Leisurely days always pass quickly. Although the international match day lasts for a week, after all, the Champions League game is coming soon. After playing in Hawaii for two days, Chen Mo and Messi couldn't sit still.
The three girls still eat and go shopping every day, and do SP and watch movies at night, but the four old men, Chen Mo, Messi, and Ronaldinho Henry, returned to the club for training early.
On March 24, in the 30th round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Manchester City away.
Manchester City has had mixed feelings this season. After 30 league rounds, they are currently ranked 15th in the Premier League.
It seems that there are still three places away from the relegation zone, but in fact, the competition in the Premier League this year is much stronger than in previous years. The points gap between the bottom ten in the league is very small. Just like Manchester City, they were still ranked in the league when they played against West Ham United in their last game. 12th, but dropped directly to 15th after losing the game.
One second of heaven, one second of hell, every game is an extremely exciting roller coaster.
In addition to the game itself, another factor affecting Manchester City is that Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has taken a liking to Manchester City.
Rumors were still circulating in the past two years, but this year Thaksin has really started to acquire Manchester City. However, there is no doubt that Thaksin, as the prime minister of a country, will definitely not acquire a British Championship club.
Therefore, Manchester City played like a chicken in this game, and their actions were extremely brutal and violent. Di Maria was knocked to the ground 5 times in the first half, but the referee did not issue a single yellow card!
Home whistle!
Arsenal, who did not want to fight in this situation, were also angered. In the 63rd minute of the game, Modric intercepted the ball in the middle circle and advanced, and Manchester City's midfielder directly made a sliding tackle!
Bright spikes!
Kick on the calf bone!
Modric was kicked directly to the ground!
Fortunately, Modric is a very smart player. He had already jumped in advance to dodge, but the socks on his calf were scratched and he was not injured.
But the midfielder didn't get a red card, but a yellow card!
This directly ignited Chen Mo's emotions. As the game restarted, the midfielder just received the ball, and Chen Mo made a vicious shovel from behind!
Even after he tackled the ball to the ground and finished everything, regardless of the wailing midfielder holding his ankle or the referee running over while taking out the red card, Chen Mo directly handed the captain's armband to Henry, and the Arsenal fans cheered enthusiastically. Amid the shouts, Chen Mo and Wenger hugged and walked directly to the players' tunnel.
There was no need to take this red card, but not only did the fans and players not blame Wenger, but even the Arsenal staff in the player tunnel high-fived Chen Mo.
English football is like this. Many weak teams will play dirty when facing strong teams. This is based on the idea of "you are worth more than me and cherish your feathers more".
But in fact this is a frightening pseudo-logic.
Although Chen Mo is worth more, no player is willing to trade his career with others. After all, those who can play in the Premier League are already winners in life, with a weekly salary of tens of thousands of pounds, but they are just winning more Or less.
There is no doubt that the kick was malicious and injurious. Manchester City, who lost the game 0-1 after the game, hoped that the FA would impose additional punishment on Chen Mo, but unfortunately, it was of no use and the FA rejected it. Manchester City's above.
joke!
Although Arsenal has always been disliked by the Football Association, as Manchester United enters reconstruction this season, Chelsea is experiencing a decline in performance due to coaching changes, and Liverpool has not won any honors. Arsenal and Chen Mo are now almost the top players in the Premier League.
It can be said without hesitation that Arsenal is now the biggest cash cow in the Premier League!
Before Arsenal, the biggest cash cow in the Premier League was Manchester United!
What was the extent of Manchester United's franchise at that time?
In the final stage of the game, Manchester United fell behind. Ferguson glanced at his watch and the referee did not dare to call stoppage time!
When Keane broke the old Haaland's leg with a flying kick in Muay Thai, he was only suspended for 4 games. Suarez, who was at Liverpool at the time, bit Ivanovic and was suspended for 10 games, and then bit Kiye. Lini was immediately banned for six months
Football, like basketball, has star whistles to ensure ratings and profits. This game can never be banned unless humans are eliminated.
However, the basic rule of a one-game suspension for a red card will certainly not be changed, but this will not affect Arsenal. The Champions League and the league each have their own cards.
On the third day after defeating Manchester City, the second leg of the 2007 Champions League quarter-finals began. Arsenal faced Bayern at the Emirates Stadium at home.
It was said that it was a head-on battle, but in fact Arsenal played more easily in this game than in the first round.
After losing 3-0 to Arsenal in the first round of the Champions League, internal strife broke out within the team. The key was that the team's coach Otmar had just taken over half way through and could not hold back Bayern's locker room.
A few days ago, Bayern had slipped to fifth place in the Bundesliga. Under pressure, their chairman Rummenigge directly shouted to the media that Bayern would be fully rebuilt next season.
As soon as these words came out, not to mention the Bayern players, even Chen Mo, who was squatting on the toilet at home and reading the newspaper, was stunned for a moment.
No, everyone knows that Bayern is going to face a major change, but... can't they just pretend and wait until the end of the season to announce it?
Originally, the players' strength could no longer keep up with the current top level, but as a result, their mentality changed.
There is no such thing as burning the boat, burning the boat is not only because there is no way out, but also because Xiang Yu is victorious in every battle. The whole army has a backbone, but Bayern does not have a backbone now.
Not long after the game started, in the 13th minute, Chen Mo single-handedly attacked Zelberto in the middle, dribbling the ball to the top of the arc to attract left center defender Lucio to go up and then directly push with his right foot. The ball rolled to the right side of the goal. Di Maria rushed over and faced goalkeeper Lensing, who replaced Kahn, and pushed the arch of his left foot into the far corner.
The Champions League quarter-finals are a big scene. Many players will be weak when facing this kind of game, but what Chen Mo admires most about Di Maria is his big heart, and he will never let up at critical moments!
No, you can’t say that.
Di Maria is a very magical figure. He is great in big scenes, but he always gets injured before super important games.
For three consecutive years in 14, 15, and 16, he was injured before the finals of the World Cup and two Copa Americas respectively.
But the amazing thing is that Argentina won every final they played.
And all this comes from his super big heart!
Needless to say, he pushed to the far corner and the ball went directly into the left side of the goal.
One to zero!
The total number of goals scored in the two rounds was 4 to 0!
This goal completely shattered Bayern's morale. There was no chance of a four-goal comeback, but the tragic corkscrew in their team was still playing in the youth team.
Finally, in the 83rd minute of the game, Chen Mo took a corner kick from the left, Giroud succeeded with a header in the penalty area, and the score was fixed at 2-0.
After beating Bayern 5-0 in two rounds, Arsenal advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and not long after, other games also decided the winner!
In the end, the four teams that advanced to the semi-finals were: Arsenal, AC Milan, Barcelona and Liverpool.
It seems like a strange creature has wandered in.
(End of chapter)
