Chapter 188 The number one penalty kick order and the UEFA draw
"aoaoaooooo—"

Oxlade-Chamberlain's penalty shot helped Arsenal extend the score to two goals. The Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium uttered hysterical loud chants, cheering wildly for the players' wonderful performance.

Although Giroud failed to score a penalty kick, Chamberlain followed up with a follow-up shot and kicked the ball into Mignolet's goal, extending the score to two goals.

The Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium were thrilled, venting their ecstasy over the goal through hysterical chants.

Wenger, who was standing in the command area of ​​the home team coach, was still frowning, obviously dissatisfied because of Giroud's missed penalty.

If it weren't for Chamberlain's quick reaction, then Liverpool, who saved the penalty kick, would definitely boost their morale.

It is not the first time that Giroud has missed a penalty kick. He couldn't help thinking whether he should reconsider the order of penalty kicks?

The original first penalty shooter was captain Arteta, the second penalty shooter was the injured Welbeck, the third was Ergou who was transferred, and Giroud was the fourth penalty shooter.

In the case of Ergou's transfer and frequent injuries of Arteta and Welbeck, Giroud became the first penalty shooter on the field.

This time I can make up the ball, so what about next time?
Considering the particularity of penalty kicks, Wenger felt that it was necessary to re-select penalty shooters with a high appearance rate.

His eyes drifted away from the players on the field, until Martin appeared in his sight, and he had a faint idea in his heart.

However, the first reaction was that the bureau should not place the burden on Martin, who is only eighteen years old, but this idea was quickly overturned by another idea.

Genius cannot be denied by youth.

Martin is a typical young and mature, fully capable of taking on great responsibilities.

Of course, Wenger did not make a decision directly, but had to go through a process.

The Arsenal players celebrated the goal, and the game time came to 89 minutes, with only one minute left in stoppage time.

Rogers knew that the game had lost its suspense, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

The game restarted, but the Liverpool players who had the kick-off advantage showed a strong desire to score.

However, the backbone of Arsenal's defense led by Martin was beaten back to its original shape.

An offense that lacks effective organization can often only present a little threat on the surface. When it encounters strict marking, it will expose its lack of hierarchy and fail to bring actual threats.

One-on-one on the wing lacks explosive points, and an offense without layers is useless.

With the transfer of Sterling to Manchester City last month, the overall offensive threat has been greatly reduced.

Rogers sighed, he knew where the problem was,
But the club's top management lacks sufficient support.

None of the players suggested to be brought in came, and the players bought did not conform to the tactical system they are good at.

"Hey~"

He knew that the situation had been settled.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee Oliver did not directly blow the whistle for the end of the game, but gave Liverpool, who had the opportunity to organize an attack, a chance to continue attacking.

"Beep~beep~beep~~"

However, Liverpool's offense was not strong. As Origi received the football on the left side of the attack and took a blind long shot over the crossbar, the referee Oliver decisively blew his whistle.

Two short and one long.

"competition is over!"

Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai said impassionedly: "With the goals of Sanchez and Chamberlain, the home team Arsenal defeated visiting Liverpool 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium and won two consecutive league victories."

Premier League standings.

Manchester City, which has three consecutive victories in the league, tops the list with 9 points. Leicester City and Manchester United, who have drawn in this round, are second and third respectively.

With two consecutive victories and three goal difference, Arsenal ranked 3th in the league by virtue of their goal difference advantage over their opponent Crystal Palace, which won a big victory in the last round.

Liverpool, who lost, ranked sixth in the league after Crystal Palace with a goal disadvantage.

Arsenal was able to go from losing to West Ham with two goals at home at the beginning to two consecutive victories in the league. All the media and fans who have watched the Arsenal league know where the changes came from.

Martin, who was bought from Wolfsburg for 8500 million euros, is really plug and play!

The two substitutes contributed 1 goal and 3 assists, helping Arsenal beat Crystal Palace and Liverpool one after another.

The football media in England is extremely developed, and Martin, who played a huge role, immediately became the front page of the major media, and various praises emerged one after another.

In Longguo, thousands of miles away, the media and fans are full of praise.

The executives of the Dragon National Football Association were extremely depressed. They thought Martin was a young player who had no ability to become a naturalized dragon and make money, but he didn't expect that he had the potential to become a world-class superstar.

In the beginning, he was able to say hello and control the domestic physical media, but as Martin performed better and better in the five major European leagues, he became more and more powerless.

Some media risked reporting even when the benefits were not directly proportional, even ignoring warnings.

It is indeed effective to kill chickens to warn monkeys, but after these media have gained huge profits, a large number of media followed suit.

Not to mention a lot of money, but at least it is higher than the increasingly popular Dragon Super League reported.

The most important thing is that Martin is only 18 years old, and he joined Arsenal with a record transfer fee from the Premier League. Now even the Central 1 has begun to report on Martin.

What the hell are you going to punish?

The top executives from the Long Guo Football Association can only use curses, hoping that Martin will disappear...

Otherwise, they will always be abused by domestic fans.

And stupidity has also become a new synonym for the Football Association.

Closer to home, the third round of the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season has come to an end.

Wenger considered that there was still a league game before the international match in September, so he only gave the players one day off.

Just like in the past, Martin took the initiative to drive to the Kearney training base for additional training.

Wenger, who studies fourth-round opponents Newcastle in the first-team office of the office building, nods with relief.

At ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, the Arsenal team resumed training.

Mainly restorative training.

Until the end of the day's training, it is all about recovery.

The next day, Wenger arranged a special training session.

The players with the best footwork in the team took a total of five rounds of penalty kicks, in the name of exercising the ability of the main goalkeeper Petr Cech and the substitute goalkeeper Ospina.

The captain Arteta, Giroud, Martin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ramsey who recovered from injury and Walcott and Chamberlain who volunteered.

Which of the players present is not a human being?
Immediately guess what.

Although Jirou felt a little uncomfortable, there was nothing he could do.

Who let his penalty kick again without scoring?
Under the watchful eyes of all the players and the coaching staff, the five rounds of penalty kicks ended quickly.

The players with the highest hit rate are all from the midfield, namely Arteta, Martin and Cazorla.

All hits.

Wenger, who was sitting on the coach's bench, actually had an idea. Arteta and Cazorla kicked the penalty kick to the left and right bottom corners according to their own rhythm. Only Martin kicked the ball to Petr Cech every time. Opposite direction of movement.

This...it shows that Martin's psychological quality is good enough, and his ability to capture is stronger. He can get the goalkeeper's choice through instant observation.

For the sake of fairness, the three of them will be given overtime.

That is to continue to arrange five rounds.

Perhaps Arteta and Cazorla's penalty kicks were captured by the tall Cech, and one and two penalty kicks were saved in the five rounds respectively.

Martin, on the other hand, still hit all five goals.

Wenger got up and walked over, and asked Cech: "Peter, tell me your opinion."

"To be honest, the last penalty shooter I want to face is Martin."

Cech sighed.

"why?"

"This guy is full of fake moves. The key is that he can see which side I'm jumping at or defending in the middle. It's really powerless."

Cech turned his head and looked at Martin helplessly: "Mikel, Santiago, including Olivier, Alexis, Aron, Theo, and Alex's penalty kicks all have traces to follow. Finding clues, Martin is different, he can't figure it out at all."

"Hehe~"

Martin shrugged his shoulders, with a look of indifference, but his eyes were already looking up at the sky at 45°.

"In that case."

Wenger's deep eyes full of wisdom scanned all the players present, and said calmly: "Er Gou has left the team, and Danny is suffering from injuries, so I decided to let Martin take the penalty kick. The order, the order behind Mikel, how?"

Arteta quickly raised his hand: "I think Martin can be the first penalty shooter. We have all seen it just now. His penalty skills are better than ours. The key is that his psychological quality is good enough."

"Since our captain recommended Martin as the first penalty shooter."

Wenger looked at Martin: "Do you have confidence?"

Martin, who guessed something in advance, nodded with a smile: "Of course."

"OK, Martin is first, Mikel is second, Danny is third, and Santiago is fourth."

With Wenger's nod, Martin became Arsenal's number one penalty shooter.

Two days before the arrival of the fourth round of the Premier League, that is, on August 4.

The 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League group group draw and best player award ceremony was held at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco.

Head coach Arsene Wenger and captain Arteta went to attend, while other players stayed in London to prepare for the away game against Newcastle.

Since the draw time is at [-]:[-] p.m. local time in Europe, Martin watched the live broadcast during the interval of extra training in consideration of the changes in the classification rules of the UEFA Champions League group draw this season.

In the past, the UEFA Champions League group draws were divided according to the points in the European war. From this season, the defending champion and the top seven league champions in the UEFA league coefficient points will serve as the seed teams. The other 24 teams will still be divided into groups According to the European War points.

In the 2014-2015 season, the Bundesliga champion is Wolfsburg instead of Bayern, which will naturally lead to changes in the original out-of-control group draw.

Bayern, which should have been in the first tier, fell into the second tier, which led to too many giants becoming second-tier teams.

Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern, Arsenal, Manchester United.

And Manchester City fell into the third tier because of their slight disadvantage in points.

Thus, conditions were created for the Super Death Team.

The Champions League group draw ceremony is protected by the avoidance rules of the same Football Association, but there are Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Bayern in the second class.

In the fourth tier of teams, there are also strong teams like Borussia Borussia and Roma.

Former Miss Switzerland Melanie Wennig and former Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel served as emcees, and the group draw was still co-chaired by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino and Competition Director Marchetti.

This season's Champions League final was held at the Meazza/San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. The two legendary captains of Milan City, Zanetti and Maldini, served as ambassadors for the final, and Barcelona's legendary goalkeeper Zubizarreta served as the guest of draw.

After the respective speeches, the highlights of the teams that advanced to the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2015-2016 season were played on the spot as usual.

Then came the serious UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony.

After about half an hour of frightening lottery process, the issue of group ownership of all 32 teams was settled.

The gold dollar team Manchester City was once again targeted by UEFA and was drawn to the death group for five consecutive seasons.

They are drawn in Group D with Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia.

Martin's Arsenal has a good draw, drawing in Group F with Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg, Greece's Olympiakos and Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.

However, such a lottery also made Martin very speechless.

Put Manchester City in the death group for five consecutive seasons, and then let him face his old club Wolfsburg in a new team.

What the hell, it's all a trick!
The draw for the other six groups is:

Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo
Group B: PSV, Manchester United, Interkama Moscow, Roma

Group C: Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Astana

Group E: Barcelona, ​​Leverkusen, Lyon, Borisov

Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel Aviv
Group H: Zenit, Bayern, Sevilla, Gent

(End of this chapter)

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