Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

Arsenal defeated Manchester City at the new Wembley Stadium to win the 2018-2019 EFL Cup, which was expected by most people.

After all, Martin is undefeated in all his appearances for Arsenal.

Moreover, they have won the game three times against Manchester City this season, as has been the case in the past few seasons.

Therefore, there are huge advantages on the psychological level.

As long as you don't deliberately seek death, winning is a sure thing.

Arsenal, who won the championship, also tied Liverpool's record of four consecutive titles set in the early 1980s.

The vast majority of media and fans believe that as long as Martin does not leave Arsenal, there will be no problem in creating his own consecutive championship record.

After winning the first championship trophy in 2019, Arteta was in a very good mood and gave the players a day off with a wave of his hand.

As time comes to March, the schedule is still tight for Arsenal.

Before the international break, there are league games, make-up games, the FA Cup and the second legs of the Champions League 1/8 finals.

A 5-1 home league victory over Bournemouth, followed by a North London derby with Tottenham.

Since the new White Hart Lane stadium is not yet available for use, Tottenham still rents the new Wembley Stadium as their home stadium.

The result will naturally not be good.

Martin, Mahrez, Xhaka and Gnabry each scored a goal to beat Tottenham 4-0, which wasted no money in the transfer market last summer.

Arsenal fans no longer bother to ridicule Tottenham because they feel that their neighbors in north London are completely unworthy of Arsenal's position.

To ridicule as usual will give Arsenal fans a strong feeling of devaluation.

Four days later, it was the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals that kicked off at the Emirates Stadium.

In the first round, they defeated Schalke 04 with three goals as an away team. The return to home game in the second round was considered a formality.

The results of the game also verified the correctness of the media's views.

Martin, Cavani, Xhaka and other players all sat on the bench and did not come on the bench until the second half of the game.

九十分钟战罢，凭借马丁替补登场的一锤定音，最终阿森纳主场1：0击败破门乏术的沙尔克04.以总比分4：0晋级本赛季欧冠八强。

The weekend's league opponent has a strong background and is the Red Devils Manchester United.

However, Manchester United led by Solskjaer still needs to be distracted from the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals in the middle of next week. The league visit to the Emirates Stadium was strategically abandoned, and a large number of main players did not come to London at all.

They lost to Paris Saint-Germain 0:2 at home in the first round, but they have to give it a try when they go to the Parc des Princes in the second round.

There were no surprises in this game at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal beat Manchester United 5-0 at home.

I don’t know if giving it a try had a miraculous effect. Manchester United defeated PSG led by Neymar 3:1 at the Parc des Princes, and reached the quarterfinals with the advantage of more away goals.

Another round of 1/8 finals that started at the same time had a big upset in the second round.

Real Madrid defeated Ajax 2:1 in the first leg and lost 1:3 at home.

In other words, Real Madrid lost to Ajax 3:4 in two rounds and were eliminated.

With the emergence of these two upsets, the top eight of the UEFA Champions League in the 2018-2019 season are all announced.

The Premier League became the biggest winner, with all five teams advancing.

Bundesliga and Ligue 1 all go home.

The remaining three teams are Ajax, Barcelona and Juventus.

This made the British media extremely excited, calling the Premier League the best league in the world.

At 2018 noon on Friday, the 2019-1 Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon.

The fact that the tournament has reached this stage means that there are no evasive rules and teams from the same league can be drawn together.

The draw ceremony was still hosted by Marchetti, director of the competition department.

Liverpool and Manchester City were drawn together, Manchester United met Barcelona, ​​Arsenal met Juventus, and Ajax and Tottenham were automatically paired.

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Arsenal defeated Crystal Palace 1-4 at home and took the lead in advancing to the semi-finals of this season's FA Cup. The other three teams that advanced to the semi-finals were Manchester City, Wolves and Brighton.

Everyone knows that the FA Cup championship is likely to be between Arsenal and Manchester City.

After this FA Cup match, all major top leagues have entered a short intermission.

That's right.

International match day!

Martin was naturally called up by the Portuguese national team to participate in the 2020 European Cup qualifiers.

In the draw held in December last year, Portugal, as the seeded team, was drawn into Group B. There were also four teams in the same group: Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania and Luxembourg.

There are five teams in groups A~E, and six teams in groups F~J.

According to the schedule, Portugal’s first two opponents in the European Cup qualifiers are Ukraine at home and Serbia as a guest.

At the Stadium of Light, Ronaldo, Martin and B scored a goal each to easily defeat the visiting Ukraine.

Then go to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to challenge Serbia.

There is still a clear gap in strength between the two, and Portugal, which performs normally, will not be upset.

With the goals of Martin and B Fee, they won the game 2:1 as a guest.

The end of two international breaks in March means the focus can be entirely on the club.

The next international break is in June after the season ends.

At that time, the UEFA Nations League semi-finals will be held in Portugal against Switzerland.

If you win, you advance to the finals; if you lose, you advance to the third or fourth place finals.

On April 4, local time in England, Arsenal faced the challenge of Newcastle at home.

Since the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be next week after the league is over, Arsenal, sitting at the Emirates Stadium, still has some reservations.

But despite this, Arsenal also defeated their opponents easily under the leadership of Martin.

While ensuring the combat effectiveness of the Champions League, they also scored all three points.

Juventus remains dominant in Serie A, but lacks competitiveness in the Champions League.

In the first round, they visited the Emirates Stadium again. The 'Old Woman' Juventus chose Italian-style defensive counterattack.

However, the team led by Martin likes its opponents to defend defensively the most.

In this way, he can make full use of his best ability of discerning deficiencies in the defense line.

In the Champions League 1/8 finals last season, the two teams were drawn together.

Arsenal defeated the visiting Juventus 4:0 at home and also won 2:0 as a guest, with a total score of six goals.

Before the game started, Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium thanked Juventus goalkeeper Szczesny, who came from the Gunners youth training, for his contribution to the team in the past, and also left a large transfer fee.

At 1:4 pm, the Champions League quarter-finals between Arsenal and Juventus kicked off.

I have to say that Juventus' defense did very well, and it made up for the shortcomings of swallowing six goals in two rounds last season.

But the current Martin is not the Martin of last season, and his abilities in all aspects have been improved.

Compared with last season, it has become more difficult to prevent.