After a 15-day training camp in warm Austria, Arsenal returned to London on 31 July, where the two teams invited to the Emirates Cup have been waiting for a long time at the Emirates Stadium, and the new season has already begun.

What's the first thing to do before the start of each season? At that time, it was not to take a handsome family photo, but to determine a mature main lineup.

Arsene Wenger has seen a lot of change this season, and it is clearly unrealistic for him to establish a consistent squad framework in just 15 training days, so he is looking to use these two warm-up games to confirm the form of his players and place them in a suitable position.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the team's new captain, Cesc Fabregas, will definitely have a place in the central axis.

The match with Juventus started at 9:15 p.m. local time, as a Serie A giant, although Juventus lost a lot of blood last season, their backbone is still there, the heritage is still there, Nedved, Piero, Buffon, Trezeguet and others are all on the field in this game, so that Arsenal, which also experienced a lineup change at the beginning of the season, dare not underestimate.

Just five minutes into the game, Arsenal gave Juventus a free-kick opportunity on the edge of the penalty area to replace Gilberto. Silva plays in Russ. Diarra's movements are obviously a little frizzy, although he is very aggressive, but the unreasonable position is caught by Piero, who has a sense of smell, and the zebra prince forcibly bursts past him, and Diarra has no choice but to pull him to the ground.

It was this free-kick opportunity that was taken into play. Piero crossed and Trezeguet flicked in front of the ball and the ball bounced into the back of the net from a save-out.

With a fantastic goal in the opening five minutes and Piero showing off his trademark tongue sticking out to the crowd, the friendly Arsenal fans gave the Prince a round of applause as it was just a warm-up game.

The applause from the fans was clearly embarrassing for the Arsenal players, and even Descartes on the bench felt a fever in the face, although Juventus were once the overlords of Italy, but after the "phonegate" incident, they are no longer what they used to be. was the first to score by such a team. The Arsenal players were secretly holding their breath.

Fifteen minutes later, Arsenal also played a long pass from the midfielder with Cesc Fabregas, who started the game and wore the captain's armband, and Van Persie got the ball past Italian defender Griguera. From the edge of the six-yard box, he fired a left-footed shot at the near post. But the 30-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon once again showed his demeanor as the world's number one goalkeeper. He reacted in the most impossible situation, flying and poking the ball out of the line with his toes.

The devastating Juventus defenders rushed up to hug Buffon and thank him for his brilliant save. For Juventus' players, a win over a world-class team like Arsenal would mean a lot to them, as they just experienced the collapse of a dynasty last season and need to regain their confidence through such a game.

Van Persie covered his eyes in regret when he saw that his close shots were denied by a brave Buffon, but moments later he was again active in the box, as Jr. was standing on the corner and beckoning his teammates to run.

Partnering Van Persie in this game was Togo striker Adebayor, and after Thierry Henry's departure, the two were undoubtedly righted as starters, but Arsenal's forward line should have a place for Descartes both outside and in Arsene Wenger's mind.

Although Descartes did not play too many games last season, but the organization and threat he brought to the front line has begun to show its edge, for the fans, Descartes is young, handsome, and has good ball skills, there is no reason not to be a starter, for Wenger, Descartes has the ability to distribute the ball that several other forwards lack, with him on the field, the team is equivalent to an additional core of organization and attack.

Such a player deserves to occupy a main position.

Unfortunately, the only thing that prevented Descartes from becoming the starter was his physical illness. Anemia is not an incurable disease, but it is sometimes very similar to a toothache, you can say that it is not a disease, but it reminds you of its existence all the time.

Descartes suffered from hemoglobin structural abnormalities caused by the loss of β globin chains, which can only be controlled by current medical methods and drugs, and cannot be cured, although Descartes has been insisting on taking the drugs given to him by Mr. Aristotle, but the blood defects still bring him great trouble, the main effect of which is physical strength.

It's not that he can't play the whole game, but if he wants to stick to the 90-minute game, it means that he has to give up the way he plays all over the court, and maybe become a player who takes the "dashing route" like Berbatov.

For Descartes, every second on the field was torture if he was not under his control, and he would rather run like a wild dog for 45 minutes than spend 90 minutes walking on the field to walk 2,200 meters.

So he took the initiative to ask Mr Arsene Wenger that he would be in the second half for most of the game and try not to play in the first half unless necessary.

This may sound like a "secret weapon", but Wenger also understands that there is a world of difference between an active Descartes and a cowering Descartes, so he agreed to the request without hesitation. The secret weapon? Then the secret weapon of the time! Arsene Wenger would be interested to know how the likes of Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho will deal with his "secret weapon" as Descartes matures and adapts to the Premier League.

Arsenal, who missed the opportunity, worked very hard in the following games, but they have always lacked a little tacit understanding in the combination of most of the new players in this game, except for the front three of Van Persie, Adebayor and Cesc Fabregas, who have been working together for a year, can occasionally play some wonderful combinations. The other midfielders who started the game, Russ. Diarra and Alexander. Song was completely reduced to a sapper, while the young Walcott could only sprint back and forth on the right flank like a track and field athlete, and was not able to create much of a dangerous attack.

On the contrary, Juventus's counterattack played well, Trezeguet's fulcrum role in the front field needless to say, Piero also played well in this game, from his active running and high morale, it is not at all obvious that he is already a veteran who is about to turn 34 years old.

As for Juventus' other two wide players, Giovinco and Camoranesi, the former is not well known to too many people, but he is very short in height and has a strange low center of gravity. The breakthrough is quite sharp. Arsenal right-back Sagna, a newcomer to the team, was scorched; Camoranesi, on the other side, is no slouch, as an Argentine-born Italian nation, he combines the skill of an Argentine player with the tactical awareness of an Italian player, and has been quite successful in pressing down the left flank of Arsenal. Chlich, who was strong in attack and weak in defense, was once immobilized by him. I can't even get past the midfield.

The loss of midfield led to Arsenal conceding another goal in the subsequent game. In the 39th minute, Giovinco broke through on the left and made a one-two collision with Trezeguet, who was coming back. He took the ball to the "Piero area", which was originally the blessed land of the Prince of Zebras, but I don't know if he had been with Piero for a long time, Giovinco also learned the tricks of the Prince of Zebras, he suddenly pulled out his foot outside the line of the big penalty area and shot coldly, the ball made a wonderful arc and crashed into the net, and at this time Arsenal's goalkeeper Almunia was still in a stunned posture at the near post.

Juventus, who had a two-goal lead, were demoralised and in the next few minutes laid siege to Arsenal's goal, and Arsenal's fans were in a state of no return, fearing that they would be in a situation from which they could not survive until the second half.

Thankfully, Toure and Galla then showed what they could be like centre-backs, with Piero's long-range shot and Trezeguet's goal being disrupted in time, and when the whistle blew at half-time, the soaking wet Arsenal players walked back to the dressing room with a 2-0 score and frustration.

Wenger, who returned to the dressing room, did not criticize the players, after all, it is a team made up of mostly new troops, and it is forgivable to play like this, the only thing he feels frustrated about is that Cesc Fabregas, although he played the pitch, did not play another role as a captain, which was to call his team-mates to position properly.

Arsenal has always played ball-based football, this kind of football is not only gorgeous, but also has high requirements for the players' running and cooperation, many times, some new players can not quickly understand this kind of running and cooperation, so someone needs to remind them in time, but Fabregas, as the captain, is used to being silent on the field, but it is the second-year recruit Galla who is constantly shouting, which makes the professor feel quite breathless.

Think about when Vieira was there, he would not only loudly correct his teammates who made mistakes, but also constantly quarrel with the opposing players, Vieira was at Arsenal for 8 seasons, and the only one in the Premier League who dared to talk to him in midfield was Keane of Manchester United.

Or to put it another way, in those days, the only person in the Premier League who dared to look at Keane in midfield was Patrick Vieira.

Such a captain can not only play the role of the offensive and defensive core on the field, but also boost morale at critical moments, unite his teammates, and compare with Vieira, whether it is Henry or Cesc Fabregas, it is obviously a big difference.

No wonder Arsenal is getting softer and softer after that, and their record is getting worse and worse, and there is no captain who can control the scene, and it is hell that their record can improve.

In this regard, Lord Fergus is quite experienced, although he expelled Keane, but Scholes and Giggs, Gary Neville and others have always stayed in the team, with this group of old players, they can calm the field at critical moments, whether it is "magic lamp" Lampard or "wife lover" Terry, even if Mourinho's Chelsea is hard, they don't dare to easily compete with these old qualifications on the field, so when Chelsea dominated the Premier League for two seasons, Manchester United quickly eased up, and Arsenal has not recovered until now.

Slightly disappointed, Wenger set his sights on the substitutes in the dressing room, according to the pre-match arrangement, he will replace most of the substitutes in the second half of this game, no matter what the game with Juventus plays, it is just a training session, what he needs to do is to find out the problems of the players and the team, not to fight to the death with Juve.

Unsurprisingly, Descartes was given the chance to play in the second half, but it was a surprise that Wenger replaced both of his starting strikers at once, bringing on Bendtner, who had just returned from Birmingham, to join Descartes in the second half.

In the midfield, in addition to retaining the core of the team Fabregas, Wenger also made a lot of adjustments, because the functions of Diarra and Song obviously overlapped in the first half, so Wenger sent the Belarusian Hleb who had just returned from injury, his goal was to attack the right side of Juventus with Klich, although I don't know if Camoranesi, who performed well in the second half, will still play, but the loss of the left side in the first half made the professor quite dissatisfied, and he must find a return to the field on this side road.

As for the right side, Walcott's current ball quotient still makes the professor feel a little headache, although his speed is still unbeatable, but his choice after the breakthrough is simply gnashing teeth, in the first half he had several opportunities to cross on the wing, but his pass is either outrageous or outrageous, Van Persie and Adebayor can only look up at the sky in the middle, while sighing sincerely: "Wow, look at the!" ”

So in the second half, Walcott was also knocked back to the cold bench by the professor, and he was replaced by Diaby, who recently joined the eat, drink and play trio.

At the back, although Galla and Toure performed reasonably well, the professor also had to look at the substitutes, so he replaced Galla, who had suffered a minor injury in the European Championship qualifiers, and replaced Senderros, while replacing Sagna, who made his first appearance for Arsenal, with Hoyt.

Sagna's performance in the first half was of course disappointing, and he was suddenly cut into a sieve by Giovinco on the right flank due to the lack of chemistry with the team, and although he did have a few flash saves, he is not much better than Lauren in the eyes of the professor at the moment.

When the Arsenal players returned to the field, they found that Juventus had also undergone a lot of personnel changes, Juventus's coach Corradini, who had only taken office this season, replaced most of the veterans, Nedved, Piero, Trezeguet and others sat on the sidelines, and they were replaced by new players such as Iaquinta, Palladino, and Marchioni.

The two teams with a lot of substitutions battled it out at the start of the second half, with Arsenal looking to equalise or even overtake the scoreline with two goals, while Juventus launched their own defensive counter-attack, playing in a 352 formation, but the two full-backs Salihamidzic and Marchioni both dropped deep and did not leave any gaps for Arsenal on the wings.

In front of such an Italian giant, who is known for its defense, who will Arsenal turn the tide this time and avoid the team from encountering an embarrassing "black start" in the new season? (To be continued......)