Chapter 636: Waterloo's Arsenal

When the Chinese team takes the lead, it is not a problem, and the current Chinese team is no longer the original Chinese team.

The final score was 2 to 1, the Chinese team calmly scored the second goal after the opponent pressed the attack, this time the goal was the new Evergrande striker Gao Lin, this is a three-person cooperation between Wu Lei and Wang Shangyuan and him.

Although Li Zihan was not directly involved in this goal, Li Zihan's personal intervention took away many defenders of the Uzbekistan team, so Gao Lin had more opportunities.

The Chinese team won the second victory as expected, and now the two games are over, and the Chinese team has six points, which can be said to have taken the initiative to qualify from the group.

On the other side, the Saudi Arabian team, which lost to China in the first round, also regained its strength, and they were bloodied 4-1. Fresh team. In this way, the dynasty that lost both wars. The fresh team is already doomed to be out of the tournament early, while the Uzbekistan team and the Saudi team will be the final coach, and at this time the two sides will have to see their own strength.

Basically, who wins and who qualifies, and if there is a draw, the two teams will have to compare the problem of goal difference. So the Chinese team has now been eliminated from this group one round ahead of schedule.

As for the chao. Although they are out, they still have a chance to win the Asian Cup, after all, they once advertised in China that they defeated China, South Korea and the host Brazil last summer, and finally won the World Cup

Coming out of the group stage in advance, almost the whole country was jubilant in China, and the failure to qualify for the last Asian Cup group gave Chinese football a huge blow, and then there was nothing to do with China in the World Cup that was in full swing last summer

After leading the Chinese team to qualify from the group ahead of schedule, Li Zihan finally had the time and energy to pay attention to the club's games.

It's now the middle of January, and it's been almost twenty days since Li Zihan left Arsenal.

When Li Zihan first left Arsenal, the team's results were not bad, they won 2-1 against promoted Queens Park Rangers, and then 2-0 against city rivals West Ham, also known as the Hammers.

It seems that Li Zihan's departure did not affect Arsenal, and after Li Zihan's departure, Sanchez and Ozil carried the banner of the team.

But Li Zihan's position at Arsenal has now reached an irreplaceable point, and in the twentieth round of the Premier League on the first day of the new year on January 1, Arsenal suffered a waterloo.

They lost 2-0 away to Southampton, who had been in the limelight at the time, with Ronald Koeman's Saints completing their first win against Arsenal. In the previous FA Cup, Koeman's Southampton was beaten by Arsenal and had no way to fight back, but in this league, the role was reversed all of a sudden.

With the victory in this game, Southampton instantly took fourth place from the previous slip to fifth.

Although Chelsea and other teams also won the game, Arsenal's lead was too big before, so they didn't catch up for a while.

In the 21st round of the league, Arsenal hosted Stoke City. Due to the loss of the last game, Wenger gave the team the order to win in this game, and he was also the main lineup on the team.

In the end, Arsenal lost 2-1 at home to Stoke City, who desperately needed points to avoid relegation

Arsenal instantly ushered in two consecutive defeats, the key is that Arsenal has not lost so far this season, but at the beginning of the new year, it suffered two consecutive defeats.

At this time, everyone can see that Li Zihan's departure has too strict an impact on Arsenal, which is no longer a matter at the competitive level, but a kind of spiritual confidence and faith.

Although the league has not been smooth, Arsenal have been riding high in the FA Cup, and they have already beaten Nottingham Forest by a big margin to advance to the next round.

The poor Championship team Nottingham Forest has become Arsenal's punching bag, and they also have a great history and pride.

At this time, Li Zihan called on his players to work harder and not slack off, and also called on fans to stand firmly on the side of the team at this time.

Perhaps it was Li Zihan's encouragement that had an effect.

On January 17, the 21st round of the Premier League faced Manchester City, the second-ranked team in the league. Everyone is not optimistic about Arsenal, but this time Arsenal is very competitive.

Their 2-0 win over Manchester City was a surprise to everyone.

Could it really be that Li Zihan's motivation played a role.

It's just that the happiest are the Chelsea people, because Manchester City lost this game, they won the Magpies Newcastle United, so the points suddenly surpassed Manchester City, became the new second place in the league, and began to charge Arsenal.

Poor Newcastle United had just improved in December last year, the team was no longer in relegation troubles, and the ranking was still in ninth place, but manager Alan Pardue announced his resignation and switched to the troubled Crystal Palace team

Then the Magpies' morale plummeted, leading to a three-game losing streak

After watching Arsenal's victory over rival Manchester City, Li Zihan was relieved to prepare for the final group game.

This group stage opponent is the old rival of the Chinese team. Fresh team, Chao. The fresh team is not an easy team to deal with, but fortunately, the result of this game will not hinder the Chinese team's decision to qualify.

Unless the Chinese team loses by a large score, and one of Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan wins by a large score, it will take the first place in the group from the hands of the Chinese team.

The squadron only needs a draw to win the group in this game, but even so, head coach Perrin said that China will still not deliberately release water, and this game will go all out.

It's just that Peilan made adjustments in the starting camp, Wu Lei, Wang Shangyuan, Zheng Zhi, Wang Dalei and Zhang Linpeng got the opportunity to rotate and rest.

Although the lineup has changed blood, Li Zihan and Gao Lin are still retained in the starter, such a lineup is enough, the key is that Li Zihan is on it

The final result was a 2-0 victory for the Chinese team. Fresh team, such a result also made China rejoice. Because in the history of the main competition, the Chinese team has never won against the DPRK. The best result of the fresh team is a draw.

And the key is that the Chinese team has a record of winning all the group this time, which is something that almost everyone did not expect.