Chapter 402 Lonely Wenger

The second leg of the Champions League semi-final is over, which also means that Arsenal's tasks this season are all over.

Lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup, the league has lost hope of winning the championship ahead of schedule, and the only Champions League that was favored by the outside world was upset by Porto.

Wenger sat slumped on the coach's bench, staring absently at the Porto players celebrating wildly on the pitch, with question marks all over his mind, why did Arsenal lose to Porto? Why do Arsenal have so many injuries? Why didn't the home team defend Falcao's goal...

Rice saw Ferreira coming to shake hands with Wenger, but Wenger didn't seem to see it. Although the loss to Porto was a bit embarrassing, it was too unmannered and damaged the reputation of Wenger and Arsenal. He quickly pushed Push Wenger, "Coach."

Only then did Wenger see Ferreira, he stood up slowly, shook hands with Ferreira, said with difficulty: "Congratulations", turned around and walked to the locker room with the players.

The Arsenal fans in the stands have not completely left. Looking at the distraught Arsenal players and the staggering Arsene Wenger, they are angry, emotional and sad. Being double-killed by Porto is something they never thought of before the game. Knowing that Porto After the elimination of Manchester United, they were all overjoyed, thinking that Arsenal's entry into the final was stable, but they did not expect such a result in the end.

"Congratulations to Porto for entering Rome! The Champions League final, here we come again! We eliminated the Red Devils Manchester United and the Gunners Arsenal in a row, and Porto became the darkest dark horse! We don't know who our next opponent is, and we don't know if we can win in the end." to the championship, but at this point, Porto is already worthy of everyone's pride..."

Listening to the commentator enthusiastically praising the Porto players, the Arsenal fans couldn't stay any longer and left quickly.

The Porto fans in the stands were reluctant to disperse for a long time, applauding and cheering all the time.

In the stadium, some Porto players returned to the locker room after celebrating, and some began to accept live interviews with reporters.

Gao Xiaodong, who scored 9 goals in the Champions League with one pass and one shot in two rounds, is undoubtedly the star on the court. His limelight has completely overwhelmed Fabregas, Walcott, Ahmed De Bayo and others are naturally favored by all reporters.

"How do you feel when you led your team to a surprise final?" asked an English reporter.

There is a small trap in these words, all the reporters are concerned about how Gao Xiaodong will answer.

After entering the professional football world, he became a news figure. Gao Xiaodong was tested by reporters a lot.

He has also accumulated a lot of ways to deal with reporters, and he can still hear such language traps.

"I am very grateful to this reporter for flattering me. I am not the captain of the team. I am only a team deputy at best. In addition, I don't agree with the upset. We beat Arsenal in both home and away games. How can this be called an upset? Porto is the former Champions League winner, Arsenal has never won the championship, in any respect, it is not an upset, we reached the final with our strength and hard work."

Gao Xiaodong's answer was so domineering and sophisticated, so impeccable, and he also satirized Arsenal a little bit, which made all the reporters on the scene marvel secretly, thinking that this Oriental boy is really not simple, especially the English reporters, Sun Huahai and Dongfang Zhuo who they had contacted before. , either straightforward and impulsive, or childish and withdrawn, none of them are as cunning and tactful as the 19-year-old Gao Xiaodong.

"Before the match against Arsenal, did you think about making it to the final?" A reporter couldn't help asking Gao Xiaodong when he saw that Gao Xiaodong was not upset.

Gao Xiaodong said affirmatively: "Think about it, why don't you think about it, we also won one and lost one in the group stage, we also eliminated them against Manchester United, Arsenal will not be more difficult than Manchester United."

"Can you tell me why you were able to beat the stronger Arsenal?" Portuguese reporter Ana finally asked a normal question.

Gao Xiaodong said: "We played more resolutely, bravely, and more targeted, and we took advantage of Arsenal's weaknesses. In addition, our luck was better than Arsenal's. They suffered a lot of injuries."

"Who do you expect to face in the final?" asked a Spanish reporter.

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "There is no difference. Both teams are stronger than us. If I could choose, I would rather choose Chelsea, because they have no experience in winning championships."

"Currently you have scored 9 goals in the Champions League, ranking first in the scorer list, and Messi scored 8 goals, ranking second. Who do you think is more likely to win the Golden Boot between you and Messi?" Another one asked the Spanish reporter.

Why did he ask such a stupid question, Gao Xiaodong slandered, but replied with a smile: "Which one is bigger, 8 or 9?"

Gao Xiaodong's witty answer won applause from all the reporters, and everyone laughed out loud. Reporter Anna's eyes on Gao Xiaodong also became very fiery.

"Now there are a lot of rumors about your transfer, have you decided which league to go to next season?"

a reporter asked.

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Did I say I was going to leave Portugal? Don't talk about it now, okay? I just reached the final, so let me be happy for a while."

"Before the quarter-finals, no one was optimistic about Porto's entry into the final. Do you think Porto can go all the way in the final and win the Big Ears Cup?"

asked a German reporter.

"We have been undervalued. We fought all the way to the final. There is only one round in the final. I think anything can happen. Well, that's it for the interview. I'm going to take a shower."

Gao Xiaodong didn't want to compete with the reporters any more, waved his hand, pushed away the reporters, turned and went back to the locker room.

Dragon Stadium Auditorium

Porto coach Ferreira and the Arsenal manager attend the post-match press conference.

Ferreira has just published his summary of the game. He said that he is very satisfied with this game. The players played their own tactical deployment and played 120% of their strength. The final result is also very good. Perfect.

Ferreira believes that although Porto is not as famous as Arsenal, Porto is fully worthy of the final. They double-killed Arsenal in two rounds and performed better than Arsenal.

Ferreira said that from now on, Porto will fully prepare for the Champions League final at the end of May. He hopes to dedicate a wonderful final to fans all over the world.

Faced with inexplicable excitement. Wenger was so sad that he wanted to compete with his predecessor Mourinho, Ferreira. He didn't even want to come to this press conference, but in the end he bravely faced the defeat.

"Tonight was the most disappointing night, we were actually out after Gao Xiaodong scored. We played the whole game against a team that was solid in defense and waiting for counter-attacks, and I admit, Porto played more Well, more determined, but after fighting all the way to the semi-finals for a long time, I'm very, very disappointed, I think the fans were looking forward to this big night, let down the people who supported the team so much, It's really sad."

"We don't want to blame individual players, we had a couple of experienced defenders out for a long time that weakened us, today Van Persie and Almunia got injured again...but that's part of football. Against a team that is solid in defense and likes to play on the counter-attack, there is not much we can do today, if we need to regret, we should regret the goal conceded at home, without that conceded the result would have been completely different."

"We failed to completely defend Gao Xiaodong in the two rounds and allowed him to score two goals in two rounds. This was the biggest mistake we made. In all fairness, although Gao Xiaodong played a bit shamelessly, he is strong. They are fast and experienced like players who have been playing for several years. Our youngsters are too naive in comparison, but I believe we have quality and we will continue to improve. If you look at the average age of the team, The team is still very young. It deserves a lot of credit for being able to reach this level."

"We can talk all night about the mistakes we made in the game, but it doesn't change the mistakes on the field - the result of the game can't be changed. I will say that in the two legs of the game, we would have had a chance, There were some nice plays too, but we didn't take our chances and in the end - congratulations to Porto for reaching the final and good luck to them in the final."

After finishing speaking, Wenger left the venue a little lonely and proud. At this moment, Wenger thought that his young men would bring him the championship after they grew up, but he didn't expect that waiting for him would be a longer period without a championship. .