ps: There is one more day, and it will be over if you hold on for another day, poor me don't break my golden body, ahh

Mikel Arteta is the killer weapon that David Moyes is ready to leave for Arsenal in this game.

The Spaniard is also an outlier in the Premier League.

In European football, there are two major types of players, one is the big exporters of players such as France and the Netherlands, whose players are almost all over Europe, and even the Middle East, Asia and other places often see them active; On the other hand, Italy and Spain, where few players go abroad, rarely appear in the professional leagues of other countries.

This situation has a lot to do with the history, customs, and humanities of European countries, but the most important thing is that it has close practice with the economy of these countries.

Before the 2007 economic crisis, Italy and Spain were among the best countries in Europe, of course, England and Germany were also among them, so in other European leagues, we rarely see players from these countries, unless it is a star player with greater pursuits, otherwise in general, players from these four countries are not very willing to play abroad.

As for France, which is also economically stable, it is because of the high unemployment rate and the impact of high taxes at home, and their players like to go abroad to earn some extra money.

And some other second-rate countries, such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium and other small countries, the reason why they were able to press the four big countries to become the mainstream of player exports. It is precisely because of the recession of their domestic economy, which has led to the low competitiveness of their domestic leagues, and the reduction of competitiveness, in turn, has affected the income of players, so all players who have played football in these countries and played a certain reputation will be eager to find food in a better environment.

Arteta, however, is swimming against the current.

Arteta's background is definitely "noble", he is a product of La Masia, who stayed in Catalonia until the age of 18. But unlike Cesc Fabregas, who is extremely homely, Arteta is born with wandering cells. He was loaned to Paris Saint-Germain in 2000. He played alongside Ronaldo, who was rapidly rising at the time, but after the loan ended, Ronaldo was bought by Barcelona for a high price, and he turned around and went to Glasgow Rangers. Invested in the Scottish league, which can only be regarded as a second-rate league in Europe.

Until 2004. Real Sociedad recalled him to La Liga for £2.5 million. used to replace Xavi, who left Liverpool. Alonso. But after only a year at Real Sociedad, he couldn't sit still and answered Moyes's call. Everton, who came to the Premier League, replaced the tough guy Thomas who had just been poached by Real Madrid. Gravison.

Arteta and Gravison are certainly not players of the same nature, Gravison is a purely muscular midfielder, mainly responsible for sweeping and covering at the front of the backline, but Arteta has inherited the glorious tradition of La Masia Academy, he is not only good on the ball, good at the big picture, very creative, only half a season at Everton, he has been a regular under David Moyes, and has gradually become the heart of the team.

Everton have been able to rank in the top of the Premier League in recent seasons, and even staged a "battle for the top four" with Arsenal twice, and Arteta, the new toffee, can be said to have contributed a lot.

And what is even more gratifying is that after Milan and Barcelona set off a new round of tactical innovation in world football, Moyes also followed the trend and put Arteta in the position of the back midfielder, but the Spaniard did not show any discomfort in this position, although he reduced the deterrence of the back insertion, but his organization and long pass scheduling are more effective, as if there is already a bit of Pirlo and Xavi's posture.

David Moyes is certainly a treasure trove of players like this, and he has even been calling out Arteta in public: "He's a very important player, we rely on him, he's given two great seasons here and deserves more. Maybe it's because there are too many strong players in the Spanish national team that it's so difficult to squeeze into the national team, but he should be given a chance to prove himself. ”

It's a pity that this opportunity may be difficult to come, because in the talented Spanish national team, there are too many famous stars hoarded in the midfield position, Alonso, Xavi, Busquets, Fabregas, Senna, and even Albelda and Baraja earlier, it can be said that Spain is a strong player in this position, Arteta has no experience in the big club, and he is destined to fall behind in the competition with these famous star players.

Although Everton's record in recent years is not bad, they are not a first-class team after all, and the most intuitive point is that they have never been able to squeeze into the top four of the Premier League, or even win a winning crown.

Their most recent trophy was back in the 1994-1995 season, when they beat Manchester United to win their first title in 30 years.

Coincidentally, that title was also the FA Cup title they were chasing in this game.

David Moyes wants to prove he has what it takes to manage Manchester United, Everton are looking to rebuild their glory as a nine-time winner in the English top flight, and Arteta is hoping to use this game to secure a ticket to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

So before this game, when Moyes told Arteta that he would be sent out as a surprise soldier in the second half, Arteta did not refuse, knowing that Arsenal also have a nickname of 'the king of the second half' because they have a magical Descartes in their squad.

However, Arteta, who naturally likes to wander, does not lack the factor of liking challenges in his heart, since Arsenal claims to be "unprovoked" in the second half, he wants to try to wrestle with them in the second half, if Moyes bets on the second half because of tactical needs, Arteta is more to prove himself to the world, to prove that his strength is not worse than anyone else. Prove that you deserve to be selected for the national team.

In a sense, his opponent in this game, Arsenal, has his biggest rival in the national team, Cesc Fabregas.

Don't think that Bregas was once supported by Wenger at Arsenal, and now he is favored by Barcelona, but in the Spanish national team, several main players in the midfield are basically occupied by Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and other Barcelona factions. In the national team, he is also more often used as a center forward or as a substitute.

Arteta understands well. With his background and quality, it is difficult to fight for the main position in the midfield, but he has always felt that when Xavi, Alonso and others are not there. It's also easy to take on the role of a substitute yourself. But it is precisely because of the existence of Xiaofa. made the midfield position of the Spanish national team look very bloated, and Bosque also broke off the idea of others wanting to enter the national team.

Only by beating Cesc Fabregas head-on can the people of Bosque see their worth!

It's a belief that Arteta has always held onto. It is also the motivation for him to do his best to win this game.

It's just that I didn't expect him to play so early.

It stands to reason that Everton is not at a disadvantage on the pitch at present, although they have been defending, but this is a strategy set before the game, it is not a disadvantage, but what is frustrating is that Arsenal, or Descartes's shot success rate is simply evil, he only had two shots on goal in the first 20 minutes, both of which are not high-quality long-range shots, but these two seemingly random shots have broken Howard's door one after another.

Howard can even save Van Persie's close single knife, but he can't block these two unintentional shots, which can't be said to be Howard's incompetence, but can only blame something on the court that really can't be explained by science.

But that didn't matter, Arteta stepped up to the pitch and tapped the turf twice, confident that he could save the game if he came on the pitch.

It's the confidence he's cultivated in four seasons at Everton, and it's the confidence that a player with big ambitions should have.

Moyes's original plan was to wait for Arsenal to be unable to attack for a long time, and then use Arteta's long pass and the speed of Saha and others in the front court to sneak into Arsenal's backfield and open the door to victory for the team, but two ghostly shots broke his dream, which forced him to put his killer weapon on the pitch less than 25 minutes into the first half.

Arteta has been in the Premier League for four seasons, to say that Wenger has not heard of him, it is certainly impossible, in fact, as the core of Everton's organization, Arteta has been the focus of Wenger's research, although Everton and Arsenal are not a heavyweight opponent, but for the important figures in the enemy lineup, Wenger still has to pay attention.

It's just that for the previous three seasons, Arteta had been playing in a midfield position, and before that they were also Phil. Neville, Carsley, Cahill and others, Arteta's playmaking and assists are certainly impressive, but his long ball scheduling has largely gone unseen.

Until this season, thanks to Phil. Neville has been struggling with injuries as he gets older, Carsley has moved to the Championship, and the popularity of core play-back tactics has led Moyes to put Mikel Arteta in a central midfield position, thus maximizing his potential.

Although Everton still failed to squeeze into the top four of the league this season, they have been entangled with Liverpool and Chelsea until the final round of the league, and they have also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League and the final of the FA Cup.

The joints in this are inseparable from Arteta's organization and scheduling in the midfield.

However, Arsenal have only played Everton twice in the league this season, because they have been focusing on strong opponents such as Manchester United and Barcelona, and have not paid too much attention to this second-rate team in Liverpool City, so when they lost two heavyweight titles in a row and had to slide their goals down to the FA Cup championship, they found that there was still such an opponent in front of the intersection.

Did Wenger know that David Moyes has made changes to Everton's heart this season? Of course he does. Arsenal has a well-developed intelligence system, which includes not only the collection of player data, but also the analysis of various data on opposing teams.

Arsene Wenger already knew the news that Arteta had become a central midfielder this season. At the same time, when Everton defended at the beginning of the game, he immediately guessed what Moyes was thinking, and for a manager like Arsene Wenger, it is easy to figure out what the opponent wants to do just by looking at the opponent's position.

However, Wenger did not say anything else about this, Arsenal is a strong team, of course, there is no need for a strong team to make special arrangements for the weak team, as long as they follow the usual tactics to execute, it is enough to draw the opponent with superior strength.

What's more, Moyes made it clear this time that the horses were going to fight psychological warfare, and he bet that the mentality of the Arsenal players was out of balance after losing two championship trophies in a row. They were in a hurry to attack. Desperate to cover up with the FA Cup title is an off-pitch encounter that Wenger can't stop even if he knows about it.

In fact. The season has come to this time. Even Arsene Wenger himself has lost some of his claims. The defeat at the Stadio Olimpico was not only a European title, but also the momentum and confidence that the team had gathered for a season. was ruthlessly suppressed by the opponent in the field he is best at, and Arsenal no longer has the sharpness when the treble is about to arrive, let alone the players, even Wenger was stunned at this time.

The only thing he can do at this point is to tell the players that we are not done with the season yet, that we still have at least one FA Cup to fight for, and that we are not against a strong opponent, Everton, who were beaten twice in the league, and as long as we get this trophy back, we can still call it a successful season.

But what happens if we lose this game? Even Arsene Wenger himself did not dare to think about the consequences.

Sanya King is a more rare "honor" than the Triple Crown in world football, since the world has a professional football league, it has a history of more than 100 years, but the "Sanya King" has only appeared once, that is, Leverkusen in the 2001-2002 season.

In that season, the pharmaceutical company won the Bundesliga, the German Football Association Cup and the European Champions Cup, and created the world's only "Four Asian Kings" Ballack (2002 Korea-Japan World Cup...... In that year, it was even more impressive than the Brazilian team won the world championship, and in the nearly five years since, you can still hear some people ridiculing this matter from time to time, and during the Ruhr derby between Leverkusen and Dortmund, there are even countless Hornet fans holding up the plaque of "King of Sanya" to attack and ridicule Leverkusen.

Even to this day, the "King of Sanya" is still the most unbearable pain in the hearts of pharmaceutical fans, whenever the Ruhr derby starts, as long as the fans of Dortmund take out the "King of Sanya" card, the stadium will definitely cause a riot, and even the Leverkusen players will feel insulted.

Speaking of which, Bayer Leverkusen is not always at the top of the Bundesliga, and they cannot attract more attention in world football than a giant like Arsenal.

On the Arsenal side, due to the rapid rise of Descartes this season, although it has brought many supporters, it has also brought more opponents, especially after Descartes's "every" was spoken, after the media fanned the flames, they have become public enemies in football. With such an identity, if Arsenal really won the "Sanya King" this season, Wenger can figure out how bitter the media language against Arsenal will be, and how the fans who think Arsenal will only talk big will be ridiculed.

Not only will the team's morale be dampened, but it may even affect the recruitment of players next season or beyond.

The two major midfielders in the Arsenal team this season have been confirmed to leave, Wenger has only found a replacement at present, and he still needs to bring in more available talent, but if Arsenal is desperately blackened or ridiculed by the media, it will definitely bring a huge blow to the recruitment work, and those players who are favored by Arsenal will definitely beat a drum in their hearts: This club only talks big, there is no real material, should I accept their invitation?

This must be the scene that Wenger does not want to see, so in this game, Wenger does not worry about losing, only about winning, even if he knows that Moyes arranged a trap, he has to command his sons to rush out to fight.

But what no one expected was that happiness came too suddenly, and Descartes hit two crooked shots on goal, and the team inexplicably led 2:0. If you had such good luck playing Barcelona at that time......

Before he knew it, Wenger had his mind distorted, which also made him ignore the changes that had taken place on the field.

After Arteta and Saha came on in quick succession, Everton's tactics quickly changed, and they changed from the previous 451 defensive formation to a 442 offensive and defensive balanced formation. Neville and Donny van der Meyde were substituted, leaving the four midfielders Arteta, Cahill, Pirna and Marouane Fellaini, with two up front, Joao and Saha.

The key to this line-up is Arteta's long ball and Fellaini's header at the front post, who is 1.90m tall. The foot technique is also quite skilled. David Moyes used his header to create chances for Joao and Saha, both of whom have strong individual skills and could create chances at any time if the ball can get to their feet.

This was Moyes's ultimate weapon. In fact. Fellaini is a "long man" though. But his organisational skills are still quite strong, coupled with his strong size and long-range shots, in the Premier League this season. Everton actually prefer to go underground rather than let the ball fly in the sky.

However, Moyes is very clear-headed, if he wants to play Arsenal's counterattack, it will definitely not work to go underground, don't look at Denilson and Cesc Fabregas are not players known for interception, but Arsenal has not conceded many goals this season, even when they were suppressed by Barcelona at the whole time, they only lost 2:0, with Everton's strength, and they on the ground for a long time, it is simply taking an egg to touch a stone.

On the contrary, it is the trick of long passing, which not only avoids Arsenal's strong midfield, but also makes full use of the height of their two defenders - if the height is also 1.88 meters, he and Fellaini, the two "long men", go forward to stop like this, and Arsenal's defense can basically only be blinded.

Don't look at Moyes's counter-attacking tactics are quite monotonous, but on the pitch, useful tactics are good tactics, no matter how simple and crude, as long as you can score goals, this is a useful tactic.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Everton used such tactics to pull one back.

This time it was Arsenal's shot blocked, the ball was blocked by Everton defender Jaguelka out of the penalty area, Cahill took the ball and handed it to Arteta, the Spaniard did not look up, but did not stop the ball and directly passed a "longball" more than 40 meters away, the ball flew over most of the field, and then was fought by the tall and strong Fellaini, the explosive head gave the ball to Saha, waiting for the French to take advantage of the situation, ready to mark his Gala is even halfway, The ball was already whizzing into the Arsenal goal.

The goal did not exceed ten seconds from Arsenal's shot to Everton's counterattack, and the Everton fans on the sidelines were enthusiastic, while the Arsenal fans were dumbfounded, too fast, too fast!

Even Arsene Wenger's eyes widened in surprise, but his eyes were not aimed at his own goal, but at Everton's top 10 players who made this super long-range pass - Arteta.

As an opponent who has met in the Premier League for more than four seasons, Wenger is not without research on Arteta, as I have said before, Arteta is the core of Everton's organization, Wenger definitely has a deep understanding of him, but even so, Wenger did not expect that he would have such a unique skill?

In fact, although Arteta did not raise his head before passing, his passing route was very clear, that is, to find the "high point" Fellaini in the front, Fellaini was able to put the ball to Saha so easily, and the accuracy of this pass was definitely one of the most important reasons.

Wenger's eyes flickered a few times in an obscure light, others didn't see it, but he actually had a small wave in his heart, this Arteta ...... Well, interesting.

The goal was a huge morale boost to Everton's players, who then seized the final minutes of the first half to press hard and try to equalise in front of halftime.

And when Everton's overall formation was pressed out, Wenger finally saw clearly, Arteta is indeed the core of their entire transition from the back to the front, his scheduling skills are undoubtedly revealed at this time, compared to the performance of the previous seasons when he played in the midfield, he is now more general-like, although he has inserted less than the midfield, but his passing is not slow at all, where there is a gap, his pass will appear in time, in the process of playing against the Arsenal midfielder in these minutes, Everton didn't fall behind at all.

Wenger's eyes brightened the more he looked at it, and the trace of dissatisfaction hidden in his eyes because of the loss of the ball had dissipated with the wind, and a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: If this Arteta is used instead of Cesc Fabregas, is it feasible?

As soon as the thought came to him, it took root in Wenger's mind, until the referee blew the whistle at half-time, and Wenger suddenly felt a little regretful, because he wanted to observe Arteta's performance more and determine whether he was just a flash in the pan or really possessed the ability to control the transition between attack and defence.

But don't worry, there is a full second half in this game. (To be continued.) )