Chapter 198 The Battle for the Golden Boot
Arsenal's loss once again turned Northwest Shanxi into chaos.
With the last four rounds of the league left, Sheffield United is currently ranked third with 66 points, and Arsenal is fourth with 64 points.
This round of games between Newcastle and Tottenham has been postponed, but if they win in the make-up match, their points will reach 62 and 61 points respectively!
Not to mention fighting for fourth place, if Sheffield United pulls back a little, the remaining three teams may even be able to break into the top three.
This year's last-minute battle for the top four is far more intense than in previous seasons. The temptation to play in the Champions League next season makes it impossible for Tottenham and Newcastle to give up their last chance.
After Arsenal lost to Wigan Athletic, they can't say that they are sure of the rest of the game. Currently, they are only five points ahead of Newcastle, whose game has been postponed. If Newcastle wins the make-up game, their points advantage will be only
Two points.
This is basically doomed. Arsenal will not dare to relax before the end of the last round of the league, otherwise they may be overthrown by Newcastle or Tottenham at any time.
Of course, if we want to be optimistic, Arsenal's players can also look forward to the battle with Sheffield United in the penultimate round of the league, just like the Sheffield United players.
As long as they don't improve in the remaining two rounds of the league, they will still return to the third position after beating Sheffield United.
But the Sheffield United players took this pressure as a motivation to spur themselves on. How the Arsenal players viewed this heavy pressure is hard to say.
Van Persie did not score a goal in this round, which is also excellent news for Li Mo.
His current number of league goals is twenty-eight, and Van Persie has temporarily stopped at twenty-nine, only missing one goal!
Although Van Persie is still leading the way, Arsenal fans are extremely worried.
Scoring two goals in one game is not a problem for Van Persie, but it is not a problem for Li Mo either.
If Arsenal ends up being crushed by Sheffield United in fourth place, and Robin van Persie is overtaken by Li Mo, then Arsenal fans will absolutely not be able to accept it.
Well, our Lu Xiaopang has been ignored again.
Although Rooney scored two more goals in this league, raising his number of league goals to 25.
But neither Van Persie's fans nor Li Mo's fans regard him as a strong competitor between them.
The gap of three goals is due to Rooney's languishing state. It would be good if he scored three goals in the last four rounds of the league. It is really difficult to catch up with Li Mo and Robin van Persie.
What's more, Li Mo and Van Persie will score more goals later, and the gap between Rooney and them will only get wider and wider.
Poor Lu Xiaopang, when he was having the best offensive season of his career, he encountered two perverted forwards.
Normally, if you score 25 goals with four rounds left in the league, you can usually win the Premier League Golden Boot.
But this year, both Li Mo and Van Persie are about to reach the 30-goal mark, and even Rooney can only be eclipsed in front of them.
Fortunately, Manchester United is basically guaranteed to win the league championship. This championship can be regarded as something that makes Rooney feel gratified. He will definitely be included in the best team of the Premier League this year, and he can add to his personal honor.
Even with such good performance, he failed to win the league golden boot. Maybe Rooney himself has given up. His career is destined to have nothing to do with the league golden boot.
At this time, the two people, who have been heatedly discussed by fans because of the Golden Boot competition, are actively preparing for the next round of competition.
When Sheffield United played Blackburn, Li Mo was relatively relaxed, but Arsenal will play Chelsea in the next round. If the state is not good enough, Van Persie may not be able to score.
However, before Chelsea can play Arsenal, they still have to compete with Barcelona in the Champions League, which is good news for Arsenal.
On the evening of April 18, Chelsea, who was extremely under-promised, sat at home and ushered in the flourishing "Cosmos Team" Barcelona.
After a miraculous reversal against Napoli, Chelsea faced Benfica in the quarter-finals and unexpectedly defeated their opponents in two rounds, successfully reaching the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.
This is something that even Chelsea fans dare not think about. After experiencing the coaching change, Chelsea can still reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is really a big surprise for the fans.
Chelsea's supporters are very satisfied to have reached this point. No one thinks Chelsea can surpass Barcelona.
The whole of Europe is basically waiting for the final meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Even though Real Madrid lost 1-2 to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals the day before, Real Madrid's supporters were still relatively optimistic after scoring a valuable away goal at Bayern's home court.
The game between Barcelona and Chelsea is just a formality in the eyes of fans.
Maybe in just one game, Barcelona can defeat Chelsea. After all, this Chelsea is no longer the iron-blooded blue team it was back then.
But just when everyone thought that Barcelona's probability of winning reached 90%, Chelsea seized this 10% opportunity and slapped all the media in the face!
1-0!
Chelsea defended the reputation of the Iron-blooded Blues at home, and they defeated the invincible Barcelona!
The English media are praising Chelsea players crazily and praising Di Matteo!
Chelsea fought against Barcelona in the face of all doubts and ridicules. The old boys put their careers on the line to defend their glory and English football.
Of course, the last sentence was shamelessly added by the British media.
With this hearty victory, Chelsea still gave everyone a "surprise" at Arsenal's home court even though they rotated most of their main players!
On the afternoon of April 21st, the first game of the 35th round of the Premier League.
At Arsenal's home court, the game time has reached the 90th minute of the second half and has entered injury time.
But the score on the field is still 0-0.
Chelsea's rotation players withstood Arsenal's strong attack for a whole game, just like Chelsea's main players withstood Barcelona's siege three days ago. Even when they were not favored, Chelsea was not killed by their opponents!
If Torres hadn't really failed to live up to his expectations and complained all kinds of things, Chelsea might have defeated Arsenal in this game and taken away three points at the Emirates Stadium!
After seeing Chamberlain standing on the line of the penalty area and kicking the ball away, Van Persie stood helplessly in the Chelsea penalty area with his hands on his hips.
The stoppage time for this game was only three minutes, and Chamberlain's kick basically kicked away the last chance. Van Persie knew that after this game, he would no longer have an advantage in the battle for the Golden Boot.
After failing to score for two consecutive rounds, it is hard to tell whether it is a problem with his own condition or with his teammates.
At least he felt that his shooting felt good, but he just didn't get much support, which made him feel very frustrated.
In the season when he was at his peak, the team lost its core midfielder, and it was the first time Van Persie had a different idea.
He is grateful for Wenger's trust and training. If he says he has no feelings for Arsenal, he would be lying to himself, but he also longs for more championships.
In the past, he didn't understand the choices of his teammates and Henry's departure, but now, he gradually understands.
"Maybe it's time"
After looking at the scoreboard, Van Persie walked out of Chelsea's penalty area with his head lowered. No one knew what he was thinking at this moment.
Arsenal fans could only watch anxiously as Chelsea players delayed the game, but could do nothing.
In the end, the focus of the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League ended with a score of 0-0.
Arsenal have lost two consecutive games!
Van Persie has not scored in two consecutive rounds, and his league goals are still at 29 goals!
For a time, everyone turned their attention to another game that would start later.
Sheffield United is about to challenge Blackburn away at 7pm. This is a good opportunity for Sheffield United to widen the points gap with Arsenal, and it is also a good opportunity for Li Mo to overtake Van Persie.
Supporters of Sheffield United and Li Mo couldn't believe it. In the end, it was Arsenal and Robin van Persie who personally delivered the opportunity to Sheffield United and Li Mo!
Of course, Sheffield United also has a chance of overturning. After all, Blackburn are also desperately grabbing points. In order to stay in the Premier League next season, they will fight hard in every remaining game.
But the feud between Sheffield United and Blackburn this season is well known to Premier League fans.
So at least in terms of how seriously they take the game, Sheffield United's players are fine, at least they won't be careless.
As for Blackburn's current defense, for Li Mo, even if it's not crumbs, it's almost there.
Alan Shearer has even posted a look of anticipation on social media.
Although there is no accompanying text, fans all know what he is looking forward to.
Arsenal's draw made the Sheffield United players breathe a sigh of relief. Now Sheffield United's points advantage has reached a very safe level.
So next, in addition to winning the game against Blackburn, helping Li Mo get the golden boot this season is their most important thing!
Li Mo was still very calm. He did not ask his teammates to pass the ball to him in the next game. He had absolute confidence in his own strength and played normally, no problem.
But the Sheffield United players have already discussed it privately. As long as they lead Blackburn by more than two goals, they will do their best to help Li Mo.
Judging from Li Mo's performance this season, this golden boot is the best gift for him.
Although Li Mo has been emphasizing from beginning to end that they are a team, he has never boasted of his huge contribution to the team.
But the Sheffield United players also understand how huge Li Mo's contribution is to winning a League Cup this season and reaching the top three in the league.
Not to mention that they have always had a very good relationship with each other, both in public and private matters, and they all want to help Li Mo get this honor that is very important to the shooter.
After the pre-match warm-up, the entire Sheffield United team returned to the dressing room, and the coaching staff also asked the players to relax.
As long as this game is played according to the pre-match tactical arrangements, there will be no problem for Sheffield United to win.
The overturning of the previous strong teams was actually due to overconfidence to a large extent. Not to mention improper tactical arrangements, sometimes being overconfident can also lead to players being too excited.
Therefore, it is also very important to have a normal mind. A team that can do this can be more stable in its abuse.
After Speed explained the tactics for the last time before the game, he also mentioned it a little more, allowing Li Mo to take a bold shot when he had the opportunity.
Berbatov, who started the game, also put his arm around Li Mo's shoulders and said that he would do his best to help Li Mo score goals.
Li Mo knew that Speed had given him unlimited firing rights, and he knew what his teammates were planning.
He was very touched. The atmosphere was here. If he didn't score a goal today, it would be a complete waste of the good intentions of his teammates and Speed.
so.
"Blackburn, you can go on your way with peace of mind. Today, I will be your mourner again!"
After making up his mind, Li Mo tightened the captain's armband on his arm and led his teammates out of the locker room.
The competition is about to begin!
Chapter completed!