No. 725: Where you fall, you get up!
On February 23, the knockout round of the Champions League was rekindled.
Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich will stage a strong conversation with Serie A giants Inter Milan.
The other two giants of the Premier League, Manchester United and Chelsea, will also face off against each other.
All four games started at the same time, and after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Manchester United forced a 0-0 away draw to Marseille to lay a solid foundation for the second leg.
Chelsea's clean two-goal win away from home to FC Copenhagen has all but sealed the win and it is only a matter of time before they progress to the next round.
Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Lyon away and scored a precious away goal!
The defending champion Inter Milan lost to Bayern by one goal at home, causing a big upset, and the Bundesliga giants who won away seized the initiative to advance!
As soon as the flames of war in Europe have dissipated, the Premier League will soon start the 28th round of competition.
Manchester United, who took the lead, beat Wigan Athletic by four goals away, and the Manchester City media snored: That familiar Manchester United team is back!
Towards the latter stages of the season, United are back to their best form, which is where their competitiveness in the Premier League lies.
Chelsea, who are starting to recover, beat Birmingham City 3-1 at home and are unbeaten after a change of manager!
The main attraction of this competition is, of course, the 'North London Derby', which is the third time the two teams have met this season, with Arsenal winning their first two duels.
In the FA Cup, Arsenal won 4-1 away from home, which was impressive.
They were still playing away from home, and at 8pm, White Hart Lane was packed, and Tottenham fans didn't want to see their side lose three times in the same season.
At half past eight, the game started on time, and Arsene Wenger sent all his main players into the game.
At the beginning of the game, it entered a stalemate, and the two teams were like two giant beasts, desperately biting together.
The Dutch pair were closely watched by the opposing side, and Chen Fan hardly once took the ball with ease, and when he took the ball with his back, the Tottenham players did not give him any chance to turn around at all.
As time went on, the players on both sides gradually got into the best condition, and in the twenty-fifth minute of the first half, Modric made a diagonal pass in the heart of Arsenal to tear apart the Arsenal defence!
Forward Tom. Hohalstone flew to the end of the box to dodge Koscielny's defence and fired a long-range shot!
The ball slammed into the right side of the goal like a cannonball, and Almunia couldn't save it, only to watch as the ball slipped into the net.
1 to 0!
Tottenham, who were at home, scored first to break the deadlock.
After the restart, Arsenal launched a ferocious counterattack and they were about to equalize!
In the 28th minute of the first half, Chen Fan won a well-placed direct free kick opportunity for Arsenal in front of the penalty area.
Chen Fancong decided to take the free kick himself, and after the referee blew the whistle, he slowly ran towards the football, and the White Hart Lane pitch became nervous.
If there's one difference between Chen Fan's season and last season, it's that his number of free-kick goals is growing rapidly.
"Smack! ……”
The soccer ball flew over the top left of the wall and towards the top left corner of the goal!
In the blink of an eye, the ball flew past the fingertips of the soaring Tottenham goalkeeper!
White Hart Lane was even more tense, with the home fans smelling death.
"Pong! ……”
With a loud bang, the football slammed into the crossbar and popped up the bottom line!
The loud bang saved the home fans, but their eyes were still filled with horror, as if the football was not hitting the crossbar, but in their hearts.
Three minutes later, Robin van Persie won a free-kick for Arsenal in front of the penalty area and White Hart Lane was nervous again.
Chen Fan once again stood behind the football, getting up from wherever he fell.
"Tick! ……”
The referee's whistle blew, and some timid Tottenham fans were even blindfolded.
Chen Fan exhaled a long breath and ran slowly towards the football, his speed getting faster and faster!
"Smack! ……”
The football took off from the turf again, this time from the right side of the human wall!
To the frustration of the Tottenham goalkeeper, the football was flying past his fingertips once again!
"Damn, this time it's supposed to be in!"
Some Arsenal fans gritted their teeth and said, as if they were very dissatisfied with the god of luck.
"Pong! ……”
With a loud bang, the ball hit the goal frame again, popping off the bottom line, but this time on the post.
What the?
Chen Fan's eyes widened, and he was rejected by the door frame?
"Nope! ……”
Arsenal fans howled in pain, and in just three minutes, Tottenham's goalpost denied Chen Fan's goal twice in a row.
The crowd of reporters on the sidelines was amazed, and Manchester City Evening News reporter Matthew Murphy. Upson's expression was complicated, on the one hand, he could freely criticize Chen Fan for wasting two good chances to score, and on the other hand, Chen Fan's footwork shocked him again.
Damn, if Chen's luck had gotten a little better, wouldn't he have scored two goals in a row in just three minutes?
……
Luck did seem to be on Tottenham's side tonight, and in the 38th minute of the first half, Luka Modric fired a long-range shot from outside the box, and the ball hit Fermaelen's leg and changed direction towards the right side of the goal.
Almunia couldn't make any changes and could only watch the ball roll into the goal!
The ball is in!
Two to zero!
In the remaining minutes of the first half, Arsenal launched a more ferocious attack.
In the 40th minute of the first half, they played a beautiful combination on the left side, and Chen Fan picked up his toes and picked up a pass in the face of the front defense of the opposing two players.
The full-back who came up with the assist flew forward, controlled the ball, and then crossed!
Van Persie, who was ambushed in the penalty area, took two steps forward, jumped high like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and smashed his head on the football!
The ball blasted towards the left side of the goal like a cannonball!
The Tottenham goalkeeper instinctively stretched out his right hand, and the ball hit his right hand and then went up slightly, smashed on the crossbar, and bounced back into the box!
Tottenham centre-back Michael Hotspur. Dawson took two steps forward and cleared the siege with a big foot, kicked the football out of the sideline, and finally resolved the crisis!
Three shots were denied by the woodwork......
The group of reporters on the sidelines sighed in their hearts: The god of luck is really on Tottenham's side tonight!
Tottenham entered the second half with a two-goal advantage, and Arsenal's attack was even more ferocious, they were like a pack of crazy hungry wolves!
Under Arsenal's intensive artillery fire, Tottenham Hotspur is struggling to hold on, which leaves the home fans dumbfounded, damn it, whose home is this?
In the fourteenth minute of the second half, Chen Fan suddenly cut inside after taking the ball on the side, and the opponent's back waist put him down.
Once again, Arsenal won a free-kick in a prime position, and Chen Fan was once again behind the football.
Van Persie came to him and whispered, "Why don't I punish him?" ”
Chen Fan shook his head and rejected his kindness.
If there is any luck, even if she is on Tottenham's side tonight, I will still have to score against them!
Chen Fan has always been a person who does not believe in evil.
"Can Chen score a free kick this time?"
The London Business Desk commentator asked this question: "The referee blew the whistle, Chen slowly ran towards the football, and his right foot kicked on the football......"
On the pitch, the football flew over the right side of the wall and towards the top right corner of the goal!
The Tottenham goalkeeper who jumped up still couldn't touch the football this time!
Between the lightning and flint, the football flies into the net from the dead end!