Chapter 201
The court heard that the referee had to take a long-term view.
"In view of several mistakes made by the coaching team of Phillips Tonkinson in the FA Cup, the following penalty is now made..."
After the match with Stoke City, Arsenal also received good news. The FA finally gave a satisfactory penalty for the unfair treatment they suffered in the last FA Cup match with the Foxes. The referee team was banned for 6 rounds.
For the response of the FA, Wenger also gave positive praise in front of the media.
At least receiving a response is a good result, unlike sometimes, many of their teams' complaints almost fell into the sea without any response.
The inaction of the English Football Association has long been known to everyone. They only care about how to make the Premier League more influential and how to attract more investors to invest in the Premier League.
On April 6, 2018, in the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals, Arsenal played against the visiting Russian Super League giants CSKA Moscow at the Emirates Stadium.
This game attracted many fans to watch the game. The venue was full, the crowds were loud, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Founded in 1911, CSKA Moscow has a history of more than 100 years. The team has won seven Soviet League titles, five Russian Cup titles and six Russian Super Cup titles.
In addition, the team has participated in the Champions League many times and achieved good results.
It is worth mentioning that the "Tsar" Arshavin of that year came from this club.
He is famous for his excellent dribbling skills and sense of smell in front of the goal, and is known as one of the greatest players in Russian football history.
It's just that time has changed, and the magical boy of that year seems to be retiring.
Since the old captain was not in good condition these two days, he was not included in the starting lineup for this game. Lei Ming once again took on the responsibility of the captain and led the team to shake hands with the opponents one by one.
CSKA Moscow has always performed steadily in the European arena, and it is a tough nut to crack. For this reason, Wenger asked the players to be a little cautious after the opening.
He planned to let the team score as many goals as possible in this game and squeeze out as much rest time as possible for the players. After all, CSKA Moscow is not easy to play away, and at least they can grasp some favorable factors at home.
After the game started, Arsenal's players also wanted to make some tests according to the coach's intention, but unexpectedly, they scored a goal within five minutes of the opening.
After receiving the ball, Bellerin chose to run up and down the bottom. After being blocked by the defenders, he passed it to Ramsey. Although Ramsey was running during this process, he had already observed the positions of his teammates, so he easily passed the ball to Mkhitaryan not far away. Then Mkhitaryan made a long diagonal pass to find the offensive core Aubameyang.
When the CSKA Moscow players thought that this guy was going to shoot himself, the opponent made a fake shot and a real pass. Lacazette followed up in time to complete the final kick.
"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooallll~~~"
"Beautiful goal, it's really perfect!"
"We Arsenal are both literary and martial, who dares to say that we can't play beautiful football!"
Lacazette ran towards Aubameyang as soon as he scored the goal, thanking the other party for his selfless assist.
"Thank you, Emeric, thank you for the pass! But I want a Premier League goal!"
The opponent could have tried to score the goal just now. After all, he was qualified to do so with unlimited firing rights, but he didn't expect that Aubameyang would pass the ball to him unselfishly, allowing him to complete the final shot.
Lacazette was very excited. The two of them had just discussed it yesterday, but they didn't expect to realize the plan today. Happiness came too quickly, which made him very excited.
Aubameyang also hugged the other party, patted his back and smiled: "Haha, what are you thanking for? Your position is better than mine. I don't want such a beautiful attack to be ruined in my hands. And didn't we agree yesterday that I would help you get the Premier League top scorer? Let's start practicing from this game."
Aubameyang is very real. Since he had promised the other party yesterday, he would fulfill it.
For Lacazette
As a person, he still recognized him very much. He knew that the more he helped the other party at this time, the more rewards he might receive next season. Lacazette was not a guy who would easily ask for help. He also had his own pride.
Arsenal players hugged each other and celebrated this beautiful moment.
When the football was sent into the gate of CSKA Moscow, the whole Emirates Stadium was boiling.
No one expected that the game would be so exciting at the beginning. The team showed their strength as the Premier League overlord in the first minute against the Russian Premier League giants.
The whole process was almost a tacit pass. The scene looked so mercury pouring down, flowing like water, and natural, as if everyone knew where they should run to and then hand it over to whom. This kind of football can only be seen in Arsenal in the Premier League.
This strong penetration made the head coach of CSKA Moscow who came with the team stunned.
It's not that he didn't study Arsenal's combat style. He also rehearsed the tactics that the opponent might take in his mind, but he never expected that the opponent would come up with this trick.
After all, in Arsenal's previous games, they didn't play much passing and controlling. Most of the time, they used simple and rough wing bombing to get opportunities. The most efficient and most used was defensive counterattack. The very capable goalkeeper would throw accurate counterattack balls to quickly counterattack.
But the two teams just fought, and their own team exposed such a fatal weakness.
Facing Arsenal's tacit penetration pass, they were beaten without any ability to fight back, which was really unacceptable for him as a head coach.
He didn't expect that there would be such a big gap between his team and Arsenal.
Although there may be reasons for the inability to react in time in this attack, a goal is a goal, and he can't shirk this responsibility.
Not to mention the other side's head coach, even Wenger himself was surprised to see this goal. That kind of smooth offensive method made him very excited.
He clenched his fists tightly and hugged assistant coach Patrais.
He was very satisfied with the players' state in this game.
Who said they can't play beautiful football? Who stipulated that they can only play beautiful football?
He just wants everyone to know that Arsenal is changeable. Arsenal never has only one or two offensive routines!