Chapter 14: Kraft Candy
The strength of Park Cimus is not very strong, every year in the second half of the standings, the European arena has not seen them for a long time, the relegation battle is to be played every year, but it has always been able to advance a few rounds of relegation, and even some of the giants who are obviously stronger than them will also be in the game with Park Cimus, usually have to spend a greater price to achieve this victory that should have belonged to them, according to such results, and their tactical characteristics, someone gave Park Cimus a nickname "kraft candy".
The reason why kraft candy is so tenacious is inseparable from the three "old men" in the club, these three people were once the figures in English football, the old coach Redknapp, the old goalkeeper David James of England and the old Arsenal courtier Saul Campbell, who played 70 times in the England national team, there should have been a fourth person, assistant coach David Adams, but he has been introduced by Wenger to be poached by Lao Liu to the North Korean national team as the head coach.
With these veterans pressing the lineup, the left wing-back of the England national team, the recognized successor of Ashley Cole, Baines, the most potential substitute central defender of the England national team, Davies, and the Portuguese superstar Fernandes, these young players have a broader space for development, and these young players who have just turned 20 years old, because they have enough opportunities to play under Redknapp, so they have developed faster than players of the same age, and have established a firm foothold in the national team.
This style of play with veterans and newcomers is the most effective way for teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and Park Cimaos is the team that has achieved the best results in this style of play.
Before the eighth round of the league with Willingham, the reporter interviewed Campbell, who was already thirty-five or sixteen, the question is, of course, starting from Arsenal and Wenger, since joining Arsenal from Tottenham Hotspur in 01, Campbell has become the main backfield of the professor, and entered the England national team, and spent six years of unforgettable life, but later when he was older, he was sent directly to Redknapp by the professor when adjusting the team, although Redknapp is also a coach that Campbell respects very much, But this way of leaving made Campbell very unhappy, so in the following years he slowly alienated Wenger, and every time he met Arsenal in the league, he would not go over to greet the professor.
This point has also been noticed by sensitive media reporters, who have been hoping to use this to hype, but Campbell has not given them this opportunity, and every time due to the gap between the strength of Arsenal and Park Cimus, Campbell has not been able to beat the former teacher in the league in recent seasons, however, this year Wenger left the powerful Arsenal, Willingham and Park Cimus are similar in strength, which also makes reporters like a treasure, hoping to use the slight contradiction between Campbell and Wenger to hype up the news.
Campbell has been in the Premier League for more than a decade, and of course he will not give these reporters any chance, and his answer is not leaky, but he only emphasizes his respect for Wenger, expressing the confidence that Park Chimus will win every game, and the view that the team that plays well on the field will win in the end.
The reporters didn't get the answers they wanted from Campbell, so they rushed to the professor, who tampered with Campbell's answers, telling Wenger that Campbell would be the happiest person in beating Arsene Wenger's new team, and the professor left only one sentence to the expectant reporters, "This is what he should do." ”……
While both the veterans and rookies are concentrated at the back, it doesn't mean that their forward line is mediocre, on the contrary, the killer duo of two African players, Zimbabwe's Begani and Benjamin Congo's Lualoa scored a total of 31 goals last season, ranking fourth in the Premier League's forward pairing, while midfielders Mendes and England's Bentley are also quite impressive.
The match against Willingham began with referee Karl blowing the whistle, and Park Cimus put on a defensive counterattack posture, allowing Willingsim to carry out a mountain of attacks under the organization of Aguero.
Campbell's speed has dropped a lot, but with his super marking experience, he can always use small early starts to offset the disadvantage caused by slow speed, and the good division of labor with Davis also makes it impossible for Willingham's three-man offensive combination to break through to Park Chimus quickly.
Resisted the first three fires of Willingsmu, Park Cimus began to counterattack, two African players used fierce bodies and sharp impacts to make West Walker can't help but return to the penalty area to help the central defenders defend, substitute Johnson on the field of French teenager Carsdier today is in very good shape, the first time in the Premier League does not seem to make him the slightest nervous, keep shouting in front of the goal to command the defenders, and also see the right time, in Lua Lua leaning on Rozenar to try to pass the ball in the other direction, With no one to watch the defence closely, Begani stepped forward in time to take the ball down and cut off an attacking opportunity that could have caused danger to the goal.
A corner kick opportunity for Park Cimus, Campbell, who has basically never crossed the halfway line, also came to the front of the Willingham penalty area, and his only few goals in the national team were basically headers, and there were not as many opportunities to participate in the attack after coming to Park Cimus as in the Arsenal period, but there were still often goals from the savior alone.
Judging by Campbell's performance, he actually really wanted to win this game, so he took advantage of a corner kick in the first half less than 20 minutes into the opponent's penalty area.
Mendes's corner kick level is very high, with an arc that the opposing goalkeeper and defender are not very good to deal with, flying directly to the back corner of the Wellingsham goal, Campbell, who was ambushed in the crowd, jumped high, only to hear a bang, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced high, in the eyes of the players on both sides squeezing each other, the fall fell twice on the crossbar and popped up the bottom line.
"Damn, that's bad luck." Redknapp, who was outside the court, waved his arm vigorously as if venting, and then shouted loudly into the court, and kept waving his hand to Campbell, the meaning was obvious, hurry back to his defensive position, and don't let Willingham play an effective counterattack.
But it's too late, physical limitations make Campbell unable to run back to the backfield as quickly as he did when he was young, and Aguero received a pass from right-back Matthew, and after stepping on a bicycle twice in a row to break through two Park Chimus players, he glanced at it and immediately distributed the ball to his right side, and Jim Bullard, who was inserted, used his speed to dribble the ball and forced a breakthrough through Baines without a cross, and brought it horizontally along the bottom line to the small penalty area, Baines chased two steps and saw that Jim Bullard was about to pass the goal. As a last resort, the experienced former Fulham full-back immediately collapsed in pain on the edge of the six-yard box.
The referee and the linesman reacted almost simultaneously, with the linesman desperately waving the flag in his hand and referee Karl pointing to the penalty spot.
(To be continued)