A team is like a team, if the morale is gone, it is difficult to get back together.

It's the same with Arsenal now.

Although it is not clear what the exact reason is, Arsenal has always collapsed at some point in recent years, which has become the biggest problem that plagues Wenger. As it is now, with the number of injuries on the rise and the team drawing back-to-back games, the morale of the whole team suddenly becomes very low, the players are playing listlessly on the field, no matter how much they are encouraged off the field, it gives people a completely scattered feeling.

Faced with such a situation, the past three years have proven that Wenger can do nothing about it.

He can only hope for the awakening of his players or the constant change of formation.

Against Liverpool, Arsene Wenger fielded another unprecedented line-up, with Galla partnering Alexander. Song, Clichy on the left, Sania on the right, the midfielder is still Xiaofa and Flamini in the middle, Walcott is injured, Rosicky is injured, Hleb is injured, Diaby is injured, Wenger simply sent 16-year-old Wilshere as the right midfielder, Van Persie retreated to the left and became a left midfielder, and the front line is double-high, Bendtner is 1.93 meters, Adebayo is 1.91 meters, the goal of the two is to fight for the top, fight for the top, and then fight for the top, if you can go to the goal, you can go to the goal, and if you can't top the goal, give me to the top of my teammates, Anyway, with such a tall person, it would be in vain not to be a lighthouse.

In contrast, Rafael Benitez's line-up is much broader, with Liverpool having some injuries but no damage. The central axis of Torres, Gerrard and Alonso is still there, supplemented by the likes of Carragher, Reina, Kuyt, Mascherano and other giants, who are fully qualified to seek a better result at the Emirates Stadium.

The course of the game fell into the hands of the Liverpudlians from the beginning, and in the presence of 60,000 Arsenal fans, Arsenal played like a group of "English patients", the whole team looked very low, weak running, weak scrambles, even the short pass penetration that has always been proud of was full of mistakes, Van Persie did not know how to run in the left midfield position. Wilshere was very the right flank. But in the face of the joint encirclement of Little Pony and Aurelio, he only made two wonderful passes and then died down.

In the middle, Cesc Fabregas's recent form has been very worrying, and he seems to be giving people a sense of gambling. Since you Descartes like to fight for playmaking power in the front court. Then I'll just give you the front. I don't go up, just pass the ball in the midfield, maybe one day I pass myself to Pirlo?

The consequence of Cesc Fabregas's accumulation at the back is that the two forwards up front are like headless flies, completely unaware of what to do. Although the game designed by the professor is mainly in the sky, the Arsenal players have been playing short passing for ten years, and they will always unconsciously pass the ball from the ground to them, and they are not the kind of strikers who can lead and break through, and they can only stare dryly when they get the ball without support.

As a result, after 45 minutes of the first half, Arsenal had only two shots on goal, all of which were anti-aircraft guns from outside the box, while Liverpool had a total of 11 shots, four of which tested Almunia.

Able to hold on to the 0-0 scoreline, Arsene Wenger simply didn't know which way the fairy passed by and saw Arsenal pitiful, casting a spell to attract the ball to their posts and crossbars.

You can't play like this in the second half!

Arsene Wenger shook his hand hard, and before the referee blew the whistle for the end of halftime, he turned his head and walked back to the dressing room.

Arsene Wenger walked back to the dressing room, rubbing his brow and thinking about it, and it didn't take long for his players to come back one after another, unlike usual, everyone didn't talk to each other or fight after entering the door, just sat listlessly in their seats, looking tired.

This is not physical exertion, but psychological fatigue.

Arsene Wenger doesn't like or is good at rotation, so only 23 of Arsenal's 26-man squad have actually played this season, such as Djulu, Fabianski and others have not been given a chance to play at all. The end of the overuse of key players is that by the end of the league when it is time to fight hard, the players no longer have the stamina and energy to fight for their lives, and to make matters worse, the massive injury wave at the end of the season has further paralyzed the already scarce manpower, and many players have had to fight on the field with minor injuries.

Arsene Wenger's recruitment policy in the past few years has finally brought bad results to his team, the lack of experienced veterans, the players do not know what kind of game to work hard, what kind of game to stay, they do their best in every game, the result is that in the first half of the season they are soaring, unstoppable, and when they sprint at the end of the season, they have become the end of the crossbow, and they can only sigh in vain that they have the intention to kill the thief, and they are powerless to return to the sky.

And this tough battle with Liverpool is the best embodiment of the psychological and physical conditions of the players in reality.

In the Liverpool team, veterans such as Steven Gerrard and Carragher, although they also attack on the four fronts in the League Cup, FA Cup, league, and Champions League, they know what kind of games need to be fully attacked, and what kind of games are good to play soy sauce, so they are still alive so far and completely dominate the situation on the field.

On Arsenal's side, not only Van Persie, Adebayor and other players who have played almost every game this season are tired, but even Alexander. A player like Song, who has had a lot of energy and not played much, also looked faltering, as if he had been on the pitch for 120 minutes.

With such a contrast, how can they be expected to suddenly recover in the second half and kick Liverpool out of the air?

Wenger felt that he should say something, so he cleared his throat and said in a serious tone: "What's the matter, why are they all listless, have we already lost?" ”

The team looked up at him, not knowing what he meant. However, there was still a little expectation in everyone's eyes, and they hoped that Wenger would say something encouraging to rekindle everyone's desperate fighting spirit.

Arsene Wenger did not disappoint them, but his words, like his own, were always polite and lacked a kind of excitement and wildness: "We have reached the most critical moment now, if we lose this game, we may even be overtaken by Liverpool, we have led the season for most of the season, but we fell at the last minute. Are you willing? You're going to finish the season like this. And then we go to the Champions League play-offs again? You've put in so much effort and sacrifice, why can't you just give it a try at the end of the season? We have six games left, six games later. All of you have worked hard for a season and the results will come to fruition. Are you willing to be ridden by Manchester United again? ”

The reaction from the players has been a bit more uplifting. But that wasn't enough, especially when it came to the six games to go, and some players had a look of flinching in their eyes. They were so tired, thinking about playing for another six weeks, a feeling of extreme fatigue naturally developed from the bottom of their hearts.

Wenger saw that his speech did not have the desired effect, he gritted his teeth and wanted to say a few more words, who expected that at this time, an angry voice suddenly came from the dressing room: "You cowards! ”

The crowd was startled and hurriedly looked in the direction from which the voice came, and then they saw Descartes with an angry face.

"You softass, you are scared by the Birmingham, you are scared by the injuries, you are scared by the Liverpudlians, you are afraid of failure, you are afraid of taking responsibility, you are afraid of being injured, you want to survive this season like maggots, your fighting spirit has long since disappeared, you are like a group of soldiers who are retreating, it is useless!" Descartes' voice reverberated through the locker room, and his eyes swept over each of his teammates, a blade-like glow that everyone couldn't help but avoid.

Of course, there will be some people who look at him angrily, such as the team's first captain Cesc Fabregas, who thinks he has done his best for the team, so he is not afraid of Descartes' angry eyes, but stares at him to see what he wants to say.

Descartes's gaze did not linger on Fabregas for a moment, the reason why he stood up and loudly rebuked his teammates with such a posture at this moment was not because he wanted to seize power or act, he was really angry.

Descartes's temper is like this, he longs for every victory, hates all failures, he does not allow himself to be a little slack, and he also can't see others not giving their best, in his opinion, if he tries his best but also fails, it is inferior to others, there is nothing to say, he has been in Pavia for 5 years, he has seen a lot of failures, but Pavia's strength is there, and he has no complaints in his heart.

But Arsenal is different, this is a team that once won the championship with an unbeaten record, their players are worth more than 200 million in total, they take a salary that many professional players can't get in their lifetime, but this team has always lacked a backbone, since Vieira left, the team has not had that iron-blooded spirit, they have lost all the games they should lose, and they occasionally make mistakes and lose the games they should win.

In Descartes' view, this group of players was squandering and wasting their own talents, something that Descartes hated when he was bent on becoming a king of the game.

What made him hold back in his heart and never said it, that is, the captains of the team are really too unspeakable.

It must be clarified that Descartes was not influenced by Henry, but because he really thought that the two captains and vice-captains were not doing their part.

Generally speaking, when a team's performance is up and down or its form is declining, the manager is not the only one who comes out to talk about it, and the captain will play a key role at this time.

The coach is the commander of a team, he always faces his soldiers with a majestic attitude, so his soldiers are afraid of him and respect him, but they don't necessarily want to listen to him, but the captain is different, the captain is his comrade-in-arms, and he is the spiritual pillar within the team.

But Arsenal's two captains are very disappointing, Xiaofa is bent on returning to his Barcelona and his dream hometown, so he has never regarded Arsenal as his own team from the bottom of his heart, whether the team is good or bad. He never said a word in the dressing room, he just did his part and never reached out to ask about his teammates.

Toure has nothing to say, the deputy team from Côte d'Ivoire has always felt that his teammates are looking at him with a kind of colored eyes, he himself has a stuffy temper, and he usually behaves very unsocially, even if he speaks, it is strange that someone is willing to listen.

The reason why Galla has the confidence to argue with Toure is because his popularity within the team is very weak, and no one stands up to speak for him at critical moments?

With such two captains. How else can you expect this team to stand on its own feet when it matters most?

It's in this year's La Liga. Real Madrid are already 12 points behind Barcelona after 15 league games, and the media can't wait to announce that Real Madrid has lost their hopes of winning the title this season, but Raul and Salgado, the two captains and vice-captains, gathered their teammates to hold an internal meeting without a manager and without the team's top management, and no one knows what they discussed in the meeting. But Real Madrid, who reappeared in front of the world, was completely like a different team. They won an astonishing 17 draws and 1 draw in the next 18 league games. Even the team's manager, Sergio Ramos, shouted incredible.

And in AC Milan, there is also an internal organization called the "Knights of the Round Table" meeting, Maldini, Gattuso, Ambrosini. Including Baresi and Albertini back then, they are all members of this organization, and their purpose is not to form a community of interests within the team, their purpose is to solve problems through the authority of the team when there is a problem, so that the team can go more smoothly.

But inside Arsenal, no one does such a thing, Fabregas doesn't care, Toure doesn't care, even Galla, who has just become the third captain of the team, doesn't dare to come forward, Descartes can't stand it, he forgets his identity, and he has a feeling of not vomiting and unhappy.

"Look at what you look like now, your eyes are blank, your limbs are weak, are you already thinking about where to go on holiday after the season? Don't you care about the team's record this season? Who we are, we are Arsenal! What is our goal? What are we here for? We have only one purpose, and that is the champion, and we are nothing but the champion! You have to play dead, you have to be lazy, that's your business, I won't make the same choice as I am, I'd rather die on the pitch than be a weak coward! If any of you have a little blood left, stand up and fight with me, and I won't lay down my weapons until we are stabbed to death by the enemy! ”

Without hesitation, Descartes strode out, and the door of the dressing room was slammed against the wall with a loud bang that made the entire corridor tremble.

Descartes' unexpected move put all the Arsenal players in a situation where they looked at each other, his words were harsh, but some people suddenly began to feel a rush to tears, and they began to reflect on their performance during this period, whether it was really as Descartes said, they were intimidated by the brutality of the Birminghames, frightened by the team's injuries, intimidated by the long schedule and physical fatigue, some began to have a glint of anger in their eyes, and some showed guilt.

After about twenty or thirty seconds, the first man stood up, it was Toure, who did not get a chance to play in this game, he looked at Gala with deep meaning, and then said in a sullen voice: "I don't want to lose this game, from now on, I don't want to lose any game." ”

Then he walked out with his head held high and following in Descartes' footsteps.

Toure's eyes stabbed Galla deeply, he stood up openly, and said to his teammates around him: "I'm not afraid of Liverpool, I'm not afraid of Birmingham, I'm going to let those sons of bitches see that I'm not dead, they can't beat me William." Gallas! ”

After saying that, he walked out of the locker room without looking back, as if he wanted to overtake Toure, who was walking in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, one by one the Arsenal players stood up, their eyes were full of anger, everyone made a word as if they had sworn an oath, and then walked out with their heads held high, even the youngest Wilshere clenched his fists and swore to Wenger: "Coach, look at it, we will not let those Liverpudlians have a good time!" ”

The professor's eyes widened in astonishment for a moment, but after seeing the Arsenal players walking out of the locker room one by one with their fists clenched, a knowing smile suddenly appeared on his face, what he didn't do, or what he couldn't do, Descartes did for him, which is good, good.

The last to walk out of the dressing room was captain Cesc Fabregas, who looked in the direction of Descartes' departure with a hint of envy in his eyes, but that envy soon turned into a faint gloom.

He also wanted to make such an exciting speech like Descartes, so that his teammates could focus all their attention on him, but the place he wanted to make a speech was not here, not London, he looked in the direction of Catalonia, and there was a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

It wasn't until the last minute before stepping out of the dressing room that Cesc Fabregas suddenly whispered to Arsene Wenger: "I think it would be better for him to be captain." ”

Wenger looked stunned, and before he knew it, an ominous premonition came over him. (To be continued......)