i am a football star

Chapter 100 Arsenal who want to compete for the championship?

The day after the group stage ended, Heynckes flew to UEFA headquarters to draw lots.

After the lottery, among the head coaches of the four giants, only Wenger had a smile on his face.

Arsenal drew Roma in Serie A, which is considered the third weakest team among all the first teams in the group. Chelsea drew another Italian team, Juventus.

However, the two red teams at the top of the group drew the worst draws. When the four giants at the second place in the group naturally avoided two of them, the remaining two were all taken away by the Premier League teams.

Good man! ! !
Manchester United drew Inter Milan, the highlight is Mourinho's return to the Premier League to fight Ferguson.

Liverpool drew Real Madrid, and the highlight is that the former Real Madrid Champions League coach will fight his old club again.

This year, Liverpool has made great strides on both lines. The Premier League is currently ranked first. It is the only team in the five major European leagues that has remained unbeaten in the league. It is likely to win the league championship after many years.

The Champions League is also the team with the highest points in this year's Champions League group stage, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 16 points to qualify, followed by Bayern with 14 points.

Last year, Manchester United had an excellent record in the group stage, and also qualified for the group with 16 points. After that, they made great progress all the way, and finally won last year's Champions League with an undefeated record.

But now that Liverpool have drawn Real Madrid, everything is hard to say.Manchester United only encountered the challenge of Barcelona in the semi-finals last year. The previous sixteen and eight were Lyon and Rome respectively.

Although Real Madrid has been in the Champions League for four consecutive years, it is not surprising that a team like Real Madrid will win a Champions League this year. It is not known whether the signing of Liverpool and Real Madrid is a blessing or a curse.

The UEFA Champions League knockout round will not start until February next year, so we still have to consider the league first.

The UEFA Champions League is over, and various awards ceremonies at the end of the year are also coming.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the European Ballon d'Or without a doubt, Messi became the runner-up and Torres was third in the Ballon d'Or selection.

The Ballon d'Or will be presented in France shortly after the meeting, but the World Player of the Year has to wait until January next year to present the award at the UEFA headquarters. Currently, the final five finalists are Ronaldo, Messi, Torres, Kaka, and Xavi.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Ting was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or among 30 people, and the final selection result was not the bottom. He ranked 17th in the number of votes, tied with Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas and Juventus' Buffon, which can be regarded as a kind of recognition for him.

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On December 12th, the 13th round of the Premier League between Liverpool and Hull City will be played at home.

Tiger City is currently ranked 6th in the standings. Although it does not have the long-term top four position at the beginning of the season, it is a very high position for newly promoted teams.

Liu Ting continued to be absent this time. The team doctor's opinion is that he can only come back in the next game. Heynckes also said that he will be on the bench for the next game against Arsenal.

I didn't expect Liverpool to have another draw, but they didn't fail to score, but it was still a draw if they scored.

Liverpool and Hull City drew 2:2 at home.

Gerrard scored twice, but another own goal from Carragher helped the opponent draw with Liverpool.

In the absence of Liu Ting and Torres, Liverpool's goals can only rely on Steven Gerrard and the coolie striker Kevin Dirk, always appearing a little weak in attack.

Some media criticized Carragher's decline too quickly, and some criticized Heynckes, saying that without Liu Ting and Torres, Heynckes would not let the team score goals, and his tactical arrangements were problematic.

As long as there is a problem, there is always an excuse to criticize you.

Fortunately, the opponent is also on the bar with Liverpool, and it is also a draw, or all the four giants draw.

Arsenal tied Middlesbrough 1:1 away, Manchester United tied Tottenham 0:0 away, Chelsea tied West Ham 1:1 at home, but these three giants did their best in the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, either for the right to qualify or for the first place in the group. Liverpool came off the bench in the Champions League in the middle of the week.

This is also Heynckes' crime. Liverpool could have used this opportunity to widen the gap, but now they are still stalemate at the distance of one game, not getting up or down, uncomfortable!

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The day of the 18th round of the Premier League is coming. The Red Devils Manchester United have postponed the current round of the Club World Cup because of this, so that Manchester United will play two rounds less than other teams.

Liverpool will go to London to challenge the Gunners, it will be a tough battle.

At present, Liverpool has 17 wins and 11 draws in the 6 rounds of the league and remains unbeaten to occupy the top spot. However, this unbeaten draw is too many, and it has not opened the gap with Chelsea behind it at all, only leading Chelsea by 2 points.

Arsenal has dropped to 30th place with 5 points, 4th is Aston Villa with 31 points, and Manchester United with 32 points in one round, but everyone believes that Arsenal will occupy the 4th place at the end of the season. This is the unbreakable law of the Premier League.

Although Arsenal's ranking is not good, they have a good record in the four giants' battles this season. They beat Manchester United 2:1 at home and Chelsea 2:1 away.

Liverpool also achieved good results in the mighty civil war. They beat Chelsea 1-0 away to end their home unbeaten run for several years, and beat rivals Manchester United 2-1 at home.

Both teams are very tough in the giants' civil war, and this game will determine who is the toughest.

The day before the game, Wenger came out and said: "If you ask Liverpool, they definitely want TNT to play. Liverpool is not that strong without TNT. We are very motivated. Beating Liverpool at home is the first step for us to return to the championship."

Professor Wen!Don't be funny, what is Arsenal fighting for?

Fighting for the fourth is your true line! !

Wenger also talked about Liu Ting: "Yes, we almost signed him last winter. Everything has been negotiated. We are ready to pay liquidated damages, but there are still changes. Bordeaux finally persuaded him to renew his contract."

Well, this is definitely labeled as a temperature difference sign!

At that time, it was just Liu Ting's manager deliberately vaguely delaying for a while to get a sense of existence, but unexpectedly, it became a sign of temperature difference.

On the day of the game, Liu Ting sat next to Heynckes on the bus to the Emirates Stadium.

Liu Ting asked: "Boss, do you really not need me to start?"

Heynckes said: "You sit on the bench first, and I will send you on the field when needed!"

Heynckes was also worried that he would not win the game, but Liu Ting had just recovered from his injury, so it was better to be careful.

Since Heynckes coached Liverpool for half a season, Liu Ting hadn't adapted to the Premier League in the early games of the season. He relied on Torres' goals to lead the team forward. Later, Torres was injured. Just as Liu Ting performed better, Liu Ting led the team forward again.

So Liverpool won the thrilling games. Finally, Torres recovered from his injury and partnered with Liu Ting. They played two explosive games and won the title of TNT. Torres was injured again, and what was worse was that Liu Ting also strained his thigh.

During the absence of the two together, Liverpool had 4 win and 1 draws in the 3 rounds of the league, and only won one Champions League group match.

Heynckes knows it, and Liverpool's strikers can only look at Torres and Liu Ting.

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On December 12, the 21th round of the Premier League came as scheduled, Liu Ting sat on the bench, Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was absent due to pre-match flu, and Lucas took his place.

The referee of this game is Clattenburg, a well-known whistler in the Premier League. Most of the games he enforced were drawn, and he was inherently titled a master of draws. His future European Cup finals and Champions League finals were all drawn within 90 minutes, which is worthy of his title of draw master.

Of course, he is also one of the famous "Four Blinds of the Premier League", also known as the "rich hunter Clattenburg".

The relegation team met the giants in the final relegation stage of the league. If Clattenburg came to enforce the law, the underdog fans could cheer, at least a draw is guaranteed.

In fact, Clattenburg can become a famous post in the Premier League. Although he is a bit blind, he has a good command of the rhythm of the game, otherwise he would not be able to officiate the European Cup final and the Champions League final.

I don't know how this game will be enforced by Clattenburg, both teams are giants!
In this game, Heynckes used Gerrard, Alonso, Lucas and Modric in the midfield, and Kevin Dirk and Robbie Keane played double forwards.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides fought fiercely, and the confrontation was also very fierce.

In less than 30 minutes, both Robbie Keane and Arsenal's Adebayor received yellow cards. Robbie Keane is a former Tottenham player. Tottenham is Arsenal's mortal enemy. Keane received a yellow card for flying tackle Fabregas in the 20th minute, and Adebayor received a yellow card for a speed foul that could not keep up with Bale in the 28th minute.

In the 34th minute, Nasri made a long pass from the backcourt. Van Persie received the ball at the top of the penalty area. He swung Carragher away with his left foot and scored with his right foot. Arsenal broke the deadlock 1:0.

Heynckes said helplessly to assistant coach Hermann: "Carragher's condition is getting worse and worse, and he always makes mistakes. If Skrtel doesn't recover from injury, I will go crazy."

Carragher is indeed responsible for this conceded goal, but it is more because of Van Persie's good kick.

After that, Liverpool went all out to attack. In the 42nd minute, Robbie Keane made a cold shot from outside the penalty area, which made Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia unable to react in time. Unfortunately, the ball bounced off the crossbar.

The two sides ended the first half with a score of 1:0.

(End of this chapter)