knife guard

Chapter 975

Arsenal beat Braga 9-0 and Shakhtar Donetsk beat Partizan 1-0 in the same group.

9:0 is not the highest score in the Champions League. There was an incredible score of 73-74 in the 11-0 season, but this is the biggest score in the past 30 years. People who want to see Arsenal cursed by the Champions League before the game Disappointed, Arsenal used 9 goals to show people his state and fighting spirit. It is impossible to score such a score without a closely united whole, high fighting spirit and positive enterprising spirit.

At the press conference after the game, the Portuguese marshal Flores was convinced of Arsenal, "We lost to Arsenal in every aspect. They played beautiful football. I have seen many teams. , but nobody has ever played like Arsenal, they are like an alien team."

As the defending champion, Wenger did not keep a low profile. In fact, he did not keep a low profile even after five years without a championship. With last season's success at the bottom, the professor publicly stated that they will work hard for all the championships this season, "Our goal All the titles, of course, we also have priorities, the Champions League and the league are still the top priorities."

Due to the crazy state of Arsenal in the league and the Champions League, no one dared to question and ridicule the professor's wild words. After the game, most of the media believed that Arsenal was likely to become the first team to defend the Champions League. If you are lucky , even winning all the championships is not impossible.Of course, this requires good luck. After all, the cup is known as a paradise for unpopular players. The rich teams have to take care of the number line. It is impossible to win so many cup championships without luck.Only 5 triple crowns in football history speak for themselves.

After the UEFA Champions League group stage, the third round of the League Cup is about to begin. The bench is weak and the injury-ridden Arsenal will face a tough schedule of double matches in a week. The test for them will officially begin now.

In the fifth round of the league, Arsenal's opponent in the league is Black Cat Sunderland. This team barely avoided relegation last season, but this season has performed well. It has not yet lost at home. Facing the first four rounds of madness Sunderland coach Bruce is not afraid of Arsenal scoring goals. He said that Sunderland is ready to face the defending champion. One goal, Sunderland will fight for points, one point or three points, this is what Sunderland pursues.

With the previous few teams that succumbed, Sunderland was much more cautious. They did not have the courage to score three points at their home court. They adopted defensive counterattack tactics and only hoped to score one point. Arsenal's previous performance was too eye-catching. Sunderland fans automatically lowered their requirements for their team. They think that a point is a victory. From last season to now, they can get a point from Arsenal. No more than five teams.

Arsenal have become accustomed to adopting defensive counterattack tactics against their opponents. They often encounter even the iron barrel team. However, in this game they encountered the laziest referee in the Premier League, Letkin. The technically skilled Arsenal always suffer when encountering referees with loose enforcement. The deterrent effect of Li Huan's free kicks has dropped by at least 5%, and their smooth cooperation has been greatly reduced due to too many fouls by their opponents.And their luck in this game was not very good. After the opening, they began to slam the goal post. After hitting five goal posts, Arsenal found out where Sunderland's goal was. In the last 1 minutes of the game, it appeared again Li Huan, who was in the central defender position, stepped in for an assist and knocked on the door of the Black Cat with a long shot.Arsenal beat their opponents 0-[-] with difficulty in the away game and achieved five consecutive victories.

Chelsea, who have been biting Arsenal in the fifth round, finally fell behind. They lost 0:1 away to the struggling Manchester City, three points behind Arsenal, and were surpassed by Manchester United in the standings.And Liverpool stayed away from the championship team again after 5 rounds, only fighting for the Champions League places.

In the middle of the week, Arsenal ushered in their first opponent in the League Cup—Tottenham Hotspur, their century-old enemy. Among the Premier League semi-finals, Arsenal’s opponent is the strongest. Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool's opponents are all opponents in the League One and the Championship.Of course, there are also people with worse luck than Arsenal, and that is Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur played the Champions League for the first time this season. They definitely hope to have a good start. In the first round, they played in the away game 3: 3 draw with Inter Milan, which is a great encouragement for Tottenham Hotspur. In their group, Inter Milan is the strongest opponent. Leme, they have the hope of qualifying.They don't want to waste their energy in the League Cup, but after being drawn to Arsenal, they have no choice but to work hard, not to mention the League Cup, even a friendly match. Tottenham would never want to lose to Arsenal. Of course, Arsenal is the same Thoughts, although these two teams will never play a friendly.

After the 9:0 massacre of Portuguese runner-up Braga, the atmosphere in the Arsenal team has improved a lot. At least Arshavin's skills and role have been recognized by his teammates. Since the team's goal is to win all the championships, Wenger promised that all players have the opportunity to participate in the game. Although the competition among the players still exists, it is no longer as bad as it was at the beginning of the season.

The League Cup will be played by substitutes, but the main players also cheered for the team before the game. Team deputy Cesc Fabregas wrote in the "Sun" column: "We are still full of desire for the championship. An important game, even if the opponent is not Tottenham, we will not give up. Although I will not play on Sunday, I will still go to White Hart Lane to cheer for my teammates. I believe they will beat Tottenham. "

When Li Huan participated in a TV program about football, he did not say whether he would play, but Li Huan said that whether he was on the field or not, Tottenham had no chance of winning. Will lose to rivals in the same city, the League Cup and the FA Cup are the championship trophies they must fight for this season.

Tottenham are definitely more depressed than Arsenal. The League Cup is a game they were prepared to give up before the start of the season, but now they have drawn Arsenal. With Arsenal's current madness, if Tottenham dare to use substitutes, It's hard to say that you won't be massacred by Arsenal in front of your own home. Failure is unacceptable to Tottenham, let alone being massacred, so no matter what lineup Arsenal arranges, Tottenham must form the strongest lineup With the current strength of Tottenham, it is impossible to support the third-line battle at all. For such a tasteless match, the Champions League and the League, which have a bright future, are delayed. His status is respected, and Redknapp can't bear the result of being slaughtered at home.

The grievances between Arsenal and Tottenham have lasted for hundreds of years. Although the derby between them is called the North London derby, in fact, the fans of these two teams think that the derby between them is the real London derby. , Chelsea is not their real enemy at all.Even if it was a League Cup match, there was still a fierce battle of words between the players and fans of both sides. Everyone attacked and provoked each other, and they didn't want to lose to their opponents even verbally.When Arsenal's bus rushed towards Tottenham Hotspur's home stadium White Hart Lane, Tottenham fans also tried to attack Arsenal's bus, but the London police were prepared and they quickly stopped the rioting fans. The bus escorting Arsenal entered White Hart Lane.

In the White Hart Lane Stadium, Tottenham fans almost occupied the entire stand, leaving only a few seats for Arsenal fans. The banners they played were also very aggressive, and some read "Arsenal get out of London." !" "Some wrote that Arsenal must lose. "Some wrote" kill Arsenal and let them go to milk. "When the Arsenal players came out of the dressing room, there were boos all over the place.

Arsenal did not send all the substitutes in this game, the main players accounted for one-third, and their ace defender Li Huan was still sitting on the bench.But Tottenham did their best and went all out to try to eliminate Arsenal at their home court.

I don't know how many times the two teams have fought, and both sides are in North London. A quarrel during the club's training can be passed on to the other side. After the game started, it didn't make any temptations, and it started directly. Intense confrontation.

Arsenal's forward Bella and Bendtner, who has returned from injury, partnered. Both of them are young and physically fit.

Arsenal's midfield commanders are Rosicky and Wilshere, and the midfielder is Alexander.Song and Denilson teamed up. This kind of midfield combination is not much less technical than when Cesc Fabregas was there. It can penetrate, but its interception ability is average, and it is easy to be penetrated by the opponent from the front.

The four defenders are Sagna, Eboue, Julu and Korscielny, and goalkeeper Fabianski.The biggest weakness of this back line is that there is too little coordination and lack of tacit understanding in the game. If the opponent puts too much pressure on them, this shortcoming will soon be exposed.

Tottenham played almost all their attackers. The midfield composed of Modric, Bale, van der Vaart, Pavlyuchenko and Crouch was the key to their draw with Inter Milan. De Knapp has spent all of his time in the Carabao Cup, determined to beat Arsenal at home.

(End of this chapter)