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Volume 10, 2003 Europe Volume 10, 2003 Chapter 604: Qualifying early

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    After defeating Manchester City at home, Newcastle ushered in seven consecutive unbeaten games in the league. However, their success in this game was overshadowed by several other teams. Manchester United relied on Ruud van Nistelrooy and Kleberson at home.  The goal defeated Blackburn 2-1, while Chelsea relied on substitute defender Dutch Melchiot's diagonal shot into the far corner of the penalty area to defeat Southampton with difficulty, but like Newcastle, they also  Not the protagonist of this round of league.

    The protagonist of this round of the league is Arsenal under the command of Professor Wenger. Henry, who scored ten goals in the previous twelve rounds of the league, changed his role. When Adriano was absent due to injury, he began to assume the role.  Playing the role of organizing the offense, it was his three wonderful direct passes in the first and second half that helped Pires, Bergkamp and Ljungberg score a goal each. He completed an unusual hat trick - an assist hat trick!

    However, Henry's performance is not the only reason why the media has focused their attention on Arsenal. After a three-goal victory in this round of the league, Arsenal has remained unbeaten in the thirteen league rounds at the beginning of the new season with ten wins and three draws - the start.  Thirteen consecutive games unbeaten, a new record and the best start to the season in Premier League history.

    The last record was set by Liverpool last season. They remained unbeaten in twelve games, with nine wins and three draws. They lost to Middlesbrough in the thirteenth round of the league.

    Setting a new record does not mean that Arsenal will stop at 13 games unbeaten - although their competitors will hope so, their next three league opponents are Fulham, Leicester City and  Blackburn.  No matter who it is, it seems that no one has the strength to defeat Arsenal.

    Created the record for the best start in the Premier League, but the impact of this record is only limited to England, because the Premier League has only been around for eleven years, and what Arsenal set is only a record for the Premier League, not a record for England's top league.  .

    But just three days later, Arsenal shocked the whole of Europe.

    ?Bringing the power of creating the best start record in the Premier League.  Arsenal began to participate in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage and challenged Inter Milan away from home.

    You know, it was just over two months ago.  Arsenal had just lost 0-3 at home to Inter Milan. At that time, Inter Milan's head coach was Argentinian Cooper, but more than two months later, Cooper had been dismissed due to his poor performance in the league.  , the current head coach of Inter Milan is Zaccheroni, known as "Crazy Zach".

    Zaccheroni has performed well in the league since taking office and has won three consecutive games, including a 6-0 home sweep of Reggina.  But in the Champions League, they only scored one point in two rounds. Even so, not many people thought Arsenal could beat Inter Milan at Meazza, after all, this is their home court.

    The game was normal at the beginning. Henry opened the scoring with a wonderful free kick in the 29th minute. However, four minutes later, Inter Milan relied on top scorer Vieri's shot to equalize the score.  Entering the second half.

    Inter Milan¡¯s crazy attack brought a lot of trouble to Arsenal¡¯s defense.  But at the same time, the holes in their defense continued to increase. Just four minutes into the second half, Henry assisted Ljungberg, whose shot in the penalty area once again took the lead.

    Inter Milan then launched a frantic counterattack, but failed to pose much threat to the gate guarded by Lehmann when the game entered the last ten minutes.  Inter Milan began to collapse.

    In the 85th minute, Henry passed Inter Milan's captain Zanetti in the penalty area and then scored with a low shot. In the 87th minute, Henry got the ball from the wing and made a pass. Adelaide's first goal in the penalty area broke the net. Eighth  In the 19th minute, Adelaide made a beautiful ball, and Pires broke into the penalty area and volleyed successfully.

    Arsenal scored three goals in five minutes. Inter Milan suffered the biggest defeat in the Champions League since losing 7-1 to Monchengladbach in an away game in 1972. This loss not only allowed Arsenal to advance.  while qualifying.  It also leaves Inter Milan facing the fact that they must defeat Dynamo Kiev away in the last game to secure the right to qualify.

    Because Newcastle¡¯s away game against Porto was held the next day.  So Pei Wei and Mourinho both watched the game in front of TV. The strong strength displayed by Arsenal moved both of them at the same time.

    "After several years of operation, the professor already has a strong team." Pei Wei sighed: "There is a partner of Henry and Adriano on the forward line, an all-round killer, a king of the penalty area, and a substitute  Veterans like Bergkamp, ??strong players like Kanu and newcomers like Aliadiere, the two midfield wide wings Ljungberg and Pires are both at their peak, and there are Vieira and Gilbert in the middle.  Especially these two midfielders who are both offensive and defensive.?The substitutes include powerful players like Edu, the backline has Ashley Cole on the left, Sun Chenghai on the right, Keown and Campbell in the middle, and players like Lauren and Sigan on the bench. The main force is strong and the substitutes are strong.  It's also outstanding. Basically every player is in their prime. With such a team, who else can stop them.  "

    "I admit that Newcastle cannot beat them now." Mourinho also had to admit this, but he did not think this was his failure: "It took him several years to achieve this effect.  , Give me a few years, I can train such a team.¡±

    "I believe this." Pei Wei laughed: "So I will give you time But our most direct goal next is to defeat Porto away from home, so that we will basically qualify."

    "The away game is a bit difficult, but I believe Porto has no ability to stop our progress." Mourinho replied.

    In any case, Porto is a very powerful team, but this team is relatively unlucky this season. First, it encountered Newcastle, which bought ten stars in a row, and its strength skyrocketed. Then it encountered the powerful Galaxy Fleet, and then  Encountering Marseille, who had a monster forward and a crazy winger, they actually lost three games in a row in the first three rounds, basically losing the chance to qualify.

    Then in the fourth round, they were tied 0-0 at home by Marseille using defensive tactics, and were eliminated two rounds early. If they didn't win this game, they wouldn't even have the chance to play in the UEFA Cup.  .

    So in this game, Porto still has a tenacious fighting spirit and wants to seize the last straw. They hope that they can defeat Newcastle, and then Real Madrid will defeat Marseille, so that they will be four points behind Marseille and only one point behind Newcastle.  If they want to qualify, they must at least tie with Marseille, and Real Madrid, who have already qualified in advance, may not go all out to fight Porto, so they still hope to get a chance to play in the UEFA Cup (the third place in the Champions League group will qualify for the UEFA Cup).

    Although this hope is very slim and basically theoretical, at least there is still hope.

    So this is the reason why Mourinho has reservations in his answer. In this game, he also sent out the strongest lineup, hoping to win the opponent in one go and qualify early, so Newcastle can win the final game.  Take it easy.

    Given, Trabelsi, Woodgate, Lucio, Hart, Makelele, Janas, Robert, Nie Fei, Ibrahimovic and Shearer, this lineup has basically become Newcastle's main lineup.  Except for the positions of the two full-backs, which are adjusted according to the opponent's situation, the other nine players have already established their main positions.

    Porto played very hard in the game, and the players on the field were running as hard as they could, while several defenders took turns harassing Ibrahimovic. It was obvious that they wanted to take Ibrahimovic off the field like they did in the first game.  , so that their advantages will be much greater.

    ¡°It¡¯s a pity that Mourinho had already expected this and told Ibrahimovic to control his temper before the game.

    Ibrahimovic is not a fool. Naturally, he can see that his opponent is deliberately irritating him. In addition, Mourinho threatened him that if he received another red card, he would stay on the bench for a month, so Ibrahimovic faced  He did not get angry at the opponent's provocation, but instead used his own skills to provoke Porto's defenders. After the first half, Porto's two central defenders and a defensive midfielder each received a yellow card.  I got it all from Ibrahimovic.

    However, offensively, they did a pretty good job. Taking advantage of Newcastle's offensive players and their defenders to fight, before the end of the first half, Mendes took a beautiful long shot in front of the penalty area and broke Given's fingers.  Porto leads 1-0 at home.

    During the halftime break, Mourinho immediately made tactical adjustments and focused his offense on the wing. At the same time, Robert, who was slightly injured, was replaced by Stewart to increase the speed of the wing.

    This adjustment immediately had a miraculous effect. Shortly after the start of the second half, Stewart broke through the wing and created a free kick. Hart drove the ball into the penalty area. Lucio, who assisted from behind, beat Valente with a header to equalize the score.

    Porto did play very hard. Five minutes later, Mendes once again helped them exceed the score. With a supplementary shot in the penalty area, Given was powerless.

    But ten minutes later, Newcastle equalized the score for the second time. This time it was another defender who scored the goal. Trabelsi stepped forward with an assist and then received a pass from Nie Fei and broke into the penalty area and succeeded in volleying.

    Before the end, Porto¡¯s players couldn¡¯t help but start a massive attack, which played into Newcastle¡¯s hands. Through a beautiful counterattack, Nie Fei helped Newcastle take the lead for the first time in the game, and at the same time?? is also the final score.

    After a difficult 3-2 away win over Porto, Newcastle gained the right to qualify. This also made Pei Wei relieved. At least, Newcastle's performance in the Champions League this half season was perfect.
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