The 2008-2009 Premier League season has finally begun, and Arsenal's first game is at the Emirates Stadium against the Premier League's new Dinsey Bromwich Albion this season.

Originally from West Midlands in the west of England, West Bromwich Albion was founded in 1878 but has little of a glorious history, making their first Premier League appearance since expanding into a professional league team in 1913.

The biggest big name in the team at the moment is Jones, a veteran from Manchester United.

In the face of such an unknown team, Arsenal is full of confidence in this game, and even the media have been optimistic that they will get off to a good start at home, because West Bromwich Albion wants to upset a giant ship like Arsenal, and the surname may be too small.

The game started according to the script drawn by public opinion, and Arsenal took advantage from the start, with more than 55,000 spectators at home frenzied cheers, Arsenal once held the Premier League newcomers to the ground for half time, and they bombarded West Bromwich Albion's door, earning six chances on goal in the first 15 minutes alone.

However, West Bromwich Albion's defense is also tenacious, they are a newcomer from League One, except for toughness, there is no advantage in the face of a giant like Arsenal, so they have played their toughness to the extreme, Arsenal's front line is full of people, but the ball can never roll into West Bromwich Albion's door.

Arsene Wenger's line-up for this game surprised everyone, and he was unable to solve the problems of the team's backline in the pre-season warm-up game, so he did make a 352 formation according to his own ideas, with Gala, Sagna and Eboue forming a back three, Diaby and Alexander. Song became that barrier in front of the backline, and if needed, Alexander. Song can drop back to become a central defender at any time and change the formation back to 442.

This is the best way to solve the problem at the back after Wenger's reflection, 352 does not mean that he only attacks and does not defend, he just completely hands over the task of attacking from the wings to Theo Walcott and Nasri, and abandons the tradition of full-back assists.

Wenger's idea is very good, but he ignores one point, Sagna and Eboue are not real central defenders, their height and style of play are destined to be more suitable for attacking and covering on the wing, including Klich, Hoyt and others on the bench, none of these people play as a central defender.

As West Bromwich Albion got used to Arsenal's attack, their weaknesses at the back began to emerge.

West Bromwich Albion's counter-attack was not sharp, and they were too afraid of Arsenal's attack, leaving only two or three players in front of them ready to counter-attack, with Amartafino up front as a fast horse and two other players as Manchester United's veteran Phil. Jones and Benin midfielder Sessegnon.

In the 25th minute, Arsenal made a mistake in the front court, and the West Bromwich Albion defender kicked the ball out, which was not a threat in itself, but it made Arsenal break out in a cold sweat, because Arsenal's defender Sania appeared on the top.

Senia's height is only 1.74 meters, if he is a full-back, such a height is not much of a problem, but as a central defender, this is definitely a fatal hole, but unfortunately Wenger has no one in his hands, so he can only forcibly promote him to the position of central defender, as a result, in the face of this high and floating big foot clearance, Sagna made a mistake in judging the landing point, causing the ball to graze his head and fall behind him, bounced to the back of Arsenal.

It was then that Amartafino showed his pace in the 100 metres as a bolt of red lightning pierced the entire Arsenal backline and sprinted towards the bouncing ball.

In terms of physical fitness, technology, reaction and other conditions, Amartafino and his former national team teammate Gala may be even worse, but with speed, he can blow Gala up a street, in the face of Amartafino's galloping advance, Gala can only reluctantly choose to retreat in the direction of the goal, he can only hope for goalkeeper Almunia's attack, and then see if he is lucky enough to clear the ball on the goal line.

Almunia lived up to Galla's expectations, and he had already chosen to attack the moment Sagna appeared to be on the top, but the Spanish goalkeeper was not a player of speed either, and he was even a step slower than Amartafino to get closer to the ball at the same distance.

Amartafino, who touched the ball first, passed Almunia who fell to the ground with a kick, and faced the empty goal at a 45-degree angle outside the penalty area, at this time many Arsenal fans had closed their eyes and sighed in their hearts.

But soon, this sigh turned into a cheer from the audience, and Amar Tafi was in the Shaolin abbot after the 80s, and then he found that his vest was completely soaked.

Amartafino's unreliable shot was greeted with boos and ridicule from the audience, and even he himself knelt on the ground with his head in disbelief on his face, facing a team like Arsenal for such a good opportunity, it is really impossible to escape the blame.

Arsenal then launched a more fierce attack, but unfortunately after losing Adebayo as the fulcrum of the front, their ability to attack in the face of dense defense has dropped a lot, Bendtner is empty, and his header skills are estimated to be only 50 in FIFA 2008, and he is completely unable to grab any of them in the face of several high balls from his teammates in the penalty area.

By the time the Arsenal squad had all but given up on lobbing the ball into the box, they reverted to the tradition of ground-based coordination, trying to use the individual skills of Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and others to get the ball into the box.

But everyone knows that ground coordination is usually not easy to use in the face of dense defense, even if Van Persie, Fabregas, Nasri and others are highly skilled, but in the face of waves of enemy lines, they can pass one, can they pass two, can they still pass three, four, five?

As a result, the spectators on the sidelines could only see Arsenal's attack wave after wave, but every time they reached a step outside West Bromwich Albion's penalty line, it came to an abrupt end, and West Bromwich Albion's backline was like a rock in the waves, no matter how the wind and waves hit, they still did not move.

Arsenal's attack was hampered and their defence was porous, and although Amartafino had a must-win shot flying away, West Bromwich Albion were given two or three chances, not least by Jones' cold shot from outside the box line, which whizzed into the Arsenal post and left Almunia so embarrassed that he almost hit the post and injured himself.

At the end of the first half, Arsenal had 13 shots on goal, the most in the Premier League, but unfortunately most of their shots were from the edge of the box, which did not pose much of a threat to West Bromwich Albion, but West Bromwich Albion were more powerful on the counter-attack, with two of their only four shots hitting the woodwork, including one hitting the post.

Not to mention the Arsenal fans at the scene, even Wenger himself was dissatisfied, so he returned to the dressing room and immediately made changes to the team's lineup, with Walcoat coming off, Rosicky coming in, Bendtner coming off and Descartes coming on.

The formation is still 352, and it seems that Arsene Wenger is determined to use a weak team like West Bromwich Albion to rehearse his new formation.

Arsenal on the pitch in the second half really brought a refreshing feeling, compared to Walket who is better at winning by speed, Rosicky is more sophisticated in breaking through and technical in a small area, and in the face of West Bromwich Albion's heavy deployment at the back, Rosicky is obviously more adapted to this environment than Walcott.

Although Descartes' appearance made Arsenal lose the last high point in the frontcourt, his technical and organizational skills are definitely not within Bendtner's reach, and his appearance has made Arsenal's cooperation in the front court more fluid and difficult to prevent, compared to Bendtner's presence when it seems to be completely missing a striker, it is a world of difference.

The appearance of these two technical players made Arsenal's attack become fluid, and although West Bromwich Albion's players were still as tough as ever, they gradually found that their pace could no longer keep up with Arsenal's rhythm changes, and the feeling of flowering more made them feel as if their defensive line was full of holes, and the mental pressure suddenly increased several times.

In the 61st minute, Descartes retreated to get the ball in front, he got rid of one of the opposing defenders and then turned and crossed diagonally into the penalty area, Van Persie rushed to the horse, grabbed the opponent's defender to block the left-footed tackle, the ball hit the post with a "bang" in a very small angle, so that West Bromwich Albion's goalkeeper was shocked into a cold sweat.

Three minutes later, it was Van Persie who entered the penalty area, and in the face of the blockade of the opponent's two players, he knocked back to the middle in time, and followed the Xiaofa with a strong volley, but unfortunately the ball touched the foot of the opposing defender and went high above the crossbar.

In the 71st minute, Rosicky and Descartes combined on the right and crossed down, Van Persie appeared at the far post, his header flew like a cannonball towards West Bromwich Albion, but fortunately, the opposing goalkeeper reacted in time and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand to keep the team open.

Although they still failed to score, the mood of the fans on the sidelines gradually calmed down, because they found that Arsenal was still attacking wildly, and West Bromwich Albion never got any chance to counterattack, Descartes' appearance led the Arsenal players to actively counter-attack in the front, and in the face of Arsenal's pressing from the midfield, West Bromwich Albion's players did not have enough skills to deal with it.

West Bromwich Albion, who had lost their ability to counter-attack, simply cowered in the box and let Arsenal bombard, their pre-match goal was to get a point at their best, and although they missed a great chance in the first half, they were already satisfied.

After 70 minutes at the Emirates Stadium without conceding a goal, what is there not to be satisfied with for a Premier League newcomer?

The game continued into the 80th minute and Arsenal were unable to score, but they had a great chance to attack.

Descartes linked up with Cesc Fabregas at the edge of the box, and then Jr. suddenly hoisted the ball to the side, and Nasri, who had been battling West Bromwich Albion players for the game, suddenly appeared there, deftly dodging the pursuing defenders behind him and dribbling straight into the box.

Van Persie was smart enough to run out of the box and try to help him take the opposition defender away, but the West Bromwich Albion defender decided to let go of Van Persie and block Nasri's path after hesitation.

But Nasri was also a clever player, and the moment the opposition defender gave up on Van Persie and lunged at him, the ball at his feet had already rolled towards Van Persie, and then Van Persie had a gap in the left-hand corner of the penalty area.

By this time, the West Bromwich Albion defender had realised that he had made a mistake and reflexively pounced on Van Persie again, while another centre-back also ran over and appeared ready to slide to block Van Da's shooting path.

The situation on the pitch is clear, and if Van Persie chooses to force a shot at this point, he may only have a 10 per cent chance of getting the ball past the two defenders combined, and it is even more difficult to say whether he will be able to get past the goalkeeper. So Van Persie glanced in the middle, ready to look for a link with his team-mates.

In his sight, two red and white figures suddenly appeared in the middle, one was Cesc Fabregas and the other was Descartes.

Both men seemed to be running in the same direction, but Fabregas was followed by a West Bromwich Albion defender and Descartes had already thrown his defender two steps away.

In a hurry, Van Persie had to rely on his instinct to sweep the ball down the middle, and after the ball was blocked by the opposition defender's outstretched foot, it bounced towards the center of Descartes and Cesc Fabregas.

Xiaofa was still running hard, but the defenders behind him pulled his jersey with their hands from time to time, and the action was extremely hidden, just blocking the referee's sight, so Xiaofa's pace was a little messy, and the pace point had not been adjusted.

On Descartes' side, he alertly shook off the opponent's defender in two positions, so the defender couldn't pull him even if he wanted to, and the opponent's defender could only run with Descartes for his life, even if it was futile, he had to make a gesture to his teammates and the head coach.

The two men arrived in front of the ball almost at the same time, and Cesc Fabregas stumbled a little, but he was facing the ball head-on, and Descartes ran diagonally, his left foot just in time for the ball to roll.

Both feet touched the ball at about the same time, with Cesc Fabregas opting for a poke on his toes and Descartes swinging his left foot into a volley on the run.

As a result, Descartes felt that his instep had drawn a very hard part, and he was sure that what he kicked was definitely not the ball, it was probably Xiaofa's heel, and Xiaofa lost his center of gravity after poking the ball out, and was kicked by Descartes again, and could only fall to the ground helplessly.

The ball flew towards the West Bromwich Albion gate under everyone's gaze, but unfortunately, in the sound of everyone's sighs, he crossed the ten fingers of the West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper, and also flew over the crossbar of the West Bromwich Albion gate, and flew high into the stands.

This is because the moment Cesc Fabregas touched the ball, Descartes' foot kicked him in the heel, causing his footwork to be deformed, and as a result, his toe did not stab the ball in the middle, but stabbed it into the bottom of the ball.

The two Arsenal players who fell to the ground together showed remorse in their eyes, but before Fabregas could break free from the regret, Descartes had already pouted from the ground, and then he held his head high and said to Xiaofa with a disappointed face on the ground: "Give me that damn ball next time!" ”

Xiaofa was stunned, he looked up at Descartes, under the dazzling lights of the Emirates Stadium, he found that Descartes's face had become very blurred, but there was a glimmer of light behind his head, like a terminator from the science fiction world, cold and full of domineering. (To be continued.) )