Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 427 North London Derby

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~2:0~~~ The game completely lost its suspense. Arsenal qualified two rounds ahead of schedule, and at the same time secured the first position in the group." No. 708 minutes of the second half, Arsenal scored the first goal of the game.

At the last moment of the first half, Arsenal broke the deadlock on the field. Walcott scored a goal. In the second half, Sanchez received a long flyer from Arteta to rewrite the score to 2:0.

Although the game is not over yet, there is not much time left for Dynamo Kiev. In the last ten minutes, Dynamo Kiev was too sleepy to score two goals in a row.

Besides, counting Dynamo Kyiv scoring two goals in a row will not prevent Arsenal from qualifying ahead of schedule.

Arsenal won all four games in the group stage and scored 12 points, while Dynamo Kiev, which lost to Arsenal in a row, had only 4 points. Porto, which also won Maccabi Tel Aviv again, scored 7 points, and Maccabi Tel Aviv lost all four rounds with 0 points.

The gap of 5 points is not only enough to ensure Arsenal take the top spot in the group, but the next biggest suspense in Group G is the contest between Dynamo Kyiv and Porto.

Although Porto currently leads Dynamo Kiev by 3 points, the two teams still have a chance to meet directly. At the same time, Porto's opponent in the final round is Arsenal.

So if you really want to say that Dynamo Kiev still has a great chance, as long as Dynamo Kiev beats Porto in the fifth group match, they will have a chance to complete the overtake.

Let alone whether Arsenal can win the last round, but one thing that Dynamo Kiev can be sure of is that Arsenal will never lose, so as long as Dynamo Kiev beats Maccabi Tel Aviv again in the last round, Dynamo Kiev can overtake Porto.

The next two games in the group stage are very important for Dynamo Kiev and Porto, but they have little effect on Arsenal. The difference of 5 points is enough to ensure Arsenal's top position in the group, even if Arsenal did not win the last two games.

But is such a thing possible?Arsenal's opponent in the fifth group match is Maccabi Tel Aviv, the weakest team in this group is completely a point machine.

After defeating Dynamo Kiev again, Arsenal's attention immediately returned to the league. The [-]th round of the league is very important to Arsenal, because Arsenal will usher in the second very important derby.

Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium.

The intensity of the North London derby is not worse than that of the London derby, or even stronger. London is very big. Arsenal and Chelsea are in different districts in London, but Tottenham is different. Arsenal and Tottenham are both teams in North London.

To be honest, Arsenal is still an outsider, and Tottenham is the orthodox team in North London. However, football's world performance is very important, because Arsenal has better results, and Tottenham has been in the past few years. So it has been gradually replaced by Arsenal and has become the real owner of North London.

But Tottenham obviously does not agree with Arsenal. Besides, the historical records of the two teams are not much different. Especially in recent years, Tottenham has risen strongly. If it is not for the support of Manchester City, Tottenham is the team most likely to break the traditional semi-finals.

People in Fleet Street are keen to hype the Derby, and the Korean media from Asia did not miss this opportunity. Before that, Li Shou and Sun Xingmin had no chance to play against each other in the English League Cup, but Li Shou will definitely start in the next league.

Li Shou will definitely start, but Sun Xingmin is not necessarily. Sun Xingmin is not bad in strength and talent, but he needs time to integrate into the team. Sun Xingmin joined Tottenham when the transfer period was about to close.

It is undeniable that Asian players are not as good as European and American players in a certain direction, and Koreans are far less adaptable than Chinese.

In fact, the hype of the South Korean media was a bit untenable when Tottenham announced the roster for the game, because Sun Xingmin did not make his debut in this game.

Li Shou is actually quite disappointed about this. It’s not that Li Shou has much expectations for Sun Xingmin. Li Shou’s goals are Ronaldo and Messi. Naturally, it is impossible to put Sun Xingmin in his eyes. Li Shou’s expectation is just to teach this player a lesson.

Although Li Shou did not enter the national team, he was always a Chinese. In the past few years, the national football team has been suppressed by South Korea, and Li Shou could not save face for the national football team by playing in the national team, so he went to the club to teach these people a lesson.

In addition to the so-called Asian derby, the media is looking forward to the contest between Li Shou and Harry Kane. Harry Kane is the only striker in the entire Premier League who has broken Li Shou's goal.

That goal not only brought a lot of attention to Harry Kane, but also rewarded him with confidence. At the end of last season, Harry Kane almost won the league golden boot.

There was a lot of media hype before the game, but right after the game started, all the hype was in vain, because Derby does not need so-called hype, and both sides will do their best at the moment the game starts.

Everything in terms of technique and tactics is just a cloud, just do it right. Arsenal, who are playing at home, immediately showed what is called home court advantage, and completed the first shot in the first 1 minute.

From Cazorla's long shot from outside the penalty area, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar, and then Tottenham counterattacked, also a long shot, from Tottenham midfielder Ali's long shot from outside the penalty area,

Like Cazorla's long-range shot, Ali's long-range shot was not within the range of the goal frame, and Li Shou, who was standing in front of the goal, didn't even move.

The offensive and defensive transition, Arsenal scored into the Tottenham half again, but this time Arsenal failed to take a long shot. Tottenham defended quite well. After multiple passes, Arsenal still failed to tear through Tottenham's defense.

Arsenal failed to tear through Tottenham's defense, but Tottenham was still unable to break through Arsenal's defense. After each shot, the two teams began to play a defensive game.

In this game, Arsenal's central defender combination is Koscielny and Mertesacker, Monreal and Debig on both sides. There is no change in the midfield, Cazorla, Ramsey, Coquelin, Sanchez, Griezmann, Giroud.

The disadvantages of playing Arsenal's recent intensive schedule have begun to manifest. Since the start of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal have been playing double games a week for nearly a month and a half, and there is no time to rest and adjust.

In contrast, Tottenham have no such troubles. Since they were eliminated by Arsenal in the third round of the English League, Tottenham have been playing once a week for a month and a half, and they are very physically fit.

Tottenham's strength is not weaker than Arsenal's, or it can be said that the only advantage facing Tottenham and Arsenal is the goalkeeper.

The fierceness of the Derby accelerated the loss of physical fitness of Arsenal players, so as time went by, the physical disadvantages of Arsenal players began to gradually appear, and Tottenham, with abundant physical fitness, gradually took the initiative.

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