Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Devil's Home Field, the Demon Boy Descends
Halfway through the Devil's schedule, Arsenal lost one and won one.
The defeat knocked them out of the Carabao Cup, and the win allowed them to further shake off the gap to the second and third places in the league.
The next third game will affect the Champions League group qualification.
There was little time to rest, and shortly after the Liverpool game, the Arsenal team went to Germany non-stop to prepare for the Champions League group stage against Borussia Dortmund.
On the football field, it doesn't matter when it is time to retribution, and the whole Arsenal team was warmly welcomed by the Hornets fans as soon as they got off the plane.
A lot of people even put their 3-0 slogans around.
The faces of the players who participated in that game were somewhat unsightly.
Last season's Champions League final made a 3-2, but the last game directly returned a 3-0, and the taste was somewhat sour.
Lin Yun didn't feel much.
It's not a question of whether he has a sense of collective honor, but it's a bit too difficult for him to want to be afraid of a defeated general.
"Your first time in Germany?" Modric, who was sitting next to him, said without words, "Oh, I forgot, you played Bayern away last season, and it seems to be a draw?" β
"2-2," Lin Yun looked out the window at the gloomy sky, "this ghost weather looks as unfriendly as the Germans." β
The weather in London was already uncomfortable enough for him, but he didn't expect to have to endure it after a trip abroad.
"You got in?"
"One pass and one shot," Lin Yun turned his head and smiled at him, "What you said seems to be right, I also have a good set of assists." β
Modric was not in the mood to smile at him, but said quite seriously: "It's not easy to score goals here......"
"Oh, I forgot, Dortmund stepped on Real Madrid's corpse to reach the final last year."
Last season, Dort poured the Galaxy Battleship 4-to-egg directly here......
"Yes, maybe you've been to a lot of famous courses in the world and even conquered there, but it's not the same here."
As for how it was different, he couldn't say.
The Magic Flute has played in the north London derby, played in the Spanish national derby, seen the most fanatical football, but is still impressed by what happened here last year.
Borussia Dortmund's home stadium was changed from the famous "West**" to "Signall Iduna Park" at the end of 2005.
Of course, it's only the name that has changed.
It is still the largest stadium in Germany, with a capacity of more than 80,000 spectators, and the famous South Stand has a capacity of more than 25,000 fans, making it the largest one-sided stand in a European stadium.
The stadium still holds the world's highest average attendance during the season, and the fan loyalty is almost the highest in the world.
Before the game started, Lin Yun first learned the famous yellow waves of the South Stand.
The 600-square-metre skull in the middle is chilling, and the giant banner that reads "Mostly Temund, Till Death" makes the visiting players even more frightened, and the screams make the players feel that they are not participating in an ordinary Champions League group stage, but a Halloween with demons dancing wildly.
Europe's No. 1 devil's home stadium, well deserved its name.
Germany in November has entered winter, and the sky is still raining lightly, hitting the face cold, but in the terrifying stadium atmosphere, the players seem to be able to feel a heat that is close to the door, but they can't help but rise from the bottom of their hearts A biting chill makes the whole person very contradictory and uncomfortable.
Many of Arsenal's players didn't even know how they had warmed up, and when they returned to the visitors' dressing room, the atmosphere was a little dreary.
Vermaelen, who had been marginalized in the team, watched all this and remained silent, and vice-captain Arteta could only stand up, but it was only a clichΓ© such as "cheer up" and "we can win".
Wenger walked in, looked at everyone, and said, "Guys, please one thing, don't mess up my party." β
Today is Arsene Wenger's 150th Champions League game, second only to Alex Ferguson's 190 in England.
Everyone has regained some fighting spirit, but Wenger is still not satisfied.
He looked at Lin Yun and pulled him out directly.
In the last game, when Lin Yun encouraged the fans to sing the team song against "Never Walk Alone", he found out that this guy turned out to be a potential member of the atmosphere group, and it was time for him to show his hidden talent.
Lin Yun looked at everyone inexplicably, and said innocently: "I don't know what to say, why don't I wish everyone a Merry Christmas in advance?" β
"Get out!"
"Let's wish you a happy son in advance."
"You pretend to be Santa Claus first, and I'll believe in your sincerity."
The atmosphere was finally a little more lively, and Lin Yun said with a straight face: "Okay, okay, I really can't figure out what you are doing with a stiff face...... Champions afraid of runners-up? The problem is not light! β
The last sentence doesn't rhyme in English, of course, but it's just as powerful to the players.
Since losing last game, there have been a lot of voices questioning their title last season.
Champion vs. runner-up, home, 0-3, full of irony......
Arteta saw that if Lin Yun continued to talk about his position as the deputy of the team, he hurriedly came to him and shouted: "That's right, we are Champions League champions, they are just a group of losers, they should be afraid of them!" Go to the devil's home field! Today we are the devil! β
"We are champions!"
"Champion Champion!"
"Rush the duck!"
"The players from both sides have entered the pitch, this is definitely the most noteworthy Champions League group stage this year, some say it is a continuation of last season's Champions League final, others say it is a preview of this season's Champions League final, it is a battle of honor, it is a battle of revenge!"
'The whole stadium at Iduna Park was packed, the bad weather still didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, so feel the frenetic atmosphere, the Gunners fans should be blushing because they didn't put so much pressure on the Dortmund players in the last game at the Emirates Stadium......
Borussia Dortmund have won seven consecutive home games in the Champions League, equalling the club record set between 1996 and 1998, and are unbeaten at home to England in the Champions League, while Arsenal are also unbeaten in four games in Germany.
Arsene Wenger has his 150th Champions League game in charge, while Borussia Dortmund has his 100th Champions League game!
Both sides need a victory to commemorate this special day. β
"The current form of the whole Group F is quite complicated, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli are all two wins and one loss: Arsenal beat Marseille and Napoli and lost to Borussia Dortmund; Borussia Dortmund won against Marseille and Arsenal and lost to Napoli; Napoli defeated Marseille and Borussia Dortmund and lost to Arsenal...... Well, only the injured world of Marseille formed ......"
"Last season's Champions League champions are back after missing three group games due to injury!
No one will ever forget his performance last season!
In the first time he participated in the Champions League, he scored four goals against Bayern Munich, broke the Champions League single-season goal record in the first time he participated in the Champions League, and won the top scorer and championship in the first time he participated in the Champions League!
Europe's most famous devil's home stadium has welcomed a real devil, with a handsome face, a sunny smile, but exuding a demonic aura, and I believe that Dortmund players and fans will never forget who they lost to in last season's Champions League final.
For Klopp and the Hornets, defeating Arsenal is not revenge, defeating Arsenal with Lin Yun is the real blood debt! β
Lin Yun suffered huge boos.
Is victory or defeat a common thing? Win above board, lose convincingly?
it!
All they remember is that this kid stole their championship!
They just want to see him roll out of here in a gloomy way, the kind of losing and losing!
His face was calm, and he was even in the mood to comfort the pale little caddy: "It's okay, they scolded me, and it's just me." β
The little ghost suddenly reached out to let him come closer, and muttered a few words in his ear.
Lin Yun said helplessly: "You have to be louder, I can't hear it, it's too noisy." β
The little guy could only shout: "Tell you secretly, in fact, I am a fan of Schalke 04." β
"Oh?" Lin Yun stretched out his hand, "Then let's kill them!" β
"Smack!" The big hands clapped the small hands, "Come on, them!" β
From last Friday's 6-1 home win over Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund made only one change to their starting line-up, replacing Hummels, who has suffered a waist and thigh injury, with Subotic.
Arsenal were similar, almost exclusively using the same starting line-up from their previous 3-0 win over Liverpool, with only Mikel Arteta replacing Ramsey. β
"Borussia Dortmund 4-2-3-1.
Goalkeepers: 1-Weidenfeller;
Defenders: 19 - Grosskreutz, 4 - Subotic, 25 - Papastathopoulos, 29 - Schmelzer;
Midfielders: 18-Shahin, 6-Sven Bender;
Midfielders: 16-BΕaszczykowski, 10-Mkhitaryan, 11-Reus;
Forwards: 9 - Lewandowski. β
"Arsenal 4-4-2."
Goalkeepers: 1 - Szczesny;
Defenders: 3 - Sagna, 4 - Mertesacker, 6 - Koscielny, 28 - Gibbs;
Midfielders: 7-Rosicky, 8-Arteta, 20-Modric, 19-Cazorla;
Forwards: 12-Giroud, 11-Lin Yun. β
"Okay, with Dutch referee Kippes blowing the whistle, the game is officially on!"
The match was played in the rain, and the slippery pitch combined with caution made for a rather dull start to the game, but as the players got into the groove, the battle became more and more intense.
In the 4th minute, Dortmund developed the ball to the edge of the opponent's penalty area through a series of quick passes, Lewandowski received Reus's pass and walked to the right side in front of the small penalty area, but Mertesacker broke the bottom line with a kick first.
From the corner, Dortmund did not pose much of a threat.
It's Arsenal's turn......
Chapter 2 Late
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