The invention relates to a press arrangement and a method for pressing a fibrous web, comprising a main press with an extended press nip, wherein the press nip has a length of at least 150 mm, wherein the main press is a shoe press comprising a press shoe with a substantially concavely curved surface and a shoe press cover rotatably mounted around the press shoe, wherein the main press is designed such that a line
load ratio LLR of at least 0.56 and at most 1.52 results, wherein the line
load ratio LLR is the quotient of a weighted line load WLL to the line load LL, wherein the weighted line load WLL is the result of an integration of the quadratic
local pressure p(x)2 weighted with
a weighting factor A over the press nip length x, wherein the weighting factor A is one divided by ten megapascals,and wherein the line load LL is the result of an integration of the
local pressure p(x) over the press nip length x, so that the following formula results for the line
load ratio LLR: LLR=WLLLL=∫A*px2dx∫pxdx=∫110MPa*px2dx∫pxdx wherein the shoe press cover consists at least partially of
polyurethane, which is formed by reacting a
prepolymer and a crosslinker component, wherein the
prepolymer is a
reaction product of 1,4-
phenylene diisocyanate (PPDI) and a
polyol component containing at least polytetramethylene
ether glycol (PTMEG) and / or Cs-s-polycarbonatediol, wherein the crosslinker component comprises 1,6-hexanediol, and wherein the press cover has at least one drainage groove and / or at least one blind bore.