2 away, adding 2 system points to Gao Xiaodong.

Although the English team has never won a victory at the Dragon Stadium, the curse is just a curse after all. Porto broke the curse and won a victory in England. Who dares to say that Arsenal, who is stronger, cannot defeat Porto at the Dragon Stadium?

The mid-week battle of words has deteriorated the relationship between players, coaches and clubs on both sides, but in the face of the life-and-death battle in the semi-finals, no one dares to be careless and no one dares to underestimate their opponents.

At the press conference before the game, Porto head coach Ferreira said, "Porto must forget the score of the first game, forget the spell, and play this game as the final. Although we only need a draw to advance to the Champions League final, we will do our best to win."

Regarding Wenger's attack on Gao Xiaodong in the middle of the week, Ferreira said that the matter was over and he didn't want to mention it anymore.

Regarding Porto's style of playing in this game, Ferreira said firmly: "We will also defend and counterattack. Arsenal will not not play football just because he goes to the Dragon Stadium. No matter where he goes, Arsenal is still Arsenal and Porto is still Porto. We will clearly understand ourselves and put it in the position of the weak to compete with our opponents."

Wenger was in a good mood at the press conference before the game. Although he did not win the battle of words and was attacked and ridiculed by Mendes' stars, the referee sent by FIFA in this game was Rossetti, the Italian Golden Whistle. With such a harsh referee to enforce the law, Arsenal's life may be better.

Wenger told reporters that this will be a very difficult game, but also, this is also the best opportunity for Arsenal to reach the finals in O6 years. "We played a very bad game at home, and lost the game by O:1, but I think this is not the end of the day. We also have the ability to score goals at the Dragon Stadium. As long as we score a goal, we will stand on the same starting line with our opponents. At that time, we had the advantage psychologically, and the first goal was very critical..."

Finally, Professor Wenger said that he believed that Arsenal's young people would be able to break the curse and reach the final. Wenger also believed that the winner of another semi-final would be Barcelona, ​​and they will take revenge on Barcelona in Rome and win the first Champions League championship in Arsenal's history.

This is the first time Porto has reached the Champions League semi-finals since 2018, and in the first leg, he defeated the giant Arsenal 1:0 away, which made Porto fans all over the world ecstatic. In order to witness the birth of a miracle, many Porto fans flew from all over the world to Porto to watch the battle between Porto and Arsenal on site.

Although Arsenal lost at home, the opponent was only Porto after all. Arsenal fans did not give up. They believed that Arsenal still had the opportunity to complete a counterattack. A few days before the game, Arsenal fans rushed to Porto to help the Gunners.

From 3 pm, the streets and alleys of Porto were filled with Porto fans wearing blue and white jerseys, and there were also Arsenal fans wearing red and white jerseys. However, compared with Porto fans who are like the sea, Arsenal fans are like a blue sea of ​​red spots in China and Germany.

At six o'clock in the evening, Monkey, Xiao Le and Chen Qiang brought Fatty Fan Group to the Dragon Stadium. The Fatty Fan Group is becoming larger and larger, with members from all over the world and the organization is becoming more and more tight. The players hold meetings in the QQ group and gather. Monkey personally serves as the group leader and leader of the fan group.

In such a life-and-death battle, the tickets were very tight, but with Gao Xiaodong, everyone in the fan group of up to 1,500 people had tickets, and even some fans who came from China temporarily bought tickets from Monkeys.

Entering the stadium and finding the seat, the fans of the Fatty Fan Club pulled up two huge banners, one of which reads: "Destroy the Gunners! Go to the finals! Win the championship and dominate Europa." Another one reads: "Wenge is shameless! Long live Gao Xiaodong!"

After pulling the banners, the Chinese fans gathered together in groups of three or three. Some watched the big screen of the stadium, some talked about the upcoming game, and some looked at the arrangement of the stadium and were excited and had high morale. They were full of confidence in defeating Arsenal to enter the finals.

At 6 o'clock, the stands on the stadium were almost full, and the on-site commentator also began to warm up the field and introduced the fans to the situation related to this game.

"The life-and-death battle in the second leg begins one hour. Let's first review the results of the previous game. In the first leg at the Emirates Stadium, Porto broke the curse that he had never won a ball in England. 1: O defeated Arsenal a little, Gao Xiaodong passed a long pass from 60 meters away. Falcao scored the ball. Now when he returned to the Dragon Stadium, Arsenal is also facing a curse like Porto. The English team has never won a ball in the Dragon Stadium. Can Arsenal break the curse like Porto this time? Let's wait and see..."

At 7 o'clock, players from both sides came out of the locker room to warm up.

Obviously, the treatment received by the players of the two teams is very different. Porto players receive applause like storms, while Arsenal players receive overwhelming booing, and many miscellaneous items thrown by Gao Xiaodong fans.

At this time, the commentator on the scene also got the lineup of both sides, "Arsenal's lineup today is like this: No. 1 goalkeeper Amunia, four defenders: 4o Gibbs, 2o Julu, 5-Toure, 3-Sania; four midfielders: 4-Fabregas, 14-Walcott, 17-Song, 8-Nasri; forwards 11-Van Persie and 25-Adebayo

This is a 442 formation. Professor Wenger just used Diaby wrongly in the last game. In fact, Diaby still has a role in the middle. Unexpectedly, he was abandoned by Wenger. Is this a bit over? On the front line, Arsenal finally got together the forward combination of Van Persie and Adebayo. This is the sharpest combination of Arsenal this season. It is just the first game after Van Persie returned from injury. I don’t know how many points the Dutch have left. The back line Julu returns from the wildfire line. To be honest, if you don’t want Sylvester to be sad, even if you just recover from injury, Julu is one level better than Sylvester. However, the left back is still Gibson, and the real left back Ebue sits on the bench. This is Arsenal’s biggest shortcoming. Last time Gibson was beaten to a sieve by Porto. Porto will definitely play this dead this time. Whether he can hold it, Wenger can only ask God for blessing."

After talking about Arsenal, the live commentator talked about Porto's again. "Porto's lineup is no different from the previous game. When playing at home, Ferreira is still stable, just playing defensive counterattacks, and playing Arsenal's left side. So, in competitive football games, you may not have specialties, but you must not have shortcomings, otherwise it would be like being caught by your opponent and being broken through the last point, causing a collapse in the entire line..."

In the live commentator's introduction to the scene, Porto and Arsenal players warmed up and returned to the locker room amid the applause and booed by the fans.
Chapter completed!