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Chapter 154: Is China's Su, the template for Pogba, going to face off against the real Pogba this time?
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"sususususu!"

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"sususususu!"

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The score was 3-0 at halftime, and the game was so easy that there was no pressure at all.

Under these circumstances, the entire Arsenal team naturally started their halftime celebration mode as soon as they entered the locker room!

Capsized?

Without any adjustments and with the team's morale high, even the professor, who is known for his caution, doesn't think Paris Saint-Germain has any chance of capsizing.

"Alright! Come over here, everyone!"

After watching his disciples' chaotic performance with a smile for a while, the professor clapped his hands and gathered everyone together.

"Paris will definitely go all out in the second half, especially on the flanks!"

"In the first ten minutes or so, Su! You should stay in the backfield as much as possible, and Lewandowski and Di Maria should also position themselves further forward."

"While focusing on defense, we must also seize opportunities to attack!"

In the away team's locker room, the coach was outlining the team's tactics for the second half, while in the home team's locker room not far away...

Contrary to expectations, Paris Saint-Germain, trailing by three goals, did not make any hasty tactical changes. On the contrary, Cavani, who was put back in the wing position he did not like, actually criticized the coach.

Moreover, Cavani didn't just express his dissatisfaction with Laurent Blanc; he even went so far as to imply that all the team's conceded goals started from the middle.
Upon hearing this, Da Fengxian, who was lying on the chair with a towel covering himself, immediately pulled off the towel, got up, and walked towards Cavani.

He was already tall, and then there were those muscular, tattooed muscles.

Just the sheer presence she exuded as she walked over made the rest of the PSG players tremble!
Hi! What did you just say?

Da Fengxian was already seething with anger because of Su Hao, and when he heard Cavani making sarcastic remarks about him, he naturally didn't hold back and prepared to teach the Uruguayan a lesson.

"What did I say? Are you deaf?"

Who is Cavani?
This Uruguayan football bully is no pushover either!

Having gotten used to being the leader of the national team, Cavani has been unhappy for a long time now that a big Ibrahimovic has suddenly appeared and is riding on his head.

Seeing that the team's two star strikers were about to start fighting, Thiago Silva immediately got up and separated them.

Seeing that it was Thiago Silva who came to mediate, Ibrahimovic and Cavani said nothing more, glared at each other, and sat back down.

Once everything had settled down, Laurent Blanc cursed inwardly and pulled over the tactics board.

"Arsenal's central defense is very solid, so we still need our wingers to break the deadlock in the second half!"

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Laurent Blanc was in a bad mood. It wasn't that he lacked talent or ability.

He simply couldn't control this group of troublemakers who had come to Paris just to make money!

Trailing by three goals, and then there was this bizarre incident of players fighting amongst themselves during halftime.
Although he was still trying his best to come back, Blanc knew very well that his time with PSG was over in this match and even in this Champions League!

The short 15-minute halftime break ended quickly.

Arsenal made no personnel changes and retained their previous starting eleven.

Meanwhile, PSG substituted Cavani, who had not contributed much on the wing.

Number 7, Lucas Moura, with his explosive power, came on as a substitute.

Blanc is hoping that Lucas Moura can help PSG break through Arsenal's defense on the left flank and thus equalize the score.

However, what Blanc didn't know was that while he was awkwardly watching Ibrahimovic and Cavani fight amongst themselves, the professor had already shifted Arsenal's defensive focus to the flanks in the locker room.

Especially after Wenger saw Lucas Moura come on, the professor decisively called for Kanté to move towards Lucas.

Kante, who could contain even the peak Zahavi, naturally faced no pressure against the young Lucas Moura.

After three textbook sliding tackles and counter-attacks against Lucas in the first ten minutes of the game!

Paris Saint-Germain's desperate counterattack has completely failed.

Moreover, not only did the counterattack fail to achieve any results, but on the contrary, in the 62nd minute of the match...

After Su Hao and Kanté worked together to hook the ball away from Ibrahimovic's feet again, Di Maria, who received a top-notch long pass from Su Hao, easily broke through the Paris defense that was unable to recover in time.

And with a graceful chip shot, he changed the score to 4-0!

The piercing whistle blew, and the Princes Park stadium fell silent.

This goal completely shattered the remaining less than a third of Paris Saint-Germain's die-hard fans' courage to stay on the pitch.

"There's no suspense anymore; Paris Saint-Germain's performance in European competitions is as terrible as ever!"

"When facing strong opponents, although Paris Saint-Germain has world-class players in every position, they are often in a state of individual combat. And Zhan Jun, don't you think this Paris Saint-Germain team is missing something very important?"

"Yes, Mr. Huang, I also think that this Paris Saint-Germain team lacks the determination to win in a major tournament like the Champions League!"

Commentators Huang and Zhan Jun in the commentary booth immediately began to pronounce a death sentence on Paris Saint-Germain.

The PSG players on the pitch naturally collapsed completely.

The offense stalled, and the defense was riddled with holes!
In the final twenty minutes, under Su Hao's command, Arsenal took complete control of the game, pinning Paris Saint-Germain back in their own half.

75th minute of the match!

After several near misses, Su Hao finally broke through the goal guarded by Savatore Sirigu with his signature long-range shot.

5: 0!
At this moment, as Su Hao raised his arms and shouted.

The once crowded Princes Park stadium is now deserted.

80th minute of the match!

With the outcome of the match now completely decided, the professor finally began making substitutions.

Su Hao, Kante, and Lewandowski were all substituted.

Ramsey, Chamberlain, and Giroud came on as substitutes.

5: 0!

The score remained unchanged.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the more than 3,000 Arsenal die-hard fans in the stands excitedly chanted Su Hao's name once again.

A five-goal lead, all of which were away goals.

With this advantage, everyone knows that Arsenal has already secured a place in the quarterfinals a round early.

With 2 goals and 1 assist, he undoubtedly won the Man of the Match award.

After the whistle blew, seeing countless reporters rushing towards him, Da Fengxian naturally pushed them all aside without hesitation and went straight back to the locker room.

The team was thrashed, and both goals conceded were due to their own mistakes. Ibrahimovic knew very well what these damned reporters were after, and what they wanted to achieve by being so eager for him.

Of course, in Ibrahimovic's view, although the team was thrashed, Zlatan did not lose. Zlatan is still the same Zlatan, he was just unlucky to have not met a group of excellent teammates.

"Zlatan is an excellent striker. In today's match, he was the biggest threat to us in the entire Paris Saint-Germain team!"

At the post-match press conference, Su Hao, as the victor, did not act pettily by stepping on Ibrahimovic.

On the contrary, when faced with reporters' questions, Su Hao seriously praised Ibrahimovic.

However, Su Hao's praise was interpreted as the greatest irony by Ibu on the other side.

Yes!

What constitutes the greatest threat?

Is the striker who didn't score a single goal the most dangerous player?

Ibrahimovic was furious, but having inexplicably turned into a weakling in the Champions League for so many years, he really didn't have the confidence to speak out against Su Hao again.

Especially after those shameless reporters from L'Équipe published a comparison chart of Su Hao and Ibrahimovic's match contributions after the game.
Arsenal thrashed Paris Saint-Germain 5-0.

In the other rounds of the competition.

The highly anticipated Chelsea vs. Barcelona match ended in a 1-1 draw, bringing the suspense back to Camp Nou.

At Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Mourinho, who has always played a tough defensive style, did not give the then-dominant MSN a lot of opportunities to shine.

In particular, Mourinho relied on his experience to employ a brutal, relentless attacking strategy against Messi.

In the 90-minute match, Messi was fouled a total of 12 times by Chelsea players.

Moreover, Chelsea only received fewer than three yellow cards for these dozen or so fouls.

It was precisely this brutal defense that silenced Messi.

If it weren't for Iniesta's divine intervention in the final moments of the match, who once again miraculously equalized with a close-range shot, the score would have been different.

Perhaps the Stamford Bridge tragedy can be avenged in front of tens of thousands of Chelsea die-hard fans!
Chelsea and Barcelona drew 1-1.

Meanwhile, Shakhtar Donetsk miraculously managed a 0-0 draw against the mighty Bayern Munich at their home ground, employing a super-strong defensive strategy.

Apart from these two draws, Real Madrid thrashed Schalke 04 4-0, a team that was already in decline.
Juventus 1-0 Borussia Dortmund.

Porto 2:0 Basel

Atletico Madrid cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen, as usual.

Manchester City 2-1 Monaco.

Since then!

The first round of the Champions League Round of 16 has concluded.

There were no major upsets, and Real Madrid and Arsenal have essentially secured their spots in the quarterfinals.

With the Champions League match over, the professor naturally began preparing for the league match four days later.

Although the opponent was the weak Crystal Palace, the professor still dared not be careless and included Su Hao and Kanté in the roster.

The professor had originally planned to bring Su Hao on if the substitutes couldn't break the deadlock.

But to the professor's surprise, Ramsey, who only got ten minutes of playing time in the Champions League and didn't have any outstanding performance, suddenly exploded in this game. Less than 20 minutes into the game.

Ramsey then scored a stunning long-range shot from the middle to make it 1-0.
Watching Ramsey's passionate run after scoring, the professor's mind was suddenly filled with the image of Wilshere, the boy he had once given all his hope to.

Yes, Wilshere, who left Arsenal for Newcastle United during that winter transfer window, did not experience the second spring in his career that fans had hoped for.

Conversely, after playing less than three games for Newcastle, Wilshere was forced off the field injured in a confrontation with an opponent.

Wilshere was diagnosed with a recurrence of an old injury after the match and announced that he would miss the rest of the season, which angered countless Newcastle fans who criticized the club's management for spending money to buy a fragile player.

"Hey!"

With a long sigh, the professor stopped thinking about it and turned his attention back to the basketball court.

3: 1!

With neither Suarez nor Kanté playing, Arsenal easily defeated Crystal Palace, their opponent in the 26th round of the league, thanks to Ramsey's brace and assist.

After this match, Arsenal have secured all three points, bringing their total points to 74, with 24 wins and 2 draws, remaining undefeated.

That's outrageous!
After all, there are still 12 rounds left in the league.

With 12 goals remaining, Arsenal already have a whopping 74 points, a total that would have secured them the title in previous years.

Moreover, Manchester City and Chelsea, who were originally closely following Arsenal, have gradually started to falter due to competing on multiple fronts.

Manchester City, who were originally second, unexpectedly lost to a relegation-threatened team, while Chelsea also suffered a crushing defeat against Liverpool.

With such undeserved strength, Chelsea, ranked second, is 13 points behind Arsenal, while Manchester City, ranked third, is dragged down by 17 points.

Such a commanding lead has led the media to predict that Arsenal's title win is now a foregone conclusion. The only question that might pique the curiosity of all Premier League fans is how many points Arsenal will need to lift the trophy this year.

The squad is luxurious, and the bench depth is so impressive that even Real Madrid and Barcelona are somewhat envious.

It was under these circumstances, which everyone envied, that the professor had the most perfect March since he took over Arsenal.

In the subsequent 27th round of the league, they faced Everton.

The manager, once again fielding his strongest lineup, unsurprisingly crushed Everton 5-1 at Goodison Park.

Su Hao scored one goal and provided three assists, earning him the title of best player of the match once again.

Round 28 of the league.

Arsenal will host Queens Park Rangers at home.

Against this aggressive relegation-threatened team, Arsenal did not disappoint their home fans.

Utilize Su Hao's various top-notch long-pass scheduling skills.

In less than fifteen minutes, Arsenal used the width of the pitch to break through the Queens Park Rangers' super bus.

Lewandowski pounced on the loose ball in front of the goal, making it 1-0.
In the ensuing match, Queens Park Rangers, forced to spread out their formation in search of an opportunity to equalize, were quickly overwhelmed by Arsenal.

4: 0.

Arsenal have once again secured a spectacular victory.

Moreover, because Chelsea were unexpectedly held to a draw by Stoke City, Arsenal widened the gap in points to 15 points.

Based on this gap, Arsenal could very well clinch the Premier League title with five rounds to spare this season.

The 28th round of the league has concluded.

The second round of the Champions League Round of 16 has resumed.

Because they defeated Paris Saint-Germain five times in the first round, Arsenal fans were basically there to watch their own players put on a show in this home game.

At the overcrowded Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal, fielding their strongest lineup, did not disappoint their fans.

Despite facing a relentless attacking force from Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal were somewhat surprised to be defeated 1-0 at halftime.

However, the second half had only been going on for less than five minutes.

Su Hao then equalized the score with a stunning free kick from a distance of 30 meters from the Paris Saint-Germain goal.

Su Hao's kick caused the Emirates Stadium, which had been silent for more than fifty minutes, to erupt in excitement.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who finally scored a goal in the first half, squatted down on the grass with a bitter expression on his face.

For Ibrahimovic, this Champions League season was definitely a nightmare.

Even Ibrahimovic regretted saying that he didn't know Su Hao back then; it might have been unnecessary.

If they hadn't said those things, there wouldn't be so many damned reporters still shouting that they're Champions League weaklings.

2: 1!

Arsenal ultimately won the match.

With one assist and one goal, Su Hao once again became the most dazzling presence in the game.

In the two legs, Arsenal thrashed the big-spending Paris Saint-Germain with a staggering 7-1 aggregate score.

After this match, Paris Saint-Germain's management completely lost confidence in Blanc's coaching abilities.

Shortly after, Paris Saint-Germain's official website announced on its homepage that Blanc would not be renewing his contract.

Arsenal eliminated Paris Saint-Germain.

The eyes of football fans around the world have naturally turned to Camp Nou once again.

With the first leg ending in a 1-1 draw, everyone wanted to know whether Mourinho could avenge his previous defeat or Barcelona could continue their glorious run in this Champions League.

The same iron-willed defense as always.

For the first thirty minutes of the match, Chelsea gave Barcelona no chance.

However, it was different from the previous game at Stamford Bridge.

The referees in this match were extremely strict.

In just over thirty minutes, the referee managed to give Chelsea two yellow cards.

It was precisely this extremely strict enforcement that finally revealed a slight flaw in Chelsea's ironclad defense.

Not having received a yellow card, Matic didn't dare to make any big moves against Messi, which allowed Messi to dribble past three players in the middle and finally curl a signature left-footed shot into the top right corner of Courtois' goal.

The moment the goal was scored, countless fans at Camp Nou immediately began to bow down and worship their king.

Watching Messi's passionate celebration, Mourinho, whose hair had long since turned white, suddenly felt a sense of disorientation, recalling the image of himself pointing a finger to the sky on this very field.

Yes!

That seems to have been five years ago.

2: 0!

Thanks to a top-class individual performance from Messi and a superb world-class goal from Suarez at the edge of the penalty area.

Barcelona defeated Chelsea 3-1 on aggregate, securing their place in the quarterfinals.

In the other matches, the top teams also managed to defeat their opponents without much trouble.

After Juventus defeated Dortmund 3-0 in the final match.

The eight teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals have finally been determined.

Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Porto, Manchester City.

Moreover, it was only three days after the quarterfinals were announced.

UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino convened the draw for the quarterfinals of this year's Champions League directly at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

According to the latest format of this year's Champions League, all eight teams that will advance to the quarterfinals will be in the same draw pool, meaning any two teams could potentially meet. There will be no protection based on group stage rankings, and the principle of avoiding teams from the same football association has been abolished.

This has caused some concern among La Liga fans, who have the most teams reaching the quarterfinals.

Especially fans of Real Madrid and Barcelona!
They are genuinely afraid of facing each other in the quarterfinals.

Of course, compared to Real Madrid and Barcelona fans, Su Hao, who was watching the draw live from home, was actually extremely nervous.

Because of his appearance, Arsenal, who should have been eliminated in the round of 16, appeared in the quarterfinals, and Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, who should have entered the quarterfinals, were also eliminated.

With this change, Su Hao is genuinely worried that Arsenal might encounter some kind of dimensional shift that would force them to face Barcelona or Real Madrid earlier in the season.

but
The thing that Su Hao was worried about did not happen.

The entire process was exactly as Su Hao remembered it.

The first team drawn by former German international Riedle was Atletico Madrid, whose opponent was Real Madrid.

This draw not only brought tears to the eyes of Atletico Madrid fans, but also caused some concern among Real Madrid fans.

After all, Atletico Madrid can still put a lot of pressure on them this season!
The Madrid derby, as always, came early.

After that, Porto was drawn, and their opponent was Barcelona!
Barcelona fans were naturally delighted to see that their opponent was Porto.

Four of the eight teams have already been drawn.

Now comes the tense moment for all Arsenal fans.

Especially during the third round of the draw, when Arsenal's name appeared on the big screen, Su Hao's heart started racing with nervousness.

Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich.
Riddell's hand was thus placed into the draw bucket with only three balls remaining, much to the anticipation of countless Arsenal fans.

Juventus!

When the small piece of paper in Riddle's hand was unfolded.

Arsenal's quarter-final opponent has finally been determined.

Juventus!

This is the epitome of the last glorious moment in Serie A history, when the team finally reached the final and was easily defeated by Barcelona 3-1!
Arsenal fans breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it wasn't Bayern Munich or Manchester City, but when Su Hao saw on TV that Arsenal's opponent was Juventus, his mind suddenly went blank.

Yes!

If the opponent is Juventus.
Doesn't that mean that he, the replacement for Pogba's template, is going to compete against the real Pogba in the Champions League?

(End of this chapter)