Almighty legend life

Chapter 401 Preparing for the Bat Legion
After finishing the Premier League No.20 three rounds with Manchester United, Arsenal topped the league standings with 61 points. They beat Manchester United by five points and established a leading advantage.

Liu Han's hat-trick at Old Trafford became a hot spot after the game, especially the ultra-long-range lob shot that beat Manchester United in the end, although part of the credit for this lob shot should be attributed to Barthez , but the fans are still amazed by Liu Han's boldness. After all, not everyone dares to do this at the last moment of the game.

As for the losing Manchester United, Ferguson still insisted on what he said before the game during the season. He said that Arsenal is nothing without Liu Han, and Sir Alex still has no intention of giving up on Arsenal.

After taking away a victory at Old Trafford, Liu Han has completely become the darling of Arsenal fans. After all, for the fans, the game that was originally thought to be a draw will be rewritten by Liu Han at the last moment, and Still in a very exaggerated way, this is undoubtedly the happiest for Arsenal fans.

After this game, Arsenal's first month of 2000 was all over, and then they had a relatively easy game in February. Except for a duel with Liverpool, the other two games The opponents are not strong.

After the February game, Arsenal will face their biggest competitor in the second stage of the Champions League group stage, Valencia from La Liga.

Under the leadership of Argentine coach Cooper, Valencia has risen strongly in La Liga this season, becoming the third pole besides Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and even surpassed the poorly-formed Barcelona to become the second in the league.

There are many outstanding players in this Valencia team. Needless to say, the Spanish national goalkeeper Canizares, although he received some criticism after leaving Real Madrid, Canizares is still the best candidate for the Spanish national goal.

Gates Camendieta, a 25-year-old talented Spanish midfielder, the soul of Valencia, the captain on the field, the banner of the team, and can even be said to be one of the core of the future Spanish national team, excellent speed and dribbling, and The vision down to the baseline, these are the reasons for Mendieta's success.

Pellegrino, the central defender of the Argentine national team, is also the leader of Valencia's defense.Kiri Gonzalez, another outstanding Argentine player, is on the field as a left midfielder, with excellent speed and breakthrough and his special skills.

Farinos, an excellent young player produced by Valencia's youth training, Farinos, who is only 21 years old, is a good assistant to captain Mendieta on the field. The magic weapon to conquer Cooper.

Claudio Lopez, a player of the Argentine national team, is an invisible killer on the front line. He is not tall but very flexible. At the same time, he is extremely sensitive to where the ball falls. It can be said that it is one of the guarantees for Valencia's strong rise this season.

Miguel Angulo, one of the outstanding products of Valencia's youth training, Angulo, who is only 23 years old, is one of the sharp knives on Valencia's striker.

It can be said that this Valencia team has excellent players from the defense to the midfield to the striker, and their strength is not weaker than Real Madrid or Barcelona.

For Arsenal, this Valencia team is their biggest opponent in the group stage. After all, after the second stage of the group stage, each team will enter the knockout stage, so the top team in the group stage will face off. The other second-placed team in the group will undoubtedly have an advantage.

On March [-], the Arsenal team will go to Spain to challenge Valencia, a strong team that has risen strongly this year.

Prior to this, Arsenal had three league games in February. These three league games will be a good opportunity for Wenger to prepare for Valencia. With Liu Han and the team gradually finding their own style, Wenger wants to Go further in the Champions League.

On February [-]th, Arsenal was a guest at Bradford. The game, which was supposed to be relatively easy, unexpectedly encountered a lot of trouble.

Bradford have been deep in the relegation zone so far this season, and with 7 games remaining in the league, Bradford are seven points behind Derby County, who are third from the bottom, which is no small feat. Therefore, for Bradford, every next game is an important game on their way to relegation.

Facing the league leader Arsenal, Bradford made up his mind in this game to defend and counterattack, but Arsenal, who were lax about the game, did not play actively at the beginning.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Bradford seized the opportunity of a counterattack and broke through the Arsenal gate. This goal woke up the Arsenal players.

Liu Han is still a free frontcourt player in this game, but Wenger gave him the task of supporting his teammates' attacks more, but today his teammates are not in the state.

In the first half, Bradford led the way. In the second half, Liu Han began to show his strength. At the same time, Wenger replaced the defender Ruzny and replaced Ribery to strengthen the attack. The score was equalized. Liu Han's long shot in the frontcourt caused the opponent's goalkeeper to throw the ball away, and Henry made a supplementary shot in the penalty area.

Bradford played very tenaciously in this game. Their defense against Liu Han was two players man-to-man defense regardless of the formation, which caused some troubles for Liu Han.

The game was decided at the last moment. After receiving Liu Han's split in the middle, Ribery dribbled the ball and forcibly cut inside, and then scored with a cold shot with his left foot.

Bradford almost had a draw at home, but Ribéry's goal at the last minute put them in the wrong place.

Although they won the game, Wenger was not satisfied with the process of the game. Arsenal's players still relied too much on Liu Han in the midfield. Without Liu Han's support, their offense would fall into simple and rough.

Still maintaining a five-point lead over Manchester United, Arsenal host their strongest rivals in the league in February, Liverpool.

In the away game against Liverpool at the beginning of the season, Houllier was superior and calculated Wenger's tactics, allowing Liverpool to lead Arsenal [-]-[-] at the beginning, but in the end Arsenal relied on Liu Han's outstanding performance. Play eventually equalized the score.

Now halfway through the season, Arsenal are at the top of the standings, while Liverpool are struggling for the top four positions in the league. Houllier has not handled the team's internal management well, and Liverpool's team is not harmonious.

However, Liverpool still pay more attention to this game against Arsenal. Although there is no hatred of rivals Everton and Manchester United in the same city, for Liverpool, it is not a small honor to be able to pull down the first place in the league.This is like a poor old rich man. We were rich in the past. Although it is difficult now, it is also very good to make the current rich man sick.

Therefore, Liverpool played very focused in this game against Arsenal, and Arsenal still focused on training under Wenger's arrangement.

After Bergkamp returned from injury, Ribery sat on the bench again. Although he beat Bradford in the last game, Wenger does not intend to let Ribery start now. After all He is still young, and his physical development has not yet been completed, so he cannot be used excessively.

In the 8th minute of the first half, Kamara scored the first goal for Liverpool. In the last few games, Arsenal's defense had some problems. Although the midfielder with Liu Han and Vieira is strong, but I have to say that Arsenal's defense is still too old.

After taking the lead, Liverpool began to retreat and defend, leaving Owen alone in the frontcourt to prepare for a counterattack. Houllier accepted as soon as he saw it, and did not intend to confront Arsenal head-on.

Liu Han was still surrounded by two Liverpool defensive players. Houllier watched the last Arsenal game, and Bradford's defensive tactics against Liu Han gave Houllier a lot of inspiration.

Arsenal failed to equalize the score in the first half.

Entering the second half, Wenger first replaced Bergkamp who had just returned from injury. The Dutchman was not in a good state today, and he couldn't adapt to the rhythm of the game.

After Su Ke replaced Bergkamp on the field, Liu Han began to advance frequently. Although Liverpool's defense made it almost difficult for Liu Han to catch the ball, his running position still pulled the Liverpool team's defense very well.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Liu Han came to the front court and made a cross exchange with Henry who was pulled to the left. Henry directly chose to shoot after receiving a pass from his teammate in the middle. This shot changed direction after hitting the Liverpool defender. At the foot of Su Ke in the penalty area, Su Ke did not stop the ball and directly pushed and scored. Arsenal team struggled to equalize the score.

In the end, Arsenal failed to win the game. Their two games with Liverpool this season have ended in a draw.

Two weeks later, Arsenal continued to face the challenge of Southampton at home. In this game, Wenger put Liu Han in the striker position again, Bergkamp retreated to the midfielder as the attacking midfielder, Henry took a rest in rotation, Ribe His partner Liu Han served as the striker.

The recovering Dutchman performed well in this game, and Liu Han did not dare to easily press the defense line because of his huge deterrent power on the front line.

Arsenal team played efficient and smooth cooperation in this game. Although Liu Han did not support in the midfield this time, the Arsenal players have gradually adapted to the midfield after training for this airport game and the usual drills The tactics of passing and cutting cooperation.

In the 21st minute of the game, Liu Han received a cross from Ljungberg from the winger in the penalty area. The domineering lion shook his head and made the Southampton defender feel helpless.

Before the end of the first half, Franck Ribery assisted Bergkamp to score the first goal after his comeback. The number of Dutchman's goals dropped after Liu Han's arrival, but the number of assists increased a lot.

Coming back in the second half, Southampton took advantage of a corner kick and scored a header from defender Richards. Arsenal's aging defense frequently had loopholes.

However, Southampton has not recovered from the goal just now. During the attack, Liu Han retreated to take the ball and then shot 35 meters away to penetrate Southampton's gate again.

In the end, Arsenal won the game [-]-[-], and then they can easily go to Spain to challenge the mighty Valencia.

(End of this chapter)