Chapter 81: Arsenal's Dilemma

The Chinese Olympic team qualified for the finals of the Sydney Olympics one round ahead of schedule, this news undoubtedly made the Chinese people quite excited, in the eyes of ordinary people who are not familiar with football, to participate in the Olympic Games, that is to say that our level is not bad, but the majority of Chinese fans are more excited that the performance of the national Olympic team in the top nine is really too unexpected for everyone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

If in the first game, the 3-0 away victory over the South Korean Olympic team can only be said to be a victory achieved by Liu Han alone, then in the home game against the South Korean team, the national Olympic team crushed the opponent with the strength of the whole team, and the score of 4-0 is enough to explain everything, and the performance of the Chinese team is very different from before Liu Han joined.

After watching the match between the National Olympic team and the South Korean team, Wang Junsheng's worries finally disappeared, for the time being, he can continue to work in the Football Association and the operation management center, Wang Junsheng, who has a guaranteed position, is also very happy that the National Olympic team has such a change in just one month, no matter what, he is also the "number one" of Chinese football, if he doesn't love this thing, he may have taken advantage of his previous merits to quickly change the territory. Wang Junsheng is now thinking about the national team, and the complexity of the national team is not comparable to the national Olympic team, but Wang Junsheng feels that relying on Liu Han's ability should improve the performance of the national team.

Contrary to the popularity of the Chinese team in China, the head coach of the South Korean Olympic team, Xu Dingmao, and the players of the South Korean Olympic team have suffered from huge pressure from their country, and the abuse from fans is just that, and the Korean Football Association even intends to replace Xu Dingmao, who has been coaching well. Although the South Korean fans who failed to participate in the Sydney Olympics don't care much, but they have been despised by the "shopkeeper" who has been despised by seven goals in two games, and they have not even scored a goal, which is intolerable to Korean fans, arrogant South Korean fans have always believed that their country's football is the strongest in Asia, but now they have been kicked by the Chinese team, it is conceivable where their anger will be vented, in South Korea, there have even been extreme fans attacking Liu Han basketball fans in South Korea.

After the end of the game in Shanghai, the national Olympic team did not disband, they still have a game on November 5 away to challenge the Bahrain team, although this game has lost its meaning for the Chinese team, but the game still has to participate, but Liu Han does not have to participate in this game, he has already packed up his things on the day of the game, and he has to rush back to London the next day, Arsenal is now in a difficult situation, Wenger can't wait to scold the officials of the Chinese Football Association and the AFC officials in person, Because this damn Olympic qualifier has left Arsenal without the strongest weapon.

Arsene Wenger had no worries about his team's results as they were now playing well on both fronts, with a six-point lead over Manchester United in the domestic league thanks to their unbeaten start to Asia. In Europe, Arsenal relied on Liu Han's six goals in three games to rank at the top of Group E, which was called the group of death, and pressed the invincible Barcelona under him.

But Wenger underestimated the importance of Liu Han to the team, after the end of the away game in Barcelona, Arsenal who returned to London suffered a defeat at Upton Park, Arsenal with physical problems encountered West Ham United's blockade, "Hammers" striker Carney scored a goal in each half, and Henry, who returned to the center forward position, could not be compared with Liu Han at all, although he was about the same age as Liu Han, but he looked very immature in the game, and was completely locked by the defenders of West Ham United, It wasn't until 80 minutes before Sooker pulled a goal back, but it was too late, and Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season on the road.

If the defeat can be attributed to the unfavourable schedule, then the subsequent elimination of Preston North End in League Two in the Carabao Cup on 13 October can only be said to be a dizzy game for Arsenal.

Arsenal's stamina did have problems with their stamina in the last defeat to West Ham United, as they had just endured a hard-fought battle at Camp Nou three days earlier and were met with stubborn sniping from the Hammers three days later, so it can be said that Arsenal have done their best. However, after a ten-day break, the team had a Carabao Cup tie, which is not taken seriously by the big clubs in England, but it must be said that a game like the Carabao Cup is a good opportunity for the team's young players to train, and Arsene Wenger intends to do so.

At the age of 16 and 189 days, Frank Ribery became the youngest starter in Premier League history.

However, Ribery's performance in this game was very average, to be precise, he could not adapt to the level of confrontation in England, compared to the Premier League team, Preston North End played more wild in the third division, Ribery was frightened.

Francois Francois Ribery was deployed as a winger by Arsene Wenger in this game, but he did not play his part at all, and even more frustrating than Ribery was Arsenal's chaotic backline, with Keown in charge, but the young Academy defenders looked very frizzy.

In the end, after 90 minutes of hard fighting, Arsenal were eliminated by the second division team, and the team suffered two consecutive defeats.

Three days later, Arsenal, who had been reprimanded by Arsene Wenger, beat Everton 4-1 in the 11th round of the Premier League, with veteran Suker scoring twice, defender Dixon netting a header and substitute Kanu also netting a goal, but Thierry Henry was not given a chance to play.

The regrouped Arsenal team took on the visiting Barcelona at Wembley Stadium four days later, and they were able to score four goals by Barcelona in front of 70,000 fans.

There was no time to rest, and three days later Arsenal were held to a draw away from Chelsea as United chased the points to just two points.

Four days later, Arsenal suffered another heavy blow, and the home game against Fiorentina was the top priority of Arsenal's Champions League game, but unfortunately, the Arsenal team without Liu Han had no way to defend against the Italians' tight defense, and Fiorentina, who had experienced a heavy defeat at home, quickly recovered after the change of manager.

Batistuta's 75-minute goal left Arsenal in a difficult position in the Champions League.

Wenger finally realized how great Liu Han's deterrent power was, and with Liu Han, the other party would not dare to besiege Arsenal, because they all knew how terrifying Liu Han's counterattack speed was. Arsene Wenger is looking forward to Liu Han's return. (To be continued.) )