Chapter 12: Revenge in the League Cup

The match against West Ham was scheduled for Wednesday, a week later in the Carabao Cup third round, and Willingsham did not seem to have much good news other than finishing in the top four, with the three absolute players still recovering, and Tárr's media release was uncertain whether the three would be able to play in the Carabao Cup.

On the morning of the game, three injured players were seen at the training ground of Willingsim, they did not participate in the team's joint training, but jogging under the guidance of the physical coach, and the other players did not have much training for the League Cup, it seems that the afternoon game is not very important to them, Matthaus is pondering, he needs to submit the list of players for this game to the FA immediately, Although some adjustments can be made half an hour before the start of the game, but after all the tactics are arranged, to adjust the players, will have a bad impact on the game.

In fact, Mateus is also hard to speak, the results in the last few games are good, tightly biting Manchester United at the top of the standings, but also paid the corresponding price, several Wenger period of the main force can have some minor injuries, among the newcomers, Podolski also injured his ankle, so, Mateus does not want to use the absolute main lineup, and if the three main players of Willingham can not play, Mateus will probably send more substitutes to let the main players rest. This is the main reason why the League Cup has become a hotbed of upsets.

But Mateus doesn't want to risk losing to Willingsmu, with Arsene Wenger in the period, and Arsenal's strength is far better than Willingsmu, losing will greatly lose the face of the Germans, and there have been rumors in the circle that Willimes' boss is good at setting traps for opponents, so the injury of the three main players this time is not also a cover, the purpose is to make Mateus ignore the opponent and send more substitutes, so as to win in chaos.

This concern of Mateus has always lingered, "Suo sent all the existing main forces to make all his plots completely invalid. "I don't have to worry about being upset by Wenger, but if the opponent only discharges one remnant, and I send players who need to rest with great fanfare, even if I win, I will have no shame.

After the draw, the game was played on Lenovo Fengyun Stadium, Willingham Club arrived at their home stadium an hour early, the players were training under the command of assistant coach Mike, Helde and other three followed Lao Liu to the stands in suits, in the list of players submitted by Willingsim at noon, these three people did not even enter the bench, and the combination of the forward line is Anelka and the teenager Ferlores, and the two brothers Moore also sat on the bench, it seems, Arsene Wenger is ready to give up this game.

As soon as Arsenal's appearance list was announced, there was some constant discussion in the press group, and Mateus did not dare to take risks in the end, basically playing with all the main forces, and even Podolski appeared on the bench.

Half an hour before the game, the game supervisor finally confirmed whether the two sides wanted to make adjustments to the lineup, Mateus stared at Wenger specifically, seeing that Wenger did not react, in the last minute, Arsenal submitted a new list, the injured players were replaced from the squad, three players were promoted from the reserve team to the bench, the starting lineup was basically replaced with players who did not play much in the previous rounds, and the real main force was only Toure, Denilson, Hleb and Adebayo, In addition, Hleb Jr., who arrived from the Wellingham Brigadier Club, has finally been waiting for his chance to start with his brother, and he will join forces with Bam Adebayo to devastate the Gunners up front.

Ten minutes before the start of the game, the players of both sides stopped warming up on the field and returned to the lounge, waiting for the start of the game.

Hurriedly found the fourth official to ask, actually Willingham left a live mouth when reporting the first lineup, after the FA just issued an announcement of the players on the field, immediately changed the name of Helder to Cambus in the original lineup, due to only a small change, the relevant staff of the FA did not issue a communiqué again after modifying the list, and Lenovo Fengyun Stadium did not receive this information for some special reasons, resulting in no timely modification in the pre-match guide.

Mateus was going to complain, but remembering that he was the head coach of Arsenal, it was too faceless to complain about a list of poor players, and he thought about how much power a person can have.

He made another mistake, and for experienced Premier League players, Helder himself is still a little immature, but for some players who are not the main players, Held's skills and abilities can make them suffer.

By the time Mateus came to his senses, Helde had already scored from a direct free-kick, and then, pinned down by Heilder, Toure and another centre-back, the teenager Panicio, had a tight vacuum that Anelka broke through and volleyed.

The biggest problem for young players is that they are prone to panic, although Mateus criticised the players at half-time for too many mistakes, but this did not solve the fundamental problem, in the second half Wenger replaced the excellent interception task of Karl, the youngster Moore quickly adapted to the advantage of Willingsm on the field, and used tireless running to stir up Arsenal's back line even more chaotic.

The balance of victory has been completely tilted in favor of Willingham, Mateus blushed, first he didn't expect Wenger to come up with such a way to win him, and secondly, he didn't expect Helder to be so good, at this time he had no choice, the younger players on the bench still don't play, and the province was hit with confidence.

'Arsenal didn't have the energy to play in the Carabao Cup, I just helped them focus more on competing with Manchester United for the league title, and Held's last medical in the afternoon confirmed that he was ready to play, so I don't know exactly why this change wasn't known until just before the game. At the press conference, Wenger sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, and the boss and coach next to him, Liu Luzhen, talked boastfully from beginning to end, and it was a ridiculous tone, which made Mateus, who was a meter away, grit his teeth with hatred.

(To be continued)