Chapter 334: Champions League life and death

"Although Li is very unwilling to admit defeat, he also has to reluctantly accept the result of a draw, but a draw is not a loss, of course, maybe in Li's view, a game without three points is a loss!"

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, relying on Ross Barkley and Li Zihan, who came on as a substitute in the second half, and the two sides scored one goal each, and the final score was 1-1. If Lee had been brought on earlier, perhaps Arsenal would have been able to score three points, such as 60 minutes earlier, or at the start of the second half. Of course, Arsene Wenger will have to conserve a little bit of energy for next week's Champions League, after all, that game is the most important game at the moment. And I think Wenger is also very confident in his attacking line, thinking that he should be able to win this game, so as soon as the second half came up, he replaced Ozil first for the sake of saving strength. It was only Mesut Ozil who had just gone down a few minutes before Everton scored. ”

Despite the draw, Arsenal are still firmly at the top of the league.

It's a shame, but Arsenal have had to pack up their mood for the bigger adjustment ahead.

Midweek ushered in the Champions League battle that is important for Arsenal, Napoli and Borussia Dortmund, and as for Marseille in the same group, they have already gone out early!

Before the game, the managers of the three teams once again carried out psychological tactics and psychological hints to each other, Wenger was not good at such psychological warfare, but could not stop Klopp's arrogance, so Wenger said directly at the pre-game press conference: "The game between Dortmund and Napoli must be a game between two tigers, but two tigers fight, there must be an injury, so our chances are quite large, no matter who wins or loses, or a draw." We're going to have to face Marseille first and then we're going to get out of the group, and Marseille is a tough team to play against, every team in the Champions League is easy to deal with, so we're very prepared. ”

Although Arsene Wenger raised Marseille to a certain height, for the outside world, Marseille is a completely belly team in such a group of death, because no matter how the group stage passes, they have not won a single game and have not scored a point.

Napoli coach Benitez Bey Fat looked a little helpless, he said before the game: "In the previous Champions League, generally the team that got 12 points was early or definitely qualified, but in our group, even if you get 12 points, you have to look at other teams, because 12 points is not a safe score, and if you are not careful, you can only go to the Europa League." ”

And the bricks said that this is worthy of the group of death, because the team with 12 points still has a high possibility of being eliminated!

Under the rhythm of the mountain rain and the wind full of buildings, the group stage of this round of Champions League finally came. Arsenal host the weakest Ligue 1 giants in the group, Marseille, while Borussia Dortmund play in Westfa. Estadio Lun welcomed Serie A powerhouse Napoli.

In the first half of the game, when the news came that Napoli had scored first on the road, Arsenal looked a little listless. Because if Napoli wins this game in the end, Dortmund will press Arsenal to qualify by virtue of goal difference.

When the game went 30 minutes and the listless Arsenal were almost scored by Marseille, Li Zihan finally realized that something was wrong with his teammates.

As soon as he thought about it, he understood.

Li Zihan was very angry and shouted loudly to his teammates around him: "What are you doing, brothers? Sleepwalking? What we have to do now is play the game in front of us, what's going on on their side? If we win this game, we will qualify with 12 points, what if Dortmund wins? With only nine points, can they still compare the goal difference with our 12-point team?? Hell hell with the damn goal difference, we need those three points!! Even if Dortmund wins, all three teams are 12 points, then we still have the advantage of goal difference against Napoli, a goal difference!! ”

Li Zihan's words undoubtedly gave the Arsenal players a slap in the face, and the current complex situation of this group has confused them, but if you think about it carefully, it is really as Li Zihan said, if Arsenal wins this game, then it doesn't matter what the result of that game is, unless you can't win it on your side, or you can't do anything about it with a score of 10-99.

The relieved Arsenal players looked at the Marseille players differently, with green eyes like a pervert looking at a beautiful woman in a looming dress.

The Marseille players subconsciously, chrysanthemum tightened

Li Zihan is becoming more and more a leader, he often uses his unyielding energy and some words or body language on the court to awaken the fighting spirit of his teammates! This young player, who is only nineteen years old and about to be twenty years old, has been rigidly integrated into the Arsenal collective, and even many old players have listened to Li Zihan's arrangement, which is really a general, young and old!! ”

Arsenal, who reacted, immediately launched a crazy attack on Marseille.

In the 36th minute, Li Zihan crossed from the sideline, and Podolski's header from the middle was a little right, which was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

In the 38th minute, Walcourt broke through the sideline, and then suddenly changed the line and cut inside to hit the goal, but Cameroon central defender Nkuru came over to help defend and blocked the shot with his thigh. Mesut Ozil then whipped in a corner and Medsarth's header grazed the crossbar and flew off the line.

In the 40th minute, Mesut Ozil crossed the top of the top and passed it to Podolski's head. Porti's header from the top of the net was denied by French substitute goalkeeper Mandanda, who struck with a double fist. Li Zihan, who followed up, immediately raised his foot to make up for the shot, but hit the post.

The ball bounced back again, and this time Marseille's defence was thoroughly in place. Li Zihan did not shoot again, but handed the ball to Ozil next to him.

Mesut Ozil picked up the ball with a round and delivered a beautiful pass. The ball went over the heads of Nkouru and midfielder Roma and came behind the two, and Li Zihan suddenly started to hit the box. Facing the ball, he didn't stop the ball to adjust, but shot straight at goal, and he had a lot of confidence in Ozil's pass.

In front of the goal, the ball hit the tip of Li Zihan's right foot, and then flew high into the top of the goal.

Li Zihan !! Scored again!! Arsenal lead 1-0 and have an advantage for qualifying!! ”