Wenger was furious when he was drawn 2-2 at home by Tottenham, but considering that the players had to play four games in ten days, he still had to make a large-scale rotation, and on January 28 at home to Bolton, Arsenal replaced half of the substitute lineup, and the reserve team youngsters Walcott and Ramsey were able to play together, with Henry partnering Aria Diere in the front, supplemented by Dibia and Baptista in the midfield, and Klich, Gala, Senderos and Lauren lined up in the back.

With Bam Adebayo, Rosicky, Toure and others on the bench, Descartes did not get a chance to be in the squad.

Bolton Wanderers are not a strong team, and although they are one of the seven founding teams in England's top flight, they are the only team to have never won a top-flight title. Their greatest glory came in the 20s, when they won the FA Cup three times between 1922 and 1929, reaching the pinnacle of their history.

However, since the beginning of the 21st century, Bolton's performance has deteriorated, and they have always repeatedly risen and fallen between the Premier League, the Championship and even League One, and are nicknamed "lifts" by fans, and the team's home stadium, Reebok Stadium, is also one of the lowest attendance stadiums in the Premier League.

This season, Bolton was lucky to be promoted to the Premier League through the play-offs, but no one expected that after 24 rounds of league games, they would be only five points behind Arsenal with an excellent record of 12 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, ranking fifth in the league and qualifying for next season's European competition.

However, unlike Tottenham, Bolton have a good relationship with Arsenal even though they compete in the league, as evidenced by Arsene Wenger's loan of Wilshere to Bolton Wanderers in the 09-10 season.

Perhaps in Arsene Wenger's mind, Bolton could not threaten his team at any time, which is why he is so kind to this small ball on the outskirts of Manchester.

Bolton have done well this season because they have a group of lesser-known but quite powerful players, such as Cahill, Weiss, Jass Cläneen, and Krasnic, all of whom have been in the English league for many years and have a deep understanding of the Premier League, and their consistent performances have helped Bolton achieve outstanding results this season.

In the previous round of 14 of the Premier League, Bolton won 3-1 at home to Arsenal, leaving bitter memories for Arsene Wenger and his strong players.

Coupled with the fact that the FA Cup was a decisive match until the semi-finals, Arsene Wenger had all the more reason to give a "must-kill" in this game.

However, the result did not make the professor happy, and after 90 minutes of fierce battle, they were forced to 1-1 at home to a tenacious Bolton Wanderers at Highbury and had to go to Reebok Stadium for a second-round play-off on February 15.

There is no reason to play one more league game, Wenger looked blue at the scene of the post-match press conference, the English stadium in February is the busiest time for the game, the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, plus the Champions League round of 16 that is about to start again, Arsenal's schedule has already stretched the team's squad, and now suddenly there is one more game to play, Wenger has already had the idea of giving up one or two competitions.

In the past two years, Arsenal attacked from all sides but achieved nothing, Wenger was under great pressure, but also made him understand the truth of being greedy and chewing, so far this season, Arsenal has basically lost the hope of winning the league title, only in the three cups there is still the possibility of moving forward, but the three cups are obviously too many, he needs to make some choices, otherwise I am afraid that it will be the same as in the past two years, in the intensive competition in February, the team's efforts for the whole season have come to naught.

After a few days of consideration, Wenger finally decided to give up the FA Cup, because the Champions League involves a large amount of bonuses, it is impossible for any team to give up, and the League Cup has reached the semi-finals, at this time it is a pity to give up, only the FA Cup, currently only in the fourth round, there are still nearly ten games to play, early giving up is also good for the players' health.

So after learning the hard way, Wenger had to say goodbay to the Premier League's oldest competition.

Three days later, Arsenal travelled to White Hart Lane, just 6,000 metres away, to take on their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

The stubborn Arsene Wenger once again exposed his poor rotation side, the team's main force poured out, Henry, Galla and others who played in the last round of the League Cup are impressively listed, and compared with Tottenham, who have been eliminated in the League Cup and are sitting at home to work, Arsenal's players are running like old people in this game.

Once again, the game fell into the orbit of Tottenham, who scored a goal from an offside position just 15 minutes into the first half through fast Madifo.

After conceding the goal, Wenger also noticed the team's weakness, and he had to make the decision to drop back to the defense to prevent the team from falling into collapse due to physical exhaustion before half-time.

At this time, Arsenal's front court did not leave anyone except Thierry Henry, and even Adebayor returned to the front to become a barrier.

After a hard-fought first half, Arsenal returned to the lounge with a score of 0:1, and both games against Tottenham ended the first half 0-1, and the Arsenal players felt very depressed, but powerless to change the situation.

That's when they have to put their hopes on Arsene Wenger's substitution.

Strictly speaking, Arsene Wenger is not a coach who is good at directing on the spot, and his substitutions in games are often ridiculed by the media, with some even writing articles criticising him for "always changing the same people at the same time, and even the opponent knows what his tactical changes are".

This is a flaw that Wenger himself cannot overcome, his spleen is like that, he is used to being well prepared in advance, and when there is an unexpected change in the game, his strain often seems to be a beat slower.

Last season's Champions League final fully exposed this shortcoming of the professor, in the 90-minute battle with Barcelona, Arsenal was first sent off goalkeeper Lehmann, and then luckily took the lead with Campbell's header, but after the lead, Wenger completely lost his assertiveness, he initially asked the whole team to return to defense, trying to hold the lead by sticking to the goal, but Rijkaard then commanded Barcelona to launch a crazy counterattack, he once put both fullbacks in the midfield, Leaving only two centre-backs to guard the back, Arsenal were unable to resist and were equalised by Samuel Eto'o.

After the equaliser, Wenger once again fell into a confusion of thinking, he actually replaced the team's core Xiaofa, replaced a defender in an attempt to drag the game into a penalty, only to be in disarray for Arsenal, who were beaten by Belletti 15 minutes before the end.

Compared with Rijkaard, who is also not known for his command, Arsene Wenger, who is a head older, seems to be more immature, at least he has no confidence to fight to the death when he is at a disadvantage in numbers, resulting in the team completely losing pressure on the opponent in the front, and finally being devastated by the opponent's unleashed attack.

Arsene Wenger's substitutions are not at the same level as Ferguson, which is also an important reason why Arsenal has always been overpowered by Manchester United.

It was the same in this game, Wenger frowned and thought for a long time in the face of players who were tired and weak in half of the team, and finally replaced Hleb with Baptista in midfield, and Senderos in the back line replaced Galla, who could no longer run, leaving the last substitution to deal with the unexpected situation on the field.

These two substitutions were counter-substitutions and had no real impact on Arsenal's tactics, so Arsenal's performance did not improve much in the second half, they only strengthened the midfield scramble, and no longer easily let Tottenham attack near their penalty line.

The stalemate lasted for 30 minutes and Arsene Wenger finally got tired of it and finally decided to replace Thierry Henry, who had played three games in ten days, with another striker to increase the attacking intensity up front.

Looking back at the bench, Van Persie and Descartes also showed expectant eyes, Wenger thought for a while, and finally chose Descartes, who had played brilliantly in the first two substitute appearances.

He believes that the loss of momentum in the front field is due to the lack of effective organization of the team, Cesc Fabregas was strangled by Tottenham's muscular midfielders in this game, and there are few decent chances, and his inconsistency has also caused problems in the operation of Arsenal's front, at this time there is a need for another player who can organize the attack, Rossiki is not in the squad due to injury, Hleb has been replaced, and among the two substitute strikers, Descartes is the only suitable candidate.

In this regard, Descartes did have an advantage over Van Persie, and the general was never known for organizing attacks even later in his days, and his shooting skills were nothing to say, but it was his turn to distribute the ball, which was not something he was good at.

Descartes' appearance quickly brought effect, and when Davis, Gardner and others were distracted to encircle Fabregas, he took over the ball very well and became the "new core" of the tandem team's frontcourt attack.

In the 88th minute of the game, Baptista broke the ball in the middle and handed the ball directly to Descartes, who kept the ball diagonally under the interference of Teño, and Walcott, who had been depressed for most of the half, finally got a good opportunity to show his speed, and he had the last laugh in the fury with the opposing defender Zimbonda, and stabbed the ball into the penalty area first.

Adebayo then followed up at Tottenham centre-back Ridley. King's interference kicked the ball to the post, and a loud "thump" made the hearts of the fans of the entire White Hart Lane rise to their throats, and just when the fans thought that the attack was finally over, Descartes suddenly appeared in front of the ball.

With a light lob shot, England international Robinson inherited the fine tradition of the national team goalkeeper butter hand, although he held up the football, but failed to hit it against the goalpost, the ball was bounced in the air, and was slammed into the goal by Adebayo who arrived later!

Finally a goal!

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players on the sidelines were relieved that Arsenal had another 30 minutes of respite as there was no so-called away goal advantage in the Carabao Cup, and the two sides went straight to extra-time after a two-game draw.

For the tired Arsenal players, it was both torture and hope.

Adebayor lifted Descartes high after the goal, and the Togolese striker's appearances began to gradually decrease during the intensive schedule in February, and it was precisely because of his poor performance that Descartes "gifted" him this goal was very important, allowing him to finally regain his confidence towards the end of the season.

Both sides looked cautious in the ensuing game, and the game was eventually dragged into extra time.

Arsene Wenger had already used up three substitutions and was helpless in the face of 30 minutes of extra time, pinning his hopes on the 11 players on the pitch.

Fortunately, Descartes' good performance after the game gave him a lot of confidence, and when Cesc Fabregas was trapped and died, Descartes seemed to gradually become Arsenal's attacking "new core", which gave the professor a little insight in his heart, maybe this will be another change in Arsenal's tactics, which will have a huge effect on enriching the team's attacking methods.

So during the break, Arsene Wenger set up his team again, and he taught his players another tactic that Arsenal had never used before.

After the rematch after extra-time, Tottenham also quickly felt this change for Arsenal, and the core of their attack was no longer Cesc Fabregas, but Descartes who was closer to the penalty line, while Walcott and Adebayor were separated on either side, and Arsenal became a team playing 433.

However, the 1.73-meter-tall Descartes plays the center, and the 1.93-meter-tall Adebayo plays the winger, which feels a little awkward no matter how you look at it.

But this tactic has brought a surprise change to Tottenham, their midfield two big players Davies and Gardner were originally targeted at Fabregas in this game, according to previous experience, to see the small law, it is equivalent to cutting off more than half of Arsenal's attack, although Rosicky also has a certain organizational ability, but the Czech has been injured since coming to Arsenal, never attended a full season, and he was on the injury list again in this game, so his threat is almost negligible.

As for the other Belarusian, Hleb, the dribbling is good, but the passing is a little lacking, and he can only be used as a last resort. Therefore, the real key for Arsenal is Cesc Fabregas.

In the first 80 minutes of the game, Davies and Gardner both completed the task assigned by manager Joel perfectly, so that Arsenal's attack was cut off from Cesc Fabregas, and Arsenal were unable to organise effectively for almost the entire game.

However, everything changed after the start of extra-time, Cesc Fabregas was more of a midfield transition player, he no longer tried to organise after receiving the ball, but moved the ball as quickly as possible, so that the two Tottenham midfielders who were following him at any time lost their target, and instead Descartes was active in the front court, he was like a fish in water in the empty space left by the two central defenders and Davies, creating waves of killing opportunities.

In the 11th minute of the first half of extra time, Descartes got the ball in this area again, because Davies was brought up to defend the small law, and the two central defenders had to guard the penalty area, and he had no one to force the defense at the moment when he got the ball, so that he could easily turn around.

The two centre-backs, who had noticed their mistake, finally changed their faces and rushed forward in unison, ready to block Descartes' long-range shot, while Adebayor and Theo Walcott, who were on both wings, began to sprint frantically into the box, ready to receive Descartes' passes.

In the face of such a situation, the Tottenham Hotspur defense, which originally seemed airtight, suddenly became a mess, and the two fullbacks rushed into the penalty area with Adebayo and others, Davies and Gardner also began to desperately return to the defense, overlooking from the top of the field, the entire Tottenham Hotspur team in white seemed to be converging at the same point with Descartes as the center, forming a beautiful petal-shaped, which looked extremely beautiful.

But there is a strong murderous intent in this beauty, Descartes is in the center of the entire defensive area, but he does not seem panicked, he first leaned his body to the right, making the illusion of passing the ball to the left side, so that Tottenham's right central defender unconsciously adjusted the center of gravity to the right, and then he quickly changed his body shape and made a gesture of dividing the ball to the right, so that Tottenham's left central defender was also fooled, and adjusted the center of gravity to the left leg.

At this time, Descartes suddenly picked up the ball lightly, and the ball obediently passed between the two central defenders, and then Descartes jumped up hard, almost supporting the shoulders of the two central defenders and forcing it between them.

This breakthrough is unbelievably bold, and Ledley. Kim and Mitchell. Dawson was an experienced Premier League defender, but neither of them expected that the skinny Descartes would have the courage to force his way through the two big men, and by the time they reacted and were about to close the door, Descartes had already jumped through the middle with lightning speed.

Next, face Paul, who has not yet figured out the situation. Robinson, Descartes bared a mouthful of white teeth and easily sent the ball into the Tottenham goal.

Even the Tottenham Hotspur goal on the sidelines couldn't help but let out an exclamation of amazement, although there were some shrill boos in between, but compared to the silence of the entire White Hart Lane stadium, these boos were insignificant.

Descartes' performance has completely shocked Tottenham fans.

The goal also put Tottenham to a dead end, with only 19 minutes left to salvage the defeat, and if they couldn't score a goal, they would be knocked out of the Carabao Cup semi-finals at home to arch-rivals Arsenal!

Tottenham's players were clearly not going to accept such a result, and they went on a frantic comeback immediately after the restart, at which point they didn't have to worry about defending, with two wing-backs, Lee Young-pyo and Zim Bonda, pressing through the half-pitch and launching a ferocious assault into Arsenal's heartland.

Faced with such a situation, even Cesc Fabregas had to retreat to the front of the penalty area to help defend, leaving only Walcott and Descartes in front of Arsenal, and the rest retreated back to the hinterland.

In the 13th minute, Tottenham forced the ball on the side of the field. Keane bravely collided with Toure, the ball fell behind the two, bounced on the ground a few times, and then a white figure appeared in front of the ball, it was Tottenham's Berbatov!

It was too late to say that Lehmann showed his wealth of experience and the quality of the German goal, and as Berbatov was ready to shoot, he pounced desperately to keep the ball out of the way, and the ball arced high and was cleared by Lauren's header from outside the six-yard box.

One minute later, Tottenham made a comeback, Defoe forced Lauren on the side, Arsenal's right-back did not have to fight with the left-back in terms of speed, and was forced to overtake by the fast Madefoe, and then Defoe picked up the back post, and followed up with Beba's header again.

Lyman, or Lyman! Lehmann, who had been solid in the game, burst out at this point when he made an incredible save to keep out Beba's inevitable header, and in a panic, Toure cleared the ball with a big kick and kicked the ball off the line.

The Arsenal players who had survived the dead all gathered around Lehmann, who was full of gratitude to the 35-year-old veteran, patting him on the shoulder and cheering him on, and Lehmann himself felt excited, clapping his hands vigorously and letting out a morale-boosting yell.

The ensuing corner was very lively, jumping high in the crowd to take the ball out of the air, and then before the crowd could disperse, he rushed straight to the edge of the box and threw the ball with his hands to launch a counter-attack.

The ball still had to be high and far, and it flew straight towards Descartes, who was cruising in the midfield, and Descartes was so excited that he stuck Ridley behind him. Kim, ready to scramble for this header.

Speaking of Descartes' body type, and Ridley. King was almost unable to fight against it, but Descartes was very clever enough to not stand up straight, but to lower his weight to form a bow. Kim was pinned behind him, and if he wanted to force his jump to the top and was afraid that he would be pinned to the bottom and lose his balance in the air, he hesitated and watched as the ball landed in front of Descartes.

Descartes didn't wait for the ball to bounce again, he rushed out like a cheetah the moment it hit the ground, and as the ball bounced back, he flicked it with the inside of his right foot, and the ball obediently flew over the left side of his body and towards the back of Tottenham.

Then a lightning bolt quickly overtook another Tottenham defender, Dawson, and raced to catch the ball.

Facing Walcott, who could run a little more than 100 meters and 11 seconds at the age of 14, Dawson said that there was nothing he could do, he could only watch Walcoat throw him off half a street in a few steps, and then go away with smoke and dust all the way.

Facing goalkeeper Robinson who was helpless, Walket finally had a chance to show his footwork, and he deftly slammed past Robinson who fell to the ground and brought the ball into the Tottenham goal.

After the goal, Walcot rushed to the corner flagpole to celebrate, but his humiliating goal also aroused great dissatisfaction among the Tottenham fans at the scene, and the earth-shattering boos spread through the White Hart Lane stadium, unlike the silence of Descartes' goal, Walcott's goal left a very bad impression on the hearts of the White Hart Lane fans.

However, no matter how bad it is, Tottenham Hotspur has always been Arsenal's sworn enemy, and the harder they are against their sworn enemy, the happier their fans will obviously be, and it was with Theo Walcott's goal that Arsenal sealed the victory.

The game ended 3-1 with the Arsenal fans in the home stadium of their rivals, who gathered in the square outside Highbury to sing and dance the praises of the "great" victory, and the triumphant soldiers were also enthusiastically embraced by them.

The performance of this game was very good, and Descartes, who quickly turned the situation around after being substituted, became the new darling of Arsenal fans, and he accepted the worship of the fans together with Walcott, and in the mouth of the media, the Arsenal "youth storm" that has been blowing for half a season has finally begun to take shape.

Are your next opponents, Jose Mourinho and your Chelsea, ready?

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ps: This chapter is more than 6300 words, so I shamelessly counted it as two chapters, which means that there is still one chapter left today, hehe, you agreed, right? If you don't speak, I'll assume that you agree, and that's it, that's it!