As the Premier League approaches, major newspapers are beginning to look forward to the new Premier League season.
They first analyzed the winning team.
Of course, there are very few winning teams at this time. Ever since the upstart Blackburn Rovers magically disappeared and Newcastle began to decline, there have been fewer and fewer teams capable of winning the Premier League. Ever since Liverpool, the king of England, was established in the Premier League, its results have been very poor.
Although Chelsea's performance has improved in recent years, they still do not have the absolute strength to win the Premier League championship.
There are currently only two clubs with the best chance of winning the Premier League.
Manchester United and Arsenal.
Needless to say, Manchester United has been the dominant player in the Premier League since its establishment. Their dominance in the Premier League is quite obvious.
And Arsenal are somewhat legendary.
Especially Arsenal’s current manager Arsene Wenger.
This head coach, who was ridiculed by many media when he came to the UK from Japan, completely convinced the media in just one season. Wenger came to Arsenal in October 1996. And Wenger's complete coaching
In the 1997-98 season, Wenger led Arsenal to break Manchester United's monopoly.
Not only did he win the Premier League championship, he also won the FA Cup. He became a double champion.
So now everyone is looking forward to the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal this season.
After introducing the winning team, we started talking about the relegated team.
And Sunderland is clearly on the list.
The Sun's assessment was most apt.
"After ten rounds of games, Sunderland will feel the cruelty of the Premier League and understand that they can only play in English League One."
Why say ten rounds.
Because Sunderland's schedule this season is very, very poor. In the first ten rounds of the Premier League, Sunderland will have to compete with almost all the strong teams in the Premier League.
In the first round of the Premier League, Sunderland will challenge Arsenal away from home. In the third round, they will face Derby rival Newcastle at home. In the fourth round, they will go to Old Trafford to challenge the Premier League hegemon Manchester United. In the fifth round, they will play at home.
Derby County, which has performed well in the past few seasons, will face the English football king Liverpool away in the sixth round, and will play the powerful Chelsea away in the ninth round.
Even strong championship teams like Manchester United and Arsenal would frown on this kind of schedule.
What's more, it's really difficult for a newly promoted team like Sunderland to face such a schedule.
In addition to these strong teams, Sunderland will also encounter Southampton, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, and West Ham United in the first ten rounds. Coventry and West Ham United have also performed very well in the Premier League in recent years.
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Every newspaper had a bad rap about Sunderland.
Newly promoted teams like Sunderland can only slowly adapt to the Premier League if they encounter an easy schedule. Now that they encounter so many strong teams, they will be beaten into pieces before they can enter the rhythm of the Premier League.
Even Sunderland's local newspaper was troubled.
The Sunderland Echo even criticized the FA's schedule in its newspaper.
Many reporters asked Su Yun what he thought of the schedule.
Su Yun said easily: "There are twenty teams in the Premier League. We all have to meet sooner or later, sooner or later. So it doesn't matter to me. Manchester United and Arsenal are not untouchable.
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Many reporters scoffed at Su Yun's words.
In fact, Su Yun himself didn't believe what he said. Su Yun had complained so much in front of Zheng Yuan in the past few days. The Premier League is a bunch of rubbish and bastards. This has completely forced himself into a desperate situation. Now Manchester United, Arsenal
Which team is easier to get along with, including Newcastle, Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle?
They were all put together for me.
Su Yun really wanted to strangle the bastard who arranged this schedule.
However, Su Yun acted calmly in front of the media, as if he didn't care at all.
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"Li Yong, what's wrong?"
"Go back quickly. Forgot that there is a Premier League match today. There is a match between Sunderland and Arsenal."
"Yes, yes, I almost forgot."
Several people quietly walked out of the study room.
"Do you think Sunderland can beat Arsenal?"
"It's disgusting. Arsenal won the Double Champions League last season, and Sunderland have just been promoted."
College students have the most time and energy to watch football games.
In those cities where the Premier League is broadcast, their college students are the happiest. With the rapid development of China's economy in recent years, the development of local TV stations has also been rapid. If Chinese people could only watch CCTV5 before, then now many local TV stations have sports
The channel also began to have its own programs.
Channels such as Guangdong Sports, Beijing Sports, and Dalian Sports have begun to broadcast Premier League games.
After constant bombardment some time ago, all Chinese fans know that there is a Chinese coach in the Premier League this season.
So all TV station selections are the same.
When they choose Premier League broadcasts, they always choose Arsenal and Sunderland games.
Wherever you can watch the Premier League, all the fans are sitting next to the TV.
Today is already August 15, 1998.
The first round of the Premier League is about to begin.
Su Yun led the team to London early and to Highbury, the famous stadium in England.
Su Yun took a deep breath.
Premier League, here I come.
I just have some small regrets in my heart. Last night, Su Yun still called the country as usual, but unlike before, no one answered the phone. The phone was also turned off. I was used to hearing Tang before the game.
Ru Wen's voice made Su Yun feel very regretful.
I didn't sleep well last night.
I feel a little headache now.
Arsenal is a powerful team in England, and can even be said to be a wealthy team in England. They had a very high status in English football before World War II. If World War II had not broken out, Arsenal would have maintained its dominance in English football for many years.
The most recent peak period was the era of George Graham.
Under the leadership of George Graham, Arsenal became a powerful team in British football from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. They won two league championships, one FA Cup championship, and two League Cup championships.
A winner of the Cup Winners' Cup.
When George Graham left, Arsenal reached the top again two years later.
Wenger led Arsenal to win the Premier League championship and the FA Cup. Arsenal has won 11 top league titles.
But it is seriously inconsistent with Arsenal's status in British football. Arsenal's home stadium Highbury lags behind. Sunderland's Stadium of Light is many times better than Highbury Stadium. Highbury Stadium has a capacity of only three
There are about 8,000 people.
Highbury Stadium was opened in 1913 and is already very old.
Although some repairs and repairs were made later, the history of nearly ninety years has made Highbury very old.
Compared to Old Trafford, the home ground of another powerful team in England, Manchester United, Highbury is really not a match for Arsenal.
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There are quite a few Arsenal fans.
Or it should be said that Highbury Stadium is too small. Highbury Stadium was basically full before the game started. But these fans are completely unlike West Ham United in East London, and Millwall fans are not as good as those in northern England.
City Newcastle and Sunderland fans.
Quiet.
It should be said to be very quiet.
It has been two and a half years since Su Yun arrived in the UK. He has met fans from many clubs, but Arsenal fans are indeed the quietest.
This surprised Su Yun.
I had heard the name "Highbury Library" before. At that time, I just thought of it as a joke, but after actually arriving at Highbury today, Su Yun discovered that Arsenal fans are less fanatical than British fans.
Su Yun still remembers the time when he played against Millwall.
Those Millwall fans are a bunch of lunatics. Before the game even started, the entire stadium was already surrounded by all kinds of singing, swearing, and cheers. As soon as you stepped into the stadium, you felt like you were in a volcano.
Like an explosion, there is a suffocating feeling.
But when I arrived at Highbury, I didn't feel the same at all.
Although there are occasional sounds, the entire stadium is still very quiet.
"Hello everyone, this is Highbury Stadium. This is the first round of the Premier League. Arsenal faces Sunderland at home. Arsenal was the Premier League champion last season, and Sunderland was just promoted this season.
Promoted teams. It's a game between the champions and the promoted teams."
As game time approaches, Martin Taylor has already started his work.
"The game hasn't started yet. Let me introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides."
"There are no changes to Arsenal's starting lineup. The goalkeeper is Seaman, the back line from left to right is Winterburn, Keown, Adams, Dixon, and the midfielder from left to right is Overmars, Wei
Ella, Petit, Parlor, and the forwards are Bergkamp and the young Anelka. Last season, Arsenal relied on this lineup to win the Premier League championship and the FA Cup championship.
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"Let's take a look at Sunderland's starting lineup. Sunderland's goalkeeper is Given, and the back line from left to right is Michael Gray, Andy Melville, Lucas Neal, and Danny Mills.
, the midfielder from left to right is Kilbane, Robbie Savage, Williams, Boboski, and the striker is Quinn and Phillips."
Both sides' starting lineups were considered very conservative.
There are no changes to the starting lineups of Arsenal and Sunderland.
But yes.
Both sides have achieved very good results using this lineup, so of course they will not change the starting lineup easily.
"Players from both sides have begun to enter the field. Let's look forward to a wonderful game."
