No. 354: Go to Barcelona!
The Premier League is the most competitive professional league in world football today, and the winner is often decided in the final round. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But Arsenal has gone against the sky this year and has a chance to win the championship four rounds ahead of schedule!
It's not that the competition in the Premier League has decreased this year, it's that Arsenal have been too rebellious this season, and they are unbeaten so far!
Do the Gunners want to regain the glory of the 03-04 season and win the Premier League title with an unbeaten record?!!!
The hearts of Manchester United and Chelsea fans are full of bitterness when they think about it, they have not dominated the Premier League, but they have never won the Premier League title with an unbeaten record.
It's also something that Arsenal fans are proud of!
Although Chen Fan did not score in the game against Wolves, he was still praised by the media, and he had a relationship with Arsenal's two goals.
The Daily Mail commented: Arsenal's attacking trident made a collective effort, reversed and won, and tried to maintain its undefeated golden body. Arsene Wenger rested most of his main players in this game, and the two sides were evenly divided in the first half.
The second half had just begun, and in the ninth minute, Wolves took advantage of a corner kick opportunity led by full-back Jordy Brown. Clado scores with a header.
Once again, the Gunners' set-piece defence was in question.
Arsene Wenger saw the situation passive, and a few minutes later switched on Chen and Cesc Fabregas, and the Arsenal trident finally made its debut at the Emirates Stadium.
It was clear that the Wolves defence would not be able to contain the Arsenal trident, and Chan used his pace to tear through the left flank and feed Van Persie in the middle.
In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Van Persie knocked the football back in the face of the opponent's tight defense, and Fabregas behind him was a heavy cannon!
Just like that, Arsenal equalised.
Then it was Chen, who received Van Persie's diagonal pass in the 32nd minute of the second half and shot directly with a powerful shot. Despite the fact that Wolves goalkeeper Marcus . Hahnemann showed great courage to keep the ball out, but the alert Van Persie made a follow-up shot!
Arsenal turned the game around in this way, and although Chen did not score, he was the main contributor to Arsenal's home victory!
As the season draws to a close, we have observed that Arsene Wenger has been the most flexible in his use of Chen Fan. It can be said that Arsenal's rise this season has a lot to do with this.
When the team needed to score, he let Chan play as a striker; When the score was ahead of the opponent's fierce attack, he let Chen retreat to the midfield position to help the team stabilize the defense.
Chen's defensive ability is terrifying, even Messi is deflated in front of him, but his accurate and weird long pass is even more terrifying.
How many goals did this long pass help Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas score?
Fifteen!
Arsene Wenger has also played Chen as a centre-forward and a midfielder, and he has performed well in all of these positions. But in comparison, he is more brilliant in the forward and midfield positions.
Strikers and midfielders are completely two styles of play, and we are lamenting Chen's versatility, but also Wenger's boldness, I am afraid that few people dare to do this except him.
Not only did he do it, but he succeeded!
This proves once again that he really has a knack for nurturing young people!
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After the home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal immediately threw themselves into the preparations for the second leg against Barcelona.
As the season enters its final stage, Arsenal are fighting on three fronts and the schedule is extremely intensive, and the time has come to test Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players.
They have already played two games in three days, including a Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.
Coupled with the upcoming second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, the FA Cup semi-finals, and the 35th round of the Premier League, they will play five games in half a month!
On average, you have to play a game every three days!
What a horrible schedule!
But when it's an official game, no matter who the opponent is, there's pressure on the players, especially when these games are so important.
The pressure on Arsenal up and down can be imagined!
At 12 o'clock at noon on April 6, at Barcelona International Airport, Arsene Wenger in a suit and leather shoes led Arsenal to appear.
Their presence also means that the crucial second leg has arrived!
More than a hundred journalists flocked to the site.
Arsene Wenger asked his assistants to take the players to the bus outside the airport, and he faced the media bombardment on his own.
"Mr. Arsene Wenger, what is your goal for tomorrow's game?"
"Will you let Chan play as a midfielder or as a striker?"
"Song and Gallas got red cards in the last game, and this one is suspended, who will you put to replace them?"
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Countless shells were thrown at Wenger, and the Frenchman's eyelids jumped for a moment, and then he returned to normal: "The absence of Song and Gallas has indeed had a certain impact on our strength, but we are confident that we will advance to the next round." ”
As for Chen...... I haven't figured out where he's going to play yet. ”
The Frenchman did not mention a specific target for this game, and the absence of Song and Gallas has a huge impact on the Arsenal defence.
Returning to Camp Nou, how good Barcelona are, that's something everyone knows.
If Arsenal want to qualify, it will depend on how well he defends, which is the main reason why Wenger is hesitant about what position Chen Fan plays.
It may seem like a huge advantage with a four-goal lead, but the opponent is six-time champions Barcelona, and their attacking firepower is terrifying. If anyone can pull off a miracle when they're four goals down, then Barcelona must be on the list.
Therefore, Wenger is not as relaxed as the outside world thinks, but quite dignified, and he does not want to be a stepping stone to Barcelona's miraculous reversal.
If he is overturned with a four-goal lead, he Wenger will be nailed to the list of shame forever.
There were two events that caught the attention of the Spanish and British media and fans on the night.
The first thing is that Pique spoke again on social platforms - Chen Mingwan don't want to slip away from me!
These words immediately caused a backlash from Arsenal fans, who left messages:
Oh, Peake, you've finally met Chen......
Peake, I'm telling you very seriously, you can't stop Chan at all!
Peake, just wake up, don't talk in your dreams anymore, can you stop Chen?
Peake, I can tell you instead of Chan - you can't stop me!
The second thing is Casey? Lloyd spoke on his social platform - Chen scored a goal at Camp Nou, and I sent a photo!
British otaku have left messages:
Casey, you're so cunning, why didn't you say that on April Fool's Day......
Kessie, you're ready to take a shot, Chan will definitely score at Camp Nou!
Kessie, although Messi did not score at the Emirates Stadium, let Chen's words fall short, but how could Chen give up a good chance to score at Camp Nou. You're going to get ready*, well, a few more, hahaha......
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Fabregas pointed to the messages of the British otaku and laughed.
"Chen, you have to score a few more goals tomorrow night, otherwise the otaku won't let you go! Hahaha......"
The corners of Chen Fan's mouth twitched, damn it, my goal was actually tied to *zhao......
"Francisco, how are you and Lucy doing? Will she be here at Camp Nou to cheer you on this time? ”
Fabregas's laughter came to an abrupt halt, and a strange expression appeared on his face.