Soon, the fourth team in Arsenal's group was also drawn, Galatasaray (Turkey).
In this way, the teams in Group E are: Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Club Brugge (Belgium), Galatasaray (Turkey).
Yang Ling said softly: "This group should be pretty good. If nothing unexpected happens, Arsenal should be able to secure second place and compete for first place."
Lin Qiaoxin looked at the equation and asked curiously: "Are you confident that you can beat Paris Saint-Germain? I heard that their forward Mbappe is very powerful. He helped the national team win the World Cup last year when he was only 18 years old."
Fang Fang did not hesitate and said: "Let's not talk about whether we can beat Paris Saint-Germain. Anyway, before we play Paris Saint-Germain, we have to win every group match. This is the safest way."
Lin Qiaoxin couldn't help but squint her eyes, feeling that this answer was too perfunctory.
"What is this? Are you deliberately being overly cautious even though you are very strong?" she muttered.
"This is not intentional, just to build up character before the game~" Yang Ling explained with a smile.
This is what the equation thinks, and it means it is right.
There are a total of 6 rounds in the Champions League group stage. The first round will be on September 19, which is next month.
BJ time is:
09-19, 00:55 Galatasaray vs Paris Saint-Germain
09-19, 03:00 Arsenal vs Club Brugge
The final groupings of the Champions League are as follows:
Group A: Liverpool, Napoli (Italy), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Lyon (Ligue 1)
Group B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Olympiacos (Greek), Red Star Belgrade (Selvia)
Group C: Zenit (Ros), Real Madrid, Dinamo Zagreb (Crodia), Atalanta (Italy)
Group D: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga), Lokomotiv Mosheko
Group E: Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Club Brugge (Belgium), Galatasaray (Turkey)
Group F: Barcelona, Dortmund, Inter Milan (Italy), Slavi Prague (Jike)
Group G: Manchester City, Benfica (Portugal), Shakhtar Donetsk, RB Leipzig (Germany)
Group H: Lille, Ajax (Henan), Valencia (Spain), Genk (Belish)
After all the groups were drawn, major football media in Europe immediately began to report on it.
"Arsenal's lineup is very strong, and they have championship players in their ranks. Before the transfer window closes, Paris Saint-Germain can consider bringing in No. 10 Equation 10!"
——"Paris Football"
"If Arsenal wants to achieve results in the Champions League, they need to recruit again. The competition in Group E may be fierce!"
——"The Times"
"Bayern Munich drew Tottenham in the group stage. Judging from the historical record, they always have an advantage when facing London teams."
——"Munich Zeitung"
"Inter Milan is once again in the death group. They have only introduced Lukaku. Before the transfer window is closed, they should introduce Oriental."
——"Gazzetta dello Sport"
"Arsenal has set a release fee of 70 million euros for the equation. This is a very good choice for non-Premier League teams. Serie A teams can strive to introduce him."
——"Corriere dello Sport"
"After losing Ronaldo, Real Madrid chose to introduce Hazard, but the star has not yet returned from injury!"
——"World Sports News"
"There is no suspense for Barcelona to qualify from the death group, but it is time for them to consider Messi's contract."
——"Marca"
In China, football media and online news naturally released the Champions League draw groups at the same time.
Although the time has reached 00:30, a lot of messages still appeared in the message section of the online news instantly.
"Finally, when Arsenal plays the Champions League and the fourth round of the Premier League is over, Brother Fang will play his first Champions League game in his career. It is not easy to get to this point!"
"The opponent in the first game is Bruges. Arsenal must win and get off to a good start."
"Don't worry, it hasn't started yet, let's build up our character first!"
"But Inter Milan is in a miserable situation. They are in the death group again this year. If I were Master Zhang, I would buy Equation for 70 million euros first!"
"Don't, the old Zhang family has lost a lot of character, it's best not to get involved."
"It's a pity that the first game is not between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, otherwise we would have seen a direct confrontation between Fang Fang and President Mu."
"That's it? If I were President Mu, I would buy Equation with 70 million of the contract termination fee right now, and still want to beat Paris Saint-Germain? Bring it to me!!"
"Presumptuous! Can Mu always be offended?!!"
The next day, PSG won a Ligue 1 game.
Mbappe encountered questions about the Champions League group stage in the mixed area of the interview.
"Killian, what do you think of yesterday's Champions League group draw? Do you think Paris Saint-Germain can successfully finish first in the group?" the reporter asked.
Mbappe put his hands on his hips and said seriously: "Paris Saint-Germain is one of the best clubs in the world. I am eager to win all the championship trophies with the team. The Champions League trophy is very important to any European team. Strong attraction, so we will try our best to complete this arduous task. As for first place in the group, this is the task we have to complete now!"
However, the reporter asked: "So do you think Paris Saint-Germain is better than Arsenal?"
Mbappe said confidently: "I think Ligue 1 is no worse than any other league. We will definitely try our best against Arsenal!"
Hearing this, the reporter suddenly perked up and felt that Mr. Mu's momentum was so powerful.
Ligue 1 can finally stand up!
It is simply a great blessing for Paris that they have such an outstanding football genius!
Soon, Mr. Mu’s “declaration of war” spread through the media and reached North London.
This resulted in reporters squatting outside the gate of Arsenal's base almost all the time. Everyone wants to pry a more sensational statement from the mouth of the Arsenal star.
However, what disappoints them is that the Arsenal base has already conducted closed training and rejected all outside media. Only after this storm has passed will it be opened to the outside world again.
Therefore, Arsenal has not been affected by outside influences.
After Arteta joined the assistant coaching staff, Professor Wenger continued to negotiate transfers with the club, introducing Ben White and Tierney as full-backs, spending a total of 30 million pounds. There are also cleaning redundancies.
But it's not over yet. Fang Fang's agent, Huang Taixi, has been frequently seen at the Arsenal base recently.
He is promoting a young striker from Norway to the club.
Come September 11th.
Arsenal ushered in the fourth round of the Premier League. They went away to play against Canary Norwich.
In this game, head coach Wenger made some lineup adjustments. For example, Lacazette, Fang Fang, Saka, and Saliba sat on the bench, seeming to want to increase the changes in the team's lineup.
then,
I saw that the first half of the game was a bit boring,
Saka chose to chat quietly, "It seems that our next game will be against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Is Mbappe really good?"
After hearing this, Lacazette covered his mouth and said: "You mean Mbappe? But our opponent in the first round of the Champions League is Bruges."
Saka replied in a low voice: "I know, we can learn about Mbappe in advance. Anyway, we have to play home and away games with Paris Saint-Germain."
At this time, Saliba was sitting next to him with a serious expression. He suddenly interjected: "Actually, I used to play on loan in Ligue 1 as a full-back, and I had a direct confrontation with Mbappe."
Saliba paused and saw everyone looking over, then continued,
"He is indeed very strong. As long as the ball comes to his feet, I feel like I can't restrict him by myself. Because he can choose the easiest way to create a threat in a short period of time. So in the eyes of others, he Just getting the ball passed can create a threat.”
Lacazette nodded: "This is indeed true. I met this kid before when I returned to Paris. He is indeed a natural scoring machine."
Saka nodded, "Since everyone says so, then he does have the ability. It's no wonder why he said those things before. A strong person is strong no matter where he is, it doesn't matter which league he is in."
When Fang Fang heard this, he felt happy in his heart.
He didn't care about what President Mu said a few days ago. After all, Mu always became famous at a young age and was arrogant. Later, he would publicly say very offensive things such as American football being relatively backward.
After Mbappe's words, suddenly, Saka said again: "By the way, the team has recently added a new forward, do you know?"
Lacazette was a little curious, "Do you know who it is?"
Fang Fang also looked over, but Saka smiled and said: "I just heard the news, I forgot who it is."
Everyone on the bench almost laughed angrily at this "honest" Saka.
We were chatting quite relaxedly off the court.
However, the game on the field was a bit difficult.
Until the end of the first half, the score was 0:0. Arsenal had a ball possession rate of 71%, but only made three shots, including one on target.
Norwich's defense was very tenacious and almost launched two waves of extremely threatening counterattacks.
After everyone on the bench saw this situation, they stopped talking and laughing.
At the beginning of the second half, Norwich scored a goal. They took a short corner kick and took advantage of this change to score Arsenal's goal with a header.
Head coach Wenger couldn't stand it anymore and immediately began to make substitution adjustments.
Saka comes on, Xhaka comes off; Equation comes on, Ronaldo comes off; Nketiah comes on, Lacazette comes on, this is the rhythm of a comprehensive attack.
The Champions League, English League Cup, and FA Cup games have not started yet. If we lose this game, we will undoubtedly be setting the stage for the end of the season!
Afterwards, Fang Fang ran onto the field and took the captain's armband from Xhaka.
It was said that this was the first time he wore the captain's armband in a game, but it was too late to tinker with it. He slapped it on and began to observe the opponent's lineup.
There are not many stars in the Canary Norwich team, but in this game, each of them is actively defending, and they belong to the kind of team that defends desperately but is not dirty.
Soon, after playing, Lacazette chose to drop back to catch the ball.
He wanted to make a wall-hitting match with the equation,
However, there are people in front of Fang Fang and there is no chance to pass the ball. Lacazette's retracement was still prevented.
Equation had no choice but to continuously mobilize the football outside Norwich's half.
Saka received two consecutive passes on the left wing. He flashed and moved, but it was still difficult to penetrate. There are two people helping to defend him!
Even if Lacazette came on as a substitute, he was still blocked in the penalty area.
He chose to drop back to catch the ball and take away the man he was marking. Norwich still had other players to cover the defense.
This was something the opponent had specifically studied before the game and arranged restrictive measures against Arsenal's core.
"Long shot!"
Fang Fang swayed away from his opponent, passed the football to Saka on the right, and made a gesture at the same time.
Immediately, he ran towards the ribs!
Saka immediately understood. After receiving the ball, he chose to rush to the right, hoping to make a pass.
Norwich's full-backs hurriedly followed him.
But to his surprise, Saka suddenly stopped, moved away from him, and then moved down again,
However, the fact is that Saka hit the ball again with his heel, and an inverted triangle was passed in the direction of the pass.
"Suffer it!"
The Norwich full-back felt nervous and turned around to look.
And Lacazette had already shaken off the defense in advance, ran out of a diagonal arc, and just received the inverted triangle pass in this small gap!
Seeing Lacazette's flexible movement, Fang Fang decisively gave up his forward insertion into the ribs and rushed towards the penalty area decisively.
When Lacazette received the pass from the inverted triangle, someone from Norwich immediately followed and stretched his legs to defend.
However, it's still too late! !
Lacazette tipped his toes and without raising his head, sent an overhead pass to the center of the small penalty area.
This is a tacit cooperation developed through countless trainings!
The Premier League commentator immediately exclaimed!
"Lacazette is so flexible and his movement in the penalty area is perfect!!"
"He passed the ball over the top, who found the ball!!"
"It's Equation, he stepped forward in time, he ran into position!! Thirteen yards in front of the goal, the goalkeeper has no way to attack!!"
"This small gap in front of the goal was created by Lacazette's running and Saka on the wing!!"
“Equation’s sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and he seized this perfect opportunity!!”
Fang Fang gently jumped up from between the two tall defenders. This was the small coordination in the penalty area that his teammates had practiced in training!
All you need to do is run in place, and your teammates will be able to pass the ball tacitly!
This overhead pass is very easy for the equation.
The position of the opponent's two defenders was already messed up, and they had no time to take off.
Looking back, I could only watch Equation push the football into the goal!
The score is 1:1! !
The goalkeeper was frozen and could only watch helplessly as the door was breached.
but,
Fang Fang didn't have time to be happy, so he quickly picked up the football that had just entered the goal and quickly returned to the center circle!
Because the game has reached the 85th minute, Arsenal has no extra time. If they want to win, they must race against time.
The teammates also quickly returned to their respective positions.
However, Norwich did not panic because of this. They could accept the draw, but if they wanted to score another goal, they had to step over their bodies.
In the end, the score was locked at 1:1!
Arsenal's winning streak was ended.
Equation just killed the game.
But he didn't feel frustrated. A draw wouldn't be the end of the world. Arsenal can still maintain their ranking.
At the same time, Equation is also quite sober.
After all, if the lineup wants to improve, a draw is the tuition that must be paid. No one is born knowing it.
Professor Wenger's formation obviously needs further adjustments.
At this time, the game was over, and head coach Wenger and Artat were already communicating continuously.
The Premier League commentator looked at this scene and concluded: "The game is over. Fang Fang's header saved Arsenal today and tied Canary Norwich."
"Arsenal has many new faces this season, and obviously they still need time to get used to it. I hope they can rely on the championship players from last season to survive this period."
"However, the first round of the Champions League group stage on September 19 is approaching. It depends on what adjustments coach Wenger will make."
(End of chapter)
