Chapter 169: Rex and Wenger
The two of them stayed at the Emirates Stadium until the afternoon, and lunch was all ridiculously expensive fast food.
The fares, the peripherals, and the food are all ridiculously expensive, and Hydward can't help but sigh that it is no wonder that the capacity of the Chieftain of 60,000 people is the most profitable home in England and even in all of Europe!
And Chen Xi's biggest gain is to take a photo with a tall green short-legged lizard named Rex, you may have seen a fake football, well, this little thing is Arsenal's powerful and domineering mascot, it likes to wear glasses with a belly, stupid and cute.
Rex's name is taken from the Latin scientific name of Tyrannosaurus rex, but this thing has a bit of a domineering appearance, but it is really very pleasing to girls, and it has a large number of fans all over the world, including the Rooster of Tottenham, the Swansea Swansea Swan, the Newcastle Magpie, the Sunderland Cat, Manchester United's little devil Fred and the dog named Colonel!
The scene of its training in the rain has left a good image of the hard work of fans around the world, but please don't ask a mascot why he trains.
Portsmouth also has an unreliable 3-point mascot, it's called Frogmore the Frog, a blue frog who once danced a dance of his own invention on the pitch to make the kick-off time seven minutes late, and this stupid toad named Frogmore is the first mascot in the whole of English football to receive a red card.
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Before the FA Cup, which was already a few days later in London, Hydward repeated his old tricks, following the same behaviour he had done at Old Trafford a few months ago, and said in a respectful and trembling tone: "Professor, can you sign for me?" ”
On that day, Ferguson smiled at the corner of his mouth, stared at Ward with the eyes of his predecessors and juniors, not only signed his name and gave a pen, but also wrote a sentence similar to "Zhuang Xin is not old with age, and he can still be a ghost male when he dies." Famous quotes.
A day later, he personally sent United on their way, and Ward watched Arsene Wenger's expression as he did last time.
The expression on the Professor's face did not change, and he took a pen and carefully wrote his name, then removed a Rex charm from his personal keyring as a gift.
Wenger's calm and politeness made Hydward frown, and his ecstasy soup French spit it out without drinking it all!
There was no nutritious talk at the press conference, Arsène was talking about injuries, about the league, about the team itself, and seemed to have no concern for who the opponent was.
He is like a sword, hiding his edge before leaving his body, and Arsene Wenger, who has experience in Japan in Asia, is better at hiding his edge and takes every opponent more seriously.
At the end of the press conference, the short-legged lizard entangled its own manager, and all clubs in England know that Arsene Wenger is the manager who likes to interact with mascots the most, and he does not refuse all animals to come, whether it is standing up, shaking hands or hugging, every gesture is full of grace.
On the other hand, most coaches are indifferent to mascots, and it is very face-saving to be able to smile, after all, this kind of thing is designed for children.
Rex ran over and said he wanted to run against Mr. Coach and made a start that made Mr. Wenger laugh.
If all the club's mascots were to run in a race, no one would know who would win the championship, but this lizard would be the last to last.
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Arsene Wenger looked up at his watch and went back to the hotel, he had a rough idea of tomorrow's start, but it was not yet time to tell the players, he had to go back and arrange a group dinner and a relaxing massage for the players, and then get them to bed on time.
The opposing manager asked for an autograph, and he turned around and completely forgot about it.
Early the next morning, Arsene Wenger organised a meeting between the coaching staff and the players to announce the line-up for today's game, which is his habit, and the squad will be announced a day earlier unless it is a particularly certain game.
He continued to look at his watch, and at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, the team finished their last training session and went to lunch, then announced a lunch break and informed them of the time to leave for the chief.
Kick-off at 7:30 p.m., Arsenal departed from the hotel at 5:30 p.m. and arrived at the pitch an hour and a half early, as Wenger is also accustomed to.
As soon as the Arsenal players stepped off the bus, their expressions became more serious, because they understood that once they arrived at the chieftain, the manager's time planning became almost demanding.
Starting striker Robin. Van Persie looked at the timer in the dressing room and silently sorted out his gear, while Wenger leaned against the cabinet door and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking. There was also a rousing background music in the dressing room, the pointer pointed to 12, the music stopped automatically, the assistant coach waved his hand to let everyone warm up, and the goalkeeper coach took Almunia and Szczesny aside for saving practice.
On the other side of the pitch, the Portsmouth players were also warming up, and the two sides did not look at each other, even Mendy, who was usually the most active, only pulled his hamstring to ensure that he fully warmed up.
Fifteen minutes before the start of the game, Wenger, who was holding his watch, asked the players to go back to the dressing room, let the players calm down and then take the lead in speaking. Song don't forget that he is a midfielder and so on, after that, the fitness coach immediately made the deployment, and then Wenger encouraged the players to express their opinions, Koscielny, the veteran Arteta and Van Persie all said a few words, Wenger kept counting the time, and finally completed the summary.
With less than five minutes left, the bell rang for a second time at the door, and Wenger clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to line up in the tunnel to prepare for the game.
Arsenal always keep time in this way.
Heideward's side were late to the game, with the visitors' dressing room at the Emirates Stadium being more luxurious than the home dressing room at Fatun Park, and the players couldn't resist spending an extra two minutes.
The above is a joke, the main reason is that Wenger has arranged a small mechanism in the away team's dressing room, the table for food and water is particularly high, but the bench used to sit on people is very low. Not only that, but the tactics board in the visitors' dressing room was stitched behind the door, the door was not locked, and Hydward's strategy was constantly interrupted by people coming in and out......
Not only that, in front of the players' passage, Wenger is still exerting influence on the opponent, both sides of the passage are filled with photos of the club's first-team players, one to one scale, the specially designed narrow passage gives people a strong sense of pressure, as if someone is telling you "this is Arsenal", Wenger's disciples are full of flames eager to fight!
Every inch of the Stadium is the brainchild of the professors and permeates Arsèna. Arsene Wenger's influence.
Remember this passage? If you only see the beginning and end of the football road, you will feel that the road must be full of scenery and excitement. However, if you look closely, you will find that it is nothing more than the accumulation of 38 league games that have been carefully prepared day after day, year after year, and countless game footage and cross-border learning. Victories, defeats, reunions, partings, betrayals, loyalty, and the occasional bickering with old rivals are just episodes. The only theme of this road, except football, is nothing else, it is an ordinary road.
Arsene Wenger is an ordinary coach, an ordinary person, there must be many countless faults in ordinary people, black holes that can not be black, but there must be a quality that people respect. He is nowhere near as glamorous as Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger's old rivals are the head of the Red Empire, the UAE Dynasty Super Army, the blue storm of the ruble, and he is simply practicing pure Arsenalism in his own clumsy way, at least to give the club a little dignity.