Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 281 Arsenal's own Gunners! Melo's pressure and abnormality! 58 games unbeaten is coming!
The game ended like this, Arsenal finally defeated Reading 56-, won another victory in the Premier League, and increased their unbeaten streak to games!
Only 2 games left!
They will tie the record of the Milan dynasty and stand first in the history of the top five leagues!

The current Arsenal team has unknowingly entered the best period in their entire history. The players are high-spirited and have unprecedented ambition.

They no longer thought about anything, but just held their breath and launched the final sprint towards the ultimate success, everyone was ready for the decisive battle.

"Let the red and white flag fly at the highest point, and the Arsenal dynasty will become eternal!" - Arsenal Official released a poster photo

"First: Arsenal, 50 points, second: Manchester City, 41 points, third: Chelsea, 40 points, fourth: Manchester United, 40 points." - Premier League standings at the end of round 18
“英超18轮结束，阿森纳彻底拉开与其他球队的差距，系英超联赛历史最快达到50分的球队，18轮16胜2平仅丢4分！”——《队报》

"'58' digital posters and banners were raised in many places in North London. Arsenal fans prepared and prayed for the important moment in advance. They will give all their enthusiasm!" - London Evening News

Overnight, it seemed that Arsenal was the only team left in London and even in England.

There is no more news about Tottenham and Chelsea, and no one is speaking out. Teams from other places are also quietly preparing for their games and no longer grabbing any headlines. Everything seems to be making way for Arsenal.

Top notch!

Arsenal is the undisputed top team in world football right now, and they occupy at least 80% of the attention of football fans!
Even the top teams in major leagues such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Juventus, etc. seem to have disappeared during this period.

Apart from their own fans who still pay attention to them, other neutral fans rarely find reports about them. Even if they do, they think it is not important news and are not very interested.

When Arsenal's momentum is so strong, the team's young captain and absolute core Maher is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.

Not only did the fans pin their hopes of the team surpassing the 58-game unbeaten streak on him, they also paid attention to his own personal honor, the Ballon d'Or, which once again became the focus of discussion.

"Mael and Arsenal have reached the forefront of history. They will definitely have the best ending, one breaking the team record and the other breaking the personal record." - Henry posted

"It takes 600 years for Messi to appear. His magnificence is like a dream." - Guardiola posted at the same time
"Although I am a Madridista, Messi is obviously the strongest one and he deserves the Golden Ball." - Real Madrid legend Guti

"People who support Messi like to say that he is very prestigious and influential, and he played at his best this year. He deserves to win the Ballon d'Or and complete his fourth consecutive championship. But I want to say that he lacks a championship with gold content this year." - Gary Speed
"Mael also played the best form of his career and showed a vigorous and rapid growth momentum and potential. If Messi has prestige and influence, then he is the one with more potential and future. I think the two offset each other." - Wenger

"Mael won the Premier League, the League Cup, the Community Shield and... well, actually I think with his performance this year, one European Cup is enough to surpass Messi. 80 goals a year will not be much worse than 90." - Former Arsenal star Pires

"Barcelona is not strong enough this year, but Arsenal is having the best period in their history. With this and other advantages, I think Maher's Ballon d'Or is undisputed." - Editor-in-chief of L'Equipe

Judging from the direction of public opinion on that day, it can be clearly seen that Maher is gradually gaining the upper hand, which has never happened before.

More and more people began to support him, and the evidence cited by those who spoke for him became more powerful.

In comparison, what those who spoke for Messi said was a bit far-fetched, without any factual basis, and was just some relatively "empty" praise.

As the editor-in-chief of L'Equipe said, this is of course related to Arsenal's recent strength. In the football world or anywhere else, a person's success or failure has a lot to do with the team platform he is on.

And once this successful person is not only the one who contributes to his own success, but also the one who drives his team platform to achieve outstanding success, the praise and appreciation he will receive will be multiplied!

Mahel is such a person, no one can doubt that, Arsenal and the Premier League have become better because of him, even the French team and everyone around him.

"Ma-ehl!! Ma-ehl!!"

These days, Arsenal fans in North London are extremely excited, their faces are filled with happy smiles, and for the first time everyone feels like they are the center of football.

Many people sang the team's song and the song of the team's hero Maher on the streets, praising them with loud voices and intoxicated expressions.

Look, their team is striving for one of the most difficult records to break in history, and their captain is also striving to become the youngest winner of the Golden Ball, hopefully setting another unprecedented record!

They walked on these two roads and attracted attention from all over the world. So what's wrong with calling this place the center of world football during this period?

In the past few years, Arsenal fans have experienced rounds of frustration, humiliation and disappointment that are greater than the previous ones.

This year, they didn't expect that after experiencing one dream after another, they would still be living in a happier and more fulfilling dream!
"Lifelong support for Mahel!!"

"Support Arsenal for life!!"

All the fan bars hung these two banners. If the Italian Serie A team Roma has the name of Wolf King Totti engraved at the top of the steps engraved with all the great Roman kings from ancient Rome to the present, then Arsenal fans also have this idea at this moment.

However, the title before ‘Mael’ will be changed to Gun King!

On December 12, after Barcelona defeated Cordoba 14-1 in the Spanish King's Cup quarter-finals.

Messi was in his mansion, staying with his father and members of his marketing and public relations teams. Everyone looked a little heavy, as if they had something on their minds.

"What about the judges?"

Messi's father turned to one of the responsible persons and asked, "What is the attitude of the group of judges who are close to us this year? Is there any accurate information?"

The person in charge shook his head slightly, looking like he had something to say, and finally said, "Only a few people said they would vote for us unwaveringly, and many did not.

“The situation is like this now. There are many people who firmly support Messi and many people who support Maher. It depends on who can pull the neutrals over.

"Most neutrals are waiting to see where Arsenal will be at the end of the month. They want to see if they are still unbeaten by then. If Arsenal continues to be strong, I guess."

He didn't continue, but the meaning was clear: if Arsenal were on the verge of breaking the record, most people would support Mahre.

Messi's father's face became extremely serious. He looked at Messi and lowered his head again, clenching his right hand tightly and squeezing it continuously.

There was obvious pressure on Messi's face. Since winning his first Ballon d'Or in 09, he has won three Ballon d'Or in a row.

Winning three consecutive championships has brought him not only honor, but also pressure. After enjoying unprecedented acclaim in the football world, he has long been accustomed to winning the Golden Ball and living under the spotlight and applause.

At this time, if he fails to win four consecutive championships, it means that he will lose everything he has accumulated in previous years.

Moreover, if Maher, who is only 19 years old, breaks his record, all the spotlights on him will be mercilessly shifted towards Maher!

Messi knows very well that people like young geniuses. Once a young genius ascends the throne, he will definitely attract all the attention of the people and no one will get any attention from others.

That's how he came here, so he knows very well how much Maher, who is younger and more talented than he was when he succeeded, will gain by then.

"too fast."

After a long while, someone sighed and said, "It's really too fast. Generally speaking, there is a process from when we notice a player, to when he becomes famous, to when he shows his performance in the top ten, to when he shows his performance in the top three, and finally to when he is the best.

"Let's not talk about Xavi and Iniesta, who were born earlier than Messi and grew up in the same club. Let's talk about Atletico Madrid's Falcao, we know that in 09, he moved from River Plate to Bordeaux for 540 million euros. "

He gave an example and continued: “But he really became famous, that is, known by the majority of fans, when he moved from Porto to Atletico Madrid for 8 million euros in August last year.

"This year, he has been able to compete for the top ten in the world with his stable performance in multiple clubs for several consecutive seasons.

"The time span is more than three years, which is already very fast."

He hunched his shoulders slightly and sighed, “But since we knew Maher, he was already a top 10 player in the world, and he climbed to great heights very quickly.

"Even at that time, we didn't think he was a match for Messi. Who would have thought that just one year later, he would be."

He didn't say anything else. In front of Messi, he couldn't say that Maher posed a great threat or even had the upper hand.

The others looked heavy-hearted. Just as this man said, they did not pay attention to him at first, or thought that Mahel would take some time to develop, but now he has reached this position at a speed that no one expected.

If someone had said a year ago that Maher would compete with Messi for the Ballon d'Or at the end of 12, everyone would have sneered or even laughed.

Who would have thought.
"Oh." Messi's father sighed deeply and racked his brains to think of a solution.

Messi sat there, drinking yerba mate tea imported from Argentina, wondering what he was thinking about.

Cristiano Ronaldo's mansion in Madrid.

As the residence of one of the best active players in the world and the most watched and popular Portuguese superstar, there is no shortage of tourists and reporters here every day, and it is always bustling with people.

"Crack, click, click.!"

"Ronaldo!!"

There was a lot of noise outside the door, and flash lights kept flashing. It looked lively, but also a little disturbing.

In the early years, Ronaldo often expressed anger about this situation, and he repeatedly scolded these people at the door, especially those reporters who wanted to dig out more gossip about him.

He still remembered that when his first child was born, he was harassed like this all day long. Countless people asked about the child's biological mother, which made him angry many times.

But today, Ronaldo in the house felt something special when listening to these sounds.

He opened the window but drew the curtains, looking down through the curtains and listening to the sounds, hoping that the noise would wash away the anxiety in his brain.

"Ronaldo."

Elena got down from the bed quietly and put her arm around his waist from behind, as if she could understand his troubles. "Is Mendes not coming over yet? I rarely see him this year."

Ronaldo didn't say anything, but just looked blankly at the fans downstairs who were crazy about him.

"He won't come?" Irina pointed out what was in Ronaldo's heart. She wanted to make Ronaldo open up and talk about these things in this way. Maybe this would make him feel better.

"Yes." There was impatience in Ronaldo's voice. He didn't want to say this.

"How could he do this? Has he forgotten everything that happened?"

Irina let go of Ronaldo's hand and came to his side to speak up for him, "No one can be so heartless and ungrateful. Ronaldo, you have a clear conscience towards him, I think that is enough, you have to know that you are right.

"As long as you are full and strong in your heart, it doesn't matter if you lose something in the short term. We will get it back sooner or later."

C Luo frowned, and became more impatient, "I don't want to hear these words, you know my character, I never think that I will leave something, and I have always firmly believed in my future.

"So, don't comfort me, don't think I'm a very fragile person, it's quite the opposite."

Irina lowered her head and didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, she left Ronaldo and went to the refrigerator to get some milk.

"I can't blame Mendes and our cooperation will continue."

Ronaldo glanced downstairs, closed the curtains, and murmured, "But even though I know it may not be right to say this, I still have to say that this time, I am a little disappointed in him."

Elena turned around and looked at the figure by the window, and for a moment she forgot what she was doing.

On December 12, the English League Cup resumed in the British Isles, and on this day, the biggest upset of the season so far occurred.

Arsenal, who have been in the limelight recently, played with all their strength with their second-line lineup, but ended up drawing 2-3 with Bradford City, a team in the English Second Division. In the final penalty shootout, they lost /.

This was an unexpected defeat. No one thought that the current No. 1 team in the Premier League would lose to the second-ranked team in the fourth tier of England.

Even if it was the second-tier team, it wouldn't be this bad, right? Even if it was the reserve team or the youth team, it wouldn't be this bad, right?
Just like that, amidst everyone's stunned gazes, Arsenal with collective gloomy faces withdrew from this season's League Cup. They only have three lines left on their road to the championship this season.

Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and FA Cup.

That afternoon, after completing extra training, Maher learned the news at home and was extremely shocked.

He probably watched the replay, but all he saw was the team wasting countless opportunities and Wenger looking helpless and gloomy countless times.

Maher was not too sad because he had already won the League Cup and all personal awards last season. Being eliminated this season would not affect his completion of the English League Grand Slam.

He just felt it was a little sudden and he was choked by a breath.

He didn't know how the second-line lineup would spend the night or what Wenger would think. He only knew that the Bradford City players were going to have an unforgettable night.

What is the charm of football?

As the captain of a team that is currently ranked first in the Premier League, first in the Champions League group, and was upset, he cannot say this, but he still feels a little sad in his heart.

"All right."

Maher did not think about it any more, but looked forward and consoled himself: "Anyway, I haven't won seven titles in a single season, nor seven titles in a year, so it's just one less battle line and less pressure.

"I hope to win the quadruple championship and qualify for the Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup next year. Then we can do something big."

He knows that now he should focus on the Premier League because the 58-game unbeaten streak is coming soon!
(End of this chapter)