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Chapter 280 The Champions League Was Eliminated

In the 30th round of the league, after Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 at home, Lin Lian knew that the unbeaten foundation of this season had almost stabilized.

In the key battles, against Manchester United, against Chelsea, against Newcastle and other teams, Arsenal won all of them without any risk, feeling blessed by the undefeated luck of the previous time and space.

The most difficult game, the away game against Manchester United, was fortunately played at the beginning of the season. At that time, with Lin Lian's away goal, he escaped with a thrilling 1:1 draw with his opponent.

Now, it was Lin Lian's goal again, and Arsenal beat their opponents at Highbury Stadium, laying the most solid step for the road to the championship.

"It should be said that Arsenal has already won the Premier League title in advance. Like Manchester United, they have created the miracle of three consecutive Premier League titles. Especially in the two seasons after Lin Lian arrived, Arsenal dominated the Premier League almost invincibly and could not resist. "

"I feel that the biggest problem for Arsenal now is how to maintain a hungry state. They already have a 12-point lead and will be easy to relax. How to adjust their state during the game is what Wenger needs to do most."

Lin Lian was a bit unwilling to admit defeat. After the match against Manchester United, his heels were a little tight. Yes, he was being plotted all the time. There was no way. The opponent's small movements were well controlled.

"How is it? Do you want to take a break?" Wenger was particularly concerned about Lin Lian.The team has Lin Lian for these two seasons. He has reached the pinnacle of his life and won the Champions League. What else can't be arrogant?

Wenger is full of confidence!

"No, you should be able to persevere." Lin Lian has even bigger ambitions. He not only wants the league championship, but also the Champions League and the FA Cup.Including the previous League Cup championship, Arsenal is expected to win all the championships in one season under his leadership.

"Two World Player of the Year and the Golden Globe Awards are not enough?" Wenger teased Lin Lian. At the beginning of this year, Lin Lian had won the two personal awards of the World Footballer of the Year and the Golden Globe Award. He is undoubtedly No.1 in football.

But he was still not satisfied and wanted to go further. 2004 is the year of major competitions, and both the European Cup and the Asian Cup will be held. If Lin Lian fails to win the Champions League, it will be less convincing for him to be selected as the World Footballer of the Year and the Golden Globe Award for the third time.

However, this year's European Cup is a good thing for him, because the Greek dark horse won the championship directly, embarrassing countless well-known stars.

Therefore, Lin Lian is more eager to achieve results at the club level, which is the foundation.

It's a pity that God's wishes failed. Before the start of the Champions League semi-finals, Lin Lian's muscle problems finally broke out and he was unable to persist in the game.

"Unfortunately, Lin has a problem with his muscles. He will miss two Champions League games and a league game in between." Wenger was particularly disappointed before the game.

Last season, it was also because of Lin Lian's injury that the team almost failed to win the championship, and was eliminated directly in the FA Cup.Now, Lin Lian missed the Champions League quarter-final match against Chelsea due to injury.

He has scored 12 goals in the Champions League, and his crazy state has been maintained. If he cannot play, it will be a huge loss for Arsenal.

Henry, who scored 6 goals, was also under great pressure, "Lin Lian's inability to play is a big problem for us, but we still have many players, and we will solve this problem."

Chelsea has spent [-] million pounds this season to stir up troubles in the market. It is the team that has invested the most. Ranieri has been under pressure to move forward.

The task Abramovich gave him was to win the league or win the Champions League.Such difficulty is tantamount to ascending to the sky.

Chelsea is currently only ranked third in the league, second only to Arsenal and Manchester United, and in the Champions League, he will fight Arsenal again.

"This is good news. At least we don't have to exhaust our minds defending Lin." Ranieri was chuckling, and his heavy heart improved a lot. "If Henry is alone, our defense will be much simpler."

Even if the league is double-killed, he still has the confidence to fight Wenger in the Champions League. After all, he is an Italian coach and he is still accomplished on the defensive end.

Sure enough, without Lin Lian, Arsenal seems to have lost its former edge.On the offensive end, it is a bit disordered. Henry's breakthrough and Bergkamp's scheduling give people the feeling that they lack the ability to make a final decision.

Lin Lian was helpless and blamed himself for running wildly all season, but fell at a critical moment.Both his fitness coaches Bobby and Hartway felt very sorry for Lin Lian, "Although we reminded him not to participate in too many competitions, we still ignored his age. At this age, he couldn't handle so many high-intensity sports. Contest."

"It's still because the pace of the league is too fast. In other leagues, Lin Lian would be fine. In fact, Wenger's rotation is too little, and he relies too much on Lin Lian. Otherwise, with the guarantee of the two of us, Lin Lian will not be injured. of."

Wenger has always had an obsession in his heart, that is, to win the league unbeaten.

In fact, Lin Lian also had an obsession in his heart, and he also wanted to be undefeated in the league. Therefore, Bobby and Hartway suggested that he take the initiative to apply for a rotation, but Lin Lian rejected them all.

He has been rested in the FA Cup and League Cup as much as possible. He must play in the League and Champions League.

In the away game, Arsenal drew 1:1 with Chelsea, did not lose, and scored an away goal. The situation is not bad.

Back in the league, Wenger even made his debut with the main lineup, withstood Bolton's bombing, leaving a draw.

The idea of ​​an unbeaten season is still Wenger's top priority.

In fact, if it were Lin Lian, he wouldn't dare to say that Wenger's approach was wrong. The madness of being undefeated in the league seems to be more attractive than the Champions League just won.

Then in the Champions League, Arsene Wenger's team finally suffered a bitter fruit, unable to beat Chelsea at home.

Won three consecutive draws.In the home game against Chelsea, a 2:2 draw, because of the disadvantage of away goals, was killed by Chelsea, watching the opponent enter the Champions League semi-finals.

Wenger gritted his teeth and faced the reporter, "Unfortunately, without Lin Lian, our lineup is not complete enough, but this is football."

What is embarrassing is the "World Football" column group of China. After the question of how to defend Lin Lian, they raised another big question: How to beat Arsenal?Then Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League.

In the end, they came up with the most accurate formulation: As long as Lin Lian is not on the field, Arsenal may fail, well, maybe this is the way to beat Arsenal.

Very bad!

For the rest of the FA Cup and league fixtures, Arsenal welcomed Lin back to practice, refueled, and ran all the way, venting their grievances, and there were a few big score slaughters.

Lin Lian's personal goals are on the rise. Just after the 35th round of the league, the number of personal goals has reached 39 goals, breaking the personal league scoring record again.In the history of the Premier League, no player has scored 40 goals in a single season.

This record, Lin Lian is close at hand.

(End of this chapter)