Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 347 The Possibility of Competing for the Golden Ball

Although Reading is at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, Arsenal still did not continue to expand the score. With the victory already secured, it would be a bit of a loss if some players were injured in pursuit of goals.

So Arsenal was not chasing goals, and Reading didn't dare to foul any more because of too many yellow cards and the disadvantage of numbers. The two sides finally played the game tacitly.

But when Atkinson blew the full-time whistle, at another stadium, Aston Villa's game against Liverpool officially started.

According to the strengths of the two teams on paper, it will definitely be Liverpool who will enter the next round, but the strength on paper in a football game cannot represent everything. Don't forget that the two teams have to concentrate on the league.

Liverpool still has the hope of competing for the top four. After Manchester United lost to Chelsea, the difference between Liverpool and Manchester United is 6 points. This is still in the case of Liverpool having one less game.

No.30 A total of four teams in the three rounds of the league need to be postponed, and Liverpool is one of them, so as long as Liverpool wins the postponed game, Manchester United will only lead Liverpool by 3 points.

Competing for the FA Cup championship and competing for the Champions League qualification, as long as Rodgers is not a fool, he knows which one to choose, let alone Liverpool has already learned that Arsenal has entered the FA Cup final before the start of the Liverpool game.

As for Aston Villa, they have only scored 30 points and they are still in danger of being relegated. The difference between the English Championship and the Premier League is only one level, but the gap is heaven and earth, and it is definitely not comparable to an FA Cup champion.

Besides, with Arsenal in the final, neither Liverpool nor Aston Villa have much hope, because the starting goalkeeper of the FA Cup final must be Li Shou, and Arsenal has not lost in Li Shou's starting game this season.

In fact, from the starting lists of the two teams, we know that Liverpool and Villa are both half-main and half-substitute lineups, and the game process is quite boring.

To use a sentence from the commentary to describe it, "both teams lack the determination to win."

The two teams who had no desire to win finally relied on penalty kicks to decide the outcome. After 10 minutes, the score was still 0:0. Overtime did not change the score, and the two teams could only pass penalty kicks.

Lady luck seemed to be on the side of Aston Villa, who reached the FA Cup final when the last Liverpool player on the pitch sent a penalty away.

Aston Villa's entry into the final is definitely good news for Arsenal, although Arsenal is confident that they can win whether they face Villa or Liverpool.

In fact, it doesn't matter who the absolute opponent is to Arsenal, because the FA Cup final is after the league ends, and it is estimated that everything has been settled by then.

So after the game with Reading, Arsenal's attention has shifted to the second leg of the European quarter-finals in midweek.

Although the outside world thinks that Arsenal will enter the semi-finals of the Champions League, Monaco will definitely not just give up. If Arsenal themselves do the same, then the biggest possibility of this game will be a tragedy in the end.

But would Arsenal think so?Does Wenger really dare to think so?As the head coach of Arsenal, as the head coach of this team for nearly 20 years, Wenger is undoubtedly the person who knows the strength of the team best.

No, after the game with Reading, Wenger called the entire coaching staff to the tactical room for a meeting, and then called the players together.

As for the Arsenal players?I don't know what others think, but Li Shou will definitely not be careless in the slightest, because his ambition does not allow him to be careless.

The Triple Crown, Li Shou never thought that he could threaten Messi and Ronaldo so quickly, but after the team had the opportunity to win the Triple Crown, Li Shou felt that his ambition was likely to be realized in advance.

Li Shou himself is very clear that he is the biggest contributor to Arsenal's current results, so as long as he continues to maintain his previous performance, then when Arsenal really wins the Triple Crown, he will be eligible to challenge for the Ballon d'Or.

It wasn't that the UEFA Champions League was selected for the Ballon d'Or before the big competition. Li Shou couldn't compare with the striker in scoring, but Li Shou's role in defense is obvious to all.

To be honest, Li Shou's goals in the Champions League are not too few. With 3 goals in the Champions League, many forwards may not necessarily have more goals than Li Shou, and Li Shou's three goals are very important.

Furthermore, Arsenal's road to the Champions League is not over yet, and Li Shou still has a chance to score for the team. If Arsenal enters the semi-finals, they are likely to face the La Liga duo.

The first round of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid was 0:0. According to the current situation, the chances of the two teams advancing are [-] to [-]. Barcelona, ​​like Arsenal, has more than half of its body to enter the next round.

As for the match between Porto and Bayern Munich in the first round, although it was a bit unexpected, Bayern Munich came out on top in the end.

Bayern Munich, who played one day earlier than Arsenal, beat Porto with a big score of 6:1 after returning home, and finally entered the semi-finals with 7:4 in the two rounds.

While Bayern Munich broke into the semi-finals, Barcelona also successfully defeated Paris Saint-Germain. The score of 5:1 in the two rounds declared the gap between the two teams.

After Paris lost this game, an offer was placed on the Barcelona chairman's desk, an offer from Paris Saint-Germain for Lionel Messi.

Since you can't win the game, then buy it. This is the strategy of the local tyrants, but it is obvious that Messi, who is at his peak, cannot go to Ligue [-], and Barcelona will not buy it.

After the offer of Messi was rejected, the boss of Greater Paris did not give up. He began to set his sights on another Barcelona player. He was not praised as the Brazilian genius Neymar who could take over Messi and Ronaldo.

However, this third person is not worthy of the name now. It is not a good decision to be Messi's deputy, and now Li Shou has appeared.

Neymar also has huge ambitions. Perhaps at first he thought it would be good to go to Barcelona and take over from Messi, but soon he regretted it, because Messi is in such a good state. If he really waits for Messi to take over after he is old, it is estimated that nothing will happen to him.

Seeing the reality, Neymar has already begun to consider breaking away from the influence of Messi, and the best way to break away from the influence of Messi is to leave Barcelona. However, under the current situation, it is difficult for Neymar to leave Barcelona. Let alone whether Barcelona will let him go easily. His worth alone is enough to discourage many teams.

Therefore, it is a very wise choice for Li Shou not to choose Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​because the focus of these two teams will always be on Messi and Ronaldo, and others can only play supporting roles in the past.

(End of this chapter)