Although there are countless factors that affect the game in the world of football, if Arsenal does not have Arsene Wenger in terms of overall strength, this team is estimated to even be in the top four of the Premier League, and sometimes a person's energy can indeed be so strong.

In the first half of the 1996/97 season, Arsenal welcomed Arsène Wenger, the first foreign manager in the club's history, and the elegant Frenchman soon brought glory to Arsenal, re-enacting the magic of 1970/71 when he led them to the Premier League and FA Cup double.

At the same time, Arsene Wenger's compatriots Petit and Patrick Vieira arrived successively, and the players who helped France win the 1998 World Cup built a strong French gang at Arsenal. For the following two seasons, 1998-99 and 1999-00, Arsenal finished runners-up in the Premier League every year, behind Manchester United. Although Arsenal did not win another convincing title at this time, their squad can be said to be unprecedentedly strong.

In 2003-04, Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to a third Premier League title, with 38 games unbeaten with 26 wins and 12 draws, and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Although the controversy over whether to build a new stadium continued to disturb Wenger's mind at this time, he still led the team to incredible results this season.

That season, Arsenal miraculously completed the feat of being unbeaten in the league season, winning the Premier League title that year by a huge margin, becoming one of the most feared teams in the mainstream league during the same period.

However, due to the shadow of losing the league title at the end of last season, the Gunners failed to adjust their mentality at the beginning of this season, and the team has lost five games in the first half of the league and the team has withdrawn from the title race early in the semi-finals.

What bothers Wenger even more is that in addition to the rollercoaster ups and downs of the league standings, the team is actually hit by the same frequent diseases as last season, Eduardo fell quickly after returning and scoring two goals, Cesc Fabregas's knee injury has put him out for four months, and Adebayo and Theo Walcott have also been sidelined for long periods of time due to injuries.

Towards the end of the season, except for Kolo Toure in the backline, the other three main players were all exempted due to injury, and counting some brief injury stops, Arsenal has had as many as 28 injuries this season. I have to say that this year's obedient Arsenal team can only make Wenger sigh helplessly, seeing that the French can only set their ambitions on the Champions League.

Emirates Stadium, London.

22 August, Highbury Field, London.

"Penalty! There is no doubt that it was a penalty! Although Chrissy stopped Tomasson, Toure on the other side did not succeed in stopping the breakthrough of Santhiago! He tripped the Argentine midfielder! Referee Sauer showed Colo Toure a yellow card and awarded a penalty! This is definitely a fair decision! In the twenty-third minute of the game, this remarkable battle ushered in another turning point! ”

Villarreal's top scorer last season, Rossi, stood in front of the penalty spot, and in discussions with Santiago, the latter took the initiative to concede the chances he created! Against the brilliant Spanish goalkeeper Almunia, will he be able to take this opportunity to give Villarreal the lead? ”

"The Premier League whistle Sauer blows the whistle! Rosie starts in small steps, he wants to confuse Almunia! It worked! Overnight! The ball is in! Villarreal takes the lead! In the twenty-third minute of the first half, they broke the deadlock! It was a penalty made by Santiago, scored by Rossi!

It was a fantastic goal, not only demoralizing the opponent, but also giving Toure, one of the Gunners' defensive cores, a yellow card! I believe that in the next competition, Colo Toure will definitely be taken care of by the sailors! ”

Amid the frantic cheers of nearly 10,000 Villarreal fans who accompanied the team to the Emirates Stadium, Rossi jumped high and roared like a fierce lion at the Emirates Stadium. The Arsenal fans on the other side also booed and abused, but they looked a little weak.

The first match of the Champions League quarterfinals was unexpected at the beginning, and the yellow submarine firmly suppressed the Arsenal team that should have the upper hand in people's hearts as soon as it came up, and there was no appearance of playing away at all. The midfield composed of Santi and Cazorla can be said to be out of the limelight, and compared to Santi's previous partner Carney, Cazorla is indeed a cut above in strength.

However, there were only the two of them who were threatening, and the scramble between Senna and the others also caused great trouble to the gunners.

It was in this situation that Tomasson again passed the ball back to Santi after attracting a number of defenders, causing the penalty to take place.

Seeing his disciples on the pitch being firmly suppressed by the Villarreals, Wenger naturally did not sit still, but what bothered him was that until now he had not figured out why his players were so tired of defending. Today's Arsenal can be said to have come up with the best lineup on all three fronts, but the more this happens, the more they can't play their due strength.

Watching the onslaught of Santhiago and others on the left flank, Wenger's frowning brow suddenly relaxed, and after a little thought, he shouted to the players on the field to change formation. At this time, Arsenal used a 4-3-3 formation, which was just right for the Gunners, after all, compared to Villarreal, they won in a comprehensive lineup, played consistently on all fronts, were good at ground coordination, and had higher tactical literacy, but it also made Wenger suddenly aware of the wrong message he had sent to his players in the formation.

Who is the main direction of attack?

Wenger immediately redeployed in response to this problem, with Van Persie and Bam Adebayor at the front as a double centre-forward, while Nasri returned to the tandem position behind the two, and it is not surprising that Wenger has always had a habit of transforming his midfielders into wingers.

However, Wenger is now in an attacking position, because Wenger has reason to believe that with just a little bit of midfield and overall pressing, Villarreal's fragile advantage will show its passive side.

The duo of Van Persie and Bam Adebayor will definitely cause huge problems for their opponents!