Wenger is concerned about the impact of public opinion in Turkey.
But Arsenal's players don't have that much thought.
They took a plane across the European continent and arrived over Istanbul, the crossroads of the European continent.
The players sat by the windows and enjoyed the beautiful scenery by the portholes.
After all, Istanbul is a famous historical and cultural city.
The city was once the holy land of Christianity, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the last bastion of the Roman Empire.
The city was once called Constantinople.
Only later
This Christian holy city became the domain of another religion that cannot be named.
It was also renamed Istanbul.
As the plane landed at the airport.
See the number of fans greeted at the airport wearing Arsenal shirts.
Wenger's heart suddenly tightened.
What he most hopes to see is a scene that even Arsenal fans don't have.
In this case, the probability of accidents will be reduced to 0.
Because in fact, the safety of the players is guaranteed.
Players usually travel as a group and are protected by security personnel.
Now is the sprint stage of the season, and it is not a leisurely pre-season. The players' footprints are basically hotel-training base-hotel-stadium.
Very simple and controllable.
After the game, I flew back to London immediately.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the safety of the players.
But the fans are different.
Fans usually stay in twos and threes.
And when they come to Istanbul, they can't just stay in a hotel and leave after watching the game.
Definitely going to have to walk around.
Visit places of interest and the like.
This will drastically increase the probability of accidents.
not to mention.
Wenger knows very well that England fans are not modest gentlemen.
They are very famous football hooligans - and they are the kind of football hooligans with relatively low combat effectiveness.
It means the kind that can cause trouble but cannot be beaten.
There's no point worrying about it now.
They have already come, how can we drive them back?
Wenger had no choice but to continue praying to God.
Just look around at the stars and moon signs.
This is obviously not God’s territory.
Does praying to God help?
The players' ideas are much simpler.
They were naturally very happy to see so many fans greeting them at the airport.
Facing these enthusiastic fans, the players stepped forward to sign autographs and even complied with many fans' requests for photos.
It seems that this Champions League away trip is quite enjoyable.
After arriving in Istanbul.
The team settled directly into the hotel, and then Wenger announced team discipline: no movement alone is allowed, no going out is allowed, and no one can go anywhere except the hotel and the training ground.
This rule seems very strict.
Actually it’s nothing.
Because the opponent in this game is not very strong.
Therefore, Arsenal only arrived in Istanbul one day early. After the game the next day, the whole team will immediately board the plane and fly back to London.
It starts from the time the plane lands, to the end of the game, when you get on the plane.
The total time is only about thirty hours.
This saves you from staying here for a long time.
Arsenal did not even inform the media which hotel they would stay at.
This is to avoid being arranged in advance by local fans to harass Arsenal players.
However, in fact, this news cannot be kept secret for long.
After checking into the hotel in the afternoon.
The whole team went to the Turk Telekom Stadium to play on the field.
Finally returned to the hotel in the evening.
The Arsenal players, who flew from London to Istanbul and then trained for half a day, were so tired that they went to bed early to rest.
result
Just when Arsenal's players were sleeping soundly.
That's outside their pole.
Suddenly there was a roar of gongs and drums, and firecrackers were blasting.
The piercing noise caused Arsenal's players to wake up from their sleep.
Everyone opened the curtains and saw hundreds of Galatasaray fans gathered below the hotel and making noise in various ways.
Beating gongs and drums is considered light.
Set off fireworks and firecrackers.
There are even people playing suona.
It's really a magical sound that fills my ears.
It makes people restless.
The Arsenal club quickly called the police.
But local police dilly-dallyed.
It took almost more than an hour to arrive.
The fans dispersed.
But after the police left.
These Galatasaray fans are back.
Some reporters squatting under the hotel couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this scene.
In the end, the Arsenal club had to send people to buy sound-isolating headphones and other things to give to the players.
But even so.
Many players still yawned when they came to have breakfast the next morning.
This makes Wenger even more miserable.
Originally, the team planned to conduct some warm-up training in the morning.
But look at the current situation of the players.
Wenger decided to let the players take a nap before returning to the cage.
The situation of Arsenal's players was also reported to the Turkish media through "internal response" to the media in the hotel.
Soon Turkish media reported in reports that Arsenal's players were sleep deprived and very tired, and they had nothing to fear in this game.
Many British media have also made such reports.
"Galatasaray fans made noise at Arsenal's hotel for half the night last night, which resulted in Arsenal being forced to cancel this morning's training plan."
As soon as the news came out.
Many people began to worry about Arsenal.
And for Arsenal.
In fact, it doesn't matter much at this stage of the season whether to train or not.
What the players need more is to conserve their physical strength.
In particular, sleep quality needs to be guaranteed.
But there is definitely an impact from last night.
At least.
When the players boarded the bus in the afternoon, many players looked a little tired.
Wenger looked at Ye Luo's expression and found that Ye Luo seemed to be no different from usual.
I felt relieved.
With an hour left before the game, Arsenal's bus arrived at the stadium.
At this moment.
The Turk Telekom Arena was full.
Security at the stadium for this match was very strict.
The two stands between the away team fans and the home team fans were emptied, and were blocked by barbed wire on both sides. There were two rows of security personnel sitting there to separate the home team fans from the away team fans.
but.
This is also equivalent to forcing Arsenal fans who come to the away game to sit in the corner of the stadium.
Isolated to a corner of the court.
There is simply no support for the Arsenal players on the pitch.
When players from both sides line up from the tunnel.
All Arsenal players received a "warm greeting" from the home team's fans.
That's really kind.
Especially Ye Luo.
He couldn't be more kindly treated by the fans of the home team.
"fuuucck leaves! fuuuuucccck!!!"
"Go to hell, Long Guoguo!"
"Don't pee your pants in fear! Idiot!"
All the Turkish fans are attacking Yelo.
Who makes Yello the biggest and most threatening player in Arsenal?
Therefore, he is also a priority for the Turks.
The Turkish reporters in the media box were observing the status of Arsenal players.
exactly.
At this time, Ye Luo, who came out with his teammates, yawned.
He looked sleepy.
This made the Turkish reporters in the media gallery suddenly excited.
"Hahahaha! They're finished!"
"Ye Luo doesn't get enough sleep, so there must be something wrong with his physical fitness!"
"Ye Luo is definitely not in good condition!"
The Turkish journalists were all smiles.
The reporters from England and Dragon Country frowned.
Although the operation of these Turkish fans is poor.
But it really works!
Didn’t you see Ye Luo yawning?
"In this game, a draw would be good."
"Go back to the home court and teach them a lesson!"
Some English reporters said viciously.
When Ye Luo entered the stadium, he looked at the stands of the stadium in surprise.
This volume of voice is really unusual!
These Turks are so fanatical.
Ye Luo thought.
What he didn't know was.
The record for the loudest decibel in a stadium in the world was set by the Turks.
This shows their explosive power.
As the game begins.
Galatasaray immediately pressed forward.
Before the game.
They are convinced that Arsenal encountered the "demon noise" from Galatasaray fans in the away game, so there is nothing to worry about in this game.
Galatasaray has already reached the last sixteen of the Champions League.
So they definitely want to go further.
But these Turks are going crazy, and they also know that they will definitely not be happy if they go to the Emirates Stadium.
Therefore, if you want to advance to the quarterfinals, it is very important to make full use of the home court advantage.
These off-court moves are obviously one of the best ways to close the gap in strength between the two sides.
therefore.
Galatasaray's strategy is to take advantage of this to kick up the pace of the game at their home court and bring Arsenal down!
Arsenal seemed to want to control the game. They took the first kick and did not pass the ball directly forward. Instead, they passed the ball all the way back and the football reached the feet of goalkeeper Szczesny.
Galatasaray's pressing was indeed crazy.
Suddenly several players pounced on him.
Szczesny saw that there was no short pass, so he simply kicked the ball forward with his big foot.
And just after the camera followed the football to the frontcourt.
People saw that Ye Luo had appeared in front of the football flight line!
Galatasaray fans suddenly booed sharply.
"That was probably the loudest boo I've ever heard!"
In the commentary box.
A commentator from England said in horror.
Amidst the boos in the sky.
Yelo, who was running wildly, stretched out his feet near the sideline and stopped the ball from the air to his feet. Then he shook his body and shook the center of gravity of a Galatasaray defender before suddenly dribbling the ball towards the baseline and accelerating. Then change direction and cut inside! !
"Shhh"
The boos got louder.
I don’t know if there is a record broken.
But this has nothing to do with Ye Luoke.
He looked in the direction of the goal.
at the same time.
Galatasaray's players retreated blindly because they were too afraid of Yelo's breakthrough.
As a result, a line appeared in front of Ye Luo's eyes.
Long shot line.
He didn't hesitate.
Shoot furiously! !
boom! !
The football soared into the sky and turned into a white line.
Like a shooting star.
brush!
Got into the goal!
The boos in the audience stopped abruptly at this moment!
(End of chapter)
