My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 190 Coming out of the nightmare
On March 20th, the ninth round of the Premier League No. [-].

Arsenal's opponent is Everton.

In the final third of the league, Arsenal's schedule is better.

They have more home games, and the strength of their opponents is not like it was in the past few days, when they were all teams ranked at the top of the league.

David Moyes' team is working hard to avoid relegation, and when Chen Yao looked at the standings, he was surprised to find that if his goal was to enter the top four, he was pretty sure of achieving his goal this season.

Even theoretically, your team has a chance to compete for the Premier League championship, although this chance is extremely slim.

Arsenal's current league ranking is No. 3, preceded by the Manchester duo.

The pattern of the 2012-13 Premier League season is no different from the previous season. The biggest variable itself should be Arsenal - but they lost the initiative to compete for the Premier League championship during a wave of winlessness in January and February. The lineup is deeper and the players are better. Manchester United and Manchester City, whose coaches are more mature, occupy the top two spots.

However, what surprised Chen Yao was that Manchester United did not open much distance from Manchester City at this time.

Manchester United and Manchester City are very close in the league points, and both teams have their own flaws and weaknesses.In fact, no team in the Premier League this season has absolute dominance.

Arsenal has one more showdown with Manchester United with less than ten rounds left, on April 28, in the fifth round of Premier League No. 30.

Chen Yao feels that this may be a game that determines the championship.

……

Nine or ten minutes later, the Sky Sports camera showed the depressed Arsenal coach.

London in early spring was gradually turning from cold to warm, and during this game, Chen Yao took off his coat and was sweating profusely.

"I guess Chen must be anxious. But this is a situation that every team will encounter, and being anxious has no effect." The commentator said sympathetically in the studio.

Arsenal scored in the 9th minute, but for the next 10 minutes, they were unable to expand the score.

For this round of the league, Chen Yao saved a little energy, because there will be the second round of the Europa League knockout round three days later, and they will face Tottenham for the last time this season.

Although Arsenal has formed a habit of beating Tottenham. The Gunners have won three consecutive North London derbies this season, but when it comes to promotion, Chen Yao does not want to see himself become a backdrop.

But Chen Yao didn't think that these efforts were the reason for the score. Arsenal's players got [-] shooting opportunities, and Aubameyang, Griezmann and Walcott all shot at least three.

Seven of those shots hit the woodwork, but Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard had some divine help to prevent the lead from being extended again.

After being embarrassed by Arsenal's offense for half half, David Moyes increased the team's fighting intensity in the second half.

Everton's players unreasonably rushed towards Arsenal's players like mad dogs, reaching out to fight without hesitation, which greatly reduced the smoothness of Arsenal's offensive organization.

At the 65th minute, Chen Yao replaced De Bruyne and Giroud, hoping to use De Bruyne, who is good at creating fatal passes, and Giroud, who has an aerial advantage, to expand the score and reverse the team's stagnant offense.

However, De Bruyne was still not used to the position that Chen Yao asked him to play. The Belgian, who is used to the wing role, felt awkward playing in the middle. Giroud did not get many opportunities to test Tim Howard with headers.

What made Chen Yao even more upset was that in the 809th minute of the game, Everton took advantage of a corner kick and scored a goal to equalize the score.Fellaini scored the goal, and Chen Yao watched the pompous head raised high in the air, and then smashed the ball into the goal, making the score one to one.

The three points gained turned into one point.

Arsenal's set-piece defense frequently had problems at the end of the season. Chen Yao looked at Everton's players with a sullen face as they celebrated wildly for this goal, thinking that they must re-build the team's set-piece offense and defense system during the offseason. .

The game ended in a one-to-one draw. David Moyes was very satisfied with the result. Chen Yao shook hands with him politely and left the field with a heavy expression.

"I guess you thought for a moment that we still have a chance to compete for the league championship?" Juan Lillo asked Chen Yao in the corridor.

Chen Yao did not answer the question. Li Luo sighed and said, "We will have a chance, but not now."

……

Three days later, Arsenal continued to face Tottenham Hotspur at home.

Chen Yao is a little worried that the players' performance will be affected by the last game, and Villas-Boas may also go all-out in the away game and use desperate bites to fight for a reversal.

However, Tottenham Hotspur players seemed to feel weak when they saw Arsenal, and Villas-Boas was much more cautious when he came to the Emirates Stadium. Spurs are now ranked No. 5 in the Premier League, and they are far behind the top four. Small, Villas-Boas knows very well that if you want to enter next year's Champions League, steadily winning points in the league is the best option.

In the end, Arsenal and Tottenham drew one to one. The atmosphere of the match between the two teams was unexpectedly friendly. Villas-Boas shook hands with Chen Yao casually and left the stadium to find his players.

Arsenal have successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, leaving two opponents on their way to the final.

"I want this championship. You only have three opponents left - beat them, and I will win my own and your first European championship." After the game, in the locker room of the Emirates Stadium, Chen Yao said to His players say so.

……

Two days later.

The 30th round of the Premier League is about to begin.

In the team's last training session before the game, Chen Yao announced the starting lineup for the next game to the players.

Laurent Koscielny returned from injury and was included in the squad, but did not return to the starting lineup.

Thomas Vermaelen's performance was quite solid when Koscielny was injured. What is commendable is that he has always remained healthy during this period. Chen Yao will not immediately let Vermaelen sit on the bench just because the Frenchman returns.

Olivier Giroud has returned to the starting lineup, and Aubameyang has no complaints about this. In the past period of time, his game burden has been heavy, and the continuous high-intensity games have given the Gabonese a chance to rest.

And after finding the feeling of scoring goals, Aubameyang is no longer afraid of competition. He believes that he can carve up more playing time from Giroud.

When it came to choosing the starting midfielder, Chen Yao named Aaron Ramsey's name.

"Aaron, you heard me right, it's you." Chen Yao looked at the Welshman and said, "You can only be the starter in this game. They once gave you nightmares, but you have to step out and use yourself feet."

(End of this chapter)