Legendary Godfather

On February 27, 2018, London, England, the new Wembley Stadium, the weather was overcast.

What is happening here today is the 2017-2018 English League Cup final, against Crystal Palace and Arsenal. Yes, the English League Cup final once again welcomes the London Derby!

However, at this time, everyone felt that this game was not suspenseful.

It is difficult for Arsenal to beat Crystal Palace.

Arsenal's performance this season is indeed quite poor. They are currently ranked seventh in the Premier League and have almost no hope of competing for fourth place. What's more important is that this season, Arsenal has played against Crystal Palace twice in the league. Once the result was 1 to 8, and the other time was 3 to 5. What can Arsenal do to defeat Crystal Palace?

Judging from these two games, Crystal Palace has found Arsenal's lifeline.

So, do you think Arsenal have a chance in this game?

Arsenal has invested a lot in the forward and offensive lines this season, and they have introduced many powerful stars. Unfortunately, their results have not improved, but have become worse. The main reason is that their team's defense is so bad. They have conceded 50 goals so far this season. You have to know that since the turn of the millennium, Arsenal has not conceded more than 50 goals in a season. of. And now, before the season is over, Arsenal has conceded 50 goals, which shows how bad Arsenal's defense is this season.

With such a defensive line behind them, do you think Arsenal can achieve good results? Do you think Arsenal can beat Crystal Palace?

Crystal Palace has completely mastered Arsenal's defense.

If you think about the previous two duels, how did Crystal Palace target Mustafi?

These two games clearly demonstrated Mustafi's best attributes.

To be honest, Arsenal fans and media reporters can't understand why Arsenal does not adjust its defense line during the winter transfer, but continues to strengthen its offensive line?

Does Wenger feel that only attack can save Arsenal?

Arsenal fans feel that if Arsenal introduces a central defender with sufficient strength and experience during the winter transfer, they may still have a chance to hit the top four in the Premier League this season.

But now, there is almost no chance.

No wonder Arsenal fans can't stand Wenger at this time. They all feel that Wenger is outdated.

At this time, Arsenal are playing against Crystal Palace, and Arsenal fans feel that they lack confidence.

Because Mustafi is still on the starting list today.

To be honest, as soon as Arsenal fans saw Mustafi appear in the game against Crystal Palace, they felt very suspenseful and felt that Arsenal was completely finished.

After all, they had watched Arsenal's first two games against Crystal Palace.

Obviously, Tong Yi has studied Mustafi thoroughly.

In this game, Crystal Palace will definitely continue to target Mustafi. It's surprising that Mustafi can defend against it.

However, Arsenal fans are not without expectations at all.

They still have some expectations.

Because they saw that Crystal Palace had a half-main and half-substitute lineup in this game. It can be seen that the Crystal Palace side has already begun to prepare for the upcoming Devil's March. Some main players have begun to rest and rotate in preparation for the Devil's schedule that follows.

Therefore, in this game, Crystal Palace had some substitute players on the starting list, such as Upamecano, Ashraf, Llorente, Giroud and others.

Therefore, seeing a starting lineup like Crystal Palace, Arsenal fans feel that they have a chance.

Although the chance is not great, it is better than no chance at all.

Arsenal fans are cheering for Mustafi at this time. They hope Mustafi can perform well in this game and not give the Crystal Palace people a chance. As long as you can hold on in this game, our Arsenal will have a chance to defeat Crystal Palace.

Come on Mustafi!

At this time, the referee of this game blew the whistle to start the game.

The referee of this game is Atkinson. Atkinson is more cautious in this game.

After all, Flanders' incident has not passed yet. Now many people's attention is focused on the referees. The pressure on the referees has been quite high recently. As Atkinson, who is the blind member of the Magic Four, he also feels a lot of pressure, so he is relatively cautious during the game. He does not want to cause any controversy, like Flanders.

Atkinson also studied Friend's penalty in that game.

To be honest, in their opinion, he didn't think there was much problem with Flanders. Flanders's penalties were not intentional. In his opinion, many of the penalties were well-founded. The only mistake was that he had a problem with his eyesight and did not see many situations clearly.

Therefore, Atkinson was very cautious in this game and did not want to make the same mistake as Flanders!

The FA's investigation into Flanders has not yet been completed, but Atkinson and the others have heard some rumors. The FA's investigation showed that Flanders did not deliberately manipulate the game, nor was he suspected of gambling. He simply had bad eyesight and made many wrong decisions.

Although the FA will not punish Flanders severely, there will still be punishments.

It is said that Flanders will be suspended for three games internally.

Of course, these are just some rumors, and the specific results will not be known until the FA announces it.

But, Atkinson knew, that was pretty much it.

At this time, the finals of the 2017-2018 England League Cup have officially begun.

The first to kick off was the Arsenal team in the away team position. After all, this was played in a neutral stadium, there was no home and away game, but Arsenal was still in the away team position.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal played relatively proactively and attacked fiercely from the beginning.

It can be seen that Arsenal still hopes to use offense to open the game.

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Maybe they know that their defense has a big problem, and they can't guard Crystal Palace by relying on defense alone. So, just strengthen your offense and strive to score first and score more goals!

Seeing this, Arsenal fans are very happy. At least Arsenal's players are still very proactive and they also want to win. Come on, if we keep playing like this, our Arsenal will have a chance to defeat Crystal Palace.

After passing the ball continuously, midfielder Mkhitaryan immediately moved forward with the ball.

Yes, Mkhitaryan immediately became the team's main force after coming to Arsenal. It can be seen that Wenger still values ​​​​Mkhitaryan very much, although Mkhitaryan is just the addition to Sanchez's transfer to Manchester United.

Yes, Arsenal didn't really take advantage of them. They directly replaced Mkhitaryan with Sanchez. It is said that Manchester United spent Mkhitaryan plus 25 million pounds in cash to acquire Sanchez.

To be honest, Mkhitaryan's performance after coming to Arsenal was not satisfactory.

Many Arsenal fans expressed dissatisfaction.

Coincidentally, Sanchez's performance after joining Manchester United was also unsatisfactory, and Manchester United fans were unhappy.

This can be said to be a lose-lose deal.

However, it is obvious that both Mourinho and Wenger are full of expectations for this transaction. They are also full of confidence in these two players. They firmly believe that these two players are familiar with the tactics of their new teams. After the system, they are all able to show their strongest level.

Therefore, Wenger now gives Mkhitaryan many opportunities.

At this time, Mkhitaryan was holding the ball, and Arsenal fans were a little worried. They were a little worried about Mkhitaryan. Then, the football at Mkhitaryan's feet was cut off!

It was Kanter who stole the ball!

Seeing this, Arsenal fans were speechless. They had already reminded Mkhitaryan to pay attention to Kante around him. Why was the opponent stealing the ball so easily? What are you doing?

Arsenal fans immediately became nervous, and Crystal Palace's counterattack came.

Kanter directly made a long pass and sent the football to the frontcourt immediately.

At this time, Arsenal's defense was not in good position.

Seeing the football flying rapidly towards their own penalty area, Arsenal's players and fans were very nervous. At this moment, Mustafi rushed out quickly and jumped high. He wanted to get ahead of Giroud and head the ball directly to clear the ball!

You see Mustafi is very confident and decisive in his own judgment!

This is his advantage and disadvantage!

Isn’t this a shortcoming this time, because he took the top spot!

Mustafi was stunned by Giroud in front of him. Giroud judged the landing point of the football and was ready to take off. He suddenly spotted Mustafi who was rushing out. He had an idea and instantly took a big step forward. This caused Mustafi who was rushing out to also take a big step forward.

No, Mustefi fell into a trap of cheating.

The football slipped directly from the tip of Mustafi's hair and fell behind him.

Giroud didn't take off at all. When Mustafi jumped up, he quickly retreated and turned around.

Then he easily stretched his legs to move the falling football forward, and the football rolled in front of Giroud.

This stop is very subtle. It stops the football within the best control range. There is no need to adjust at all, and you can directly proceed to the next operation!

More importantly, Arsenal's defense is a bit chaotic and not well positioned. After Mustafi rushed out, Arsenal's defense seemed even more empty. Giroud had no defensive players at all.

Giroud directly faced Arsenal goalkeeper Cech!

Cech was desperate and speechless at this time!

Mustafi is really too reckless. At this time, his best defensive option is not to rush forward and compete with Giroud for the first point, hoping to clear the ball out with the first shot. Instead, stick to Giroud and prevent Giroud from jumping to head the ball easily, or prevent Giroud from easily stopping the football. Just interfere with Giroud and prevent him from handling the ball comfortably.

Doing this will minimize the risk and buy your teammates time to replay.

When Giroud adjusted and controlled the football, Arsenal's defensive players fell into position and defended more calmly. Where could it be as embarrassing and dangerous as it is now?

Looking at Mustafi's defense, to be honest, Cech really wants to retire early!

These guys are simply digging a hole for him!

Before this, when had Cech conceded more than 50 goals in a season? There are still about 10 rounds left in this league, and he has already conceded 50 goals in the league!

Cech was really speechless. Mustafi was responsible for most of these 50 goals conceded!

Now seeing Giroud turning around and holding the ball, Cech instantly felt the danger.

I'm afraid it's very difficult to defend this ball!

However, Cech was still ready to attack at this time. It's really impossible not to attack, because this guy Giroud has already gone solo. Although Koscielny was also turning around to chase after him, it seemed that it was really too late.

Koscielny's position was also a little higher just now. At this time, it was too late to turn around and rush back.

Cech didn't think too much and rushed out directly to put pressure on Giroud who was holding the ball!

Seeing Cech rushing out quickly, Giroud seemed very calm and was really not frightened by Cech.

After all, when he was at Arsenal, Giroud and Cech often competed against each other. Therefore, Giroud is very confident this time. Spotting the pace of Cech's rush, Giroud suddenly stabbed the football towards Cech's crotch.

Cech had expected it, but his reaction was still a little slow!

Before his legs could close, the football flew past between his legs and shot into the goal behind him.