Chapter 218 Locking the Group Part 1

Chapter 218 Locking the Group Part 1

Chapter 218 Locking Team Number One
After the game, this game became the focus of this round of the Premier League, and all media reports focused on this game.

Every detail of this game was discussed by the media.

Ye Luo's perfect performance of two goals and two assists in the game is naturally the focus of attention.

In two consecutive games against Chelsea and Manchester United, he scored five goals.

This kind of performance can't be overstated.

"It's no surprise that Manchester United lost to a real talent, because that's always been the case with Yello, he's always been terrific against big teams."

"After thirteen league rounds, Arsenal won eleven games and scored 34 points, topping the list. Behind them, Manchester City scored 31 points. After Manchester United lost this game, they scored the same [-] points as Chelsea, four points behind Arsenal!"

"The situation of the Premier League championship group is very clear. A total of four teams are in the championship group. After Arsenal played against Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United, they are already one position ahead of these three teams. With this victory, Arsenal confirmed their identity as the number one favorite to win the championship this season!"

The media in England has now placed the title of "the most popular Premier League champion this season" on Arsenal.

Not just England.

The media in various European countries are also paying attention to this game.

In Spain, the media focused on Yello's madness.

".In the No.13 round of the English Premier League that ended last night, Arsenal defeated Manchester United 2-[-] away and won the top game. This game also allowed Arsenal to lead No.[-] at the top of the table by three points. Ye Luo continued to dominate the field with his crazy performance. In Spain, he is the ruler of the pitch. In England, he is also the ruler of the pitch!"

"If Arsenal wins the championship this season, it wouldn't be too surprising. After all, the probability of Arsenal winning the Premier League is definitely higher than that of Malaga winning the La Liga. For the European giants, the competitiveness of Arsenal led by Ye Luo in the Champions League is what they care more about. The scene of Ye Luo leading Malaga to win the Champions League last season is still vivid in my memory!"

"Yes, Arsenal's competitiveness in the Champions League has not seemed too strong for a long time. They have only reached the Champions League final once in history and have never won the championship. But now they have Ye Luo! Arsenal with Ye Luo, who dares to say that they are not competitive?"

For the media in other European countries, what they care about is the competitiveness of Arsenal with Yello in the Champions League.

Can Yello lead Arsenal to a historic Champions League win?

Can he defend the Champions League?
These issues certainly would not have been associated with Arsenal before then.

But now similar discussions have taken place in Spain, in Italy, in Germany, in France, and even in England.

This is what Ye Luo brought to Arsenal: super attention and media exposure.

So can Arsenal win the Champions League?

Judging from people's discussions, even if Arsenal is not the favorite of the Champions League this season, it is at least the top few candidates for the Champions League.

It can be seen from the odds offered by the gambling company.

The odds are now highest on Bayern, followed by Barcelona and then Real Madrid.

The top three European top three superpowers.

This is reasonable.

Chelsea and Manchester United are next, and the two goals are tied for fourth.

Then there is Arsenal-at the beginning of the season, Arsenal's odds of winning the championship were ranked behind AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, and even Manchester City.

And such high exposure and popularity bring.

It is the fear of Arsenal in the Champions League.

After playing the No.13 round against Manchester United.

Arsenal ushered in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at home.

The opponent is the Ligue [-] team Montpellier.

It stands to reason that Montpellier is a strong team in Ligue [-]. In fact, even if they face Arsenal away, they still have a certain degree of competitiveness.

However, when Montpellier's formation at the Emirates Stadium was exposed, people were a little taken aback.

Because Montpellier put on an obvious big bus: 541
The camera quickly locked on the sidelines of Montpellier's coach Rene Girard.

Sitting on the coach bench of the visiting team at the stadium, Girard looks as usual. For Girard, his purpose of setting up the bus at this stadium is also very straightforward: to get points!
Take points from Arsenal.

Don't dare to ask for three points,

But one point, you can still think about it.

The group stage played four rounds.

Now ranked No.1 is Arsenal, Arsenal scored 10 points.

In second place is Schalke 04 with 7 points.

The third-ranked Montpellier scored 6 points with two victories against Olympiacos, the weakest opponent in the group, one point behind Schalke 04, but Girard did not dare to expect Olympiacos to beat Schalke 04 at the Schalke Stadium.

Therefore, if Montpellier loses this round of the league.

There is a high probability that they will be out one round early.

Because once Montpellier loses and Schalke 04 wins, the point difference will be pulled to 4 points, making the last round of the league completely meaningless-for Montpellier.

therefore.

Montpellier has an urgent need to score points. If they want to qualify, they must get at least one point from Arsenal in order to qualify for the final round of the group stage. They will fight Schalke 04 at their home court, defeat Schalke 04, and rely on their relationship or goal difference to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League as the second place in the group!
Get at least one point!
This is the obsession of Montpellier up and down.

And if you want to score points, you can't be too big, and you can't expect to score points against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Taking the bus has become the only choice for Montpellier.

"Montpellier set up a bus at the Emirates Stadium, and Arsenal's opponents in the Champions League are also quite afraid of their strength. Such a scene rarely appeared in the past, because Arsenal's dominance in the past was not strong, and opponents from Ligue [-] like Montpellier would not be too afraid of Arsenal!" On the commentary table, Andy Gray analyzed.

"That's right. This shows that Arsenal's strength has been recognized. Even a strong Ligue [-] team like Montpellier simply set up the bus when facing them!" Lineker said.

It is different from the perspective of Montpellier's head coach, but everyone actually analyzes it based on one point: Arsenal's strength is far better than Montpellier!

"I didn't expect the opponent to be so straightforward. I thought they would have some ideas." Assistant coach Blake complained, his brows frowned slightly.

Breaking the bus is a problem for any team, and Montpellier is not a weak team. Although the Ligue [-] teams are not as famous as the Premier League, their strength is not necessarily inferior to some Premier League teams. Sometimes, because they are too unfamiliar, they may accidentally capsize in the gutter.

"We have to get used to such scenes in the future." Wenger didn't care, but he had experienced many battles and had seen it a lot.

Now Arsenal is being watched and talked about.

This shows that the strength of the team is recognized. In this case, it is normal for the team to encounter such tests in certain games.

The team will have to think more about breaking the bus in the future.

The fans at the Emirates Stadium were singing and excited from the start of the game.

There is not much pressure on the team to qualify for the group stage. Basically, if they don't encounter such a black-faced thing like a two-game losing streak in the group, then the group qualifying will basically be stable.

Even as long as they can get three points in the last two rounds, there is a high probability that they will qualify first in the group.

In the UEFA Champions League group, the goal difference is the priority. Now the team's goal difference is 04 more than that of Schalke 5. This goal difference is still safe.

If you get four points, you will be locked in the first place in the group.

Therefore, in this game, Arsenal can accept a draw, because their opponent in the final round is Olympiacos, the weakest team in the group.

This draw, the last round victory over Olympiacos is also the first promotion in the group.

So Arsenal fans have no pressure at all now.

He was even quite proud when he saw his opponent put out the bus.

We Arsenal are now treated like a super team!
We at Arsenal are invincible.

The Arsenal players are also very calm now-this is the confidence and confidence that Ye Luo brought to the players on the court.

There are players on the court that everyone can rely on, and the big guys will feel more at ease when they play.

Anyway, when you don't know how to deal with the ball, just look at Ye Luo's position.

Under Ye Luo's leadership, Arsenal's frontcourt attack was very smooth and patient.

The 9th minute of the game.

Ye Luo dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area, distributed the ball to the left after attracting the defense, and then leaned to the left by himself.

This attracted Montpellier's players to the left. Seeing Ye Luo approaching, the left back Monreal didn't play freely by himself. He honestly passed the ball to Ye Luo.

During the running, Ye Luo raised his foot, transferred the ball from the left to the right without stopping the ball.

Montpellier's defense had just moved collectively to the other side, and because of this pass, it had to collectively move more than ten meters to the right.

Under such left and right scheduling, Montpellier's defensive system is pulled back and forth, and there will inevitably be some gaps in the process-although these gaps are fleeting, ordinary players may not be able to grasp them.

However, Ye Luo is no ordinary player.

When he completed this kick to transfer the ball, while the Montpellier players kept their distance and moved to the other side, Ye Luo saw a gap on the right side of the front of the penalty area, and he immediately penetrated to this gap.

And Sania, who received the ball, also looked at Ye Luo's position for the first time. When he saw Ye Luo penetrating into this space, he immediately passed the ball to this area!

"Yellow!!"

The narrators all exclaimed.

While running, Ye Luo has already made a shot!
The commentators were all fooled by Ye Luo, let alone the Montpellier players.

When Montpellier's players made an action to block the shot, Ye Luo raised his right foot and waded the ball into the penalty area!

False shot, real life!
It was this breakthrough that disrupted Montpellier's defense.

Before they came back to their senses, Ye Luo, who led the ball into the penalty area, volleyed directly!
The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a bang and bounced into the goal!

"Ye Luo's shot. Extraordinary!! In the penalty area. Shot!! Beautiful! The goal is scored!!"

"In the 10th minute of the game, Arsenal scored! The home team leads Montpellier [-]-[-]!"

"The Montpellier bus only lasted 10 minutes"

On the sidelines, the head coach of Montpellier looked depressed and helpless.

He put on the tightest defensive formation.

The result was only 10 minutes, and it was broken by Ye Luo in 10 minutes.

What about this match?
Continue to stick to it?Or is it offensive?

Just when Girard had a headache.

His assistant gave him a very exciting news.

Schalke 04 is behind on the road!

Olympiacos scored at home!

"Defend! Continue to defend!!"

Gilad breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if the game is lost.

As long as Schalke 04 can't take all three points in the away game, they still have a chance at home in the last round! !
So. Continue to stick to it. If there is a chance to recover one, then even if Schalke 04 finally completes the reversal, the team still has a chance to appear.

So now the team can't mess it up.

Just one ball behind.

Continue to defend to avoid losing the ball! !

Girard's instructions were quickly given to the Montpellier players on the field.

They were a little confused after losing the ball, but now the head coach says they will continue to defend. Although some Montpellier players may not agree with it in their hearts, at least it has stabilized their morale and unified their thinking.

So after the game restarted, people found that Montpellier, who was one goal behind, continued to stick to their tactics from the beginning to the present: put the bus!
Breaking dense defense is a world-class problem.

This sentence has almost been rotten by the media.

But since so many media and fans are talking about this sentence, it shows that dense defense is really difficult to break.

And people also summed up the methods of breaking the dense defense.

In fact, it is nothing more than personal breakthroughs, long shots, and headers.

Ye Luo's goal just now was actually a personal breakthrough. He suddenly changed the rhythm of the game and found a kicker to complete the goal.

So now the Montpellier players are paying attention to defending against Ye Luo's breakthrough when defending.

They deliberately kept a distance, and Bi Milan was stunned by Ye Luo.

But they prevented Ye Luo from breaking through.

But it can't prevent Ye Luo's long shot.
Game No.30 for two minutes.

Ye Luo shot through the goal with a long shot from the front of the penalty area!
Two to zero!
Arsenal led by two goals in the first half.

"Arsenal have secured the win!"

Andy Gray said.

The Arsenal fans in the stands obviously thought so too. They didn't think Montpellier could do anything effective against Arsenal.

They sang and danced in the stands.

This Champions League group match has completely become a carnival for Arsenal fans.

And on the pitch.

After taking a two-goal lead, Arsenal chose to control the situation, playing back and forth to pass the time.

If Montpellier come out now, they don't mind a through ball hitting behind them and scoring a few more.

And if they don't press it out.

Arsenal are also happy to maintain this score.

Arsenal's goal in this game is to take all three points. As for the goal difference, they don't need to consider it.

So they don't need to kill them all.

On the football field, there are also people with sophistication.

Montpellier continued to defend and did not press out to attack, which shows that they have no intention of fighting Arsenal in the away game.

And now for Montpellier, they lost this game, and they still have a chance to return to their home court in the last round-as long as they work hard to beat Schalke 04, they can advance
Anyway, Schalke 04 hasn't tied yet.

The game ended tepidly in such a situation.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Montpellier [-]-[-] at home.

Schalke 04 was tied away by Olympiacos.

Arsenal scored 13 points, five points ahead of No.2 Schalke 04.

One round ahead of schedule, the team will qualify first.

(End of this chapter)