Rice s long wave regained Newcastle s three-kill revenge, and Tassel runs with Wenger s life track three times
10:01am, 19 May 2025Football
Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Jingyi
Ten days ago, Arsenal lost to Prince Park and was double-killed by Paris Saint-Germain and stopped in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The fourth line failed, Arteta's bold statement in the championship turned into a borderline dream. The trophy was shady, but the pain was unforgettable. When he woke up, he was still empty-handed. The opposition and the enemy are fully fired, as if the performances of the Tamama and his troops this season are all the antonyms for success.
In the first two years, in Manchester City's four consecutive championships, Arsenal's role was the challenger of regret. Blue Moon fell from the altar this season, while the Gunners took the lead in falling out of the competition with Liverpool. By competing and scrambling, they barely retained their position as the "number one loser". How hard is this three consecutive Premier League Asian Cup? The Gunners have been killed by Newcastle United this season. If they lose again at home, they will be both injuring their faces and will not be conducive to the prospect of Champions League qualification.
Havertz was seriously injured in Dongxue, and coach Tah suffered from the pain of not having a striker, and the Gunners were once in a trough of offense. The new director Berta arrived at his post and looked for a strong center as soon as possible. Sheshko and Dzekelish were the cost-effective choices, while Isaac was the representative of senior goods. The covetousness of the defeated players made Eddie Howe extremely unhappy, and he reiterated the non-selling attributes of Swedish center before the game. It was just that Isaac missed the game due to "slight" groin problems, and Wilson won his second Premier League starter chance in the season.
After the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Hao Ge used a three-center-back formation against the Gunners, intending to replicate the strategy of Schell's previous pressure interfering with Rice. In this game, whenever Raya holds the ball, Tonali and Guimaraes will guard Odgao and Thomas Patty respectively. The move restricted the Gunners' route and forced Raya to make a pass mistake. In the 18th minute of the game, Newcastle completed 11 shots, 5 of which were on the right track: using Raya's mistake to give a gift, Wilson cleverly made a comeback, and Guimares, who inserted behind, decisively shot low; Born received a corner kick and helped to shake his head vigorously, and Botman stabbed and finished the shot. Fortunately, Raya reacted quickly and repeatedly sacrificed his magic to make up for his mistakes, and then turned the tide.
The Gunners wanted to deal with the move and tried two ways to crack: one was to let Saka retract to the middle lane from time to time, and Trosal retreated and responded; the other was to Trosal, Martinelli retreated and took Botman away, and then suddenly turned around and intervened, and Raya made a long pass to the middle lane. But the air-control ability of Tongtian Tower and High Point Scher is far better than that of Martinelli and Saka who are cruising for opportunities, and Newcastle is at ease in defense.
Seeing this, Arteta took off from the midfield and was responsible for dragging and marking Wilson's back, and sent Calafiori, who and Kiviol pushed forward significantly, forcing the Newcastle midfielder to retreat. Based on this, Patty, who was liberated, cut off Gordon's ball and won the ball. Odegao made a cross from the right, and Rice's long shot from the top of the arc broke the deadlock. Rice has scored 9 goals this season, making it the most productive season in his career so far. He has another 10 assists and directly participated in 19 goals, second only to Saka, who contributed 25 direct goals in the team. After this goal, the Rice Gunners have scored 16 goals in 102 games in their career, surpassing the production of the entire West Ham United career (15 goals in 245 games).
There were two free kicks before, and then the stalemate was a result of resolving the blockade. Rice became a very small number of Gunners players whose reputation has not declined but increased in this ups and downs.
The most comforting thing for gun fans is undoubtedly Havertz's comeback. When he suffered a serious hamstring injury in February, the German was declared to be reimbursed for the season, and the injury time was shortened by 5 months. Shockingly, in addition to his recovery speed, there are also significant changes in appearance. Tassai revealed that Havertz focused on physical evolution during his recovery period, "smashed all indicators of our gym in the past 10 years." The real thing appeared, confirming that Tassai said was true: his once slender arms are now full of sleeves, his chest is wide, and his shoulders are straight, which has changed his weak temperament in the past. After taking over Saka, Havertz took the initiative to seek physical confrontation, and even if he fought with the Great Dan, he was not afraid at all.
At this time, the Gunners were leading the battle, and Newcastle occasionally threatened and was still seeking opportunities until the end. However, the fact is that except for the 5-foot shot in the first 18 minutes, the Magpies' Legion could not shoot within the range of the door frame for the rest of the time. Although Wilson has creative achievements, his deterrence ability is far inferior to Isaac. This is the fourth league game Isaac missed this season. Newcastle only scored one goal in total in four games, and did not win one. In the end, the Gunners defeated Newcastle 1-0 and entered the Champions League one round ahead of schedule, almost ensuring the runner-up.
After the championship for three consecutive years, is it an achievement or failure? Against the backdrop of fierce turbulence in the Premier League, the Gunners' three consecutive games are a reflection of stability. Combined with Tamasan's championship trailer, the disappointment of fans and loyal fans should be proportional to expectations. In the eyes of the opponent or enemy, this is the beginning of the tragic cycle of reincarnation and is the evidence that the fate is uncrowned.
In terms of fate, the only team in Premier League history that won three consecutive games or ranked second was Arsenal from 1999 to 2001. The following year, Wenger led the team to regain the double championships of the Premier League and the FA Cup. Arteta's determination to echo his mentor's history and echoed the following season. He stood in the center of the stadium, shot a microphone and spread his faith to every corner of the Chief: "We want to create our own history on this stadium, and this season is the starting point."
He cannot decide how the outside world will write or judge, the success and failure, success and demerit, gain and loss of the Arsenal this season. But he must ensure that the emotions directly conveyed to the players and fans are accurate and true, and are not reflected by the outside world to reflect a different meaning. They are not winners on the championship podium, but the record of the Champions League and the Premier League semi-finals has been in this scarred and long-distance season, and no matter what, it is not a winner: "Any other team, if they are in our current situation, may not dare to think of the same results as us. We do not ask others for recognition, but as head coaches, I must recognize the efforts of these players."
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