Chapter 219: Halfway Through the Season
Beautiful encounter!
For Quaresma, yes, he was very fond of the girl who slept in the dark in class.
However, this sentence also applies to Xiaofa......
After class, Xiaofa went straight to the female professor, and after a while, the mother and son were already talking happily.
According to Quaresma's prediction, it may not be long before Xiaofa will appear in front of his Arsenal teammates with the female professor in his arms.
"Hello everyone, let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend!"
This style of painting, anyway, Quaresma is a little unacceptable.
However, Quaresma felt the need to remind Xiaofa that when he was dating a female professor, he avoided Rooney and Valente......
Of course, it was one thing to be broken by Xiaofa, but he also made progress, knowing the name of the girl he liked, and he was desperate to get the girl's phone.
The only thing that makes Quaresma a little regretful is that the girl is actually a Chelsea fan!
Do I have to move to Chelsea for her sake?
What a sad story!
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In the quarterfinals of the League Cup, Arsenal's youth army showed great power, played Doncaster without temper, and won a place in the semi-finals.
Wenger didn't expect the League Cup to go so smoothly, and he was originally going to give up, but now he has quietly entered the semi-finals.
It is impossible to say that Wenger still has no idea about the title, although the semi-final will be played over two legs, or the final later, but it only takes three games to win the League Cup, which is somewhat tempting.
There is another point that also prompts Wenger to make up his mind, Arsenal actually drew a good sign, the opponent in the semi-finals is Wigan Athletic, and there is no need to touch Manchester United and Liverpool, so it can be said that he was directly escorted to the final.
Therefore, the Carabao Cup has been included in the season goal.
Quaresma doesn't have much to think about it, and if he wants to say how much he values the League Cup, it is absolutely impossible to talk about it, even if it is the FA Cup, because Quaresma is not English, he does not know much about the FA Cup tradition, and he does not think it has much gold.
As long as Arsene Wenger puts him on the pitch, he will give it his all, that's his professional attitude.
However, Quaresma feels that I am afraid that when facing Wigan Athletic, Wenger may not be able to send all the main forces, after all, the opponent's strength is limited, it is difficult to threaten Arsenal, and if the two legs of the semi-finals are not good, Wenger will have to train newcomers.
It is also true that Arsenal's young players are very energetic, Alexander Song, Pum, Quincy, Lupoli ...... Although they didn't seem to make much of a name for themselves in their previous lives, at least now it seems that they all have great potential, and Arsene Wenger, who is good at nurturing new people, is willing to give them more opportunities.
Sometimes Quaresma thinks that if his predecessor did not choose to go to Barcelona, but joined Arsenal directly, maybe Quaresma in his previous life would have been a different ending.
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In the following week, Arsenal suffered the most terrifying schedule, playing three Premier League games in six days, and the FA's arrangement was simply heartbreaking!
On December 26, in the 17th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal challenged Charlton away.
After a week's rest, the main players returned to the field, and although they were completely sniped by their opponents in the away game, they still won the opponents with their strong overall strength and won all three points.
On December 29, the 18th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal, who returned to home, ushered in the challenge of Portsmouth, and at this time, the physical energy consumed by the main players has not fully recovered, and the opponent played a close match on the field, even if Quaresma helped Arsenal take the lead in the first half, but in the second half was still tenaciously equalized by the opponent, and unfortunately got a draw.
On December 31, the non-stop Arsenal went to challenge Aston Villa again, but Arsenal, who were completely out of physical condition, lost a complete defeat away from home, and even Quaresma felt unable to exert his strength and had to accept the defeat.
Arsenal have won just one of their three games in a week, drawing one and losing one, a result that has not satisfied them.
The previous victory over Manchester United had brought Arsenal closer to Chelsea in points, but after three rounds, Arsenal had been completely left behind by Chelsea.
Jose Moutinho's side have been desperately consistent, and even in such a horrific schedule, the Blues have managed to stubbornly secure three victories.
Now that the 19 rounds of league play are over and the Premier League schedule is officially halfway through, the situation in the standings is clear.
Chelsea were undoubtedly the brightest of all, even though they lost to Arsenal and Manchester United in the first half, but their 49 points left them far behind.
In second place is Liverpool, who were previously thought to have fallen out of the title contenders, Benitez's side for some reason suddenly exploded, winning a wave of nine consecutive wins, although there is still a big gap from Chelsea, but they have already caught up with Arsenal and are one point ahead of the Gunners.
Third place is Arsenal, the Gunners who have been cheated by the schedule are now only 41 points, eight points behind Chelsea, this gap, if not despairing, is by no means an easy gap to recover, especially with Chelsea so stable, can we expect Chelsea to collapse incredibly in the second half of the season?
Fourth place is Manchester United, Alex Ferguson's side have 40 points, which may have been enough to put them at the top of the table in previous seasons, but now they can only sit at the bottom of the first group, looking up to the above.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, they have been left behind by Manchester United, and there will be no place for them in the first group.
Quaresma had already anticipated this situation, and he knew that it would be difficult for Arsenal to overturn Chelsea this season, at least until the stubborn problems at the back were resolved, or until the squad was strengthened, Arsenal did not have the quality to compete for the title.
Although with the addition of Quaresma, Arsenal's strength is definitely stronger than in the same period of the previous life, but he alone cannot change Arsenal's current embarrassing situation.
Perhaps the only thing to look forward to now is that Arsene Wenger's new formation can play a powerful role in the face of any strong opponents, and at the same time, with appropriate reinforcements to strengthen the squad, perhaps Arsenal can also wrestle with Chelsea.
It's up to Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal management to do it!
Quaresma doesn't need to worry about these things, this is not his team, he doesn't have that much say, can he go to the management and ask them to buy Vieira back, and the management can listen to him?
That's obviously unrealistic!
So, honest progress is more meaningful than anything else!