Chapter 65 is both an opportunity and a challenge.
Intense league rivalry came to an end with a two-week-long international break.
Arsenal's internationals are heading to their respective pitches.
Whenever this time. 、
Arsene Wenger wanted to award the Dragons a one-ton medal.
Because Ye Luo is the safest at this time, he can stay in the training base for recovery training.
After two weeks of national team matches.
Arsenal were fortunate not to have any injuries to their internationals.
One after another.
It's the thirtieth round of the league.
Arsenal host Reading.
Manchester United were a day ahead of Arsenal in this round of the league as they beat Norwich 2-0 away in this round.
One more game overtook Arsenal by three points.
So this game is playing under a lot of pressure for Arsenal.
Ferguson followed the game.
It was about the same as he expected.
Under tremendous pressure.
Arsenal didn't play well overall.
However, Arsenal still managed to get a win at home.
The reason was Yelo's outburst.
He scored a goal and provided an assist as Arsenal beat Reading 2-0 to regain top spot.
However, the situation of the two teams with the same number of points made both sides dare not relax.
However, after that, the two teams will have a head-to-head meeting, which will be in the 35th round of the league, at the Emirates Stadium, where the two sides will have a head-to-head meeting.
It's a six-point game.
Before that.
If the two sides continue to maintain such a posture.
Then the outcome of this game will most likely directly affect the ownership of the league championship - the winner will directly open up the three-point gap.
Of course.
Theoretically.
After the thirty-fifth round of the league.
Both sides still have three league games to play in the 36th, 37th and 38th rounds.
However, neither side can expect the other side to drop points in the final three rounds.
First of all, because neither team will face opponents in the final three rounds of the table who are opponents in the top seven of the standings.
It would be naïve to expect these two championship contenders, who have been solid throughout the season, to lose to mid-table teams.
Therefore, as long as the two sides maintain this points trend, the 34th round of the league will be the real final of the Premier League this season.
For Manchester City.
They were really hurt.
Because now, although they are only five points behind the top of the table, it seems that most of the English media do not focus on them when talking about the title race, at most they mention at the end of the article: "If Arsenal and Manchester United lose points, maybe Manchester City will be the happiest" or something like that.
But it's no wonder people don't look at Manchester City.
Whoever let them be double-killed by Arsenal will also have a draw and a loss against Manchester United.
In other words, the points they drop on their direct rivals make them look unchampioned.
And they can't stop Manchester United or Arsenal with real actions.
So now they are reduced to theater watchers.
We can only passively wait for the two championship teams to make mistakes.
But the probability of Manchester United and Arsenal making mistakes at the same time is too low.
So, of course, there are reasons why people are no longer bullish on Manchester City.
When it came to seeing Yelo explode in the second half and help Arsenal take away the three points.
Ferguson was silent for a long time.
Until his wife came over.
"What's wrong? Are you in trouble again? ”
"Not really."
Ferguson said, waving his hand.
His wife rarely asks him about football, and he rarely asks about it.
But this time.
He seems to be very expressive.
"Maybe I guessed wrong. Arsenal are really young, but they have one of the biggest variables"
Ferguson muttered.
He stared at the close-up of Ye Luo on the TV screen, which was locked by the camera.
That's it.
That's Arsenal's biggest variable.
After the game against Reading.
The whole Arsenal team began to prepare for a blockbuster game in another stadium.
They are going to Madrid on April 5 to play Real Madrid!
"Now Real Madrid has a chance to take revenge on Yelo!"
"Mourinho fired at Arsenal after the draw ceremony, but unfortunately, Arsenal did not respond, but yesterday Mourinho said in front of the media that they will stick to their style of play no matter what opponent they encounter and they will not change anything for Arsenal, or, in Mourinho's original words: "Make a special tactical arrangement for Arsenal?" There's no need for that! ””
"This match is undoubtedly the focus of the Champions League quarter-finals as it involves Yelo and Cristiano. Ronaldo's head-to-head dialogue is a positive end to the two best players in the world for the fans, but it may not be a good draw for the fans of Real Madrid and Arsenal, who are of course willing to draw Porto if possible."
In an interview, Arsene Wenger said that the draw for Real Madrid is not a bad thing for Arsenal, because the match against Real Madrid will prove to the whole of Europe and the world that Arsenal are worthy.
Glad?
Happy fart.
Arsene Wenger tossed the newspaper aside.
What is there to be happy about drawing Real Madrid.
But when reporters asked, could he still say that "we at Arsenal are here to learn from Real Madrid, the best team in history"?
So you can still play this game?
In addition to technique, tactics, and individual abilities of the players, another important part of a football game is momentum.
It is also the spirit that Dragon Country fans often hang on to their mouths.
Even if it's to cheer up the Arsenal players.
Wenger is unlikely to show any weakness in front of the media.
In fact, what is more troublesome for him is that with such a high pressure of league competition, Arsenal still have to play two games against opponents like Real Madrid.
And what about their league rivals, Manchester United?
People were eliminated directly!
And it was eliminated by Real Madrid.
It was so prescient.
Arsene Wenger complained in his heart.
Now Arsenal have to juggle European competitions, while Manchester United concentrate on the league.
Especially.
This crucial battle against Manchester United.
It was after the end of the second leg of the quarter-finals.
When the time comes.
Even if Arsenal are playing at home.
It won't be them, it's their rivals, Manchester United.
In the state of just playing the Champions League quarterfinals, to play this key battle that is related to the focus of the Premier League finale, there is a lot of luck
Arsene Wenger is weighing in his heart right now.
After drawing Real Madrid.
He was wondering in his heart whether he would simply give up on this season's Champions League?
anyway
The Champions League reached the quarterfinals, in fact, Arsenal fans are quite satisfied.
Now the league has come to an end.
For the sake of the Champions League, and give up the good situation that is very likely to win the championship this season.
Is it worth it?
Wenger quickly abandoned his desire to give up the Champions League after some trade-offs.
Deliberately abandoning the Champions League.
This is already a big blow to the morale of the team.
And the media are now hyping the match between Arsenal and Real Madrid - who makes Arsenal now the only seed in the Premier League European competition, the English media can only hype this game anyway, and on the Real Madrid side, Real Madrid was originally the Spanish traffic leader, plus this game has the gimmick of Ye Luo returning to Spain, and it is also very hot for a while.
It is worth mentioning.
The Spanish side has not given up the idea of naturalizing Yelo until now.
But they may already be less likely in terms of operability.
Because Ye Luo is already over eighteen years old.
In accordance with FIFA regulations.
Naturalized players after the age of eighteen need to reside and work in the country of naturalization for at least five years.
Therefore, now the hype about Ye Luo's nationality has also come down.
But in Spain, there's more to it than that.
After Málaga were banned from European competition, they are now barely in the middle of the table because they have lost a few key players in the league – because the owners of the team have significantly reduced their spending on the team because of the ban and the need to meet the financial fair play review.
Málaga was a flash in the pan in Spanish football, making history and then sinking rapidly.
But the shock that Yelo left on Spanish football is still in the aftermath.
For example, what made Spanish football uneasy was the original triumvirate competition, and now it has returned to the situation of Mero hegemony, and because there is a Yelo competing for space in the Premier League, the attention of La Liga has also decreased.
Therefore, Spanish football seized this opportunity to re-hype up the original situation of the Big Three.
The media on both sides are riveting their efforts to speculate.
So if Arsene Wenger concedes first.
The blow to the morale of the team, that's too big.
If it's because the opponent is too strong, we will admit defeat in advance.
Well, the league will also give up.
Aren't Manchester United also strong?
Now Arsenal's breath must never be relaxed.
Even if it's for this breath not to let go.
In the game against Real Madrid, you have to go all out to win.
The Champions League is not impossible to lose.
But it is absolutely impossible to lose by surrendering early.
There are many kinds of points to lose.
Losing in this way is the most demoralizing.
It can be admitted that the skills are not as good as others, but if you dare not fight and cower, then in terms of momentum, fundamentally, you will lose.
Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid has had a lot of discord this season.
Jose Mourinho, for example, has now put Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas into the cold and used second goalkeeper Lopes.
Casillas' position in Spanish football.
Mourinho's approach can be said to have stabbed a hornet's nest.
Almost all of the Spanish media are attacking Mourinho.
But Mourinho was unmoved.
Knocking out Manchester United to reach the quarter-finals has slightly silenced the Spanish media.
But this is only temporary.
Once Jose Mourinho's team loses.
The firepower that would have been attacking Mourinho would have been quite terrifying.
And in Wenger's opinion.
Precisely because of this.
Jose Mourinho's team. It's even more terrifying.
Because.
Jose Mourinho will not throw in the towel from the Spanish media.
He must now be holding his breath to knock out Arsenal and continue the battle with the Spanish media.
Arsene Wenger doesn't care how Mourinho fights with the Spanish media.
He cares about his team.
The game against Real Madrid was both a challenge and an opportunity for Arsenal.
The opponent is strong, and this is certainly a challenge.
But if . We defeated the words of this formidable opponent.
Then Arsenal's confidence will be unprecedentedly bursting.
This is also very beneficial for the competition of the league.
(End of chapter)