Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

2015-2016赛季英联杯1/4决赛在周三晚上8点45分先进行三场。

Middlesbrough VS Everton, Stoke City VS Arsenal, Manchester City VS Hull City.

The final quarter-final match between Southampton and Liverpool will be played on Thursday night.

Stoke-on-Trent is only 257 kilometers away from London. The Arsenal team took the team bus from London that morning.

The game kicked off on time at 8:45 that night, and the Britannia Stadium, which could accommodate 27902 fans, was packed.

Although the fanatical atmosphere of the small stadium does not have the overwhelming sense of sight of the big stadium, the home players can make full use of the small size of the stadium to tighten the fence and defend.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, he remained highly focused and ensured that the defense did not make mistakes in the continuous defense of league leader Arsenal.

Mark Hughes' style of management is conservative and focuses on defense.

After 14 rounds of the league this season, Stoke City ranks 12th in the league, but its defense is one of the best teams in the Premier League. It has conceded more goals than Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United.

Ranking 12th in the league has a lot to do with their offense.

It has only scored 14 goals in 11 league games. It is the team with the fewest goals in the Premier League so far, one goal less than deputy captain Aston Villa.

Therefore, Stoke City has every reason to exploit its strengths and avoid its weaknesses at home, to see if it can defend the goal without sparing any effort, and then seek opportunities to score counterattack goals.

It is undeniable that Mark Hughes's tactics were very successful, at least in the first 45 minutes and did not give Arsenal, led by Martin, any chance.

The two sides entered the locker room with a score of 0:0.

In the second half, the game changed sides and the home fans hoped that the team they supported would upset Arsenal and advance to the semi-finals of this season's EFL Cup.

Unexpectedly, only two minutes into the second half, Arsenal's frontcourt attack was coordinated by Martin with exquisite coordination. Martin, who went forward and participated in the direct attack to the right rib, sent a very stealthy through ball.

Charlie Adam extended his leg half a beat too late, and the famous Premier League villain Shawcross was knocked directly to the ground by Sanchez who received the ball. The latter made a slight adjustment and completed a very high-quality ground-breaking kick at the line of the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Butland was affected by the obstruction of vision caused by Walscheid's defensive block, and his reaction was obviously slow. By the time he saw the football, it was too late to fall to the ground to save...

Trailing at home, Stoke City had no choice but to strengthen their attack.

However, their offensive cooperation cannot be fully realized in Arsenal's solid defensive system. The offensive system composed of former Barcelona geniuses Bojan, Anautovic and Shaqiri can easily fall into a situation of individual combat during the offense.

The thunder is loud and the raindrops are small, which is a small microcosm of Stoke City's attack.

In the 59th minute of the game, Martin sent a precise cross from the right. Giroud jumped high and beat Shawcross and Walscheid to complete a high-quality header.

Butland reacted this time, but was still... helpless in the face of extremely tricky football placement.

0:2

Arsenal had a two-goal lead as a guest. Considering that they would face the challenge of Sunderland at home on the weekend, they consciously held back and played in order to reduce physical exertion and reasonably consume game time.

After ninety minutes, Arsenal defeated the home team Stoke City 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium with two assists from Martin, taking the lead in advancing to the semi-finals of this season's EFL Cup.

同时进行的另外两场英联杯1/4决赛的结果是米德尔斯堡0：2埃弗顿、曼城4：1赫尔城。

The next night, the final EFL Cup quarter-finals came to an end at St. Mary's Stadium on the south coast.

The home team was brutally slaughtered by Liverpool 1:6.

The draw for the 2015-2016 EFL Cup semi-finals took place on Friday night.

Liverpool and Arsenal were drawn together, while Manchester City and Everton were automatically paired.

Compared with the quarter-finals and previous games that determined the outcome, the EFL Cup semi-finals are a two-leg elimination system at home and away.

The two winners will decide the final champion at the new Wembley Stadium at the end of February.

At the end of the EFL Cup semi-final draw ceremony, the specific game times for a total of four semi-finals were announced.

明年的1月5/6日晚上8点和1月26/27日晚上八点。

At the end of the draw ceremony, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger couldn't help but sigh.

Since Klopp took charge, Liverpool has been able to get rid of the slump at the beginning of the season, and has achieved 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in six league games.

In the top six level matches, they drew with Tottenham and defeated Chelsea and Manchester City as guests.

Obviously, Liverpool under Klopp is getting better.

Of course, Wenger is not worried, but... he has to spend more time dealing with Liverpool, which is getting better and better.

Arsenal's team's focus once again shifted to the league, playing at home against Sunderland, the 17th-ranked 'Black Cat' in the league.

It's December, and the weather in England is getting colder and colder, but no one expected that the first game of the 12th round of the 2015-2016 Premier League season would be a huge upset.

Stoke City, who had just been eliminated by Arsenal in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, defeated Manchester City 1-4 at home.

West Bromwich Albion also tied with Tottenham 1:1 at home.

Chelsea lost to Bournemouth 0:1.

Three upsets in the league made Arsenal players feel nervous as they prepared to face Sunderland at home.

Martin encouraged his teammates in the locker room. He said loudly: "With 100% of our concentration and state, we will be invincible at the Emirates Stadium! It's just a 'black cat' that is on the verge of relegation. It's no big deal. Manchester City , Tottenham have all dropped points, this is a great opportunity for us to widen the point difference!"

"Yes, this is our chance!"

Sanchez, the team's atmosphere team leader, echoed Martin's chant.

Arsenal's overall strength can overwhelm Sunderland, and they also have the advantage of playing at home. The players have great trust in Martin, so they are full of confidence in winning against their opponents at home.

as predicted!

Through the efforts of the whole team, they finally defeated visiting Sunderland 3:1 at home with goals from Sanchez, Mertesacker and Cazorla.

Leicester City defeated Swansea 3-0 as a guest in the same match and still maintained the points pressure on Arsenal.

The next day, Liverpool also suffered a big upset when they visited St. James' Park. They lost 0:2 to 19th-ranked Newcastle.

Manchester United unfortunately encountered West Ham United, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor this season. The two sides fought hard for 90 minutes and ended in a goalless draw.

At the end of the 10th round of the league after all 15 games, Arsenal topped the list with 38 points, followed by Leicester City, who had a thrilling relegation last season, with 6 points behind. Manchester City ranked third and fourth with 29 points. , Tottenham ranked 26th with 5 points.

Liverpool, which lost this round, has 23 points with Crystal Palace and West Ham United, ranking 6th to 8th respectively.

There are still four rounds left before the end of the half-time period, which also means that Arsenal, with a goal difference of 29, can win the half-time league championship two rounds in advance as long as they win the next two league rounds.

Of course, this half-time championship does not have any real rewards, it can only give the Arsenal team the confidence to win the league championship.