Chapter 410: Advance to the quarterfinals

I thought I could narrow the gap to 3 points, but I didn't expect that I didn't win the game, and Wenger was a little crying. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But it doesn't matter, as long as Chelsea can beat Notts County, then Arsenal can still close the gap on points, but from three points to five, provided that Chelsea can really face Notts County without coercion.

Arsene Wenger is now a little skeptical about how the script was written, and if Arsenal's supposed victory didn't happen, could his Chelsea victory over Notts County be achievable?

You know, in the first leg of the league, Notts County beat Chelsea's Xiangdu.

Well, cheer for Chelsea silently!

If Chelsea win against Notts County, Chelsea will effectively catch up on the points, with the Blues just one point separating them from the Gunners, but it is Notts County who are more of a threat to Arsene Wenger, who are not mercenary regiments with their own agendas.

However, the outcome of this strong conversation left Wenger extremely frustrated, because Notts County won.

Claudio Ranieri's side have caused a lot of problems for Notts County at home, and after consolidation, the Blues' fighting power has long been incomparable, and it is not the mess that Notts County has left to handle.

But Notts County still relied on a more stable form and comprehensive strength to win the Blues Chelsea and continue their own pace.

After this round of games, Arsenal's expectation of narrowing the gap with Notts County not only did not materialize, but instead widened the gap between Notts County, which is really tragic.

As soon as the results of the game came out, the reporters surrounded Wenger for interviews, but where did the professor have the mood to be false and wronged with these reporters, and he didn't have the face to face these obviously ill-intentioned reporters, you know, a week ago he swore that Notts County had no background and championship experience, and now the result is that Arsenal overturned in the gutter, and he felt that the whole world was full of malice towards Arsenal!

Seeing that Wenger did not cooperate with the interview, the reporters deliberately spoke loudly to disgust Wenger, "Even if the points gap is widened by Notts County, at least Chelsea lost, Arsenal also got rid of Chelsea, and the second place in the standings is solid!" ”

Arsene Wenger almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, "Who cares about Chelsea, we care about whether Notts County is good or not!" ”

was half angry by the reporters, but Wenger was powerless to refute, at most he could say a few hard words, but it didn't help at all.

With eight rounds remaining, the professor has to admit that Arsenal's hopes of winning the title are really slim.

Even though Notts County still have the task of the League Cup, in the remaining eight rounds of the league, Notts County really has no strong team that can stop them from attacking the final title.

Eight points from eight league games, an average of one point per round, or Arsenal need to draw every other game with Notts County, and Arsenal need to keep winning all of them, so that Arsenal can tie Notts County in points.

That's not all, you know, Notts County have a far better goal difference than Arsenal, which means that even if Arsenal equals the points, they will not be able to win the final title.

It's too difficult!

Maybe this season really is a magical season for Notts County! Arsene Wenger sighed a little helplessly.

At this time, he will not be stupid enough to go to the media to say that he won the championship again, but really shifted his energy to the Champions League game, and he should have made a trade-off.

After winning Chelsea, not only did Arsenal get rid of some more, but also severely damaged Chelsea's spirit, Notts County, the manager's killer was so strong that if it weren't for the approaching end of the season, Aburi would have fired Ranieri directly.

However, at this time, Notts County did not go to Arsenal or Chelsea to defeat them, as their battlefield was switched to the UEFA Cup.

The first leg was only a narrow one-goal win over Villarreal at home, and Loew did not dare to take the away trip lightly, so Notts County arrived in Spain three days early and began to do targeted training and arrangements.

But at the beginning of the game, David was shocked to find that Riquelme, the absolute core of Villarreal, did not appear in the starting list, and the classical striker sat on the home team's bench not far away, with a gloomy face.

It seems that the contradiction between Riquelme and Pellegrini has erupted, otherwise Pellegrini would not have pressed the absolute core of the team to the bench.

David wasn't interested in the conflict between them, but the situation was undoubtedly very good for Notts County, who in any case, Riquelme was a superstar of quality, perhaps not great, but at least a grandmaster-level player.

If Mascherano had been sent to defend him as he had done in the first leg, it might have been able to limit Riquelme's attack, but it would have thrown Notts County's midfield into disarray, and this unconventional tactic should be used sparingly.

Villarreal without Riquelme is not a strong team, and may not even be at the middle level of La Liga, so the Yellow Submarine was not able to create much of a threat to Notts County at home, and in the end Notts County won by one goal away, eliminated the Yellow Submarine by the same score in two legs, and advanced to the last eight of the League Cup.

This season's UEFA Cup was originally a strong crowd, with several failed giants and those relegated from the Champions League, and the squad was even comparable to the Champions League.

However, Notts County is lucky, although they met the top five league teams such as Marseille and Villarreal in the knockout round, but they did not meet the giants, and now that they are in the quarterfinals, I am afraid that they will not have such good luck to keep them leisurely.

Sure enough, in the next draw for the top 8, Notts County met Serie A giants Inter Milan.

In fact, none of the teams in the last eight are underdogs, and no matter who they meet, it makes no difference to Notts County.

However, judging from the top 8 matchups, this season's UEFA Cup is indeed very good.

Juventus vs Valencia

Barcelona vs Roma

Newcastle VSAC Milan

There is also Notts County vs Inter Milan, where the strong teams have broken into the top 8 and created the most exciting League Cup.

At this time, the quarterfinals of the Champions League are much inferior, in the quarterfinals, the traditional giants are only Real Madrid and Arsenal, although the other teams are also good, but undoubtedly much bleaker.

Real Madrid and Arsenal are very happy, in their eyes, each other is the biggest rival on the road to winning the championship, as long as they kill each other, then the trophy will definitely not be lost.

If David had known what they were thinking, he would have scoffed at them.

You're thinking too much! (To be continued.) )