Chapter 17: One to One
6-0, Arsenal staged the first massacre of the Champions League in the new season; Although it is only the first round of the Champions League group stage, the terrifying lethality of Arsenal's eruption in this game is still terrifying, and the energy of the defending champions in the game makes people feel terrifying.
It's not just a 6-0 win that is terrifying, but the most terrifying thing now is Arsenal's terrifying goalscoring form since the new season, when people are accustomed to their goals one by one, when people are not too surprised by Arsenal's successive big wins, this is a very shocking result.
Arsenal have scored 14 goals in four league games in the new season, and with this Champions League group stage, Arsenal has scored a terrifying 20 goals in five official matches! With an average of four goals per game, in the face of such a goal performance team, I believe that Arsenal's opponent is really powerless, Arsenal's ability to burst out at the offensive end makes everyone feel powerless to compete, and Arsenal is simply inexplicable at this time.
While many people have long believed that offense wins fans and defense wins championships, it is true that especially in a more uncertain game like the Cup, having a solid backline does have more chances to get through the storm. But when a team elevates their offense to the next level, when they already have consistent goals, it's probably no worse than those defensive teams, because they're just as inexplicable.
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Partizan 1-0 in the other game in this group, but in Group A, everyone knows Arsenal are now comfortable to lock up top of the group. Because Arsenal in the new season is too incomprehensible. Because Arsenal are just too strong. Even after the first round of the Champions League group stage. All were captivated by the defending champions' horrific performance.
It was the best Arsenal of all, their football was as beautiful as it was practical, tearing to shreds opponents who had knocked out Celtic and Sevilla before reaching the group stage. Arsenal, whether it is the main force or the substitute, has made the Portuguese Super League runners-up helpless. What's even more terrifying is that Arsenal's attack group in this game is huge, whether it is Xiao Qing, Cesc Fabregas or Chamak, etc., they have become perfect members of the attacking system.
The pace of Arsenal's game and the jishu, the tempo, the quality of the jishu's finish and the running were outstanding. When there's nothing wrong with the whole process, when a team is running at high speed and giving everyone an insurmountable feeling, it's really powerful. In fact, judging from the age structure of Arsenal's attacking combination, Arsenal has also completed too many transformations of young people; With the maturing Cesc Fabregas and Arshavin, as well as youngsters such as Nasri and Theo Walcott, Arsenal are gradually adding experience to their younger squad and making the Gunners' attacking group dynamic and supportive.
Arsenal won their first Champions League group stage of the new season, and the defending champions' attacking power was on full display. The Champions League final is played in England and will be an incentive for the Premier League semi-finals. The new season of Premier League teams will not be like last season, and will rise again to make it to the new Wembley Stadium. For Arsenal, they have now become a new banner in the Premier League. Reaching the Champions League final again is what they are looking forward to.
Due to the proximity of the Emirates Stadium to the new Wembley Stadium, the current Gunners actually have more expectations for the new season of the Champions League; Although they lifted their first ever Champions League trophy last season at the Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid, one of the most hode stadiums, the Gunners are still hoping that more home fans will see the team do great, and they hope that more fans will be able to cheer and celebrate with the team. So this time Arsenal have to work harder, they need to lift the trophy again at Wembley Stadium, the closest to their home stadium, and they want more fans to party with them.
Arsenal, who won their first Champions League win in the new season, are very happy, although they are very happy with the team's current results, although it is indeed something to be proud of with another big victory, but the current Gunners do not have much time to be happy, because the league game is still going on, and now Arsenal still has to continue to be with Chelsea in the standings.
Arsenal have won four consecutive league games in the new season, and their performance since the new season has been really good; However, at this time, Chelsea, one of Arsenal's main opponents, is also in a bad state in the new season, they are all four wins, they are bound to continue to entangle in the standings, but these two teams are aiming to win the championship, they will not be satisfied with the current intractable intractability, Zuihou can only have one winner, so they have to use more haode performance to make the opponent desperate!
Chelsea's goal of more than 100 goals in the Premier League last season seems to be no accident but a necessity, because compared to Jose Mourinho, Scolari, Hiddink and Grant, Carlo Ancelotti's approach to Chelsea's attacking system is more in line with the characteristics of the players; And when the season began, the Ann's Blues scored 17 goals in four league games to prove that Chelsea's forward matrix can be overlooked by any attacking combination across Europe.
Carlo Ancelotti's attacking front line is nothing more than Drogba, Anelka, Kalou and Malouda, all of whom have scored in the league so far. The four major King Kongs of the front line have all been won, which is really gratifying; And now Chelsea's forward line is really getting more and more mature, although Chelsea's midfield lacks enough creativity, but their terrifying forward line is really not inferior to Arsenal with Xiao Qing, because Xiao Qing is just a person supporting Arsenal's forward, and Chelsea although not as good as Xiao Qing in terms of individual soldiers, but they can't stand their strength in many people.
Although Arsenal now only has Xiao Qing as a top striker on the front line, Xiao Qing's dominance is becoming stronger and stronger in the new season, with Xiao Qing's excellent and stable performance, I believe that at this time no one dares to underestimate Arsenal's striker. And compared to other teams, Arsenal is full of creativity in the midfield, so this can also bring more help to Xiao Qing.
Manchester United, on the other hand, may be a little lacking in attack compared to Arsenal and Chelsea. Rooney, Berbatov and others are indeed very strong. But they lacked enough dominance. However, this is not to be underestimated by Manchester United. Because Ferguson's squad is really well balanced, you'd be hard-pressed to find a real gap in United.
Xiao Qing is not worried about the team's attacking ability at all, and Xiao Qing is not worried about the team's current state; Arsenal have won five consecutive league and Champions League games this season, and although the schedule is slowly starting to tighten, the Gunners can still guarantee their current form, and they believe they will be able to keep the pace forward despite the weaker opponents at the moment.
Having finished the Champions League, Arsenal now need to start the league once again, and they face the Black Cats Sunderland in the fifth round of the league. This is one of the more well-known lift teams, who often go between the Premier League and the Championship. Arsenal will not be polite to such a team, they are aiming for five consecutive league wins, Arsenal are now fighting for the top spot with Chelsea, and Arsenal will be hoping to use their recent excellent form to drag Chelsea down sooner.
Fortunately, the last leg of the Champions League was played at home, so although there was not much time to rest, the Gunners did not have to go back and forth too much; Although they still need to travel to the Stadium of Light away from home, the Gunners can still keep their fitness in place. The task of the new season is getting heavier and heavier, and Arsenal's front will be wider and wider, but the Gunners are ready for the start of the season. Of course, they know that they will definitely have to work harder for the new season. So now they don't have a lot of fatigue, because the excellent results in the new season have made the Gunners even more excited and looking forward to it. They will be hoping to produce more results, and the strings of wins have meant that the Gunners will not be negative about the game at all.
On 19 September, Arsenal, who visited the Stadium of Light, began to win five in a row, and they were sure of this game. Arsene Wenger continued to continue the starting line-up of the last Champions League massacre against Braga, and Xiao Qing and his teammates also continued to attack the victory at this time.
The strength of the black cat Sunderland is really average, so Arsenal did take the initiative most of the time in the game; But this time, although Arsenal still firmly controlled the game, although Arsenal was indeed more dominant. However, this time Arsenal failed to take advantage of their chances, perhaps because such a weekly double game affected the Gunners' fitness to a certain extent, and they were unable to maintain their best form.
Arsenal were lucky in this game, their goal came very suddenly and strangely; In the thirteenth minute of the game, Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand slowly cleared the ball at the back, and the ball bounced off the foot of Xiaofa who suddenly accelerated and grabbed, and the ball flew over a distance of about 35 meters and floated directly into the Sunderland gate. At 1-0, Cesc Fabregas unexpectedly scored his first league goal of the new season, and Arsenal also relied on this balloon to temporarily take the lead.
In such a situation, Arsenal seem to be able to continue the winning streak of the new season, and they do have a good chance of another big win. However, Arsenal were a bit disappointing in this game because they relaxed a bit in a good situation and they didn't take their chances very well.
Sunderland, who were behind, stepped up their attack, and shortly after the start of the second half, Alexander Song was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards for bringing down Malblanco, and Arsenal had to react with a passive ten-man. And in the 75th minute of the game, Rosicky knocked the penalty away, which was his first penalty in the Premier League!
Arsenal, who missed the penalty, did not learn enough and although they could not continue to score, they still held the ball firmly in possession; However, in the 83rd minute of the game, Brambull's missed shot in the box hit Squeerraci and went out of the line. The ensuing corner caused trouble, Klich cleared the ball at the feet of Koscielny and bounced off the feet of Bent, who picked up the goal from close range to make it 1-1 for Sunderland to equalise! (To be continued......)