Mister Legend

Chapter 526 Personnel Change
The English League Cup, formerly known as the English Football League Cup, was established in 1962 by the English Football League (composed of 92 teams in the first four levels at the time, but when the Premier League was established in 1992, the top 20 teams were Withdrew from this league) organized a cup competition.

It's just that this event was founded to challenge the FA Cup. In its long 60-year history (the first game was the 1960-61 season, which was earlier than the above-mentioned alliance establishment date), it has always been a tasteless competition. His image exists in British football and has not received much attention from many people, especially the traditional powerhouses.

Looking at the previous list of 60 championships, the six teams of Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur together only occupy 31 of them. It was achieved when they won consecutive championships in the last seven seasons, so this event will be hailed as a hotbed of upsets by domestic football.

Previously, the Premier League powerhouses had repeatedly lost to the English Championship and even League One teams in the League Cup. Even Manchester United, coached by Sir Alex Ferguson, had a dark history of losing to Coventry at home.As for Arsenal, from the record of only winning two championships in this competition in team history, it should be possible to see how contemptuous their attitude is.

The professor once had a famous saying, which is enough to express the general view of the Premier League powerhouses on this domestic cup, that is, "the champion of the League Cup cannot stop the club's championship drought".

Although many people say this as the result of his sour grapes mentality that he has never been involved in this championship in the 21 years he has coached the Gunners, but from the perspective of specific interests, this contemptuous attitude is still justifiable.

I still want to mention the issue of award levels. Compared with the 200 million pounds reward (although not a lot) provided by the FA for the FA Cup champion, the League Cup winner who can only rely on sponsors to provide all expenses can only The pitiful 10 pounds is not enough for a week's salary of a wealthy player.

As for a European League seat that it can provide, it will not have much temptation for those strong teams that only compete for the championship in the league or qualify for the Champions League. The mid-range teams will fight hard when they have the opportunity, which constitutes another key factor for the upset.

According to Li Moody's original plan, he wanted to try his best to reach the top of the League Cup, because the last time Arsenal won the championship honor was the FA Cup in 2017, and it has been more than three years.The entire club and its supporters need to use a new trophy as soon as possible to boost morale and restore the confidence of the giants.

However, after shifting the focus to the league, the chicken ribs had to be temporarily abandoned.Although other strong teams will basically not send a few main players in the cup, but the attitude of "I am like this, it doesn't matter if I win or lose" like the Gunners, has reached the sixteenth, eighth, big It is relatively rare that most of the games are the stage of the Premier League team's civil war.

In the end, the result did not exceed most people's expectations. The away game against Watford, who played with all the main players, and the Gunners, who used rotation players and young players in youth training, still failed to perform the miracle that their fans were looking forward to. After their first defeat of the season (0-2), they were out of the competition early.

However, just when those media or people who were hostile to Arsenal or Li Moody wanted to take the opportunity to express some mocking views, the attention of the British and even the entire European football world was attracted by another piece of news.

On the morning of the second day when all the results of the [-] games in the fourth round of the League Cup were drawn, the Manchester United Club officially announced that they had agreed with the famous Red Devils Paul Skoll who had previously worked as a coach for the Arsenal first team. Stanley reached an agreement that the latter will return to Old Trafford to become the team's new coach, with a contract until the end of next season.

As soon as this official announcement came out, the British Isles immediately fell into a state of boiling. Some applauded it, and some thought it was nonsense. The two forces were basically equal in number, so the debate was very lively.

People who are optimistic about "Ginger Head" naturally have many reasons. Not to mention that he has the purest Red Devils blood flowing in him. Just looking at his super tactical understanding and execution ability in his player era, he knows that he will become a player after retirement. Excellent team coach.Moreover, the past honors and fame are enough to convince a group of world stars in the current team, and there is full support from the club's executives and fans behind them. The prospect is still worth looking forward to.

And the reason for badmouthing Scholes seems to be very sufficient, that is, he has never had the experience of leading a team, or even a top giant in the world.Since announcing his retirement in the summer of 2013, the former No. [-] midfielder in England first lived a leisurely otaku life for a year, then signed a contract with BT Sport to become a guest commentator for football matches, and then joined Li Moody's coaching team. He is just an ordinary coach in charge of technical training, and has never shown extraordinary leadership skills.

For this kind of statement, Li Moody, who attended the press conference before the weekend league, even though he was very reluctant to accept questions from reporters that had nothing to do with the game, he had to stand up and express his support for his colleagues.

"When Paul was playing, we knew the inverse ratio between his strength and his low-key state. We didn't expect so many people to question his ability as a coach. We work together It's been three years and it's clear what Paul is capable of, he's at the top of the world in terms of tactics, teamwork and team morale."

"Although returning to Manchester United this time is his first time as a head coach, his strong psychological quality and infinite passion for football will help him complete the role change as soon as possible. At this point, he is familiar with Paul. No one would have the slightest doubt."

"I am very optimistic that he can take over Ferguson's mantle, so that Manchester United, whose overall strength is still at the top of the world, will continue to become one of the synonymous names of football."

The Gunners coach dared to support so resolutely, not only because of the good friendship among his colleagues, because he has seen the latest attributes of Scholes in the FM system, and it is more than enough to be a qualified coach .As for the shortcomings, it is not without, but if a team with their own strengths can be formed, then it will not be a big problem.

These suggestions, when the other party came to him the day before yesterday to explain that he had received an invitation from Manchester United's high-level executives, Li Moody had already explained them in detail to his good colleague and friend.And Scholes is the kind of character who is willing to play a collective role, so he will naturally pay more attention to this aspect, so judging from the current situation, the future of this new Manchester United coach can still be expected.

After supporting Scholes with a few words, Li Moody refused to make separate comments on the coaches of other teams for a long time afterwards, so he didn't have the mood to care about the state of his colleagues. Maintaining the position of the league leader and even throwing off the pursuers behind him is the most urgent problem for the Arsenal head coach to deal with.

On the last day of October, due to the European mission in the middle of the next week, the Gunners' kick-off date for this round of the league was brought forward to Saturday night. Their opponents returned to the top league after a lapse of 10 years Leeds United.

Looking at the visiting team players who would not be able to name them without the help of the FM system, Li Modi felt quite touched in his heart!The young guards who shocked the European continent and reached the semi-finals for the first time after the UEFA Champions League reform, Kewell, Viduka, Alan Smith, David Batty, Dacourt, and of course Rio Ferdinand, these names put together, should bring back memories of countless old fans, including our protagonist.

However, the feelings belong to the feelings, and the victory that the team needs most at present cannot be handed over. Considering that they have won three consecutive victories in the European League and basically have no worries about qualifying, Li Mudi sent all the players in this weekend's league. The main player in the best condition.Not only must the three points be kept at the Emirates Stadium, but also the momentum of the gunners aiming at the championship must be played, because only in this way, the players will not waver in the face of the pursuit pressure of Manchester City and other teams.

The result was exactly as he wished. Relying on Lacazette, Golovin, Xhaka and an own goal from the opponent, Arsenal, who played at home, immediately recovered their winning streak after their opening winning streak was terminated. It feels that a 4-0 victory allows all gun fans to spend Halloween in 2020 with the best mood.

With the strong dialogue between Chelsea and Manchester City, which kicked off two hours later than them, and the news came out that it ended 1-1, Arsenal once again widened the gap with No.2 in the league to four points.When he saw that Gua Shuai was unable to use all the main players in today's league because he paid too much attention to the League Cup three days ago, which eventually caused the team's offense to fail to play at a normal level, Li Mudi's smile became stronger.He silently praised his previous wise decision in his heart, and then went to rest with his arms around his wife in a relaxed manner. It was really a good night's dream!

On Thursday, the Gunners used a large number of rotation players as a guest in Norway, but due to the gap in strength between the two sides, they still scored a point against the Norwegian Super League powerhouse Rosenborg, and they were only one step away from qualifying ahead of schedule.

Three days later, the Premier League No.12 round of ten duels started in batches. Blue Moon, who played first, defeated Leicester City lightly, putting a lot of pressure on Arsenal, who appeared later.

Fortunately, the Gunners' chronic illness of not being good at fighting tough battles developed in previous seasons has been significantly improved under Li Moody's careful training. The players still showed what a rich team should have. Using their tenacious will and richer experience when they were at a small disadvantage on the scene, they won this victory with a score of 2 to 1. The points advantage was maintained.

However, it is worthy of the attention of all team members that in the second half of the game, Aubameyang, the team's main striker, once again missed an excellent opportunity to hit an empty goal. His "spitting power" can already be ranked at the historical level The ranks are up.In the two and a half months since the start of this season, the Gabon striker has contributed no less than three times to the world's funny sports programs. If you count the penalty kick missed before, the ability to waste opportunities You can definitely dominate today's football.

For this situation, the team's coaching staff is obviously very dissatisfied, but even since the summer, this world-class team has tried every means to improve the quality of Mei Yangyang's finishing touch, but almost Months down the effect is still unsatisfactory.Facing this situation where he would have to worry about watching him pass the goalkeeper and kick an empty goal, everyone said that there is no good trick available in a short period of time, and some even suggested that this player should be introduced to a psychiatrist.

However, this joking proposal was quickly rejected, because according to the recall of the staff who worked in the team during the professor's time, Emery had used this trick before, and more than once, but it had no effect at all.So, everyone in the team can only hehe...

Fortunately, their boss still has the last trick to suppress the bottom of the box.

The next two weeks will be the last national team competition period of the year. Clubs without competition tasks can take this opportunity to adjust the state of their players through intensive training and prepare for the sprint before the winter break.

Of course, those international players have a hard time, even if they are lucky enough to be able to maintain a good physical condition after a lot of tossing.

While the national teams were busy with their final tasks in 2020, the Arsenal club released a news without any warning on November 11th. The top scorer in the team's history and the former King of Highbury returned Back at his home, signed to be part of the first-team coaching staff.

Gun fans immediately felt the joy of a festival, and gathered outside the club's residence and training base in an organized manner to welcome their former king. The scale made Li Mudi envious.

Signing Henry is the last move of the Arsenal coach against Aubameyang who always wastes scoring opportunities. Henry's technical characteristics when playing football are somewhat similar to those of the American sheep. Of course, it is more comprehensive and more technically Much better.With the experience taught by his senior at the level of a god, the effect should be better than other coaches. Unless the Gabon striker really has an elm head, there is still hope for continued improvement, even if he is 31 years old .

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