Chapter 91: It's full of routines
With Manchester City almost halfway through the league and only one game against the Magpies Newcastle, Arsenal are still one point ahead of Chelsea in the table and will be the halfway winners of the season if they beat Newcastle in the 19th round of the league. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The half-way championship of the league is not a substantial reward, to put it bluntly, this is just a verbal honor, which is an affirmation of the work of all members of the club over the past year.
The most important thing is that if you count all the halfway titles in the Premier League, the probability of winning the league title is very high, reaching 70%, which is a good sign, so the teams that have the ability to compete for the title are very important to this "honor".
Of course, the most important thing is that this is the last match of the year, and on the eve of the New Year, there is no team that does not want to end the year with a victory, and at the same time let the fans who support them have a happy New Year.
Whether it is a relegation team or a championship team, they want to try their best to win this victory before the New Year, at least not to add to the holiday for themselves and their fans.
The same is true for Arsenal, who are desperate for the halfway title, whether it's for a happy New Year's gift, a 70 per cent chance of winning the title, or to keep themselves at the top of the table.
Of course, this half-way title is not so easy to win, there is a big gap between Arsenal and the declining Newcastle, but in the last game of the new year, the opponent will definitely go all out and will not let them get three points easily.
The most important enemy is, in fact, physical and mental exhaustion. This week is a double fixture, and after Arsenal's game against Manchester City, there are only three days to prepare before they meet again on the road.
For three days, apart from the time spent on training and rushing to the guest venue, the team basically had no rest time at all.
This is the horror of the Premier League's devil's schedule, the complex and intensive competitions make almost all teams overwhelmed, and for the big teams, it is more eye-catching, because they have more game tasks, the back and forth journey is longer, and naturally, there is less time to rest.
The technical and tactical problems are easy to solve, but the mental and physical fatigue caused by the heavy workload of the game is very tricky. Wenger also has no good solution to this, and can only hope that his disciples can grit their teeth and persevere, and face all difficulties with tenacious will.
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As we prepare for the final game of the year against Newcastle, the draw for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League has also been decided.
And Arsenal's opponent in the quarter-finals is also freshly released, that is, Atletico Madrid, who are in the same semi-zone as them.
The result of this lottery was unexpected but not surprising for Qin Shou.
said it was an accident, or more should be said to be resistance, Qin Shou just left Atletico Madrid in the summer, so naturally he didn't want to go to his old club to fight face-to-face so soon. This is a natural state of mind, after all, Qin Shou has been in Madrid for nearly three years, and he is also a real name for himself in this city, where he has countless supporters and is even known as the "King of Atletico Madrid".
He didn't know how to deal with the Atletico fans who supported him and liked him, and although leaving Calderón was not his intention at the beginning, he did leave anyway, which was a kind of "betrayal", and after such a betrayal, he had to return to Madrid to represent another team against his former club, which made him very embarrassed.
Not surprisingly, it is because Atletico Madrid is in the same half as them, and the chances of meeting them are very high, in other words, even if the quarterfinals do not meet, if both teams can successfully advance, then they will still meet next.
In fact, if Atletico Madrid wins the group, this collision will be delayed. Unfortunately, Atletico Madrid, who have experienced great turmoil this summer, did not perform well in the Champions League group stage at the beginning, they first lost two in a row, without a single point, and then as if they woke up, they began to exert their strength, and finally got two wins, two draws, and eight points to qualify as the second in the group.
At the top of the group is Bundesliga side Schalke 04, with Atletico Madrid and them separated by just two points, and it is these two points that make the reigning Champions League champions drop to second place in the group.
Being in the same half, a group first, a group second, there is the possibility of meeting. The most important thing is that according to UEFA's usual urine of creating gimmicks without gimmicks, it is reasonable for Arsenal and Atletico Madrid to suffer.
"Wouldn't they be able to survive without some gimmicks and gossip?"
Qin Shou cursed UEFA hard behind his back, this group of damn bureaucrats is full of routines, in addition to making them feel comfortable with fans who like to watch lively and scandalous scandals, the rest is to make the players unhappy.
Of course, Qin Shou can only complain and complain, the matter is a foregone conclusion, and he has no choice.
In fact, this is very easy to understand, for example, the "hatred" between Barcelona and Chelsea, Real Madrid's encounter with Lyon in the group stage for three consecutive seasons, and the story that has to be told between Real Madrid and Dortmund...... Behind these arrangements, to say that there is no shadow of UEFA, or even to act as a "behind-the-scenes", that is a ghost will not believe.
Modern football is not what it used to be, UEFA needs more exposure, then it has to create more topics and public opinion. Let some teams with intersections or "grievances" meet in advance and tear back and forth, which is enough to arouse heated discussions in football and make it easier to attract the attention of fans.
Fans like to watch this, the bland duel can no longer satisfy their appetite, there is a saying in China called "it's not a big deal to watch the excitement", for the fans, the same, they love to watch these things, if these teams, more vigorous tearing, and even on and off the field have a "big war", that can be more exciting people wow wow yell.
UEFA seized on the psychology of the fans, and then "went with the flow" to create an eye-catching duel.
Qin Shou also likes to watch these games with gimmicks and scandals, but when it happens to him, he can only jump to his feet and scold his mother, slandering UEFA is really not a thing.
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On 29 December, the weekend, Arsenal travelled to St James' Park in Newcastle for their final game of the year.
Newcastle have also left a strong mark on the history of English football, they are a traditional English powerhouse with a long history, and the club has won countless honours. They have won four English top-flight titles, six FA Cups, one Intercity Fair Cup, one UEFA International Toto Cup, and one Europa League.
In the history of this team, there have been people who have come out such as Alain. Shearer, Ameobi, Bramble, Andy Cole, Owen and other superstar players, especially Allan. Shearer, who is England's all-time greatest goalscorer, remains the Premier League goalscoring record holder to this day.
FIFA's investment in the football movie "One Goal to Fame", the protagonist entered the world football field at St. James' Park, which shows that this team has a huge reputation in world football.
However, from 2006 onwards, the team gradually went downhill, the team's record got worse and worse, and then they were relegated to the second division, and finally in the 10-11 season, Newcastle returned to the top flight of England.
However, the Magpies, who returned to the Premier League, no longer had the glory and courage they once had, and in the following two seasons, they could only struggle to be relegated. It is really embarrassing to go from a strong team with championship strength to a team that can only fight for relegation now.
The game was as Arsene Wenger had predicted, and Newcastle put their posture very low, no longer a team fighting for a top-four finish in the league, but a civilian team that could put down all their pride in order to get points. Newcastle, who played at home, almost gave up attacking except for the two strikers in the front, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a full-fledged defense.
For the first 80 minutes of the game, Arsenal were battling with the home team's "bus", and although they had a clear advantage on the field, Newcastle's defence was like kraft candy, always tightly entangled with them.
It wasn't until the eighty-eighth minute that Newcastle, who fought too hard and had an extremely obvious decline in physical fitness, showed a flaw, in a fast attack, the SOQ combination was powerful again, Qin Shou and Ozil, Sanchez made a wonderful team cooperation, and there were fierce sparks between the stars and the stars, and finally Qin Shou assisted Sanchez to score the ball, and Arsenal struggled to get three points in St. James' Park.
No matter how difficult the process was, the final result was satisfying, with Arsenal continuing to lead the league table with three points and becoming a veritable halfway league champion.
And in the last game of the year, they also ended with a victory, and at the same time gave a wonderful New Year's gift to the fans who supported them.
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