Chapter 61: Against Dortmund

As the fifth round of the Champions League group stage approaches, Arsenal fans are getting more and more excited.

Looking at Arsenal's performance so far, it can be described as perfect.

After so many games, Arsenal has not lost a single game.

12 rounds of the league and four rounds of the Champions League, no defeat.

This also makes Arsenal fans full of expectations for this Arsenal.

It can be said that this is an extremely amazing start.

The last time Arsenal played in this situation was in the season when they won the championship unbeaten.

And it has been 13 years since that championship. Even for many Arsenal fans who are under ten years old or just over ten years old, they have not experienced that era.

For this reason, when Arsenal shows this momentum again, the overall atmosphere and unity are extremely excellent.

There are almost no contradictions in Arsenal at present.

Victory will offset the breeding of such contradictions, while defeat will cause various problems.

For Arsenal now, they have reached another peak after Mourinho's reform.

They have performed well after all!

Arsenal fans are convinced of this!

London Underground Line 3, which is a line from the suburbs to the city of North London, and the terminus of this subway is called "Emirates Stadium Station".

November 22nd is the day of the fifth round of the Champions League.

Although it is a working day, the enthusiasm of the fans is still extremely high.

For Arsenal, as long as they win this game, they will ensure that they will qualify as the first in the group.

Therefore, this game has attracted a lot of attention.

Arsenal's performance in the Champions League is surprising.

Group H is definitely the death group.

Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund are both capable of defeating Arsenal, but in fact, Arsenal defeated them with better performance.

In contrast, Paris Saint-Germain, which was copied by the media, did not perform well in the Champions League.

Neymar's arrival did help Paris Saint-Germain in attack, but overall it still gave people a feeling of weakness.

Not to mention Dortmund's performance, the Hornets seemed to have become a thing of the past. When they were tied by AEK, the whole momentum had weakened.

On the other hand, Arsenal has been thriving!

Metro Line 3 was crowded with Arsenal fans.

Although there were some passers-by, there were more fan groups.

They sang happily and shouted cheering slogans in the carriage. They cheered and cheered over and over again, making the atmosphere extremely lively.

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Even some non-fan passengers were driven and interacted with these people from time to time.

It has to be said that the football atmosphere in Europe is really hot.

The subway stopped at one station after another, and more and more Arsenal fans took the subway and went to the "Emirates Stadium" together.

The increase in the number of people made the atmosphere even hotter.

Finally, the terminal arrived!

‘Thank you for taking the London Underground Line 3. This is the train’s final stop, ‘Emirates Stadium Station’’

Accompanied by the sweet voice of the announcer, a large number of Arsenal fans walked off the train, raising their hands and shouting slogans over and over again.

The entire underground station became extremely lively.

‘Go! Arsenal!’

‘Go! Arsenal!’

‘Go! Arsenal!’

The fans poured out of the subway entrance, forming a huge flow of people, and walked towards the Emirates Stadium in the fan channel that had been established long ago.

Along the way, they shouted and cheered in different ways, and constantly interacted with the people around them.

And when they arrived at the Emirates Stadium, a large number of fans had already gathered here.

These were fans waiting to enter the stadium. They arrived in advance in order to cheer and shout with their fellow fans.

The chaotic slogans began to become neat and intense.

After a while, the cheers and shouts rushed into the sky like thunder!

Go forward! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

Arsenal! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

The shouts of tens of thousands of people gathered together, they raised their hands, and now their arms were raised like a forest.

The sound waves came like a tide, constantly washing the crowd around.

At the side entrance, there were still some Arsenal fans.

Many of them did not buy tickets, so they waited here for the players they missed.

This is where the Arsenal bus stops, and the players will also walk into the stadium from this passage.

Soon, there was a loud cheer from a distance.

Everyone's spirits lifted.

They saw the red and white Arsenal bus slowly approaching from a distance.

For a while, the cheers became louder and louder.

And with the cheers, the bus stopped at the entrance.

Although the fans were 20 meters away from the entrance, they still cheered and never tired of it.

The fence in front could not cover their enthusiasm.

Soon, people began to get off the bus.

Head coach Mourinho was the first to come down.

The cheers at the scene suddenly rose.

Although Arsenal fans had doubts about Mourinho at the beginning, they are now close partners.

"Jose! Beat Dortmund!"

"Go! Jose, you are the best!"

"You are the best! Man! Believe in yourself!"

"Play beautifully! Let us feel the passion!"

Arsenal fans call Mourinho "Jose", which is also a more intimate way for them.

It also means that they like Mourinho very much.

Just like they call Wenger "Professor" affectionately.

Mourinho also smiled and waved to say hello.

Soon, Arsenal players got off the car one by one.

The cheers of the fans became louder.

"Pierre, rush forward! Beat them with your speed!"

"Giroud! Shoot them!"

"Hummels, Jimenez, you are the best central defenders!"

"Wilshere! Show them some color!"

Arsenal fans have enough enthusiasm for every Gunner, which also makes Arsenal players excited.

This is the effect of home court!

After some assistant coaches came down, Arsenal fans waited eagerly.

Soon, they saw Lucky getting off the car with a package on his back and Arteta carrying a water tank.

Immediately, the whole stadium seemed to explode.

Kai!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! ——

Captain!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! ——

Crazy cheers whistled past.

The cheers for Lucky were different from the previous ones, and the enthusiasm mixed in them was surprising.

And the cheers were obviously a little hoarse, more like a cry for faith.

That's right!

Lucky is Arsenal's faith.

Faith in victory!

Lucky is used to this kind of scene. He might be shocked at first, but now he is used to it.

Lucky smiled and waved with his other hand to say hello.

This also made Arsenal fans more enthusiastic.

Arsenal fans were still cheering until Lekai walked into the venue and could not see anyone.

In the locker room.

"Okay, everyone change clothes and go out to warm up!"

Mourinho clapped his hands to remind the players.

In response, Arsenal players began to change clothes.

The main players will directly wear the game jerseys, and put on a training vest outside.

The substitutes often wear more clothes to retain body heat after warming up better.

After leaving the stadium, Arteta clapped his hands and said, "Everyone follow me to warm up!"

As an assistant coach, Arteta is also responsible for warm-up training.

First, jogging is followed by back and forth running to increase the efficiency of warm-up.

Then it starts to grab circles in a small range to increase the feeling of the feet.

Next is the training of differentiated positions.

The midfield players came to the front of the goal and conducted a one-pass and one-shoot shooting training.

The defenders stood together and carried out chain defense running under the arrangement of another assistant coach.

Everything was carried out meticulously.

In the other half, Dortmund was also training, and the training content was similar.

However, compared to the relaxed expressions of Arsenal players, Dortmund players were all solemn.

Obviously, they were under greater pressure.

After all, if they lost this game, they would be eliminated in the Champions League group stage and go home directly.

They might have the worst Champions League performance in recent years.

They felt huge pressure for this.