William. Mr Nalandez eventually grabbed the headline for the news, and although The Sun picked up the news only a few hours faster than Arsenal's official website, they still attracted a lot of attention and attention.

Arsenal is going to change the formation in the new season?

Wenger has not told too many people about this news, at least for the media and the public, this is quite new news, even Wenger, who has fixed the time and characters on the pitch for substitutions step by step, why did he suddenly have the courage to change the formation that Arsenal has insisted on for more than a dozen seasons?

Is it really because of the defeat in the Champions League final that Wenger has shaken his team and coaching skills?

Hearing this news, the happiest person is undoubtedly Arsenal's old rival, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

Whether at home or abroad, there is an old saying that the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy, and this is the relationship between Lord Fu and the professor.

Since Arsene Wenger took charge of Arsenal in October 1996, they took away Manchester United's league title in their second season, and since then, Arsene Wenger and Ferguson have started a 17-year confrontation in the Premier League, during which some people have come (Mourinho) and some have left (Benitez), but there has never been a substitute for the amazing duel between the two, Arsenal vs Manchester United, although its influence has been gradually diluted in recent years due to the rise of some other teams, but a few years ago, it was the signature dish of the Premier League. It is not inferior to the major match of the century between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

For Arsene Wenger, an old rival. If you want to say who can know better than Fogensen, it must not be, what kind of person Wenger is, what kind of team Arsenal is, the old man knows it in his heart, I heard that Wenger suddenly thought of changing the formation, and the old man almost didn't even sleep and woke up with a smile.

Arsene Wenger is a man of considerable planning, and if you want to use a historical figure as a metaphor, you can call him Zhuge Liang, whose preparation plan has always been extremely meticulous. He is also very thoughtful. Even in terms of being close to everything, he is no different from Brother Pig; But his shortcomings are not much different from Zhuge Liang, and anyone who thinks a lot will definitely hesitate to think about things. It's especially easy to be indecisive when you're in battle. Zhuge Liang was out of Qishan seven years ago. On six occasions, he ran out of ammunition and had to retire, and Wenger was criticized for a long time in his adjustments. With the punctual substitution of Descartes and a large number of substitutions, it seems that the three substitutions are more like an opportunity for Wenger to adjust the physical strength of the players than a good opportunity to change the team's overall tactics.

Just ask Wenger like this, his team suddenly changed the formation that has been insisted on for more than ten years, what kind of answer will he deliver?

According to the old man's judgment, Wenger's team will hold on for a month or two at most, and when he finds out that his change has not brought a breakthrough, but has plunged the team into an abyss, he will definitely change back to the original formation and put Arsenal back on the old path.

Because 433 is definitely a formation that cannot be easily controlled, this formation appeared many years ago, and it is by no means the first to be pioneered by Barcelona, but why has it been played for so many years, 442 has been popular, 451 has been popular, 4231 has also been popular, but only this 433 has not been able to spread? It is because the 433 formation has too high requirements for the frontcourt players, 3 midfielders, usually need to fight against the opponent's 4-5 midfielders, and 3 forwards are almost equivalent to losing the ability to defend, the whole team's offense and defense, most of the time is divided into 3 people in the front court and 4 people in the backfield, lack of mutual protection and support, so it leads to the theoretical number of 433 is quite balanced, but in practice, it cannot be attacked, and the defense cannot be maintained.

The reason for Barcelona's success lies in Guardiola's two most important changes: first, let the whole team be extremely compressed formation, Barcelona's last defender, and the most attacking player on his side, the distance must be kept within 60 meters, can only be occasionally adapted, but must not be out of this range for a long time, so as to ensure that Barcelona will never be disconnected from each other, and the whole team has an absolute advantage in numbers within a certain space range; Second, it was Rijkaard who began to advocate and was perfected by Guardiola to press high.

Guardiola's requirements for high pressing are quite high, all the players of Barcelona, including the later king Messi, have no defensive immunity under his command, from Pique to Eto'o, from Xavi to Iniesta, everyone is required to participate in the team's defense, even Henry, who never defended at Arsenal before, also had to change himself at the request of Guardiola, 32-year-old Henry's last season at Barcelona, there are often scenes of chasing back from the front to near the penalty area, which is in the eyes of Arsenal fans, it's just joy mixed with sadness.

And at this point, the most obvious embodiment is Messi. Messi started out as a right winger at Barcelona, but when Samuel Eto'o was ousted and Ibrahimovic was in a hurry, he moved from the right to the middle and eventually became probably the shortest but strongest centre-forward in the world. But no matter how Messi's position changes, Guardiola's requirement for him remains the same, that is, to defend, and never forget to defend at any time.

There is a classic scene that we will remember, that is, in the match between Brazil and Argentina, Kaka sprinted with the ball in front, Messi chased desperately from behind, chasing nearly 60 meters, but Messi still did not catch up with Kaka, and was jokingly called "thrown off a street by Ferrari" by fans. This set of shots certainly sets off how powerful Kaka was at his peak, but it also shows a problem, that is, the original Messi is actually used to participating in defense.

It wasn't until later that Guashuai stepped down, and Lula, the old sick man, usurped the throne successfully, because the coach's throne was not easy to come by, Lula did not dare to offend the bigwigs in the team easily, so Messi obtained defensive immunity, Xavi became the de facto leader of the team, Lula was either in a daze in the coach's seat or in a daze in the hospital bed, and Barcelona could no longer restore the rigor and leakage of the Guashuai period.

So in Ferguson's view, 433 is not impossible to play. But not everyone can play, at least he himself considered this formation to bring Barcelona to the top, but given the configuration of Manchester United and his own coaching style, he eventually gave up on this idea.

But Wenger, an old fellow, who is old and does not lie down on his own merits and sleep well, but still has to engage in tactical innovation, doesn't he know that revolution is always accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice?

Anyway, it doesn't matter, it's Arsenal who is sacrificed, not Manchester United, and the old man should feel happy in it. In addition to Arsenal this season. The rest of the teams were more or less in turmoil, so in Ferguson's eyes, Arsenal were the opponents of Manchester United's fourth consecutive title. Now Arsene Wenger has abandoned his martial arts. It's actually something to celebrate for him.

It's chilling in the heights! Lord Fu sighed heartily in his heart.

It's just compared to the old lord's calmness and joy. There are others in the United squad who can't help but want to stand up and say something.

This man is the captain of Manchester United, the famous big-mouthed centre-back Leo. Ferdinand.

There are a lot of people who will be surprised that Arsenal change formation. What did Ferdinand say when he came out? In fact, Rio Ferdinand's target is not Arsenal, but their number one striker, Descartes. Mondillo.

Ferdinand and Descartes do not have any personal grudges, nor do they have a deep hatred for snatching their girlfriends, but there is a grievance that has always been held in the heart of the big mouth, and he wanted to say it a long time ago.

Manchester United is a well-deserved hegemon in the Premier League, and in the last three years, it has achieved three consecutive titles, and even Mourinho was forced to leave Barogan, which must be extremely proud of the hearts of Manchester United players. But there is one other team, one player, that has always been in the hearts of all Manchester United players, and that is Arsenal, and their number one Descartes.

Arsenal is the only opponent in the last three years who has an advantage over Manchester United's record, and in the ten meetings between the two sides in the last three years, Arsenal has an overwhelming advantage of 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

What's even more embarrassing for them is that in this poor record, Arsenal's striker Descartes is their worst enemy, he has scored no more than 10 goals in these ten games, plus 5 assists, with an average of 1 goal + 0.5 assists per game, which can be called Manchester United's number one sufferer.

Especially last season, in the three world-renowned meetings between the two sides in the second half of the season, it was Descartes' outstanding play that helped Arsenal maintain their hopes of winning the league with 1 win and 2 draws, and also eliminated Manchester United from the Champions League, which can be called the biggest shame on Manchester United's road to winning the championship.

Originally, after Manchester United won the three consecutive championships, at most it was only listed as a joke by the majority of the media, which should not have too much impact on the team, but behind the media listing these data, they will definitely laugh at one point, that is, Manchester United's backline, in their mouths, Manchester United's backline is like a tofu scum project in the face of Arsenal and Descartes, let the other side take what they want, remember Descartes's battle for fame? It was the winner of the game against Manchester United that made him officially part of Arsenal's regular rotation.

These ridicules may not be of much interest to the rest of Manchester United's players, but for Rio Ferdinand, who is the backbone of Manchester United's defense, it is definitely a naked insult.

Am I like tofu? Of course Ferdinand won't admit it! So he had to find a way to make a name for himself and let everyone know that Descartes was able to score so many goals against Manchester United, not because he was great, but because he never met him, the best centre-back in the world. Ferdinand.

Yes, almost none of Descartes' goals were actually scored in a head-to-head duel with Ferdinand, because Descartes played as a right striker, while Ferdinand played at left centre-back, and although the two sides met many times a year on the pitch, it was not Ferdinand's business to keep an eye on Descartes, whose direct opponents were usually Patrice Evra at left back and Nemanja Vidic at left centre-back.

This is why Ferdinand was never convinced, although Descartes scored a lot of goals, but never beat him head-on, Ferdinand was convinced that as long as he was in charge of defending against Descartes, the skinny leather monkey would not be able to turn over the palm of his hand.

It's a pity that Lord Ferdinand has a very strict control over the team, his instructions cannot be disobeyed, Ferdinand is full of martial arts, but he is nailed to the position of left central defender, and his duel with Descartes is a luxury at the end of the world.

But now that the opportunity has finally come, Arsenal have switched to 433, which means they will have a serious centre-forward, who will be this candidate? Everyone is speculating that it was Bendtner, who is 1.93 meters tall, because he was born to play as a center forward, and as for Descartes, although he played as a center forward for a few minutes in the FA Cup final, it was only a stopgap measure, didn't I see him fail to fight for a header?

But Ferdinand doesn't think so, he has a gut feeling that if Arsenal switch to 433, Bendtner will only play as a central striker in the first half at most, and in the second half, the starting choice in this position will definitely be Descartes. Others only saw Bendtner's height, but Ferdinand saw Descartes' goal, which was a standard "center-forward" goal, extremely calm, extremely cold-blooded, such an ability, if you don't play center, it would be a strange thing.

Who says a center has to be tall? Isn't Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o only 1.79m, he hasn't scored 30 goals in a season, does the center have to grab the header?

This is a very good opportunity for Ferdinand to finally prove himself to the world and win the chance to play directly against Descartes, which is the battle for his deserved title as the world's number one centre-back!

'Yes, I'm looking forward to playing against Arsenal and every game with them is important, last season we won the title and we lost the game, now it's time for us to show the world why we are champions!' When Ferdinand faced the reporter's question, his answer was sonorous and powerful, and his expression was like a soldier about to go to the battlefield, looking solemn and enthusiastic.

Journalists didn't know why Rio Ferdinand had such a look on his face, and they couldn't tell what was going on in the big-mouthed Manchester United captain's mind at this time, but keen journalists were quick to spot the implication of Ferdinand's words and asked: "Did you put a lot of pressure on you from not winning against Arsenal last season?" ”

"It's not pressure, it's motivation!" Rio Ferdinand said solemnly: "We have been champions in the last few years, but there are always media talking about our record with Arsenal, last season we won the league and lost the Champions League, and many people think that we can only win the league by relying on the format, now it's time for us to make a name for ourselves, we are the league champions, and they are the FA Cup winners, let's see which one is more genuine in this game." ”

"This is Ferdinand's declaration of war!" The media were quick to annotate Rio Ferdinand's declaration: "After three consecutive seasons against Arsenal, the outside world has always thought that Manchester United's title is not worthy of its name, and now it is time for the champions to teach the title a lesson!" (To be continued......)