889 Can You Afford It?
The goal conceded in the 26th minute left Arsenal completely on the back foot.
It was a final, and conceding a goal first made the Gunners have to wake up to the fact that they have to start attacking.
As a result, after the resumption of kick-off, the Gunners became active and began to work hard to create chances and try to score.
Gao Han also quickly realized Arsenal's problem, and immediately made adjustments, the team recycled appropriately, no longer pressed, but focused on the ball competition from the middle line to his own half, and used defense as an attack to let Arsenal press out.
Wenger became bitter and couldn't speak, he didn't know that in the previous game against Barcelona, Guardiola was caught off guard was the key to the effectiveness of Arsenal's tactics, but this time he faced a premeditated Manchester City, where can it still be effective?
But you conceded a goal first, don't you press up now?
Compared with Wenger's pins and needles, Gao Han sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and he didn't even use the skill card, so he watched the game.
After almost 11 years in charge, he knows better than anyone what the trend is.
With the current momentum of Manchester City, as long as they don't make mistakes, it will be a matter of time before they score again.
Of course, the Gunners' counter-attack was not without effect, just three minutes later, Sagna cut in at high speed, crossed from the right, Van Persie in the box seized the opportunity, grabbed the first spot, and headed the goal, but it was lifted out by goalkeeper Petr Cech, and the subsequent corner was also plucked by Cech from mid-air.
It was also arguably Arsenal's most dangerous attack so far.
But then the game was more of a counterattack from Manchester City, Manchester City launched a counterattack, Sturridge retreated, Kaka crossed diagonally to the right rib, Gareth Bale used his speed to force a surprise, received the ball and wanted to pass the opponent's central defender Djou, but when he caught up with the ball in the penalty area, Szczesny made a decisive attack and flew to pounce on his goalkeeper.
It can be said that the Polish goalkeeper made a crucial save this time, and without him, Gareth Bale would have been a fatal blow to Arsenal.
There is a good saying, if you can run past the first year of junior high school, you can't run more than fifteen.
Just when Arsenal fans were secretly congratulating themselves on their escape, the time had finally come.
In the 39th minute, after Vertonghen broke the ball, David Silva played a short pass to Kaka, but Alexander Song was unable to interfere effectively and the Brazilian midfielder slid a through ball through the middle of Sagna and Djuru.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been dormant all along, when he suddenly started, successfully countered offside, used his speed to get rid of two defenders, caught up with the ball, caught up with the ball in the penalty area and fired a low shot, once again penetrating the goal guarded by Szczesny, 2-0!
Wembley Stadium was in complete boil.
All the Manchester City fans who came to the scene shouted the Portuguese name in a hurry, while Cristiano Ronaldo looked calm, as if scoring a goal was a piece of cake for him.
This goal also completely sent Arsenal into the abyss of despair.
After Wenger saw Cristiano Ronaldo score, he hid his face and shook his head, turned around and walked back to the coach's box, looking extremely lonely, full of disappointment and helplessness.
The skills are not as good as others, and he really can't come up with a way.
In the end, City went into the break with a 2-0 lead in the first half.
But after the second half of the rematch, Manchester City and Arsenal did not make substitution adjustments, both teams are still playing with the starting lineup, and Manchester City still adopts the style of play in the final stage of the first half, waiting for work, letting Arsenal press out, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack, which makes Arsenal feel very headache, but helpless.
In the face of such a team that can attack and defend when it is retracted, they are also helpless.
In the 74th minute, City had another chance when Cristiano Ronaldo cut inside on the left and was saved by Szczesny to win a corner.
Michael Johnson, who came on in place of David Silva, took a corner, Vertonghen's header was crossed to the back post, and Cristiano Ronaldo jumped high and headed the ball into the corner of the goal from close range, 3-0!
After taking a three-goal lead, City played more easily, with Gao Han bringing on Harry Kane and Adam Lallana and replacing the impressive Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka to give them more time to rest.
The fate of the two superstars also ushered in a full cheer for them.
Arsenal also fought back in the final moments, and finally scored a goal in the 89th minute by Robin van Persie.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-1 in the Carabao Cup final to claim their first trophy of the season.
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At the moment when the whistle sounded, Gao Han stood on the sidelines, his heart extremely calm.
Winning has long been a natural thing for him, and winning the championship is nothing new, and he was already determined to win this game long before he walked onto the pitch.
Now, for him, it's more about how to beat his opponents with his true level, rather than with the magic effects of skill cards, so this season, he has used skill cards less and less, and this game is also useless, and he hopes to test his true level with this.
The Arsenal players came off the pitch one after another, all looking frustrated and remorseful.
They had mixed performances in this game, but either way, the game was over and it was all over.
Van Persie is Gao Han's old courtier when he was in Chelsea, and his previous injury was also related to Gao Han, and he went to Germany to contact the miracle doctor Walfaat, which is why he has his current vigorous performance, so as soon as the game ended, the Dutch center forward walked to the sidelines, hugged Gao Han with a smile, and congratulated him on winning another championship.
Other Arsenal players also came over, and many of them knew Gao Han, such as Rosicky.
His performance in this game was sluggish, on the one hand, it was obvious that his own form was wrong, and on the other hand, Mascherano did a good job of freezing him, so the Czech looked a little unhappy.
Goalkeeper Szczesny and central defender Koscielny, who were following behind everyone, both drooped their heads, and saw their teammates walking up to shake hands with Gao Han and say hello, hesitating whether to follow as well, but in the end both of them walked away silently.
Unexpectedly, Gao Han greeted him at this time.
"Hey, you guys are doing a great job. Gao Han greeted with a smile.
Both Szczesny and Koscielny were a bit surprised, but this is still a good performance?
"Don't be surprised, you know, maybe tomorrow you're going to be the worst player in the game in all the media and newspapers, but I want to say you guys really did a great job and if it wasn't for the good performances of both of you, I think we'd have scored at least two or three more goals in this game. ”
When Gao Han said this, he smiled, "The media usually only see shortcomings and poor performances, but I think we should see your excellent side, you are still young, continue to work hard, and there will definitely be a place for you in the Premier League and European football in the future." ”
After speaking, Gao Han smiled and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand.
Both Szczesny and Koscielny looked at Gao Han in flattery, but the two quickly reacted, Koscielny quickly stretched out his hands and shook Gao Han's right hand hard, and Szczesny also took off his gloves and shook hands with Gao Han.
Seeing the departure of the two players, Gao Han smiled.
He really didn't mean to make them happy, but he really felt that these two youngsters were doing well.
Young people, inexperience is inevitable.
Especially for positions like defenders and goalkeepers, in a 90-minute game, 89 minutes are solid, but if you miss the last point or even score, you will be nailed to the shame post after the game.
But it's clearly unfair to them, especially in the environment Arsenal is in right now.
"Thank you. Wenger's voice rang out behind Gao Han.
Gao Han turned his head, glanced at the professor with a bitter gourd face, and said with a smile: "Thank you, don't need it, invite me to dinner." ”
"Okay, you can pick the location. Arsene Wenger was also happy this time.
The game is over, now clean up and go back to dinner together.
"Oh, by the way, there's something I need to tell you in advance. Wenger suddenly remembered something.
"What's the matter?"
"Tomorrow there will be news in several newspapers, including The Independent, that we are interested in James Rodríguez, and Steve went to Peru specifically to follow his game, so ......"
After hearing this, Gao Han's brows furrowed at first, but then he nodded and smiled: "Okay, I know." ”
Strangely it turned into Arsene Wenger, "What? Aren't you surprised?"
"Isn't this normal?" Gao Han asked amusefully.
"But...... We're poaching your players......" Wenger didn't turn his mind around for a moment.
In his impression, Gao Han should be thunderous and angry at this time, why does it seem that he is completely fine?
This doesn't make sense.
Gao Han laughed immediately, "I said, Professor, don't you look down on yourself too much?"
"What do you mean?"
"Can you afford it?" Gao Han asked rhetorically.
Wenger was stunned for a moment, then laughed himself, but more bitterly.
Isn't it?
James Rodriguez has performed well in La Liga this season, even surpassing Messi and Mesut Ozil per game, coupled with a good performance in the South American youth competition, and a long contract, Arsenal wants to poach such a player, it really takes a lot of effort to convince Gao Han and Chinatown, and it has to pay a lot of money.
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal are most lacking in money right now.
Gao Han watched Wenger shake his head helplessly and leave, and his heart was quite mixed.
In recent years, Arsenal's business has not been as good as before, not to mention the high revenue, but it is heavily in debt, especially the real estate project built on the original site of Highbury Stadium, which has made Arsenal burdened with heavy debts.
Who can be blamed for this?
The only blame can only be blamed on the management being too greedy in the first place.
And in the case of other giants introducing foreign capital, Arsenal is very stubborn and refuses to live or die, which led to the angry resignation of vice chairman David Dunn.
It's fair to say that Arsenal's business has been a mess over the past few years, and if it weren't for Arsene Wenger keeping the top four and reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League every year, the Gunners' finances would have been even more ugly.
But now European football has already entered the era of capital operation, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams have maintained strong competitiveness, Tottenham Hotspur has also been able to operate well in recent years, and Arsenal's situation is precarious.
Add to that Arsene Wenger's own character and coaching style......
Sometimes when I think about it, Gao Han also feels that his life as an old friend is too bitter.
Now it is even more difficult to even renew the contract of the player, which has to be calculated like this, which is really ......
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