Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 331 Really Be the Goalkeeper of the Top Half of the Team

After defeating the Queen's Park Rangers, Li Shou got another day off. Li Jiajia had already arranged for Li Shou to shoot an endorsement commercial in the morning and another in the afternoon. If necessary, he could work overtime in the evening.

Li Shou had to do his best to take care of his affairs before the holiday, otherwise it would be too sad to have to work during the short holiday.

Therefore, Li Shou's vacation is busier than usual training, the usual training volume is placed there, and what coaching staff trains every day will also be arranged.

In fact, this amount of work is nothing to Li Shou, who has almost unlimited physical fitness, so Li Jiajia was exhausted and paralyzed when he got home after a day, and Li Shou even went to the gym.

However, the results of this day are still very good, and the filming of two endorsements has been successfully completed. According to the current speed, Li Shou may really finish most of the work before the holiday.

Li Shou, who returned to the training ground, appeared on the bench, because Arsenal will usher in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Although the opponent is Manchester United, Wenger still chooses to let Li Shou sit on the bench.

Obviously, in Wenger's mind, the weight of the FA Cup cannot be compared with that of the league and the Champions League, especially now that the league and the Champions League are in good shape.

Besides, Manchester United may not have all the main players. Manchester United has no intercontinental games to play, but Manchester United's current situation in the league is not very good.

Although Manchester United currently ranks fourth in the standings, Manchester United's position is not stable, with Tottenham behind, Liverpool and Southampton catching up.

After 28 rounds, Manchester United scored a total of 52 points, followed by Liverpool with 50 points, Tottenham with 49 points, and Southampton with 47 points.

The difference between Manchester United and the teams behind them is only one or two games, so Manchester United must go all out if they want to secure their fourth place in the league.

The FA Cup may be very attractive to ordinary teams, because winning the FA Cup not only wins a championship, but also gets the opportunity to participate in the UEFA Cup.

But Manchester United is not an ordinary team. As a giant of the Premier League, the most successful team since the establishment of the Premier League, even in the past few years, Manchester United has always been the top team in the Premier League.

The Champions League is the pursuit of all teams. The Champions League not only represents the highest level of the European League, but also represents money and fame. As a giant team, if it cannot appear in the Champions League for a long time, it will undoubtedly tell the world that this giant has declined.

This is a picture that Manchester United absolutely does not allow to appear. Why did Manchester United spend so much money last summer?It's not just to get the team back into the top four.

So if you choose between the FA Cup and the Champions League in front of Manchester United, Manchester United will definitely choose the Champions League without hesitation. It should be said that all teams will pursue the opportunity of the Champions League.

If Manchester United's fourth position in the league is already very stable, then Manchester United may try to chase the FA Cup champion. After all, it is also a champion no matter what it looks like, but now Manchester United's fourth position in the league is not stable.

Wenger's guess is not wrong. Van Gaal is indeed unwilling to waste energy on the FA Cup. Van Gaal, who has spent so much money on Manchester United, is under a lot of pressure. If he cannot get Manchester United to win the Champions League, he may be swept out.

So in this FA Cup, apart from the goalkeeper, Van Gaal played a lineup of pure substitutes. In contrast, Wenger played half of the main players for Arsenal.

This is the difference between Arsenal and other teams. World football has always said that a good goalkeeper can top half of the team, but there is a goalkeeper who can really top half of the team.

But now Li Shou has done it, so Arsenal is different from Manchester United, and even different from all other teams, because Li Shou is the real core and the only core of Arsenal.

So in this game, Wenger can line up a semi-main lineup, as long as Li Shou rests. Of course, with Li Shou's physical fitness, there will be no problems even if he plays all the games.

But some things are not afraid of [-], just in case, Arsenal can't do without Li Shou, especially when the next is the critical moment of the championship, Li Shou can't afford to lose.

Although he didn't start, it was different from the previous games. At least Li Shou sat on the bench in this game, and he didn't have to watch the stage like before.

However, the result of the game was the same whether Li Shou was in the stands or on the bench. Arsenal successfully entered the semi-finals. Manchester United scored first in the first half, but because they were all substitutes, Arsenal had an advantage.

There is a natural difference between the semi-finals and the quarter-finals, because the next step is the final, and if you win the final, you will be the champion. Although the FA Cup championship is not attractive, it is still a championship.

But when the results of the semi-final draw came out, Arsenal seemed really likely to enter the final. Arsenal's semi-final opponent was Reading from the British Championship, and the remaining two teams were Villa and Liverpool.

These two are the defeats of Arsenal. As for Reading, Arsenal does not look down on them, but Reading's strength lies there. The reason why Reading can break into the semi-finals is more because of luck.

Throughout Reading's promotion, almost all of them encountered opponents who were weaker than themselves, and the strongest team was only Derby County from the British Championship.

But the game needs to be played game by game. Instead of thinking about such distant things, it is better to focus on the immediate effect. After the FA Cup is over, the No. 20 ninth round of the league is coming soon.

In this round of the league, Arsenal will welcome West Ham United at home. The recent West Ham United is a bit miserable. They only scored 1 point in five league rounds.

And according to the intensity of this season, it is difficult for West Ham United to have a chance to climb at night. Just look at the previous teams. No. 4 Manchester United, No. 5 Liverpool, No. 6 Tottenham, No. 7 Southampton.

What's more, West Ham United will face Arsenal in this round of the league. Although Arsenal will have the second round of the Champions League knockout round in the next week, it is almost impossible for West Ham United to beat Arsenal, because Li Shou has not lost in the first game this season.

Li Shou has also become a problem that cannot be ignored by any team in the Premier League this season. No, it should be difficult to overcome, because so far Tottenham have scored Li Shou's goal, but Tottenham still lost that game.

(End of this chapter)