champion professor

Chapter 206 Meeting Schalke Again 04

Shao Bo was also very helpless when he lost to a Greek team in the Champions League group stage for the first time, but naturally he couldn't say that when facing the media outside.

He just pretended to be generous and praised his opponent's performance, and said that in the next few games, Arsenal will take good care of it.

As for the problem of the central defender line of defense, Shao Bo took it all over. Although Hyypia and Rio Ferdinand did not perform well, Shao Bo also replaced Rio Ferdinand at the end of the game, but this does not mean that Shao Bo will Blame it on your own players.

"It's just a running-in problem. In addition, the long journey also made my players unable to meet the game in the best condition. I believe that Ferdinand can slowly recover. This is not a problem."

And Panathinaikos, who defeated the Premier League giants, can be regarded as elated on behalf of Greece, and the media in Athens made the headlines one after another.

"This is a victory that can be written into the textbook!"

"Panathinaikos, glory to the country!"

Olympiakos, who also dominated Greece with Panathinaikos, lost to Juventus in the Champions League group stage just now, which made them feel a little embarrassed.

The gap between the two can be felt after only one game. Panathinaikos fans walked the street with their heads held high, proudly wearing the clover jersey.

And what about Olympiacos fans?Most are ashamed to keep their favorite team's jersey at home to avoid being ridiculed.

"Haha, you lost, why are you still wearing Olympiacos jerseys?" A small number of Olympiacos fans who still persisted were ridiculed by fans of the opponent club as many people expected.

There are not many strong teams in Greece. After they officially established the Greek football league, Olympiacos won nearly [-] league titles, while Panathinaikos had less than [-].Olympiacos fans have always despised Panathinaikos fans with a high profile. When have they been ridiculed like this?

At this time, Panathinaikos fans mentioned the score when the two teams first staged the derby in 1930.

The bright and dazzling score of 8:2 stimulated the fans of Olympiacos.

Although the number of league championships they won later surpassed that of Panathinaikos, when the two teams met for the first time, it was indeed a complete defeat for Olympiacos.

The hot-tempered guy stepped forward directly to make a move. Since the team is not in good shape recently, let's see the truth with our hands and feet!

Anyway, there have been many derby duels between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. The two teams called each other "eternal enemies".When we meet each other in normal times, even if there is a little friction, we still have to step forward, let alone now.

Greece's enviable high welfare system also makes the Greek people not need too much work at ordinary times, they can even take a rest every day, just sit on the government relief money, maybe even more!
In this situation of doing nothing all day long, fans will naturally focus on fighting, and move towards the road of "conquering them by force".

The Greek police force, which was not enough to cope with such a scene, was exhausted and ran between the troubled areas.

Shao Bo did not expect that after they lost to Panathinaikos, they would bring so many troubles to Greece, but this had nothing to do with him.

When Panathinaikos comes here in the next game, they will definitely not get their home court advantage.You know, although Shao Bo is magnanimous on the surface, he secretly scolded a few words in private that the Greek stadium seems to be a dilapidated stadium that has been deliberately remodeled.

Even if you underestimate the enemy, Arsenal's loss should not be.Unexpectedly, in order to win, Panathinaikos chose to replace the stadium turf with artificial turf in advance.

Presumably they have trained for this for a long time in advance, and they can adapt very freely here.

The Arsenal players are not used to the football movement on this kind of artificial turf. Every time they make a pass error, the opponent seizes the opportunity to counterattack.

But fortunately, at least Arsenal's players were not hurt in this game.Although they lost this game, there will be six games in the entire group stage, so even if they lose one game, they still have a chance.

Although Schalke 04 and Lazio are also very strong, if Arsenal can't beat them, how can they talk about dominating Europe?

As the saying goes, if you are frustrated in the casino, you will be proud in love.

Although Shao Bo stayed away from the love scene for the time being, Arsenal, who lost the Champions League, was comforted in the league.After defeating their opponents, they also moved one step further in the standings.

Both Liverpool and Manchester United lost the game. It is impossible to learn from Arsenal last season and try to complete the achievement of "unbeaten championship".

Arsenal, on the other hand, still have hope.

In addition to Arsenal, there is also a team in the Premier League that remains unbeaten, but it is a pity that they have too many draws, which are not too noticeable.

That's Aston Villa.

If you count the total points in the League One era alone, Aston Villa can be ranked among the top five clubs in England, and even the British prince is their fan.

They even have an honor that surpasses Arsenal, that is, in the early 80s, when English football was at its peak, they won the Champions League trophy once.

Of course, although the current Aston Villa was able to wrestle with Manchester United coached by Ferguson in the early years of the Premier League, and almost won the first league championship since the establishment of the Premier League, they quickly sank and have now become a team. Ordinary mid-range team.

It is nice to say that they have remained unbeaten this season, but it is ugly to say that except for Aston Villa's victory over Leeds United in the third game of the season, they have not been able to taste the fruits of victory.

It would be a more accurate description to say that they were unbeaten for several rounds!
Of course, at least they still maintain an undefeated record.It's just that after Highbury and Arsenal played against each other, there is only one team left in the Premier League that has maintained an unbeaten record.

It's Arsenal, of course.

After winning Aston Villa, Arsenal once again defeated Coventry at home. Now they squeezed out Manchester United and became the top of the Premier League standings!
There is no need to fly to a foreign country again, and they have played at home for several consecutive games. Although the schedule during this period was intensive, at least they did not have the test of long-distance travel.

In the Champions League games in previous years, Arsenal's home court was temporarily transferred to Wembley Stadium.

This is mainly due to the fact that Highbury's field capacity is too small to meet the standard according to UEFA regulations.Originally, if Arsenal persisted, it would not be impossible to continue playing here.

It's just that Wembley Stadium is indeed much bigger than Highbury. When they play in the Champions League, although the stadium is rarely full - except for a few games between Arsenal and Real Madrid and Juventus.

But that is almost two Highbury's audience capacity and the club's ticket revenue has surged!
Although this is after cutting off the rent and other fees paid to the FA, otherwise David Dane's suggestion of "renting Wembley to replace Highbury" at that time would not have received a small amount of support!

Now that Wembley Stadium has been demolished and rebuilt, Arsenal can only return to Highbury to play their home games in the Champions League.

This is not bad!Compared with Schalke 04's proud Schalke Stadium, Highbury's stadium is a bit small, and they also need a period of adaptation to the venue.And this is the best home field advantage left to Arsenal!

Arsenal played two UEFA Cup games with Schalke 04 in the early days of Shao Bo's coaching. At that time, there was no construction plan for the Schalke Stadium.

In just a few years, Schalke 04 has changed to a new stadium, and Arsenal has also begun to work hard for the completion of the new stadium. Shao Bo felt a little bit about the passage of time and the passage of time.

"What are you thinking? It's almost time."

Pat Rice smiled and patted Shao Bo, who immediately recovered, waved his hand and said nothing, closed the office door, and prepared to attend the press conference of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Looking at Pat Rice's gray hair, Shao Bo laughed at himself.

Yes, compared to the old man in front of me who has been playing for Arsenal since his player days, he is nothing.Compared with the head coaches who took up the pointer after retiring, I couldn't be younger, so it's too early to play nostalgia at this time.

Last season, Schalke 04 became the team with the most goals and the fewest goals conceded in the Bundesliga with its outstanding performance, and successfully defeated Bayern Munich in the end to become the league champion.

This is their first league title after 43 years!

When they won the championship last time, the Berlin Wall between East Germany and West Germany had not yet been built, and after they won this championship, the two Germanys have already been united.

Not only won the league championship after many years, Schalke 04 also defeated the old rival Berlin Union in the German Cup not long after, and, like Lazio, became the only two double-doubles in the mainstream European league that season. crown king.

One is almost undefeated to win the championship, and the other is the double championship of the league. What kind of trouble is this Champions League group?
However, despite their good performance last season, after the start of this season, the situation of Schalke 04 is not so good.Losing several games in a row in the league, they are currently ranked in the middle of the Bundesliga, and there is no sign of being the defending champion of the season.

But despite this, Arsenal cannot underestimate their opponents.Even if Shao Bo still takes the league championship as his goal for the season, he doesn't want to be out of the group stage in the first stage.

This match looks like a fierce battle!

Fortunately, their current goalkeeper cannot come to London due to illness, and his replacement is the long-lost substitute goalkeeper Deisler.

Perhaps, starting from the goalkeeper is a good entry point?
　Sorry, shortly after the last chapter was published, I was reminded by a book friend that there was a problem with the release of the chapter content... It has been revised.Recently, I changed to a new code word software, should I return to wps?The next chapter is before midnight.

　　
　
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