Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunners Chapter 254 The Dilemma of Tottenham

Arsenal beat Braga 9-0, Shakhtar Donetsk in the same group 1:. QUanBEN.

9:0 is not the highest score in the Champions League, there was an incredible score of 11-0 in the 73-74 season, but this is the biggest score in the last 30 years, before the game want to see Arsenal cursed by the Champions League curse disappointed, Arsenal with 9 goals to show people his form and fighting spirit, without a close unity, without high morale and positive enterprising spirit would not have been able to play such a score.

In the post-match press conference, Portugal coach Flores was convinced of Arsenal, "We lost to Arsenal in every way, they played beautiful football, I have seen a lot of teams, but no one has ever played like Arsenal, they are like an alien team. ”

As the defending champions, Arsene Wenger did not keep a low profile, in fact, even if he did not have a title for five years, he did not keep a low profile, with last season's success at the bottom, the professor publicly stated that they will work for all the titles this season, "We aim for all the titles, of course, we also have a focus, the Champions League and the league are still the top priority. ”

Due to Arsenal's crazy form in the league and the Champions League, no one dared to question and ridicule the professor's wild words, and after the game, most of the media believed that Arsenal were likely to become the first team to defend the Champions League, and with a little luck, it was not impossible to win all the titles. Of course, this requires a lot of luck, after all, the cup is known as a paradise for the underdogs, and the big teams have to take care of the line, and it is impossible to win so many cup titles without luck. Just five trebles have been produced in the history of football speaks for themselves.

With the Champions League group stage and the Carabao Cup third round just around the corner, the injury-ridden Arsenal will face a tough two-game fixture schedule in a week, and the test will only begin in earnest.

In the fifth round of the league, Arsenal's opponent in the league is the black cat Sunderland, this team was barely relegated last season, but this season has performed eye-catchingly, and there has not been a defeat at their home stadium, in the face of the first four rounds of crazy goals Arsenal, Sunderland coach Bruce is not afraid, he said that Sunderland is ready to face the defending champions, although Arsenal is not strong, but they will not admit defeat, and will not only seek to lose a few fewer goals, Sunderland will fight for points, one point or three points, That's what Sunderland is aiming for.

With the first few teams that succumbed to death, Sunderland was a lot more cautious, they did not have the courage to take three points at their home stadium, they adopted the tactics of defensive counterattack, only hoping to get a point, but because Arsenal's previous performance was too eye-catching, Sunderland fans automatically lowered their requirements for their team, they believe that a point is also a victory, from last season to now, there are no more than five teams that can get a point from Arsenal.

Arsenal has been accustomed to the opponent's defensive counterattack tactics, even the iron bucket formation they often encounter, but in this game they met the laziest referee in the Premier League Lightkin, Lightkin's law enforcement is very loose, do not like whistle and cards, the technical flow of Arsenal always suffers when encountering a referee with loose law enforcement, Li Huan's free kick deterrence has dropped by at least three percent, and their smooth cooperation has been greatly reduced due to too many fouls by the opponent. And their luck in this game was not very good, after the opening began to hit the post, after hitting five posts, Arsenal found where Sunderland's goal was, and in the last five minutes of the game, Li Huan, who appeared again in the central defender position, inserted an assist and knocked on the door of the black cat with a long-range shot. Arsenal won a hard-fought 1-0 win away from home to make it five wins in a row.

Chelsea, who had been clinging to Arsenal in the fifth round, finally fell behind, losing 1-0 away to a hard-working Manchester City, three points behind Arsenal and overtaken by Manchester United in the table. Liverpool, on the other hand, are once again away from the title contenders after five rounds and are fighting for a Champions League spot.

In midweek, Arsenal welcome their first opponents in the Carabao Cup, Tottenham Hotspur, their century-old rivals, the strongest of the Premier League semi-finals, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all rivals in League One and the Championship. Of course, there is also worse luck than Arsenal, that is Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur played the Champions League for the first time this season, they will definitely hope to have a good start, in the first round, they drew 3-3 away from Inter Milan, which is a huge encouragement for Tottenham Hotspur, in their group, Inter Milan is the strongest opponent, forced a draw with Inter Milan, if they can take down Bremen again, they have the hope of qualifying. They don't want to waste energy in the Carabao Cup, but after drawing Arsenal, they can't do it if they don't want to, let alone the League Cup, it's a friendly match, Tottenham Hotspur is never willing to lose to Arsenal, of course, Arsenal has the same idea, although these two teams will never play a friendly match.

After the 9-0 slaughter of Portuguese runners-up Braga, the atmosphere in the Arsenal team was much better, at least Arshavin's skills and role were recognized by his teammates, and as the team was aiming to win all the titles, Arsene Wenger promised that all players would have the opportunity to play, and the competition between the players, although still existing, was no longer as bad as it was at the beginning of the season.

The Carabao Cup will be played on the bench, but the main players were also cheering on the team before the game, with vice-president Cesc Fabregas writing in The Sun: "We are still hungry for the title, the Carabao Cup is an important game and even if it is not against Tottenham, we will not give up, although I will not be playing on Sunday, but I will still be cheering on my team-mates at White Hart Lane and I am sure they will beat Tottenham." ”

When Li Huan participated in a TV show about football, he did not say whether he would play, but Li Huan said that whether he was on the field or not, Tottenham had no chance of winning, even if he used the substitute lineup Arsenal would never lose to the city rivals, the League Cup and FA Cup champions are the championship trophies they must fight for this season.

Tottenham is definitely more depressed than Arsenal, the League Cup is a game they were ready to give up before the start of the season, but now they have drawn Arsenal, with Arsenal's current madness, if Tottenham dares to use substitutes to play, it is difficult to say that they will not be slaughtered by Arsenal at their own doorstep, failure is unacceptable to Tottenham, let alone slaughtered, so no matter what kind of lineup Arsenal discharges, Tottenham must discharge the strongest squad to face it, with Tottenham's current strength, it is simply impossible to support the third-line battle, The frustration in the heart of the Tottenham coach can be imagined for such a chicken rib game that delayed the bright future of the Champions League and the league, but even if his status at Tottenham is respected, Redknapp cannot afford to be slaughtered at home.

The feud between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur has been going on for hundreds of years, and although the derby between them is known as the north London derby, fans of both teams actually believe that the derby between them is the real London derby, and Chelsea is not their real rival at all. Even in a Carabao Cup match, there was a fierce war of words between players and fans on both sides, with everyone attacking each other, provoking each other, and not wanting to lose even verbally. When the Arsenal bus rushed to White Hart Lane, the home of Tottenham Hotspur, the Tottenham fans tried to attack the Arsenal bus, but the London police were prepared, and they quickly stopped the rioting fans and escorted the Arsenal bus into the White Hart Lane stadium.

In the White Hart Lane stadium, Tottenham fans occupied almost the entire stand, leaving only a very small number of seats for Arsenal fans, and the banners they played were also extremely aggressive, some saying "Arsenal get out of London" and "some wrote" Arsenal will lose. Some read, "Kill Arsenal and let them go to feed." "When the Arsenal players came out of the dressing room, they were accompanied by boos.

Arsenal did not send all the substitutes in this game, the main players accounted for one-third, and their ace defender Li Huan was still sitting on the bench. Tottenham, on the other hand, gave their all and tried to eliminate Arsenal at their home turf.

I don't know how many times the two teams have played with each other, and both sides are in north London, and a verbal altercation during club training can be passed to each other, and after the game starts, they don't make any temptations, and they start a fierce confrontation directly.

Arsenal's forward line of Vela and Bendtner, who returned from injury, are both young and in good shape, and they did not hesitate to press Tottenham's back line physically after the opening game to help their midfield relieve pressure.

Arsenal's midfield commanders are Rosicky and Wilshere, and the midfielders are Alexander. Song and Denilson partnered, such a midfield combination is not much worse than when Fabregas was there, breaking down, but the interception ability is average, and it is easy to be penetrated by the opponent from the front.

The four defenders are Sagna, Eboue, Julu and Keschelny, and goalkeeper Fabianski. The biggest weakness of this back line is that there is too little coordination in the game, and there is a lack of tacit understanding, which can quickly be exposed if the opponent puts too much pressure on them.

Tottenham had almost all of their attackers, and the midfield of Mordrich, Bale, Van der Vaart, Pavlyuchenko and Crouch was the key to their draw with Inter, and today's veteran Redknapp was all used in the Carabao Cup, determined to beat Arsenal at home.

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