In the end, Notts County, who played with the reserve team, was knocked out of the FA Cup by Westhammer. The players of the reserve team may be able to show off their power once in the face of lower-level league teams, but in the face of the strong league. , There is nothing to fight with.
After the game, the chairman of the West Ham United Club very vaguely thanked David. Although he didn't say much, David knew that West Ham United had inherited this feeling.
David doesn’t have any leagues, nor does he mean to play fake football, but he can’t isolate Notts County in the Premier League. There are so-called three guys in the Premier League. Don't even talk about human relations!
He does not need others to deliberately lose water when facing Notts County, as long as he does not play crooked ways. For example, West Ham United, don’t add a few casualties to Notts County in a game.
Eliminated the FA Cup. Since then, Notts County has only two Premier League and League Cup events to sprint, the task is simple and clear.
On another venue, there was good news. Arsenal played the main game and eliminated their opponents to advance to the FA Cup 16.
If there is no Knotts County turnout, then Arsenal’s strategy is not a big problem, the league has remained undefeated, and it has already thrown away the chasers behind it, and the third line can also show the team’s ambition.
But now it is completely different. Notts County can still hold Arsenal on the standings, and it is still a big gap. Arsenal has not touched the butts of Notts County after so long. Not enough to make Arsenal uncomfortable!
After a while, the Champions League knockout will start again. Although the Arsenal lineup is well configured and the thickness is not bad, everyone is still very optimistic about his ability to fight on the third line. Isn’t this a dig for himself?
It's like when Arsenal and Notts County faced each other for the first time, three core-level players couldn't play due to injury. Arsenal had no confidence in playing the offensive in front of Notz County. What qualifications do they have to play third-tier combat? !
Sure enough, Arsenal, who finished in the FA Cup, was in a downturn in the next round of the league. At home, they were even tied by the underdogs. After being easily defeated by Portsmouth in Notts County, they were thrown away by Notts County. 8 points difference.
After 23 rounds, there are 15 rounds left in the league. This gap cannot be said to be surpassed. However, judging from the current stable state of Knotts County, it is definitely not an easy thing to tie the 8-point gap.
At this time, not only the media public opinion, but also Arsenal fans began to accuse Wenger's strategy. There were so many behind in the league, and they still wanted to play in the FA Cup. This is to leave their own way. what?
If Arsenal have no opponents in the league, then the FA Cup is still the League Cup. Anyway, fans are regarded as a lively fan, but they are still distracted by the FA Cup, which is no different from finding death.
But things haven’t gotten the most, everyone is waiting for the next round of the league, because the next round happens to be the second round of direct confrontation between Notts County and Arsenal. If Arsenal can beat Notts County, then it’s okay to say However, once the worst result occurs, you can directly declare Arsenal to withdraw from the competition for the Premier League this season. At that time, it is understandable to compete for the FA Cup.
For Arsenal, the only good thing is that they have a week’s rest. Although this week’s time is not enough to restore the players’ fitness and condition to their best, at least it will not be so embarrassing. When facing Notts County, They can finally play full force.
For Notts County, this game is also a crucial game, and the grudges between the two sides in the first round also need to be understood in this game.
In the first round of the confrontation, Arsenal was passive in the game, but at the last moment, he got a penalty because of Henry's diving-like fake drop, and was lucky to get a draw.
Although even the FA and the refereeing committee were pressured to admit that the penalty was a misjudgment and punished Henry, the result of the game could not be changed, and the victory in Notts County flew away. .
So for Notts County, this game is not only a key battle for the championship, but also a game of revenge. They want Arsenal to pay the most painful price for what they do.
The powerful Notts County VS the equally strong Arsenal, the top game in the Premier League standings, can be called a game of the Century War, will inevitably become the focus of attention for fans throughout England, Europe and even the world.
In terms of the number of fans, Arsenal Arsenal has gained a large number of fans with its status of great giants, excellent results and gorgeous play. Notwithstanding the strong performance of Knotts County, it is inferior to Arsenal in popularity, so it is not very optimistic. .
But for Notts County, this game is the best way to increase exposure. The more people pay attention, the better it will be for Notts County.
When fans around the world watched this game and cheered for Arsenal, they were shocked to find that there was another team in the Premier League that played more gorgeously than Arsenal and had outstanding results.
So the popularity of Notts County opened up at once.
In fact Notts County has a certain reputation in Europe. After all, it was the UEFA Cup champion last season, and its technical and tactical skills are very advanced, but it is not so popular in the world. .
Notts County needs a bigger stage to show itself, and the time when the wine is not afraid of deep alleys has long passed.
Players also know the importance of this game, so training before the game is much more serious than before, especially Carvalho, who is training like crazy.
In the first round of confrontation with Arsenal, Henry was diving in front of Carvalho and got a penalty. Carvalho has always been in deep self-blame. In this game, he wants to complete the redemption, whether it is against himself Still to the team, he has to block everything.
Notts County team atmosphere is the best, the players also understand Carvalho's mentality, so everyone discussed, specially designed a set of corners and positioning tactics with Carvalho as the core, Klose and Weiss Terman played a cover for him, hoping he could complete the redemption with a goal.
Seeing this, Loew did not say anything. Sometimes players have a lot of autonomy on the court. He also agrees that players think **** their own. Players with high ball quotients are ultimately the coach’s favorite. He is absolutely Will not hurt the enthusiasm of the players. (To be continued.)