"Fly, hanger TV Station wants to do an exclusive interview with you. What do you think?"
To be honest, if Allen hadn't mentioned it, Fly would have almost forgotten about it.
After a moment of thought, Fly replied,
"Okay, but it has to be after the season ends. I don't have time right now..."
However, Fly would not accept the interview at this time. His current focus was entirely on the Champions League second leg match at Camp Nou.
He knew very well that this match would not be as easy as some people thought.
Arsenal had indeed taken a three-goal lead against Barça with a 6-3 win at home.
But Barça had always been a "home dragon, away worm" in the Champions League.
Their performance at home and away was worlds apart!
A three-goal difference was not an insurmountable chasm for Barcelona at home!
Coupled with the fact that the Main Referee was likely to exert influence at key moments and control the flow of the match, Fly felt even more compelled to be fully prepared.
In this situation, how could he have the mind to accept an interview with hanger TV Station?
"Okay, I understand. I'll reply that way then..."
Allen didn't say much and relayed Fly's words to hanger TV Station.
Peter and han, who were still in London, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that Fly had agreed to the interview.
Good, good... at least the leaders' requirements were met.
The rest had nothing to do with them.
...
April 10th.
The thirty-second round of the Premier League kicked off with Arsenal traveling away to challenge Blackpool.
The team that was thrashed 9-0 by Arsenal at the start of the season was utterly bewildered when facing Arsenal's half-starter, half-substitute lineup in this match...
In the 18th minute of the match.
Diaby, who had finally recovered from injury, scored a goal with an assist from Hazard, giving Arsenal a 1-0 lead.
In the 21st minute of the match.
Griezmann assisted Eboue with a header, making it Arsenal 2-0 Blackpool and extending the lead.
In the 52nd minute of the match.
Campbell assisted Taylor Fletcher in pulling one back, making it Arsenal 2-1 Blackpool and bringing the suspense back into the match.
In the 78th minute of the match.
Walcott assisted Suarez in scoring a goal, extending Arsenal's lead to two goals again at 3-1.
In the 89th minute of the match.
Hazard cut inside and fired a shot, scoring a goal and making it Arsenal 4-1 Blackpool, completely ending the suspense...
Ultimately, Arsenal, with most of their starting players rested, defeated Blackpool 4-1, showcasing their dominance.
In the same round of the League, Manchester United secured a 2-0 victory over Fulham at their home ground, Old Trafford, maintaining a 17-point gap with Arsenal.
There are currently 7 matches remaining in the League. Arsenal needs to win just two of these seven matches to secure the Premier League title five rounds early.
Arsenal's opponents in the next seven League matches are Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United, Stoke City, Aston Villa, and Fulham.
Although it seems a foregone conclusion, Fly, who has memories from his previous life, is very aware that in the original timeline, Arsenal only won one of these seven matches.
And that sole victory was a 1-0 win against Manchester United at home... that's right!
The only match Arsenal won in the last seven League games was against Manchester United!
However, this wasn't because Arsenal played exceptionally well, but because Manchester United had already secured the Premier League title prematurely at that time.
Simply put, the match against Arsenal held no significance for Manchester United...
In other words, excluding that match, Arsenal didn't win a single game in the last seven!
And it wasn't just as simple as not winning a single game; Arsenal managed a record of 3 draws and 3 losses in the remaining six matches, only earning 3 points!
3 points... Even with Arsenal's current lead, Manchester United could still potentially overturn it!
As long as Manchester United can win the direct confrontation with Arsenal, they have a chance to achieve an extreme comeback.
After all, Arsenal still needs 5 points to completely secure the championship. As long as Manchester United wins all of their remaining seven matches, earning a full 21 points,
And Arsenal only manages to get three points, Manchester United will ultimately win the Premier League title with a 1-point advantage.
Thinking of this, Fly suddenly felt that his teammates were truly unreliable...
After all, to achieve a record in the final few games that even relegation teams couldn't manage is truly something else.
Fly, who was originally preparing to completely give up on the League, decided that it would be better to secure the two wins first and then focus all his attention on the Champions League.
Even the second match against Manchester United was no longer important to Fly...
Because Arsenal only needs to win two of the remaining six matches to win the championship.
Given this, Fly would be crazy to fight an utterly meaningless League match against Manchester United.
For Fly, who likes to be meticulous in everything he does, he would not disregard the overall situation and play matches for the sake of so-called "team grudges."
Fly is incapable of acting on impulse or getting carried away by passion...
To put it bluntly, suppose Fly was a player for Real Madrid or Barcelona.
If he knew that the next El Clásico was a match that would not help with the championship, then Fly would directly apply for "smart groin," automatically take sick leave, and not play.
Or he wouldn't exert himself if he did play, just casually go through the motions.
Even if this behavior would be criticized by both sets of fans, Fly would not make any changes.
In his heart, the so-called team grudges are a joke... It's not like the historical hatred between Asia and the Japanese invaders, which is a blood feud. To elevate trivial matters to the level of "dead enemies" seems amusing to him.
The so-called dead enemies, grudges, and conflicts in football are essentially means used by the ruling class to divert the negative emotions of ordinary people. When fans of various clubs vent their energy on football, they are unable to pose a challenge to the ruling class.
This is also why high-ranking government officials in so many countries promote "dead enemies" and "grudges."
Football matches between Brazil and Argentina, for example, can even cause the presidents of these two countries to personally step down and mock and attack each other. In Fly's eyes, this is a tragedy.
Is it possible that the dignified heads of state spending so much energy on a sport indicates that these two countries have no hope?
Or are these seemingly absurd actions simply a means for these politicians to divert public attention?
Is the ultimate goal still what he believes to be "transferring contradictions"?
Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't, but no matter what, Fly will not let his rationality be drowned out.
He can use various means to stir up the emotions of fans and supporters, getting them to pay for him and profiting from them.
But he absolutely cannot get caught up in it himself... otherwise, he would also become a joke.
If he were to become a joke as a time traveler, he might as well not have time-traveled and just died...
"First, we'll take down Barcelona, then chew through two League matches, and then we can leave the League to Griezmann, Suarez, and the others."
Looking at the calendar on the wall, the second match against Barcelona was just a few days away. Fly took a deep breath and solidified his plan.
.....
April 13th.
Exactly one week after the first match against Barcelona, Arsenal will challenge the hosts at Camp Nou.
The final result of this match will determine who advances to the Champions League semi-finals this season.
The day before the match, April 12th, the entire Arsenal team traveled to Catalonia, Spain, to prepare for the second match against Barcelona.
At 6 PM on the day they landed at Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Spain's second-largest airport, the entire Arsenal team conducted an early pitch inspection at Camp Nou.
Looking at the stadium before him, which was arguably the largest in Europe in terms of spectator capacity, Fly exhaled, as if he could already see the spectacle that would unfold there tomorrow.
"Cesc, is this your former club?"
Looking at Fabregas, who was gazing deeply beside him, Fly asked knowingly.
"Yes... it is. What do you think? It's quite spectacular, isn't it?"
Fabregas chuckled when he heard Fly's question, his face showing a hint of pride.
Fly knew that this man still held affection for Barcelona. Even though Arsenal currently had the upper hand in their clashes with Barcelona, he made no secret of his love for Barcelona.
"It's indeed good, but tomorrow, this place will become a place of lament for nearly 100,000 people. Just thinking about it makes me can't help but pity them..."
Hearing this, Fabregas instinctively wanted to retort.
But he quickly realized that he couldn't.
Regardless of his own position or the reality of the situation, Fabregas could not argue that what Fly said was wrong.
"Haha... yes, although I love the fans here, there's nothing I can do. It's their bad luck to run into us, Arsenal. We just have to eliminate them."
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