Chapter 366: Begin to shift the focus of the game
1-0, the Chinese team defeated the Iraqi team away from home and has already secured the first place in the first group.
The Chinese team also won the match to advance to the top 10 of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Brazil, which is also the second time that the Chinese team has appeared in the top 10 of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup after many years.
After this game, the domestic media were very happy and excited, praising the great achievements of the Chinese team, all of them were advocating the Chinese team and blowing the Chinese team to the sky.
Many people claim that this Chinese team is even more awesome than the golden generation in 02, known as the super platinum generation, and they claim that this Chinese team will create a miracle that has been done before, and Chinese football has risen from here.
Chinese media reporters really praised the Chinese team to the sky, and some Asian media are also exclaiming the rise of Chinese football, claiming that this Chinese team can return to the top of Asia.
At this time, Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng have already boarded the flight to England, and both of them are going back to join their clubs, and now the league is a very critical moment.
At this time, Zhang Ningpeng's Birmingham City is ranked fifth in the Championship, although it has not entered the top two and has not yet obtained a direct promotion place, but if it ends according to this result, Birmingham also has a chance to participate in the play-offs.
And now that the Championship has only played 16 rounds, Birmingham still have a chance. The task of the Birmingham team this season is to be promoted, Zhang Ningpeng is a very important person in the Birmingham team, he must return to the team to help the team.
Arsenal are now only fifth in the league, and at this time, Arsenal must launch a ferocious attack to return to the top four and challenge for the league title.
Dongfang Chen is very important to the Arsenal team, and he must go back as much as possible.
Arsenal will go away to Norwich City at the weekend, and the strength of the Norwich team is not weak, and they are now ranked ninth in the league with 13 points, and the results are still very good.
It's also a tough team to play against, and the main game is Norwich's game. With a number of Arsenal players on the international breakday in midweek, Norwich's squad has few people to sit back and do, making it a tough game for Arsenal.
Dongfang Chen returned to London, and Zhang Ningpeng also left London on the same day and returned directly to Birmingham.
Dongfang Chen is the latest to return to the team report, and at this time, the Arsenal team is already preparing for the weekend's game.
Arsenal have a busy schedule, with the next few weeks of Arsenal playing double games in a week. Next week there is a Champions League in the middle of the week, a league on the weekend, then a League Cup in midweek, a league on the weekend, a Champions League in the middle of the week and a league on the weekend.
During this period of time, the Arsenal team was really busy and the games were very intensive.
However, at this time, the Arsenal team has qualified for the Champions League group stage two rounds in advance and locked the first place in the group, so in the next two rounds of the Champions League group stage, the Arsenal team can not play with all the main forces, you can train the team, and the Arsenal team can pay more attention to the league.
It's true that Arsenal's results in the league are not particularly ideal at the moment, and at this time, they should have to work hard in the league.
This week's international break, Dongfang Chen is actually relatively tired, after all, it is a competition and a continuous long-distance flight, so it's no wonder that he is not tired.
However, Dong Chen still appeared in the starting line-up for the weekend game against Norwich.
Norwich knew this was their best chance and they went on a frenzied attack as soon as they came up, attacking the Arsenal goal frantically with the advantage of their home turf.
Norwich's attack really had a good effect, and the tired Arsenal team seemed to be really difficult to withstand in the face of Norwich's attack.
In the final moments of the first half, Norwich City scored the Arsenal goal with an attacking attack, and the Norwich striker scrambled to score in the box to help Norwich get on the scoresheet.
Norwich were very excited after the goal and after the start of the second half, Norwich reduced their attacking intensity, but they did not retreat from all sides, and when they had the chance, they still dared to invest. They know it's not safe to be one goal ahead of Arsenal.
Norwich were right not to stick to it, and their occasional intrusion still caused a lot of trouble for the Arsenal team, which made the Arsenal players a little anxious.
However, in the fifteenth minute of the second half, Arsenal scored a lucky goal.
Norwich's central defender slipped to the ground when he yelled to clear the siege, and the football flew directly to Dongfang Chen's feet, Dongfang Chen was naturally not polite this time, and volleyed the football into Norwich's door and equalized the score.
Seeing this goal, Norwich people are naturally very dissatisfied, feeling very regretful, they finally took the lead, so they lost the advantage at once, and they were in a very bad mood.
After conceding the goal, Norwich City began to attack frantically, besieging the Arsenal team.
Norwich just wanted to attack, they wanted to win the game, this was their home stadium, and they were attacking Arsenal frantically with the fans cheering them on.
Norwich's attack was wave after wave, and the attack was very threatening, which made Arsène Wenger on the sidelines feel very nervous.
However, Norwich's attack was scoreless, and even in the 39th minute of the second half, Norwich made a mistake in the front pass, and after Arsenal's midfielder Vidal successfully broke the ball, he directly made a long pass to the front of the field.
Dongfang Chen jumped up high, directly ferried a header, and ferried the football to Van Persie, who was in front. Van Persie received the ball and quickly dribbled through and into the Norwich box.
Facing the attacking Norwich goalkeeper, Van Persie directly pulled the ball past the Norwich goalkeeper, and the football ball scored an empty goal.
2-1, Arsenal overtook the score.
The Norwich people were stunned, they went on a rampage for almost the whole game, they didn't even win the game, they were attacked by Arsenal, and they were very angry, very angry.
Norwich didn't want to lose the game like that, they went crazy in the final minute to try to win the game, but they weren't very lucky and didn't score again.
In the end, Arsenal secured a valuable three points with a lucky 2-1 win away from Norwich.
Arsenal were a bit lucky to come with three points, and both goals were a bit lucky. Regardless, Arsenal got the three points, which is good news.
Although Arsenal won the three points, the Arsenal team remained unchanged in the standings, and they are still in fifth place in the league with 25 points.
Although they did not surpass Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in front of them, Arsenal were not separated by these two teams, which is a success.
After this game, Arsenal took a day off before regrouping to prepare for next week's midweek Champions League.
In the middle of next week, Arsenal will welcome Dortmund at their home stadium, at this time Arsenal has qualified from the group and locked the first place in the group, and now Arsenal has no desire in the group stage of the Champions League, and the last two rounds of the group stage, Arsenal will definitely be based on training newcomers.
Now the focus of the Arsenal team has also shifted from the Champions League to the league, and now the league is the main thing.
Soon Dortmund arrived in London, and Dortmund was very well prepared for this game. It's not like they don't have a chance of qualifying, and they still have a chance of qualifying with back-to-back wins over Arsenal and Marseille in the final two rounds.
And at this time, the Arsenal team is obviously going to focus on the league, so in the Champions League, the Arsenal team will definitely have to play as a substitute, or even a youth team, this is a good opportunity for their Dortmund, and they will naturally not miss it.
Borussia Dortmund came to London early to be able to better adapt to the weather and the pitch here, and they must win this game.
Sure enough, the main players of the Arsenal team did not play in this game, and Dongfang Chen and others did not even sit on the bench, but sat in the stands to watch the game.
Dortmund's manager Jurgen Klopp was very excited when he saw this, and he really didn't guess wrong, without them, Dortmund really had a chance to qualify from the group.
At the beginning of the game, Dortmund launched a ferocious attack, just to score as much as possible in the Kuài area, so that the players under them can put their hearts down, so that their attacks will be more fluid and the chances of winning will be greater.
Dortmund's attack is ferocious, but the home team of Arsenal is not as chaotic as Dortmund people think, these substitutes of the Arsenal team cherish this opportunity to play, they all want to make a good impression on manager Arsène Wenger and get more opportunities.
In the 36th minute of the first half, Arsenal actually relied on a counterattack opportunity and scored a wonderful long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area by Vidal, and the Arsenal team actually took a one-goal lead.
Borussia Dortmund were a little unresponsive, and they didn't expect the substitute Arsenal team to be so difficult to deal with.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal's substitutes used a fast break to score and make it 2-0.
The Dortmund people were beaten all at once, and it was a game that was even more difficult than they thought. However, they didn't give up, they immediately went on a frenzied attack, they still wanted to win, they wanted to qualify.
Dortmund's crazy attack, pressing on all fronts, don't want to defend anymore, crazy attack, attack power is really good. However, they were unlucky, failing to score on a number of dangerous occasions. It wasn't until the end of the game that Dortmund scored a face-saving goal, 1-2, and Dortmund lost the game and the chance to qualify.
This game is very sad for the Dortmund people, they didn't take advantage of such an opportunity, and they really deserve to be eliminated.