No. 751: Champions League quarterfinals begin!

Recently, Arsenal's main team has basically not rested, and the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, and European Championship qualifiers have ......

The main players did not pull down a single game, and their physical strength has reached the limit.

So at home to Blackburn, Arsene Wenger put them all on the bench and the Trident didn't even make the bench.

Arsene Wenger is here to thoroughly test the depth of Arsenal's bench.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the game started on time at the Emirates Stadium, and Arsenal attacked the opponent with home advantage.

As time went on, Blackburn's players discovered that Arsenal, despite their attacking intensity, struggled to threaten their goal.

So their confidence returned, and they slowly regained their disadvantage on the pitch and played against Arsenal in attack.

Intense competition unfolded at the Emirates Stadium, but the forwards wasted time and time again.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the two sides shook hands 0-0, breaking out a big upset.

The same put most of the main players on the bench, but Manchester United beat West Ham United 4-2 away!

With this victory, Manchester United closed the gap on Arsenal, with the two teams separating them by eight points.

The Manchester City Evening News shouted: "Come on, Manchester United, you have the potential to create a miracle and surpass Arsenal to regain the Premier League title!" ”

The Daily Mail commented: "It's too early to say that Manchester United have a chance to threaten Arsenal's title winning situation, after all, there are only nine games left in the Premier League and if Arsenal don't make mistakes, they basically have no chance."

This round can only say one thing - the Gunners' bench depth is no match for the Red Devils! ”

Another big reason Arsene Wenger put all his players on the bench is that the Champions League quarter-final is just around the corner.

With the Premier League title becoming clear, he focused on the Champions League.

Although Arsenal's opponent was a Ukrainian powerhouse who had beaten twice in the group stage, Arsene Wenger did not take his opponent lightly.

On April 6, the Champions League is back in flames, Real Madrid will host Tottenham Hotspur, and Inter Milan will welcome Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04 at the Meazza Stadium.

At eight o'clock in the evening, both games started on time at the same time.

No one expected that these two games would have a big score!

Jose Mourinho commanded the Silver Battleship to beat Tottenham Hotspur by four goals at the Bernabeu, and Inter Milan suffered a 2-5 defeat at the foot of Schalke 04 in Meazza!

Mourinho said in his post-match press conference: "What we have to do now is not to think about how to play away, but to think about who the next opponent will be. ”

The Portuguese has the right to be in high spirits, and before he came to Real Madrid, who were nicknamed the "knockout round", they had not been able to make it past the first round of the knockout rounds in previous years.

It was his first season at Real Madrid, and he immediately changed that embarrassing record, and they almost made it to the semi-finals with one foot!

In addition, Inter's heavy defeat at home at the foot of Schalke 04 highlighted his ability even more.

Last season, he led Inter back to the top of Europe after 44 years, and now Inter have lost at home to Schalke 04.

With these two matches over, fans turned their attention to London!

The other two quarter-finals of the Champions League were played in London.

Arsenal take on Shakhtar Donetsk at the Emirates Stadium and Chelsea take on Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

It is widely believed that Arsenal will not have much of a problem with taking out the Ukrainian powerhouse at home, and the only suspense is what score they will win by.

Can you make the second round lose the suspense?

The clash between Chelsea and Manchester United is undoubtedly the focus of attention, attracting more fans.

According to the analysis of the London media, Chelsea's narrow home win over the opponent is very likely, and of course the possibility of a draw cannot be ruled out.

Manchester City's media, however, believe that United have a chance to walk away with a win at Stamford Bridge.

At half past seven on the evening of the 7th, the Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge stadiums were crowded, which was a festival for London fans.

It was a world affair!

At 7:45, the two stadiums roared with joy, and the starters of the four teams walked out of the players' tunnel!

At eight o'clock, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and both games started at the same time.

At the Emirates Stadium, Shakhtar Donetsk, who were the first to serve, moved the ball to the back, and Arsenal's midfield pounced like a pack of hungry wolves.

They had a week's rest and their physical and mental state had recovered.

Arsenal's high pressing was characteristic, with Chen Fan and Robin van Persie in charge of making saves and other players cutting off the opposition's passing routes.

In the face of Chen Fan's pounce, the Shakhtar Donetsk defender made a direct pass and transferred the football to the vicinity of the center circle, and Song squeezed the opponent's forward waist with his strong body to steal the football.

He then immediately made a long-range diagonal pass that shifted the ball to Van Persie's feet.

The Dutch center forward distributed the football to the left side, and Chen Fan broke through after taking the ball.

Speed is his lethal weapon, and technique is his ultimate move.

Chen Fan combined speed and technique, with a change of direction and speed, leaving the opposing full-back behind.

Then he took the ball and quickly smashed into the opponent's penalty area.

Van Persie ran in a back-to-back cross position, and as soon as he ran into place, Chen Fan passed the football to his feet.

"Smack! ……”

Van Persie made a direct pass, Chen Fan appeared in front of him like lightning, and then shot hard!

The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper struggled to save, his right hand was hard to block in front of the football, and the football changed direction slightly and continued to move forward!

"Pong! ……”

With a loud bang, the football hits the post and pops out of the bottom line!

"Boom! ……”

There was thunderous applause at the Emirates Stadium, and although the goal did not go in, it had the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger.

In the ensuing game, Arsenal completely controlled the tempo on the pitch and launched a fierce attack on the Ukrainian powerhouse.

The game was one-sided.

"How long can Shakhtar Donetsk hold out?"

The reporters on the sidelines expressed such feelings.

The atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium is lively, but Stamford Bridge is rather dull.

Both Chelsea and Manchester United were very careful and defensively focused, with both sides struggling to push within 30 metres of each other's goal.

In the seventeenth minute of the first half, Drogba finally had a chance to shoot, he hit a heavy shot in front of the penalty area, and the football roared towards the Manchester United goal!

Van der Sar leaped away and saved the ball off the line.

That's when the Emirates Stadium had a great chance to score.

With Arsenal's continued onslaught, Shakhtar Donetsk's defenders have made it easier to handle the ball, kicking the ball straight forward whenever they have the chance.

As for whether their teammates can get the ball or not, they don't think about it at all.

Cesc Fabregas crossed diagonally, Van Persie and the opposition midfielder ran wildly towards the ball, and at that moment, the Shakhtar Donetsk centre-back dropped his center of gravity and shoveled the ball out.

The football happened to fly to Chen Fan's feet!

After Chen Fan took the ball, he flicked his right foot, then stepped forward and raised his right leg!

He's going to shoot from a distance!

Long-range shots are the only way to break down a dense defence.

The soccer ball whistling towards the right side of the goal!

The ball hits the leg of the centre-back standing in the penalty area during the flight, and immediately changes direction and flies towards the left side of the goal!

The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper couldn't react and could only watch the football roll into the net!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0!

Arsenal break the deadlock on the pitch!