No. 276: Arsène is about to strike again
The first leg between Arsenal and Udinese was played at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home stadium, so Arsenal didn't have to travel long distances at all, they were just in London.
Before this game, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger repeatedly stressed that this game is very important for the Arsenal team, and it must be won in one fell swoop, and Udinese must not be given any chance.
Arsène Wenger even wants to settle the fight once and for all in the first round, making the second round a garbage time.
The Arsenal players were also confident before the game, with vague belief that they could beat Udinese and win the game easily.
The Udinese team came to London very low-key, and after coming to London, they were very low-key in interviews with media reporters, and they thought that this time they came to London under great pressure.
Udinese also unanimously believe that Arsenal are a very strong team, and they Udinese will have to fight with all their strength in this game, otherwise they will not have any chances.
It can be seen that the players of Udinese are very pessimistic about this game, and in their opinion, they cannot beat Arsenal.
Seeing Udinese's reaction, England's media reporters were speechless for a while, this Udinese is simply too timid, such teams have entered the Champions League, it seems that Serie A is really declining.
Arsène Wenger's brow furrowed from Udinese's attitude, which he saw as a sign of weakness on the part of Udinese, who had big plans. Arsène Wenger repeatedly stressed before the game that the players of the Arsenal team should pay attention to the fact that they must not take it lightly and must not underestimate their opponents.
Before Pisa, Arsenal fans were well promised and nodded their heads to indicate that they knew. But after the game started, they seemed to forget about it all of a sudden, and none of them took Udinese's crazy attack to heart.
Udinese, on the other hand, from Serie A, continued to show weakness and chose to retreat, as if their intention was obvious, they came to the away stadium to get a point, they all returned to their own half, and even striker Di Natale returned to his own half of the defense, as if they had never wanted to score.
To tell the truth, this paralyzed the players of the Arsenal team, and the players of the Arsenal team immediately attacked frantically, pressing on all fronts, on the field, the Arsenal team was completely dominant, and Udinese had no chance at all.
In this game, Dongfang Chen got many very good opportunities, and two chances were even better.
For the first time, Dongfang Chen received a wonderful pass from Van Persie in the penalty area, and he volleyed directly sideways, and the football was pumped directly to the bottom right corner of the Udinese goal.
This goal Dongfang Chen's shot was already very tricky, but Udinese's goalkeeper Handanovic was magical, and he directly pounced on the side and used his fingertips to pull the football out of the bottom line, trying to keep the goal from losing.
Handanovic's magical table made the fans of the Arsenal team shocked, and at the same time, Dongfang Chen was also stunned for a while, this guy's table Xiàn made Dongfang Chen not expect.
The second time, Dongfang Chen received a cross from Walcott on the side in the penalty area, and hit the goal with a header from close range, and the football flew quickly to the goal of Udinese.
On time, Handanovic continued his magic when he reached for the ball and lifted the ball off the crossbar.
This goal shocked Dongfang Chen, and also reminded him of the 2006 World Cup final in Germany Buffon miraculously saved Zidane's header, this goal is too similar to that goal, Handanovic's table today is simply too scary.
Arsenal got a lot of chances, but Handanovic's table was a miracle, this guy was in front of Udinese's goal, and he couldn't hold all the shots of the Arsenal team.
The Arsenal fans at the scene were stunned, this Handanovic is simply a goalkeeper.
Handanovic blocked the Arsenal team's shot, and Udinese's long-awaited opportunity came instantly, a long pass from the back, a simple counterattack, Udinese's fast Madinatale on the front line flew directly to the Arsenal team's penalty area, went directly to the meeting, and sent the football into the Arsenal team's goal with a low shot.
The Arsenal team used this game to verify the famous saying of Confucius, a celebrity during the Warring States Period - if you can't attack for a long time, you will be grooved!
When the goal was conceded, the Arsenal fans were completely blinded and lost their life all of a sudden.
The players of the Arsenal team were also stunned, after conceding the goal, they immediately attacked frantically, trying to get the score back, but Udinese's defense was leaky, the most important thing is that Handanovic was too demonic today, and finally Arsenal lost 0-1 at home to Udinese, which broke an upset.
After this game, Arsenal fans wondered if Handanovic had taken a banned drug, otherwise why was this guy so powerful?
The Udinese fans are very dissatisfied, your Arsenal team is simply shameless. When someone wins, you are persuaded to use a banned drug? Nima can only you win, can you lose?
The Udinese fans were very dissatisfied, cursing the Arsenal fans frantically, and even suing the Arsenal team for defamation.
And soon, the issue was clarified, because Handanovic was on the pre-match urine test list, and Handanovic did not take the banned drug at all.
At this moment, the fans of the Arsenal team were silent, and they were all depressed, and they reluctantly accepted the reality that they had lost this game, and they had really lost.
After the defeat, Arsenal fans are even more worried about the future of the Arsenal team. The media in England are even more pessimistic about Arsenal, saying that Arsenal's season is over.
The pressure on the Arsenal team is so great now that almost the whole world doesn't look down on them.
At this time, there was news in the transfer market, and Arsenal had taken a fancy to Udinese's goalkeeper Handanovic, and they were ready to bring Handanovic over.
Handanovic's table in the last game is simply amazing, it is simply a copy of Buffon and Casillas, this guy is definitely an amazing goalkeeper in the future, and the Arsenal team is really problematic in the goalkeeper section now.
Arsène Wenger has his eye on Handanovic and wants to bring him to London, and with Handanovic in front of goal, Arsenal's backline will be stronger.
Handanovic joined Udinese in 2004 and has been with Udinese for seven years, and he is the number one goalkeeper of the Udinese team, who has had a lot of credit for their very good results in recent years.
And it is said that the club that values Handanovic now is not only Arsenal, Inter Milan and the Rossoneri are actually interested in Handanovic, and Comrade Giulio Cesar is old on the Inter side, and there is news that after the end of this season, Giulio Cesar will leave Inter Milan, and Inter Milan wants Handanovic to take over Giulio Cesar's class.
The Rossoneri are actually getting old for Abbiati, and at this time, they are also hoping to have Handanovic take over Abbiati's team.
Therefore, Handanovic is still a sought-after item, which also shows Handanovic's strength, which strengthens Arsène Wenger's intention to bring in Handanovic.
It is said that after this match, Arsène Wenger directly asked Udinese to bring in Handanovic, which surprised Udinese very much.
Udinese really didn't expect Arsenal to take a fancy to Handanovic, and they didn't expect Arsenal to come so steeply and make a direct offer.
Udinese is actually short of money now, now the Serie A is sluggish, can sell some people, Udinese naturally has to shoot, you see they know that they are going to participate in the Champions League, but they still sold the team's ruthless A. Sanchez and defensive stalwart Zapata, and now Handanovic is naturally not for sale.
However, the goalkeeper position is very special, even if Udinese have the heart to make a move on Handanovic, they are unlikely to do it at this time, because at this time, it will be difficult for them to find a new replacement in the transfer market, after all, the time before the transfer door closes is running out.
So, at this time, Udinese actually wanted to shoot Handanovic very much, but they couldn't do so, and in the end they rejected Arsenal's offer.
However, Arsène Wenger is really very optimistic about Handanovic, and it seems that there is a posture that he must win Handanovic, Arsène Wenger immediately raised the price and raised the offer to 10 million euros.
This price is actually very tempting for Udinese, but they still want to give up, after all, they really can't find a good replacement.
Udinese directly told Arsène Wenger about their concerns, saying that they were forced to reject the Arsenal team, and if the door was just opened in this transfer period, Arsenal wanted to bring in Handanovic, they would immediately agree, but unfortunately the transfer period is about to close now, and they have no choice.
However, Udinese did not want to give up on the Arsenal team, and they told the Arsenal team that if the Arsenal team is really interested in Handanovic, then next summer, they want the Arsenal team to make another offer, and at that time, they are willing to sell Handanovic.
Arsène Wenger's brow furrowed when he learned that Udinese were interested in selling Handanovic but that they had rejected Arsenal because they could not find a new replacement.
Suddenly, Arsène Wenger thought of a good idea, and he immediately fed back his own information to the Udinese side, saying that he was very keen to bring in Handanovic and hoped that the Udinese side would think about it.
After giving feedback to Udinese, Arsène Wenger immediately turned his attention to the upcoming league fixture.
This weekend, Arsenal will face Liverpool Reds. Liverpool are worse than Arsenal right now, they haven't been in the Champions League for several seasons, and they are very badly degraded.