This teenager is a bit aggressive

Chapter 162 The UEFA Champions League Begins
After the defeat in the FA Cup, Arsenal's performance in the league is also quite satisfactory.

Although Park Yisheng often scored twice, he couldn't save the Arsenal team from the fire and water.

Arsenal conceded too many goals.

Unknowingly, the UEFA Champions League group stage in 07 also ushered in. This may be the most difficult year since Wenger took over the Arsenal team for ten years.

First of all, the results in the league are not satisfactory, and they have been hovering between the fourth and fifth places.

Secondly, Toure, Gallas, and Ljungberg suffered consecutive injuries. Wenger didn't know how to face his opponents in the next Champions League group stage.

Arsenal have drawn Serie A giants AC Milan in the group draw, and it looks like there is little chance of winning.

A week before the start of the game, Toure, who had not yet recovered from his injury, participated in team training. He will play in the Champions League group match against AC Milan with his injury.

It gives people a feeling of being old and ambitious, but it's a pity that Toure is not the only one that Arsenal lacks.

After a week of training, Wenger and his Arsenal team flew to Milan, Italy.

Arsenal's Champions League first-leg tie with AC Milan will take place at the great San Siro stadium, home of AC Milan.

For the UEFA Champions League group stage match, I don’t know if it was because of the shock of being out of the FA Cup. Wenger's usual style before preparing for the big game.

Could it be that Wenger has been disappointed in the 07 season?Still disappointed with the club.

What people are most afraid of is that they look down on themselves, and if they are willing to degenerate, they have basically lost.

In fact, Wenger did not make pre-match arrangements, but just wanted the players to play on their own. The young team is full of vitality, and maybe it can create some miracles.

Anyway, he just counted the cards in his hand, he can't do anything if he wants to toss about it, just let it go!Resign yourself to fate.

In the adaptive training at the San Rossi Stadium, the players are still free to play, and Wenger did not put forward any requirements for the adaptive training.

During the training, Toure couldn't help nagging at Park Yisheng:
"Wenger's state is a bit abnormal!"

Pu Yisheng answered Toure's questions while playing with the ball.

"Then what do you think Wenger looks like under normal circumstances?"

Toure replied with a smile:

"Shouldn't he be pacing on the sidelines, studying tactics?"

In fact, it's not that Wenger doesn't do business as a head coach. He just thinks that Arsenal's current lineup is better than having tactics.

Young players are very creative, and tactics will only limit the creativity of the players. Therefore, facing the AC Milan game, Wenger wants to rely entirely on the creativity of the players.

Bad cards also have bad cards. Since the cards in your hand are not enough to look at, why bother to study how to play this card?You should take one step at a time.

Unknowingly, it came to the moment of the first leg of the two teams. The great San Rossi stadium was filled with smoke, and the stands were all fans wearing the Rossoneri jerseys, but there were very few Arsenal fans.

Head coach Arsene Wenger came out and shook hands with AC Milan head coach Carlo Ancelotti.

The starting players of the two teams are displayed on the big screen:

Arsenal team:

Goalkeeper: Lehmann

Centre-backs: Traore, Toure
Left back: Clichy

Right back: Aibo

Defenders: Gilberto Silva, Cesc Fabregas
Left Midfielder: Park Il-seng

Right Midfielder: Denilson

Forwards: Adebayor, Van Persie

The entire lineup of the Arsenal team tends to be younger. The 17-year-old Park Ilseng and the 19-year-old Denilson served as Arsenal's full-backs.On the back line, 18-year-old Traore replaced the injured Gallas, and Cesc Fabregas in midfield was only 20 years old.

Young players are prone to make mistakes, Wenger had to take Gilberto Silva, even if he is not in good form, after all, he is a player who has experienced the baptism of the big game.

AC Milan:

Goalkeeper: Dida

Right back: Odo
Centre-backs: Nesta, Maldini
Left back: Jankulovski
Defenders: Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini
Attacking midfielder: Seedorf, Kaka

Forward: Inzaghi
On the other hand, AC Milan’s lineup is much stronger than Arsenal’s. Let’s not talk about others, just talk about Kaka alone. After entering 07, Kaka has shed his youthful coat and has become the head of the team. This is also an important reason why AC Milan dared to let Shevchenko go easily.

On the playing field, Kaka conquered the Rossoneri fans at the San Rossi Stadium with wonderful goals one after another.

Secondly, AC Milan has a 4-3-2-1 conservative formation, which is also in line with the consistent style of Serie A teams.

Each league has its own style of play, and Serie A teams are known for their defense, but fans call their defensive style of play a conservative style of play.

Italian football is to play conservatively, looking for opportunities to attack on the premise of a solid defense.

Although, in recent years, FIFA has been advocating the development of offensive football, but the Italians have proved that the conservative style of play is not outdated. This year's World Cup champion is the best proof of Italian football.

Serie A football is played in the same way as Italian football. First, the defense is impenetrable, and second, the offense is perfect.

When Arsenal meet a team like AC Milan, let alone whether they can keep the goal, whether they can create opportunities on the offensive end is still a question.

With the whistle of the referee, the first round of the Champions League round of sixteen match between Arsenal and AC Milan started.

This game was also the first meeting between two future stars, Park Yisheng and Kaka, and both of them were in awe of each other.

At the start of the game, after AC Milan kicked off in the midfield, the ball was handed over to the midfield, and the midfield organized the attack.

This style of play is a slow-paced style of play, which is completely different from the way of playing in the Premier League. Arsenal are used to playing in the Premier League, but suddenly they are not used to the slow-paced style of play.

AC Milan's midfielder Pirlo's ability to control the field is particularly strong, which is unmatched by the young Cesc Fabregas.

Pirlo controlled the rhythm of the midfield, and he was not in a hurry. When the attack was blocked, he passed the ball back to the defender for transition.

This method of relying on passing to resolve the press made Arsenal unable to deal with it. In the opening nearly 10 minutes, the ball was basically in the hands of AC Milan.

Even if Arsenal had the ball, they would lose the ball against AC Milan's strong pressing defense.

Arsenal has been rubbed in their own half by AC Milan, but unfortunately, they won't score. AC Milan tried a few long-range shots but failed to make a contribution.

The Arsenal team may have been unable to find the rhythm of the game because they are not very adapted to AC Milan's style of play.

Wenger is sitting on pins and needles off the court. Has this week's passing practice been for nothing?Arsenal couldn't control the ball at all, and Wenger's hopes of using control of the ball to deal with AC Milan's game were dashed.

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(End of this chapter)