Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 148 The Knockout Tournament Begins
Li Huan has been very busy in recent days, after the training, he hurried home to help Gao Yuan Jundai find a house, Gao Yuan Jundai lives in Li Huan's house every day is really very risky, although Jia Lei is much more familiar with London than Li Huan, but Li Huan has no way to let her help in this matter, Li Huan is not so thick-skinned, Li Huan has a lot of friends in London, but there is no one who can help Li Huan do this.
Zhou said, or Gao Yuan Jundai found a house sale information from the newspaper, near Hyde Park, of course, not Hyde Park No. 1, although Li Huan can afford 60,000 pounds a square meter, but he doesn't want to be the focus of media attention, so he didn't buy it there. This is a small property right house, the price is more than 700,000 pounds, Gao Yuan Jundai found a job in an immigrant secondary school in London, the house is not far from the place where Gao Yuan Jun Dai works, Li Huan and Gao Yuan Jun Dai went to see it, and thought it was not bad, so they bought it in the name of Gao Yuan Jun Dai.
After settling the plateau Jundai, Li Huan took the time to go to Munich to see Li Bing and his daughter Li Meng, who had been three months old, was very cute, which made Li Huan love it, and even had the idea of risking Li Bing to go to London, but in the end, Li Bing resolutely disagreed, and Li Huan gave up.
Li Huan's performance these days and often receiving calls from women after training make Professor Wenger very uneasy, because in recent times, Terry's wife has made too much trouble, and even affected Chelsea's results, Li Huan is more famous, attracts more women, and there are faint legends, Li Huan and the boss's daughter are still a little ambiguous, Wenger is worried that Li Huan will be affected by women, after all, Li Huan is 27 years old and has not fixed his girlfriend, which is a hidden danger, so in the usual communication, Professor Wenger often reminds Li Huan a few words, Let Li Huan pay attention to Terry's experience.
Li Huan pretended not to understand when he heard it, he was single, as long as he didn't take drugs, the media couldn't do anything about him, he even wanted to remind his coach to be careful, as a traverser, Li Huan knew that Professor Wenger was not as serious and elegant as he looked, and he also had a lover who was twenty years younger than him. However, Li Huan still resisted his impulse, with Wenger's surname, if he really said it, Li Huan couldn't imagine what kind of reaction the professor would have. However, Li Huan still restrained himself a little and tried not to return to Munich, but urged Shen Yu to open a fashion store in London as soon as possible, so that he could see his daughter often.
Although Li Huan spent a lot of energy on dealing with family chores, he did not take it lightly in preparing for Porto's Champions League quarterfinals, Li Huan understood when he played against Portugal and Spain teams in the Bundesliga, Latin football is not easy to play, even if it is a weak team that is not famous, their technical level will not be worse than the giants of the Bundesliga and the Premier League. If Arsenal don't take it seriously, they may be in the wrong place.
Even though Arsenal is extremely strong in the Premier League and Champions League group stages, the British media is still full of worries about Arsenal's trip to Portugal, Arsenal and Porto have played 4 times in the Champions League, and Arsenal has a slight advantage of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The Gunners are winning all at home to Porto, but Porto are also unbeaten at home to Arsenal. In addition, before Manchester United's narrow 1-0 win away last season, Porto were unbeaten at home in the Premier League for 41 years, which shows that Porto are not afraid of Premier League teams.
In addition, in terms of form, Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League this season, but No. 1 goalkeeper Almunia was suddenly diagnosed with a chest infection and was unable to play, and the back injury of central defender Galla finally made him unable to support it and had to go to the hospital for treatment. Porto, on the other hand, extended their unbeaten run to 12 games in Saturday's 0-0 draw away to Rexos in the Portuguese Super League, and what has made it a bit tricky for Arsenal is the impressive form of Falcao, who has just moved to River Plate this summer, with the Colombia international scoring 20 goals in 26 games. Striker Hulk, who paid $100 million in liquidated damages, has recovered from his injury in December last year and is at least able to play, which is also a threat to Arsenal.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger also believes Porto are a difficult opponent to play. 'It was a difficult match. Porto don't look like a prestigious team, but every year they get to the knockout rounds, causing surprises for others and they've been playing well lately. If you lose to Liverpool, then it will be too difficult to go to Porto again. Now we are missing Almunia and Galla, but we are very confident that Fabianski and Campbell can replace them and Arsenal are still confident of reaching the last eight. ”
Porto coach Pacos Ferreira has been in charge of Porto since '06 and has led the team to the Portuguese Super League title for three consecutive years, and the Champions League has reached the round of 16 for the fourth consecutive year. He expressed a cautious view of the game, saying: "Arsenal can cause us a lot of problems. When they play well, they're hard to beat. I didn't feel any pressure. We need to control the game, and to do it we have to control our emotions. Arsenal are the best team in the world but they are only human beings and the Dragons will be our biggest motivation and confidence, we will see what we haven't seen in a long time, we can't control the excitement of the fans, we know their joy is real. What we have to do is control the game. On the day of the game, I didn't want to hear from the fans in the UK. It's important for our fans to feel like we're fully committed and we want them to support us. ”
The left-back who will play against Li Huan, Uruguay international Andreas Pereira, challenged Li Huan before the game, "Li Huan is nothing special, in my opinion, Li Huan is like all other players. I'm going to be careful, I'm going to be focused, I'm confident in my ability and I'm not going to change my style of play. I'm going to concentrate like I would in any other game and I'm not going to give him a chance. ”
Porto defender Mereles also tried to provoke Li Huan, "Li Huan may be the number one star in the world right now, but he needs to prove at Arsenal why he is the best in the world, we will play a great game and try to make them unable to prove themselves." ”
Porto's goalkeeper Elton predicted a nervous Arsenal defeat in Portugal as they could not withstand the pressure. 'The pressure is on Arsenal because they are big clubs, big favourites to win the Champions League, and it would be a big surprise if they didn't qualify. So they can be nervous because of that, and if we promise not to let Arsenal settle down and play in their usual style, then we have a good chance of progressing. Our stadium, our fans and the atmosphere will be so important that with that behind us we can create more chances to win. Earn greater respect. ”
In the face of Porto's provocation, captain Cesc Fabregas hoped that his team-mates would not be fooled, saying: "The opponent wants to provoke us, but we can't be fooled, we have to calm down so that we can play our style, calmness is important for shooting, only calmness can improve the efficiency of shooting. Porto are a good team and the Stadio de Dragons is horrible, but we went there to win and we were confident we could do it. because we are the best team in the world. ”
Li Huan was not angered by Porto's provocation, Li Huan was very patient, he understood why the opponent wanted to provoke him, Li Huan said: "In the Premier League, every weak team is looking forward to playing against Arsenal, so that they may be famous all over the world through one game, of course, that is when they win, if they lose, he will be like other teams under us, become a passerby, a trick, so they try their best to make their voices heard." It's a shame that there are very few teams this season that have given us a taste of defeat. ”
As the two teams engaged in a war of words, testing each other's reactions, UEFA's refereeing committee announced the 37-year-old Swede Martin. Hansen will officiate the first leg of the quarter-final between Arsenal and Porto. The news freed Porto and Arsenal from a war of words because they had a common goal – Swede Martin. Hansen.
Hansen was a firefighter at life, and on the pitch he saved a fire for UEFA President Michel Platini's home country, France, when he ignored Henry's assist against Ireland in the World Cup play-offs in South Africa and sent France to the World Cup finals.
The Porto were a little unhappy with this, suspecting that the Hansen referee had pro-French tendencies, Arsene Wenger was French and might have the advantage of the game, while the Portuguese also felt that a Swede was not good for Porto, because Swedish football and English football have similar physical play, and Porto with Latin play may become passive as a result.
But Arsenal are also dissatisfied, Wenger believes that such a mediocre referee is difficult to enforce the Olympic level of the game, Arsenal is already stronger than Porto, as long as the referee is fair, they can beat Porto to enter the quarter-finals, and a low-level whistle will make the game variable.
However, it is useless for the two clubs to complain, they cannot change the meaning of UEFA, they can only accept this arrangement.
The match between Porto and Arsenal was played in the second match, and the first two matches were Manchester United vs AC Milan and Lyon vs Real Madrid. Both of these games are revenge fights. In particular, Manchester United vs. AC Milan is the focus of attention all over the world. As a result, Manchester United succeeded in revenge, knocking out the old guys in the nursing home in the fashion capital of Milan with three punches. However, the star-studded galaxy battleship Real Madrid had no choice but to get its own bitter host, Lyon, and lost 0:1 away. These two games were a wake-up call for Arsenal to see that quality is not the sum of the line-ups, and that they will need to work hard to win against Porto.
(To be continued)