Mister Legend

Chapter 539 Perfect debut season

With the last two rounds of the Premier League remaining, Arsenal have achieved an excellent record of 30 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses and 94 points this season. It will become the second Premier League team to score triple-digit points in a single season after Manchester City three years ago. This is definitely a very rare honor.

As a result, the British media was boiling again, and all kinds of praises for the shooter, especially Li Moody, were piled up on the major pages, making the parties blush when they saw it.

However, in the next period of time, the British football world is not touting the Arsenal coach's comments. The exciting battle between the four teams competing for two Champions League tickets is also the object of great concern.

As of the 36th round, the third to sixth places in the standings are Liverpool with 76 points, Tottenham with 74 points, Chelsea with 73 points and Manchester United with 72 points. It seems that everyone has the opportunity to catch this last train to the Champions League next season.

At the same time, this is also the second time since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992 that six teams have scored more than 72 points. The last time was in the distant 1994-95 season.And considering the current state of the top teams in the standings and the strength of their opponents in the next two rounds, the minimum score line will be raised to at least 75 points. You must know that this score was the result of the final championship 25 years ago.

However, this kind of grand occasion means that the performance of other teams is not satisfactory. The Leicester City team, which temporarily ranks seventh in the Premier League, currently only has 51 points, and the gap from the previous big6 is very obvious.

As for the situation inside and outside the relegation circle, the situation is even more miserable. Norwich, the deputy squad leader of the league, has only won 10 points so far. If he can't get another point, he will break the record for the lowest points in a single season in the history of the Premier League. (PS: The original record was created by the Derby team in the 2007-08 season, with 11 points)
And it’s not just Norwich that has a nightmare performance. Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, West Bromwich Albion and Wolves, both inside and outside the relegation circle, currently have no more than 27 points, and they are bound to refresh the league again. The minimum score line for successful relegation has been reached, and the previous minimum score was 34 points.

These data fully show that the Premier League is in the era of the most severe polarization between strong and weak teams. The confrontation between strong teams and weak teams will be more one-sided (or scores, or processes), but the competition between strong and strong dialogues Also more intense.For this alliance, the relationship between the advantages and disadvantages is not clear for the time being, but at least it is better than the previous situation where Juventus dominates in Serie A, the Bayern dynasty in Bundesliga does not fall, Paris has a strong monopoly in Ligue [-], and the Western Super League is playing with each other. Much better.

So the future of British football will develop in that direction, which is still unknown and needs more time to observe.

However, the battle for the Champions League seats and the relegation battle that is almost hell has attracted more fans' attention. This is good news.

The biggest advantage of Arsenal's away draw with Manchester City will be revealed in the middle of next week.Blue Moon, who has given up the plan to catch up with the Gunners in the domestic league, can finally devote 0% of his energy to the semi-finals of the Champions League.And it was with this desperate battle that they were able to complete a comeback at home in the terrible situation of losing 2 to [-] away in the first round.

In regular time, Stones and Sterling scored twice for the home team and equalized the total score.Both sides failed to rewrite the score in overtime, but Manchester City's performance in the penalty shootout was amazing. Facing the German who is best at this method, they even played an excellent performance of five shots and five hits. 5 (total score 4 to 7) defeated the defending champion Bayern Munich, the team reached the final of the Champions League for the first time in history.

Their opponents had already been formed a day ago. Real Madrid once again stood on the stage they are most familiar with after three years. Guti and Mbappe have already missed the final honors in La Liga and Copa del Rey We will strive to continue the fine tradition left by our predecessors that we will definitely win the championship if we enter the final.There are still many things to watch for the collision between new forces and traditional giants.

With the two Europa League semi-final second-leg clashes over on Thursday night, the stage was set for the final of the Intercontinental Cup, the second biggest European club competition of the season.

Chelsea defeated Sevilla by one goal at home, and won the tickets to the Ferenc Puskas Stadium with a total score of 2 to 1 in the two rounds, and the opponent who joined them in the final was that the Blues could not The familiar old enemy Arsenal again.

After 10 and 2 minutes of hard work in the away game, the Gunners shook hands with Inter Milan 2-[-]. With the victory of the first round, they overwhelmed the Nerazzurri and advanced to the center of the final stage of this event.

The London Derby is also the first time since the first year of the UEFA Cup in the 1971-72 season (that is, the predecessor European Fairs Cup is not counted), the top English league teams have met in the final for the first time.In addition to Manchester City, the Premier League team occupies three of the four final seats in the two major European competitions. The British media, which has always been willing to brag about itself, has directly given the name "The Premier League Prosperity". After it blew up, it fell face down to the ground and could never be picked up again.This morality can only be corrected by tsk tsk.

However, after a big battle with Inter Milan, the morale of the Arsenal players has increased slightly. According to the FM system, most of them are close to full value at this moment, even if their fatigue has accumulated to It is about to explode, but with the support of this spirit, it is full of positive state in the eyes of outsiders.

Sunday's away game against Southampton, which theoretically is still not completely out of the relegation crisis, Li Moody directly made a decision to make a substantial rotation. He has no obsession with the record of 100 points. He knows that as long as he can finish next week's league Winning Bournemouth at home in the battle can ensure the championship, and they have already planned not to score points in this round.

However, the veterans such as Monreal and Carl Jenkinson paired with several young players such as Maitland-Niles and Rhys Nelson, plus Iwobi and other fringe players, unexpectedly gave the St. Their head coach brought no small surprise.Although there was no obvious initiative on the scene, this "Second Gunners" showed impressive vitality. All the players showed enthusiasm to surpass the opponent throughout the game, and in the After creating basically equal opportunities, he successfully grasped one of them, and won the team's early lock-up of the championship with 1-0.

Since it is an away game, and the schedule is approaching the final stage, Arsenal did not hold their celebrations at this time, but saved this important moment for the Emirates Stadium a week later.

Four hours before the match between the Gunners and Bournemouth, the entire Highbury area was already occupied by more than [-] Gunners fans. They cheered and sang almost non-stop until the opening whistle sounded. It started and didn't stop, and continued until the moment of the finale.

The Football Association of England once asked Arsenal about the idea of ​​holding a small championship trophy display before the game, but Li Moody vetoed it.Because he firmly believes that his team will end this long and difficult season as a winner after 10 minutes, and then holding the trophy that symbolizes the king of the Premier League will make all the fans more excited and more excited. Cool.As for losing the game unexpectedly and coming to the awards ceremony with embarrassment, this kind of possibility never appeared in Li Moody's mind.

In the end, the players did not disappoint all those who supported them. With a 4-0 victory, the Emirates Stadium, which can accommodate 60432 spectators, was completely ignited. Nathan fans indulged in one of the most celebratory nights since 2004.

On the second day, another small-scale but full-scale championship parade celebration was held throughout North London, which became the focus of the entire British Isles.The only flaw is that some gun fans had several conflicts with Tottenham fans and caused more than a dozen people to be injured. Fortunately, none of them were life-threatening, otherwise it would be difficult to end.

With the end of the last round of the league, the Premier League rankings for the 2020-21 season are also freshly released. Arsenal's 100 points are certainly worthy of a special mention, but they broke the runner-up Manchester City with 93 points. Naturally, it cannot be ignored. The drama of the two powers and the attention of Chinese fans (mostly to support Li Moody) have brought the highest ratings in history for this year's league. The top officials of the FA and Premier League are probably happy The snot bubbles came out.

The subsequent Champions League seat battle also ended with the victory of Liverpool and Tottenham. The latter even overwhelmed Chelsea with the advantage of goal difference when the relationship between each other was even. Manchester United, which is behind them, is only one point behind. People have to sigh that the intensity of the Premier League is indeed far beyond the reach of the other major leagues.

The three teams that were relegated were Norwich, Bournemouth and West Bromwich Albion. The Crystal Palace, which was in a more critical situation before, beat Everton in an away upset in the last round of the league, thus completing a narrow escape The feat also added an extra touch of brilliance to the already legendary Premier League this season.

After completing all 38 league games, Arsenal's soldiers are still unable to enter the state of vacation, because they still have a European final to play in ten days.Under the double temptation of the honor and the huge bonus offered by the club owner, the morale of the players is still very high, and there is no slight dissatisfaction due to the holiday later than most other teams.In this regard, the Gunners are in better shape than their rivals Chelsea.

Due to the need to allow enough time for next year's World Cup, in the next two seasons, the major European leagues will start two weeks and four weeks earlier than the normal start time respectively, which will undoubtedly encroach on players who are not considered a lot. rest time.If the vacation time is delayed again this season, then there will be fewer days for everyone to recuperate, which will naturally make most people feel uncomfortable.

Under such circumstances, Li Moody's cheat - the effect of obviously reducing the dissatisfaction of the players attached to the medal, played a positive role in a timely manner that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, allowing his team to occupy a large number of players before the game even started. Advantage.

After more than a week of systematic training, the Arsenal coaching staff has successfully adjusted the competitive state of most of the main players to a relatively peak stage.Moreover, judging from the team's tactical style of play and overall strength, they are better than the Blues, so whether it is the odds offered by the bookmaker or the general predictions of the outside world, they are all biased towards the Gunners being able to win at nine. Solve the battle within 10 minutes.

The result also confirmed everyone's speculation. Sarri, who could not find a better solution to the weak state of the striker, indeed gave an order to focus on defense in this final, and moved Lewandowski out in order to increase the speed of the counterattack. The starting list, so that the team's youth forward Tammy Abraham at the top.At the same time, the fast horse Moses was activated on the right winger position, hoping to make use of the space left in the backcourt after Arsenal's heavy troops pressed up to make a fuss.

But what he never expected was that Li Mudi's strategy was as calm as an old guy who had been coaching for decades. He didn't blindly strengthen his offense because of his obvious advantages, but instead used the ball control Tactics to control the tempo of the game and attract the Blues' midfield pressure forward.

The combination of Kanter, Kovacic and Jorginho can be said to be both offensive and defensive, but that is on the whole. A single person has shortcomings, especially the Croatian. During his time at Real Madrid, he was used by Benitez and Zidane as a panacea. He developed a very active fighting style, but at the same time it also caused many undue loss of position.

And it was Kovacic's rash attack in the No.307 minute that gave Lucas Torreira, who had successfully evaded, a good chance to dribble straight into the front of Chelsea's penalty area. As a result, the Uruguay international was feared Kanter, who has excellent long-range shooting ability, had to use a foul to bring him to the ground.

At the critical moment, the Argentine teenager Barco repaid the trust of the team coach with his golden right foot. He made a wonderful free throw and broke through the goal guarded by the Spaniard Kepa, helping the Gunners to score. leading.

At this point, the suspense of the game is not so great. Facing Arsenal, which is best at counter-attack tactics, Chelsea had to take the initiative to attack and seek a chance to equalize the score.However, their striker ability is not enough to suppress the opponent. At most, they can only prevent the Gunners from attacking the midfielder, but they are unable to prevent the opponent from directly attacking the defense line through precise long passes.

In the end, Aubameyang's counterattack and outflanking goal in the No. 701 minute completely shattered the Blues' ambitions. Arsenal won the European League title for the first time through such a 2-0 victory.

In his debut season, he has successively won two important championship titles in the Premier League and the European League. Li Moody's start in the journey of the British Isles can indeed be described as perfect.

(End of this chapter)