The result did not go beyond Xiao Ge's "expectations". England defeated Austria with difficulty 1-0, and then the Netherlands also defeated the Czech Republic. England was miraculously lucky to win the second place in all the group matches and the best team, as they wished. Qualify early.
During the game, the most interesting thing was the scene of Knightley wearing Xiao Ge's No. 95 Arsenal jersey to cheer for England. This pirate girl showed her full personality. Of course, it also caused quite a stir, but she didn't care, she Just to vent his anger for Xiao Ge.
The European qualifiers are finally over, and every club can feel at ease. But which team is the most miserable is Arsenal. Ashley Cole, Campbell, and Hleb are back with injuries. Ashley Cole and Hurley were confirmed to be out for six to eight weeks during subsequent inspections. Wenger was so angry that he cursed his mother. After receiving the news, he immediately publicly attacked FIFA and was about to face West Brom. Wenger Suddenly I didn’t know who to send out.
In the ninth round of the league, Arsenal was away to challenge West Brom. Wenger had to send a group of child soldiers, goalkeeper Lehmann, defender Senderos, Toure, Eboue, Clichy, midfielder Flamini, France Bregas, Larsson, Ljungberg, forward Robin van Persie, Bergkamp.
Arsenal's bench was filled with young players, but the injured camp was full of big names. Xiao Ge was not in the mood to participate in their discussions. The outside world generally believed that Arsenal was very likely to break their unbeaten streak in this game. If they lose, Arsenal will be eight points behind Chelsea with one game in hand, not to mention that the make-up game is against Liverpool, which will be very difficult to beat.
After the game started, West Brom obviously wanted to use their home court advantage to play with this trapped dragon in shallow water. West Brom took advantage of its physical advantage to constantly attack Arsenal's backcourt. Veteran Kanu is very familiar with Arsenal. The tactics used frequently pressed Arsenal in the frontcourt, forcing Arsenal to be unable to organize an effective attack for a while.
After surviving three attacks from West Brom, Arsenal's midfielder's technical advantage began to slowly show its power.
In the 21st minute of the game, Arsenal got a chance. Bergkamp's shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Kaclan, and Ljungberg took the corner kick.
Since Senderos made several mistakes against Chelsea, Wenger has begun to be dissatisfied with the Swiss youngster. Coupled with Xigan's outstanding performance and Campbell's recovery from injury, he has rarely been played in these rounds. He was very angry for this game.
Seeing the arc drawn by Ljungberg, he had already jumped close to him. Senderos, who was 1.93 meters tall, jumped out high. The fans in the stands only saw a ferocious head above everyone's heads." Damn, that man is so ugly, it would be best if Xiao went away."...
Senderos had no time to care about his own image. He stiffened in the air and swung the ball hard into the far corner.
"goooooo~~~~~~l, we are ahead, Senderos, a young player from Switzerland, he has proven himself, he has proved that injuries cannot defeat us - Arsenal~~~~~~."
"Ah~~~." The excited Senderos shouted as he ran, chasing his teammates from a distance and cheering towards the Arsenal fans.
"That's great." Xiao Ge seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the ball, and jumped out with his arms flying.
Wenger also felt that his body seemed to be a little lighter. At this time, he was not confident. After all, he had changed the entire main lineup for the game. This ball made Wenger at least not restless.
After Arsenal scored a goal, West Brom began to attack fiercely. The three young players in the midfield could only frequently drop the ball under the pressure of the opponent, but they could not pass the ball of high quality, although they controlled the situation on the field.
, but the attack seemed extremely weak, and neither Van Persie nor Bergkamp could deliver a fatal blow at this time.
After West Brom lost a goal, they even changed their formation and started to attack. Anyway, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. In the 39th minute of the game, Kanu intercepted the ball sent to the frontcourt by Eboue and quickly
He threw away the defender, broke into the penalty area, and shot a cold arrow before Lehmann had time to react, equalizing the score for West Brom. In the first half, Arsenal's advantage did not change the victory, and the score was 1-1.
Wenger immediately encouraged the confidence of the midfielders, asking them to make more breakthroughs, and asked Van Persie to use his habit of cutting inside and not just wait for the ball. The situation in the first half made Wenger believe that his team can attack effectively in the second half.
win.
The second half soon restarted, and Arsenal took advantage of the first stage to launch a fierce attack. Unfortunately, without Xiao Ge and Henry, Arsenal became unable to shoot. Robin van Persie hit the door twice in a row, which also showed that Arsenal's luck was not in their favor.
After 20 minutes of furious attack, Arsenal, which was in a strong position and could not score, suffered another heavy blow. Carter took advantage of the coordination errors of the two central defenders in several counterattacks, cut in from their joints, and pushed the ball into the far corner to score, adding to the scene.
Sibro, who was at a disadvantage, overtook the score.
"gooooooooo~~~~l, we are ahead, we are ahead of Arsenal, Carter, Carter, Brian can bring miracles to us~~." West Brom's commentator screamed into the microphone crazily.
After this goal, the whole stadium fell into madness, "Well done, Carter." West Brom's coach Brian Robson jumped up excitedly and hugged his players. If they beat Arsenal,
Na, he can definitely write a glorious chapter on his football resume.
"Damn it." Wenger saw the missed goal and clapped his hands with some annoyance. With a livid face, he walked around the bench. He seemed to want to sit down but immediately walked away, feeling a little restless. Xiao Ge
He and his teammates had the same expressionless expression, and now he wanted to ask to play immediately. Unfortunately, this was only his second suspension.
After that, Arsenal's offensive became even more fierce. At the end of the game, there was almost only one defender left defending behind. No less than six players were often crowded in the penalty area. Toure even had several long-range shots.
But this team from the English Championship has far exceeded its own strength. At this time, all their eyes are on the ball, just like they were rushing to the Premier League. They have never been so eager this season.
Victory, high and low, means using all means to defend the fruits of victory.
Wenger has already replaced Ljungberg, and Larsson has replaced Abeye and Lupoli, just for the final goal.
The Hawthorn Stadium once again sounded the familiar melody "startedouttheseason-nothingstoppedus,everythingwasgoingwrightwrightwright!..."
The soaring singing finally turned into all the power and rushed onto the court. In the last seven or eight minutes, Fabregas had completely transformed into a striker, and shooting became his only goal. For the first time, he felt that his body was not enough.
His own shooting skills were ugly, but at the end Van Persie almost had to carry the opponent on his back to break through and complete the action.
In the last minute, Arsenal scored four consecutive goals, showing how eager they were to equalize the score, and the protagonist of this game was destined to be only one - Kirkland.
Kirkland is destined to become famous after this game. He blocked all Arsenal shots, including Larsson's single shot, Bergkamp's free kick, Robin van Persie's push, and Cesc Fabregas' long shot.
He even scored an own goal from his teammate from the goal line.
With the final crazy ending, the referee also blew the whistle of the end of the game, and the entire Shanzhai Stadium was plunged into huge celebrations. They defeated Arsenal at home and defeated the Premier League champion team. For them, this game
The victory was enough to write a glorious chapter in their club's history: they defeated the Premier League champions at home. They broke Arsenal's unbeaten streak this season and became the first team to defeat Arsenal this season.
Xiao Ge, Henry and others returned to the locker room with their teammates to comfort their frustrated teammates. Seeing Fabregas and Van Persie who were depressed, they hugged them and comforted them. They had tried their best in this game.
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The defeated Arsenal players simply cleaned up and immediately returned to Highbury, just like a wounded lion going back to lick its wounds.
When Wenger was interviewed after the game, he did not have any criticism of his players. He was very pleased with the desire for victory shown by his players. Although he lost the game and suffered the only upset of this round, Wenger
Ge didn't seem to be disappointed at all and still firmly believed that his team was on the right path.
The media after the game did not add insult to injury. "They still have the heart of a champion." This is the Mirror's comment on Arsenal's performance. "Congratulations to Eriksen for having another fortune - Cochrane." Every
The Daily Mail paid attention to West Brom's goalkeeper, Kirkland, who was the best player in the game. His excellence withstood the test of 25 shots from Arsenal.
"Wenger: Damn Qualifiers" The Sun commented on this game with a cartoon of Wenger roaring at the presidents of UEFA and FIFA.
Wenger returned to Highbury to comfort the players and warned them that this was just an ordinary round of league matches. Next, they would play in the Champions League and told them to cheer up. Wenger would use the Champions League to rebuild their morale.
