super queen

Chapter 168 Injury

Arsenal, who have won four consecutive victories at the beginning, are not satisfied with the status quo. The battle at Stamford Bridge reminded Arsenal in time, which made them take every game very seriously.

September 9th is FIFA's match day, and the 7 European Cup qualifiers will start.

The Arsenal team with many European international players was completely dismembered. Henry, Vieira, and Cisse went to the French national team to report, Pei Shuaiguo, Campbell, Upson, and Parlor went to the England national team, and Lehmann went to the national team. The German national team, diving Luo also went to the Portuguese national team.

This makes Wenger very worried. The more international players there are, the greater the potential blow to Arsenal. Once these international players are injured in the national team game, it will be the biggest harm to the club.

Originally, Du Shasha was also sent to play a friendly match against Brazil by Vogts, the new coach of the Chinese national team. Wenger, who was angry, directly sent a fax to reject the recruitment of the Chinese Football Association. What a joke, flying for so long just to play a game It's interesting that the field has no purpose. Isn't this a scam player?
Incidentally, Wenger also rejected the request of the Brazilian Football Federation to recruit Gilberto Silva on the grounds that the players had minor injuries.

Fortunately, neither the Hua Guo team nor the Brazilian team was serious. After all, it was just a friendly match for purely commercial purposes.

Wenger's worries soon became reality.

In the away game against Cyprus, the defending champion France won by 3 goals, but Henry was kicked and injured his ankle in the 60th minute of the game. According to the report of the French national team doctor, Henry will have to recuperate for at least two months.

In other words, when Henry comes out, the first round of the Champions League group stage will be over.

Captain Patrick Vieira also suffered a slight strain. The bull-like Vieira was injured when he ran off the pitch while saving a throw-in.

The bad news is more than that. The England team had a bye this round, but they chose Azerbaijan to play a friendly match. As a result, the two generals of the England team, Owen and Bei Shuaiguo, were kicked by their opponents.

"Why is David allowed to play for so long? The opponent is nothing but a fish belly. Why did the England team find such a rough team to warm up? The FA and the Swedes can't ignore the feelings of our club. David is an important part of Arsenal. With his injury, Arsenal's Champions League journey will probably be even more difficult." Wenger expressed his dissatisfaction very annoyed.

Wenger is not the only one who scolds, Liverpool coach Houllier also expressed dissatisfaction.

He unceremoniously criticized the Swede: "I don't understand why Michael was recruited in such an insignificant warm-up match, and he played for a full 80 minutes. Now that Michael is injured, who will attack the city for Liverpool Wall? Who's going to score England's next game?"

The injuries of Henry and Bei Shuaiguo did make Arsenal's next game difficult.

On September 9, the fifth round of the Premier League began, and Arsenal ushered in the challenge of the newly promoted Manchester City!

Wenger had no choice but to form a 3-6-1 lineup, with no change in the backcourt, but Gilberto Silva and Vieira, who replaced Bei Shuaiguo, formed a double midfielder, and Diving Ronaldo, who replaced Henry, Then he played the position of right midfielder, and Cisse's position also retreated to the center, playing double attacking midfielder with Parlor.

Manchester City's performance in the first four rounds was quite good, only one tie. Before the game, Polo King also said boldly: "Arsenal is currently suffering from injuries. We will go all out in this game and strive to win Beat Arsenal away. Of course, we have to guard my little sweetheart Dussa, I know her quality very well."

After the start of the game, the Manchester City team really concentrated their forces to attack Arsenal's center.

Vieira was plagued by injuries, and his performance was greatly reduced. In the 14th minute, Vieira was slow when defending Recoba. Recoba broke through his defense. Fortunately, Gilberto Xi Erva's defense was in place in time, which avoided the opportunity for Recoba to face the goal directly.

In the 19th minute, Borgetti counter-robbed Vieira and successfully got the ball, but Borgetti was obviously over-excited. He then took the ball too big and was cleared by Campbell.

Continuous mistakes made Wenger on the sidelines worried.

Wenger actually had the urge to change players at this moment, but considering Vieira's particularity, he still endured it.

Once the captain is replaced, Wenger is worried that the team's morale will be affected, and the defense in the center may also be damaged.

The Manchester City players saw the breakthrough, and they all ran towards Vieira so excitedly that the Arsenal players didn't dare to pass the ball to Vieira anymore.

Compared with the difficulties in defense, Arsenal's offense has not been affected much.

Du Shasha's ability to hold the ball has fully seen the Manchester City players.Several Manchester City players grabbed Du Shasha alone, but they still couldn't grab the ball at her feet, which made Arsenal fans scream.

Wenger was happy, but the Polo King also followed suit, which made the media feel that there was an article in it.

There was a tabloid report about the scandal between Polo King and Du Shasha before, but everyone did not believe it. Polo King looks like that, and Du Shasha looks like this. How could it be possible for the two of them.

But seeing the Polo King's expression now, the media is a little convinced. Many reporters are thinking about the article and plan to publish it after the game.

However, Arsenal is still short of people in the frontcourt. Du Shasha's breakthrough and Parlor, Cisse and Diving Luo's insertion and response all failed because of the long distance.

The half-time score was 0:0, neither side had a good chance to score.

Back in the locker room, Wenger first asked Vieira: "Patrick, can you still persist?"

Vieira's complexion was not very good. His persistence in the first half caused his injury to repeat. He said in a bit of pain: "I'll continue to persevere. There is still half time. It should be fine."

Du Shasha came over suddenly and said: "Patrick, you can't hold on any longer. Even if we don't get 3 points in this game, it's far less important than losing you."

"Yes, Sasha is right, Patrick, you can take a good rest in the second half, I believe we can beat Manchester City at home. Well, let's see how to score in the second half." Wenger then Said.

According to Wenger's meaning, the position of Diving Luo should be moved forward in the second half, so that he can follow Du Shasha closely and be ready to respond at any time.

The two can play more, especially continuous cooperation, which will effectively tear apart Manchester City's defense.

Parlor and Cisse should pay attention to pulling the edge and opening up the neutral gear.

As for defense, Wenger is going to let Kolo Touré play to replace Vieira.

Kolo Toure doesn't have many opportunities to play at Arsenal, because Arsenal's defense has always been solid, and Vieira also has a high attendance rate. Although the young Ivorian international is amazingly talented, he can only earn money in Arsenal now. Opportunities to play in the League Cup, FA Cup and other competitions.

After 15 minutes, the second half began.

(End of this chapter)