Chapter 137 A tough week
The crossbar sounded crisply and the whistle was melodious, and the game ended at this moment.
"The final whistle sounded, and Arsenal defeated the opponent 2-1 away. The last-minute crossbar left hope for the owner of the Light Stadium in the second round."
Zhan Jun and Liu Jianhong came back from the excitement of Liu Feng's buzzer-beating goal just now. Looking at the two teams that stopped moving one after another on the court, they were also quite moved.
"The Sunderland team used their efforts and good luck to keep the suspense of the showdown in the next round."
On the court, Arsenal players and Sunderland players got together, and many Black Cat players began to exchange jerseys for Gunners' stars.
The Arsenal players who highly recognized their opponents in this game naturally refused to accept everyone, and they took off their jerseys and took photos with the other party.
In the end, Liu Feng, the Gunners' biggest star, surrounded him with five or six Sunderland players. Obviously, everyone loves Super Feng, which is not just a saying.
After the game, Liu Feng was undoubtedly the best player of the game again with his double score. He also accepted the interview very simply by standing on the sidelines.
"Feng, you quickly confirmed the advantage of leading by two goals in this game. Is it because you were too relaxed and the opponent finally recovered one goal."
"Well~, I think there may be factors in this regard, but I think it's more about the opponent's persistence and performance. They put a lot of pressure on us in the last thirty minutes of the second half."
Liu Feng was very honest in front of the camera and was completely generous when he played at Sunderland: "They played great, and the joy that could win this game brought much more than some other games."
After all the interviews, Arsenal embarked on the way home. The schedule of this week finally ended again. The entire team members were already quite tired, and everyone fell asleep in the bus against the back of the chair.
After the game, the major media reported that the major media did not stop. Compared to the game with Crystal Palace, this game was obviously more eye-catching. Everyone was discussing the style of both sides of the game to spend the rest of the weekend.
As for the Arsenal team members, they enjoyed the new day of holidays. Everyone happily spent the day in their own ways. Liu Feng even took the time to shoot new promotional advertisements for his FENG brand.
When the players returned to the court again, the team began to prepare for the latest week's schedule.
In the new week, Arsenal will go to challenge the Reds Liverpool away in the 25th round of the league. For Liverpool who lost in the first half of the match, this game is undoubtedly a good opportunity for them to take revenge.
However, the Gunners' first game in the new week schedule is not to play against them, but to go to the distant Germany to challenge Schalke 04 away.
Yes, the Champions League quarterfinals are finally coming, and the highest quality event that fans have long been looking forward to has returned.
In this case, both Wenger and the Gunners knew that the next week would be very difficult and they must be fully prepared to fight two tough battles in a row.
So, on the first day of the resumption of training, the professor began to focus on training. The entire team ran quickly like a train bearing, from the main force to the substitute.
Every afternoon, the professor will conduct a simulated battle based on the intelligence of their soon-to-be-face opponent Schalke 04.
In fact, Schalke 04's overall tactics are very similar to Mourinho's usual 451. Dutch forward Hunteral plays stably as the team's starting striker, and behind him is the assist line of the five midfielders.
Among these midfielders, although there are no particularly famous world-class midfielders, their composition and characteristics are very tough and balanced.
K Boateng, who once played for Milan, has played as a young player Gretzka, who has attracted attention from major German giants at the age of 18. These are Schalke's signature players this season.
But who is the one? Compared with the giant teams such as Barcelona, Bayern, Real Madrid and other that the Gunners met in the Champions League before, Schalke 04's lineup is indeed not a crowd of superstars.
This is also the reason why many media have reported that Arsenal has drawn a good draw this season. At least in terms of overall strength, they are better no matter how they look at it.
Of course, this is not a reason for slackness in Arsenal's training. Everyone is still diligent in their daily training.
The professor was very satisfied every day when he saw the players getting hotter and hotter, and the team doctor also sent a report on the players' overall good health. He was even more happy.
When time came the day before fighting Schalke 04, the entire Arsenal team was full of combat soldiers, and everyone was in an amazing state of good condition. Even the usual training matches had a 3-3 draw.
In this case, the professor and the assistant coach team discussed for a long time until the final start of the next day was finalized. Even so, he drew a tick on the lineup and wanted to wait until the final training ended tomorrow morning before finalizing.
In the afternoon of that day, the team members all gathered in the conference room. The professor stood in front of everyone and clicked on the electronic screen behind him. A 433 formation appeared in front of everyone.
"We will play 433 in tomorrow's game."
"!"
The players raised their heads in surprise. After all, this is one of the few teams that professors lined up to 433 formations when they were away from the Champions League.
"Nemar, Feng, Walcott's three forwards."
He directly pointed out the three forwards who performed the most in the training days in the past few days. Needless to say, Liu Feng and Neymar are really good at training games these few days, and they can play one-stop operations close to the wing in almost every game.
Obviously, the professor also valued the little tiger. Taking advantage of his threat on the wing, the little tiger can definitely attract a large part of the defense's attention.
"Three midfielders, Wilshire, Ganso, Casora."
The classic Viganla did not appear. Cassorla defeated Ramsey in the competition with his outstanding performance. He had a lot of chemistry with Ganso and Wilshire, and the professor also trusted him quite a lot.
"Four defenders, Gibbs, Mertesacker, Vermullen, Alves."
Alba was squeezed out of the starting position by Gibbs. Both of them performed very hard in training, but in the training match, Gibbs' performance against the impact of a group of main strikers in the Blue Team even more touched the professor.
"Goaler, Szczesny."
Perhaps only the goalkeeper position is the most stable. Szczesni once again started with his stable performance, and Fabiansky, who was standing beside him, could only sit silently.
Chapter completed!