Chapter 108: Visiting Chiefs
In the blue sky, a European airlines plane takes off. (.)
Depart from Spain and fly to London, UK!
The group stage of the new season of the UEFA Champions League is about to start in midweek.
As a direct dialogue between the Premier League team and La Liga team in the first round of the Champions League, this round has obviously attracted a lot of media attention!
This is Sun Yao's first time to experience London so closely. It is one of the most famous cities in the world and the capital of the United Kingdom.
As the largest and world-class city in Europe, there are countless football clubs here, and those who play in the Premier League account for only a small half of all the teams in the Premier League. To put it slightly exaggeratedly, if you watch the Premier League, you can even see one game in every round.
'London Derby'.
Of course, the most famous teams here are Arsenal and Chelsea. These two teams are now seeded teams in the Champions League group groups, and Tottenham Hotspur, as a London team, although
This is their first Champions League appearance in a long time, but their strength is also highly anticipated.
Even Inter Milan may not be able to take advantage of them.
The Thames River runs through the city, and the Emirates Stadium is not far from the Thames River.
The Villarreal team finally arrived at their destination. This will be the moment when they return to the Champions League after many years and create history again.
They miraculously broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 2006 season. After that, they were rarely associated with the Champions League. Now, they have finally returned to the Champions League stage. Finally, they can listen to the excitement before the game starts.
The opening whistle of the UEFA Champions League and the opening prelude that are popular among people!
"Arsenal is a strong team, and Arsene Wenger is also a coach I admire very much. Playing against them will be a fantastic matchup. No matter what, we want to get a good start in the Champions League!" Sun Yao faced the media with ease.
road.
As a team with a huge number of fans around the world and extremely high commercial value, Arsenal has not been able to taste the championship for many years.
In response to this phenomenon, countless fans expressed their hope during the transfer period that Arsenal could make some achievements in the transfer market while maintaining the team's lineup.
However, the Arsenal team is still as stable as a mountain. It is unmoved at all.
Before the World Cup, they had already secured a powerful center in Chamakh, and this super center from Bordeaux last season has quickly integrated into the team.
At the same time, they also finalized the signing of French defender Koscielny.(.)
It's just that not many people came, but many people left. The four defense generals Gala, Sylvester, Campbell and Senderos left the Chiefs one after another, and forward Eduardo also joined the Champions League.
Shakhtar Donetsk are in the same group on the field.
The only gratifying thing is that Cesc Fabregas, who has been rumored to be involved with bigger clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, finally decided to stay and continue to fight for another season with Arsenal, his mentor Wenger, who helped him become a top star.
With such performance in the transfer market, it seems difficult for them to win back the long-awaited championship.
In other words, the championship is not worth mentioning compared with those high transfer fees?
Although the outside world is not optimistic about Arsenal, Wenger is always so confident and always full of confidence in his players.
"I think our lineup is strong enough and we have the strength to win everything!"
"Why not sign more good players in the transfer market?"
"In today's transfer market, it's hard to find high-quality and cheap players. Those players who look good are extremely expensive. I can't accept this!" Wenger replied.
"But those players are always worth their money to others!"
"That's for other teams, not for me!" Wenger said.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Wenger signed a lot of players with great potential at low prices in the transfer market. As a result, he made a lot of money. He always wanted to make money.
Asking him to buy a player at a normal price in his peak period who will not appreciate in value will make him feel that he has made a failed deal. Therefore, with the development of world football, Arsenal's options for buying people have become narrower and narrower.
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This season, Villarreal actually made few adjustments in the transfer market because they had a satisfactory season. Therefore, what they need is stability.
In addition to leaving Godin to sign Marchena, Juan Carlos Garrido also introduced more newcomers from the B team. For example, Cristóbal Gisdubo, Sun Yao's competitor in the B team last season,
He was recruited into the team and also brought back the American teenager Jozy Altidore who was on loan from Hull City in England.
Robert Pires, who was reduced to a substitute in the team, in order to make way for Sun Yao and also hoped that his career could last a few more years, finally chose to leave the Love Song Stadium and return to the Premier League. Now he has come to the Premier League team AFC.
Stone Villa team.
The appointment of Cristóbal Gistubao was also to make up for the vacancy left by Pires' departure. When Pires left here, Sun Yao seemed to see the helpless feeling of a hero who had no way out: "Football
Is the world really so cruel? I can't imagine what it feels like to slowly slip from the top. Maybe, in the future, I will leave football with a peak image! That kind of old look.
,I don’t want anyone to see it!”
Borja Barreiro, who came out of Real Madrid's youth training camp, also won the favor of Juan Carlos Garrido with his outstanding performance in Mallorca, and finally chose to bring him to the Estadio El Estadio.
This was the series of actions taken by Villarreal before the transfer market closed.
With players like Sun Yao in the team, the team seems to never lack fighting spirit and desire for championships.
There are also love songs at the Emirates Stadium.
Although the Emirates Stadium did not bring a championship to Arsenal, the fans here still love this new super modern stadium in London!
In the first two rounds of the new season, Arsenal has one win and one loss, and has already fallen behind in the standings; some fans of their rivals even came out to joke that perhaps Arsenal can only secure the top spot in the standings before the new season starts in the summer.
This will of course make Arsenal fans unhappy. They have longed for the Premier League championship for a long time. Although they have not done much in the transfer market, Arsenal still has its own heritage.
Whether it is Cesc Fabregas, Arshavin or Van Persie, they are all very intimidating superstars in Europe. With them and this group of outstanding talented rookies, Arsenal still cannot be underestimated.
"Sun Yao?" Wenger seemed to be dismissive when he heard a player ask Sun Yao's name: "Our club has a lot of young talents like this!"
Of course, Wenger also said a little politely later: "Of course he is a good player, but I think he should come to Arsenal to experience. There will be no future in Villarreal."
of!"
Juan Carlos Garrido felt unhappy when he heard these words: "Will there be a future at Villarreal? Can there be a future at Arsenal? We have already won the Spanish Copa del Rey, the UEFA Cup and
Winner of three Super Cup titles, what does Arsenal have?"
What Juan Carlos Garrido said was a real stab at Arsenal's pain. It also made the atmosphere filled with tension and gunpowder before the game even started.
"Style-wise, the two teams are also very similar, because Villarreal's offensive line is also very dynamic. Santiago Cazorla is ranked behind Cesc Fabregas in the Spanish national team, but
Cazorla is also a very unique player. As the core players of the two teams are both Spanish internationals, it is enough to see the similarities between the two teams! Of course, from the core midfield comparison, Arsenal is completely victorious!" The game has not yet begun.
At the beginning, the British media also began to compare the positions and configurations of both parties.
"Arshavin and Sun Yao are also the most threatening wings of both teams. Sun Yao seems to have a stronger personal scoring ability, while Arshavin's assists are more threatening! Arshavin is more experienced than Sun Yao, and Arshavin wins completely!"
"Van Persie beats Giuseppe Rossi!"
"Compared to the entire lineup, it seems that the only advantage Villarreal has is that goalkeeper Diego Lopez is slightly better than Fabianski!"
Sun Yao was helpless after reading this evaluation, "Arshavin beat me completely? Others have no objections, but I am not convinced that Arshavin can beat me completely! Look at me completely destroying him!"
"They are on the left, and you are on the left too. You can't touch each other!" Cazorla reminded: "Wait a minute, you said you have no problem with other positions? You don't know that in the Spanish national team, although Cesc Fabregas
He played a little more time as a substitute than me, but during training, I beat him countless times!"
"I didn't see it!" Sun Yao smiled.
"Then I'll show you this game!" Santiago Cazorla said angrily.
"What are you talking about? You don't have any problem with Van Persie being better than me? He's not as handsome as me?" Giuseppe Rossi quit.
"What are you talking about? I'm better than Fabianski, and you don't have any objection?" Diego Lopez stood up, "Well, it seems you really shouldn't have one!"
A group of people were chatting and laughing in the hotel. They seemed to be more relaxed about this game and felt like they were competing against Arsenal.
"No matter how much we are a team that won three championships that year, when we encounter a team that has not won a championship for many years, they don't think much of us? These media are simply out of their minds! Don't treat Arsenal's situation like this
The young ladies were beaten all over the place, they don't know how powerful their brothers are!" Sun Yao said harshly.
"It seems that you are also a young lady!" Santiago Cazorla said scornfully.
"Well, don't argue with me about this issue, I'm also a mature man!" Sun Yao explained.
At this time, the weather has not yet come out of the hot summer, but it seems that the weather in London is changeable, and at night, a cool breeze begins to blow.
"It's so cool!" Although it is a coastal city like the town where Villarreal is located, the nights in London seem to be much cooler than in Spain.
"You will definitely be in good condition at night! It's easiest to get out of shape in this kind of weather!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!