Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 261 The battle for the top spot in the group

For the upcoming fifth group match of the Champions League, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund actually don't need to work hard. With both teams qualifying ahead of schedule, the fight is for the top spot in the group.

Although it is said that the top of the group has an advantage in the knockout round, this advantage is not very important, because any team that can qualify for the Champions League group will not be so weak no matter how weak it is.

Before the game, both sides were very peaceful, and even made a lot of adjustments in the starting positions. Arsenal Giroud and Welbeck didn't even make the squad, and Sanogo didn't play for a long time.

In the midfield, the old captain Arteta also rested, and Flamini was the starter. Chamberlain and Cazorla also started with Flamini. The two sides have not changed. Griezmann and Sanchez are actually in good health, and neither of them is that vulnerable to injury. Arsenal can't change the defense if they want to, so there will be no changes in the defense and goalkeeper in this game.

So the most interesting thing for Arsenal in this game is whether Li Shou can continue his miraculous performance. Li Shou did not concede a goal in the first four games of the Champions League group stage.

Dortmund has also made a lot of changes. The average performance of the striker Immobile made his debut, and the midfielder Gundogan made his debut in the Champions League after a year. They also started together with the injured Sven Bender and Gross Kreutz.

The biggest goal for Klopp and his Dortmund in this game is to break through the goal guarded by Li Shou. As for the outcome, as long as they can break through Arsenal's goal, Klopp believes that his team can take away a victory at the Emirates Stadium.

But the game?It is impossible to really play out according to the script he thought. Klopp wanted to break through the Arsenal goal guarded by Li Shou, but in fact Dortmund wanted to concede the ball less than 2 minutes after the start of the game.

Dortmund in the away game took the lead in launching an offensive, but the ball was cut off by Monreal when it came to the front of Arsenal's penalty area, and Arsenal immediately launched a counterattack.

Cazorla split Sanchez on the right side, but was pressed by Dortmund. Sanchez failed to complete the cross near the baseline, but Arsenal's offensive did not end. The ball flew out and changed direction, and Arsenal got a throw-in.

Chambers sent the ball into the penalty area, Sanogo Ginter headed back to Cazorla, but Cazorla did not have an angle to shoot, so Cazorla sent the ball into the penalty area and sent it back to Sanogo. Although it was a bit unexpected, Sanogo reacted quickly this time and shot immediately.

Sanogo reacted quickly, and Weidenfeller was not slow, but the Dortmund goalkeeper's attack did not change the final result, and even failed to keep his own wicket in the end.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~The goal has been scored~~~ The first wave of Arsenal's attack scored a goal within 2 minutes of the start of the game." This goal was unexpected, and none of the Arsenal fans in the stands could react.

"Oh, oh~~~ Dortmund players are protesting to the referee, Arsenal's goal may be offside." However, when the Arsenal fans began to celebrate, the Dortmund players surrounded the referee Kasay from Hungary.

"Oh oh oh~~~ The celebration continues. The referee's goal is valid after discussing with the linesman. Arsenal lead 1:0." Arsenal had to stop their celebration when Dortmund players surrounded the referee.

"Sanogo, this French striker hasn't played for a long time, but he scored a goal in less than 2 minutes after starting today." For a player who is traveling outside the substitute list, this goal is very important, so Sanogo should be the player who cares most about whether this goal is effective.

On the sidelines, Klopp rushed to the fourth official angrily. Obviously, the German couldn't accept the goal. In the eyes of the German, this was an offside ball.

This is also a common method in Germany. Relying on his bandit face, this guy often puts pressure on the fourth official or the referee on the field.

In contrast, Wenger on the other side seemed very elegant. Although he was stunned at first and didn't realize it, he wasn't too excited after confirming it. He just sat in his seat and celebrated a little.

This conceded goal is also Dortmund's fastest conceded goal in the history of the Champions League, so it can be said that it has cut Dortmund severely. It is no wonder that Klopp is so angry. After all, such a conceded goal is not good for the club or for the head coach.

After Arsenal's celebration, the game restarted. The lagging Dortmund wanted to counterattack and regain the disadvantage, while the leading Arsenal naturally wanted to maintain or even have a big advantage, not to mention that it was the Emirates Stadium.

So the two sides started a fierce competition in the midfield, and soon both sides got angry. Cazorla and Gross Kreutz got a yellow card successively.

But this is not over yet. In the No.18 minute, Arsenal got the second yellow card of the game. Chamberlain brought down Gundogan. There are two big glasses in the Dortmund team, Gundogan and Royce.

These two are very talented, and they were also kicked out under Klopp's training. Unfortunately, their bodies restricted them from going further, which is another kind of sadness.

In fact, Gundogan and Royce have lessons learned, and they are in the Dortmund team, that is Dortmund's captain Kyle, who was the hope of the German midfielder back then.

With the referee's consecutive yellow cards, the two sides finally suppressed their anger, and Li Shou finally ushered in his first save in this game.

Piszczek sent a ground ball from the side, and Immobile faced Li Shou again, but it was a pity that Immobile did not touch the ball, because Li Shou rushed to clear the ball before Immobile.

The last match against Li Shou left a great shadow on Immobile, so that he performed poorly in the next few games and has just recovered recently.

In this game, Klopp arranged for Immobile to start again for a purpose, that is to help Immobile break the goal of Li Shou's ball and eliminate the psychological shadow.

Even Klopp felt that if Immobile could score a goal on time against Lee, then Dortmund would gain a top striker.

But this is based on what if, and things are never one-sided. If Immobile did not break the goal guarded by Li Shou, or even suffered "secondary injury", then the Italian striker is likely to be abolished.

Judging from the current situation, Immobile should have a higher chance of being "secondarily injured". The first confrontation between the two ended with Li Shou winning.

But there are ninety-ten minutes in a game, and it is only twenty-one minutes in the past. Immobile still has a lot of time and opportunities.

(End of this chapter)