Volume 3: The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 249 The King of Kings (Part I)

With the 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League group stage draw results announced in Monaco, the next day, major media commented on the results of the Champions League group stage draw.

Britain's "The Sun" released the Champions League group stage like this, "If the difference in strength between the teams is the standard, the group of death should be the first to promote Group B, Lyon, Benfica, Schalke 04 and Tel Aviv Workers no one dares to claim the strength to win, but everyone has the possibility of qualifying from the group." However, due to the lack of fame of these four teams, their "death" index has also been discounted. In contrast, Group G of Milan and Real Madrid is the most deserving of this year's "Group of Death".

In fact, to be able to draw A Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax into a group, Milan won the Champions League 7 times, Real Madrid won the king 9 times, Ajax has also reached the top 4 times, and the total 20 championship records of the three teams are enough to make this group full of death, and this is just the group stage.

The Sun believes that "Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea should all be out of the Champions League group." "After the results of the draw, there was a general optimism in the British media. Indeed, compared to Group G, which has a champion-level Group G with Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax, the Premier League teams, especially the traditional top three, have good luck.

Sky Sports: Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers (Scotland's side) now know who will be the foes they will face in the group stage of the Champions League. Manchester United, who have reached two finals and won one cup in the last three seasons, are in a relatively relaxed position in the group. The "half-own man" Rangers and the Turkish recruits Bursa seem to have a hard time in Ferguson's eyes, but Valencia, who are on both wings, will still be a problem for the Red Devils without Villa. Chelsea are still in the hunt for their first ever Champions League trophy when they meet owner Abu's hometown side Spartak Moscow. Arsenal veteran Eduardo was immediately in for a comeback, with Shakhtar likely to be the Gunners' potential biggest rivals in the group stage. Of course, don't underestimate the Portuguese side Braga who pulled Celtic down in qualifying. Tottenham will have a hard time qualifying, with Inter, Hoffenheim and even FC Twente not being easy opponents to deal with. Can Redknapp handle Hoffenheim and FC Twente to qualify with Inter?

Daily Mail: Tottenham are mired in Group A and Inter Milan; Manchester United vs. Rangers, the British Civil War is on the verge of breaking out.

The Guardian: Tottenham Hotspur, who reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time, and Ferguson's Manchester United are also in the spotlight. Lao Lei's team had just swept Bern, Switzerland 4-0 in the second leg of the play-offs, but their opponents were the mighty Inter, Bremen and Twente. Alex Ferguson will face his hometown side, Rangers, and the British derby will be an eye-catcher.

"Team Talk": Manchester United and Rangers meet in a narrow way. Ferguson encounters his old club; Rangers boss Smith was Ferguson's assistant coach back then, and the two had a lot to watch. Arsenal E0 Ivan Gazidis says the Champions League has a deeper meaning for the three London teams. It's not just England fighting for honour, it's also a competition for the London top three in Europe. He also predicted that there is a good chance of a repeat of the final Champions League semi-finals with three Premier League teams this season. Manchester United E0 David Gill has shown plenty of respect for Rangers and believes that Valencia are also the favourites to qualify from this group. Tottenham's director of sport for football, Darren Eales, believes every group game will be extremely tough. Tottenham's goal is to try to reach the knockout stages.

Italy's "Milan Sport" commented: "Although Milan and Ajax are a bit different at the moment, Real Madrid, which has been pressed by Barcelona in recent years, has just changed the coach, and it is really difficult to predict what Mourinho can integrate the Galaxy Battleship into." Therefore, in addition to Auxerre, the rest of the top three also have hopes of qualifying, as Milan coach Allegri said: "This group we are in is one of the two most difficult groups, each team is extremely difficult to deal with, let alone Real Madrid".

Another tough group in Allegri's mouth is Group A, where Inter Milan are located. Although the Nerazzurri are giants, Hoffenheim, Tottenham and Eredivisie champions FC Twente are not easy to mess with, and it is not impossible for a careless gutter to capsize, and Moratti has already said "be cautious throughout". Hoffenheim, Tottenham and FC Twente are so close that they are bound to be fiercely rivalled by each other.

"We are the group of death, all four teams have a chance to qualify, we need to play to our full strength," said Roma Sport.

Spain's newspaper Ass said: "Barcelona have secured the round of 16, while Real Madrid are in the group of death."

"Daily Sport" said hypocritically: "Barcelona can't be careless, Kazan Ruby used to be our nemesis, they have not lost to us so far, Panathinaikos is strong and cannot be underestimated."

Speaking to reporters after the draw, Arsene Wenger, who was in Monte Carlo preparing for the UEFA Super Cup, said: "Arsenal and our fans should be the object of sympathy, from Donetsk to Braga to Belgrade, our road trip is going to be extremely difficult because we will be almost halfway around the globe and a lot of the time the distance can determine the result, I would have liked the opponent to be a little bit stronger, but closer. “

Li Huan, who participated in the draw, also accepted an interview with reporters, and the Chinese defender said: "I personally drew out the Shakhtar Donetsk team, I'm really sorry for my teammates, we may have to go to Russia to play in the coldest time, but I believe that as long as our legs don't freeze off, we can qualify." After all, it is still up to strength to decide the outcome of the battle. “

Russian Tsar Arshavin said after the draw that "Russia is not as cold as everyone thinks, only about minus 20 degrees, and there is another kind of fun to play football in the snow." Shakhtar Donetsk are a great team and we have to take it seriously or we will suffer. ”

Talk of the Champions League group stage faded by the afternoon of the second day, as another important game is about to begin, the UEFA Super Cup kicks off at 7.45pm, and Arsenal and Atletico Madrid will fight over who is the king of champions of Europe, the first major tournament after the World Cup in South Africa.

In the afternoon, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid took part in a press conference organised ahead of the UEFA Europa League after training at the Stade Louis II.

Atletico Madrid coach Flores is good-looking, handsome and sunny than Mourinho, but his momentum and temperament are a little worse, wooden, and his coaching style is also quite similar.

The arrival of the handsome coach naturally caused a lot of discussion on the scene, especially the female reporters, who were all holding back their energy and preparing to ask questions to the handsome coach.

However, Flores is not only handsome enough, but also cool enough, after coming to the press conference, his speech was very brief, cool brother said: "I don't talk about tactics today, I don't want to talk about starters, today I will talk about a story." In 03, when the club's centennial celebration coincided with the club's economic crisis, the fans found a way to raise money to celebrate, they ordered a huge assorted seafood steamed rice, tens of thousands of people celebrated happily together, and then carried a handmade world's largest team flag to Calderón, without letting the club spend a penny.

And I would like to mention a fan, Spanish singer and Atletico Madrid fan Joaquin? Sabinha, he sings in the song: "Tear-jerking Calderón, this is my home. It taught me how to grow, how to endure, how to live, how to face adversity...... Rich or poor,"

In the face of fans like this, I hope that me and my players can bring them joy, hope and championships. When you're done, Professor Wenger will continue. “

After Coach Atletico Cool finished speaking, Shi Shiran left, and he didn't even give reporters a chance to ask questions.

Wenger shook his head and said in his heart, young people are young people, they like to be cool, but professional football is not something that can be played with a few cool games.

Then the professor talked about the game and some of the problems that happened before the game, "This is a title that we have never won, all the Arsenal people want to win him, I and my players will not disappoint the fans, I have been in charge of Arsenal for 13 years, but I have brought very few titles to the team, and I have not won a title in the last five years, but the club has given me a salary increase, which is something I am ashamed of, I hope to be able to bring as many trophies as possible to the team, Super Cup, Club World Cup, ...... the Big Ears Cup, we have made some changes to our starting line-up compared to the league, but that doesn't mean we don't want to win the title, so rest assured, our 22 players are at a very high level, and I also selected the best players to play. Finally, I hope that more fans will be able to come and support us. “

Then the professor also answered some questions from reporters, the professor revealed the news that Fabregas will start this game, and the professor also said that Arshavin will not start, and the reporters and fans want to see Li Huan, Arshavin and Fabregas together has not been realized.

At six o'clock in the evening, Arsenal fans and Atletico Madrid fans occupied the country, which is only the size of more than 400 football fields, and the football mecca of Louis II Stadium was crowded with fans in bed sheets and red and white jerseys, all of whom came to witness their team win the king of Europe.

When there was still half an hour before the game, the commentators of the imperial court station began to build momentum for the game, Duan Xuan, Tao Wei, and the specially invited guest Zhang Lu were ridiculing the game.

“…… Since 1998, the tournament has been held annually at the Stade Louis II of Monaco. Monaco is only the size of 400 football fields, but the principality has witnessed many exciting matches in European football. The Stade Louis II is the designated stadium of the Super Cup, with a capacity of 18,000 spectators, and is the mecca of Monaco football.

Visually, the fans in the stadium are split evenly on both sides, but I don't know if this game will be a winner, but anyway, we believe it will be an offensive battle and a goal battle. “

Duan Xuan introduced it seriously.

Tao smiled: "Atletico Madrid's summer preparations, 5 warm-up matches, 1 win, 2 losses and 2 draws, Atletico Madrid 0-1 Sporting Gijón, Mallorca 3-2 Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid 1-1 Espanyol (penalty 3-4), Cadiz 1-1 Atletico Madrid (penalty 5-6), Atletico Madrid 3-0 Anderers (Thai Stars).

While the results of the warm-up games may not say much, Atletico have always been criticized for his defence, and despite the major changes made by young coach Flores this year, the run-in period for new players is also a problem. If Arsenal insists on defending and counterattacking and seizing the holes in Atletico's back, the victory is almost 100 percent, but Arsenal will definitely not play defensive counterattacks, they will definitely attack, so that this game will be good. ”

Zhang Lu is an expert in Serie A, he has always existed in the glorious era of Serie A, and he is not very welcome to the Premier League and La Liga, hearing this, he said: "Arsenal doesn't want to defend against it, the first is that he is not very good at defending, and secondly, they can't put this face, they are Champions League champions, one grade higher than Atletico Madrid, and in the face of a team like Barcelona, Arsenal has nothing to defend." , but Atletico Madrid certainly isn't enough for Arsenal to see. Against offense, Arsenal also has at least 70% chance of winning. ”

At this time, Duan Xuan got the starting lineups of both sides and said: "Now we have the starting lineups of both sides of the game, Atletico Madrid played a (4-2-3-1) formation today: 13-De Kea/21-Peña, 25-Godin, 18-Dominguez, 17-Uyfarusi/12-Assunço, 8-Raul Garcia/20-Simao, 7-Forlan, 19-Reyes/10-Aguero

No. 13 goalkeeper De Kea is a substitute, a small 90 goalkeeper, 192 tall, today he replaced the main goalkeeper Asenjo, this small goalkeeper is not simple, some people compare him to Germany's Adler and Neuer, but he himself thinks that his saving skills are very similar to Van der Sar, in the league last season, this small goalkeeper performed extremely well, and is already one of the favorite goalkeepers of the young coach Flores.

Atletico Madrid is really elite today, Aguero, Fanussi, and Forlan are all making their debuts, and it looks like Coach Cool is really going to have a lot of luck with the professor.

Arsenal's starting lineup is like this, "Goalkeeper Fabianski, who is also a substitute goalkeeper, his strength is actually not much different from Almunia, mainly because he has played fewer games and has too little experience, in fact, if he doesn't make a few mistakes, he has a chance to get up." “

There is not much change on the back line, when other positions are changing, the professor has stabilized the backline, Li Huan is still the right back, but according to the meaning of the professor before the game, if the team is ahead, it is likely that Li Huan will be allowed to rest in the second half and let Sania come up to exercise.

The centre-back was a combination of Koscielny and Vermaelen, the left-back was Bouee and Klich made it to the bench.

The midfield adjustment is relatively large, with Song and Cesc Fabregas at the back, Nasri and Rosicky in front of them, and Van Persie and Walcott on the front, one high and one fast. Chamak, Bendtner, Arshavin were all on the bench. “

Zhang Lu said: "In fact, Arsenal's lineup is also relatively gorgeous, and it is also a first-class lineup in Europe. ”

Tao Wei said: "It's true that the first-class is true, but if Li Huan doesn't come, he is still a coach who has not won a championship for five years, they are too light and heavy-duty, in the increasingly utilitarian modern professional football, he is not suitable at all, it can be said that Li Huan's arrival saved his career as a professional coach." “

Duan Xuan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if there is no champion for five years, these Arsenal clubs have been raising his salary, and during the press conference, he said that he has raised his salary again, and now it is a weekly salary of 80,000 pounds." “

Tao Wei said: "Before Li Huan's transfer, there was a popular post on the Internet commenting on whether the professor was a devil or an angel, which is actually very interesting, I will read it to you, the name is the professor's seven deadly sins."

Arsene Wenger's Seven Deadly Sins of On-the-Spot Command: Arsene Wenger's on-the-spot command ability is still far from Ferguson, Hiddink, Mourinho and other tactical masters. If you look at Wenger for a long time, you will find a pattern: Wenger makes substitutions, usually after 65 minutes, after 80 minutes, and close to stoppage time (except in very special circumstances). Arsene Wenger doesn't like to take the initiative to change, he always likes to see others change first. Even Arsenal are already behind. I once saw a statistic that Arsene Wenger made only about 4% of the substitutions at half-time. In addition, Wenger did not see the control of the field well enough, even if he saw the weak links in the match, he always had a fluke mentality, but as the game progressed, the fluke mentality did not get a fluke after all.

Arsene Wenger's Seven Deadly Sins of "Nepotism": There is a joke that someone recommended Messi to Wenger, and the professor asked, is it French? The recommender said no, and the professor said, "Then you still recommend?" Many Arsenal fans have been wondering why the professor loves French players so much.

In the first peak of the professor, the three French musketeers: Henry, Pire, Vieira, played a great role. But now in the Arsenal team, many French players such as Sagna, Clichy, Galla, Diaby, Nasri, Silvestre, and Trauchi often play just to play soy sauce. An Arsenal player once broke the news that in the Arsenal dressing room, the first language is French, he is very unaccustomed to it, he feels that he should speak English. Arsene Wenger's reuse of French players is good for his country, but at Arsenal it is easy to form a gang. Some say that the departure of August and Toure before the start of the season was a reflection of the defeat of the African gang to the French gang. And in Arsenal's current squad, some French players do not have the strength to sit firmly in the main force, but they do.

Wenger's Seven Deadly Sins of "Heavy Attack and Light Defence": Wenger has a pair of discerning eyes, and there is no shortage of stones into gold, but he is more reflected in the offensive system, with Anelka, Henry, Pire, Ljungberg in front of him...... There have been recent absences in August, Van Persie, Jr., Bendtner...... Numerous. But the more defensive stalwarts on the defensive end were Lehmann, Toure, Akol, Campbell in the first glory days (the back five don't count). In the second venture, there were few bright moves, Chrissy and Saña only flashed in the British Peninsula for a year, but Flamilli left the city of Milan. So, when you're looking at the current Arsenal game, you're never worried about not seeing a goal, whether it's watching you score or conceding a goal. And the professor only likes to buy offensive players, and even in the academy, which has always been proud, there are few defensive demons. So now no matter who is injured in Arsenal's frontcourt, there will always be someone on top, even if there is a certain gap in strength, and the backcourt Gara and Wilmaren are injured, the professor can only send Campbell + Potato The two old combination of Xuan Ming, these two people have experience, but the surprise is gone. But looking at Almunia and Fabianski in the backfield, getting rid of it again and again, and making mistakes again and again, you won't be surprised that Zhan Jun suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared Arsenal's tofu scum defense during the commentary.

Arsene Wenger's "stubbornness" of the seven deadly sins: To be honest, I have never seen such a stubborn coach, obviously not strong enough to replenish, but he said: Rosicky's contribution is equivalent to a world-class recruitment. Obviously saw Fabianski's clumsy performances again and again, but he said to the media: Fiat is a world-class goalkeeper, all he needs is training. It's just that I don't know how Manone, who has more potential behind fiat currency, feels? Wenger's stubbornness, world civilization, does not need too many words from himself.

Arsene Wenger's Seven Deadly Sins: No matter what season it is, before the start, Wenger said that he aims for four crowns: the league, the Champions League, the FA, the League Cup...... None of them can be missing, if you have to have one, then you have to get rid of the League Cup, if you have to have two, then you have to get rid of the FA Cup. As a result, in this five-year period without a championship, Wenger's choice problem is particularly prominent, in the League Cup and FA Cup, Wen always sent a group of baby soldiers to fight, and the easiest championship is gone, but the most difficult championship cannot be won. For example, against Chelsea in the semi-finals of the FA Cup last year, when the league had no desire, the Tsar and Nasri were hidden. With the Champions League on the horizon, knock Liverpool to death. There has been no championship for five years, and he urgently needs a championship to set the heart of the army, whether he is the FA or the League Cup, as long as it is not the Emirates Cup, it is still useful to quench the thirst of Wangmei......"

Duan Xuan said: "This is really reasonable, it should be said that Li Huan has fulfilled the professor." ”

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