Jagged Wings

Chapter 57 Highbury Undefeated!
The result of this game was not beyond everyone's expectations. Arsenal easily defeated Sunderland.

In the 7th minute, Gilberto used a long shot to open the scoring for Arsenal. In the 209th minute, Reyes made a series of wonderful performances from the left and scored a goal, expanding the score for the team.

Five minutes after the start of the second half, Reyes assisted Ljungberg with a poke shot for the team to expand the score to 5:3. Sunderland has completely lost the opportunity.

In fact, Sunderland really did not plan to end Arsenal's unbeaten home game this time. "Keep a low profile and get one point" is their real idea. Sunderland already has a very clear understanding of Arsenal's strength. Personal experience.

"However, in Arsenal's plan, this game is "take all three points".

The difference in thinking determines the difference in reality.

Arsenal's momentum was like a rainbow, and Sunderland was beaten helplessly. At the end of the game, Reyes assisted Jenas, who came off the bench, to score his first goal to join Arsenal.

4: 0!

Arsenal beat Sunderland very easily at home.

Counting this game, Arsenal has achieved a record of seven consecutive home victories in the league. If the cup is added, Arsenal's home winning streak will reach nine games.

That is to say, Arsenal has not only been unbeaten at home so far this season, but what is even more frightening is that they have achieved a complete victory at home.

In the 12 rounds of the Premier League, Henry scored 8 goals and dominated the top scorer list. Although Reyes only scored 5 goals, he also had 5 assists, making him the Premier League's assist leader.

Of course, the major leagues only have uniform standards for the scorer list, which can be compared with each other. Although there are statistics on the "Assist List", the major leagues have their own calculations, and the standards are different.

In the statistics of the Premier League, making free kicks and penalty kicks are counted as assists, and the receiver scoring consecutive goals is also counted as assists, so the number of "assists" in the Premier League is very "huge".However, Serie A and La Liga are very strict in judging, and the number is very small, which also leads to the difference in the number of assists in different leagues.

There is an example to illustrate that in the Premier League, the number of assists of Beckham in a season can easily reach more than 30 times; but in La Liga, the number of assists of Beckham every year is almost half of the original, this is because La Liga The calculation methods of assists in these leagues such as Serie A and Serie A are different.

In order for the major leagues to have a unified calculation standard for comparison and measurement with each other, there are some specialized agencies that serve these data.

Internationally, the most authoritative is OPTA's assist count statistics. This statistical standard is the most authoritative and covers the largest coverage, covering almost all major leagues in Europe.Their "assists" calculation may not be the most authoritative, but it is the fairest.

OPTA公司的助攻计算方式总结起来有七点，1、传球必须进入前场30米主攻区2、传球不得碰第三方3、连续过人不算助攻4、接球者必须一次射门5、接球者必须有射门角度6、补射不算助攻7制造点球和任意球不算助攻。

Reyes' 6 assists are the number of assists calculated according to OPTA's statistical method.Looking at the five major leagues, only Ronaldinho is the closest with 5 assists, and the others are below four.

Of course, such "assists" calculation highlights the role of players in positions such as the midfielder and shadow forward, and weakens the role of the midfielder.

Xiaofa has few assists, but can you deny his value to the team's offense and defense?

Although the theory is so, some people still talk about these data.

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In the next round of the league, Chelsea were drawn by Manchester United and achieved their second draw of the season.In this way, Arsenal, who defeated Wigan Athletic 3:2 away, once again sat at the top of the standings.

It has been more than 300 days since Arsenal topped the standings last time.

Arsenal fans lamented that the 300-plus days seemed to be a long time...

After finishing the Premier League, Arsenal only had a two-day rest before ushering in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League - an away game against Thun, Switzerland.

Because Arsenal had already qualified ahead of schedule, and the time between the two games was too short, Wenger made a decisive rotation. He put many main players, including Reyes, on the bench, but the bench The Arsenal youth team played with high morale. With Abeye's goal, Arsenal won 1: a small victory over Thun in the away game, and they kept five victories in the Champions League group stage!
In an interview after the game, Wenger believed that such a rotation is necessary, and he will continue to try in the next game.

The Premier League season is long and there are too many games, players are prone to injuries due to fatigue.To distribute physical fitness reasonably, so as not to qualify before Christmas, rotation is a must, otherwise few of those giant teams can survive.

Wenger is not perfunctory media, what he said is true.Arsenal's lineup is weak this season. If the team does not engage in rotation, I am afraid that even if they qualify for the Champions League group, they will fall into a situation where no one is available in the second half of the league.

Rotation is not a good choice, but it is something the Premier League giants have to choose.

The Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League, England's giants have to participate in these competitions. If they are lucky and win all the way, they will play nearly [-] games a season.Almost every week is a double match, and the players are not iron-clad.

So if you don't change it, the players' physical fitness will be exhausted early, they will start to suffer frequent injuries, and finally they will collapse.For Arsenal, although they cannot miss every championship competition this season, they still have to choose rotation more often.

Of course, this is also a rare training opportunity for Arsenal's youth army.

In the 14th round of the Premier League a week later, Arsenal defeated Blackburn 2-0 at home, winning eight consecutive league victories at home.

The next game is the quarter-finals of the League Cup two days later. Arsenal, who sent a rotation lineup, defeated the underdog Reading in an away game, continuing the winning streak of the last few games.

The English League Cup started in early August, and when the League Cup reached the quarter-finals, it was already late November.

In the round of the league after the League Cup, Arsenal continued to rotate. As a result, the team lost to Bolton 0:2 in the away game, and Bolton avenged last season.

This is their second loss this season, still on the road.It can be seen that Arsenal are not quite used to the rotation.Otherwise, they can actually beat Bolton away.

Last season, Arsenal fought on three fronts. The FA Cup, League, and Champions Cup went hand in hand. In the second half of the league, players frequently suffered injuries, which also caused Wenger a headache.

Now in order to prevent such a situation from happening, Wenger started to rotate early.

It is true that Arsenal are not quite used to this kind of rotation, but if they rotate early, they will adapt early, and if they rotate late, they will adapt later. The less time to adapt, the result will be even worse.

So Arsenal continued to rotate.

In a Champions League match on December 12, Arsenal continued to rotate. This time Wenger sent a half-substitute and half-main lineup. Abeye partnered with Robin van Persie on the striker, and Reyes and Ljungberg were separated on the left and right. Jenas partnered with Flamini at the central midfielder position, Sigam and Campbell were the central defenders, the left-back teenager Trish, the right-back teenager Eb, and the goalkeeper Almunia.

In the central defender position, Xigan has been a soy sauce party since Arsenal's championship season. His ability is average, not enough to play strong teams, but more than weak teams. This season, the injury has healed, but his state has begun to decline. This season, his position has basically been replaced by Senderos.

The other players are basically teenagers, especially the left and right full backs are a brand new combination.

Because it is a brand new starting lineup, the Arsenal players are still not quite used to it.

Although Arsenal has already qualified, Arsenal has already made a promise of "unbeaten at home this season", so this game cannot be given up.

This lineup allowed Liverpool to draw with Ajax 0:0 at home. Although the winning streak was terminated, Arsenal's unbeaten record continued!

(End of this chapter)