Chapter 5 Flamini, a Literary Youth

While the whole world is in full swing over the contract between Cristiano Ronaldo and Descartes, Arsenal in A.T. Kearney is quietly preparing for the pre-season.

Unlike the sharp-tongued and aggressive Lord Frew, Professor Wenger was mild-mannered, quiet and courteous most of the time, and since he had chosen to accept Descartes' explanations, he would not waste his energy on the matter.

At his suggestion, the whole team can downplay this rumored thing, even if the occasional teammates ask or make fun of Descartes, it is a private matter, and no one will mention it during training.

This quiet environment is exactly what Descartes needs, and it is what the whole re-established Arsenal team needs.

For Descartes, being inexplicably involved in a duel incident, and becoming the leading actor in it, really made him a little depressed, if he really stole the fishy thing, it would be fine, but he obviously didn't even hold Zhenma's little hand, but he has been recognized as an "adulterer" by the whole world, it is really three feet high, and there is nowhere to redress the wrongs.

With a sense of suffocation, Descartes and his teammates ushered in the second match of the Emirates Cup.

The opponent of this match is PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Although with the implementation of the "Bosman" law, the Eredivisie has suffered a heavy blow and has become a talent training base for the five major leagues, but the Eredivisie is an old league in Europe after all, and Eindhoven, as the top three, is not to be underestimated.

In this game, Wenger once again made a big change in the lineup, because Lauren can no longer gain the trust of the professor. The right-back who started this game was still the pigtailed Sagna, and compared to his defence, Arsenal fans remembered his heretical braids.

The biggest change was made in midfield, with Cesc Fabregas still holding on to a stable place, returning from injury Hleb and Rosicky occupying the two flanks, and in the midfield position, Arsene Wenger unexpectedly sent on a new face that was not well known before - France's Mathieu. Flamini.

The player had already arrived at Arsenal in the 2004 season, but at that time Arsenal had two big names of Gilberto and Patrick Vieira, and Flamini had to be sent to fill the two wing-back vacancies, in the left and right back positions. His performance was nothing to show for himself. At one point, he was an iron bench on the bench, and was eventually sent to the reserve team by Arsene Wenger.

Flamini didn't show his level when he got into the reserves, he was very aggressive in his scrambling sense, but unfortunately he was slow. They don't know how to use their bodies wisely. There is also a lack of sharp assist ability. As a result, he has always been in an alternate role in the reserves.

Even players like Descartes have been relegated to the first team, but Flamini has only been able to play occasionally in the reserves.

Flamini, who was not cheerful, was very depressed for a while, and he thought that a move to Arsenal would be a new start in his life. But he didn't expect that after coming here, he couldn't play at all, and even in the reserve team, he could only be a substitute, which made him feel very unwilling.

For a long time, Flamini's mental state and training state were terrible, not to mention that he had a large body, but in fact he was quite sensitive and fragile inside. Later, after he transferred to AC Milan, the media specifically analyzed him, saying that he lacked a strong character and unyielding will, he played abnormally at the beginning of AC Milan because of the lack of adaptation, but he did not work hard like some players, and strive to excel, but he closed himself deep in a claustrophobic space, unwilling to communicate with the outside world, unwilling to accept the enlightenment of others, and finally the road became narrower and narrower, until he was completely abandoned by the head coach Allegri.

If he had been a little more cheerful and willing to communicate more with Allegri, Allegri, the civilian coach who didn't like stars very much, might have given him more opportunities, after all, AC Milan was seriously lacking in midfielders at that time, and after Pirlo left, AC Milan's midfield was only Ambrosini in addition to the muscle club, and he was in great need of a waist with the ability to organize and play the ball.

But Flamini's sensitive and fragile heart hurt himself, he was afraid of hearing criticism from the outside world because of his failures, he went home every day except for training, neither went to bars nor went out with friends, he didn't even want to read TV and newspapers and magazines, he stayed at AC Milan for three years, until he returned to the glory of a few games in the last season, and there was no news about him in the media!

Every time he appears in the newspaper or in the news, he must be associated with transfer rumors or criticism, the more the media criticizes, the worse his performance becomes, the worse the performance, the more the media criticizes, and so on, his confidence has been almost completely destroyed, and when he finally had a few outstanding performances in the second half of the 2012-2013 season, he has not been able to change the heart of manager Allegri, and he was still ruthlessly thrown back to Arsenal.

And this fragile young man of literature and art, his turning point at Arsenal came in the reserve team game last season.

In the 2006-2007 season, Arsenal's reserve team manager was replaced. Banfield has become the new leader of Arsenal's youth team.

The coach, who bears the same name as the Reds' home stadium, showed his new style of work as soon as he took over, reorganising Arsenal's development squad and giving Flamini the chance to return to the starting line-up, unlike his predecessor, Banfield's new position for Flamini is the same midfield position he made a name for himself at Marseille.

Returning to his familiar position, Flamini shone and was a key figure in Arsenal's youth league title last season, with 17 assists and five goals in the youth team, with 17 assists and five goals in the youth team.

First team manager Arsene Wenger certainly won't sit idly by in the face of Flamini's excellent performances, so despite the fact that he has brought in Diarra and Alexander. Song and other fierce generals. But he didn't forget about Flamini in the reserves, who also moved him to the first team.

In the last warm-up match against Juventus, Diarra and Alexander. Song's performance was not satisfactory, although both of them have strong physical fitness, but after all, the team still lacks run-in, and it cannot be plug and play, so in this game, Wenger thought of Flamini, who returned to the first team.

Flamini's performance did not disappoint the professor, as he quickly took control of the situation on the pitch with Cesc Fabregas in this game.

There aren't many stars in this PSV Eindhoven team that we know well. If you have to say yes. That can only be counted with Turkish star Shahin, who later excelled at Borussia Dortmund. Shaheen, who has been on loan at PSV Eindhoven from Borussia Dortmund this season, is the 1.80m less physical, with his expertise in dribbling and passing. Especially his left-footed passing. became his sharpest weapon. Although he has only been with PSV Eindhoven for less than a month, he has already started in the PSV Eindhoven midfield position.

Joining Shaheen at the back is another Dutch international, Ngral.

Ngal is 1.96m tall, even in the generally tall midfield position. He can also be called a "long man", and what is even more commendable is that the tall Ngral is not rough on his feet, he has good position awareness and passing ability, and at Euro 2008, he shone and became an important figure in helping the Dutch team reach the final.

However, at this time, Ngral cannot be called a star, because he has not yet proven himself on the European stage.

In addition to the two players who became widely known, PSV Eindhoven's other players were less star-studded, and their striker was Matavuz, who only moved from Slovenia this season, and the killer had a keen nose in front of goal, but unfortunately he never managed to become popular, like his predecessor Ronaldo and others, out of the Eredivisie, who later moved to Groningen, and gradually disappeared.

In the scouts' report to Arsene Wenger, the only thing PSV Eindhoven should pay attention to is these players, and the rest, Arsenal have not yet taken to heart.

The course of the game was as Wenger expected, Arsenal had the absolute upper hand on the pitch, they had 66% possession in the first half, and PSV Eindhoven could only rely on tenacious defense and ferocious scrambling to barely maintain the door in the wave of Arsenal's attack.

The only thing that surprised and surprised the professor was Flamini's play in the midfield position.

Although Arsenal has never even had a tradition of even the front midfield, their 442 formation has always been a double back configuration, but in the actual game process, Fabregas and Vieira's position is completely different, Vieira is used to setting up an interception position in front of the back line, usually cutting off the opponent's ball and then using two wings to send the football to the front, but Fabregas's assault ability is stronger, he prefers to top the position in front of the midfield line, using his breakthrough or direct pass to dispatch the team's attack, So most of the time, now this Arsenal team is in the name of a double back and a diamond-shaped midfielder.

And Flamini in the single midfielder position to complete the task assigned to him by Wenger, he not only successfully froze Eindhoven's counterattack, but also used his excellent ability to play the ball frequently to pass threatening passes, with his help, Fabregas and Van Persie and others in the front field like a fish in water, Eindhoven even if a bucket formation, in the end still could not withstand Arsenal's indiscriminate bombardment.

In the 50th minute, Flamini crossed diagonally from the back, Walket took full advantage of his speed, grabbed in front of the PSV Eindhoven defender and stabbed the ball to the bottom line, and then he ran all the way to finally catch the ball before it rolled out of the bottom line.

Adebayo, who followed up in the middle, ran over the head and immediately made an upside-down golden hook, but unfortunately to his slight embarrassment, his upside-down golden hook actually kicked into the air, and the ball flew mercilessly past his feet.

Just when Adebayo was frustrated, there was a sudden earth-shattering applause and cheers on the court, Adebayo hurriedly looked back, only to find that the ball had fallen into the net of the Eindhoven team, and behind him, Van Persie, who was also lying on the ground, was getting up from the ground with an excited face, and then ran quickly to the ball in the net.

It turned out that when Adebayor just tried to shoot with a barb, Van Persie made the same move, although Adebayo kicked empty, Van Persie waited for a shot.

Two opposing players in the box were almost dazzled by two opposing players in the box, only to find that the ball had fallen into the bottom belt and their goal was finally breached by Arsenal.

The audience could see from the slow motion that Adebayo and Van Persie jumped almost at the same time to make an upside-down golden hook, and the timing and action of the two jumps were exactly the same, and the frequency was quite the same, and the commentators at the scene joked: "If Van Persie and Adebayor go to the World Diving Championships together, I am sure the referee will give them a perfect score for the synchronization score!" ”

The good-natured joke drew a burst of laughter from the audience, and everyone did not forget to give the two outstanding players a round of applause.

Arsene Wenger made changes to his pitch immediately after scoring the goal against PSV Eindhoven, with the newly injured Belarusian Hleb being replaced and Dia pulling in to guard the midfield alongside Flamini, while Bendtner, who had been excellent in the previous game, was given another chance to replace Robin van Persie, who had just scored a goal.

Van Persie walked off the pitch with a little regret and returned to the bench, where he and his teammates clapped their hands one by one, and when it was Descartes' turn, he suddenly approached Descartes and said: "Don't worry, when it comes to the game against Manchester United, I will also help you out with a goal like this, haha!" ”

Descartes gave him a blank look, originally he thought that this Dutchman was more precocious, but he didn't expect that he was also a sullen personality, during this time, they often teased their relationship with Zhenma in private, for this blonde stunner, no man can not be moved.

The only regret for Descartes is that in the second half of the game, although Wenger made a big change, the new additions to the team, Eduardo, Alexander. Song, Hoyt and others all got the opportunity to play, only they were always pressed on the bench and did not get the call-up of the professor.

Maybe this was a small punishment from the professor for what happened the other day, or maybe it was because the professor felt that he already knew the state of Descartes and did not need to be observed.

In short, in the end of this game, Arsenal beat PSV Eindhoven 2:0 at home, won the Emirates Cup with two wins, and next, the new Premier League season is about to kick off, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham, the Premier League giants will once again set foot on the battlefield, the heroes will compete in the end, who can laugh in the end? "Boom", let's listen to the next breakdown! (To be continued......)