Volume III: The Gunslinger Myth Chapter 181 The Impact of Volcanic Ash

3 The score of the second place Manchester United is still not opened, and the 10-point advantage makes the championship like meat hanging over Arsenal's mouth, which can be seen and smelled, but it has not been eaten, which makes the Arsenal people almost suffer from championship anxiety,, QUaNBEN,

Speaking of disappointment after the game, Professor Arsene Wenger said: "We had a chance to win the title four rounds earlier but Manchester United postponed our celebrations, but rest assured the fans that if we win the next round, we will be able to open champagne for the title." ”

Arsenal's chairman Mr. Hillwood also told reporters that Arsenal fans need to be patient, winning the championship is not just Arsenal can win, Arsenal's opponents are very tenacious, Arsenal can play today's record is already remarkable, he believes that Arsenal will never lose the championship under such an advantage, the old chairman even joked that even if the next round of Wigan Athletic does not win the championship, there is nothing, it is better to win at home.

After the game, the British media praised Arsenal's fighting power, believing that Arsenal still beat Tottenham Hotspur away by a large score despite the interference of scandals and the absence of a large number of players, showing the temperament of a champion, which has not appeared in Arsenal for many years.

The headline of "The Sun" is "5 goals to beat the sworn enemy, the Gunners are one step closer to the championship", "No Fabregas, no Nasri, no Van Persie, scandals, Li Huan is caught in a scandal lawsuit, in this case, Arsenal's victory is precious, he went to interpret what is the temperament of a champion, although the Red Devils disturbed Arsenal's championship celebration at the last moment, but the Gunners' championship has been unstoppable, as long as they can win in the next round, Ferguson can no longer stop Arsenal to be crowned champion." ”

According to the Daily Mail: "Arsenal fans don't have to rush to win the title a few rounds earlier, with four games left in the league leading by 10 points, there has never been a team in football history who has lost the title in this situation, what Arsenal need to do now is to focus on the Champions League and win the double is Arsenal's goal." ”

The headline in The Times was "At the last minute, the Red Devils postpone the Gunners' championship celebration", "In the London derby, Arsenal won 5-2, and Manchester United is still 0-1 behind Blackburn Rovers at the moment, as long as Manchester United cannot win, Arsenal will win the league title four rounds in advance, but at this time Ferguson's team stubbornly scored two goals within three points, allowing the FA to take the trophy away from White Hart Lane." The Arsenal will have to wait until the next round to win their first title in five years. ”

"The Times" also said, "Arsenal's championship has been unstoppable, Ferguson can only do to make the suspense of the league last for a week longer, at the beginning of the season, no one could have imagined the current situation, at that time people just thought that Arsenal will compete with Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool to compete for the title, did not expect that now it has become Arsenal's first horse, Manchester United can only slow down Arsenal's pace of winning the championship." ”

"The Guardian" shouted that the era of Gunners dominating the Premier League has arrived, "With the addition of Li Huan, the post-Henry era is officially over, Arsenal has entered the era of Li Huan, and after the talented Gunners have found their new king, dominating the Premier League and even the European continent has become an inevitability, although the aging Manchester United and Chelsea are trying their best to prevent the arrival of the Gunners era, but their efforts are doomed to fail, and Arsenal will win the Premier League title that has lost five years in two rounds at the latest." ”

After the north London derby, Arsenal began to prepare for the game with Wigan Athletic, as long as they can beat Wigan Athletic in this round, no matter what the result of Manchester United, they can win the championship three rounds in advance, the league title Arsenal can't wait, and they also have a Champions League semi-final in midweek, away to challenge Inter Milan, this is a more dangerous game, if they can win the championship and then play the Champions League, it is good for Arsenal, so that they don't have to worry about the league anymore.

On the night of the North London Derby, a volcano near the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland suddenly erupted, and a huge column of ash rose more than 10,000 meters into the air, covering most of the European skies in the past two days, triggering the closure of airports and the suspension of flights in Northern Europe and the United Kingdom.

Arsenal are going to Italy to play Inter Milan, they are worried that the volcanic ash will not dissipate by then, the flight will not be able to open, at that time they are afraid that they will have to take a train and a ship to Italy to play, this year is a World Cup year, UEFA and FIFA will definitely not postpone the game.

Two days later, Arsenal were almost desperate, the ash was not dissipating, and more and more countries were closing their airports, and Arsenal had to start thinking about what they would do if they didn't take a plane to get to Italy. The UK is more than a thousand kilometers from Italy, and if you don't take a plane, Arsenal will take at least 24 hours to take at least 24 hours, whether by train or bus, which is a disaster for Arsenal. Because three days after they played in the league, they had a Champions League knockout match with Inter Milan.

The ash in Iceland has affected not only Arsenal's Champions League plans, but also Arsenal's league plans, who were determined to beat Wigan Athletic with their main squad to win the Premier League title before going away to Inter Milan, but if they can't fly to Italy, the league will have to be abandoned, otherwise the players will not have the stamina to play in the Champions League.

Faced with Arsenal's dilemma, Manchester United's players ridiculed, Evra publicly said, "Arsenal want to win the double or wait, I think a team like theirs, it's better not to try to win two titles at the same time, do they think they are Manchester United?" ”

Wigan Athletic manager Martinez has always been a big mouth, he just came to Wigan Athletic and dared to sarcastically ridicule Ferguson has privileges, the FA did not dare to punish the old Sizz, to Professor Wenger, Martinez is also not polite at all, when Arsenal was plagued by volcanic ash, the 35-year-old manager said unscrupulously: "In fact, Arsenal can give up this game, because they can't win with all the main players, they might as well return to their home stadium and compete for the title again, so that they still have a chance to win glory for the Premier League, They are now the only Premier League team in the Champions League. ”

Sooner or later, the league title will be in hand, but the Champions League must not be missed, and after almost certain that he will not be able to fly to Italy to play, Arsene Wenger made the decision to rest the main team, which is a helpless decision, but also the wisest decision, whether it is a wise coach or a mediocre coach can only make such a choice here.

In fact, with the strength of Wigan Athletic, even if Arsenal sends a full bench lineup, it may not necessarily have no chance to win a victory.

Wigan Athletic is a team in Greater Manchester in the North West of England, compared to Manchester United and Manchester City, Wigan is actually just a small town, they were officially established in 1932, and before 1978, Wigan never had the opportunity to play in the national football league.

In '05, they qualified for the Premier League, a precedent in the club's history. However, all the media thought it was a passing team. Even the Wigans themselves feel that the team has only one year to go to the Premier League. In the following seasons, they were the biggest favourites to be relegated each time, but each time they managed to avoid relegation, disgrace almost all English football forecasters.

They are relegation favourites again this year and are now 16th in the table, battling relegation, on the same level as Arsenal's substitutes.

On April 18th, before the whole Arsenal team set off for Wigan Athletic's D stadium, they deliberately looked carefully at the report on volcanic ash in the news and determined that it was impossible for them to fly to Italy.

The time of the game was scheduled by the FA to 1:30 in the morning, and the FA wanted Arsenal to play a few hours earlier to save a little time for them to go to Italy, which is the only seed in the Premier League in the Champions League, which has never happened in recent seasons, and last season was worse, and the Premier League still had two teams in the last four. In order for Arsenal to go further, the FA has also made their own efforts, they cannot postpone the league, this is a World Cup year, the league must end sooner.

However, even if Arsenal loses or draws this game, it is not necessarily impossible to win the title, but this will require the help of Manchester City, this round Manchester United will start a city derby with Manchester City, Manchester City is playing at home, they have to fight for the top four in the league, this game can be said to be a decisive battle between the two sides. If Manchester City beat Manchester United, Arsenal could automatically win the league title.

Arsenal's starting line-up for this game is as follows:

goalkeeper 21 - Fabianski;

Four defenders: 42-Gilbert, 6-Senderos, 18-Silvestre, 28-Gibbs;

Four midfielders: 37-Eastmond, 48-Randall, 32-Merida, 35-Coquelin

Two strikers: 54 Watt, 9 Da Silva,

This squad is purely substitute and youngster-oriented, and basically no one can name the players unless they are veteran gunslingers. The on-site commentator even joked that even Arsene Wenger probably couldn't name all the players.

Wigan, on the other hand, fielded all of their main line-up to win: 1-Kirkland/25-Melchiott, 19-Bramble, 2-Gohori, 31-Figueroa/20-Rodalega, 27-Diami, 8-Watson, 24-McCarthy/14-N'Zogbia, 18-Moreno

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