No. 370: Towards the top of the league

Arsenal drew the Rossoneri and had to play in the round of 16.

Arsène Wenger's face was pale, and his heart was so angry that his head was about to erupt into fire, and Nima must have been too dark.

Now is the time for Arsenal to get on the rise, and Arsène Wenger will naturally hope that Arsenal can face a weaker opponent so that Arsenal can focus more on the league.

Now that Manchester City and Manchester United are not in the Champions League, their energy will definitely be focused on the league, so it will be very difficult for Arsenal in the league.

At this time, the draw ceremony continued, and the next to be drawn was Basel of Switzerland, the strength of Basel of Switzerland was not strong, and the Arsenal team was actually like drawing such an opponent, but unfortunately, they did not succeed.

Next up to be drawn was Germany's Bayern Munich, and Bayern Munich were lucky enough to draw a good draw as well.

Next up was Bayer Leverkusen from the Bundesliga, and their opponent was quickly drawn from Barcelona, Spain. Then CSKA Moscow drew Real Madrid, Zenit St. Petersburg drew Benfica and finally Marseille from France drew Inter Milan.

At this time, Marseille were not as lucky as Lyon, who faced Inter Milan and it was a very difficult game.

By this time, the matchups for this season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds have also come out, and the matchups are as follows:

Lyon vs. Atletico Greece, Napoli vs. Chelsea, AC Milan vs. Arsenal, Basel vs. Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen vs. Barcelona, CSKA Moscow vs. Real Madrid. Zenit St. Petersburg against Benfica and Marseille against Inter Milan.

When the results of this draw came out, the English media stopped doing it instantly, and the major media reported that this was a UEFA conspiracy, and various conspiracy theories were rampant in an instant.

England's "The Sun" used such a headline to report on the draw for the knockout round of the Champions League - UEFA suppressed the Premier League and used Serie A to balance the Premier League!

Here's how The Sun reported:

'Yesterday, the draw for the knockout round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League came to an end, with only two teams in the Premier League, which have been disadvantaged this season, reaching the round of 16, while Serie A is in full swing, with all three teams reaching the round of 16.

In yesterday's draw ceremony, the Premier League and Serie A battled it out, with Napoli taking on Chelsea and the Rossoneri challenging Arsenal, the knockout round of 16 being a head-to-head clash in the English and Italian leagues.

In fact, in the history of the Champions League, there has been a precedent for a full-scale duel in the English and Italian leagues. In the 2007-2008 season, the Premier League faced two Italian teams in the round of 16, Arsenal against the Rossoneri, Liverpool against Inter Milan, and Manchester United against Roma in the quarter-finals.

Since that season, UEFA has been using Serie A to balance the Premier League, and more importantly, in January 2007, Platini became UEFA president.

In the 2008-2009 season, Italy stumbled again in the Premier League, with Chelsea vs. Juventus, Arsenal vs. Roma, and Manchester United vs. Inter Milan.

In the 2009-2010 season, Serie A played again in the Premier League, and Inter Milan played Chelsea, and the Rossoneri played Manchester United.

From the very beginning of Platini's rise to power, UEFA has already formulated a plan to suppress the Premier League, they are using Serie A to check and balance the Premier League teams, and then to support La Liga and Ligue 1, especially Ligue 1.

If you look at the UEFA Champions League every year, there is always a Ligue 1 team that will go to the quarter-finals or even the semi-finals under the protection of UEFA. This season is again a highlight.

Lyon and Marseille were not supposed to be in the last 16 of the Champions League, but they forced their way into the last 16, and Lyon also played against a belly team like Atletico Greek, which is clearly UEFA want to send Lyon to the last eight of the Champions League.

Seeing this, everyone has already understood very well that Platini is using Serie A teams to balance the Premier League, and then support La Liga and Ligue 1.

As soon as the "Sun" bag came out, the fans in England were very angry, and they all frantically criticized UEFA and cursed Platini wildly.

Platini has been restricting the Premier League since he came to power, not only in the draw for the Champions League, but also in some economic and commercial operations, and even some policies are obviously restricting the Premier League.

It is no wonder that in recent years, the FA has always been at odds with UEFA, and the FA has even directly argued with UEFA and Platini.

Anyway, after Platini came to power, the Ligue 1 team was protected by a considerable amount of Cheng Dù in the Champions League, and gained more benefits.

This season has been particularly evident in the fact that Lyon and Marseille were all UEFA-based and Platini had sent them to the last 16 of the Champions League.

This naturally caused discontent among England fans, and even the FA.

Of course, there is also the dissatisfaction from the Italian fans, who have become the cannon fodder of UEFA's restrictions on the Premier League every year, and their mood is very unhappy and very atmospheric.

The Italian media is also frantically attacking UEFA and Platini, they don't know when they suddenly became Platini's gun, pointing where to fight, and Serie A fans are very angry.

Nima wants to restrict the Premier League, why doesn't Nima go to Ligue 1? Don't want to go with a Spanish Super League team? Why use our Italian team? Didn't Nima see that our Serie A league is not as good as a year? Why doesn't Nima support us?

The fans of Serie A also jumped up and cursed Platini frantically, Platini didn't bother to care about you? For the sake of his political achievements, he can't control you so much. He now has to complete his own policy, that the Champions League and the UEFA Europa League cannot stand alone, but that a hundred flowers must bloom and let the teams of the more leagues participate in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, and give those small leagues and more teams the opportunity to participate in European competitions.

In fact, Platini is doing this to weaken the interests of these traditional strong teams, especially the interests of the Premier League teams, to distribute them to these small national teams, and he gives the benefits of these small national football teams to get more support, more votes, to consolidate his own position.

Of course, among these traditional heroes, he wants to suppress them, but he also has to win over a group. Your Premier League is so big that it's obviously the target of Platini's crackdown.

If Platini goes to win over the Premier League team, this is actually the icing on the cake, or even the icing on the cake, with or without you Platini, our Premier League is so awesome, so is it necessary for us in the Premier League to have you Platini?

Platini had actually planned it long before he came to power, he was from France, and he naturally wanted to win over the French team and strive for more benefits for the French team. And the French team sees that he is a Frenchman, so they naturally want to support him, and this is the easiest to win over.

Then, he went to fight for the team in the Western Super League, and the Western Super League team was full of influence and had to be wooed. There is also the weakening of the interests of some people, to distribute to other small local teams, to make their lives more supportive.

Why didn't Platini woo Serie A? Serie A is too fake, too unhealthy, and the decline of Serie A has been seen very early.

At this time, many media outlets were filled with such conspiracy theories, and all of a sudden Platini was demonized. Of course, there are many people who hate him, but there are also many people who like him. Many people are eager to remove him from the UEFA throne immediately, but there are also many people, if not more, who are willing to let Platini stand on the UEFA throne.

At this time, European football was very noisy, and Platini was even more shouting.

The media in England is also criticizing Platini, this guy does not deserve to be called the president of UEFA at all, and if he continues to do this, European football will end sooner or later.

Arsène Wenger was very dissatisfied with Arsenal's match against the Rossoneri at this time, but he didn't say much about Platini, and he didn't have so much leisure to care about these so-called conspiracy theories, and now he is putting all his energy into the team.

Arsène Wenger will have to think about how the Arsenal team will play in the next segment. The UEFA Champions League is very attractive, Arsène Wenger naturally does not want to give up just like that, and the Premier League is fundamental, Arsène Wenger naturally will not give up.

However, the Rossoneri are very strong and Arsenal will not be able to beat the Rossoneri without giving their all. But if they go all out against the Rossoneri, there is a good chance that something will go wrong in the league, and Arsène Wenger is hesitant.

Dongfang Chen saw such a match, his mood was also a little complicated, the Rossoneri is indeed not easy to play. However, Dongfang Chen is reluctant to give up the UEFA Champions League, and he hopes that Arsenal can continue the UEFA Champions League.

As for the conspiracy theories that are noisy in the outside world, Dongfang Chen doesn't pay much attention to them, and he can't figure them out when he looks at these things. But Dongfang Chen also knows that UEFA must have some moves, otherwise, how can Platini sit firmly in this position?

Dongfang Chen has no leisure to pay attention to these problems now, now all his energy is in the next league, now the league is the focus, other things can be put aside and leave him alone.

At the weekend, Arsenal will travel to Manchester City, who are currently at the top of the league table, which is a very good opportunity for Arsenal to close the gap.

Now the difference between Arsenal and Manchester City is actually not big, that is, four points, two games, if Arsenal wins this game, they are only one point away from Manchester City, then their chances of winning the league title will naturally increase.

This game, the whole Arsenal team is very important, this game, they Arsenal team must win, they want to move towards the top of the Premier League - forward!