As Wenger pondered, Edward pulled a banana from the bench, carefully peeled it and walked to the sidelines to call Mendy's name.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, the young man ran over in small steps and took the banana full of love from the coach like a baton.

Hydward hugged his disciple and said in a low voice in his ear, "Good job, I'll give you a vacation if you win!" Every fold on Mendy's face was a smile when he heard it.

He made an OK gesture and said as he ran: "Don't worry, that kid is about to be by me." ”

In the last minute of the first half, Benjamin, who was a little unable to run, seemed to be reactivated by this banana, and Heidward's strategy was to continue to press Gibbs's side, and Wenger's side chose: keep it as it is, we are waiting, waiting, waiting......

That waited for Portsmouth to stay up until half-time.

In Arsenal's luxuriously decorated dressing room, Wenger looked at the players rushing in, especially Gibbs, and suddenly felt a little tired, if the team could maintain the first 20 minutes, it might have been 2-0 or even 3-0 by this time.

The Gunners after 25 minutes of the first half made him wonder if he had brought a fake team, and Portsmouth's Edouard Mendy broke down the left six times in a row, attracting four Arsenal players to play together in a defensive process, is this normal?

Who's the stronger one?

Speaking of the left-back position, Wenger can't help but have several names on his mind, and in 2011 he had his eye on Valencia's Alba and Everton's Leighton. Baines, Valencia's offer Arsenal could not match, and Baines' salary could not match. As a last resort, he left the mediocre Gibbs, the second year in a row that Arsene Wenger has done so. Jordi Alba was the best left-back in La Liga last year before moving to Barcelona, while Baines provided 11 assists for the Toffees.

All the old fans who are more than ten years old, there are more or less moments when the team is so bad that you don't want to watch the game at all, but as a coach, Wenger can't turn off the TV like a fan, he's a coach, and the manager's responsibility is to stay on the bench, lose disappointingly, and then take all the blame as usual.

Arsene Wenger instructed Alexander. Song guarded against the opponent's counterattack, instructed Van Persie not to braided and cooperate with his teammates, told Rosickido to be careful not to get injured, and then switched Gibbs and Sagna to use the stronger Frenchman against another Frenchman.

On the other side, the dressing room was full of laughter and laughter, and head coach Edward was ridiculed by the whole dressing room after completing what he had left unfinished 45 minutes ago - using his hands to pull the tactical board behind the goal to no avail.

"Boss, are you on the same page as this?" Mendy, who had a brilliant first half, laughed the loudest.

"Ahem" Hydward coughed twice to hide his embarrassment before giving up on battling a tactical board.

He looked at Meunier, who had his head down, and then simply tapped him on the shoulder, telling the lad not to have any pressure, and Hydward took a blank piece of paper with Walcott's information written on it, and repeated some of the precautions he had stressed before the game and laid out new tactical instructions.

Meunier looked at the bold and even a little crazy plan above, and couldn't believe it: "This?? ”

Hydward got up and said with a smile: "Do as I say, if you win, you guys are crazy, and if you lose, I will carry it." ”

It's his usual style.

He looked at his watch and fixed his eyes on Campbell, the retired veteran who used his composure and sophistication to direct Rudiger and Mustafi to take turns defending, allowing Van Persie, who has scored 20 goals in the Premier League this season, to return without success many times, which greatly boosted the morale of the team.

Hydward said, "Captain, I want to see you play the whole game today. ”

Campbell gestured to OK and touched his slightly heavy knees and just smiled, he played very little in the position of dragging central defender in the back five, and his proper command only relied on familiarity with Arsenal's tactical system, and Wenger's set has not changed much over the years.

A few months ago, when he was battling with Manchester United's Michael Carrick without falling behind, Pierce was in no form a few months later, completely mastering the rhythm of his opposition to Rosicky and Arteta, without planning even a single effective attack.

Pierce came because of injury, he has been injured 3 times in the past few months, the longest half a month off and the shortest one week, the training is not systematic, which naturally affects his performance on the field.

Second, Hydward at the heart of the midfield gradually trusted Drinkwater, and even the newly promoted John Brown. Conlingham preceded him in the playing order, and the elimination of veterans from the team seemed to be the general trend.

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After the 15-minute break, Arsene Wenger did not move except for fine-tuning the positioning, while Hydward used up two substitutions on the other side, Pierce was replaced with the more defensive Drinkwater, and De Leari was replaced with a defender Margery, with a firm attitude of putting the bus to the end.

Arsene Wenger's brow furrowed even deeper, and the scene he didn't want to see was still played, which more or less reminded the Frenchman of a league game six months ago, when Ferguson completely abandoned the scene in the competition with him, and switched to a more restrained tactic.

Andy Gray on the commentary bench laughed and admired Heideward's unhesitating tactical choice: "The 11th round of the Red Devils Gunners battle in the first half of the season is believed to be fresh in the memory of many fans, Lord Ferdin's unexpected start of 7 defenders, 2-0 let Arsenal go home, the 16th round of Fulham's iron bucket also made the Gunners helpless, until the 88th minute relied on Sagna's header to kill the opponent, Wenger's team this season obviously can't tear apart the opponent as in the past. ”

In Heidward's eyes, Arsenal at this moment is no longer the undefeated team with Vieira, Thierry Henry, and Bergkamp in the past, and the only one who can be called world-class is Van Persie, a team that can be defeated tactically, and will not change because of one person or one star.

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After a while, you'll notice a little difference.

Compared to Barcelona, which has a similar style of play, Arsenal today can't do it like a hound when they lose a goal, and it is the job of every player, many players are walking at the moment of losing the ball, and only a few will press, which Hydward's team has done better than Arsenal.

However, sometimes Barcelona will play too cumbersome like the Gunners, because they like to invert their feet too much, and pass control as their blood, when Barcelona played at home against Real Madrid in 09, Messi played a one-two in the Real Madrid penalty area, not once but three times, Ward thought they would lose, but won 6-2 instead, which may be the difference between the two teams.

To put it mildly, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal inheritance from his predecessor allowed him to adapt to English football, but in the end he went his own way. There was an opportunity to buy Nasri, Wenger didn't miss it, there was a chance to buy Rosicky, he didn't miss it, and when Arshavin appeared, he quickly won it, and this group of players seemed to be carved out of a mold, a soft style.

What really makes Wenger rise is his cultivation and discovery of young players, rather than the secondary processing of stars, think carefully about how many local youth players Arsenal have cultivated recently, Heideward's mind only popped up a name Jack. The young man of Wilshere.

The game continued, Meunier stood in front of Walket for the Nth time in the game, don't expect Ward to say anything good about Wenger or Arsenal, we are opponents!