After the game, this game became the focus of this round of the Premier League, and all media focused on this game.
Every detail of this game was discussed by the media.
Yeluo's perfect performance with two goals and two assists in the game was naturally the center of attention.
In two consecutive games, against Chelsea and Manchester United, he scored five goals.
Such a performance cannot be overstated.
"It's no surprise that Manchester United lost to a real talent, because Yello has always been like this. He can always burst out with shocking abilities when facing strong teams."
"After thirteen league rounds, Arsenal won eleven games and scored 34 points, ranking first. Behind them, Manchester City scored 31 points. After Manchester United lost this game, they and Chelsea also scored 30 points, four points behind Arsenal!"
"The situation of the Premier League championship group is already very clear. There are four teams in the championship group. After Arsenal played against Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United, they are already one position ahead of these three teams. , with the victory in this game, Arsenal confirmed their status as the favorite to win the championship this season!"
The English media has now placed the title of "the most popular favorite for the Premier League championship this season" on Arsenal.
It's not just England.
Media from various European countries are also paying attention to this game.
In Spain, the media focused on Yello's madness.
".In the thirteenth round of the English Premier League that ended last night, Arsenal defeated Manchester United 4-1 away from home and won the battle at the top of the table. This game also gave Arsenal the lead at the top of the list. The point difference for second place came to three points, and Yello continued to dominate the court with his crazy performance. In Spain, he is the ruler of the court, and in England, he is also the ruler of the court!"
"If Arsenal finally wins the championship this season, it wouldn't be too strange. After all, it sounds like Arsenal has a higher probability of winning the Premier League championship than Malaga winning the La Liga championship. And for the giants in Europe, The competitiveness of Arsenal led by Yelo in the Champions League is what they are more concerned about. The scene when Yelo led Malaga to win the Champions League last season is still vivid in my mind!"
"Yes, Arsenal's competitiveness in the Champions League has not always seemed too strong. They have only reached one Champions League final in history and have never won the championship. But now they have Yello! Arsenal has Yello. Na, who dares to say that they are not competitive?"
For the media in other European countries, they are concerned about the competitiveness of Arsenal with Yello in the Champions League.
Can Yello lead Arsenal to a historic Champions League win?
Can he defend the Champions League?
These are questions that certainly would not have been associated with Arsenal before.
But now similar discussions have appeared in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and even England.
This is what Yello brings to Arsenal: super attention and media exposure.
So can Arsenal win the Champions League?
Judging from people's discussions, even if Arsenal is not the favorite for the Champions League this season, it is at least one of the top candidates for the Champions League.
This can be seen from the odds offered by betting companies.
The odds are currently on Bayern Munich, followed by Barcelona and then Real Madrid.
The top three European superpowers.
This makes sense.
Next up are Chelsea and Manchester United, tied for fourth with two goals.
Next up is Arsenal - at the beginning of the season, Arsenal's winning odds were still behind AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, and even Manchester City.
This is brought about by such high exposure and popularity.
That's why teams in the Champions League fear Arsenal.
After playing the thirteenth round against Manchester United.
Arsenal ushered in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at home.
The opponent is French Ligue 1 team Montpellier.
It stands to reason that Montpellier, as a strong team in Ligue 1, is actually quite competitive even if they face Arsenal away from home.
However, when Montpellier's formation at the Emirates Stadium was revealed, people were a little stunned.
Because Montpellier set up an obvious bus formation: 541
The camera quickly focused on Montpellier head coach Rene Girard on the sidelines.
Girard, who was sitting in the visiting team's coaching bench at the stadium, looked as usual. For Girard, his purpose of setting up a bus at this stadium was also very straightforward: to score points!
Take points from Arsenal.
I don’t dare to ask for three points.
But I can still think about it.
The group stage lasted four rounds.
Now ranked first is Arsenal, Arsenal scored 10 points.
In second place is Schalke 04, who scored 7 points.
Montpellier, who is ranked third, has scored 6 points with two wins against Olympiacos, the weakest opponent in the group, one point behind Schalke 04, but Girard does not dare to expect Olympiacos to go to the finals. Defeated Schalke 04 at the Schalke Arena.
Therefore, if Montpellier loses this round of the league.
There is a high probability that you will be eliminated one round early.
Because once Montpellier loses and Schalke 04 wins, the point difference will be pulled to 4 points, making the last round of the league completely meaningless - for Montpellier.
therefore.
Montpellier has an urgent need to score points. If they want to qualify, they must get at least one point from Arsenal in order to qualify for the final round of the group stage and fight at their home court. Schalke 04 defeated Schalke 04 and advanced to the top 16 of the Champions League by virtue of the head-to-head relationship or the goal difference advantage as the second place in the group!
Get at least one point!
This is the obsession throughout Montpellier.
And if you want to score points, you can't go too far, and you can't expect to score points against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Taking a bus became Montpellier’s only option.
"Montpellier set up a bus at the Emirates Stadium, and the opponents Arsenal encountered in the Champions League were also quite wary of their strength. Such scenes rarely happened in the past because of Arsenal's dominance in the past. It’s not that strong, and opponents from Ligue 1 like Montpellier won’t be too afraid of Arsenal!” Andy Gray analyzed in the commentary box.
"That's right. This shows that Arsenal's strength has been recognized. Even strong French teams like Montpellier simply set up their buses when facing them!" Lineker said.
The perspective of the head coach of Montpellier is different, but everyone is actually analyzing based on one point: Arsenal's strength is far better than Montpellier!
"I didn't expect the other side to be so straightforward. I thought they would have some ideas," assistant coach Black complained, frowning slightly.
Breaking the bus formation is a problem for any team, and Montpellier is not a weak team. Although the French Ligue 1 team is not as famous as the Premier League team, their strength is not necessarily the same in terms of strength gap. How much worse than some Premier League teams, and sometimes because they are too unfamiliar, they may accidentally capsize in the gutter.
"We have to get used to such scenes in the future." Wenger doesn't care. He has experienced many battles and has seen a lot.
Now Arsenal is being watched and talked about.
This shows that the team's strength is recognized. Under such circumstances, it is normal for the team to encounter such tests in certain games.
The team will have to think more about breaking the bus in the future.
The fans at the Emirates Stadium were singing and excited from the start of the game.
There is not much pressure on the team to qualify for the group stage. Basically, if they don't encounter something as embarrassing as losing two consecutive games in the group, then qualifying for the group stage is basically stable.
Even as long as they can get three points in the last two rounds, there is a high probability that they will qualify first in the group.
If the Champions League group has the same points, the goal difference will be given priority. Now the team's goal difference is 5 more than Schalke 04. This goal difference is considered safe.
If you get four points, you will be ranked first in the group.
Therefore, Arsenal can accept a draw in this game, because their opponent in the final round was Olympiacos, the weakest player in the group.
This draw, the final round victory over Olympiacos also qualified first in the group.
So Arsenal fans have no pressure at all now.
He was even quite proud when he saw his opponent setting up his bus.
We at Arsenal are now treated like a super team!
We Arsenal are invincible.
Arsenal's players are also very calm now - this is the confidence and confidence that Yello brings to the players on the court.
There are players on the court that everyone can rely on, and everyone feels much more at ease when playing.
Anyway, when your mind doesn't know how to deal with the ball, just look at Ye Luo's position.
Under the leadership of Yello, Arsenal's frontcourt attack was very smooth and patient.
The ninth minute of the game.
Yeluo dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, attracted the defense and distributed the ball to the left wing, and then moved to the left wing himself.
This attracted the Montpellier players to the left. Seeing Yello approaching, left back Monreal did not have the freedom to play by himself. He honestly passed the ball to Yello.
While running, Yeluo raised his foot and moved the ball without stopping, moving the ball from the left to the right.
Montpellier's defense had just moved collectively to the other side. Because of this pass, they had to collectively move another dozen meters to the right.
Under such left and right arrangements, Montpellier's defensive system was pulled back and forth. In the process, some gaps would inevitably appear - although these gaps are fleeting and ordinary players may not be able to grasp them.
However, Ye Luo is no ordinary player.
When he completed the transfer of the ball and the Montpellier players kept their distance and moved to the other side, Yelo saw the gap on the right side of the front edge of the penalty area, and he immediately crossed into the gap.
Sagna, who was receiving the ball, also looked at Yelo's position immediately. When he saw Yelo crossing into this space, he immediately passed the ball to this area!
"Ye Luo!!"
The commentators exclaimed.
While running, Yelo has already made a shooting action!
The commentators were fooled by Yello, not to mention the Montpellier players.
When the Montpellier player made an action to block the shot, Yello raised his right foot and put the ball into the penalty area!
Fake shot, real shot!
It was this breakthrough that threw Montpellier's defense into chaos.
Before they could recover, Ye Luo, who led the ball into the penalty area, directly completed a volley!
The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a bang and bounced into the goal!
"Yeluo shot a pass!! Shot inside the penalty area!! Beautiful! The ball went in!!"
"In the tenth minute of the game, Arsenal scored! Leading Montpellier 1-0 at home!"
“The bus in Montpellier only lasted ten minutes.”
On the sidelines, Montpellier's head coach looked depressed and helpless.
He put up the tightest defensive formation.
It only took ten minutes, and Ye Luo defeated it in ten minutes.
So what to do about this one?
Continue to hold on? Or is it an offense?
Just when Gilad had a headache.
His assistant gave him some exciting news.
Schalke 04 fell behind in the away game!
Olympiacos scored at home!
"Defend! Continue to defend!"
Gilad breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Even if you lose this game.
As long as Schalke 04 cannot take all three points on the road, they will still have a chance at their home court in the final round! !
Therefore, continue to hold on, if there is a chance to recover one, then even if Schalke 04 finally completes the reversal, the team will still have a chance to appear.
Therefore, the team cannot mess up its position now.
Just one goal behind.
Continue to defend and avoid conceding the ball again! !
Girard's instructions were quickly given to the Montpellier players on the field.
They were a little confused after losing the ball, but now the head coach said to continue to defend. Although some of the Montpellier players may not agree in their hearts, at least it has stabilized their morale and unified their thinking.
So after the game restarted, people discovered that Montpellier, who were one goal behind, continued to adhere to their tactics from the beginning to the present: set up the bus!
Breaking a dense defense is a world-class problem.
This sentence has almost been said badly by the media.
But since so many media and fans are talking about this sentence, it shows that dense defense is indeed difficult to break.
And people also summarized the methods to break the intensive defense.
In fact, it is nothing more than personal breakthroughs, long shots, and headers.
Ye Luo's goal just now was actually a personal breakthrough. He suddenly changed the rhythm of the game and found a kicking opportunity to complete the goal.
So now Montpellier's players are paying great attention to preventing Yello's breakthrough when defending.
They deliberately kept a distance, and Bi Milan was suddenly shocked by Ye Luo.
However, they prevented Ye Luo from breaking through.
But he couldn't prevent Ye Luo's long-range shot.
Thirty-two minutes into the game.
Yeluo hit the goal with a long shot from the front of the penalty area!
Two to zero!
Arsenal took a two-goal lead in the first half.
"Arsenal seals the win!"
Andy Gray said.
The Arsenal fans in the stands obviously thought so too. They didn't think Montpellier could do anything to effectively counter Arsenal.
They were singing and dancing in the stands.
This Champions League group stage match has completely become a carnival for Arsenal fans.
And on the court.
After taking a two-goal lead, Arsenal chose to control the situation and kill time in the midfield and backcourt.
If Montpellier presses out now, they don't mind having direct balls behind them and scoring a few more.
And if they don't press it out.
Arsenal are also happy to maintain this score.
Arsenal's goal in this game is to take all three points. As for the goal difference, they don't need to consider it.
So they don't need to kill them all.
On the football field, there are also people who are sophisticated.
Montpellier continued to defend and did not press out to attack, which showed that they had no intention of fighting Arsenal in the away game.
And now for Montpellier, they have lost this game and there is still a chance to return to their home court in the last round - they can advance as long as they work hard to defeat Schalke 04
Anyway, Schalke 04 has not equalized yet.
The game ended tepidly in this situation.
In the end, Arsenal defeated Montpellier 2-0 at home.
Schalke 04 was tied with Olympiacos away from home.
Arsenal scored 13 points, five ahead of second-placed Schalke 04.
One round ahead of schedule to secure first place in the group.
(End of chapter)
