Chapter 103: Earthquake

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The FA Cup semi-finals were beaten by four goals to local rivals, while the Champions League quarter-finals were knocked out by London-based Chelsea...... In just one week, Arsenal fans have experienced first-hand what it means to be a fire and ice!

So, after witnessing the team's two consecutive defeats and bidding farewell to the FA Cup and Champions Cup, the angry Arsenal fans couldn't help but pour out this anger in their hearts on Wenger and the Arsenal players!

After all, anyone who sees their team go from a treble prospect to a league title in just a week can make a fan make some of the less sober moves on the part of a fan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Coupled with the League Cup, which ended in the semi-finals, the mood of Arsenal fans at this time is even worse to the point of being incomprehensible- Although the Gunners, who are still unbeaten in the league so far, are very hopeful of winning the third Premier League trophy in the club's history with an unbeaten season, it stands to reason that this honor is enough to soothe the dissatisfaction of fans with the team's successive exits in the FA Cup and Champions Cup, but the fact that Arsenal was eliminated by bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur twice in a row in the League Cup and FA Cup makes it difficult for Gunners fans to let go of this dissatisfaction, and they have always been unable to let go of the team's performance!

For Arsenal fans, the trophy is important, and winning the Premier League title unbeaten in the season is a great honour for them, but the result of only two draws and two defeats in four meetings with Tottenham this season is really unacceptable to them.

No matter how many honours Arsenal has won this season, there is no way to beat Tottenham, a sworn rival in the city, on a head-to-head field, and they have been eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup, which will become a stain on Arsenal that will never be erased. Fans and the media don't care whether the logic is reasonable, whether there are other objective factors in this, in their opinion, since Arsenal has never been able to gain the upper hand against Tottenham, it means that the Gunners are not Tottenham's opponents, and the results they have achieved naturally have a lot of water!

It is for this reason that many media and fans have expressed doubts about Arsenal's strength, believing that the reason why the Gunners can dominate the standings is not because of how strong Arsenal is, but because their competitors have been a little inconsistent in the league this season for various reasons. Otherwise, this season's Premier League trophy may not really fall into the hands of Arsenal!

However, in terms of the degree of bad luck, Arsenal, who have said goodbye to the FA Cup and Champions Cup, is obviously not the most unlucky. After all, the Gunners have only lost the possibility of becoming a treble, in fact, in the eyes of most people, Arsenal is not the biggest favorite to win the Champions League trophy, so it can only be said that they missed the opportunity to be crowned the treble, and there is still a league title to win, there is nothing to regret.

In contrast, AC Milan and Real Madrid, the two favourites to win the title, are clearly much more unlucky than Arsenal. The former defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 in the first leg, and in the second leg of the match, Super Laco completed a shocking comeback, and was blocked out of the Champions League semi-finals by Deportivo La Coruna 4-5 on aggregate over two legs, while the latter, known as the Galaxy Battleship, also suffered a Waterloo away from home, and Morientes, who was abandoned by Lafayette, helped Monaco successfully kill the old club with a brace at the Louis II Stadium, and kicked the star-stinted Real Madrid out of the Champions League this season!

AC Milan and Real Madrid were both eliminated by teams that were far inferior to their own on paper, and as soon as these two news came out, they immediately caused a super earthquake in European football. No one could have predicted that Deportivo La Coruna and Monaco would be able to defeat the two top giants and successfully advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League after losing the first leg.

You know, Laco and Monaco are not underdogs, but two of the most successful clubs in the history of the European Cup, AC Milan (6 titles) and Real Madrid (9 titles). In terms of book strength and player allocation, AC Milan and Real Madrid are arguably the top teams in Europe, and they are the two strongest of the eight clubs that have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season. However, the final result is that AC Milan and Real Madrid both failed in the quarterfinals of the Champions League under the condition that the situation is very good!

Who would have thought that the Rossoneri, who had a kingly style and had faint signs of rebuilding the Milan dynasty after winning the Champions League trophy last season, would be almost crushed by Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor Stadium, and scored four goals in a row by their opponents? Who would have guessed that Real Madrid, with six top superstars and known as the best club of the century, would overturn in the gutter at Monaco, a club that is not even a Ligue 1 giant, and be killed by Morientes, whom they ruthlessly abandoned last summer?

At the same time, the players who led Deportivo La Coruna and Monaco to create these two miracles have become the sweethearts of the transfer market. Poulsau, Roten, Gyuli, Morientes, Pandiani, Luke, Belleron...... With these two eye-popping victories, these names have become the target of countless teams!

After all, neither A Coruña nor Monaco are in a good financial situation – Deportivo is home to one of the poorest regions in Spain, and Monaco is also a notoriously poor team in Ligue 1, relying on the city's low tax rates to recruit so many talented players. This means that managers who want to poach Laco and Monaco can be sure of success if they wave their chequebooks and pay the full transfer fee for their favourite players.

For this scene, George was naturally quite emotional in his heart. However, he is not regretting the unexpected exit of AC Milan and Real Madrid, nor is he watching the transfer battle staged around Laco and Monaco, but lamenting that the scene in front of him where the weak defeat the strong and the grassroots team shows their skills in the Champions League is likely to disappear completely in the Champions Cup!

It can be said that the 03-04 season is the last feast for grassroots clubs, with the top giants all out of the top four gates, and the scene of Porto and Monaco, two teams from non-four major leagues, meeting in the Champions League final, will eventually become the swan song of these grassroots teams after the Bosman era. Since then, no team from outside the four major leagues has been able to compete in the Champions League final.

In George's previous life, Atletico Madrid led by Simeone and Dortmund coached by Klopp had a bit of a grassroots counterattack. However, it is a pity that neither Atletico Madrid nor Dort could hold on to the end, and they all fell in the final field. If they can lift the final trophy, maybe the landscape of European football will be the same as this season, and there will be a sea change after that!

However, although George was very emotional about the feast that belonged to the grassroots team in front of him, which is likely to be unavailable, and at the same time admired and admired the fearless temperament shown by these players in Monaco and Deportivo La Coruna, George did not have the same intention of poaching these two teams as everyone else.

With memories of his past life, George is well aware of the future development of these players. Suffice it to say, apart from the three players of Capdevilla, Giuli and Patrice Evra, these two teams are no longer too good.

Therefore, instead of George struggling to compete for these players who are not very good at the ceiling and development prospects, it is better to think about whether you can play a drama of Ming Xiu Plank Road and dark Chen Cang. While most of the attention was focused on Laco and Monaco, they quietly launched an offensive towards Porto to further strengthen Tottenham's strength.

After all, Porto is only a team that has just qualified for the last four of the Champions League, not the team that has won the Champions League, and the league it is in is destined to make it difficult for the Portuguese giants to retain these high-quality resources in the team. The most important thing is that in the context of the sluggish world economy, it is difficult for Da Costa to make a price that is too high, no matter how black-hearted he is. Coupled with Porto's opponent in the semi-finals against Super Laco, who had just beaten AC Milan with four goals, the prospect of advancing to the Champions League final is quite worrying. Therefore, in George's view, Tottenham still has a good chance if they poach Porto now.

If Porto are like in their previous life, under the leadership of Mourinho, they will lift the Big Ears Cup, then Tottenham will be much more difficult to poach. After all, the attention and recognition of the main player of a Champions League winning team, as well as his value, are much higher than the players of a team that stops in the semi-finals of the Champions League!

So, at the behest of George, Tottenham's transfer department made a tentative offer to Porto and launched a transfer offensive to Deco and Carvalho!

In this way, while fans are shocked by the many upsets that have taken place in the Champions League this season, the undercurrent of transfers has begun to quietly appear in places that fans have not noticed, and some forward-thinking teams have begun to prepare for next season in advance.