Chapter 147: A Last Battle
“2:0! Juventus beat Arsenal by two goals at home, and the Serie A giants declared the world with victory: they are still a force to be reckoned with in world football! ”
"The biggest upset in this round of the Champions League semifinals, the favorite Arsenal defeated the old lady away from home!"
"Arsenal suffered their first Champions League defeat of the season, they suffered a waterloo at the Alpi Stadium, and the promotion situation is bleak!"
"The Gunners suffered a Waterloo away and manager Arsene Wenger said after the game: 'The end of the world is not coming, we still have hope!'
"Qin: Victory must be ours! The final winner must be Arsenal! ”
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Arsenal's away defeat caused an uproar after the game, with European media covering the game and countless fans and professional commentators jumping out to say they were not optimistic about Arsenal's promotion journey. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info and many bookmakers have also made adjustments to the odds, and the odds of Arsenal's successful promotion have shrunk significantly compared to before.
In this season's UEFA Champions League, Arsenal can be said to be the biggest favorite to win the championship before the quarter-finals. The reason is simple, the Gunners' strong form in the Premier League cannot be overlooked, and they have also shown excellent form in the Champions League, winning back-to-back games and not losing a single defeat, and they are the only team that has not lost this season.
At the same time, Arsenal's attacking firepower has also thrilled the whole of Europe, scoring a total of 33 goals in eight games in the group stage and the two-legged quarterfinals, the highest number of goals scored by any of the 32 Champions League teams. With an average of four goals per game, the goal efficiency can be described as insane.
Among them, the SOQ combination, known as the best attacking combination in Europe, scored 18 of them, Qin Shou temporarily ranked first in the Champions League scorer list that season with 11 Champions League goals, Sanchez ranked third with 7 goals, and the second place was Barcelona's Messi, who has scored 8 goals so far, only one more than Sanchez.
Not only that, but Giroud is also on the scorers' charts, finishing fourth with six goals, alongside Real Madrid's C. Ronaldo – of course, with a quarter-final first-leg goal that brings Ronaldo's tally to eight, with Real Madrid's 3-0 win over the Bundesliga giants at the Bernabeu, including a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo.
As the saying goes, offense wins fans, defense wins championships, Arsenal's ferocious offensive firepower has made the whole of Europe look sideways, but their defense is also extremely good, as of the game with Juventus, eight games, Arsenal only conceded a total of 8 goals, of which 4 goals were still scored by the defending champion Atletico Madrid in the knockout stage, so Arsenal's defensive solidity can be seen.
They are not the team that has conceded the fewest goals in this season's Champions League, but they can definitely squeeze into one of the three teams with the best defence and the best goals conceded.
Crowned with Europe's strong offensive firepower, calm and solid defense, and many outstanding stars, plus there is the world's first person in the world this year's Ballon d'Or winner, such an Arsenal simply has no weaknesses, and it is logical that they have become the favorites to win the championship, but in this case, they were scored twice by the opponent in a game, but they failed to score a goal, and finally lost the game miserably.
Such a result is indeed unbelievable to many people, and when the fans and the media reacted, it was deeply questioned and criticized.
Italy's Torino Sport is a supporter of Juventus, but they were also surprised by the result: "It was an unexpected game. Although I don't want to admit it, the fact is that after the turmoil of '06, our league is gradually going downhill, although we are still one of the top five leagues in Europe, but compared to the development of La Liga and the Premier League, we have fallen too far behind.
In fact, in recent years it has been difficult for our team to perform too well against the English team, we are always kept out and want to go further, it is extremely difficult.
Juventus have been Serie A's last flag in the Champions League this season, and when we know that we are going to face Arsenal, the favourites, we are pessimistic that this last flag will also fall. Arsenal have the most powerful attacking firepower in Europe, the most efficient goalscoring combination, and have excellent players such as Mesut Ozil and Giroud, and Ballon d'Or winner Qin of China is also one of them, Arsene Wenger is a very good manager, he knows how to use a good deck of cards to get the best results...... In a situation like this, to be honest, it's hard for us to have too much confidence in our team.
But the truth is, Juventus won the game and beat Arsenal by two goals, which was a surprise, but looking at the whole game, our team was extremely resilient and good, our chain defence was huge, everyone was focused, Conte is a qualified tactician, he played to the strengths of the team, and it was because of those strengths that we walked in the rhythm we knew best, and in the end we won the game.
Although the result was a bit of a surprise, congratulations to Juventus for their outstanding performance and for the glory of our league and we are convinced that Italian football is still one of the best in world football and we will keep going, keep going! ”
The British newspaper The Times used "regrettable defeat" as the front-page headline, saying: "Arsenal have had too much success in the Champions League this season, and they have not tasted defeat in Europe before meeting Juventus."
Maybe the successive victories had numbed their nerves, or maybe it had made them complacent, but now they finally tasted the bitter fruit and lost to the Italian at the Alpi Stadium!
Throughout the game, both offensively and defensively, the Serie A giants have always maintained a very high level of competition, while Arsenal have been too impatient in the case of overall strength and on-field dominance, and they have finally paid for their impatience.
It is hugely disappointing and unfortunate that Arsenal's prospects for promotion are bleak with a two-goal defeat, but we think Arsene Wenger will have a lot to blame if Arsenal are knocked out of the competition, with his poor on-the-spot command and his substitutions failing...... Of course, Qin's performance was not ideal, as the heart of the Gunners, he did not step up when the team needed him the most...... The same goes for Sanchez, who wasted too many scoring chances in the game......"
The British media is looking for the best person to blame for Arsenal's defeat, while the La Liga media is completely gloating: "Upset? No, no, it's not, Arsenal are strong but they are still young after all, failure is like a life experience, they should learn more from failure.
Of course, Arsenal are not invincible, and despite their previous unbeaten run in the Champions League this season, the ageing Juventus were able to knock them down into the abyss, which I think says a point...... Uh, yes, we don't think the favourites should be the Gunners, Real Madrid is good, ha, Barcelona can also ......"
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This defeat has put Arsenal under great pressure from public opinion, and this pressure of public opinion is like a mountain on the young Gunners players, which has made them bear a lot of psychological baggage.
After returning to England, the team's training has been in a depressed state in the past few days, Wenger and his assistants tried to enlighten the players, and even let the team doctor Kewen conduct psychological counseling for the disciples, which gradually eased the mentality of the players.
It will take a process to adjust the mentality, and three days later, it is clear that Arsenal have not fully recovered from the shadow of defeat, and the pessimistic and depressed mood has been carried into the league, and Arsenal suffered another major blow in the away game against Hull City.
Hull City are currently in the bottom half of the league and belong to the kind of team with no hope of rising and relegation, so the remaining rounds of the league seem to be dispensable and not strong in their will to fight - their main focus is now on the FA Cup final in half a month, and they have been average in the league but surprisingly come to the end in the FA Cup.
As a result, Hull City, who did not have a strong will to fight, met Arsenal, who were in a very poor mental state, and Hull City was no longer unintentional, but in the face of the league points sent to the door, they still decisively smiled.
The final result of the game was 3:0, and Arsenal were crushed.
With four league games remaining, Arsenal's points advantage has narrowed to four points, which makes Liverpool, who are still chasing behind them, seem to have hope of a comeback, although such hope is slim, but at least adds a touch of suspense to the eventual league title.
After the game, Wenger was furious in the dressing room, and almost every player, including Qin Shou, was scolded by him. If this league is won, the league championship will basically be in hand ahead of schedule, but the result is that he lost the game because of his own form, which added a lot of waves.
However, the narrowing of the lead is not the most important issue at the moment, and Arsenal's current priority remains the Champions League. The second leg against Juventus at home will be a battle that can only be won and not lost, and one step forward will allow Arsenal to continue to climb the mountain, and half a step back, and what awaits them is the abyss.
Arsenal has no way out and no choice, it can only fight against the water!
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