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Chapter 259 Good State and Challenges

For Manchester United fans, the game at Old Trafford on November 11 brought back rather unpleasant memories.

Last season, Arsenal won the direct confrontation with Manchester United. They beat Manchester United to the teeth in two games, but Manchester United also regained the league championship after three years. This made Manchester United fans start to look at Arsenal fans even more proudly.

However, after this game, this pride is gone.

Manchester United did not have too many personnel losses in this game. Ferguson also brought out all his main players. They did not perform badly at home, even better than the visiting team Arsenal...

But they still lost the game.

Li Yuxin once again showed his brilliant ability. When Arsenal’s overall offense was not as good as Manchester United’s, he seized an opportunity in the No.204 minute of the first half. After receiving a corner kick from Fabregas, he overwhelmed Vidic and scored the goal. Na's lead extended to two goals!

Getting a two-goal lead made Wenger a bit unexpected, which can be seen from his frantic celebration when he scored the second goal. In the locker room, Wenger quickly adjusted his tactics and replaced two defensive players in a row to strengthen the defense. The entire 45 minutes of the second half were spent in Arsenal's strict defense. Even though Manchester United scored a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo in the first 5 minutes of the second half. Defense, defense...

Such an approach was naturally extremely despised by the Manchester United fans. The boos against Wenger and Arsenal never ceased throughout the second half. However, amidst the overwhelming boos, Wenger and his players supported until the end. After 5 minutes of stoppage time, the referee Webber finally blew the whistle for the end of the game. Almost all Arsenal players were paralyzed on the lawn, too tired to move.

However, they all had smiles on their faces, and defeating Manchester United meant that Arsenal had consolidated their first position in the standings for the first time. Although they had reached the top of the standings several times before, their lead was usually only one point, and they would slip down again in the next few rounds. This time, they were already four points ahead of Manchester United and two points ahead of Chelsea...

"I'm very happy to win this game, which means we have more advantages. There are still [-] rounds in the league, and we need to perform better in these [-] rounds... Every game is very important. What we have to do now is to take points one after another until we win this season's championship."

"About the defensive tactics in the second half...is it your arrangement or the spontaneous behavior of the players?" A reporter quickly asked.

"Of course it's my arrangement. Yes, I didn't intend to do this, but in the first half, I made unexpected smoothness. Since there are two goals ahead, it is normal to use defensive tactics. It turns out that this tactic is very effective. We have won the victory of this key game. Some people say that he is conservative, and it is the most important thing to win. After all, now Arsenal personnel can't control the ball.

The reporters were really not reconciled, but at this time, Wenger did win the game, what can he say?Said Wenger conservative?People admit that they are really conservative, what can you do?Anyway, it was Arsenal who won the game in the end, and Arsenal has indeed achieved a sufficient advantage in the league standings. Arsenal fans are also very satisfied with this point. No matter how dissatisfied the reporter is, it is of no great use...

After winning this difficult game, Wenger also generously gave the players a day off. There will be no games in the next week, and the next game will be against Reading and Chelsea will be ushered in on December 12!
In the Premier League, almost hitting strong teams is a very frequent thing, because the Premier League is indeed very prosperous now, and there are quite a lot of strong teams. It is not uncommon for four teams participating in the Champions League to enter the knockout stage, or even four teams to enter the semi-finals.

A good investment environment and ability to make money are the biggest conditions for the Premier League to maintain its level of growth. Modern football is all about money. If you have money, you will have good players, and your performance will be better.

And the decline of Serie A has a huge relationship with lack of money. Even the top three in the north can’t get more investment, so they will naturally plunder the resources of other Serie A teams more brutally, and the strength of other Serie A teams will naturally become weaker. , slipped to the fourth league and may even fall to fifth and sixth, it became understandable...

However, on December 12, Wenger was in trouble. The "Sun" was the first to disclose a PFA (Professional Players Union) investigation report.According to the report, the flood of foreign aid in the Premier League suppresses the growth of local players, while clubs ignore their responsibility to train local players.It is no surprise that Arsenal, which has the most starting foreign aid in the Premier League, has been "named" frequently.This is not the end.Platini, who previously criticized Wenger's signing policy, added fuel to the fire again this week. The "Sun" quoted Platini as saying that the UEFA president did not like Wenger's policy, "He will only buy talents, not cultivate them. This is the wrong way."

This undoubtedly became the focus of last Friday's pre-match press conference.Faced with such doubts, the professor was a little angry: "Whether the England team is good or bad has nothing to do with me, because it is not my responsibility. I know that coaching the club made me involved in criticism, but from 1966 to 1996 the English league did not have the influence of foreign players. As a result, the national team did not win more, and it did not lose a piece of meat!" More popular in the world. If a fan sees a good goal in a game, he either enjoys it or he doesn't. He doesn't think, 'Where the hell did he come from?'”

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The elimination of the qualifiers caused a lot of reflection in the country, and football people also expressed their opinions.Previously, Cruyff said that England was completely to blame, "England does not restrict clubs from signing young people from other countries, so Arsenal and

Manchester United took Fabrigas and Pique from Spain. "The former is already the best player according to the Premier League's official statistics so far this season. The PFA report suggested that the Premier League should limit the number of local players, which Wenger regards as a breeding ground for mediocrity. "If the player does not meet the requirements, I will tell him the fact that he can go to the sub-level league to play the main force, so as not to be disrespected on the Arsenal bench and destroy his confidence."It would be foolish and unfair for me to let him stay because some official said he must! "

Chelsea boss Grant shared Wenger's point of view when he pointed out that "England missed out on 1994."

The Gunners lacked local players. In 2001, Wenger spent 1400 million pounds to buy Jeffers and Wright. The professor said that he was "aware of fans' favor". The two were unable to squeeze into the first team with their strength, but Wenger was discouraged. "England did not produce enough good players in the past ten years, and good players went to Manchester United and Chelsea as soon as they became famous, so we can only compete with them in different ways.So when I buy a young player, I don't look at the nationality at all, I just think about whether he is good enough?Can I play the football I want? "

PFA chairman Taylor also "supplemented" on Friday that the report was not aimed at the Arsenal family.The professor also gave advice on cultivating young players: "It's like building a house. The technical level is the foundation, and the second layer is the body. You instill them with technical means and position requirements." The professor believes that players must not only shape their bodies but also cultivate their ambitions: "Now some players are far from good enough but still receive high salaries. This involves the spiritual level. Is he eager to sacrifice part of his life to win? This is also a question that has nothing to do with nationality."

However, Li Yuxin has also become the focus. If it wasn't for the five-match ban, England would have been out of the qualifiers if Li Yuxin was there. Arsenal suddenly became a target. .Fortunately, Arsenal was not greatly affected in the 17th round. Arsenal played against Chelsea for the first time this season. However, this time, Arsenal's head coach was Wenger, but Chelsea's head coach was replaced by the Israeli Grant.

After the coaching change, Chelsea's performance has been fluctuating for a while, but recently it has slowly started to improve, ranking third in the standings,

After Grant dismissed get out of class, Grant, who succeeded him, did not have a happy life.

As the technical director who was placed in the locker room by Abramovich, Grant and Grant were considered to be in the same boat. Although Grant was very upset about this because he didn’t feel that he needed to be guided, to a large extent, Grant was also very good at being a man. He didn’t make his dissatisfaction obvious. And after Grant dismissed get out of class, he took over as the head coach, and his position was even more embarrassing-Drogba Essien Lampard and other direct descendants who were on Grant's side would think that he was the culprit for Grant's dismissal, and Terry and others who were on the side of the boss Abramovich at the time were obedient to the boss and would not take him seriously...

Fortunately, the professionalism of the Chelsea players is still very strong, and Grant also adopted the tactics that Grant used when he was there, which stabilized Chelsea's performance. But even so, when he arranges tactics in the locker room, the players just listened with a blank face, and after listening, they went to the field to compete, and then won - want to use their mouths to inspire the players' fighting spirit?It's not as effective as Grant saying before the game, "I'll resign if I win this game"...

Such a head coach really does a boring job, not to mention that the income is not much higher than when he was a technical instructor. Grant felt wronged.

With such emotions, Grant still has to work hard to make the players perform better!
When the game started, the two sides immediately started pressing and blocking on the field.For the players on both sides, they didn't notice anything. The Arsenal players only thought about how to show the team's strength in the away game. The Chelsea players also wanted to beat their opponents in the game to show off their old enemies. receive.

The pace of the game was fast from the beginning, but it was difficult for both sides to create any chances. Arsenal's midfield running ability is quite good, and the interception ability is also very strong. In this respect, it is also Chelsea's strength.

However, in terms of the direct threat from the front line, Arsenal has the upper hand. The cooperation of the three players in the frontcourt is quite tacit. Although Chelsea has two top forwards, there are not many calls between the two. grow up!
The game has been entangled until 10 minutes later, Arsenal began to take the lead!
After scoring twice in the last round, Li Yuxin once again became the target that the opponent needs to focus on. The last round was a typical example. When the opponent focused on Li Yuxin, Van Persie got a lot of opportunities. However, the problem now is that if you relax, Li Yuxin may die earlier. If Van Persie is an opportunist, then Li Yuxin can create opportunities!

Grant also saw this very clearly, so Alex followed Li Yuxin all the time, using his height and strength to pester Li Yuxin, preventing him from easily getting any opportunities.

It is not easy to keep an eye on Bell or Walcott, because their range of activities is too large, and it is very difficult to keep an eye on him. However, it is relatively easy to keep an eye on Li Yuxin. Although his range of activities is also large, he is more active in the center position, otherwise he will lose his deterrent power.

Bell or Walcott received a pass from his teammate on the wing, Li Yuxin started running to meet him, Alex followed, Bell or Walcott still passed the ball to Li Yuxin under the defense of Belletti, Li Yuxin did not take the ball, but quickly tapped the ball back, followed by Bell kicked up and directly transferred the ball to the right!

Clichy, who put in an assist from the right, decisively passed the ball directly into the penalty area. Van Persie appeared on the route of passing the ball. Regardless of Carvalho flying over to block the hole of the gun, he still swung his right foot, intending to force a shot.

Cech tensed his nerves and planned to save the shot. After all, no matter how blocked Carvalho was, it was impossible to block all the shooting angles. However, Van Persie did not shoot. The moment his right foot touched the ball, he changed the position of the ball. With a flick of his ankle, he knocked the ball directly into the middle of the penalty area!
Fabregas, who was inserted in the back row, got rid of Essien's defense and directly volleyed vigorously against the rolling ball while running. The ball quickly flew into the goal of Chelsea. Cech's attention was all on Van Persie. By the time he turned around, it was too late!
More than 3000 Arsenal fans immediately gave a huge cheer, celebrating the arrival of their first goal!

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