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Chapter 879 Gunner Myth Camp Nou Raiders

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The focus after the game was Arsenal, but it wasn't that Arsenal defeated Wolves, but that Arsenal was put on the fast track to win the championship by Manchester United and Chelsea.

Chelsea and Manchester United, who have been competing with Arsenal for almost the entire season, finally have to fight. Manchester United is trying to seize the last chance to win the championship, and Chelsea is not willing to surrender at Old Trafford. The two sides wrestle The result was cheaper for Arsenal. After Manchester United lost at home, there is already a gap of three games plus one point from Arsenal. This gap also means that Manchester United's possibility of winning the championship only exists in theory.Even if Arsenal do not win one of the last five games, as long as they can draw two games, they can win the league championship trophy this season.

"Daily Mail" commented: "Manchester United and Chelsea collectively withdrew from the championship competition, and Arsenal sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight and smelled the championship."

The headline of the "Sun" was "The history of five years without a crown is coming to an end, and the Arsenal has reproduced the miracle of undefeated".

"The Times" believes that the failure of the focus battle between Manchester United and Chelsea has actually sent Arsenal to the podium, chasing 5 points in 10 games, whether it is against the Red Devils Manchester United, the Cosmos or the Alien United, These are almost impossible things to accomplish. After all, even if you can win all games, you still have to expect Arsenal to lose more than three games.

Manchester United's head coach Ferguson made a speech immediately after the game against Chelsea and said, "The league is basically over, and our focus will shift to the Champions League and the FA Cup."

The Arsenal club also knows that the championship has basically been won. Although they still say modestly to the outside world that they will not celebrate a championship trophy that has not yet been fully won, in fact the club has already begun to prepare for the celebration of the championship. Arsenal's fan organization They also prepared the items needed to celebrate the championship and waited to celebrate the championship at any time.

The preparations by the club and fans for the title celebrations didn't affect Arsenal's players, who didn't even take the usual day off after the Wolves game as they prepared for their quarter-final second leg, The score of 6:4 at home made Arsenal dare not take it lightly. Against a team like Barcelona, ​​no matter how careful it is, it is not too much. In the Nou Camp, who knows what miracle they will do.

Not only did Wenger and the coaching staff have such worries, but the Arsenal players were not dazzled by the victory. Less than a week had passed since the first round against Barcelona, ​​and the Barcelona players understood how strong their opponent was. The score is really not too big. With Barcelona's terrifying attack power, scoring two goals is not a difficult task at all.So there is no rejection of additional training.

The last time the two teams played against each other, there was no war of words before the game. Both sides were relatively restrained. After the match at the Emirates Stadium, there was a bloody gang fight between the fans, so it seemed that all face was lost Open, the media also became lively a few days before the game.

Professor Wenger began to talk about the second leg of the Champions League match after the Wolves game, ""I admit that this is a difficult task, we must play a better performance than the first leg, play a planned game Play and carry it out for 90 minutes.I think at Camp Nou we also have to be bold and not be afraid.I don't deny that Barcelona had more possession and played more dominant in the first game, but if you look at the chances we created, we weren't bad at all and I hope to be able to qualify with a win at Camp Nou semifinals. "

Before Guardiola took the move, Barcelona's godfather, the Dutchman Cruyff, warned Barcelona, ​​"Football is a sport full of mistakes, but usually these mistakes will not cause accidents in all likelihood. But there is one game where it will be tricked. That is the game against Arsenal. Arsenal in form are very good at seizing the chances of scoring goals. So we must reduce turnovers and maintain a deep attack. You lose The ball control and pressure that we are usually good at can only be defended further back. In this way, the possibility of us conceding the ball will be greatly improved..."

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas was unable to participate in the Champions League clash with his former club Barcelona because of a yellow card, but he also helped his teammates in another way. In an interview with the "Daily Sports" in Spain , Cesc Fabregas expressed to reporters his determination to stay at Arsenal.

"I don't have to talk about my future, I can't understand so many rumors about me. I keep saying that I am very happy at Arsenal, I can say a thousand times that I have no plans to go to a Spanish club, but no one believes me, Arsenal Nana is my home and I have no intention of leaving."

Talking about the Champions League quarter-final match against Barcelona, ​​Fabregas said: "I know this will be more exciting than the first leg, unfortunately I can't participate, but I believe my teammates will do their best to win. The game, they were all great. You know if you want to win this tournament, you have to be ready to play anyone."

Li Huan also expressed his determination to double-kill Barcelona to comfort Arsenal fans before the game, "People regard us as the favorites because of their trust and respect for us, but we must remember that this contest will last 180 minutes. We will not play conservatively at Camp Nou. We have the quality to win anywhere, like at the Emirates Stadium."

Messi's status in world football is now second only to Li Huan, and he is the second person with the highest annual income and skills in the football field.It is impossible not to have his voice before the game. Messi said in an interview before the game: "Money allows you to live a better life, but it will not inspire me. I am willing to play for nothing to become a I'm a professional player, I live for the sport, not for financial gain, I play for my team, not for me."

Such pretentious words are naturally not the main theme before the competition, and then Messi talked about the game, "The game has been played so far, no team does not want to advance, we lost the game at the Emirates Stadium in the last round, and we must go back to the Nou Camp. Play better, be more aggressive, be more aggressive, and I believe we will come out victorious.”

Henry, who performed poorly in the first round, also spoke before the game. He said: "I am very angry at the brawl between the fans of both sides after the game. The two clubs are friendly. I hope this kind of thing will never happen again. occur.

Although we lost two goals in the last game, I would not say there is a favourite, I think the game will be very difficult, Arsenal is without Cesc Fabregas, if you talk about Arsenal, you have to To talk about Cesc.I've played with him and I know what he can do.He is very smart and has been playing for many years. He is very important to Arsenal, but you can’t underestimate Arsenal. Li Huan is the new soul of Arsenal now. I’m afraid they will play a defensive counterattack at the Nou Camp. We must Be prepared for this. "

In addition to the war of words between the coach and the players, the British media also made suggestions for Arsenal. The British tabloid "Daily Star" (Daily Star) reported that the Arsenal club has regarded Barcelona coach Guardiola as "Professor" Wenger It is reported that the "Gunner" has had several informal contacts with the 39-year-old Guardiola.

The "Daily Star" reported such a scandal because Guardiola's contract with the club is only one year, so the British media wanted to disturb the morale of the "Red and Blue Army" before the battle.

However, Barcelona's morale was not disturbed, and the Arsenal club couldn't sit still. Hill Wood quickly announced that the professor's contract renewal was in progress, and the contract would be successfully renewed before the end of the season.

Compared with the behavior of "Daily Star" who killed [-] enemies and injured [-], "Daily Mail"'s move is much more professional. "Daily Mail" expert Pierce Morgan offered ten pieces to Wenger Camp Nou's strategy to defeat the enemy-temperament has a lot of tricks: .
Blast Valdés - Although as the main goalkeeper to help Barcelona for many years, but Valdez is undoubtedly still the weakest link in this team.Valdés has loopholes in handling corner kicks and long-range shots, and the Arsenal generals must make good use of them.

2. Mainly attacking two flanks - Alves' attacking power is well known to the world, but the space behind him is the best stage for Walcott to gallop.On the other side, Li Huan's speed was enough to kill Maxwell and Henry.In the absence of Cesc Fabregas to sort out the midfield, Arsenal can only win from the wing.

3. Winning with a high point - Barcelona's tall defender Pique has been suspended for accumulating yellow cards. The Gunners can try the traditional English football tactics that focus on Bendtner.The explosive power of the Danish lad is enough to create a threat to them.

4. Secure the defense - Alexander Song must act as a sweeper before the back four, as Gilberto Silva once did.You must know that Barcelona's offense is unrivaled in the world, and Arsenal must pay more attention to defense than ever in the Camp Nou stadium that can accommodate more than 9 people.

5. End Ibrahimovic—Although Ibrahimovic is strong, his Achilles heel is his emotional instability, which can easily affect his performance.You just have to keep repeating in his ears how powerful Messi is, and he is just living under Messi's halo...

6. Touching Henry-Henry returned to the Emirates Stadium to fight his old club in the last game, but he did not perform well because of guilt.Arsenal need to play the family card more strongly.The old teammates came forward to hug one by one, and Wenger said "you are my son who has been away for a long time" with snot and tears. Can Henry still play well?
7. Teasing Barcelona's dual-core - Harvey and Iniesta's ball control is unrivaled, but speed is their lifeblood.Arsenal's midfielders Fabio, Rosicky and Nasri must try their best to play the ball with one kick, so that Barcelona's brains can't touch the ball at all.

8. Strengthen confidence - review the big home wins, read ten times a day we can beat Barcelona.

9 Sticky Messi - Make Chrissy stick to Messi, preferably with superglue if you must.The speed of the Frenchman can still keep up with Messi.Of course, central defender Vermaelen must also help. Known as the "Terminator", he can use all methods against Messi, pinching, pinching, pushing, kicking, grabbing, and fouling. Just disappear.

Last but not least, keep Sylvester and Rosicky out of the game.

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