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Chapter 1011 The Gunner Mythic Battle at Wembley

Puzzles of the Earth: How to Beat Arsenal

"This lineup will definitely kill Arsenal"

"Sages tell you how to counter Arsenal's Total Attack"

"Who else can kill Arsenal except time?" "

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Arsenal only used one game to lock in the Champions League promotion places, and at the same time forced the Roma coach to resign after the game. Their domineering behavior once again caused panic in Europe. "The Times", "Gazzetta dello Sport", "Bild", "Reuters", "The Roadside", "Agence France-Presse", "Agence France-Presse". . . . .The whole of Europe is talking about a topic, that is, who can beat Arsenal, who can pull this team that is rapidly ascending to Mars back to Earth.

Because Arsenal became the most invincible team in the world, they became public enemies.When you are strong to a certain level, everyone will regard you as an enemy. This is your success, and it is also inevitable after success.

Of course, Arsenal enjoy this feeling of being superior, of being envied and envied by others, and they haven't enjoyed this feeling for a long time.And it's like smoking that or something, it's high!Can't stop!This feeling made the Arsenal players forget their fatigue and injuries, and they were in surprisingly good condition. In the following two rounds of the league, Arsenal swept Stoke City with a record 10:0. In Tottenham's North London Derby, Li Huan scored a hat-trick to help the Gunners double-kill Tottenham again, playing Tottenham, which has just found confidence in the Champions League, like a relegation team.

However, the biggest misfortune for Arsenal was that Walcott and Cesc Fabregas were injured again in the game and could not participate in the next League Cup final with Birmingham.

The League Cup, the full name of the English League Cup, the standard name should be called the English Football League Cup, is a competition between all 92 clubs in England regardless of level.This cup was established by the Football League in 1962 to allow clubs to have a knockout-based competition outside the league to challenge the FA Cup, which was run by the Football Association of England, because at the time the FA Cup was in The position in the hearts of fans is much higher than that of the league.

The League Cup was born in 1960, and the first League Cup was won by Aston Villa.Arsenal reached the league final for the first time in 1968, but lost to Leeds United 0-1 in the final and won the runner-up. Only one year later, the Gunners reached the League Cup final again in 1969 against Swindon City The two sides drew within 90 minutes, and the Gunners lost 1-3 to Swindon City in extra time, and they hated the League Cup final for two consecutive years.

In 1987, the Gunners reached the League Cup final for the third time against the mighty Liverpool team. At that time, Liverpool had a law: as long as Ian Rush scored, Liverpool had never lost.In the first half of the match between the Gunners and the Red Army, Rush broke the goal of the Gunners in the 23rd minute. In the 150 games that Rush scored for Liverpool, the overlord of English football has never tasted the taste of defeat. , but this rule was ended by Charlie Nicholas's two goals in 10 minutes, and the Gunners finally won their first League Cup after reaching the League Cup final for the third time.

This time, it was only a year after the Gunners reached the league final again in 1988. This time they failed to continue the good luck of the previous year. They lost to Luton City again in the final 2-3.It was not until 93 that the Gunners defeated Sheffield Wednesday United under the leadership of Graham and kissed the League Cup trophy for the second time, which is also the last time so far. In 2007, the Gunners entered the League Cup final for the sixth time. Their opponent was Chelsea in the same city. In the end, the Gunners missed the League Cup trophy for the fourth time with 1-2.

Looking at Arsenal's performance in the League Cup final, they only won two championships in six finals, and the winning rate was only 30.00%. It can be said that the League Cup final is not the most suitable dish for Arsenal. A champion also needs to guard against arrogance and impetuosity and go all out.

Although Arsenal's opponent Birmingham has only reached the League Cup final twice, they have already won the championship once, with a winning rate of 50.00%. Historically, Arsenal have only won against Birmingham once, and there is no certainty that Arsenal will win this encounter.

The League Cup final is held at Wembley Stadium, a professional football stadium in Wembley, London, England.With 90,000 seats, the stadium has the second largest capacity in Europe. The area of ​​the Wembley Stadium is the largest in the world, and the Wembley Arena can be seen from the opposite side of the stands.

Wembley Stadium is also known as the "Empire Stadium". In 1966, British fans witnessed the England team reaching the top of the world here, so Wembley Stadium is also known as the temple of English football and the "Holy Land" of fans!Wearing the captain's armband and leading the team to Wembley, the hall of British football, Henry Bergkamp, ​​the two contemporary Arsenal superstars, have never experienced such a glory. After all, the team entered Wembley last time The event final held was in 1998.

Before the game, Li Huan expressed his determination to win the League Cup. The captain of Arsenal said, "Regardless of whether the League Cup is tasteless or not, we must win the championship for Cesc Fabregas and Walcott! Arsenal fans have already We haven't tasted the Carling Cup in 18 years, we have to satisfy them."

Before this League Cup final, Arsenal's call to win the championship was undoubtedly much higher than that of Birmingham, but Birmingham coach McLeish did not believe this evil: "Arsenal can win us 10 times out of 9 duels between the two sides, but there will always be God. When looking after us, I have led the team to various finals 6 times and won 5 times before, I believe I am a lucky person."

In fact, God has begun to take care of McLeish. Not only Cesc Fabregas and Walcott were injured, but the referee of this League Cup is Mike Dean. In that game, Eduardo's leg was broken by Birmingham's central defender Martin Taylor, although Martin Taylor was then sent off with a red card, but Mike.The looseness of Dean's law enforcement can be seen.

Professor Wenger protested to the FA, he thought Mike.Dean's enforcement of this game will make Arsenal's players have bad associations, which will affect the player's game state, but the FA did not follow Wenger's wishes to replace the referee. They believed that Wenger was making trouble out of nothing.

Wenger originally planned to let Fabregas play for a few minutes, but after the FA referee committee rejected his intention, he ignored Fabregas's repeated applications and resolutely let Fabregas Watch live TV at home, or simply go to the stadium to watch the game.At the same time, Wenger also said that Arsenal will not play all the main players in this game. The front substitutes and youth team players helped the Gunners reach the final. It is disrespectful for them to be spectators in the final. Arsenal will Play the final of the League Cup with a lineup that combines the main force and the substitute.

The match takes place at 4pm local time in London.

This game is the first championship title decided by the five major European leagues. Although Arsenal's opponents are not so dazzling, the finals of Arsenal will attract the attention of media and fans all over the world.On the day of the game, the Wembley Stadium was full of 9 people, and thousands of reporters from all over the world came to the scene to interview.The Chinese owner Yang Jiacheng, who was annoyed by Arsenal's bloodbath of Birmingham last time, came to the stadium again. Birmingham reached the final again in 48 years. The Chinese owner has to pay attention to it. He also has a little hope of winning, so that he can Become the first Chinese to lift the top five league trophies.

Also at the scene was Arsenal's American owner Kroenke. Although Arsenal has won the Champions League and the League since he took office, it is the first time for the League Cup trophy. Kroenke is bound to win this trophy. .

Because this is an alternative Chinese derby, it is said that Li Huan is also buying teams from the five major European leagues. In this way, the League Cup final was endowed with a lot of Chinese elements by Chinese fans and Chinese reporters, so it was also received by Chinese fans. Fans were so enthusiastic about it that Duan Xuan, host of CCTV's sports channel, also came to Wembley Stadium to give an on-site commentary.

"This is a decisive game, this is a battle between giants and dwarfs. Before the game, whether it is the media, fans or bookmakers, they are unanimously optimistic that Arsenal will win their third League Cup, but such a game In a highly contingency match, it is not certain who will win the game... The match is about to start, let us wait and see."

There was earth-shattering cheers and applause from the stands.

“双方的球员出场了，让我们来看看双方的首发阵容：阿森纳（4-2-3-1）：53-斯泽斯尼/3-萨尼亚、，13李欢、20-乔鲁、22-克利希/2号迪亚比、19-威尔谢尔/7-罗西基、8-纳斯里、23-阿尔沙文/52-本特纳。

The changes in Arsenal are mainly Li Huan's position and Rosicky's playing. Li Huan appeared in the central defender's position and Rosicky played. These are all details.Whether they can win or not depends on the players' on-the-spot performance.

伯明翰也是（4-2-3-1）：本-福斯特/2-卡尔、28-吉拉内克、5-罗格-约翰逊、6-里奇维尔/8-加德纳、12-巴里-弗格森/18-法希、4-鲍耶、7-拉尔森/19-日基奇。

Birmingham's style of play is tough, and most of the disciples sent by McLeish are tall and strong, able to run and fight, and the striker Zijiqi is as tall as [-] meters. . . . . . . "

(End of this chapter)