Chapter 661 New Challenge
Arsenal continues to win the game, and their outstanding performance in the league makes people feel desperate; Arsenal's performance is becoming more and more stable, and their current lead in the standings also seems to be very obvious. In fact, at this time, Arsenal's opponents are under increasing pressure, because Arsenal's performance is really stable, and it seems difficult to expect Arsenal to suddenly collapse at this time.
Arsenal's performance is becoming more and more stable. As long as Arsenal continues to ensure that it does not make mistakes at this time, Arsenal's opponents will definitely be completely dragged down. Arsenal now has a certain lead in the standings, and the league is getting closer and closer. At this time, Arsenal will continue to lock in the top spot in the standings. It will be too difficult for those who want to win the championship with Arsenal in the league.
In the game, the reverse victory over Sunderland won three-pointers at the Stadium of Light. Arsenal's performance is really solid now. They will not give their opponents any chance to chase points. Arsenal still continues to win the game steadily. Although Arsenal may encounter some trouble during the game, the final winner will definitely belong to the Gunners because they can solve those difficulties well, because Arsenal can understand that they can quickly adjust the strong rebound.
Arsenal continues to win, and now they are gradually becoming more and more likely to get rid of their opponents in the standings. Arsenal now uses their outstanding performance to make the pressure of chasing Manchester United and Manchester City more and more. Although they are trying their best to continue to ensure that they are not thrown away by Arsenal. However, it is obviously an impossible task for them to chase points. Arsenal's performance is really outstanding. They look perfect and almost impeccable. They will not give other teams any chance to chase points at this time.
Perhaps there is a good opportunity for those teams now, because Arsenal is going to start a two-line battle, which has left fans waiting for more than two months to finally return! At this time, Arsenal will prepare for the Champions League knockout stage, and Manchester United and Manchester City now need to seize this opportunity in the league; this may be their last chance this season, they have already been eliminated in the Champions League. They only need to concentrate on playing the league well now. If they cannot catch up with the score difference when Arsenal is fighting on multiple fronts, then the final hope for them this season will be shattered.
In the Champions League one-eighth knockout round, the most eye-catching topics are not Real Madrid, Barcelona, who is softer in persimmons, nor Lyon vs Greek competition, Zenit vs Benfica, who is the dark horse; the battle between the two Premier League champions and the two Serie A champions is the biggest highlight. AC Milan and Arsenal, Chelsea and Naples, such a confrontation between the Premier League and Serie A is really interesting, and it is definitely not an easy game.
In recent years, the strong rise of the Premier League is in sharp contrast with the decline of Serie A nobles. Looking back, the entire European football world has been dominated by a group of kingly rulers wearing black-based interstellar shirts, who have won the World Cup four times in total. In the history of the Champions League, there are no one who has the same place as the last thirty finals. But now, red, white, blue and black can no longer intertwin the most beautiful picture. The decline of the Apennines in the past decade has gradually depressed these epic colors.
The "phone door" scandal in 2006 almost made Serie A slump, and coupled with the frequent global financial crisis, Italian clubs can only operate miserably. Although the two giants Milan and Inter Milan bosses Berlusconi and Morati have many gold and silver, the transfer market is now cautious and don't want to spend a single piece of money.
In recent years, their performance in the Premier League has caused collective encirclement by teams in other leagues; they habitually qualify for the group, and they habitually win most of the places in the semi-finals. UEFA's open and secret suppression of the Premier League is no longer a news, because the performance of the Premier League is too strong, which destroys the competitiveness of the Champions League that UEFA hopes to see.
Although Manchester United and Manchester City were both very surprised to be eliminated in the optimistic group stage this season, in the knockout round, Chelsea and Arsenal, the London two heroes, continued to enter the knockout round. They defended the dignity of the Premier League. As long as they stay in the Champions League, they are the most competitive team, and they will still be the super favorites to win the championship because they have that competitiveness.
Arsenal is the Champions League champion in the past two seasons. They are the first team to win two consecutive championships since the reform of the Champions League. They broke the curse of defending the Champions League champion, which is indeed extremely encouraging and a crazy performance. Although many people are not optimistic about Arsenal's ability to set three consecutive championships in the Champions League, no one can understand that Arsenal is definitely capable of overturning any team.
Arsenal's performance in the Champions League this season is still worth looking forward to. Although he is in the death group, Arsenal has easily won the first place in the group as if he was cutting melons and vegetables. Their strength is far beyond other opponents in the group stage. The relaxed state they showed in this process is incredible because Arsenal is too crazy.
Now, Arsenal has entered the knockout stage, as many people have guessed, Arsenal's Champions League trip this season is definitely not easy. They have met the strongest group since the group stage. Once they enter the knockout stage, they immediately meet the strongest opponent in the knockout stage. Arsenal is now on the target of public criticism. Everyone wants to limit Arsenal's madness. They are definitely unwilling to see Arsenal completely complete their monopoly on the Champions League.
Perhaps this season is definitely not easy for Arsenal to create a triple-champion, because some of their players were lost during the offseason, and their competitiveness has indeed declined. Moreover, Arsenal has attracted the attention of all teams now, and their goal is to defeat Arsenal; and Arsenal has encountered the strongest opponent from the beginning, and with the increasingly intensive schedule now, Arsenal will definitely not be easy.
Arsenal players also know that this is a hurdle. When the Champions League knockout comes, this is a huge pressure for the Gunners, because the league and the Champions League are fighting on both sides, which are also two fronts that cannot be lost. At this time, the Gunners must ensure that they are moving forward together. If there is a loss on any front at this time, it will definitely be a huge blow to the team's confidence.
Xiao Qing and his teammates are ready. Although Arsenal is very good in the league, and although Arsenal's leading advantage in the league standings is quite obvious. But Arsenal cannot be taken lightly because they have lofty ambitions, so at this time they need to strictly demand their performance. They cannot relax because of some initiative now. What they need is harder and positive performance.
As for the next Champions League quarterfinal against AC Milan, it is also quite critical for Arsenal; entering the Champions League knockout stage, this also means that there is no mistake at all. Although it is a two-round game, there is theoretical capital to make mistakes, but at this time, giving the initiative to the opponent means putting yourself on the edge of the cliff, especially when the opponent is a top team, it naturally means that you need to be more cautious because their ability to seize opportunities is better.
Xiao Qing is very concerned about his next performance now. AC Milan is definitely a tough tough bone. At this time, Arsenal naturally needs to make more efforts. Although Arsenal has performed very well during this period, their condition is also trustworthy; but Xiao Qing will never be blindly arrogant. What they need at this time is more effort and concentration, and they still need to continue to work hard.
With Manchester United and Manchester City both out of the Premier League, facing the smug Milanese, as the highest-ranking Premier League team among the Champions League teams, Arsenal will shoulder the banner of defending the Premier League reputation.
Last December, when the draw results of the Champions League quarterfinals against the top 16 were announced, Milan coach Allegri had despised two Premier League powerhouses Arsenal and Chelsea who drew Serie A rivals: "Italian football has moved forward, but after Manchester City and Manchester United were eliminated, the situation of the Premier League teams was not good."
Although Arsenal is the defending champion of the Champions League, AC Milan does not think they will be worse than the Gunners. They are now full of confidence, especially in the first round, they will bring the biggest blow to Arsenal at San Siro. Arsenal's momentum is very good, but AC Milan does not think they are at a disadvantage at all. In the past two seasons, AC Milan actually performed very poorly in the Champions League. At that time, AC Milan was in a state of alternating new and old. But AC Milan has completed the lineup update very well, and their current strength is really good.
Chapter completed!