After the first round of the Champions League group stage concluded.
Arsenal in Group H ranked first with 3 points and a goal difference of 8.
Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Partizan Belgrade 1-0, ranking second in the group.
Partizan Belgrade was third.
Braga, the Portuguese team that was thrashed 8-0 by Arsenal, ranked last.
In other groups, Barcelona defeated Panathinaikos 5-1, with Messi scoring two goals and providing two assists, single-handedly creating 4 goals.
If Messi hadn't missed the penalty in the 55th minute, he would have also single-handedly created 5 goals, just like Fly.
Seeing this, Fly couldn't help but lament how fierce Messi was at this stage!
His own performance in the first match was already god-like, a four-goal haul breaking a series of Champions League records.
As a result, Messi's performance was only off by one penalty compared to his.
If Messi had scored the penalty or Fly had missed his, the number of goals created by both of them would have been the same.
"Tsk tsk, fierce indeed, worthy of being Messi during the Dream Three era, truly terrifying."
Afterward, Fly glanced at Real Madrid's result. In the first round, Real Madrid defeated Ajax 2-0.
Real Madrid's only goal came from 'Little Pipita' Higuain, while the other goal was an own goal from the opponent.
Cristiano Ronaldo was ineffective in this match and didn't have much impact.
As for Benzema, the source of the new item Fly acquired, regrettably, at this time, he was still 'Benzema the Cat', who was mocked as a flop by Real Madrid fans.
Currently, Real Madrid's starting forwards are 'Little Pipita' Higuain paired with Cristiano Ronaldo on the left and Di Maria on the right.
Benzema was still a substitute who couldn't even get playing time.
Even though he was a French genius who transferred to Real Madrid for a high price of 35 million euros.
But his competitor, Higuain, was simply too much stronger than Benzema at this time!
Benzema's unbearable ability to miss chances directly turned his future at Real Madrid into a fog.
Perhaps people at this point in time couldn't even imagine that this massive flop, Benzema, would win the Ballon dOr 12 years later.
If it weren't for Benzema's position conflicting with his own, Fly would have wanted to instigate Arsène Wenger to poach Benzema while Real Madrid didn't value him.
"Wait, I can also play as a winger, let's see how things go..." Fly currently had three targets.
One was Suarez, who was still in the Dutch League, another was Benzema, who was a substitute at Real Madrid, and the third was Lewandowski, who had just joined Dortmund.
In his previous life, the vast number of fans fiercely debated over the title of "World's Number One Striker" for these three guys.
This debate lasted for a full six or seven years.
Until Lewandowski won the World's Best Player award, which completely settled the matter.
Even though Benzema later also won the Ballon dOr, which represents the highest individual honor in football.
But very few people would say that Benzema was above Lewandowski.
However, Suarez's third-place status was set in stone, there was no doubt about that!
Except for a very small number of extreme Barcelona fans, fans generally believed that Suarez was not as good as Lewandowski and Benzema.
No choice, he couldn't compare to Lewandowski in terms of stats, and couldn't compare to Benzema in terms of honors, this was Suarez's awkward situation.
His only Champions League title was won as the team's second or even third key player.
It was completely different from Benzema and Lewandowski leading their teams to victory as the main star.
In terms of peak height, Suarez couldn't compare to these two who had won the best player award in a certain year.
In terms of peak length, Suarez was even less comparable.
But Suarez had an advantage, which was that at the current stage, his immediate combat power was stronger than Lewandowski and Benzema.
For the next few years, Suarez would be in the rising period of his career, reaching his peak in his last season at Liverpool, and continuing through his first three seasons at Barcelona.
As for Benzema, to put it bluntly, until Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid, he couldn't carry the main burden.
If it weren't for a series of incredible performances in the 2022 Champions League knockout stages, Benzema might have been questioned by fans for a lifetime.
Lewandowski would be able to score 30 goals in a single season in his second season at Dortmund, which was next year.
As for the third season, he even had a four-goal haul against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
From this perspective, Lewandowski's cost-effectiveness was the highest among the three, but Suarez was the fastest to show results.
As for Benzema, he couldn't bring much help to Arsenal in the short term.
Thinking of this, Fly decided to sound out Arsène Wenger.
After all, Van Persie could be said to be Wenger's godson.
In his previous life, Van Persie was injured for the first few years at Arsenal, but Arsène Wenger still trusted him.
As long as he recovered from injury, he was basically a guaranteed starter.
Chamakh, the "Chance Creator", even if he played well, would immediately be relegated to the bench.
Of course, this was also related to Chamakh's own strength not being strong enough.
Who could stand him constantly missing chances?
Sterling's master was him.
But it was undeniable that Arsène Wenger was indeed very good to Van Persie, which was why Van Persie's later betrayal of Arsenal enraged the Arsenal fans.
A striker nurtured through match after match, who finally broke through after several years, only to turn around and defect to Manchester United, Arsenal's sworn enemy during Wenger's era.
It would be strange if this didn't break the hearts of Arsenal fans.
But at present, Van Persie hadn't done such an ungrateful deed, and Wenger's heart was still with him, so Fly had to figure out Arsène Wenger's attitude.
After all, both Lewandowski and Suarez would be stronger than Van Persie in the future.
If considering weakening a competitor, poaching Benzema wasn't out of the question either.
These all required Fly to discuss with Wenger, because for Arsenal's transfers, Arsène Wenger had to nod his head before they could proceed.
This was the difference between Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson and other club coaches in Europe.
Other coaches could only be called "Coach".
While Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson were "Manager".
The latter's authority was far greater than the former, even for someone like Fly, who was truly the 'Crown Prince' of Arsenal, transfers still had to be discussed with Wenger.
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