'Boss, this is the eighteen-man squad announced by Chelsea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Assistant coach Pat Rice sent a copy of the material to manager Arsene Wenger.

'Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o are both back in the squad. ”

Arsene Wenger took the material, flipped it open and looked at it hastily, and then closed it again.

He already knows the possible line-up for Chelsea, and even the characteristics and abilities of each of Chelsea's players, he is also clear, and he just wants to be more sure of it.

"They've missed two games and now they're suddenly back in the 18-man squad, will they start?" Pat Rice guessed.

In addition to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o, Gudjohnson and Arjen Robben are also in the 18-man squad and it stands to reason that they could also start, as they have played quite well in the last two games.

Gudjohnson, in particular, is the second leading scorer this season behind Ronaldinho.

"As I said, Alf's most important ones from start to finish were Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o. Arsene Wenger said with certainty.

"As a manager, I can understand what Gao Han is doing, he wants to teach these two players a lesson, because since the start of the season, their performance has been really bad, and it would have been the same if it had been me. ”

Arsene Wenger is also a statistically important manager in the Premier League, so he naturally has a range of Chelsea stats at hand, including passing stats between Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o.

It's not that it's particularly important, but the passing exchange between the two is too little, and it's a little unusual.

"Gudjohnson is really good, but compared with Ibrahimovic, it is still worse, as for Robben, he used to play on the left side in the Netherlands, but now Chelsea's left side is Ronaldinho, he can only switch to the right side, although it is not bad, but he needs to adapt, if he can play on the right side, the achievement will be higher. ”

At this time, Wenger's eyes showed a hint of admiration.

At least from Gao Han's transformation of Robben, he could see Gao Han's intentions and admired Gao Han's vision very much.

Playing on the left side, Robben is at most a sharp winger, but he can switch to the right side, once he plays, Robben will be an invincible sword, and even have a chance to become a nuclear weapon of the team.

"Judging from the current arrangement, Gao Han's tactical intention is very clear, with Ronaldinho on the left, mainly in control, taking the ball to attract defensive attention, and a strong center forward in the middle, attacking the penalty area on the right, which is a bit similar to Iruetta's Deportivo La Coruna, and it is also a very wise choice. ”

The most mainstream style of play in the Premier League is to fly on both wings, with strong centre-forwards such as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Alan Shearer in the middle.

If Gao Han continues to use the middle of the Atletico Madrid era and directly expose the side to the opponent, this is certainly not a wise choice, so he adjusted his style of play and changed to the winger and center forward configuration of Deportivo La Coruna.

But in midfield, Gao Han went further than Iruetta, Deco and Veron aimed to strengthen the team's control of the ball and rhythm, and Makelele dragged behind, focusing on defending and playing the ball.

And it turns out that Veron has played far better and better under Chelsea's tactical system than under Manchester United's tactical framework, not only becoming the core of the team's midfield, but also possibly returning to his peak.

Judging from the many games this season, Terry and Gallas are not weak in their ability to handle and play the ball, and they have also been able to adapt well under Gao Han's style of play, which has undoubtedly made Chelsea's transformation very successful.

But Chelsea's problems are also very clear.

'Chelsea's right side is a problem, Patrick Ferreira is both offensive and defensive, but not impressive, Glenn Johnson is too attacking and not defensive, young and needs to be further developed, no matter who he plays, it will be our chance. Wenger said lightly.

Arsenal do best on the left, and the chain of Ashley Cole, Pire and Thierry Henry is a nightmare for almost all teams in the Premier League.

"As for our defence, the focus is on Ronaldinho, as long as we strangle the Brazilians, their attack will be greatly reduced. ”

Pat Rice nodded, Arsenal's double midfielders are not vegetarians.

"If Alpine really sends Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o to start, then we ......"

Arsene Wenger smiled, "These two players are not that simple. ”

"Huh?" Pat Rice was a little strange.

'Actually, several players at Chelsea are very close to me, not to mention Robben, Rob van Persie has been following us for the past year, Samuel Eto'o came close to joining us at the 20000 years when he was very unpopular at Real Madrid, I was very optimistic about him, we talked about it and we were ready to sign, but Aragonés suddenly stepped in and took him to Mallorca. ”

'As for Ibrahimovic, it was much earlier, when he was still playing for Malmo, I invited him to Highbury Stadium and gave him a number nine shirt, but he was still young at the time, I mean, to stay in the team for a tryout, but as a result, this arrogant kid went straight away to join Ajax. ”

Pat Rice was a little surprised to hear this, but he didn't expect that Arsenal would still have such a relationship with Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, and even almost be together.

"I know the quality and potential of these two players, but I also know their tempers, and I appreciate Gao Han's intentions and I am very sure of his vision, but I don't think he can handle these two big thorns. ”

Wenger said this, and the conversation changed, "Of course, their individual ability is still very strong, we still have to be careful, but the focus is still on Ronaldinho, and even Deco and Veron's back. ”

"Understood. Pat Rice nodded.

What the owner meant was that the two players were very capable individually, but they had little to no cooperation with each other.

"Pat. ”

Just as Pat Rice understood his mission and was about to leave, Arsene Wenger suddenly stopped him again.

"Boss. ”

"This season's Premier League has been challenging, and although Alex Ferguson's Manchester United sold David Beckham and were taken the lead by Chelsea in the transfer of Ronaldinho and Robben, the overall strength has weakened a lot, but overall Manchester United is still our strongest rival. ”

"But Gao Han's Chelsea should not be underestimated, from the previous eight rounds of the league, Gao Han has a very clear tactical idea from the beginning, and according to this set of tactical concepts to introduce high-level players, maybe no superstars, but the level of players in every position is very high, and the integrated team is extremely competitive. ”

Arsene Wenger's eyes flashed with a look of appreciation, "Just that, the high cold is enough to silence all doubters, and it is enough to prove that what he has achieved in the past three years at Atletico Madrid is not luck, and he may even become the biggest suspense in the Premier League this season." ”

As his right-hand man, Pat Rice clearly felt the apprehension and even hesitation in Wenger's heart.

Since his arrival in the Premier League, the Premier League has always been a two-man between him and Alex Ferguson.

Even Houllier led Liverpool to win a lot of titles, even Robson led Newcastle revival, even Leeds United, which was unbeatable back then, could not shake their domination of the Premier League.

But Arsene Wenger is a bit shorter than Alex Ferguson.

The 01-02 season can be said to be the pinnacle of Arsene Wenger's coaching of Arsenal, and the Gunners of that season not only perfectly implemented Wenger's tactical philosophy, but also achieved amazing results on the field, especially the astonishing 21 unbeaten in the second half and the final 13 consecutive rounds of wins, which made Arsenal invincible.

But just when Wenger was ambitious and wanted to lead Arsenal to the Premier League championship and complete the Ferguson-style three-peat.

It was a perfect start to the season, with the Gunners extending their unbeaten run to 30 games before losing to Everton in the 10th round, with Wayne Rooney the last player in the Arsenal goal.

But the real turning point came during the winter break.

On December 26, in the 20th round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 3-1 at Middlesbrough, while Arsenal beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 away, extending the gap to seven points.

Since then, the Reds have been on the hunt, with an unbeaten record of 15 wins and three draws in the remaining 18 league games.

Arsenal kept making mistakes under the pressure of their opponents, dropping points one after another, losing only two games, but the draws reached six, and finally in the crucial battle, they lost 2-3 to Leeds United and gave up the league title.

Pat Rice has experienced the battle first-hand and knows better than anyone how hard it was last season for Arsene Wenger, who is ambitious to build an Arsenal dynasty.

And after learning the hard way, all the analysis pointed the finger directly at the defense.

Goalkeeper Seaman is getting old, and Campbell in central defence needs a qualified partner......

As a result, German goalkeeper Lehmann arrived, and Kolo Toure stepped up as Campbell's partner, while Arsene Wenger and the coaching staff agreed that the team's defence was the reason for the final loss of the title.

So this summer, Arsene Wenger proposed to further optimize the defensive configuration on the basis of maintaining the team's defensive counterattack last season, and even the requirements for the midfield are more clear, that is, everything is based on defense.

The purpose of this is simple, to ensure the efficiency of scoring points against the middle and lower teams.

Because last season, Arsenal lost two games in the final stage, one was Blackburn Rovers and the other was Leeds United, which were quite undeserved defeats, and in the six games that were drawn, Bolton, Aston Villa and other games were also regrettable.

After learning the hard way, it is understandable that Wenger would make such a compromise.

Because everyone knows that in the Premier League, except for Manchester United, almost no team can be Arsenal's opponent, as long as they can ensure the efficiency of scoring points against other teams, and then maintain stability in the strong dialogue, Arsenal can basically win the championship.

What I didn't expect was that all of a sudden, a Chelsea team was killed.

Gao Han's team has invested a lot of money, but the gains are also very huge, judging from the first eight rounds of consecutive wins, the overall strength of this team should be above Liverpool and Newcastle, adjust well and even not lose to Manchester United and Arsenal.

This made Arsene Wenger feel threatened.

Because the Premier League landscape he is familiar with has been completely changed!