No. 308: Arsenal arrives in Germany
Arsène Wenger was relieved to win 1-0 at home to Swansea City thanks to a goal from Dongfang Chen, who struggled to get three points.
After the fourth round of the 2011-2012 English Premier League, Arsenal have seven points from two wins, one draw and one loss, and are now seventh in the Premier League.
The number one team is actually Manchester City, who have invested heavily in the last two or three years, the rise of Manchester City has made many people look sideways, Manchester City has now shown strong strength, this season, Manchester City seems to be very promising to compete for the Premier League title this season.
Manchester City are 12 points clear of four wins in the first four rounds of fixtures and lead the Premier League standings. In second place is last season's Premier League champions Chelsea, with three wins and one draw, just behind Manchester City.
In third place are the Red Devils Manchester United, who have three wins and one defeat and nine points, and their only loss was against Arsenal.
The fourth-placed team in the Premier League is Newcastle United, who have two wins and two draws and eight points. Behind them, Stoke City also have two wins and two draws on eight points, but they have a smaller goal difference than Newcastle United, so they are fifth.
Sixth in the Premier League is the Red Army Liverpool, the Red Army Liverpool team now has a record of two wins, one draw and one loss, with seven points, they have the same points as Arsenal, but Liverpool has an advantage in goal difference, so they are at the top of the table.
Wolves are in eighth place, with the same record as Arsenal with two wins, one draw and one loss, with seven points, but they are eighth behind Arsenal on goal difference.
Arsenal have had a really bad start to the season, and are now seventh in the league, so it's no wonder that a lot of media reporters are saying that Arsenal is obviously going to lose the top four places this season and miss the Champions League next season.
There are even some media reporters who say that Arsenal will not only miss out on winning the Champions League next season, but will not even be able to qualify for Europe next season.
This season, the strength of the Arsenal team has indeed dropped significantly, and the departure of Cesc Fabregas and Nasri has indeed had a great impact on the Arsenal team. Although Gungun, Vidal and Arteta have been brought in, none of these three can replace Cesc Fabregas and Nasri, and the loss of eyesight is certain.
This season is definitely unprecedented for the Arsenal team, and the Arsenal team has almost no hope of winning the title, of course, European qualification can still be fought for.
However, Arsène Wenger will not think so, this season, Arsenal's goal is still to win the league and the Champions League, they will not give up, they will never give up.
After the match against Swansea City, Arsenal did not stay long in England and flew directly to Germany for the first leg of the first leg of the UEFA Champions League group stage against Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund is a company located in North Rhine-Westphä, Germany. A famous football club in the city of Dortmund, Lun, nicknamed "Bumblebee". The match between Dortmund, which rose to prominence after World War II, and Schalke 04, which is also located in the Ruhr industrial region of North Rhine-Westphalia (North Rhine-Westphalia), is very popular because of its close proximity and the same working-class culture, and is known as the "Ruhr derby"; The match with Bayern Munich was the "German National Derby".
Borussia Dortmund have won one European Cup, one Cup Winners' Cup, one Toyota Cup and seven German top flight titles.
Borussia Dortmund is a team with a long history, and they have had several ups and downs in their history, and last season, Dortmund was a decade of silence, and finally Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title, starting their rise.
This Borussia Dortmund team has always been a young team, there are some young people in their team, not very old, but the strength is very outstanding, and under the leadership of young coach Jurgen Klopp, they have conquered the Bundesliga and won the championship.
The current Dortmund team is a team that has always been vigorous and has a bright future.
At this time, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund were in the same group for the UEFA Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund's quality is excellent at the moment, and it will be difficult for Arsenal to beat Dortmund. However, Dortmund's strength is good, but Dortmund has not played in the Champions League for many years, and now this Champions League is also a little strange to them.
Therefore, Dortmund's return to the Champions League may not be as sharp as they were in the Bundesliga, which is also a point that Arsène Wenger is more comfortable with.
Speaking to reporters after arriving in Germany, Arsène Wenger said: "Borussia Dortmund are very strong, they won the Bundesliga last season, they have shown the world that they are worth, this is definitely not an opponent to be underestimated. And it's their home game, so it's a very difficult game for us at Arsenal and we're aiming for a draw in this game, and of course we're happy to get a draw. ”
Arsène Wenger seems to be very modest in his words, but at the same time seems to be not very confident.
However, Arsène Wenger is understandable to think so, given that Arsenal have dropped so much and the players have been playing in league games on consecutive international breakdays and weekends, and they are already physically and mentally exhausted.
Now that the Arsenal players have made the long journey to Germany, they must be more tired and it is good to get a draw in this game.
However, it is clear that Dortmund are reluctant to let Arsenal get a draw, and Dortmund naturally want to eat Arsenal at home so that their Champions League journey is off to a good start.
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp also commented on the interview, saying: "Arsenal are playing away from home this time, which is a test for our Dortmund. But we are confident of beating them because Arsenal are in a terrible situation at the moment and Arsenal are not as strong as we thought they were. ”
Klopp also said: "Of course, Dongfang Chen in the Arsenal team is very strong, but football is a one-person sport, not a one-person sport, no matter how strong Dongfang Chen is. Besides, Dongfang Chen has participated in a lot of games recently, he has participated in both World Cup qualifiers of the Chinese team, and also participated in the Premier League last weekend, even if Dongfang Chen is an iron man, he should be tired. So, this game, I don't think it's a cause for concern. ”
Borussia Dortmund's Japanese player Shinji Kagawa also said in front of media reporters at this time: "The Arsenal team is no longer the Arsenal team of the past, their strength has dropped very badly, they are absolutely impossible to cause me any trouble, we will definitely win this game." ”
Shinji Kagawa also said: "As for Dongfang Chen, I have fought against him before, and his strength is very good. However, I don't think we will not be able to win against him. In Asia at the beginning of the year, our Japanese team played against Dongfang Chen, I know him very well, at that time, if their Chinese team was not lucky, it must be our Japanese team that won, so Dongfang Chen did not worry, we won this game. ”
Shinji Kagawa is an Asian star who has recently risen in European football, and his rise is very fast, and he only transferred to Dortmund from Osaka Sakura in Japan for more than 200,000 euros last year.
However, this guy rose quickly after joining Dortmund and secured the main position, and then this guy's performance is getting better and better, and even won the best player in the Bundesliga last season, and now his value has skyrocketed, according to the German "Bild" newspaper, Kagawa Shinji's value has now risen to 10 million euros.
The Red Devils are said to be pursuing Japanese star Shinji Kagawa and Alex Ferguson wants to bring him in to take over Scholes' squad as he retires at the end of the season.
Flying infinitely in the Bundesliga also makes Kagawa Shinji full of confidence, he thinks that now he will definitely not be afraid of any Dongfang Chen, and even his strength is even more powerful than Dongfang Chen, of course, at this time, he will not be afraid of any Dongfang Chen.
In Kagawa Shinji, it must be their Dortmund team that wins this game, and he will definitely kill Dongfang Chen and teach Dongfang Chen how to behave well.
After hearing what Shinji Kagawa said, Dongfang Chen, who was not going to be interviewed by media reporters, accepted an interview with media reporters.
When facing the media reporters, Dongfang Chen said: "Dortmund's strength is really strong, and the strength of many of their players is also good. But their squad is so young and so little experience that they can compete in the Champions League? The UEFA Champions League and the Bundesliga are not the same, and the Dortmund are a little too confident. ”
Dongfang Chen also said: "As for the Asian Cup this year, people who watched the game between the Chinese team and the Japanese team know very well that if this is still luck, then there is no real game in world football that wins by strength. As for the strength of our Arsenal team now? I think that after this game, everyone will have a decision, and some people's comments will naturally be reduced to laughter. ”
Dongfang Chen's answer made the faces of Dortmund fans very ugly, and Dongfang Chen's words were too hurtful. Some radical Japanese also hated Dongfang Chen to death, Dongfang Chen's sarcastic allusion to Kagawa Shinji's words, they naturally heard it, and cursed Dongfang Chen frantically one by one.
And after Kagawa Shinji himself heard Dongfang Chen's words, his face was even more pale, his face was full of anger, and he couldn't wait to kill Dongfang Chen to vent his anger!
At this time, the Arsenal team has come to Germany, and this game is getting closer and closer, and now the major media in Europe are paying attention to this game, and everyone wants to see what the current strength and situation of the Arsenal team is? Also look at what level Dortmund is returning to the Champions League?