Chapter 252 Arsenal, It’s Time to Give up the Fantasy

As a veritable Barcelona victim in recent years, he surpassed Ronaldo and was voted by all Barcelona fans to be the most disliked player.

Even though he has left La Liga this season, the name of Li Ang is still a name that will cause a lot of complaints among the huge Barcelona fan group as long as it is mentioned.

The main reason is that Li Ang played too hard against Barcelona in Real Madrid in the previous seasons, and his worst record was a draw between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Barcelona fans can occasionally make fun of Ronaldo, and there is no psychological burden to catch Ronaldo haters.

Because Ronaldo lost to Barcelona many times in Manchester United and Real Madrid, and there were even some tragic incidents.

In comparison, Li Ang is more like a son of luck.

In the first season when Real Madrid played in the first team, Mourinho did not let him be selected in the big list for the game against Barcelona in order to protect him.

After he returned from training in Serie A, Mourinho's Real Madrid was formed, and Barcelona happened to be on the decline. As a result, Real Madrid pressed Barcelona to the ground and hammered it for two consecutive years!

This season, Barcelona finally waited for the old traditional problem of Real Madrid's internal conflict between the generals and the coach, and the locker room conflicts.

Mourinho left, and Barcelona introduced Neymar, and its strength has improved.

As a result, before Barcelona fans could imagine how to deal with Li Ang this season, this kid moved to the Premier League with Mourinho!

Of course, if Li Ang still stayed in Real Madrid, even without Mourinho, it would be unknown whether Barcelona could beat Real Madrid in the first round of the league.

But such an assumption is no longer considered by most Barcelona fans.

They only know that Barcelona beat Real Madrid now, and they also vented the anger of being suppressed by Real Madrid in the past two seasons.

However, at the critical moment when their self-confidence is gradually rising, they once again drew their most hated coach, most hated player and most hated opponent in the Champions League.

They found that they were not as confident as expected and dared to stand up and provoke their opponents.

Even though Li Ang had already made a move and greeted them.

There are still some Barcelona fans who dare to respond verbally to Li Ang's tweets and make him shut up, but the number is not large.

Perhaps more Barcelona fans have suffered enough in the past two seasons.

The lessons of being beaten several times have forced them to admit that there is really something metaphysical about Li Ang!

No fans in Europe know the consequences of competing with Li Ang before the game better than Barcelona fans.

Perhaps in their hearts, Barcelona fans have ten thousand reasons to convince themselves that the current Barcelona lineup is stronger than Chelsea.

Barcelona may not get too much advantage when facing Bayern now, but they can still pass the test stably by playing against Chelsea.

But thinking of the latest photo of Li Ang smiling sideways, Barcelona fans still chose to follow their hearts.

They want to wait until the first round of the next Champions League knockout game is over, and then look at the actual situation to confront Chelsea fans.

There is no way, they did beat Real Madrid this season, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

But before they actually beat Mourinho and Li Ang, they always felt uneasy.

Fortunately, this kind of nervousness and anxiety will not last too long. On April 2, Barcelona and Chelsea will have the first round of the match at the Camp Nou!

Whether they defeat their inner demons and rise again on the corpses of their old opponents, or repeat the same mistakes and continue to lose to Mourinho and Li Ang, the result will be revealed at that time.

Barcelona fans are a little nervous, but also have a lot of expectations.

On the eve of the league battle with Arsenal, Li Ang sent out a tweet teasing Barcelona, ​​but he slept quite well.

He was nervous... what the hell!

In the past two seasons, Barcelona has not been the strongest enemy of Real Madrid.

Li Ang has even nibbled Bayern Munich twice!

Facing this Barcelona team that is still recovering, he has nothing but the psychological advantage that he and Mourinho have firmly grasped.

Including the pre-match post, Li Ang did not intend to disturb the mentality of Barcelona fans and players before the game.

He really wanted to know whether Barcelona, ​​which has been more than halfway through the season and has not been beaten by him and Mourinho, has ever thought of him?

In other words, those old opponents when he was still playing in La Liga:

Like Iniesta, Xavi, Professor Bu, and Messi, the strongest opponent he has ever faced, do they miss the days of playing with him?

Well, he is so straightforward and frank!

If there is a choice, Li Ang actually thinks that meeting Real Madrid in the Champions League is something that makes him happier and more excited.

However, this year UEFA may want to create a bigger traffic gimmick, just look at the opponents and divisions in the draw.

UEFA gave Mourinho and Li Ang the opportunity to reunite with Real Madrid in the Champions League.

But the prerequisite is that they must defeat Barcelona, ​​their old rival, and Bayern, the top team in the European arena that is currently the most popular.

If Chelsea does it, it will be a feast of traffic, and UEFA's gamble will succeed.

Even if Chelsea doesn't do it, two powerful teams will still come out of the two semi-zones to compete in the final.

No matter how you look at it, UEFA will make a profit.

Of course, if you interpret it from another perspective, Li Ang believes more in the argument that UEFA, which Premier League fans complain about, just doesn't like Premier League teams.

This is not just speculation and assumption, but a fact that has been reflected in the past, present and possible future.

But Li Ang doesn't care too much about such a small suppression.

After all, he has climbed the most difficult road to climb, and Mourinho has been on the road of confronting countless powerful opponents since he became famous.

In terms of psychological stress resistance, the two of them can be said to be better than any master-disciple combination in football.

So being drawn to Barcelona is just like that for the two of them, they should practice and play!

Train and prepare step by step, wait until April 2, and give the old rival a little iron-blooded surprise~

But before that, they still need to give full respect to Arsenal.

Even though Arsenal has been overtaken by Liverpool and dropped to fourth in the Premier League, it is still 11 points behind Chelsea after one more round.

But none of that matters.

What matters is that Mourinho believes:

In the second match of the season with Chelsea, as long as Arsenal still has a little desire to fight for the league championship, they will definitely go all out!

Because this is Arsenal's only chance in the final stage of the league. If they lose to Chelsea again, they basically only have a theoretical chance to win the championship.

Don't think that Wenger's tactical adjustments on the sidelines always have some small mistakes, but at such an important node of the season, Wenger will not make any big mistakes.

It's not only Chelsea that will go all-in in the Premier League. There are only eight or nine league games left. Who wouldn't fight if they have a chance? !

With such a cautious assumption, the entire Chelsea team sat at Stamford Bridge, showing 100% vigilance and attention, and was determined to fight a tough bloody battle with Arsenal!

On March 22, it was close to 1 pm London time.

Under the bright sunshine in the afternoon, the Stamford Bridge was already full of passionate fans of Chelsea and Arsenal.

Before the players of the two teams lined up in the player tunnel and waited for the referee to signal them to go on the court.

Commentators from various countries had already prepared early and started pre-match warm-up work with their partners.

Today is Saturday, and the start time of this game in China is almost 9 pm, which is the perfect golden time for watching the game.

So as soon as Sina Sports started broadcasting, a large number of Chinese fans quickly poured into the online live broadcast room.

In the studio, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the coach, also appeared in front of the Chinese fans on time.

After the familiar greetings, Zhan Jun handed over the analysis of the recent game status of the two teams to Coach Zhang.

It was not until the players of both sides began to line up to enter the field that Zhan Jun took over the rhythm of the commentary and introduced the starting lineups of the two teams today.

"Okay, now we will also introduce the starting lineups of both teams today:

For the home team Chelsea, the front line is still the combination of Ibrahimovic and two small players. Chelsea's left and right wingers Hazard and De Bruyne are both well-known players to the fans.

In the midfield, Chelsea's three generals remain unchanged, with Li Ang and Lampard on the left and right sides of the midfield, and Matic is still in the middle.

Finally, on the defensive line, the central defender combination is Terry and Gary Cahill.

Although David Luiz has returned from injury ahead of schedule and was selected for the big list of this game, Mourinho did not put him in the starting lineup for safety reasons.

Chelsea's starting The starting right back is Azpilicueta, and the left back is Bertrand.

The starting goalkeeper is Cech. "

"So for the visiting team Arsenal, today's starting lineup is as follows:

The starting goalkeeper is Polish goalkeeper Szczesny.

In the center back position, German international Mertesacker will partner with French international Koscielny, the left back is Gibbs, and the right back is Sagna.

In the midfield, today Arsenal chose a five-midfielder formation, including Arteta, Toulalan, Cazorla, Podolski and Chamberlain.

French center forward Giroud rushed forward on the front line..."

Zhan Jun quickly gave a brief introduction to the starting players of the two teams.

And Coach Zhang also took over the conversation and listed the personal data of the core players of both sides so far this season.

The most regrettable thing for Arsenal in this game is:

Their team's top scorer, Cavani, who has scored 21 goals in the Premier League so far, was unable to play because of a sprained ankle in the previous training.

Therefore, Arsenal can only start with French center forward Giroud in this game.

In terms of tactical support, Arsenal may have more options than before.

But in terms of finishing efficiency, today's Arsenal undoubtedly needs to think more.

After all, Giroud is not a center forward known for his strong goal-scoring ability.

After Podolski spent the honeymoon period of transferring to Arsenal last season, his ability to create goals has dropped significantly this season due to his physical health and condition.

Last season, Podolski handed over a double-double of 16 goals and 11 assists in the 40 games he played.

But so far this season, Podolski's total data is only 9 goals and 1 assist.

If he is in a mid-to-lower Premier League team, such data is not bad.

But in Arsenal, as the second striker in the team's firing rights, such data is more reluctant.

However, although there are problems with the offense, because of Mertesacker's timely return at the end of the season, Arsenal's defense in the backcourt, especially the defense of high-altitude balls, is still very reassuring to the Gunners fans.

Arteta and Toulalan's double defensive midfielder combination is still stable.

If Toulalan had not been injured for a month and a half in the second half of the season, Arsenal and Manchester City might have had similar points now.

But there is no way. In the position of defensive midfielder, the professor has not found many good talents in recent years, and the personnel reserve is really insufficient.

It is a great luck to successfully introduce Toulalan this season.

Look at Flamini, who is always lying on the bed on the bench. Toulalan, who has played 25 league games this season, can be regarded as a rare "iron man" in Arsenal's midfield.

So at this moment, thousands of Gunners fans at Stamford Bridge looked at the forwards and defenders on the Chelsea field without any envy in their hearts.

Only when they saw the strong and durable Li Ang and Matic, they really couldn't help swallowing their saliva!

If Chelsea could give them one of these two waists, they would dare to say that they would have more confidence in competing for the championship this season!

Unfortunately, such thoughts can only be passed through the head once, YY.

After all, the whole world knows that Mourinho will never be willing to part with the precious waists in his team.

When he was in Real Madrid, Mourinho was criticized by countless fans across Europe for his love of hoarding midfielders.

But now, despite the complaints, these fans wish their coach could also search for good midfielders all over the world like Mourinho!

Unfortunately, few coaches in the football world can be better than Mourinho in terms of looking at midfielders.

Before the game officially started, the commentator of Sky Sports also said bluntly.

Whether Arsenal can get points at Stamford Bridge today depends on whether their midfield is strong enough.

With the number of people against the hardness, if Wenger succeeds, it is not difficult to maintain a draw, after all, Arsenal's defense is quite strong.

But if they can't hold on, then Li Ang will not be polite to Arsenal.

Arsenal was already weak on the offensive end today. If the midfield was penetrated, the situation would naturally be extremely dangerous...

With the referee's whistle, the early focus match of the 31st round of the 2013-2014 Premier League officially started!

Chelsea, who kicked off first, did not seem to be in a hurry to attack Arsenal.

After Li Ang controlled the ball, he made a tactical gesture directly, indicating that his teammates around him should spread out the formation first.

Facing the pressing of Giroud and Cazorla, Li Ang turned two flexible 180-degree half circles, got rid of the two people in a chic way, and then passed the ball to De Bruyne.

Relying on the advantage of numbers in the midfield today, Podolski and Arteta also decisively double-teamed De Bruyne who was holding the ball.

Li Ang pulled to the side to assist and signaled.

De Bruyne turned around and knocked the ball back, and then Li Ang made a slight adjustment and directly made a long pass to Hazard who had been waiting for a long time on the left side.

Li Ang made this long pass very comfortable. It's a bit too much to say that it's a cruise missile, but it's still worth praising for its accuracy.

The focus is more on Li Ang's broad vision.

If the Real Madrid fans who are most familiar with Li Ang watch this game, they will find that Li Ang's vision is indeed much broader than before.

This feeling of seeing more and deeper than other midfielders often only appears in midfield masters.

And Li Ang's relaxed and chic organization is more and more like Brother Long and Master Pi.

Chelsea's first offensive attempt at the beginning was quickly completed by Hazard and Ibrahimovic.

At the moment when Hazard passed the ball forward, Koscielny was still more spiritual to do a front defense and did not let Ibrahimovic receive the ball in the Arsenal penalty area.

However, after watching his own successful defense this time, Mr. Wen was not very happy.

Because after seeing Li Ang show a good passing state at the beginning of the game today, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Yes, Arsenal deployed more defensive players in the midfield.

But Li Ang proved that he had the ability to pull open Arsenal's midfield defense with his vision and long passes, which were already first-class in football.

This ability to quickly and stably transfer the ball from one wing to another was enough to make Hazard and De Bruyne's raids more threatening.

Wenger was a little nervous, and he kept signaling Gibbs and Sagna not to rush forward to attack while standing on the sidelines.

But to be honest, Wenger's Arsenal, which has offensive football blood in its bones, may be able to make more extra investment in defense for a while.

But it is really difficult for them to keep the two full-backs who are already very offensive.

Fortunately, Arteta and Cazorla are still keeping a close watch on Li Ang.

And when Li Ang took the ball and made a long pass, Arsenal's defense line moved horizontally at a relatively fast speed.

So for the time being, Arsenal's midfield and backcourt defense is still pretty good.

Even though they would increase their bets on the offensive end sooner or later, at least in the first 10 minutes of the game, Arsenal did not allow Chelsea to make even one threatening attack.

The pace of the game seemed to slow down slowly. Chelsea's attack failed. According to common sense, it would not be long before Arsenal's offensive power point came.

After all, if the players kept taking the initiative to launch an offensive, their physical fitness would not be able to bear it, especially at the end of the season.

So Wenger was a little relieved at this time.

But just in the twelfth minute of the first half, Chelsea seemed to be about to lose control of the ball.

Li Ang once again broke through Cazorla and Podolski's double-teaming and quickly pushed the ball to De Bruyne who raised his hand.

Seeing that Li Ang no longer had the ball, Arsenal's defenders subconsciously leaned towards the left side of their own half, trying to stop Chelsea's wing advance.

But this time De Bruyne did not cooperate with Azpilicueta on the wing.

After he decisively cut inside and walked inside, he didn't seem to observe much, and quickly swung his leg to send a long diagonal pass!

"A long pass from De Bruyne! Arsenal players seem to have forgotten that Li Ang is not the only one in Chelsea who has a brilliant long pass skill!"

Zhan Jun applauded De Bruyne's precise long pass!

And Hazard, who was perfectly unloading the ball on the left, was so happy to see the few Arsenal defenders in front of him!

Arsenal paid the price for their momentary defensive carelessness.

Sagna is really old. Facing Hazard's forced breakthrough, he was completely passed.

After Hazard successfully cut inside into Arsenal's penalty area, Mertesacker was in a dilemma for a while.

Because his defensive turn was originally very slow, if Hazard was out of position, Hazard could basically directly shoot and threaten Szczesny.

So after a little consideration, Mertesacker decided not to take the initiative.

But Hazard's action was faster than he thought.

After passing the ball to Ibrahimovic who was already stuck in the middle of the penalty area with a quick cross pass, Hazard had completed his mission in this attack.

Mertesacker had no choice but to let go of Hazard at the first time and turned his head to Ibrahimovic.

Seeing that he was about to be double-teamed by Koscielny and Mertesacker, Ibrahimovic also gave up the idea of ​​shooting directly.

After changing the sideways ball reception to back-to-back ball protection, Lampard and Li Ang appeared in Ibrahimovic's field of vision.

Ibrahimovic subconsciously pushed the ball back to Li Ang, who was more inclined to the middle.

At this moment, Li Ang, who had already used his speed advantage to get rid of Toulalan's entanglement, did not hesitate at all.

He knew that if he had the intention to make adjustments, Toulalan would immediately commit a tactical foul on him.

So he almost didn't slow down, and dribbled the ball directly into Arsenal's penalty area!

Facing Koscielny who rushed over in a panic, Li Ang didn't dunk the ball this time, and simply kicked the ball directly to the top of the far corner of Arsenal's goal!

The familiar feeling surged into Li Ang's heart again, and after taking this sure shot, he was also full of emotion in his heart.

"The hard work of practicing penalty kicks in the past was really not in vain!"

Szczesny seemed to be shaken by Mertesacker's huge body. This interference was absolutely fatal to Szczesny at this moment.

Because when he saw the trajectory of Li Ang's shot, it was too late to make a save!

The football was almost rubbed against the bottom edge of the crossbar and hit the upper left corner of Arsenal's goal!

At this moment, the scene of Stamford Bridge shook violently like a volcanic eruption!

Li Ang put his hands behind his ears and strode towards the bottom line with an arrogant expression!

His flamboyant expression seemed to be silently telling all Arsenal fans.

It's time.

Give up fantasy and face reality!