Van Persie scored with eight or nine minutes to go, and it was assumed that Roma would have seized the last few minutes to make a frantic comeback after conceding a goal, as they were only one goal behind, and if they could have scored a goal, they would have had a very satisfying draw on the road, which would have been good for them to come back to Italy.

However, Roma's performance surprised everyone, Spalletti, who has always been known for his wild attack, actually made a gesture to retreat from the sidelines, and the Roma players returned to their own half like a low tide, setting up a huge iron bucket formation at the edge of the box.

The media in England shouted that they couldn't understand it, but the Italian media gave a reasonable explanation for it in a hurry: "Spalletti's concern is justified, Arsenal just scored a goal, their morale is high, and on the other hand, on the other hand, the goal conceded before the end of the game has hit them hard, what they need now is not to risk their lives to attack, but to unify their thinking, calmly defend this game, a goal is not a disadvantage, back to the Rome Olympic Stadium, Roma had plenty of chances to erase that goal gap. ”

Is this really the case?

Maybe the Italian media guessed Spalletti's mind, but Roma will be able to pull back the score when they return to the Stadio Olimpica?

Not necessarily.

The Italian team has a big flaw, that is, they are extremely lacking in self-confidence in the games they are behind, and they are rarely able to achieve a big comeback, and looking at the top 10 classic reversal cases in world football, the Italian team has only appeared in the ranks of the reversal. It was a civil war with a huge disparity of defeat - in the 04-05 season, Inter Milan reversed Sampdoria, they scored three goals in seven minutes after being 2-0 down, and reversed the defeat that was already inferior to their Sampdoria.

However, in the reversed list, we see that Italian teams appear three times, Milan vs. Deportivo La Coruna, Milan vs. Liverpool, Roma vs. Real Madrid, these games, without exception, all appeared on the European stage, without exception against teams from other countries.

This also illustrates a big problem. That is that the Italian team lacks the genes for reversal.

Actually, this is not surprising. In Italy, everyone pays more attention to the role of tactics, and nine times out of ten Italian coaches come from Corveziano's base, and they inherit the tradition of respecting tactics in the same vein as Corvisgiano. Everybody is a good tactician. But he always ignores the role of the spirit, consciously or unconsciously. In the history of the Italian national team's record, they have never been, attention. There has never been an exciting reversal, even in the history of the Italian domestic confrontation, the biggest reversal is only the reversal of Lecce Pepper in the 0:3 down game created by AC Milan, but AC Milan and Lecce are the same level of team?

So on this point, the media in England have objections.

In the opponent's home field, as soon as they fall behind, they retreat back to the half of the field for obscene defense, such a team, in the eyes of the English media, is simply bloodless, unreasonable, with such a mental outlook and tactical thinking of Roma, they want to reverse at home?

Dream!

The game came to an end as Roma pulled back across the board, and although Arsenal tried to add another goal in the final minutes before the end of the game to extend their lead, the clock was too tight and Roma's defence was tenacious, and they could only leave the dressing room with a score of 1-0.

Back at the post-match press conference, Arsene Wenger was largely satisfied with the scoreline of the game, and in any case, it should be considered lucky that the home team did not concede a goal, after all, there is no need to worry about the opponent's away goal advantage, and at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Arsenal also have more room to maneuver.

The visitors' manager, Luciano Spalletti, was also satisfied with the scoreline, trailing by only one goal away means that a narrow 1-0 win at home would be enough to bring both sides back to the same level, so he will certainly be very satisfied.

In a game, the managers of both teams were satisfied with the result of the game, which is a rare thing in world football, so the media also started a debate, the Italian media thought that Arsenal had only scored one goal, and it must have been bad luck in Italy, and they had no play; The media in England believe that the Italians are unambitious and their conservative tactics are not so easy to turn around at home, you must know that Arsenal's record in Italy is not a shame, they have won three of their last four visits to Italy, including a 2-0 win over AC Milan at the San Siro last year.

Roma thought they could easily recover the score at the Stadio Olimpico and even cross the line? That's just wishful thinking.

The reason why the English media is so bullish is not only Arsenal's victory at home, but also two other English teams have also achieved quite satisfactory results, Manchester United drew 0:0 with Inter Milan away, even if it lost the top Ronaldo, Mourinho still did not show an absolute advantage over Ferguson, Lord Ferguson's coaching skills are really extraordinary, and on the other hand, Benitez's Liverpool has achieved a shocking record, they beat Real Madrid 4:0 at home!

Florentino ended Calderon's chaotic reign, but not the chaos in the Real Madrid dressing room, Ramos was unable to afford Ronaldo and Robinho, who were hundreds of times more famous than him, and even the authority of captain Raul in the dressing room was challenged: Ronaldo asked for defensive immunity, but in the Real Madrid team, even Raul was often asked to participate in defense, such a privilege used to belong to Zidane alone, how could Ronaldo be able to stand side by side with Zidane?

Failing to deal with the problems in the dressing room, Ramos is definitely facing a worse and worse record, although he led the team to overthrow Rijkaard's domination in La Liga last season, but after Guardiola took over this season, Barcelona has become stronger, cleaning up the unrest in the dressing room such as Ronaldo and Eto'o, and Guardiola has single-handedly supported Messi, Busquets and other descendants. Barcelona have achieved this season, you can go to Baidu Encyclopedia to take a look.

The league was suppressed by Barcelona, and the Champions League was once again defeated, with a score of 0:4 almost announcing Real Madrid's early exit, and it is estimated that in the minds of all media and fans, it is clear that Ramos is also out of the game.

In order to calm the people's hearts, Florentino made an emergency public relations, and at the juncture of Real Madrid's "Dream 16" again, he came forward to make a statement. It has been announced that Real Madrid will continue to invest heavily in the transfer market next season. His target is none other than Arsenal's top name Descartes.

After poaching Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema, the three top names of the Premier League, Serie A and Ligue 1 last season, the "number one killer" Lao Fuye once again set his sights on the new leader of the Premier League, Descartes, and his determination to form a galaxy battleship has been unstoppable.

A manifesto for the old Ferdin. Arsene Wenger was quick to clarify. His attitude is not half a point weaker than that of Alex Ferguson: "Arsenal have never had the idea of selling the team's leading stars. Descartes is currently having a good time at Arsenal, and Arsenal will never send him to Real Madrid, even if Florentino offers 100 million, it is not negotiable! ”

Arsene Wenger's words were unequivocal. But the media still found a loophole for Arsenal, which is that their latest contract with Descartes is only a measly £55,000 a week!

In fact, after Descartes arrived at Arsenal, his salary has increased every year, from the initial £18,000 to £55,000, which is already a good increase, but compared to his rapid growth on the pitch, this salary is indeed relatively shabby.

At present, Arsenal's salary structure is basically divided into 3 gears, and veterans such as Fabregas and Rosicky are of course the highest, and their weekly salaries have reached the cap of 90,000 pounds; In the middle of the stream are Mesozoic forces such as Gala and Nasri, whose weekly salaries range from £3 to £60,000; As for the lowest bracket, there are the likes of substitute goalkeeper Fabianski, especially the substitute centre-back Julu, who has the lowest salary at Arsenal at £5,000 a week.

Descartes, as the team's second captain, only has a mid-range salary, which is undoubtedly a huge loophole, and the media believe that as long as Real Madrid are willing to pay a huge salary, Arsenal will simply not be able to keep their new core.

Descartes himself doesn't seem to care about money, although his family is not a middle-class family in Italy, but it will never be linked to poverty, he has never been short of money since he was a child, so he has not considered this aspect, just like his national team teammate and free-kick mentor Pirlo, can you say that Pirlo went to play because of lack of money? Descartes played more for his own interests and childhood dreams, and his goal was always determined to surpass Rossi and become an Italian hero.

Therefore, Descartes actually didn't care as much about his low salary income as the outside world imagined, not to mention that Mr. Bonetto had recruited a lot of large endorsement contracts for him, and the proportion of his income was already very small.

But the problems exposed by the media also reminded Wenger that although he had just renewed his contract with Descartes at the beginning of the season, after his brilliant performance this season, Descartes has become more and more coveted by major European giants, and it is said that even Mourinho is still in love with him at Inter Milan, not to mention that Barcelona sent a fax in the winter transfer window, Descartes, Fabregas, they don't want to be less.

In the face of the peep of the European wolves, Wenger immediately instructed the athletic department that a new round of negotiations must start immediately, this time, his goal is to sign a contract with Descartes for at least five years with the maximum salary, and sell the captain every year, even if Wenger is a "god eye", he can't withstand such a toss.

Also disturbing Wenger are the rumours between Barcelona and Cesc Fabregas, which is no longer news that the two sides are privately eye-to-eye, and Arsenal seem to be harassed by Barcelona in every transfer window, and their goal is clear, without Fabregas, they will not give up.

And Xiaofa's mind to say that Wenger doesn't know at all, it must be impossible, his feelings for Barcelona can be felt personally, Barcelona also seized this point, several times wanted to snatch him from Arsenal at a low price, if it weren't for Wenger's gritted teeth and Fabregas's reluctance to tear his face with his mentor, it is estimated that Xiaofa would not have been able to keep it in the past few seasons.

But pulling the skin twice a year, Wenger is gradually getting tired of it, and more importantly, Descartes has gradually revealed the potential of the core, with the assistance of Rosicky, his Arsenal and Fabregas's Arsenal have not shown any signs of decline, on the contrary, Arsenal with Descartes as the new core has become more attacking, and the successive big wins in recent games show that the team is entering a good state.

It's a true saying in football that the winning team doesn't change their lineup, and while Fabregas may do better than Rosicky when he returns, who can guarantee that the "battle at the core" that the media has been arguing about won't happen again? Xiaofa's heart is no longer at Arsenal, and the team has found a suitable replacement for him, perhaps, it is time for the cycle to end.

No one until Wenger's state of mind at this time has gradually changed, Fabregas is no longer an indispensable core candidate in his mind, on the contrary, Descartes has gradually occupied the core position of the team, but the only thing that worries him is Descartes' physical problems, a player who only plays 45 minutes per game, can really take on the core responsibility?

According to the statistics of some extremely boring media, Arsenal has gradually shown a posture of first despression and then improvement in this season's games, two-thirds of their goals this season occurred in the second half, and 73.1% of these two-thirds of the goals were related to Descartes, it can be said that Descartes' performance has gradually determined Arsenal's performance, when he performs well, Arsenal is unstoppable, when he performs low, Arsenal also fell into a slump.

There is no need for Wenger to think about it, in fact, Descartes has become a barometer of Arsenal, and if such a performance cannot be called a "core", then there is basically no core in this world.

After reading this set of data, Wenger finally made up his mind to make two decisions, one is to keep Descartes with a high salary, at all costs; The second is to have a good talk with Cesc Fabregas, if he is determined to go, then Wenger will no longer be forced to stay.

As for the replacement, Wenger has already thought about it, Rosicky has performed well during the period of Xiaofa's injury, he will be the first choice in the midfield after Xiaofa leaves, and Wilshere, Ramsey and other young players are also growing rapidly, Arsenal can cultivate a Fabregas, and will definitely be able to cultivate a second, or even a third.

The best of all is that they have a very young squad at the moment, with the likes of Robin van Persie, Nasri and Klich all in their prime, and Descartes and Theo Walcott not even turning 20 years old, so he has time to wait for this group of players to continue to develop until they break the record set by their predecessors. (To be continued......)