Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 248 Tears of Envy

But this is not the case. With 3:0, Anderlecht has nothing to lose, and the head coach of Anderlecht also seizes this to motivate his players.

"Fight for honor" was the slogan shouted by Anderlecht's coach at half-time.

So Anderlecht's counterattack at the beginning of the second half was very fierce. In the first 2 minutes of the second half, Siriak's cross hit Mertesacker and turned to Korjestein's feet. The latter dribbled into the penalty area and volleyed.

In the minute, Monreal fouled outside the penalty area and gave Anderlecht a free kick in a very good position. The talented teenager Thielemans took the penalty.

Tielemans' free kick was very good, but no matter how good he kicked it, he couldn't break through Li Shou's goal. Li Shou jumped up again and blocked the ball from the baseline with one hand.

Anderlecht's counterattack was very violent and they created several opportunities, but unfortunately, their shots failed to pass Li Shou's goal in the end.

"Li Zhen is a hopeless goalkeeper." This despair refers to making opponents despair, not teammates.

That’s not right, sometimes teammates are also desperate, like Welbeck, Welbeck, who was forced by Wenger to strengthen shooting training, was often made desperate by Li Shou, but the mentality of the first generation of the Great British Emperor Star is really good. If you change someone, you will probably find Wenger, but Welbeck still insists.

Although Welbeck's mentality is commendable, so far, Welbeck's shooting skills have been very limited. It seems that he really has no talent in this area.

In 6 minutes, Anderlecht once again scored in the hinterland of Arsenal. It was still the teenager Thielemans. This time it was a long shot from outside the penalty area. This shot was very ordinary, and the ball was directly confiscated by Li Shou.

Ten minutes is enough for the Arsenal players to react, not to mention Li Shou's roar, Arsenal's line of defense, it can't be done without roaring.

After several consecutive shots from the opponent, Li Shou finally couldn't help but roar at his teammate in front of him, and the effect of doing so was obvious.

Although Anderlecht still took the initiative, they could no longer shoot as easily as before, and as time passed, the initiative began to gradually return to Arsenal's feet.

Especially when Arsenal scored the fourth goal of the game, Anderlecht's counterattack was completely suppressed, and it was a defensive counterattack planned by Li Shou's clearance.

Anderlecht made a high pass from the wing, Li Shou decisively slapped the ball to Arteta, the captain of Arsenal sent a long pass, Griezmann turned around and rushed to Anderlecht's penalty area immediately.

Proto really wanted to vomit blood. Faced with Griezmann's one-shot, Proto didn't do anything to resist. After the game, the Belgian goalkeeper may take a long time to recover from the blow.

After Arsenal rewritten the score to 4:0, Anderlecht finally recognized a reality. Although this reality is cruel, this is a football game.

In the following time, the two sides began to shrink consciously, and the final score of 4:0 did not change again, and with the referee's whistle, the game officially ended.

"4 consecutive victories~~~ This should be Arsenal's fourth consecutive victory in the group stage since the 05-06 season, but compared to that season, Arsenal's four consecutive victories this time is even more rare, because Arsenal did not concede a goal in these four games," Paul Merson said.

"Yeah, the Arsenal forwards at that time could score goals, and the defense wasn't so pitted." Compared to Paul Merson, Andy Gray was much more straightforward.

Compared with the Arsenal team in the 05-06 season, perhaps the only winning position is the goalkeeper, and Li Shou is the biggest contributor to Arsenal's four consecutive victories in the group stage this season.

Four consecutive victories, which also indicates that Arsenal can qualify for the group two rounds ahead of schedule, but it is not only Arsenal who qualify ahead of time, Dortmund has qualified ahead of the group.

While Arsenal beat Anderlecht 4:0, Dortmund also defeated Galatasaray 4:1 at home.

After the current four rounds, Arsenal has 12 points for four consecutive victories, Dortmund has 9 points for three consecutive victories, while Galatasaray and Anderlecht are a bit miserable. The two teams currently only have 1 point.

In this case, even if the two teams win the last two rounds, they can only get 6 points at most. Counting the current 1 point, they only have 7 points, and they can no longer threaten Dortmund.

Although there is no suspense about qualifying, but if you want to be the first in the group, you still need to watch the fifth round of the game. In the fifth round of the group match, Arsenal will welcome Dortmund at their home court.

Arsenal does not need to win this game, as long as they can draw with Dortmund, Arsenal's first position in the group will be completely stable, but holding the mentality of a draw usually does not lead to good results, so Arsenal must hold the mentality of winning in the next game.

Arsenal and Dortmund are competing for the first place in the group. Galatasaray and Anderlecht will also compete for the next round of life and death. They will compete for the qualification for the Europa League, which is the third place in the group.

However, the fifth round still needs to wait for more than two weeks. Before the arrival of the fifth round of the group stage, the major European leagues need to be suspended for two weeks, because the international match day is coming again.

This is not good news for the giants, especially Arsenal, which has been favored by the "God of Injury" this season. So far, Arsenal is the team with the most injuries to Premier League players.

But regardless of whether there will be any injuries in the future, the game will still be played one by one. After the fourth match of the Champions League group stage with Anderlecht, Arsenal needs to return to the league. In the No. 11 round of the league, Arsenal will be a guest at the Liberty Stadium to challenge Swansea.

Arsenal must not take this game lightly, because Swansea has performed very well this season. After ten rounds, they have achieved four wins, three draws and three losses, and are in the middle and upper reaches of the standings.

Although the record at the end of the season does not represent too much, the competition for the league still depends on the second half of the season, especially the Premier League. The intensive schedule will make the players physically and mentally exhausted.

Therefore, the depth of the bench in the Premier League is more important than other leagues, because the best way to face the dense schedule is to rotate, and if the depth of the bench is not enough, it may lose the game.

When it comes to the depth of the bench, Manchester City and Chelsea are currently the strongest in the Premier League. Both of these teams have a rich boss who is willing to spend money.

At this point, the Arsenal people shed tears of envy. The owner of Arsenal is also rich, but it is a pity that the owner will not invest in the club no matter how rich he is.

(End of this chapter)