Volume 3: The Myth of the Gunslinger, Chapter 284, Soldiers Arrive in Rome

Li Huan's defeat of the two-World Cup champion core star to defend the FIFA Golden Ball Award is like a shot in the arm, stimulating the young people in the Arsenal team to rush blood, soaring radically in three lines,,QUAnbEN,

League, Arsenal away 3:0 to the neat West Ham United, back at home with a 3-0 light win at Wigan Athletic, 25 rounds of home against the difficult Everton, Arsenal did not give the opponent any chance, they once again in the 26th round is Arsenal to challenge the 25 consecutive European league wins set by Celtic in the Soviet Premier League, but Newcastle United at home madness, chasing the lead after a little relaxed Arsenal four goals, but in the end the Gunners' patron saint Li Huan once again exerted power, He shot down the Magpies with two long shots and completed the overtake of the Celtics. Arsenal then continued to work hard, beating Wolves 7-1 in 27 rounds, and now Arsenal has only the world record of 32 consecutive wins set by Jordan. However, compared to this record, Arsenal would like to win the title with an unprecedented record of all wins.

Not only have Arsenal been crazy in the league, their substitutes have also been in excellent form in the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

In the third round of the FA Cup, the major teams of the Premier League participated, and Arsenal's substitutes were forced to draw 0-0 by their opponents, and the resumption of the game was easily in the fourth round.

In the 4th round of the FA Cup, Arsenal's opponent was Huddersfield Town in League One, but perhaps carelessly, Arsenal played very hard at home, and was once dominated by the opponent on the field, but they finally defeated Huddersfield 2:1 with superb skills to reach the round of 16.

Arsenal's substitutes beat Ipswich Town 1-0 at home in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final and swept 4-0 at home to reach the Carabao Cup final, where they will face Birmingham City on 28 February. This is the first of the five major leagues to decide the title, and if Arsenal can win the title, it will have a major impact on their subsequent games.

With Arsenal's lead in the league so huge, they are only playing against themselves, and there is no suspense in defending the league title, Arsenal's focus is on the Champions League, and on February 16, they welcomed their first opponent in the knockout stage of the Champions League, Roma.

Compared to Arsenal's smooth sailing, Roma's form and situation couldn't be worse.

After losing at home to Napoli last weekend, Roma suffered two consecutive league defeats. In the standings, Roma were stretched to 13 points by the "leader" A Milan. After the game, Ranieri reluctantly admitted that Roma's dream of winning the title had been dashed in advance. The poor results have put Ranieri's position in jeopardy. On the 13th, many extreme fans shouted the slogan of Ranieri's dismissal at the gate of the Trigoria training base. "Roma Sport" believes that if Roma loses too badly in the Champions League, Montella could take the place of Ranieri as soon as next week.

Roma is being bought by a consortium in the United States, and if Ranieri does not perform well at this time, the American boss will definitely take him as a soft persimmon first, and this game is undoubtedly a life-and-death battle for Ranieri.

Before the game, Ranieri expressed his determination to fight Arsenal to the end. "President Rosella has confidence in me and in the team, and I think the news about the dismissal is all rumours in the local media in Rome. The opponents are very strong, they are the defending champions, but we have to do everything we can and I'm happy with my team and we're not going to give up. ”

Roma's Wolf King Totti also called on his team-mates to defend the Stadio Olimpic, and his words were full of tragedy: "We are going to face the strongest team in Europe and the world, they even sealed the league title in February, they won the league completely, they are a team of terrorists. Against a team like this, we have to muster up 120 points of courage and fighting spirit, otherwise, even on our doorstep, we may lose without shame. In the face of such an opponent, we do not seek the final result, as long as we can play our own style and level, we can face our parents and fellow villagers with peace of mind. ”

Although the opponent is in a dilemma at home and abroad, but Arsenal does not dare to be careless, after all, Roma is also a big club, whether in Italy or in Europe, they have a great reputation and status, it can be said that if Arsenal did not win the Champions League last season, their status in the eyes of reporters and fans will be similar to Roma.

And now Arsenal is still burdened with a curse of no one defending the Champions League after the restructuring, this curse is so strong, the old spicy Milan and the artistic Barcelona have not played in the round of 16, Manchester United easily broke the curse of the defending champion failed to reach the quarterfinals, and then met Hoffenheim led by Li Huan, and was finally eliminated by Hoffenheim, and there is still no way to break the curse of the Champions League defense.

Although Arsenal has broken countless curses, in the face of this biggest curse and a cup match with great luck, the players are inevitably a little nervous.

Before the game, Cesc Fabregas said that Arsenal will not be lightly beaten, Roma is a great opponent, although now Roma is facing great difficulties in the league, and fans have also called for the coach to step down, but in the Champions League, they will definitely unite as one, Arsenal want to win the game easily at the Olympic Stadium is impossible, they are ready to fight hard.

Professor Arsene Wenger also warned his disciples not to be careless, the Italian team is always difficult to deal with, their defense has penetrated their blood, although Roma is an attacking team, but their defense is not very easy to break. However, Arsene Wenger is still full of confidence in the schedule and the result, "Our biggest advantage is the schedule, we can play freely away from home, after all, we still have a chance to play at home, I have a lot of confidence in the quality of the players, as long as we can play our true strength, we will definitely be able to reach the last eight." ”

Teammates and coaches are cautious, speaking very low-key, Li Huan instead high-profile, before the game he ridiculed the opponent's general, Li Huan said: "The city of Rome is not built in a day, so it is not a minute or two minutes to be able to knock down, we must be patient, all roads lead to Rome, we encounter reinforced concrete here to fight in a different place, as long as the hoe is good, no city wall can not be dug down, we will always find their weaknesses." Prince Totti is of course the most threatening, but he's not a prince anymore, he's an old king, and I certainly don't want to let a famous manager go down, but I want to get Coach Ranieri out for us to win. ”

Whether it is the low-key Fabregas and Wenger, or the high-profile Li Huan, Arsenal has revealed the belief that they must win, while Rome has some mourning soldiers, mourning soldiers are mourning soldiers, and they must win but they may not necessarily win, after all, the strength and state of the two sides are very different.

The match between Arsenal and Roma was played on the second match day, on the first match day, the Champions League broke out a big upset, A Milan at home was defeated by Tottenham Hotspur who entered the Champions League for the first time, the score of 0:1 disgraced the 7-time Champions League champions, Gattuso attacked Tottenham's assistant coach Joe Jordan twice during the game and after the game, and was sent off with a red card, A Milan can be described as a goal and a shame. In the other game, Schalke 04, which featured Chinese Artemisia Junmin, drew 1-1 away at Valencia and took the lead in promotion.

Both away teams have achieved good results, the Premier League's Tottenham Hotspur also overturned the Serie A giant away from home, but this result did not make Arsenal a little easier, on the contrary, Arsenal became more nervous, because on the other hand, it is Arsenal that is strong, before the game the European **** company even opened Arsenal away to let a goal ****, as the saying goes, the heat must die, coupled with the Champions League curse, the hearts of Arsenal players are like pressing a stone, heavy.

At 9:45 p.m. on January 16, the knockout round of the Champions League between Arsenal and Roma finally arrived. The 100,000-capacity multi-purpose stadium was packed to capacity, and even 25,000 standing tickets were sold out, with Roma and Gunners fans from all over the world coming to watch the showdown.

In the average Italian stadium, the stands behind the goal are traditionally occupied by the most loyal fans. The Olympic South Stand is the stand behind the goal on the south side of the Olympic Stadium. The South Stand was home to Roma's most ardent fans, who were preceded by banners that read "Come on Roma, Darti is watching you".

The banner commemorates Roma's most loyal fan, Dati, who first appeared at the Stadio Olimpico on November 20, 1960 during the match between Rome and Padua. After the game, he ran into the stadium with a huge Roman flag in his hand. From that day on, whether Roma played at home or away, he would be in the stands first. Before each match, he would give a speech to the crowd, and his words always stirred up the atmosphere: when he shouted "'DajeRaDaje'" (Roman dialect, meaning 'come on Rome'), the fans in the south stand would support the team by singing Roma songs or stomping their feet together, making the fans the 12th player on the pitch. After Darti's death, the way Roma fans cheered for Roma has not changed, and there are still fans who cheer for Roma like Darti did.

Before the game even began, the Roma fans created an extremely warm and tense atmosphere to put pressure on the visiting team Arsenal. And Arsenal's fans also used the team song to compete with Roma fans without showing weakness, but because of the number of people, they were a little weaker in momentum.

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