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Chapter 1021 The Most Gorgeous Showdown of Gunner Mythology

At the end of the 31st round, the championship of the Premier League has lost its final suspense, but the Premier League is not without highlights. Due to the rise of Manchester City, the competition for the Champions League seats has also become fierce. The media has shifted their attention to the competition for the Champions League seats and relegation on the war.

In the closing stage, the advantage of Manchester United's strong bench is undoubtedly evident. When the opponent is plagued by injuries and it is difficult to form a complete main lineup, Manchester City still has many stars worth tens of millions sitting on the bench. Helpless and jealous.

And Manchester City also relied on their strong lineup and bench strength to secure the No.4 throne in the last few rounds. Sitting around and looking around, they basically squeezed out last season's fourth Tottenham Hotspur and the former Premier League giants Liverpool.

The relegation army of the Premier League is unprecedentedly strong this season. Eight teams including West Ham, Blackpool, Birmingham, Wolves, Wigan Athletic, Blackburn, Bolton and Newcastle are caught in the relegation circle. Anyone is likely to be relegated and everyone has a chance Escape from birth.Elimination has become extremely cruel.

Of course, in the whole world, the most eye-catching thing is the Champions League. The Champions League is now the trump card and business card of European football, and it also represents the highest level of world football.Especially in the knockout stage, every duel between giants will attract hundreds of millions of fans all over the world to watch.

In order to increase the ratings, attract the attention of fans, and at the same time expand the influence of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA also deliberately created some giants' duels with stories and backgrounds.And that's how Arsenal and Barcelona were drawn together.

Of course, UEFA also has their intentions in this arrangement, because Arsenal is definitely the strongest team in the world, while Barcelona is known as the football dream team, with a very gorgeous style of play. The two teams play offensive football and play gorgeously. The duel between footballs is definitely the most attractive game for fans in the quarter-finals, and it is the most classic matchup of this season.

In the historical confrontation, so far, the two teams have played against each other 5 times, but Arsenal has 2 draws and 3 losses and has not yet tasted the taste of victory.The first time the two teams met was in the 1999 Champions League group stage, when the Gunners lost at home and drew 1-1 away with Barcelona.The most painful memory for the Gunners occurred in the 2006 Champions League final at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Although Arsenal led by Henry led for as long as 73 minutes, they were eventually reversed by two goals.But last season, Arsenal completed their revenge when they defeated Barcelona in Rome to win the Champions League.

Although Barcelona is also a favorite to win the championship, their away record in the Champions League knockout rounds has been poor in the past two years.So far, the Red and Blues have not won 7 consecutive Champions League knockout games away. The away record of 5 draws and 2 losses makes this artistic football a bit embarrassing, whether it is facing the weak Wisla Krakow or With the mighty Chelsea, it is difficult for them to take away 3 points.But the consolation is that in these 7 away games, Barcelona scored away goals in 6 games.

Barcelona and Arsenal are the collision of two of the most attacking teams in Europe this season.So far, Arsenal have scored an astonishing 142 goals in all competitions this season, of which 16 were scored by the team. This data makes them the team with the most goals in Europe.However, Arsenal are closely following the Red and Blues. Their total of 112 goals ranks second in Europe. In addition, 20 people in the team scored goals.

This game is almost certain to be a confrontational battle. Wenger said in an interview with Arsenal's official website yesterday that in the first round in London, his team will try to constantly put pressure on Barcelona and strive for the home team to attack .Since Barcelona has been strong this season, according to their usual style, they will also respond to changing situations with a constant attack.So no matter what the result is, fans will enjoy the most gorgeous matchup.World-class comparisons such as Li Huan and Pique, Xiaofa and Xavi, Nasri and Iniesta, Arshavin and Pedro, etc. will also add countless highlights to the game.

Hot players like Messi and Li Huan are definitely the focus of the game, but they will also face stronger defense and attention than usual in the game, so it is also interesting to see who other than them can become the winner.Among them, in the first round of the Barcelona match last season, Ibrahimovic scored twice before retreating in a draw in London. Therefore, Villa, who replaced the Swede this season, will become the most sought-after defense line.

The biggest headache for Arsenal will undoubtedly be Li Huan. Although they led by two goals in the Champions League final last season, Li Huan completely blasted Maxwell's left. In the second round, he even helped Bendtner score first.In this game, because Abidal will replace Puyol's vacancy, Arsenal once again used terrifying speed to attack Maxwell's left defense.

The Champions League is getting better and better. After entering the quarter-finals, there are giants and superstars in every game. Their words and deeds have attracted the attention of countless fans and the media. In order to hype, the media also deliberately create controversy Topics, interviewing players, and passing the anxious time of fans and players before the game.

Wenger said a few days ago that if Arsenal can face Barcelona with a relaxed attitude, the boys will have a chance to achieve good results, and Wenger also believes that playing offensive football in that Champions League game is very correct. As long as this duel remains the case, Barcelona is not easy to beat.

Wenger said: "I believe that if we can put a lot of pressure on them, then we can create a lot of opportunities. Now an ideal situation is that we still have time for some systematic pre-match preparations. Sometimes, Games like these always get your blood pumping and now I hope we can beat Barcelona. If it was at the Nou Camp you might wonder if Arsenal are going to change the game? But here we will try to play To play to our best advantage, we always try to attack other teams.”

In addition to the victory and defeat and promotion, the game between Arsenal and Barcelona also has the title of artistic football. Last season, Barcelona lost to Arsenal. Arsenal became the spokesperson of artistic football. Offensive football interpretation is picturesque.

Barcelona has been jealous of Arsenal for a long time. Seeing Wenger talking about offensive football at this moment, Barcelona's players and coaching staff are a little uncomfortable. Guardiola responded, "I think this matchup will be very difficult. It will be the toughest knockout game we have played in the Champions League in recent years and we have to be fully prepared.Players who can play for Arsenal are good at passing and running.Against us a lot of teams just want to play on the counter-attack, but Arsenal are not that kind of team, although they are very strong on the counter-attack.We both want to have the ball and it hurts when we don't have the ball in our feet. The same thing between the two teams is that the offense is better than the defense.So when we get the ball we have to be selfish, we have to keep the ball under our feet, it's a problem when it's taken away.I want to emphasize that no matter what team the opponent is, we just want to be ourselves. We will not change our philosophy. We will try our best to play Barcelona football on the opponent's field. "

In terms of players, Barcelona's Baidi Iniesta was also interviewed. Unlike Guardiola, Xiaobai believes that the key to winning is making fewer mistakes. "We will face the strongest team in Europe. The most important thing is to make fewer mistakes and concentrate on the field. I don't know how Arsenal are going to deal with us, but I know the quality of Arsenal, they have the ability to give We hit the nail on the head. I repeat, if we want to qualify, we have to minimize our mistakes," said Iniesta.

Messi was defeated by Li Huan in the Champions League final last time. In an interview with "World Sports Daily", Messi said: "Arsenal is the most powerful team in the world, and there will definitely be many unexpected matches against them. But we will not be conservative, and Barcelona will not be conservative. However, although Arsenal are very strong now, they are not as good as Barcelona in terms of viewing and sophistication. Arsenal is actually a quick word, and we Barcelona pay more attention to possession and can score some unbelievable goals."

Messi has stood up to speak, Li Huan and Cesc Fabregas naturally cannot lag behind.Li Huan has his own views on this game.He said: "Promotion is not done at the Emirates Stadium. The knockout rounds are all 180 minutes. We must look farther and strive for promotion, not the outcome of a game; Messi is a great star, but Barcelona mainly relies on In overall combat, I think we can’t consider Messi, but focus on restricting Barcelona as a whole.”

Fabregas recovered from his injury soon, and he was very happy to participate in the game against Barcelona. Fabregas said: "It is always a complicated feeling to play against the old club, but this will not affect my performance. I will work hard. Helping Arsenal advance to the semi-finals. Of course, if we want to beat Barcelona, ​​we need to beat Messi first. He is the patron saint of the Nou Camp and the most threatening player in Barcelona. We can't let him move at the front of our penalty area, otherwise the game It will be very difficult, Messi has the ability to kill with one hit."

The two artistic temperament teams don't like war of words. Their speeches before the game were very gentle and there were no provocative words. Therefore, the war of words before the game seemed very flat, but the fans and the media did not because of the war of words Mediocrity and lower enthusiasm, because this is the most gorgeous matchup in history, this game represents the highest achievement of artistic football.

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