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"The game is over! Ajax defeated Arsenal 2:1 in the away game, and defeated Arsenal 1:8 in the round of 3/2 finals. Congratulations to Ajax for reaching the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League! We see Ajax players celebrated their promotion excitedly at Highbury. After shaking hands with Wenger, coach Koeman also walked into the stadium quickly. He hugged and kissed every Ajax player. This is their concerted efforts With Ajax's current strength, it has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive years, which is really commendable!

Henry, the king of Highbury, squatted on the spot, with his head lowered so that no one could see his expression, maybe it was helplessness, maybe disappointment, maybe it was an emotion we couldn't understand.

Once again, Arsenal lost a key Champions League battle in a regrettable way in a game where they thought they had the upper hand before the game but were unable to suppress their opponents in the actual game, making the scene a stalemate. Over the years, their strength has been increasing day by day, but in the Champions League, the same story is always staged. Are they overestimated by the outside world, or are they unable to show their true strength on the Champions League stage?

Let us review Arsenal's Champions League record over the years.

In the 98-99 season, Arsenal was sent home by Lens and Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage.

In the 99-2000 season, Arsenal was robbed of the second place in the group by Fiorentina, and returned home in the same group stage.

In the 00-01 season, Arsenal lost to Valencia in the quarter-finals.

In the 01-02 season, Arsenal was blocked from the top 8 by Deportivo Deportivo and Bayer Leverkusen.

In the 02-03 season, Arsenal also failed to reach the quarter-finals. In the second stage of the group stage, they were second to Ajax and Valencia.

This season, the Premier League canceled the second stage of the top 16 group stage. Arsenal also met Ajax for two consecutive seasons, but the result was that the more optimistic Arsenal was eliminated by Ajax!

Ajax is not the Ajax of last season. They lack Van der Meyde, they left Chivu, and there are many newcomers this season, Qin Xiong, Sneijder, De Jong, Heitinga, Ge Riguera, etc. It can be said that Ajax has undergone a half-team change, while Arsenal has maintained stability under Wenger, but the long-term stability has not brought them a leap in strength on the Champions League stage. Gives a sense of stagnation.

Therefore, we may understand Henry's helplessness. They seem to be strong enough, why did they lose the game?

Maybe it was Ajax's energetic and passionate momentum that defeated Arsenal, the Arsenal!

From now on, what kind of performance can we expect from Ajax in the quarter-finals? How long will the youth storm created by Ajax last?What kind of impact can it bring to European football?We will wait and see! "

In Highbury, Arsenal fans are leaving the stadium one after another, and the stands are mostly empty.

Qin Xiong shook hands with his teammates, ran side by side to the visiting team stand, and then slid and knelt away collectively, setting off even more frantic cheers from the fans in the visiting team stand.

They took off their jerseys and threw them into the stands in unison. When they were done, the Ajax players looked at each other with flamboyant pride in their eyes.

It was very strange that even though the game was over, they didn't feel tired at all, and their inner excitement was unprecedentedly high.

They turned around, and the shirtless Ajax players walked shoulder to shoulder with pride.

They've taken Highbury!

Courtside reporters poured into the stadium one after another, pointing their cameras at them.

Qin Xiong, Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, De Jong, Galasek, Maxwell...

Showing off their powerful upper body muscles, they walked away majesticly like a group of steel warriors with strides that crushed everything!

From this moment on, the Ajax Young Guard this season has officially become the focus of attention throughout Europe!

Arsene Wenger attended the post-match press conference where he praised Ajax's performance in the face of an embarrassing elimination at home, while claiming that Arsenal lost to luck.

Fleet Street turned their guns and made things difficult for Wenger. Arsenal, unbeaten in 27 rounds of the Premier League, lost their ticket to the Champions League quarter-finals at home.

Not by Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Juventus, AC Milan, but by Ajax who kept them out of the last eight last season, again!

The columnist of "The Times" simply said bluntly at the press conference: Your on-the-spot response ability is too poor!

It seems that Arsenal has an advantage at home, but in fact Arsenal has always been passive, even in Amsterdam!

In the 180-minute confrontation, Ajax made more on-the-spot changes than Arsenal!

Arsenal always thought they could win the game steadily, but when an accident happened in the game, Arsenal's situation immediately took a turn for the worse.

And football games are by no means rational, they are always full of all kinds of accidents!

Wenger was made a bit ashamed by making things difficult for him, and he lost the game. There is nothing more embarrassing for a head coach than such a result.

There is no way to argue, and any excuse is pale and powerless.

He left the press conference site under the siege of Fleet Street reporters. When he walked out of the door of the press room, he suddenly stopped, bowed his head and muttered to himself.

"Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong..."

Koeman was in high spirits at the post-match press conference, he was full of praise for the performance of the players, talking and laughing with the reporters, and when talking about the secret of defeating Arsenal, he talked with eloquence.

"The first is mentality. Our lads are calm and calm on the field, and they have never panicked. The second is will. Their fighting spirit is obvious to all. No matter at any time, they firmly believe that we can win. And worked hard for it, and in the end, we were rewarded. Third, play, there is no doubt that we played to our full strength in this game, they froze Henry, restricted Bergkamp, ​​and kept Pires out of the penalty area. In terms of offense, every player has made a contribution that cannot be ignored for the team."

"As for the best player in the game, if I can pick three, I will name Ibrahimovic, Qin Xiong, and Robont as the best player. Ibrahimovic has been covering for his teammates on the front line. His containment and fulcrum The effect is very obvious. Qin Xiong scored an incredible free kick and gave Sneijder an assist. He is the key player for us to get close to the quarterfinals. Lobant blocked many threatening shots from the opponent in this game. , he was as good as Lehmann, but overall Ajax were better and we deserved to be in the last eight of the Champions League."

The Ajax team returned to Amsterdam overnight. The team disbanded in the early morning. The players were still in a state of excitement, so they went to the nightclub together. Koeman gave the team a day off to let them have a good rest.

In nightclubs, Ajax players are almost stars.

When the news that they reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League spread throughout the Netherlands, it represented a sudden increase in their attention in European football.

More beauties will come to strike up a conversation with them, and more reporters will lurk around to watch their every move.

Qin Xiong didn't stay long, and left with Sneijder, Heitinga, and Van der Vaart.

They went to a nearby hotel for a massage.

The four of them lay on the bed enjoying the massage, and then chatted about the future.

Before he knew it, Qin Xiong got tired and fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, it was already noon, and he had a very comfortable and solid sleep, but he guessed that Ned was lying on the floor with his butt up and his head buried in the pillow in the suite. The trio may have had a few more drinks after he fell asleep.

Because there was alcohol in the room.

He dragged Sneijder to bed, tucked Van der Vaart under the covers, moved Heitinga's dangling leg back to the bed, took a shower and left the hotel.

Wearing casual clothes and walking on the streets of Amsterdam, Qin Xiong turned on his mobile phone and saw a congratulatory text message from Sylvia. After replying one, he realized that he had nowhere to go, so he hitchhiked to the club by accident.

The reserve team and the youth team still have to practice today, after all, it is the middle of the week, not the weekend.

After seeing Qin Xiong come to the training ground in casual clothes, those teammates who knew him stepped forward to congratulate him, especially the players of the youth team, who had a good relationship with him, and they already admired him like crazy!