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Chapter 1628 The home fans lying flat

After the happy holiday, the Arsenal players returned to the training base. Under the leadership of Wenger, they will have two days to prepare for the next round of the Champions League group stage.

In the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, both the strength of the opponent and the pressure to advance are extremely small, but the only thing is that the team has to go to Greece for this game.

This made the professor ponder. His players had just experienced the national team competition, and when they returned to the league, they had a fierce duel with Everton.

Now, in the case of double matches a week, some players continue to suffer from the fatigue caused by long-distance travel. This is completely in the rhythm of injuries.

In fact, during the two days of training before starting, there were already wounded in the Gunners.

Rosicky, who started the game against Everton in the last game, sprained his knee during training and was judged by the team doctor to need at least a month of recovery time.

This made Wenger finally make up his mind. Except for a few players who had already taken a rest, he continued to make a lot of rotations when arranging the team's lineup.

"Tomorrow's game will be our last game in the group stage, I would say yes, let's keep winning till the end."

Facing Olympiacos, Arsenal had never lost a single game. When the professor stood in the meeting room again before announcing the team list, his words made the players nod their heads in agreement.

"Then, tomorrow's game, we will play 442."

Pointing the electronic pen in his hand on the screen, the professor began to quickly arrange the team's starting lineup. The first two forwards appeared, the names of Liu Feng and Neymar appeared one after another.

"Feng, Neymar, I don't think I need to say more about the tasks of the two of you. Let's end the game as quickly as possible with goals."

"Understand the coach!"

"Okay, then four midfielders, Chamberlain, Ganso, Cazorla, Walcott."

Youth is endurance. This is the iron law of sports. Whether it is Chamberlain or the Tigers, their state has not declined after the game against Everton, but has shown an upward trend.

Seeing their impeccable performance in training, the professor has no reason not to use them.

Finally, there is the back line. Mertesacker, who took a break in the last game, returned to the starting lineup, Vermaelen got a chance to rest, and Gibbs and Maicon replaced Alba and Alves.

In the end, the professor set the back line of Gibbs, Mertesacker, Koscielny and Maicon, and Szczesny continued to be the goalkeeper.

Most of the main players who did not make it to the starting lineup did not even enter the big list. After announcing all the lists, the professor directly indicated that those who did not read their names can enjoy the rest time next.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Li Ke, a Chinese-British player in the team, also entered the squad. He has not had the opportunity to make his debut after joining the team this season. I don't know if he will make his debut this time.

After Liu Feng returned to London from Yokohama, Li Ke had further exchanges with Liu Feng.

As a direct Chinese whose mother is Chinese, Li Ke has a high degree of recognition of Chinese culture. In his communication with Liu Feng, he mentioned more than once whether he can also play in the Chinese national team.

After judging the strength of the national team, Liu Feng gave him an affirmative answer. After all, Zhang Yuning and Wei Shihao are just entering the bench roles of the first team in Serie A, and they are no different from Li Ke.

And such a player can help the team after returning to the national team. Li Ke, who is valued and liked by the professor, will naturally have no problem returning.

So, thoughtful Li Ke nodded after receiving Liu Feng's affirmative answer.

Liu Feng doesn't know what Li Ke will do in the future, because after all, he is a British citizen now, and China does not recognize dual citizenship. If he wants to enter the national team, he must give up his British citizenship. This is still quite difficult for him who grew up in the UK.

The flight from London to Greece broke through the sky that night, and the team members checked into the most luxurious hotel in the area that night. The game was held in the afternoon local time, and they had plenty of time to rest and prepare.

The next morning, they borrowed the venue of the local club for the final training session, took a nap at the hotel at noon, and took the bus to Olympiakos’ home court, Kareskakis Stadium, in the afternoon. Arsenal’s schedule was clearly arranged by their manager.

However, unlike previous away games, this time when the Arsenal team's bus came near the opponent's home court, what greeted them was not boos, but cheers.

This made the players in the bus suspect that there was something wrong with their ears, but when they took a closer look, they found that many fans wearing home team jerseys were holding up posters of Arsenal players and shouting.

"It's not the same as our first time here."

Liu Feng and Gan Suo beside him laughed and chatted.

"Maybe it was really conquered by us."

In fact, it really means something like this.

Olympiacos is a team that has entered the Champions League but has been out of the group all the year round. Their fans are really Buddhist.

What they look forward to most every year is not the team being drawn into a group with weak strength, but being drawn into a group with as many strong teams as possible, because in this way, they will have the opportunity to see at least three strong teams from other leagues at home.

With such a mentality, what they encountered this season was the defending champion Arsenal who won the Champions League twice in a row. After confirming that the team was really not Arsenal's opponent, they began to change their mentality and became happy.

"Maple! Maple! Maple!"

Before the bus drove into the stadium, Liu Feng even heard the crowd shouting his name loudly.

Therefore, this game started in such a beginning.

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"The goal has been scored!!! Liu Feng! He opened the scoring in the 7th minute of the game. He continued his strong scoring momentum in the Champions League."

At the Kareskakis Stadium, Arsenal, who chose to control the ball, failed to let Olympiacos touch the ball within 7 minutes of the game. After a series of dazzling passes, Liu Feng on the left side of the penalty area sent the ball directly into the goal with a kick.

"1-0, the Gunners' pass coordination is wonderful, and Ganso's playing style as the core of the playmaker has also begun to show obvious changes."

From the crisp and quick transition in Piacenza to the gorgeous organization and ability to pass and burst, Ganso has already become the comprehensive midfielder that many coaches covet.

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