Fortunately, the press conference had already been held when we arrived yesterday. If he went to watch the press conference now, Emery would probably be unable to get away.
If something like this happened to a player these days, it would definitely be the biggest scandal in football.
Now the public opinion on the Internet has become one-sided, and all the fingers are pointed at Saka and De Ligt.
It was so frustrating that Arsenal was also bombarded.
Emery's pressure suddenly increased.
But he still led the team to the Rue Lorien in Rennes.
30,000 home fans were waiting here, and the moment Arsenal players stepped onto the lawn, they immediately sent out huge abuses.
They call Arsenal players criminals.
Although it was not the players present who made the mistake.
It's so unreasonable.
"These idiots, it's not us who made the mistake, why should they scold us?" Van Der Beek kept chattering.
"It's obviously intentional, but it's really annoying. It's like we've really done something wrong."
"Yes, those two idiots Saka and De Ligt really killed us this time. What on earth were they thinking? They would make such a stupid mistake. This is going to put their entire career on the line.
"?" Xhaka felt the same, and he must be very dissatisfied with Saka and De Ligt.
"Don't worry about it, just concentrate on winning. That's the only reason we're here."
Luo Wu was very sober, "The more difficult times are like this, we must unite together. It is not our turn to take care of their affairs."
He walked to the center of the court with his captain's sign and team flag, ready to shake hands with Captain Ryan and exchange team flags, but Captain Ryan did not shake hands with him and only exchanged team flags.
Luo Wu was startled for a moment, and then he realized that Captain Ren was trying to show him off. Wouldn't this be an insult to himself?
Fighting psychological warfare?
Is psychological warfare useful? Luo Wu sneered in his heart.
Nowadays, many teams do whatever it takes to win.
Too childish.
They still don't understand how important the Europa League is to them, and there is absolutely no way they can make any mistakes.
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Arsenal arranged a 4231 formation for this game, with Haaland serving as a single arrow, Luo Wu, Van de Beek and Iwobi ambushing behind him, and Lichtsteiner and Xhaka as double midfielders.
On the back line, Papastathopoulos and Koscielny partnered as central defenders, with Monreal and Mustafi on the left and right, and Martinez was the goalkeeper.
Amid the abuse, Arsenal took the lead and kicked the ball.
Arsenal soon took the initiative and firmly controlled the ball on the field.
Continuous rapid passes prevented Rennes from touching the ball at all.
The Rennes fans at the scene immediately fell silent, and they discovered that Arsenal was far stronger than they thought.
After Arsenal kept possession of the ball for nearly two minutes, Rennes players destroyed the ball.
But Monreal quickly threw the ball out from the sideline. When Iwobi went to receive the ball again, he turned around and pulled the ball. He easily passed the opponent's right back and followed closely.
Then he passed the ball into the penalty area.
Unfortunately, although Haaland stopped the ball, he could not turn around. The ball was poked out of the penalty area by his opponent. Luo Wu did not stop the ball at the top of the penalty area and poked the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area with his right foot.
Iwobi had already reached the left sideline of the penalty area at this time. When he unloaded the ball with his right foot, he immediately moved it toward the baseline, and then with his left foot, he drew the ball toward the goal again.
The ball seemed to be passed and shot, and the ball went directly into the blind corner on the lower right side of the goal. Arsenal led Rennes 1:0.
Arsenal got off to a fantastic start.
It looks like today is going to be a big win.
After taking the lead, Arsenal did not stop attacking and continued to press Rennes.
The Rennes team had almost no power to parry.
Then in the 6th minute, Luo Wu once again knocked the ball to his teammate Xhaka at the top of the penalty area. Xhaka's earth-shattering long shot with his right foot almost knocked on the opponent's door again.
But the Rennes goalkeeper saved the ball from the bottom line, and Luo Wu took the corner kick again, this time hitting the top of Haaland's head, and Haaland pushed it slightly higher.
The Rennes team only made an attack in the 10th minute, but as soon as the ball fell into Arsenal's backcourt, it was easily intercepted by Papastathopoulos, who then took the ball.
It was hoisted to the right front.
Iwobi and Van de Beek changed positions and moved to the right to complete the cross in time. Lichtsteiner's outflank attack in the middle of the penalty area was saved by the Rennes goalkeeper!
Two minutes later, Rennes got its first chance to hit the goal. Xhaka's foul on the right side of the penalty area allowed Rennes to win a free kick. Grenier's free kick missed the upper left corner.
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After that, the Rennes team fell into the indiscriminate bombardment of Arsenal. In the 18th minute, it was another wonderful pass from Luo Wu. He easily picked the ball out from the double team of two people, and then used his heel to win the ball.
The knock was given to Harland in front. Harland rarely took a long shot from outside the penalty area, but it was also resolved by the Rennes goalkeeper.
After that, Arsenal's offensive slowly slowed down, and Luo Wu had not yet hit the goal.
The Rennes team usually commits a lot of fouls, but it seemed to be very well-behaved when facing Arsenal. It was not until the 26th minute that Luo Wu had his first goal. The left side of the penalty area was about 35 meters away from the goal.
With the opportunity, he tested the goalkeeper with an elevator kick.
But the ball still went out of the baseline.
After Luo Wu kicked the ball, although Haaland grabbed the spot, the force of the top shot was very weak, and the ball was picked up by the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper immediately launched a quick counterattack, and the ball he kicked fell directly into the arms of the goalkeeper.
In Arsenal's backcourt, Papastathopoulos directly violated the opponent's Ben Arfa because he was worried about being broken through by his opponent. The referee did not hesitate to show a yellow card.
This was nothing at first, but just two minutes later, Xhaka, who took the ball in the middle, made a pass error and was intercepted by Ben Arfa.
Ben Arfa passed the ball straight to Sarr in front. Sarr picked up the ball while running, faced Papaspathopoulos, made an emergency stop, pulled the ball, turned around, and tried to surpass Papaspathopoulos from the other direction.
The latter had no choice but to reach out and commit a foul!
When Sa fell to the ground in response, the yellow card also came to Papasparos.
Two yellows turn one red.
Papastathopoulos was ejected from the stadium, leaving Arsenal with only 10 men left to fight.
I never expected that I would fight in this way.
What a tragedy for Arsenal...
If De Ligt appeared on the court, would this situation not happen, because Emery originally asked De Ligt to start.