To be honest, Arsenal's start to the season has been relatively easy.
It didn't start like the previous seasons, either against Manchester United or Liverpool and Chelsea.
In the second round of the Premier League, Arsenal's opponent is Sheffield United.
Speaking of Sheffield United, there are two people that cannot be avoided, one is Sun Jihai and the other is Tiezi.
Tiezi joined Sheffield United in 2006, but at the beginning of this year, Tiezi transferred from Sheffield United in the Premier League to Chengdu Sheffield United.
Yes, Chengdu Sheffield United.
The name sounds a bit magical, because the word Sheffield is a place name, the name of Sheffield, one of the eight largest cities in the UK.
Obviously, Chengdu Sheffield United, named after two cities at the same time, is a cooperative team of Sheffield United.
But it doesn't matter where the iron went.
The important thing is that Sun Jihai transferred from Manchester City to Sheffield United this year.
Not being sacked by Manchester City.
It was Sun Jihai who took the initiative not to renew his contract after it expired.
Speaking of which, it is a pity for Sun Jihai. If he had not been seriously injured and was two or three years younger, then he would actually have a chance to compete as the main starting right back in Manchester City.
Yes, the main starter.
It sounds a bit overestimating Sun Jihai's ability, but whether he can play the main role sometimes depends not only on his personal strength, but also on the team's personnel configuration.
Nowadays, many clubs around the world have poor full-backs. Wenger spent money to dig them everywhere this summer, but he only found Zambrotta, whose contract had expired and was almost past his peak.
This is mainly because there are very few good full-backs, and most of them are in wealthy clubs.
Players like Bayern's Lahm, Barcelona's Dani Alves, and Inter Milan's Zanetti are all very strong, but they can't be poached at all.
The same goes for Manchester City. Their left back dug up Chelsea's Ashley Cole, but the right back is not very strong. Sun Jihai in his heyday really has a chance to compete for the starting spot.
But it is a pity that Sun Jihai is thirty-one this year and will be thirty-two soon, and he has also suffered several serious injuries.
So he didn't settle for Manchester City, but chose Sheffield United where he could start.
The confrontation between Sun Jihai and Chen Mo undoubtedly attracted widespread attention from domestic fans. When Chen Mo came on the field before the game, he saw many more Dragon Kingdom reporters than in other games.
However, Sheffield United's strength is too far behind Arsenal.
Sheffield United is a team between the Premier League and the Championship. Every season they are either trying their best to avoid relegation or trying their best to surpass the Premier League. They belong to the lowest group in the entire Premier League.
When a team like this plays Arsenal, they naturally don't dare to attack and can only defend and counterattack, but the problem is, it's of no use.
Arsenal was actually quite afraid of defensive counterattacks last season, especially those that burst forward from the wing and then hit a header from a 45-degree angle, but now the little pig is here.
Piggy is not only better defensively than Rakitic, but also has better organizational skills.
After having Xiaozhu, Chen Mo can run more freely. He does not have to stay in front like last season, otherwise the midfield and frontcourt will be disconnected. And because Xiaozhu also assumes part of the organizational tasks, Chen Mo also has more Time without the ball.
In this case, it is equivalent to further liberating Chen Mo's running ability, and sometimes he can even retreat all the way to his own midfielder area to defend, and this also makes Sheffield United's high-altitude ball tactics more difficult to work.
You can't fight for high-altitude balls, and you can't hit the iron ropes of Xiao Ma, Xiaozhu and Chen Mo when they hit the ground.
However, Sheffield United's defense was very tough, and, perhaps because he was not excited enough, Chen Mo was not in very good shape in this game. In the end, Arsenal only won 1-0.
After the game, many Sheffield United players came to Chen Mo to exchange jerseys, but Chen Mo refused with a smile, saying that he wanted to exchange this jersey with Sun Jihai.
There is no other meaning. The main reason is that Chen Mo really admires Sun Jihai and Fan Zhiyi, a group of national football stars who dare to fight and fight. And how can I put it, now these stars are gradually withdrawing from the stage of history, like Sun Jihai is already thirty Second, this year should be his last season in the Premier League.
There is no doubt that when Chen Mo and Sun Jihai exchanged jerseys, the Dragon Country reporters on the sidelines clicked their shutters frantically.
After the game, many netizens were even studying what the two said after they hugged, and why Chen Mo kept laughing.
There are various opinions on the Internet, but Chen Mo laughed just because Sun Jihai asked him to go to the Northeast the next time he returned to Long Kingdom and treat Chen Mo to a goose stewed in an iron pot.
Four days after beating Sheffield United, Arsenal defeated visiting Newcastle 3-0 at their home stadium, the Emirates Stadium.
With three consecutive wins at the start, and an overwhelming advantage on the field, Arsenal fans were very excited, clamoring to win more championships this year, but within a few days, everyone's attention was attracted by another thing - — Golden Globe Awards.
The 2008 Golden Globe Awards announced a shortlist of twenty candidates.
[Chen Mo, Messi, Ronaldo, Kaká, Torres, Casillas, Xavi, Arshavin, Bale, Di Maria, Ibrahimovic, Gerrard]
The twenty-man roster is all well-known figures, but fans all know that the only ones who can compete for the Golden Ball this year are basically Chen Mo, Messi, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Chen Mo won the Champions League, but failed to win the domestic league cup.
Messi did not win the Champions League, but he won the La Liga and Copa del Rey double.
As for Kaká, Kaká had no honors last season, but under Mourinho, his personal data exploded.
21 goals, 23 assists!
This data is extremely scary. You must know that the Premier League Golden Boot this year only scored 20 goals. Even Drogba, Henry's Premier League Golden Boot in the 0607 season, only scored 20 goals! In terms of assists, he only had two fewer assists than Chen Mo.
In terms of goals and assists, Kaká’s personal data is even better than Chen Mo’s!
A big reason for this is that Chen Mo has helpers like Bertimaria and Henry at Arsenal. Many times he does not pass the first to last pass, but the second to last pass. At the same time, when attacking, he often does not need to do it himself. Stronger.
At Arsenal, Chen Mo's role more often is to revitalize the team.
This can be seen from the fact that Arsenal's team's number of goals and assists are much higher than Manchester City.
However, Kaka last season was still a completely single-core leader who pushed Manchester City into the Champions League. Especially in the second half of the season, Kaka scored many key goals. Now he is "Chen Mo" in the eyes of Manchester City fans.
In this case, Kaka also has a chance to win the golden ball.
After all, unless it is a World Cup year, the Golden Globe Award is not entirely based on the championship. It not only weighs the championship, but also weighs the player's personal performance.
As for Ronaldo, Ronaldo scored 31 goals last season and won the European Golden Boot.
I have to say that Ronaldo's sense of smell in front of the goal is indeed historical, and this is why Real Madrid wants to buy Ronaldo. However, compared to Chen Mo and Messi Kaka, Ronaldo last season was still a little behind.
In terms of team honors, he cannot compare with Chen Mo and Messi. In terms of personal statistics, although he scored 31 goals, he only had 7 assists.
Judging from the data alone, he created 38 goals, while Kaká scored 21 goals and sent 23 assists. Whether in terms of the number of goals he participated in or the impact on the team's game, Kaká last season was better than Kaká. Ronaldo is stronger.
However, even if Ronaldo is not included, who will win the Golden Ball this October among Chen Mo, Messi and Kaka?
There is no doubt that as soon as the list of candidates came out, fans all over the world immediately started heated discussions. Various news stories appeared every day, and days passed in such a lively atmosphere.
Similar to what Chen Mo had thought before, Arsenal's starting schedule this season is relatively easy.
On September 13, in the fourteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged West Brom away.
West Brom, the team that once rejected Chen Mo in youth training, doesn't have much to say.
It feels like a delivery truck.
I have been going back and forth between the Premier League and the Championship these years. Anyway, every time I make it to the Premier League, I will be immediately dismembered by other mid- and lower-tier Premier League teams. The stronger players in the team will be poached immediately, and then because of their strength, they will be dismembered. Dropped and relegated back to the Championship.
This year is similar. As soon as the summer window opened, West Brom's players were poached.
This kind of team is not strong in itself and is still in a weak position. Arsenal naturally manipulates it casually. Even Chen Mo was directly replaced after 3-0 in the first half.
However, Chen Mo doesn’t have a good impression of West Brom, but local fans all know what happened between Chen Mo and their club, and seven or eight years have passed, and many teenagers from those years have now started families and started businesses, and they will tell this story Tell it to their children.
Ever since, when Chen Mo was sitting on the transparent plastic bench and drinking water, there was a five or six-year-old Caucasian girl in the stands nearby who smiled and said hello to him. At the same time, she held a camera in her hand and wanted to take a photo with Chen Mo.
Normally, there is still a game on the field. Even if the little loli is cute and friendly at this time, Chen Mo should not interact with the fans, otherwise he will easily be fined.
However, when he saw the child, Chen Mo subconsciously thought of Yue Chixun, who was now almost nine months pregnant.
Without worrying about anything, under the smiling gazes of Henry and Di Maria, who were also substituted, Chen Mo got up and walked to the stands to take a photo with the young fans.
West Brom's stadium is the Hawthorn Stadium. This stadium is small and the stands are not high. The little girl was held by her father around the waist and leaned out enough to take a photo with Chen Mo who was climbing on the stand. This scene was also captured by the camera and projected on the big screen in the corner of the stand.
There was no doubt that there were bursts of exclamations. The fans on the field laughed and applauded while the players on the field were still confused as to what was going on.
A small episode, after taking a group photo and rubbing the little Lolita's white hair, Chen Mo also returned to the bench under the command of the referee with a smile.
However, what Chen Mo didn't expect was that his random move would be widely reported by various media after the game.
There is no way, mainly because there is no focus battle in this round of the Premier League. As a result, Chen Mo received many gifts at his door the morning after the game, and many fans praised his love.
This made Chen Mo, who had always been big-hearted, a little embarrassed. After all, all he had to do was stand on tiptoe and smile at the camera.
After playing against West Brom, the time has come to mid-September, and with great expectations, the Champions League group stage has also begun.
Arsenal is in Group G this year with Atletico Madrid of La Liga, Dynamo Kiev of the Ukrainian League, and Fenerbahce of the Turkish League.
There is not much competition pressure in this group. Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce are relatively weak, and only Atletico Madrid is more difficult to play.
Especially Atletico Madrid's two forwards, Aguero and Forlan.
Needless to say about Aguero, as for Fran
This old man is usually used to highlight how powerful Riquelme is.
At that time, he only scored ten goals in three seasons at Manchester United. As a result, he went to Villarreal with Riquelme and scored 25 goals in a single season and won the European Golden Boot.
Therefore, many people say that Riquelme has the ability to turn shit into gold and is the world's strongest attacking midfielder who can turn a rookie forward into a golden boot. But in fact
Without Riquelme, Forlan scored 23 goals last season after switching to Atletico Madrid. In the original timeline, Forlan would score 32 goals in 33 games next season and win the European Golden Boot.
Both Villarreal and Atletico Madrid can win the European Golden Boot. There is no doubt that Forlan is a top shooter, and his partner Aguero is also very strong.
To be honest, Chen Mo was looking forward to this game, so he called Aguero two days before the game, preparing to ridicule him, but the reply he got was naturally, "Just wait to be beaten by me!" After I’ve fucked you, I’m going to fuck Leo again! 】.
Regarding Aguero's crazy remarks, Chen Mo naturally rolled his eyes and hung up the phone.
However, two days before the match with Atletico Madrid, Chen Mo arrived in Madrid early, and not only Chen Mo, but also Yuechi Xun and Keli came with him.
For no other reason, Aguero made Maradona's little daughter Gianna pregnant.
To be honest, Chen Mo was shocked when he heard the news, and what shocked him even more was that Gianna had been pregnant for more than three months, and Lao Ma didn't know it yet!
Having a baby and falling in love are two different concepts.
Aguero's hair is about to turn gray now, and he doesn't know how to propose an engagement to Lao Ma.
Aguero didn't know what to say, but Chen Mo didn't care. He called Lao Ma before getting on the plane.
Ever since, when Chen Mo, Messi and others came to Madrid, Spain, shortly after arriving at Aguero's villa, there was a harsh brake sound at the door.
As Chen Mo and Messi watched while drinking water and licking their cheeks, wanting to laugh but holding back, the old man kicked open the door and rushed into the room, carrying a bag with "Traitor" written all over his face like a rabbit. Aguero, who looked at Chen Mo, went up to the second floor.
I don’t know what the two talked about. Anyway, when Yue Chixun and Gianna Channa were exchanging pregnancy feelings, when Chen Mo and Messi were watching the TV series and almost yawned, Aguero was smiling like a bitch. Follow the shy old man downstairs with a proud face.
There is no doubt that this reaction must have passed the test.
But, Aguero is proud in love, but frustrated in the professional arena.
On September 18, Arsenal challenged Atletico Madrid at the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium.
There weren't many highlights in the whole game. Atletico Madrid in this era is not the iron-blooded team of Simeone's era. The strength is not too strong. The first reason for being able to enter the Champions League qualification zone is that Atletico Madrid's forwards have been very strong in recent years. The second reason is that Villarreal and Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga have fallen into a trough.
A strong forward is Atletico Madrid's biggest advantage, but neither Aguero nor Forlan are the type who are good at dropping back to get the ball and then break through. In other words, what they can do when they drop back is not considered top-notch.
This kind of forward needs the support of the midfielder, and Atletico Madrid's midfielder is still following a technical flow these days.
As for technical flow, you can either reach the top like Barcelona, or be overthrown like Spain later. If you are strong, you can play a torturing effect. But if your strength is similar to that of the opponent, you can still play well in the scene. It looks good and is easy to score goals. But it is easy to overturn.
However, Atletico Madrid's players are much less skilled than Arsenal.
Under the strangulation of Xiao Ma, Xiaozhu and Chen Mo, Atletico Madrid could not get past halftime.
At the 13th minute of the first half, Xiao Ma made an interception in the backcourt. After seeing Chen Mo being guarded, he immediately passed the ball to Xiaozhu on the left. Xiaozhu dribbled the ball through the center circle, attracting the defense and then found the right forward pass. Chen Mo's speed advantage in moving forward got him to the receiving line.
Then, amidst the exclamations of the Madrid fans in the audience, Chen Mo, who had just received the pass, made a sharp right-footed pass directly through Atletico Madrid's two defense lines in the 40-meter area. Finally, Henry easily pushed the ball in front of the goal and scored. .
The goal was scored in 13 minutes. Atletico Madrid fans, who had entered the Champions League for the first time in more than ten years, were stunned. Even Aguero, who had been chasing after the goal, was discouraged after seeing the goal. He held his knees and gasped, and his heart was lifted. Feeling helpless.
Helpless, not only because Chen Mo and Arsenal are very strong, but also because he knows that Atletico Madrid's current tactical system will find it difficult to go far.
Why many weak teams in the Premier League play defensive counterattacks, and sometimes even give up the midfield, is because the technical flow requires high players' abilities, not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, but Atletico Madrid has no money. To buy this kind of player, Atletico Madrid in this era was similar to Dortmund later. They were both Petri dishes for stars, and they mainly made profits by selling stars.
And this is one of the reasons why Atletico Madrid wants to play the technical stream.
Now La Liga is dominated by Barcelona, and Real Madrid is even in its trough. In this case, Atletico Madrid will basically not be at a disadvantage compared to other teams, and technical flow is easier to score than counterattacks. The more balls there are, the better the forward's statistics will be.
The better the data looks, the more money you can sell it for.
Of course, Chen Mo doesn't care how Atletico Madrid plays.
This is a Champions League match, even in the group stage, every time the team wins a game, the team will receive a bonus of more than one million euros.
In this case, Arsenal would never let go, and they would definitely be kicking the ball to the death.
Ever since, when the game ended, the bright red number five to one also appeared on the big screen in the stands.
(End of chapter)
