Chapter 126: Meet the Bat Legion Again

Although Arsenal is holding Manchester United by one point in the Premier League, Arsenal's ability to eliminate Manchester United in the Champions League with more away goals is still more than expected by major European teams and the media. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When it comes to fame on the continent, Manchester United are clearly much taller than Arsenal.

However, after Manchester United was eliminated, it was Liu Han who attracted the most attention from the European media.

Liu Han was called off when Arsenal's main goalkeeper was sent off and the substitute goalkeeper was injured, and he kept the goal clean for the entire 45 minutes of the second half, and finally allowed Arsenal to advance to the semi-finals, such a story makes this game quite legendary.

Although there have been many such things in the Champions League, there are few people who can stand on the goal line in a hurry and have Liu Han perform like this.

Europe's largest circulation daily newspaper, Bild, reported on the Premier League civil war after the match with a feature titled "On how many positions a player can play".

The report analyzed Liu Han's performance in the goalkeeper position, and also commented on the performance of Arsenal and Manchester United, and finally they came to a conclusion, that is, a team can save at least 50 million pounds if there is a player like Liu Han, because Liu Han alone can play the role of "top center forward, top striker, top midfielder, top center back defender and top goalkeeper" five roles, according to the current European transfer market, Arsenal could save at least £30 million to £50 million in transfer spending.

The media coverage of the game in England was divided into two extremes, with the London-based Times naturally praising the London team's promotion, and at the same time they were also amazed by Liu Han's performance, which said that Liu Han's performance in this game could be considered a thriller if made into a movie, and the plot was really bizarre.

The Manchester-based newspaper The Guardian lamented United's elimination, but they also said that United could focus on the league and Arsenal would certainly be distracted by the Champions League.

Arsenal's semi-final opponents were also on the horizon the day after they eliminated Manchester United, with Valencia losing the game 2-1 at home to Barcelona, but they eliminated the now struggling Barcelona 5-3 on aggregate thanks to a 4-1 win at home, with Dutchman Louis van Gaal having not long been in Barcelona.

In this series of La Liga civil wars, Barcelona was in third place in the league and Valencia was in second place before the game, so it seems that the two teams are evenly matched, but from the perspective of fame, Barcelona is a powerhouse in the Champions League, and Valencia is at most a new upstart in La Liga, so the outside world has predicted that Barcelona will advance for this game.

But when the two teams played the first game at Valencia's home stadium, everyone was dumbfounded, the seemingly powerful Barcelona was abused by Valencia, their seemingly powerful backline was suddenly screened by Valencia, and the midfielder Valencia captain Mendieta single-handedly blew up the Barcelona midfield.

After the end of Valencia's home stadium, all the European media covered the match with the word "unfavorable".

In this way, two teams that have already played each other twice in the second group stage now meet again in the semi-finals.

Arsenal are very happy with this result, after all, they have beaten Valencia twice in the group stage, and now they meet again, Arsenal are confident of progressing to the final.

Valencia's side is also looking forward to the semi-final opponent is Arsenal, losing two games in the group stage, and now a somewhat arrogant Valencia is looking forward to revenge.

In the other two group matches, Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea 6-3 on aggregate, while Bayern Munich eliminated Lazio, the last remaining team in Serie A, 5-2 on aggregate.

In this way, all the places in the last four are produced, and La Liga occupies two places, and Real Madrid and Valencia happen to be the first and second places in the league.

In fact, it can be seen from the quarterfinals that the current situation in the European League, the Premier League gradually began to heat up with the investment of capital, Serie A, which was originally called the "Little World Cup", began to decline, and La Liga teams gradually flourished with the government's tax cuts.

After progressing to the semi-finals, Arsenal have focused on the league, with the first game of the semi-finals taking place on 1 May, with Arsenal still having half a month to prepare.

The Premier League has been a scorching season, with Arsenal and Manchester United both doing very well this season, with six games left in the league and just one point separating them from the table.

Among Arsenal's opponents in the next six games, only Chelsea and Newcastle are not good, and other teams such as Everton and West Ham United are not good, but Arsenal still have the Champions League semi-finals to play, which means that they still have two or even three games a week in May, so the next fixtures are a test of the overall strength of the Arsenal team.

On 23 April, Arsenal will travel to Watford for the 33rd round of the league.

Watford, as a promotion horse this season, are clearly not comfortable with the pace of the Premier League, and now there are a few games left in the league, Watford are bottom of the table, and Watford, who are deep in the relegation zone, must fight hard every game and have to expect their opponents to lose.

However, Watford, who met Arsenal, was beaten into slag in the first half, and Liu Han broke the Watford goal with a long-range shot in just 11 minutes of the opening game, and then ten minutes later, Henry received a wonderful pass from Ribery to break the Watford gate again.

Liu Han made it 3-0 with a header just before half-time, and the game looked set to turn into a carnage.

However, after entering the second half, Wenger replaced Liu Han in order to train the players, and Watford showed desperate courage in the second half, they used the way of blocking the gun's eye to defend, and attacked with a desperate attitude, and the Arsenal team was frightened by Watford's bravery.

Had it not been for Seaman's bravery in the second half, Arsenal might not have been a win.

In the end, Arsenal won 3-2 away at Watford. (To be continued.) )