Chapter 314: Team of the Month
The 5-0 win over Swansea City brought the September game to an end, and soon the best of the Premier League for September was voted by the English Football Confederation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The first of the best was the 2013-2014 September Manager of the Month, and it was the undefeated Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who was elected.
In fact, this award really has no meaning for Wenger, and at the same time, it also has a curse effect, which is really a hot potato.
The curse effect is that when a manager wins Manager of the Month of the Month, the first game of the following month is lost. This curse has been rampant in the Premier League for many years, and few managers have escaped it.
Therefore, this is also an important reason why Wenger is very reluctant to accept this honor.
The second best is the Team of the Month.
Zhang Xu was rightfully included in the Team of the Month with his outstanding performance, and Arsenal had a total of three players selected, in addition to Zhang Xu, Ramsey and Walcott.
Since joining Arsenal, Zhang Xu has received the best champagne on the spot several times, and this is the first time that the best player of the month has been won. Therefore, after Zhang Xu received the news, he was excited, so he directly booked a Chinese restaurant, invited all his teammates and the coaching staff, and had a delicious Chinese meal.
Arsene Wenger won the Coach of the Month and three Arsenal players were selected as the Team of the Month, and various English media also focused on reporting.
Especially in Arsenal's last two games, they basically won the opponent by a big score and showed their strong strength, which naturally attracted the attention of the media and the attention of the Premier League giants.
"Arsenal won 12 in a row, Wenger was successfully elected Manager of the Month"
This is an article in the Mirror, which reads: Arsenal's record this season is too terrifying, and since the start of the league, Arsenal has maintained an impressive record of winning all of them.
This is due to the fact that Wenger introduced two powerful midfielders to Arsenal, especially Arsenal's captain China Zhang, which completely solved Arsenal's chronic illness and made Arsenal have no worries.
At the same time, Arsene Wenger has developed the most suitable tactics for Arsenal, the tactics of double back, which can not only give full play to China's strong defensive ability, but also greatly play China's Zhang's unparalleled midfield organization and offensive ability!
The current Arsenal, with Chinese Zhang, Mesut Ozil, Wilshere and Ramsey in the midfield, can be said to be the most luxurious midfield combination in Europe!
Such a strong combination is the strongest guarantee that Arsenal has been winning this season!
"China Zhang Shines on the UK, Elected to the Best Team of the Month for the First Time"
This is an article in the "Sun", which wrote: Since the beginning of this season, Arsenal has maintained an impressive record of winning all of them, which surprised everyone, because such an Arsenal is too terrifying, and the signs of rising again are very obvious.
What this brings to Arsenal is undoubtedly China!
Since China Zhang joined Arsenal, Arsenal have never lost a single record, and so far only one goal has been conceded!
China Zhang added a solid defensive line to Arsenal at the back, and at the same time gave Arsenal wings!
It is conceivable that this season's Arsenal will rise again and become a strong contender for the league title, rather than the third or fourth.
There are many other media outlets that have congratulated Wenger and Zhang Xu on their election, and also spoke highly of Arsenal's record.
At 7.45pm on 1 October 2013, the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League matchday 2 Group F match kicks off at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal hosting Napoli in Serie A.
Napoli Football Club (Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli) is a football club located in the famous city of Naples in southern Italy, founded in 1904 by Giorgio Askarelli, the first president was Giorgio Askarelli, the original name was AC Napoli, and in 1964 it was changed to SSCNapoli.
It wasn't until that signing in 1984 that Napoli signed Manadona from Barcelona on June 30, 1984, for a whopping $4 million (a record transfer fee in the world at the time).
Later, under the leadership of Maradona, Napoli became a team that could compete with the northern giants Juventus and Milan, and in the seven seasons from 1984 to 1991, Napoli won two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one Italian Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.
From obscurity to rivalry with the northern powers, Napoli has emerged as a new force to the attention of Italy.
But since the departure of a group of stars such as Maradona, Napoli has been in a slump. Although there are also players such as Blanco, Cannavaro, Zola, Edmundo and so on, who have emerged in Napoli and moved towards a more glorious stage. Coaches such as Claudio Ranieri, Lippi, Guerini and Boskov have also shown their coaching skills through the Napoli team.
However, the "post-Maradona" era of Napoli has never been able to replicate its former glory. And fell into the second division and struggled in the second division for a long time. In 2004, due to the inability to repay the debt of 70 million euros, it was declared bankrupt and relegated to League C1.
On 15 April 2006, goals from Caraio and Cappareira gave Napoli a 2-0 home win over Perugia and a 2-0 victory out of the third-division swamp.
In 2007, Napoli returned to the first division as runners-up behind Juventus in their first season of promotion to the second division.
In the summer of 2007, Napoli, who were promoted to Serie A, invested 23.7 million euros, which is second only to Juventus (34.125 million) and Inter Milan (29 million) in the Serie A market. More importantly, there is Ravitch, nicknamed "ElPocho" from the Argentine team San Lorenzo.
The investment of 28.4 million euros in the summer of 2008 further strengthened the squad with Dennis, Maggio, Rinudo, Aronica and other powerful players.
In the 2009/10 season, Napoli started the season with just two wins, one and four defeats in seven games, and after a 2-1 defeat at Roma on 4 October 2009, Donadoni was sacked after director Pierpaolo Marino and former Sampdoria manager Walter Mazzarri took over.
Mazzari introduced a 3-4-3 system with a strong focus on counter-attacks, and the team went on to qualify for the Europa League and Champions League for the next two seasons.
In the 2010/2011 season, Napoli showed strong momentum and was once in the title race, striker Edinson Cavani scored 26 goals to win the Serie A Silver Boot, midfielder Hamsik and winger Lavezzi also played well, and finally won the third place in Serie A with 21 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses. After many years, he returned to the Champions League.
On May 20, 2012, Napoli faced Juventus, who had just won the Serie A title unbeaten in the season, in the final of the Coppa Italia. The team beat their opponents 2-0, which was Napoli's first trophy in 20 years.
Arsenal have won eight, drawn three and lost two of their 13 home games against Italian teams, with their last defeat coming 3-0 to Inter Milan 10 years ago, and five home games against Italian sides since then have kept clean sheets.
Napoli has not tasted victory in the past three years against English teams in three away games, 1 draw and 2 losses, Benitez has not tasted victory in the previous 9 away games against Arsenal, 4 draws and 5 losses, but Wenger has won 2 wins and 2 draws in 4 games in Europe and remains unbeaten.
In order to secure a home win over Napoli, Arsene Wenger continued to field the strongest squad in the squad.
The formation is still 3-2-3-2, and the goalkeeper is No. 1 Szczesny; The defenders are No. 3 - Sagna, No. 4 - Mertesacker, No. 6 - Koscielny; At the back are No. 8 Arteta and No. 18 Zhang Xu; The midfielders are No. 16 Ramsey, No. 10 Wilshere, No. 11 Mesut Ozil; The forwards were No. 12 Gee and No. 14 Theo Walcott, with Vermaelen and Rosicky on the bench.
Because it was a home game, and it was also a confrontation against Napoli, Arsenal did not have the slightest politeness at the beginning of the game, and launched a fierce offensive under the leadership of Zhang Xu.
In the 8th minute of the game, Arsenal took the lead, Sagna passed through the instep of Zhang Xu's outside his foot, Ramsey crossed from the right edge of the penalty area, and the unguarded Ozil shot into the net at the edge of the penalty area for the first time.
It was his second goal for Arsenal!
1 to 0! Arsenal have a one-goal lead!
After taking a one-goal lead, the game quickly went into Zhang Xu's control.
In the 9th minute of the game, Zhang Xu crossed, and Ozil's powerful shot from 25 yards from the goal was confiscated by Napoli's goalkeeper Reina.
As the offensive gradually intensified, Napoli became more and more unable to resist.
In the 15th minute of the game, Arsenal finally extended the score, Arteta stepped up front, Zhang Xu and Ozil cooperated, and suddenly crossed into the right side of the penalty area, and Giroud pushed the goal from the edge of the small penalty area.
Two to zero! Arsenal sprinkled a handful of salt on Napoli's wounds again!
Zhang Xu did not relax his attack on Napoli because of the 2-0 score, and his 99-point determination made him not raise his noble hand because the opponent raised his hand to surrender.
In the 25th minute of the game, Sagna crossed from the right, Zhang Xu's header was given to Ramsey, and Ramsey's shot from a small angle from 10 yards on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by former Real Madrid central defender Albiol.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal almost expanded the score again, Giroud burst into the right side of the penalty area near the bottom line of the pass, Zhang Xu shot hard from the edge of the small penalty area, actually hit the goalkeeper's legs, and flew off the crossbar!
In the 76th minute of the game, Arsenal extended the score again.
This is a corner kick from Arsenal, Ozil crosses from a tactical corner on the right, Zhang Xu's header is ferried, and Koscielny pushes it into the net from the edge of the small penalty area!
Three to zero! Arsenal seal the win! (To be continued.) )