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Arsene Wenger stood between pitches and watched the Arsenal players in a tactical drill. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Drawn away to Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League and beaten at home to Hull City in the league, the Arsenal players are under tremendous pressure, even in ordinary training, the players are working very hard, giving their all in attack and defence.

'Arsèna, the kids are in good shape and should be able to win tomorrow's game. "Assistant coach Pat, who has been with Arsenal for forty years. Rice was relieved.

Arsene Wenger looked very serious and said: "Porto will definitely hold on, for us the first 30 minutes are very important, if we can score in the first 30 minutes, the victory will be ours, if we can't score in the first 30 minutes, the game will become elusive. ”

Rice said: "Arsna, what position do you think that interesting little guy will play?" said Rice thought it was funny, usually before the game is to guess whether a certain player will start, and have not guessed which position a certain player will play.

Wenger said: "You say high, he must be a midfielder, as long as Porto wants to defend, he will definitely let him play at the back." Aside from his height, he has all the talents of a midfielder, brave, strong, cunning, and good at running. ”

Rice said: "Since you are so optimistic about him, why don't you pay 30 million to buy him, we are not short of money." ”

Arsene Wenger said: "He is Vieira's best heir, he can make Arsenal's waist stronger, but he is too expensive, no 19-year-old should be worth more than 30 million, within 30 million is trading, more than 30 million is gambling." ”

Rice agreed, and said, "It should be Mereles who is partnered with Gao, can the children break through their interception?"

Arsene Wenger said: "Normally, it should be two midfielders, it is not ruled out that they will play three midfielders, you know, Mourinho used to be the manager of this team. ”

Hearing Mourinho's name, Rice had a look of disgust on his face and said: "If they do line up a back three, the game will be tough. ”

Arsene Wenger was confident: "We need to play faster, play faster and move faster so that we can get through the opposition's dense defence. As long as we score first, the initiative is all in our hands and the victory will be ours. ”

Rice said: "The key is who will break the deadlock, Van Persie, Adebayo ......"

Arsene Wenger said: "Everyone has a goal to score, and we also have to prevent the opponent from scoring first, especially to prevent Xiao Donggao's long shot, Sesk's task is very heavy, he has to follow Xiao Donggao at all times when he defends, I am worried about his fitness. ”

Rice said: "I think we should worry about Sesk's attitude, he has always been very contemptuous of Gao, saying that Xiao Donggao is a rough brother, and it is possible to relax when defending. ”

Arsene Wenger said: "It's okay, I've asked Denilson to make up for it at any time. ”

Rice said reassuringly: "That's good." With Sesk and Denilson's interference, Xiao Donggao can't exert his strength even if he has a lot of strength. ”

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In China, Arsenal has many fans, and with the fiasco of the Chinese national team and the National Olympic team in the World Cup and the Olympic Games, with Manchester United's new star Dongfang Zhuo in Manchester United, Gao Xiaodong's popularity in China is also getting higher and higher, and it has the potential to surpass Sun Huahai, Zheng Hua, Shao Gang and others who play in the five major leagues.

Arsenal's match with Porto, which has a tall winter, caused a huge sensation in China. Porto and Arsenal have attracted the attention and discussion of fans, and TV and print media have also reported on the dynamics of the two teams on a daily basis.

Because Gao Xiaodong was in Porto, Porto defeated Fenerbahce in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season by a big score in the first round, and China has a high opinion of Porto.

The aggressive Football newspaper believes that Porto are very likely to break the embarrassing record of winless in England at the Emirates Stadium, and Gao Xiaodong will break the Arsenal goal, which Wenger regrets.

The conservative Sport Weekly believes that although Porto are not as strong as Arsenal when playing away, Porto are in good form and are expected to keep a draw away from home.

CCTV's sports news also sent good wishes to Gao Xiaodong and Porto, hoping that Porto can make a breakthrough in England away, and Gao Xiaodong can play well and give Chinese football in the dark a little hope.

On the football forum, in the post bar, Arsenal fans and Porto fans, mainly Gao Xiaodong's fans, began to debate a week ago, Arsenal fans are convinced that the 22-game unbeaten home history will give Arsenal enough psychological advantage, and winning at home can only be the only result.

Porto fans believe that after five consecutive wins in the league and the Champions League, the history of Porto's winless in England has come to be broken, Gao Xiaodong likes to score goals in the strong dialogue, this time in the face of the summer transfer chasing his own Arsenal, Gao Xiaodong is bound to burst out with all his energy, and the Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia who is in a bad state will definitely not be able to stop Gao Xiaodong's powerful long-range shot.

Fans on both sides supported their teams to belittle their opponents, and the live post naturally turned into a polemical post.

Arsenal fans say that Porto is just a second-rate league champion, and they can't even play the League Cup in the Premier League, so they are not qualified to compare with Arsenal at all.

Porto fans ridiculed Arsenal for not even having a Champions League, and were embarrassed to look down on Porto, who had two Champions League titles.

Arsenal fans immediately said that Porto's first championship was already an old calendar, and the second championship was stolen by bribing the referee, and they were embarrassed to show off.

Porto fans say that as long as UEFA does not deprive Porto of the championship, then Porto is the Champions League champion, and Arsenal is no matter how strong it is, and if it has not won the Champions League, it is not worthy of the title of giant.

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In their pre-match press conferences, both Arsene Wenger and Pacos Ferreira expressed their views on the upcoming match.

Arsene Wenger started by introducing Nasri, saying: "Nasri has recovered from injury and in training he is in good shape and is fully fit for tomorrow's game. Then he said, "...... Porto are a great team, they have a lot of experience in the game, although the summer transfer of two main players, but the newcomers Junior Donggao and Rodriguez have shown their quality, this game is sure to be very tough, but Arsenal will have a great performance on their home turf, after a draw in the first round, we only have one option to win. ”

Ferreira, on the other hand, was more low-key, saying: "It's hard to play in England and it's definitely tougher against Arsenal, where we haven't won a single game and we're going to try to change that...... Arsenal have not won in the league or the Champions League before, which puts Arsenal in a dangerous situation and they desperately need to win, maybe this is a weakness that we can exploit. ”

Subsequently, the players of Arsenal and Porto also expressed their confidence and desire for victory on their own Twitter, and in the midst of great anticipation, the big battle between Arsenal and Porto gradually kicked off.