> Andrew. Robertson stood at the front of the players' tunnel, listening to the radio outside stirring up the enthusiasm of the fans, involuntarily tightened the captain's armband on his arm, and stared at the Europa League trophy outside the entrance of the tunnel with a serious face, this is not the first time he has led the team to play the final as captain, but now it is far more nervous than last year's Carabao Cup final.

No, not nervousness, but excitement, Robertson's hands were shaking slightly with excitement, and when he heard the sound of the announcer inviting players in, Robertson clenched his fists, turned his head and roared back, and took the lead in striding into the court.

FC United and Atletico Madrid players walked into the stadium from both sides of the Europa League trophy, everyone looked ahead, only the young Madison and Rice peeked at the trophy as they passed by, which of course could not escape the photographers' eyes, and soon the photos of them peeking at the trophy were transmitted to the newsroom's computer.

FC United is as the home team, wearing their classic red top and black shorts, Atletico Madrid is wearing their yellow away shirt, before the game Atletico Madrid also wanted to apply to wear their classic red and white stripes to play, but because FC United's home shirt is also red was rejected by UEFA.

The referee was Dutchman Bjorn Kupes, and after the entrance ceremony, the captains of both sides, Robertson and Gabi, came to Kupes together to pick the side, and Gabi won the pick, so the FC United side kicked off first.

Before walking back to his position, Gabi also glanced back at Robertson, before this game, he could be said to have no knowledge of this FC United, and even just recently learned from Costa's mouth that they were still a promotion horse, Atletico only Costa played in the Premier League, but he did not know the FC United people.

Gabi only remembers what head coach Simeone said to them.

"FC United is a very defensive team, their goalkeepers react quickly, the defensive density of defenders is also very strong, so we have to shoot more, the midfield must give enough help to the forwards, Diego and Anthony alone can not break their defense, and you must pay attention to their two full-backs, unlike other teams, half of their attacks are initiated by full-backs, especially their captain Robertson, a very difficult player."

How difficult you are, let us see it.

Gabi thought so and returned to his ranks, shouting together to cheer up the momentum.

Referee Koupes looked at the time, and after getting a response from players on both sides, blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the war of the Red Rebels against the Sheets Legion officially began!

In an instant, FC United's players attacked amid the singing of the fans.

Giroud kicked off and passed directly to Maguire at the back, Lozano and Saint-Maximin standing on both sides rushed to the hinterland of Atletico without looking back, several midfielders of Atletico were more concentrated, leaving a lot of space on the wing, how could FC United, who was good at attacking from the wing, miss this good opportunity, Maguire passed a long pass to the right and went to find Lozano.

But how could Atletico be unprepared? Lucas was originally a central defender, and his control of the high-altitude ball was far stronger than that of ordinary central defenders, and he judged the drop point and pushed the ball out of the touchline. Tavernir threw an out-of-bounds ball and Matuidi made a direct cross before Gimenez rushed in front of Giroud to clear the ball.

Saul got the ball outside the box, but before he could stop, the ball was snatched by Maddison, who came directly from outside the box with a long-range shot, and the football hit the billboard with an arc.

Less than half a minute into the opening game, FC United completed the first shot on goal, and the commentators in the commentary box were happy, it seems that this final should not be so dull.

Maddison just slapped his hands regretfully, ran back to the center circle to wait for the kick-off, and the retreat was not deep, even Rice and Matuidi only stayed near the center circle, and did not intend to shrink the defense very deeply.

Simeone frowned off the field, looking at the FC United players not to defend and counterattack but to take the initiative to attack, do they think that your weak attack can break our defense?

FC United's offensive firepower this season is really not strong, 63 league goals can only rank seventh in the league, can get the third place in the league more by virtue of the defensive ability against the giants, and the more stable point efficiency against the weak team, the two leading forwards one is Giroud who is not very efficient in scoring goals, the other is the in-form Barbosa, it is difficult to believe their offensive strength.

But don't forget that FC United have a four-goal record over the Bundesliga runners-up this season, and have scored more than four goals in the league, and their attacking ability is definitely not bad.

Sporting Madrid, who have scored five fewer league goals this season than FC United, are not in the same league and it is difficult to do horizontal comparisons, but La Liga's defensive average is weaker than that of the Premier League, and Spanish football is a gorgeous football with a focus on technology.

Atletico can win the league runner-up, relying on their iron-blooded defense, the core is the monogamous Oblak, many fans believe that Oblak is the real world's number one goalkeeper, although it is a thousand people and a thousand opinions, but no one can deny that Oblak is a world's top goalkeeper.

Godin is undoubtedly the top 10 defender in the world at the moment, Gimenez has gradually grown into a defensive general who can play alone, the two are also Uruguay's defensive partners, in terms of tacit understanding they can not lose to any of the giants, plus the emerging Lucas, and the stable Vrsalico, Atletico's defensive hardness is definitely among the top three in the world.

In the face of such a team, you don't think about defending and counterattacking, but take the initiative to attack, is your brain in bean juice?

Will Lu Wei be stupid in such a crucial game? Of course not, Simeone was wrong, Lu Wei's plan for this game was neither offensive nor defensive, but to have a head-to-head fight with Atletico.

This is the last game of the season, there are no hole cards to play for a long time, this is football is not a fantasy world, there will be no hidden killing moves left for the final boss, in the last episode to recall the past and then explode to defeat the enemy, that is Jump's blood, not the Europa League final.

Now the players on the field are almost the strongest eleven of FC United, and the few on the bench are only the second choice, as for whether they can win against Atletico, no one dares to pack a ticket, what Lu Wei has to do now is to believe in the tactics he arranged, and believe in the players who pursue victory on the field.

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