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At the beginning of the 20th century, most Londoners used coal as a household fuel, producing a lot of smoke. This smog, combined with London's climate, has created London's "famous" haze, hence the name "Fog Capital". But that was all yesterday, for Arthur, a Chinese in the previous life, in the years before his rebirth, China was more qualified than London to be called a "fog capital" city, not too much.

Although Blackburn Rovers are only a few hours' drive from London, the whole team arrived in the city a day early for the FA Cup quarters tie the following night.

"Alas, Mensa Bangsu is such a stinky guy!" Arthur sat in his Aston Martin, looked at the overcast sky outside, and cursed.

The FA Cup quarter-finals home and away are decided by draw, and if played at Ewood Park, Arthur is really prepared to use some of the tricks of the future, such as sprinkling water on the turf and showering cold water in the away team's dressing room, to maximize the advantage of the home field, and Blackburn may not be able to use these off-board tactics to beat Arsenal.

However, all of Arthur's fantasies were lost after Mensa Bonsu's failed draw - Arsenal, who were already stronger, won the opportunity to play at home.

At this time, outside the bus window, a cheese-colored building looks like the rising sun, slowly rising from behind the layers of houses on the street.

"Highbury Field." Arthur couldn't help but take a few more glances at the building where his team would play tomorrow.

Most of the courses in the UK are small, unlike those in Italy, Spain or Germany, and even Highbury, which once represented the most modern course in Europe, can only accommodate 38,500 people with three levels of stands.

However, there are also great advantages to the design of the England stadium, on the one hand, it brings the fans closer to the stadium and is more conducive to the development of a good relationship between fans and players. So playing in an English stadium has two diametrically opposed feelings: the home team will think of it as heaven, they can clearly hear the fans singing songs and slogans in support of them, and they can rush to the sidelines to celebrate with the crowd after a goal; The visitors, on the other hand, will think it's hell, and they will be tormented by the boos and singing of the home fans all the time, and they can clearly hear every word they say and clearly see the middle fingers raised in the air.

On the other hand, it is to reduce the burden on the club's operation as much as possible, and the cost of building and maintaining the stadium is very cost-effective compared to other leagues. When you are in the English football league, whether it is the Premier League, or the second division of League One or the Championship, you will rarely see a large empty scene in the stadium, and the attendance is very high. On the one hand, this is because of the British people's enthusiasm for football, and on the other hand, there are not many seats at the English stadium, which is more scientifically accommodating to the number of fans watching the game.

So after taking charge of Blackburn, Arthur never thought of rebuilding a bigger stadium, because Blackburn's permanent population is only 100,000, which is not enough to compare with a township in the country, and the entire Lancashire is only a little more than 1.1 million, for such a population base, the Ewood Park stadium can accommodate 31,000 fans.

Looking at Highbury Stadium, Arthur also sighed slightly, Arsenal abandoned this stadium and built a larger, more modern and more luxurious Emirates Stadium, but since then it has also changed from a champion to a four-man maniac.

"The chance to capture Highbury is running out......

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The Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal FA Cup quarter-final kicks off at 8pm, but the car park outside Highbury Stadium is already struggling to find an empty space by 6pm.

The drizzle of rain in the gloomy sky did not disturb the fans, who gathered at the pitch from all directions waving the Arsenal flag and singing songs in praise of Arsenal with a sense of wine.

However, the problem of parking spaces is not a problem for Arthur, because as the owner of Blackburn, even if he comes to the away stadium with the team, the Arsenal hierarchy must provide him with the best VIP boxes, not to mention underground parking spaces.

Arthur declined an invitation from the Arsenal hierarchy and sat alone in the VIP box - to be honest, Arthur had never been to the stands of ordinary fans to watch a game, and if it was one of his pursuits to watch a game in the stands of a Premier League stadium in his previous life, then he had no such interest in this life.

Amid the shouts and singing of fans on both sides, players from both sides walked out of the tunnel and Highbury Stadium was filled with crazy noise.

Facing Arsenal in this game, Souness and his coaching staff naturally faced the challenger posture, putting on a 4-2-3-1 defensive counter-attacking lineup.

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Defenders: Finnan, Henning Berg, Carvalho, Jeff Kenna

Midfielders: Carsley, Alonso; Damian Duff, David Dunn, Benayoun

Forward: Ibrahimovic

Arsenal, on the other hand, were all in the game, with a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper: Seaman

Defenders: Jackson, Keown, Adams, Winterburn

Midfielders: Ljungberg, Vieira, Petit, Overmars

Forwards: Bergkamp, Thierry Henry

Looking at the starting lineup from Arsenal, Arthur couldn't help but shake his head, obviously Wenger did not underestimate Blackburn, and came up with the team's strongest starting lineup at the moment.

However, Souness and his coaching staff have not done their job for nothing these days, compared to when they first knew that their next opponent was Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers have now analysed and prepared enough for Arsenal's squad.

At least for Arsenal on the pitch at the moment, Blake was already able to get a general idea and have some idea in mind.

After the referee's whistle, Arsenal kicked off first!

The game was fierce from the first second, and it was instantly white-hot, Petit received a pass from Vieira and then took advantage of the momentum to tear through the Blackburn players' defense before they had time to react.

In the absence of a solid defence for the Blackburn defenders, Henry successfully countered offside, and amid the frantic shouts of the Arsenal fans, Henry kicked his foot into the box and hit the goal, but Friedel reacted in time to knock the ball out of the box with a punch.

After Arsenal preemptively demonstrated, the veteran Henning Berg reacted in time, and the veteran, who had participated in many such big occasions, decisively kicked the ball off the sideline of midfield.

"Ricardo, get your attention!" Henning Berg yelled at Carvalho, who had almost made a big mistake: "This is Arsenal, not one of those third-rate teams in League One!" Give me attention at all times! ”

"No problem!" Carvalho wiped the cold sweat lying on his forehead and replied loudly.

The Blackburn players wiped their cold sweat with palpitations, if the opponent was breached at the beginning of the game, it would not only seriously affect morale, but also fall into passivity in the next game.

The Arsenal fans let out a long sigh of regret that if Thierry Henry's shot had been a little more tricky, perhaps Arsenal would have found the Blakeburn goal within a minute of the opening kick-off.

However, there was no if on the football field, and Henry did not have a hot foot after the opening, although the Arsenal fans regretted in their hearts, they still loudly cheered for Henry who had some regrets in the field.

Souness walked anxiously on the sidelines, angrily shouting at the Blackburn players on the field, reminding his players to be more attentive and strengthen their defense against their opponents.

For Blackburn, perhaps a second of negligence in this game is a catastrophe.

Under the command of Petit and Vieira, Henry and Bergkamp interspersed and ran again and again, while no one in Blackburn's backline dared to be careless, Bergkamp and Henry's names are too loud, and even the current value of Blackburn's entire team is not as high as these two Arsenal's current strikers, and no one dares to relax the two of them.

Of course, it is obviously inappropriate to say that the focus of Blackburn's defense is only on Henry and Bergkamp, because Ljungberg, Vieira, Petit, and Overmars are also the focus of Blackburn's defensive players, and Arsenal's offensive firepower has long been famous all over Europe, which is terrifying, so for a while Blackburn's backline is in jeopardy, and it seems that Blackburn's goal may be attacked by the opponent at any time.

In the ninth minute, Thierry Henry was brought down by Carvalho outside the box and won a well-placed free-kick on the left side of the field.

"Hey, that's a terrible position!" Arthur was also anxious in the box, standing up and clenching his hands into fists.

Arsenal's free-kick was in an excellent position, allowing it to hit the goal with its feet or move into the box, making it tricky for Blackburn to defend.

Ljungberg and Thierry Henry came to the front of the ball, Henry flicked it and then Ljungberg launched a lethal pass that lobbled the ball into the box, where Vieira forced a header from five yards out against Carsley.

Friedel burst into full force at this moment, and he leaped to his feet and blocked the angle with his left hand, but with a powerful header.

However, Vieira's impact was too great, and although the angle of the header was average, the victory was powerful, and Friedel did not control the angle of the ball's rebound, but was barely able to save the ball.

"Danger!" Arthur shouted loudly.

Just before Arthur's voice fell, Dutch fast horse Ovimas laughed at the gift from heaven and used his super starting ability to finish the tackle in front of the goal before everyone else.

The ball flew into the net from Finnan's toe and Friedel's palm, and Arsenal took the lead just 17 minutes into the game!

Blackburn, in danger!