The nine hundred and seventeenth chapter is composed of the top eight
Arsenal's home victory over Galatasaray to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals did not cause much trouble.
Almost everyone had a conclusion before the start of this game. Except for a few Galata fans, no one was optimistic about this unlucky Turkish team.
Perhaps the only surprise is that with two veterans, Sneider and Drogba, Galatasaray led by one goal in the first sixty minutes of the game.
However, relying solely on the strength of the two veterans rather than the team, it is obviously not enough to defeat Arsenal. In the end, Galata did not recover a game in the end.
On the day of the game, the visiting team Galatasaray left the stadium early. As a team outside the five major leagues, their performance in mainstream stadiums this season has ended.
The Arsenal players naturally stayed and continued to interact with their fans.
It is certainly gratifying to win one league after another and domestic cup, but it is the most worthy of celebration to be able to continue to compete in the Champions League, which really makes Arsenal the world's number one club.
It should be noted that there are no weak teams in the Champions League, and any team may fall a big shot when facing opponents in the Champions League knockout stage.
Just like this one-eighth final, if Manchester United tied their opponent 1-1 away at the Bernabeu Stadium and then lost 1-2 twice at home by the mistress Kaka, and was eventually eliminated with a total score of 2-3, it is understandable and acceptable.
Then AC Milan completely suppressed Barcelona 2-0 at home, but after coming to Camp Nou in the second round, it collapsed 0-4 and was eliminated by the opponent.
Any team is unreliable to lead. Only after the two rounds of real swords and guns can we see who is the real hero.
After this knockout round, there are five traditional teams with famous names in the top five leagues in the Champions League quarterfinals, including Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Arsenal.
The other three teams are Paris Saint-Germain, who has begun to recruit players in recent seasons, as well as the well-deserved dark horse Malaga this season and the Bumblebee Dortmund, who has made a comeback and continues to fight.
Everything is still confusing, but the strength of several teams has been divided into different levels by reporters. There is no doubt that Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern are placed in the first place.
As for the old woman who was in the civil war and foreign war, she was placed in the second place. There was no way. Who made Juventus famous for being arrogant? Serie A still has to rely on the two Milan heroes to support the store.
The other teams are naturally placed in the third level, with insufficient experience, weak strength and unstable foundations. Several reasons are reasonable and well-founded, which makes fans who need to protect their home team have nothing to say for a moment.
Of course, these things are not what Arsenal, who will be in the second game, need to consider. After they went back to rest for one night on the day of the game, they gathered on the training ground the next day.
The schedule of the Wednesday match is too tight, and they really can't take a day off.
However, the professor also knew that the team's starting lineups in yesterday's game were quite expensive. If they wanted to avoid being in a bad state in the next round of the league, the next away cup match would have to be rotated.
The team members naturally knew very well that when most of the starting players were still undergoing restorative training, the team's substitutes were ready.
The professor was very satisfied with the players rushing to the top on the training ground. He naturally used a group of substitutes to arrange the troops the day before the start of the game.
"We will play 4231 in tomorrow's game."
After a lineup that was obviously not a big attack, the professor began to quickly report his own arrangement to start.
"Girou, single arrow."
"receive!"
The arduous and easy-to-use Da Geroux appeared at the forefront of the team. For this French compatriot who is very useful both as a substitute and as a starter, the professor likes how he uses it.
"Three midfielders, Cazorla, Rosici, Walcott."
The tough-playing style of Cazorla is paired with artist Rosici, and a little tiger who can become the second striker of the team by relying directly on speed when necessary. This arrangement is also very distinctive.
As for the two midfielders, Real Madrid's former player Granero, who is good at passing the ball to attack, still maintains the arrangement of one offense and one defense.
Taking advantage of De Jong's fierceness, Granero will obviously play a role in the core of the organization in this game.
In the defender position, Gibbs, Squillac, Koscheerney and Macon started the battle. There is no doubt that Macon has become the commanding role on the defense line, and the other defenders are also convinced.
As for the goalkeeper position, Fabianski, who has now been designated as the Cup goalkeeper, naturally started.
Such a lineup is indeed mainly substitutes, but the overall strength of the players cannot be underestimated, not to mention that these players are ready to prove themselves in tomorrow's game.
"Okay, let's go back and rest first. I'll gather at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I don't want to see anyone late."
"clear!"
On an ordinary night, the Gunners bus embarked on a journey to Villa Park Stadium at Villa home court.
Along the way, the players all regained their energy and quickly rushed into the court after arriving at the opponent's home court.
Although Villa fans in the stands tried to reduce the morale of the team that just doubled their own team last week with the greatest booing, they still failed to play much role.
Less than ten minutes after the game started, Arsenal had a corner kick opportunity after Rosici's long-range shot attempt was saved by Villa goalkeeper.
Then, as the ball was kicked out of the corner flag area by Granero and rushed into the middle of the penalty area, Giroud, who jumped up high, beat Mount Tai like a fierce lion and fell.
After the ball made a dull impact, it flew into the goal with a swish. Villa's goalkeeper could only watch all this happen helplessly.
"1-0! The corner kick was successful, Giroud grabbed the landing point of Granero's pass in the middle, and Arsenal took the lead in the first ten minutes of the game. They were already 3-0 in the total score."
One goal killed almost all the suspense of the two-round knockout match. Seeing Giroud and a group of Gunners running to the sidelines to celebrate, all Arsenals felt a little relaxed.
Chapter completed!