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Chapter 408: Old Enemies Reunited in the Champions League
The league was tied by Middlesbrough, and it can even be said that it was a difficult draw with Middlesbrough. This result is very unfavorable for Arsenal.

After being tied by Liverpool in the 25th round of the league and the draw in this game, Arsenal, which was still five points ahead of Manchester United, is now only one point ahead. There is one round left in the league and the Champions League is about to enter the knockout round. It is possible at any time There was an accident.

After the match with Middlesbrough, Arsenal set out for Portugal again with the current lineup, and they will challenge Porto away.

Although this game has nothing to do with the overall situation, Wenger believes that this is a good opportunity to train young players. After the last game against Middlesbrough, Wenger has clearly discovered the youthfulness of Arsenal's youth training. Flaws, he feels that it is necessary to let these young players grow up as soon as possible, and the introduction of excellent defensive players from the outside is obviously not in line with Arsenal's financial constraints, unless they can go to the end in the Champions League this year.

Porto is determined to win this home game, because if they want to have a chance to qualify, they must win Arsenal at home, so that they will have a chance to fight Valencia in the last game.

Facing the proactive Porto team, Arsenal adopted a relatively conservative tactic in this game. Liu Han retreated to act as a central midfielder, with Bergkamp as the midfielder, only Henry on the front line, and Ribery as the right midfielder.

The Porto team, determined to win, tried to attack Arsenal's goal at the beginning of the game, but Arsenal's young defense, who had already experienced a first-team game, did not make the mistake of the previous game. Although they could not completely limit Porto The attack, but still try to keep the city gate.

Wenger placed his trusted players on the central axis, which made Arsenal not lose control in the game. Liu Han controlled the rhythm of the game very well in the midfield. This job is similar to his previous work in the Lakers in the NBA The team does about the same job.

The game was coming to an end in the first half, and Arsenal took advantage of Porto's eagerness to score a goal and played a very sharp counterattack.

Vieira intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Liu Han who was in front of him. Liu Han didn't take too much, and directly sent a long pass to Henry. Henry hit offside and hit behind Porto. The opponent was eager to attack, and the defense line was very high.

After receiving the ball in the frontcourt, Henry did not seek credit, but directly crossed the middle, outflanking Ribery and scoring his first goal in the Champions League.

Porto was inadvertently seized by Arsenal to lead the score.

At half-time Wenger praised the performance of the young players.

After the start of the second half, the leading Arsenal team played more and more easily, but Porto, carrying the burden of wanting to win and fearing losing, played more and more impatiently.

In the end, Porto ruined their Champions League trip at their home court. They failed to win the Arsenal team, which played with young players, and instead allowed the opponent to win the game.

After participating in this Champions League game, Arsenal had a rare opportunity to rest for five days.

Although the last two games have been very difficult, Wenger can finally breathe a little easier now, because at least their veteran has a chance to breathe.

Five days later, the Arsenal team at home ushered in the second round of the "North London Derby" in the league this season.

In the No.14 round of the league, Arsenal came to the home court of Tottenham. They especially Liu Han received a "warm" welcome here, which made Liu Han completely explode in the game and beat Tottenham. Both lose and lose.

Now that the second round of the "North London Derby" is coming, Arsenal fans and Liu Han supporters will not let go of this good opportunity to taunt their opponents.

Facing the mortal enemy of the Derby, Arsenal sent all the main players. The previous rest eased the state of the veterans to a certain extent, and at the same time allowed some young people to gradually adapt to the rhythm of the game. Although the results were not very good, But at least for now they are still ahead of Manchester United in the standings.

Facing their old opponents, Tottenham put on a strong attacking lineup, and they also want to beat their rivals in the same city away.

But Wenger's arrangement is still slightly higher than Graham's.Originally, Graham was very familiar with Arsenal's defense line, but in this game, an unexpected candidate appeared in Arsenal's central defender position, and that was Liu Han.

After the game against Middlesbrough, Liu Han's performance at the central defender made Wenger's eyes shine. Although the team's offense is very important, Wenger feels that Liu Han can be played in some special games. To the role of Raiders.

Facing Arsenal's defense led by Liu Han, Tottenham's offensive lineup fell into embarrassment. Herraham originally planned to use his speed advantage to break through Arsenal's old defense, but now they met Liu Han, and they didn't even have time to start You will encounter Liu Han's pressing.

The Tottenham team, which is in trouble offensively, also has loopholes in the defense. Henry and Bergkamp's partner is getting better and better. With the breakthrough of midfielder Overmars and Ljungberg, Tottenham's defense is not too good. tough.

Arsenal scored a goal in the first and second halves of the game, with Thierry Henry scoring a shot from distance and Bergkamp taking a penalty.

Arsenal won again in the second-leg "North London Derby".

The victory of the league No.20 nine rounds also allowed Arsenal to continue to maintain their leading edge in the standings.

After winning the No.20 nine rounds of the league, Arsenal ushered in the last opponent Bordeaux in the second group stage of the Champions League with a pure substitute lineup. This game has nothing to do with the overall situation. The team's first position in the group is also unshakable.

In such a game, both sides played calmly. Arsenal are now focusing on the league, while Bordeaux are also playing more difficult in Ligue [-], so this game ended quite smoothly with a [-]-[-].

In this way, Arsenal ranked first in the group with a record of six matches, five wins and one draw in the second stage of the Champions League group stage, while Valencia ranked second after defeating Porto and Bordeaux. The two teams advanced together Champions League round of [-].

The match between Arsenal and Valencia in Group A ended one day earlier, and their mutual opponents will be the second and first in Group B.

In the final round of Group B on the second day, Barcelona, ​​who came to Old Trafford in an away game, defeated Manchester United [-]-[-], so that the game in Group B was completely over. Barcelona came second in the group and Manchester United The group is second.

This means that Manchester United will play against Arsenal four times this season, and then they will have a home and away game with Arsenal, and old enemies will meet again in the Champions League knockout round.

(End of this chapter)