"Pat. ”

"Huh?"

"Do you have footage of Manchester United's last league games?"

"Yes, you wait a minute. ”

At Arsenal A.T. Kearney's training base, in the coaching room, Arsene Wenger is with his close assistant Pat. Les busy.

"What are the games?" asked Rice.

"The last three games. ”

"No problem. ”

"Wait a minute. ”

Rice was about to pick up the tape when he heard Arsene Wenger shout to stop, and looked back in confusion.

"There are the last three games that Yang Fan has participated in. Arsene Wenger added.

"Ah, okay. Rice was stunned and nodded. He understood Arsene Wenger's request, which was to study the Manchester United game with Yang Fan in play.

Rice took out a few tapes of Wenger and handed him them, "Do you need me to edit them for you?"

"No, I don't. Arsene Wenger pointed to the VCR, "Can you put it in for me?" ”

"Of course. ”

When the video of Manchester United's game appeared on the TV screen, Wenger stopped talking and watched carefully, staring at the screen meticulously, and Rice did not speak, but watched carefully.

Arsene Wenger didn't watch it in its entirety, he fast-forwarded and only looked at the part of Manchester United's transition from defence to attack. When he sees United scoring, Arsene Wenger stops and watches the whole process of Manchester United's goal over and over again.

After watching the video footage of the game in this way, Arsene Wenger was silent for a while.

"In Manchester United's current attacking system, Yang Fan's role is becoming more and more obvious. Rice opened his mouth to break the silence, "Cristiano Ronaldo's offensive pressure is shared by the Chinese. ”

The biggest change in Manchester United's current attack compared with last season is the addition of Yang Fan, previously, the media was once hyping Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo's dependence, more than half of Manchester United's attack is inseparable from the Portuguese star, as long as Ronaldo is not in good shape, it will be more difficult for Manchester United to score, and now this season, this situation has changed,

"Manchester United are now a duo, Chinese and Portuguese, with the two of them taking on the attacking load for Manchester United. "Although I don't know how Ferguson is distributed, from the current point of view, the cooperation between these two people is not bad, and there are no contradictions and inconsistencies." ”

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"Manchester United bought the Chinese, and the money was well spent. When Rice said this, he saw Wenger look up, and he quickly explained, "No, Arsna, I, I'm not ......"

Now, Yang Fan's performance is getting better and better, people talk about Ferguson's generosity and decisive courage at the same time, they will never forget to mention the name of another person, Wenger! Arsenal manager was the first to discover Yang Fan's football talent, but the Arsenal manager hesitated twice in a row when facing the transfer fee to buy Yang Fan, and finally missed Yang Fan twice in a row.

Therefore, Wenger also suffered a lot of sarcasm.

"Pat, I didn't blame you. Arsene Wenger smiled wryly and said, "I'm not that stingy yet. ”

Arsene Wenger spread his hands, "Actually, I do regret it a little, I regret it, missing Yang Fan is a huge mistake, I myself will not forgive myself because I missed it twice." ”

"No, Arsna, it's not your personal reason, the board ......"

Wenger waved his hand, "Don't defend me, if I really made up my mind to buy someone, those directors of the club would still agree in the end, I didn't make up my mind, I would have missed it." ”

"Without Yang Fan, our attacking line is also terrifying, a healthy Van Persie is our goal guarantee, and the Togolese are also very good now. Rice said with relief.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Wenger said that he now regrets not only not being able to bring Yang Fan to Arsenal, but also being annoyed that Yang Fan actually went to Manchester United, which has enhanced the strength of this old rival, so to speak, if Yang Fan finally transferred to Real Madrid or Milan, to La Liga or Serie A, Wenger will not be so annoyed.

Wenger rubbed his temples, then pointed to the computer screen: "Here you come, Pat, come and see." ”

Rice turned around and found that the referee was pulling out a bright red card on the screen, and the object was Yang Fan.

"It was the Champions League match between Manchester United and Wolfsburg, and Young received a red card and was suspended. ”

"You have a good memory. Arsene Wenger exclaimed, "Do you have anything to say about this?"

"You're working on this. I watched the live broadcast of this game, the referee sentenced Yang to fake fall, the Chinese were very angry, and his feelings were a little out of control, but his red card was the second yellow card he received because of the fake fall, not because he was shown a red card for his impact on the referee. Of course, he was banned for attacking the referee......" Rice suddenly turned his head to look at Wenger, "Arsna, what do you mean ......"

"That's right. Wenger nodded, and then the professor smiled bitterly, "I researched it, and it is not so easy to find a simple and effective means to restrain Yang Fan. So, we're going to take another shortcut. Yang Fan I have always been concerned, this is a good guy, unlimited potential, if he is my player, the only thing that makes me feel a headache is his temper, in fact, I was hesitant when I introduced Yang at that time One of the reasons is his temper, this is a player who is emotional, after being stimulated, it is easy to get out of control. I was worried about him at the time, but now it could be a way for us to deal with this player. ”

Rice nodded, he agreed, this Chinese's current strength is obvious to all, his ability to score goals is amazing, of course, agree that what is striking is Yang Fan's ability to cause trouble, this is not a good baby at all.

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"Arsna, I remember you didn't like to use this ......," Les quipped.

"If necessary, I'll use it. Arsene Wenger shook his head and said.

Les froze for a moment and nodded. He understands the pressure on Arsene Wenger's shoulders right now, Arsenal have not won a trophy in three seasons, and the fans are already dissatisfied, although the board has nothing to say because the club is still profitable, but the dissatisfaction of the fans has put Wenger under pressure. Although the coach is not responsible for the fans, only for the club, Rice knows that Wenger is proud and has not won the championship, and the professor himself cannot accept such a report card.

"Our old rival, he's good at using this trick, it's a really nasty old guy. However, his trick is of little use to me, haha. Arsene Wenger smiled, as if remembering his more than a decade of fighting with Ferguson, and he continued to talk, "This time, I'm looking forward to seeing that guy's face." Aha, Pat, tell me, if we win this game, will that guy not be able to eat for three days? ”

Rice smiled bitterly and didn't speak, he knew that Wenger was talking to himself, and he didn't need him to answer, and he also knew who the guy Wenger was talking about: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, two fateful opponents! Their confrontation has been the main theme of the Premier League for more than a decade!

Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the two longest-serving managers in the Premier League, Ferguson came to Manchester United in 1986, and Arsene Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996.

In August 1996, Arsene Wenger flew from Nagoya to London to take over the Arsenal coach. In the eight years before Jose Mourinho took charge of Chelsea, the main theme of the Premier League was the battle between Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson.

Chinese When Arsene Wenger arrived at Arsenal in 1996 when he first arrived at Arsenal in 1996, Ferguson gave his greeting gift: "I got a five-Chinese speaker from Ivory Coast. At the time, Arsene Wenger, who had little qualification, chose to remain silent. This made Ferguson very proud and thought that this 'young man' was easy to deal with.

Ferguson's psychological tactics have been successful in both Dagley and Keegan, but Arsene Wenger's arrival has allowed him to meet a real opponent. The Frenchman's comeback was full of wisdom, both off and off the pitch. Arsene Wenger initially refused to share the wine with him after the game, but what really upset him was Wenger's refusal to shake hands with Ferguson after the defeat in the FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park in 1999.

In fact, until then, Ferguson had been targeting Arsenal's on-pitch discipline problems as a psychological warfare target, much to Arsene Wenger's displeasure: "He should have sent a messenger to send me a letter of apology. Ferguson has also continued to slam Arsenal for lacking homegrown players, but it was Arsene Wenger who angered him the most on several occasions by portraying Arsenal as the most disgraceful team in terms of physical confrontation.

Years of accumulated tensions were quickly ignited after that, with the 'Battle of Old Trafford' caused by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Keown at the end of September 2003 and the famous 'Battle of the Highbury Passage' at the end of February 2005. Patrick Vieira and Gary Neville were going to face each other and when Vieira said he was going to break the leg of the England international defender, Roy Keane burst out and said: 'If you want to go head-to-head with someone else, find someone of the same size.' Vieira replied: 'I will break your leg too.' This angered Keane even more, saying: 'If you are that capable, then you should play for Real Madrid.' That's a clever answer, Patrick Vieira has been linked with Real Madrid the previous summer. Players from both sides came close to a big fight. Wenger and Ferguson are the kind of players who don't watch their players suffer, and they both jumped out to blame the opposing players, which also brought the conflict between Ferguson and Wenger to a climax.

It is worth mentioning that Arsene Wenger's side were previously on a 49-match unbeaten run by Wayne Rooney in October 2004. And just a week before that game, at a local dinner in Manchester, a spectator asked Ferguson: "If you had a pistol and only one bullet, who would you choose? Wenger or Victoria?" After a pause of a few seconds, Ferguson smiled and said, "Can I ask for two bullets?" Behind the joke is a true portrayal of the two who were once on the same page.

Although Mourinho came later, the duel between Ferguson and Arsene Wenger is still the most exciting repertoire of the Premier League, and at least two duels between Arsenal and Manchester United every season are the focus of attention of the whole of England and even the whole of Europe!