Chapter Seven: Wise Warrior Ferguson

PS:Everyone found out,The last few chapters are extremely painful.,In fact, the drama is now falling into a bottleneck.,I even want to avoid the traditional competitive novel that of "playing the game-touting-slapping the face-continuing to play" cycle mode.,But the brain wants to draw and can't come up with a better bridge or style.,The chapters written these days can only be regarded as so-so.,Sometimes I can't even read it.,The words that were written were all deleted by themselves.,As a result, updates are always intermittent.,I hope you can also give some advice together., Let the drama see what everyone wants to see, maybe you can find some inspiration from it, let the puppet regain the passion for writing, please fight, give some advice!

This is really a classic marriage proposal plan, compared to the failed proposal at Marittima Beach, the right time, the right place, the right strength, the right atmosphere, finally let Ann Jieli's soft heart completely open, so that Descartes successfully won the favor of her family.

Most importantly, Descartes gave Angeli a gift that could not be refused more than an engagement ring: home.

Since childhood, Ann Jieli is the purest admirer of Descartes, if it were not for Emma and Moriel, she still maintains her unconditional love for "Brother Descartes", Descartes is lovely, Descartes is romantic, these things are a serious blow to Ann Jieli, but in any case, building a nest of love with Descartes is still a dream that she can't refuse.

Now, when Descartes asks for her forgiveness in the name of "home", Angeli's already fragile heart is finally shattered. She wanted to be with Descartes and with the person she loved the most forever.

This obscure proposal was not known by many people under Descartes' low-key handling, he just couldn't help but share the news with Walcourt and a few other best friends, and the wedding of the two was agreed to be after Angeli graduated, but this Christmas, it will be their negotiated engagement feast.

Descartes, who finally felt that he had let go of a big stone in his heart, returned to the training base, and immediately showed his high state, and his performance was so positive that Wenger was taken aback, and the professor did not know that Descartes's marriage proposal was successful, and thought that the arrival of his girlfriend made him excited. Arsene Wenger was almost worried that Descartes would let all his passion out in the first half of the season. Wait until the second half of the season to be unsustainable.

But fortunately, Descartes' excitement was obviously not temporary, and he has maintained this form in his regular training since then, and in short, Vermaelen + Gala have been unable to resist him. He was at ease in the centre-forward position. There are assists. There are breakthroughs, there are shots, there is organization. If Wenger was born in New China, he would definitely praise: "You are really a new generation of four newcomers!" ”

Compared to Descartes, there is another person who is full of worries for Wenger, and that is the team's second captain, the main centre-back Garra.

Galla's recent performance has been very weak, I don't know if it was because of the excessive number of appearances last season that drained his energy, or the failure in the competition with Descartes for the first captain hit him, in short, during this time, Galla is the most abnormal one in the team's training, his frequent attacks out of position and may not be timely, has made Wenger start to worry about his painstakingly built backline, next season they will play "Barcelona-style" football, Galla's state, How dare you rest assured that the whole team will press out for a high press?

But you can't do without him, Senderos is basically abolished in Italy, nineteen appearances, ten of which were the lowest score of the game, although the Italian media is very demanding on defense, but the Swede has indeed failed to show his ability in Serie A, and even a big step back compared to when he was at Arsenal, not to mention chain defense, he is now almost no longer even able to mark alone.

Compared with Senderos, although Campbell is experienced, but after all, he is too old, and after playing in a low-level team for a while, both his form and ability are not the same as before, and now he can be used to deal with middle and lower teams, if he is used in the Champions League or against strong teams like Manchester United and Chelsea, unless Wenger has been determined to give up that game.

As for the other Wannian substitute Julu, Wenger did not consider him even when Arsenal lacked a major general last season, which shows that he is just a soy sauce role within the team, and the only reason Wenger kept him was because his contract had not expired, and his presence could allow the team to make up 26 players in the squad.

It seems that the only thing that can be used now is Koscielny, who has just been introduced this season, but the problem for the Frenchman is that he has just arrived in the team, and the run-in with the team is uncertain, and Galla is the veteran of the team, and in terms of seniority, a newcomer cannot take the main position of the old captain just now, unless he is a superstar brought in by the club for 91 million euros.

Therefore, in desperation, Wenger could only talk to Galla a few times, hoping that his points could help Galla quickly recover and become an important barrier in the team's backline in the new season.

However, the time to test Arsene Wenger and his new gunners was soon approaching, with the first shot of the Europa League, the England Charity Shield, taking place at Wembley Stadium on 11 August.

Although it was only a charity "final", it still attracted more than 90,000 spectators and hundreds of media outlets, and the once empty Wembley was filled with a boiling crowd, and the raucous singing and glare of the flashing lights continued from before the start of the game.

This is the first appearance of last season's league champions Manchester United and Arsenal, who almost became the "king of Sanya", and it is also the first time in nearly a decade that the two teams have appeared at the same time in the Charity Shield, so it has attracted a lot of media attention, and everyone wants to see what kind of sparks will collide between Manchester United, who have not scored this season, and Arsenal, who have almost replaced their midfield, after losing important players in two consecutive seasons.

Of particular interest to the media is after Barcelona swept the world with the Tiki-Taka and the 433. Arsenal, who claim to "learn" like Barcelona, will bring changes to the football forces in England this season.

Will Arsene Wenger prove that "Barcelona-style" football can not only succeed in La Liga, but also play in England, or will Alex Ferguson be able to hold on and teach a cruel lesson to those who always like to play new tricks?

For the English media, they are actually more inclined to Manchester United in this game, which has nothing to do with Manchester United's influence in the Premier League, purely because as a citizen of the British Empire, they all have the inherent paranoia and arrogance of the British in their bones, in their opinion. Barcelona football has had a brilliant year though. But that's only because the teams in La Liga are playing "too soft", like a, if they change Barcelona to the Premier League to play, with their unhurried performance. I'm afraid that half a season hasn't been played yet. Their main squad has all been laid in the hospital. What they were playing wasn't football at all, it was just juggling.

The dignity of the empire on which the sun never sets has prompted these journalists to be uninterested in "Barcelona-style" football, and now Arsene Wenger has publicly announced that he wants to learn from Barcelona. Isn't this a slap in the face of English football? For these domestic media in the United Kingdom, Wenger's behavior is a "traitor", is a "traitor", with such an understanding, of course, they are not optimistic about Arsenal's reform in the new season, and even before the game, the media supported Ferguson one-sidedly, claiming that the red Manchester United will give Arsenal a fatal blow to the Arsenal who raised the white flag (metaphor Arsenal's jersey is half red and half white), in order to prove that the Premier League is currently the best league in the world, as for Barcelona, they were just caught off guard last season, He "stole" a Champions League trophy, and when everyone had studied their tactics thoroughly, they would be out of play.

You see, even their number one star is called "no play", does such a team really expect them to dominate football all year round?

The lineup of Ferguson in this game has not changed much from last season, the only difference is that Scholes and Giggs, who are a year older, have finally become "bench bandits", Nani has replaced Ginger Head in the forward position, and the newly introduced Valencia has become the team's starting right midfielder.

On the front line, due to the departure of Tevez, Lord Ferguson has released a new combination that has excited fans all over England: Rooney + Owen! England's new and old "golden boys" finally stood on the pitch hand in hand again, the last time the two of them fought side by side, it was back to the England national team in the era of Eriksen, and the game with the French team, becoming the "swan song" of the two generations of golden boys playing hand in hand for the national team, I didn't expect that today, the eternal pain in the hearts of England fans has finally been temporarily compensated, 30-year-old Owen and 24-year-old Rooney, although there is only a 6-year difference between the two, but it seems to be so far away from each other, This made many fans watching the game on the sidelines couldn't help but burst into tears, mourning their lost youth.

And it is precisely because of the existence of these two generations of national "golden boys" that almost all the fans who watched the game sided with Manchester United in this game, except for those die-hard Gunners fans, the vast majority of neutral spectators wore the red scarf of No. 7 around their necks, representing their support for Owen, and as for the new generation of balloon star Descartes in the Arsenal team, he is an Italian after all, and no matter how much he can have more popularity than Owen in the UK.

This game is an excellent opportunity for Ferguson to take a closer look at how Arsenal have changed this season and test whether they are qualified to challenge Manchester United's supremacy.

The only thing that worries Ferguson is their number one striker, Descartes. The media is right, Descartes has indeed played Manchester United out of the shadow in recent years, ten games, 10 goals, his minimum consumption on Manchester United is one goal, which also means that in the game with Arsenal, Manchester United has not yet started with a score of 0:1, such a situation is a huge blow to any team, as if you try your best to play a page game, but find that people buy a first charge has been a big step ahead of you, it is simply depressed and want to close the web page at any time.

Alex Ferguson was actually the first non-Serie A coach to do anything to Descartes. But at that time, he was negligent and did not personally negotiate with this talented player, and as a result, Wenger, who was more sincere, intercepted the beard halfway, which may be a pain for his life for Ferguson, looking at Rooney who was attacking with all his strength at that time, although it was also a success in Manchester United, but compared with Descartes's performance at Arsenal, it always made people feel a little worse, 40 goals and 20 assists, which could mean all the goals of the whole season for any team. But it was only Descartes' answer sheet that he handed in on his own within a year. If Ferguson had known that Descartes was so ferocious, he could have driven straight to Pavia to fetch him back.

But now it's useless to say anything, the strongest person is already in someone else's formation, compared to Arsenal's "most formed". Manchester United have been in the past few seasons due to the presence of the vampire Eduardo. The star-studded it used to be is long gone. Although they still won three consecutive titles under Ferguson's iron fist, even Ferguson himself knew it. If the team continues to lose blood like this, when the descendants of Scholes and Ryan Giggs of the Class of 92 really retire, Manchester United may fall to the lowest level like the stock of Nasdas.

"I want to bring in Descartes." Ferguson raised his head and looked at the No. 20 player in the opposing team who was warming up, he had never been so eager to bring in a player, in his opinion, the combination of Descartes + Rooney could help Manchester United dominate the Premier League for at least another ten years, only then could he retire with peace of mind and hand over Manchester United to someone else, without giving Liverpool's old stubborn group any chance to reflex.

When the whistle blew at the start of the game, Descartes, who was watched by Lord Frederick's burning eyes, did not disappoint the old man, his first touch of the ball brought a great threat to Manchester United, and his shot from the edge of the box past Vidic tested Van der Sar greatly, and if it wasn't for the Dutchman's constant high concentration, Manchester United's door was likely to be breached in the opening game.

In this game, Wenger did not send a "substitute center" Bendtner in the starting lineup, but directly in the first half of the main lineup of Descartes, Van Persie and Walcott, because after more than a month of closed training, he also wanted to see how far the main lineup in his mind could play, although Bendtner is the "starter" candidate in the center position, but everyone understands that with his shooting skills and skills, the only reason why he can appear in the starting lineup, It's because of Descartes' anemia.

No one would think that Bendtner would be able to grab the main position in the competition with Descartes, even Bendtner himself did not believe that he could score more goals than Descartes, his role in Wenger's new tactics was more as a pillar in the frontcourt, using the advantage of height and leg length to compete for the header has protected the ball, even if they also played 433, Bendtner and Descartes have completely different roles, the former is the fulcrum, and the latter is the finisher.

It's like getting Barcelona after Ibrahimovic, Guardiola bought Ibrahimovic at a sky-high price, in fact, he didn't expect his organization and goals, but hoped that the front court would have a high enough fulcrum, so that the "seven dwarfs" would no longer suffer from the pain of no one competing for the header, poor and stupid Ibrahimovic couldn't see this at first, and thought that it was really his unparalleled shooting skills that conquered Guashuai, and happily ran to Barcelona to be a lighthouse, but the lighthouse played for half a season before finally understanding that in Barcelona, there is only one "terminator", That's Messi, and he, Ibrahimovic, even has to keep the number of shots on goal under strict control every game.

This is the reason why Ibrahimovic really hates Guardiola and Barcelona, the reason why he "Yi Fengxian" did not hesitate to turn his face with Inter Milan and defected to Barcelona is because he hopes to use Barcelona's fame to make himself go to the next level and truly become the world's No. 1 player, but after coming here, he found that he was treated as a green leaf, which made the arrogant Ibrahimovic unbearable?

Ibrahimovic is unwilling to be the green leaf that foils the little red flower, but Bendtner does not have much resistance to this, firstly, because he clearly understands the gap between himself and Descartes, one of the two scored more than 40 goals last season, but the other did not even score a double, and was accused by the media and fans for wasting opportunities, the status of the two in the eyes of fans and the team is absolutely incomparable; The second reason is that Bendtner himself is not an ambitious man, and he has been in and out of Arsenal for more than a dozen seasons. After leaving Arsenal, I haven't seen him make any waves in any other places, so it can be seen that he is just a person who looks like bells and whistles on the outside, but in fact he doesn't have much ambition inside.

Such a non-contested "starting substitute" is actually suitable for the current Arsenal, no player with a heart is willing to be replaced after 45 minutes, although Wenger tries to avoid replacing Bendtner every time, but in the eyes of the outside world, Bendtner's identity as a "warm-up" player for Descartes has long been known. To be engrained in peoples' hearts. Even the TV commentators now know that "Arsenal reinstated their main line-up in the second half, with Descartes back on the pitch and Bendtner on the bench ......". Arsene Wenger's timed substitution. It has become a routine report for every football commentator.

Anything. If it's done for too long and no one objects to it, it becomes the norm. By now, even Bendtner himself has become accustomed to his identity, and he is a lucky substitute to blend into the starting line-up, always on the bench when the team needs it.

Therefore, in this game, Arsene Wenger began with his carefully arranged strongest line-up to ensure that after a huge tactical change, Arsenal can still have the capital to compete with Manchester United.

But the honest professor didn't notice that as soon as the "main lineup" he didn't have much in mind came out, the corners of Lord Fu's mouth flashed a smug smile.

Yes, after Ferguson learned that Wenger was going to change the formation this season, he had a detailed understanding of Arsenal through various means, although he did not know how Arsenal would perform because of the closed training camp, but Lord Ferguson had already seen Arsenal's problems in these understandings.

That's the midfield position that even Wenger is very worried about in private.

What is Denilson's ability, Wenger knows it, and Ferguson, who has played against Arsenal a lot, naturally also has a number in his heart, this is an excellent supporting role with the strength to become a green leaf, but it is by no means a tiger wolf who can take charge alone, Ferguson dared to rest assured that the defense of Manchester United midfield was handed over to Keane alone, but now Denilson is not even Keane's success, at least, he is as far away as a Gattuso difference between him and Keane in defense, Wenger dares to use him to play a single back, it is simply looking for death.

In response to this, of course, Lord Ferguson has already done his homework, he arranged Nani to play in the front field, because Nani's physical fitness and speed are more advantageous than Scholes, the Portuguese can run freely in the front of the Arsenal penalty area, and Denilson, with his knowledge, is easy to be taken out of position by Nani, and then, the real killer belongs to the little fat Rooney who retreats to the forward position.

Rooney's long-range shooting kung fu is not covered, his famous battle that year was Everton's shocking long-range shot in the game against Arsenal, although then because of Ferguson's support for Ronaldo, he was more arranged into the penalty area to pave the way for the Morse men's bridge, but his long-range shooting kung fu did not fall, and after Ronaldo went to Real Madrid to pursue his "money", Rooney finally became the first choice of Lord Ferguson on the front line, and his range of activities also got greater freedom.

As long as Nani can manage to get Denilson out of the way, Rooney has every chance of getting plenty of opportunities in the empty space at the edge of the box.

Things turned out to be as smooth as Ferguson expected, Nani is not a pure forward midfielder, he is more accustomed to the position of activity is actually on the left and right wings, so under his drive, Denilson, who was not very good at the position, ran around with him and quickly lost his position, three midfielders, two in front, the only back was taken away, and the area in front of Vermaelen and Gala was quickly vacant.

At this point, Rooney appeared in the area without incident, immediately revealing his hideous fangs.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Nani dribbled the ball on the right side of the field, and soon lured Denilson to this side, and then he crossed the middle, and the retreating Rooney was unmarked when he got the ball, although Vermaelen quickly realised his mistake and quickly made up for it, but Rooney had already raised his thick calf, and the subsequent shot crossed Vermaelen's cheeks like a whistling cannonball, Almunia couldn't reach the powerful shot, and finally Manchester United managed to take a 1-0 lead.

Compared to Manchester United, which only has two strikers, Arsenal has three strikers and two attacking midfielders on the field at this time. But look at the opening of the game, Descartes' shot was a little more reliable.

At this time, Wenger has smelled the smell of danger, standing in his position, he can clearly realize that Nani's run and pass are absolutely premeditated, Denilson's defense is not very good, and now he is being taken to the ditch, which is equivalent to completely abolishing the last barrier in front of the Arsenal backline, although Arsenal is now pursuing full attack and defense, but the run-in of the players is not skilled after all, and Wenger did not require Arsenal to be as perverted and harsh as Barcelona The distance between the players. Therefore, their "high pressing" can only be described as specious. There is a world away from Barcelona's suffocating full-court defence.

Arsene Wenger is an extremely idealistic perfectionist who has always pursued attacking, attacking and attacking. Even if he is well aware that Barca's success is inextricably linked to their full defence. But he doesn't have much attainment in defense. I don't like that kind of dull possession-style defense, so in terms of overall positioning and formation, Wenger's 433 is very different from Barcelona's 433. What he pursues is only the offensive "Barcelona", and the "high pressing" in defense is actually just staying at the slogan stage.

This is the biggest problem facing Arsenal, in Barcelona, although there is only Busquets or Yaya Toure alone in the back, but their two forward forwards Xavi and Iniesta will be very active in the front of the counter-robbery and even chasing, but in Arsenal, Rosicky and Arshavin are more in pursuit of the "arrival rate" when defending, that is, when the ball is passed to their own defensive area, his people happen to appear in the defensive position, as for the subsequent opponent's players to pass or break through, they actually don't care too much, In other words, they are more interested in "defending" when the ball appears, but they don't force it to be effective.

This approach is actually not much different from "shouting slogans", I did it for you, when the ball came I was indeed defending, but I didn't defend it, that's not an attitude problem, it's a problem of ability, and you can't blame me for it, right?

Therefore, Arsenal's goal conceded, although there is the main reason for Denilson's disposition, but Arshavin and others in the front field have no one to retreat to help him make up for the position, resulting in him fighting alone in the position of the back, which is also a fact that cannot be erased.

Arsenal's players, sure enough, are more concerned about attack.

It's a pity that in any game, whether it is football or basketball, or even tennis and table tennis, offense and defense are two in one, you can't prevent it, you don't have to talk about any offense, offense is not in the front court to pile up enough people to achieve, you first have to control the situation in your own hands, in other words, you have to control the "ball" in your own hands, if the ball is always spinning at the feet of others, what offense do you talk about?

Arsenal's problem now is that the attacking players don't come back, the defensive players can't go up, and as a result, a good 433 was beaten to 505, Manchester United's midfielders are like fish in water in the center of the whole stadium, and even Rio Ferdinand can show his footwork in the midfield.

Ferdinand is very satisfied with such a game, and at the same time he has a deeper admiration for Lord Ferdinand's "wisdom and martial arts", before this game, Ferguson expected such a situation, so he ordered the team to storm the front of Arsenal's penalty area, that is, the area where Denelson was guarded, and asked everyone to beat Arsenal to death with a stick in the first half, and definitely not give them a chance to come back to their senses.

Glancing at Descartes frowning not far away, Ferdinand only felt good in his heart, Ferguson had tried various methods to deal with this guy before, and even sent Evra as a "full-time bodyguard" to guard him, but in the end they all failed, which made Manchester United's defense ridiculed, and even his "first central defender", who set a record for the transfer of England defenders, was implicated and used as a scapegoat for the team's failure, but you look at it now, Arsenal is in chaos, and Manchester United is playing smoothly, the guy who was praised by the media is not powerless, he can only stare dryly?

You know, he appeared in the center of the position in this game, from the defensive area, and he has half a chance to face head-to-head, if you can beat Arsenal in this game, beat him, wouldn't it be a good name for yourself, showing that you are stronger than Vidic and Evra?

I'm still the best defender in England! Ferdinand smiled in his heart, what is the "best player in the world", he just relied on not meeting him head-on at the beginning, and now once he enters his own defensive area, he can only stare at it?

What Ferdinand didn't know was that although Descartes didn't seem to have much movement up front and didn't have many opportunities to catch the ball, his mind didn't stop thinking, Wenger was thinking about how to adjust the situation on the field, and Descartes was actually thinking about how to reconnect the team's front and back courts.

If it was changed in the past, Descartes would definitely not hesitate to run back to the half court to get the ball, directly take over the work of Rosicky and Arshavin, and force both of them to other positions, but now it is different, now he is the center forward, the only person in the team closest to the goal, if he runs away, even if the ball comes to the front, he will not be able to appear in front of the goal in time, which may lead to the opportunity he has won so hard to be easily wasted, besides, the whole team is still in the run-in period of 433, If you run around and disrupt the team's overall position, then everyone will be even more confused about the unfamiliar position, and the result will inevitably be that the whole team will fall into complete chaos, and Arsenal will be completely in trouble.

But if they don't go back, how can the team regain control of the midfield and avoid the disjointed problem?

Descartes and Wenger were lost in thought at the same time. (To be continued......)