No. 635: Champions League is off to a good start!

The London duo are undoubtedly the best teams in the Premier League since the start of the competition, which makes the London media very proud, and London is the heart of English football, the main city of English football.

This season's Champions League, London has three teams participating at the same time, which is a clear proof of this!

On the 14th, the group stage of the Champions League officially began.

Tottenham Hotspur are in Group A and will travel to the Bundesliga for their first game away to Bremen.

For this Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur hid most of their main players four days ago, and they were away to West Bromwich Albion 1-1 and retreated from the Hawthorn Stadium.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of the 14th, the Weser Stadium was crowded and full.

The German ball market is one of the best in the world, with the highest attendance in the world.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Tottenham Hotspur drew Bremen in a thrilling away game and retreated from Weser Stadium!

In the other game at the start of the same group, Inter drew 2-2 away from home to Twente, and the performance was average.

Manchester United, who are in Group C, also played their opening fixtures in the evening, hosting Scotland Rangers.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Manchester United did not take advantage of the home advantage to win the opponent, and the two sides exchanged blanks, and public opinion was in an uproar.

The Manchester City Evening News believes that Manchester United, who had 19 shots in the game, failed to win their first Champions League win at the Theatre of Dreams, and the main problem was that the strikers were too poor to grasp opportunities.

Wayne Rooney was heavily criticised and he missed two must-score goals.

"The Premier League has drawn twice in a row, and the Champions League has been held to a draw at home, how can Manchester United beat Liverpool in this form?"

They began to worry about the upcoming "double red" of the Premier League.

The biggest winners of the night were Barcelona, who got off to a good start to the Champions League season with a 5-1 win over Greece's Panathinaikos at Camp Nou.

World Sports said: "Messi is still the same Messi, he is still brave, two shots and one pass, helping Barcelona win at home." It's still a bit early to look forward to winning the Champions League this season, but Barcelona have already sounded the charge! ”

The next night, the remaining four teams fought each other.

In Group E, Bundesliga giants Bayern beat Roma 2-0 at home; In Group F, Chelsea defeated Slovakia Gillina who entered the main match through the play-offs 4-1 away and got off to a good start in the Champions League!

In Group G, Real Madrid won two goals at home to Ajax and AC Milan won at home to Auxerre by the same scoreline.

In Group H, Arsenal hosted the challenge of Portuguese powerhouse Braga, and Arsene Wenger sent all his main players to play in order to win the opener.

The Trident, who had not featured in the Premier League four days ago, are back in the starting line-up.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Arsenal launched an onslaught on their opponents amid the shouts of the home fans.

In the second minute of the opening game, Chen Fan got a chance to shoot, and he received Song's diagonal pass in the hinterland and went to the middle.

After breaking through two defenders in a row, he pulled his foot from outside the box and fired a fierce shot, and the ball grazed the post and went out!

Three minutes later, the Dutch duo played a brilliant one-two in front of the penalty area, and Van Persie fired a powerful shot from the left side of the box, but the ball was saved by the opposition goalkeeper.

In the first half hour of the game, Arsenal had ten shots on goal, while their opponents had only one.

However, the attack failed to convert into goals, and the mentality of the Arsenal players slowly changed, and there were mistakes in passing.

Arsene Wenger came to the command area and signaled to his players to calm down and not be in a hurry.

The first half ended with a 0-0 scoreline, and at half-time, Arsene Wenger repeatedly stressed the need to slow down, after all, this is the Champions League, the opponents are all strong teams in various leagues, and it is difficult to have a big score in the Premier League.

At the start of the second half, the Arsenal players returned to normal mentality and slowed down the tempo of their attack.

In the face of impasse, change is the only way.

This change of pace worked wonders in the game, and in the thirteenth minute of the second half, Arsenal suddenly picked up the tempo, and Diaby suddenly made a long-range through ball near the center circle!

Van Persie, who was in the opponent's hinterland, turned his back to the opponent's goal, knocked directly with his left foot, and Chen Fan flew to kill!

After getting the ball, Chen Fan connected two players from the other side outside the penalty area and entered the penalty area!

"Smack! ……”

Chen Fan pushes and shoots!

The ball flew exactly half a meter in front of the opponent's goalkeeper's fingertips and flew into the net against the post!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0, and Chen Fan scored his first goal in the Champions League this season, breaking the deadlock on the field.

The goal relieved Arsenal of their psychological burden, and they were more calm and confident in the rest of the game.

In the thirteenth minute of the second half, Van Persie received Cesc Fabregas's diagonal pass and forced a breakthrough into the opponent's penalty area, and just as he was about to get up to shoot, he was tripped by the opponent's midfield.

Penalty kick!

Van Persie made it overnight!

Two to zero!

In this way, Arsenal won the opponent at the Emirates Stadium with a goal from the Netherlands and made a good start to the Champions League.

In the other game in the same group, Shakhtar Donetsk beat Partizan Belgrade by a narrow goal at home, and Arsenal topped the group on goal difference.

After the first round of the Champions League group stage, there were several joys and some sorrows, with three London teams winning two and drawing one, while Manchester United was forced to draw at home.

Manchester United have been criticised by a lot of media in the UK, while the London trio have been praised.

The English Football Newspaper commented: "Of the four teams in the Champions League, Chelsea were the best performers, winning on the road and Arsenal were second, failing to win big at home.

Tottenham's draw away from home deserves respect, given that they came from behind to equalise in a thrilling way, and everyone knows that the German side will be very difficult to play at home.

The worst performance was for Manchester United, who looked like they had their shooting boots at home, and failed to score a single goal in 19 shots. ”

There's not much to say about the Chelsea-Tottenham match, with Manchester United mouthpiece Manchester City Evening News targeting Arsenal.

'Arsenal's two-goal win at home is a sign of a dip out of form, and if it weren't for the consistent performance of the Dutch duo, they could have been a disappointing draw at home.

Judging from the whole game, except for the Dutch double, the other players really performed very averagely, especially in the second half of the first half, Arsenal, who had been unable to attack for a long time, made several unnecessary mistakes.

If it weren't for the opponent's poor ability to grasp the opportunity, it shouldn't have been the Gunners who scored first.

With such a Gunners, how far do you expect him to go in the Champions League...... Even in the Premier League, they may be falling behind.

Manchester United will slowly get better, with the London duo going strong at the start of the season but starting to soften in the second half of the season.

Manchester United, on the other hand, are a slow-burning team and came close to surpassing Chelsea in the final stages last season!

Manchester United fans, don't worry, we'll get better, you need to be patient. ”