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Chapter 495: Three Lines Advance Together
Li Zihan is just a little tasteful. Men are often similar to women. When facing another equally outstanding similar person, there will always be some comparison psychology.

But the real life left him no time to carefully read what the media said, because after defeating Manchester United, Arsenal had no time to catch their breath, and the next game was about to start.

In the seven days of this week, Arsenal must face three games. This kind of game intensity is the standard of the Christmas war.

On April [-]th, this is an FA Cup game. Arsenal will face their FA Cup semi-final opponent Wigan Athletic this season.

Wigan Athletic is the defending champion of the FA Cup this season. Last season they defeated the mighty Manchester City to win the championship.However, they are also the first team in English football history to be relegated after winning the championship.
After the end of last season, they ranked second to last and eventually relegated to the second tier of the British Championship.

Although Wigan Athletic this season is a British Championship team and has left the meritorious coach Martinez, their ability in the cup is still very strong, because they have killed Manchester City this season
Originally, Manchester City wanted to avenge last season, but who would have expected Wigan to be so strong that they eliminated Manchester City for the second time in two consecutive seasons to advance
Facing Wigan Athletic like this, Wenger did not pay special attention to this game because of their super long performance.When the starting list was announced before the game, most of the main players of the first team were sitting on the bench. The 11-man starting list included many players who did not play many games this season, as well as some youth team players.

And core players like Li Zihan, Ozil and Ramsey didn't even make the 18-man squad.
With such a starting list, many people are waiting to see the jokes of Arsenal, because Manchester City, who played the first-line main force, was eliminated by Wigan Athletic. At that time, Blue Moon only had midfielders Yaya Toure and David Scheer. Watt did not play, and the cores including Zabaleta and Aguero all appeared in the starting list.

The current lineup given by Arsenal, although it seems to be about the same strength as Wigan Athletic in the British Championship, is even slightly better.But compared to Manchester City's original lineup, it's so weak! !

Such a powerful Manchester City was killed by a strong team killer like Wigan Athletic. How dare you join in the fun with Arsenal's second-tier lineup?And the title of Wigan Athletic, a strong team killer, is not just called casually. They eliminated Aston Villa, Stoke City and Manchester City along the way to the FA Cup.

The above three teams, Arsenal, have not won against them. At the beginning of the season, Arsenal lost at home to Aston Villa in the first league game. After that, they faced Manchester City with two draws. The City of the Sky, the Gunners have won an embarrassing record of one draw and one loss against Stoke City twice in the league this season.
So when the starting lists of both sides came out, no one was optimistic about Arsenal.

But this season's Arsenal is destined to be an atypical Arsenal. They often win and counterattack when the whole of Europe and even the whole world are not optimistic about them, and when everyone is optimistic about them, they have no morals. Kneeled.
In this game, Arsenal also successfully eliminated Wigan Athletic and advanced to the FA Cup final of this season, but the process of winning was very difficult.

After nine 10 minutes of the regular game including stoppage time, the game between the two sides was one to one, and the two teams continued to play overtime at Wembley Stadium.When the one-to-one score continued until the end of the 120 minutes of the game, the two sides started an exciting penalty shootout.

The No. [-] goalkeeper Fabianski who started this game did not play well in this game. Arsenal's only conceded goal was caused by his save error.

So when the penalty shootout started, everyone didn't see Wenger use up his last substitution spot and replace Fabianski with Szczesny. They all thought that Arsenal was really finished. up.

But once the kick-off game started, Fabianski was like a god coming down to earth.At the beginning of the first round, after Bendtner scored the first penalty kick, he directly saved the penalty kick from the opponent's midfielder Gomez, but Arsenal's German winger Podolski, who started this game, was not very up-to-date. , the third German to walk up to the penalty spot at Arsenal kicked the ball directly into the second-floor stands of Wembley Stadium.
And when the penalty kick goes to the fifth round, Arsenal are currently four to three.Fabianski directly saved the opponent's finale fifth penalty kick, Wigan Athletic's talented forward McManaman took the fifth penalty
As a result, Arsenal eliminated Wigan Athletic [-]-[-] on penalties and advanced to this season's FA Cup final
At this time, the media sang Wenger's praises, because he firmly did not use the last substitution in the penalty shootout to replace Fabianski, allowing Schchens, who was wearing the No. [-] jersey, Ni played.

Because even Szczesny can't guarantee that he can save the opponent's two penalties
So here comes the question, about excavator technology. Well, no, which media is the strongest without integrity?
This group of unscrupulous media even prepared a draft before the penalty shootout: "Wenger is determined not to use the main goalkeeper, causing Arsenal to lose to Wigan Athletic in the penalty shootout. The latter shows the true qualities of a strong team killer. It's getting harder for Arsenal to end their titleless dream"

After watching the penalty shoot-out, their manuscript became: "Professor Wen is clever, the penalty shootout firmly believes in the second goalkeeper, and the second goalkeeper saves two penalties to repay Wenger's trust. In the end, Arsenal With a [-]-[-] penalty shoot-out defeating the strong killer Wigan Athletic, Arsenal continued to move towards their championship dream."

In the dressing room of the new Wembley Stadium after the game, Wenger kept his players calm: "Yes, we reached the final, which is amazing. There are only two players who can reach the final every season. team, but this does not mean that we will be able to win the championship. At the same time, the ownership of the championship will not be known for a month, so boys, we still face huge challenges. Next we have the league and For the UEFA Champions League, you must know that the league is not over yet, and we still have a chance in the third-tier championship. I didn’t expect that after the end of the season, we would be ridiculed by others as an Arsenal with no three players. So... cheer now, By the time we get out of this locker room, we want you to wind up the clock again, and we're going to keep going."

In the post-match press conference, Wenger also kept a low profile, saying that after entering the final, it does not mean that Arsenal is the champion, and Hull City is also a veteran Premier League team, and its strength should not be underestimated.And now there is still a month before the final, Arsenal's focus is on the remaining games.

Arsenal's opponents in the FA Cup final have come out. Hull City eliminated Sheffield United from League One to advance to the final.And this season's Sheffield United is also a big dark horse, all the way to the FA Cup semi-finals, and finally eliminated by the Premier League team Hull City.

And Hull City is not considered a strong team in the Premier League, they can only be regarded as a mid-lower team, and sometimes they are even an elevator, so facing such an opponent, everyone still thinks that if Arsenal play with all the main players, they will win the championship. The problem is not big.

And a team that has not gone all out to win the championship after reaching the final must have a brain problem, and a team like Arsenal, which has not won a championship for nine years and desperately hopes to use this championship to wash away its humiliation, will not treat it like this The finals were taken lightly
So the reporters rolled their eyes when they heard Wenger's words. If there is no accident, Arsenal has almost won the championship.In terms of strength, Hull City may not be as strong as Wigan Athletic.Aston Villa, Stoke City and Manchester City, which were eliminated by Wigan Athletic, all have the strength to beat Hull City.When Hull City eliminated the third-tier team Sheffield United in the semi-finals, it was still a counterattack and a lore. Before, they were leading by two goals, and Hull City only started to exert their strength in the second half.

In the end, they scored the winning goal in the No. 808th minute. Facing the League One teams are so difficult, facing the Premier League giants Arsenal, what are they not?
告别了足总杯和维冈竞技，阿森纳没有时间休息，NO.15就迎来了联赛。也就是说他们NO.11、NO.13、NO.15各有一场比赛，中间只有NO.12和NO.14是休息
Fortunately, these three games are all in the UK, and two of them are at home.Otherwise, if they fly to Russia or other countries in the corner of Europe to play the game, this schedule may be forced to lose Arsenal because they fail to arrive at the game venue on time.
The league has come to the 34th round. In this round, Arsenal sits at the Emirates Stadium and ushered in the Hammers to help West Ham United.

The previous core players got time to rest, so Wenger played the main force in this game without any energy left.

It seems like what Wenger said, Arsenal is really advancing in three lines now, and there is hope for every championship.