Arsene Wenger used the practice of buying Reyes to tell all Premier League clubs about Arsenal's ambitions.

This is Arsenal's fifth season since winning the Premier League title in 98-99. In those four seasons, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal have not won anything other than the FA Cup. However, after four years of lying on the bat, Arsene Wenger finally led his disciples back.

After the start of the second half of the season, Arsenal showed the whole Premier League what it means to be strong.

On January 8, in the 20th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal won 2-1 away against Everton with goals from Kanu and Henry. Since then, it has been out of control.

In the 21st round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough 4-1 at home.

In the 22nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 2-0 away.

In the 23rd round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Manchester City 2-1.

In the 24th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Wolves 3-1 away.

In the 25th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Southampton 2-0.

In the 26th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated the mighty Chelsea 2-1.

Before the start of the Champions League knockout rounds, Arsenal had completed a nine-game winning streak from the start of the 18th round of the Premier League. And in this nine-game winning streak, the gun king Henry has scored ten goals. He is currently the hottest striker in world football.

And Arsenal also relied on a wave of nine consecutive wins, and the chase behind them was opened up a long distance.

At the end of the 26th round of the league, Arsenal has accumulated 65 points.

Chelsea, who are second in the Premier League, have shown a certain instability at this time. In the seven games since the start of the new year, Chelsea have won just three wins, drawn two and lost two. Ten points less than Arsenal.

At the end of the first half of the season, Chelsea were just five points behind Arsenal.

Unexpectedly, after the end of the 26th round of the Premier League, it was 15 points behind Arsenal.

Chelsea are joined by Manchester United.

From 20 rounds to 26 league games, Manchester United has only won three wins, two draws and two defeats in seven games. Manchester United's results are even worse now. They are already twenty-one points behind Arsenal.

Blackburn have had a slightly better run of results during this period.

Blackburn have four wins, two draws and one defeat, at least three points more than Chelsea and Manchester United. In fact, four wins, two draws and one loss in seven games are already quite good results. It's a pity that compared with the strong Arsenal, the gap can be clearly felt.

Blackburn Rovers are also double figures behind Arsenal. Blackburn are fourteen points behind Arsenal.

Blackburn have played slightly better than Chelsea during this time. It actually climbed to the second place in the Premier League.

In fact, there is no difference between second place in the Premier League and third place in the Premier League. If there is a difference, it is that the third place in the Premier League will go to the Champions League qualifying round, while the second place in the Premier League will be able to enter the group stage of the Champions League directly.

According to the current strength of the Premier League, whether it is Blackburn Rovers or Chelsea, playing the Champions League qualifying round is not yet easy to play.

So as long as it's not a Premier League champion, second and third place doesn't matter to George.

But by this time, everyone knows that there is no suspense about this season's Premier League. Arsenal's strong run continues, while the rest of the Premier League's powerhouses are as sluggish as ever.

Everyone still thinks that after Abramovich became the owner, he spent so much money. At the very least, Chelsea's results should be able to compete with Arsenal. However, Ranieri's performance still disappointed many people.

Especially Abu, who was on the pitch at Stamford Bridge every time he played. He must have been disappointed.

Abramovic has invested 150 million pounds and is now being pulled by Arsenal by 15 points. How could he be satisfied. It should be said that from this time onwards, Abu was already thinking about changing the head coach.

………… At the end of the 26th round of the Premier League, George sat at home to welcome the Italian giants Juventus.

Giorgio has always been at odds with Italian football. Although Giorgio is in defense, he is also stealing the essence of Italian football. But when it comes to Italian football, there is always a lot of disdain.

It's not that Giorgio looks down on Italian football.

In fact, Giorgio has a lot of respect for Italian football. The chain defense that shocked the football world also benefited George a lot. But Giorgio really despises the current Italian football scene, which is full of black miasma.

Not only that, but Italian football has been too slow to develop.

Or that Italian football has been slower to change even than the conservative English Football Association. Not to mention anything else, the fact that Italy does not allow private ownership of stadiums has already made Italian clubs a lot behind Premier League clubs.

And the Italian Football Federation, which has done a really poor job in fighting football hooliganism and racial discrimination. There are fewer and fewer fans watching the game in Serie A.

These environments are so bad that Serie A is also declining more and more. If it weren't for the three northern powers, Serie A would have known where it would have been left behind by other leagues.

But just like in English football, when the Premier League was in decline in the 90s, he arrogantly imagined that he was the originator of modern football, and that he swept European football in the 70s and 80s.

It's the same in Italian football right now.

They are immersed in the glory of the "Little World Cup". Serie A is still the centre of European football. I'm very proud and don't look down on other leagues at all.

Giorgio, on the other hand, has repeatedly ridiculed Italian football.

Therefore, many Italian media are quite dissatisfied with George.

And Milan's elimination of Blackburn last season was talked about by them every day.

There are a lot of Italian journalists who came to England with Juventus this time.

Speaking to reporters before the game, Lippi praised Blackburn and George. "Blackburn have had a good season in recent seasons. The Premier League has won three times in a row, which can be said to be a dynasty. Blackburn is at its best right now. We will be very cautious against such opponents. ”

"Coach Levy? Coach Levy is a European coach. It's amazing to have achieved such results at such a young age. At his age, I didn't know where my future was. Coach Levy is a genius in the coaching industry. It's a lot of pressure to play against him this time. ”

George was puzzled to hear Lippi's praise for himself.

Who is Lippi? Even if George wins a few more titles, he can't be more famous than Lippi. Or even if Lippi doesn't work from now on, it will take many years for George to catch up with him.

What does Lippi want to do?

Did Lippi really think that if he praised himself casually, he would be fluttering. I really think I'm a fledgling little hairy child.

Cut!

But anyway, George already has a bad image in front of the media.

So for Lippi's praise the acceptance of the big thorn. And it is a proud representation. "Juventus is nothing. I don't care about playing against any team, as long as I get in my way, I'm going to beat him. ”

In the face of such a high-profile George, not to mention Italian journalists, even English journalists are not used to it. Could it be that George was really praised by Lippi for a few words, and he didn't know that the sky was high.

George didn't have a good relationship with journalists, though. But there are still some journalist friends in England. A reporter kindly reminded George that George was facing Juventus this time, but the "Silver Fox" Lippi.

I didn't expect George's disdainful pouting. "Lippi, is he amazing? Does he have more championships than me? ”

That's a fryer.

Between Capello and Carlo Ancelotti, the representative of Italian football is Lippi.

Lippi has a very high reputation in Italian football. Now he is so despised by a younger generation. But what George said wasn't all lies.

Lippi is very powerful. But when it comes to the number of champions, it's not necessarily more than George.

Lippi now has five league titles, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, a Toyota Cup, four Italian Super Cups, and a Coppa Italia, a total of thirteen titles.

And George started at Burnley and won countless titles. Three Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions Cup, a UEFA Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, a Toyota Cup, an FA Cup, two League Cups, two Community Shields, and thirteen titles.

Hearing George's words, the English journalist was nothing.

They don't like Italian football anyway. There is a guy who comes out to satirize Italian football, and they can't wait for it.

Journalists in other countries don't care about anything.

They only care about the news, and they wish there was more news for them to write.

Only the Italian journalist was quite annoyed with George. You used to be sarcastic about Italian football, and now even Lippi, one of the representative coaches of Italian football, is so disdainful. It made them angry.

But anger is anger, and they can't do anything about a thick-skinned coach like George.

The best thing to do is for Juventus to humiliate Blackburn Rovers at home. Then these Italian reporters sarcastically mocked George, and then it would be the perfect slap in the face. So Italian journalists are waiting in their hearts, waiting for the end of this game.

George's words, of course, reached Lippi's ears.

However, Lippi smiled slightly, and did not fight back as people imagined.

Lippi did attach great importance to George. But Lippi is experienced after all, and he praised George a little. Lippi didn't expect George to be really fluttering. But as long as George had the slightest bit of pride, Lippi was quite satisfied.

A master's move, as long as the slightest flaw is revealed, it is fatal.

George was young after all, and Lippi thought that George must have had some pride in his heart. So it's just a little bit of a boost.

Now seeing George's arrogance as always, Lippi is still satisfied. As long as George is satisfied, Lippi believes that Blackburn will have a flaw.

No matter how much the pre-match war of words is, the Champions League knockout round has finally begun.

On 26 February 2004, at Ewood Park, the Champions League quarter-knockout rounds began. The two sides are Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers and Serie A champions Juventus.

(To be continued)