Jagged Wings

Chapter 23 The Professor Is A Professor
As the saying goes, "The person who untied the bell must tie the bell." Since Arsenal defeated Manchester United in the first half of the season, their state has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and it took half a season to improve.

But this victory over Manchester United became a turning point for Arsenal to bottom out.After defeating Manchester United, although it is still the same Arsenal, the spirit is completely different.

接下来的两轮比赛中，阿森纳用一个3:1和5:1宣告了自己的回归。此前备受质疑的亨利更是在5:1战胜水晶宫的比赛中上演帽子戏法，打破了英超联赛六轮进球荒。

Reyes' state is surprisingly good, he contributed a goal and two assists in two games.With the conflict between Pires and Wenger gradually becoming public, Reyes has become the Gunners' biggest reliance on the left.

After this game, in the first knockout round of the Champions League on February 2, Arsenal will be a guest at the Allianz Arena to challenge Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

This season's Premier League has gradually revealed the spirit of the "first league". The four teams participating in this UEFA Champions League have all reached the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League.In addition to the top three in the standings, there is also Liverpool led by Benitez.

Compared with Arsenal, which has only two Spanish players, Benitez from Spain brought four Spanish players in one go. During the winter break, they even introduced former Real Madrid striker Morientes.

Liverpool, which does not have a big investment, has shown strong tactical ability this season under the guidance of Benitez, although it is not as good as the top three in the league.But Benitez has led Liverpool to the Carabao Cup final and they are on track to claim their first title in four years.

In the 2/23 final of the FA Cup on February [-], the Arsenal team, which sent the youth team, was tied away by the English Championship team Sheffield United.But everyone's thoughts are no longer on this, and their eyes are on the Champions League game the day after tomorrow.

In this game, several generals were absent from the lineups of both sides.For Bayern, the midfielder Ballack and the defensive backbone Sauer were absent due to injuries at the same time; while Arsenal's main left back Ashley Cole was injured in the game against Crystal Palace. This time he has just returned from injury. Just entered the game roster, the defense general Campbell also missed the battle because of an ankle injury.

The day after the FA Cup match against Southampton, Arsenal boarded a plane to Munich.On the flight to Munich, a very important person was missing: Bergkamp.

Bergkamp did not play in this game, not because of injury or suspension, of course, there is no problem between him and Wenger.There is only one reason why Bergkamp did not accompany the team: he never takes a plane, and Munich is far from London in two days' car.

And even if Bergkamp drove to Munich for two days and two nights, how much of his condition is left is a problem?
"Cultivate your mind, prepare for the second round!" Reyes patted Bergkamp's shoulder and said earnestly.

Correspondingly, Reyes was pushed to the front line by Wenger again.

Since this season, Arsenal's defense has been criticized.

Cole is very active in offense, but unfortunately there is no substitute...

Nishioka grows very tall, but it's a pity that he is stupid...

Campbell has muscle groups, a defensive colander...

Lauren is very desperate, but too reckless...

Looks like there are holes everywhere.

But in fact, the biggest problem is the front line. Both Reyes and Van Persie are left wingers. Even the rookie Abeye, who has emerged this season, is also a left winger.

So far, the 35-year-old Bergkamp has played more than 20 times for Arsenal. Such a "highly respected" player can get such a high appearance rate. On the one hand, it shows Bergkamp's outstanding ability, but on the other hand On the one hand, does it also show the embarrassment that Arsenal's striker is unavailable?
"Munich is not easy to deal with. We must play smarter. Their Ma Kai has been in good form recently, and we can't give him too many opportunities." Wenger looked very confident before the game.

Even in order to win, Wenger replaced the goalkeeper Almunia, who had performed poorly recently, and used the German goalkeeper Lehmann who knows the German team very well.

But Lehman is familiar with the other party, isn't the other party familiar with Lehman?
This UEFA Champions League quarter-final match has reached the second half.

Wenger stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and his face expressionless.Although he tried his best to appear like a French gentleman, his slightly trembling lips had already betrayed his heart.

The score on the field was 3:1, with the home team at the front and the visiting team at the back.

Arsenal did keep an eye on Munich's Dutch striker Ma Kai, but they did not expect that another Munich striker, Pizarro, broke out. He used two goals to penetrate the gate guarded by German Lehmann.

The young defender Clichy, who came on as a substitute for Ashley Cole, was active and even went into the middle to help.As a result, the center was blocked, but the side was opened by the young Clichy, and Bayern's third goal came from this side.

If it weren't for Toure's precious goal before the end, which helped Arsenal retain a glimmer of hope for a comeback, Wenger didn't even want to participate in the post-match press conference.

Reyes, who was placed in the center position, performed very positively in this game, but he didn't get any good chances in the face of the double attack of Brazil national captain Lucio and German iron guard Frings.

After all, he is only 20 years old.

After the game, Lehmann ran over to his big brother Kahn to say hello. In the national team, "Lion King" Kahn is the absolute main force, and Lehmann is only the second goalkeeper.We meet at this time, of course we have to say hello.

Kahn, who won the game, patted Lehmann's head: "It's okay, losing to Bayern is normal!"

After the game, the English media sent overwhelming criticism to Wenger, accusing him of wrong tactics, wrong lineup, and wrong adjustments.

"It is undeniable that he has made an outstanding contribution to Arsenal and brought beautiful football, but now, maybe it is time for him to leave!"

"Now that he is gone, he can still give us a good memory, which is better than fans calling him a cheapskate every day."

Professional football is cruel. Six months ago Wenger was still the god of Highbury. He led Arsenal to an unbeaten season and won the championship, and even created the myth of 49 unbeaten games.However, after only half a year, Wenger was thrown from the altar, from the fans to the players, and there were even voices of dissatisfaction.

Captain Vieira was determined to join Real Madrid last season, but was stopped by Wenger in the end.He promised that the team will have better results this season, but this season came to an end, Arsenal were at a disadvantage in all competitions: the League Cup was eliminated, the league was 7 points behind Chelsea, and even the Champions League was pushed to the edge of the cliff superior……

"The professor is a good man, but he is too stingy, he is reluctant to spend money to buy those world-class players..." Vieira couldn't help but said.

Ashley Cole also jumped out: "My performance is very good, I want to raise my salary, but the boss said NO to me."

Overnight, it seemed Wenger had lost control of the dressing room.

Everything pushed Wenger to the brink of dismissal...

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood said: "I don't want him to go, of course he's a very autonomous man.

He's happy with his job here, it satisfies him well, and I think he can stay here for another ten years, of course it's up to him.He's showing no signs of slowing down, he's in great shape and he knows exactly how we feel about him. "

After working for ten years...

ten years...

ten years……

The media are scratching the wall, they are eager for the Arsenal boss to say the word "get out of class", but they are resoundingly pronounced by the word "ten years" by Hill Wood.

Some people question Arsenal's financial policy, thinking that Chelsea and Manchester United are buying people, and Liverpool has bought a lot of people to improve this year.

"There will be no one above him who buys players for him, asks him to bring these players, and then chooses the chairman of the team for him. Taking a step back, even if we want to participate in team building, Everything is completely up to him. Of course, we have never been involved in it."

Everyone knows this, and it's about Berlusconi's AC Milan.

If AC Milan head coach Carlo Ancelotti knew, he would hug Wenger with tears in his eyes: people compare to others, so mad!

Fans look at the team, nothing more than a result.But from the perspective of the boss, different bosses will also have different value requirements.

The Chelsea boss is willing to spend money to buy, what he wants is the championship trophy.

The Liverpool owners had no money to buy, so they found a tactician Benitez.

The owner of Arsenal is a businessman, why didn't Wenger leave get out of class?

I thought that Arsenal under Ne Wenger has always been profitable!Wenger's "FM Manager" business idea is to buy players with room for appreciation, cultivate and grow them, and then sell them. This is a profit model.

A head coach who can enter the Champions League every year and even hit the championship, and can bring you profits, do you want to fire?

Only fools do that!

Therefore, Wenger's handsome position is stable.

Although Wenger has a good temper, it does not mean that he allows the players to shit and pee on his head.

In the 28th round of the game, Vieira and Ashley Cole sat on the bench for 90 minutes, blowing the cold wind for 90 minutes without getting a minute of playing time.

In this game, Reyes and Henry also entered the rotation. Dutch teenager Van Persie and Dutch veteran Bergkamp appeared on the front line, but Van Persie, who was eager to perform, was very manic. He got a red card for an elbow in the second half, which made the original A cloud was cast over the leading teams.

In the end, Southampton made the final lore, turning the three points that Arsenal had already eaten into one point abruptly.

This round of the game was postponed at the same time because Arsenal and Liverpool were going to participate in the League Cup final.

In the case of an extra round, Arsenal struggled to reduce the points behind to 6 points.

(End of this chapter)