Chapter 146: The Second Elder's Counterattack
Arsene Wenger was furious, and he couldn't accept an outsider's accusations against his team, especially his old rival Alex Ferguson.
They are all godfather-level coaches of a team, and they all started from scratch and worked hard to build a team.
We all know how difficult and tortuous it is.
Even if Ferguson doesn't look down on Arsenal no matter how much he looks down on him, he will not be far away in Japan, and he will bury Arsenal, obviously deliberately causing a topic.
It's all foxes on a mountain, and Wenger naturally understands what Ferguson is up to.
He was very unhappy with Ferguson's fall into the well after he went to the river, and even more unhappy that he used his team as a gun.
It is clear that he is transferring the pressure to his own team and forcing the media to question himself.
Let his disciples devote 200% of their energy to win, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
He played this kind of calculation very loudly and very well, because neither Arsenal nor Liverpool had a way out.
This game is a game where no one can let go.
After the counter-attack against Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger had to nod when faced with the Sun's question of whether Arsenal are capable of beating Liverpool.
'Liverpool are strong, there's no doubt about that, they're nine points above us and they're top of the table on goal difference.
So that's why some people can stir up a conversation because they're afraid of Liverpool, or to be precise, they don't have confidence in themselves.
But that kind of worry doesn't exist for my team, it's our chance, our chance to narrow down the points.
I don't think we're going to be worse than Liverpool, and in this game, Samir and Theo have no problems with their injuries and they can be in time for this game.
Without a doubt, this is our strongest squad this season and we have the advantage at the Emirates Stadium.
The pressure will not be on our side, but in Liverpool, or in Japan, or even in our neighbours, it is possible.
It's a game that's destined to get a lot of attention, and obviously we just have to play our game well and the rest doesn't matter.
The competition, see you at the weekend, no one is allowed to question us, we will have our own answers. ”
After a rebuke at Ferguson's meddling, Wenger moved the conversation back to the game.
Outsiders can look down on themselves, but obviously Wenger can't, and between words, Wenger is full of confidence.
As he said, the full return of Nasri and Theo Walcott has given Arsene Wenger enough confidence to take on this game.
Arsene Wenger has confidence, but Rafael Benitez feels more and more unlucky.
After hastily announcing the end of the training, Benitez wandered anxiously outside the infirmary.
When he saw his team doctor Zaf Iqbal come out, Benitez anxiously greeted him, "Zaf, how is Fernando?" ”
'It's a bit bad, he's sprained his ankle and he's got his old injury back, so I'd recommend watching for two days, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult at the weekend, and we need to make further sure.'
Looking at Benitez's hopeful gaze, Zaf had to regretfully tell his boss about Torres's illness.
"Damn, that's terrible!"
Hearing the team doctor say this, Benitez couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
Although Zaf said again, but after working with him for so long, how Benitez could not hear it, this is his cautious statement.
In two days, the game will start, and there is no doubt that his strongest weapon, Torres, will miss this game due to injury.
This makes Benitez, who is bound to win this game, how not to rush, how not to scold.
But no matter how anxious he is, no matter how foul he is, he can't change Torres' absence.
Benitez is in a terrible mood, judging from the media excavation, Arsenal is almost full of players, but here he is on the verge of defeat.
I was asked by the media in the past few days, and my mood was even more depressed.
And the things that made him even more depressed were...
"Ahem, ahem."
By the time he gathered his players for the final training session the next day, a player wearing a mask was coughing incessantly accompanied by the team doctor.
"What's wrong with Javier?"
Benitez saw his midfielder's favorite Mascherano wrapped in a coat, his forehead red, and a little sweating.
Benitez's heart tightened, "Got a cold?" ”
The Spaniard wants his doctor and his favourite to answer 'no'.
However, he was disappointed.
Zaf shook his head again and replied, "Rafael, Xavier has a serious cold, in order to avoid affecting the players, he can't be on the training ground, let alone play." ”
"I'm sorry, boss."
Mascherano also regretted to say that he knew how important the next game would be and how useful he would be to the team.
I'm frustrated that I can't help the team, but my legs are now filled with lead.
Not to mention running, even if I walk a few more steps, I feel tired and panicked, let alone race.
Mascherano can only hope that he will get better sooner, which is the king, and as for the game against Arsenal, it can only be handed over to his teammates.
"Whew, go back and get some rest."
For this, even if Benitez wanted to wipe his tears in his heart, he could only let the Argentines go back first.
If he infects one or two people again, then the game is really uncertain, and it will really be won by Arsenal.
That's right, even if Benitez loses striker Fernando Torres and defensive barrier Mascherano at the back, he doesn't think his side will lose to a broken Arsenal.
If the Arsenal team from last season still exists, plus that Oriental Hao, he will be deeply jealous, even afraid.
But now Arsenal, injured injuries, young and young, there is only one Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas left to watch, oh, and that Eastern.
The others couldn't get into Benitez's eyes at all, even if they had already lost two generals before they could fight.
Rafael Benitez still believes his team has what it takes to beat this battered Arsenal side.
But it's clear that Benitez won't show that emotion, especially after he finds out about Arsenal's underlying mood.
He would never wake up their latent spirit, at least to calm the group of lion cubs before they played their own game.
Therefore, he has to use the rhetoric of a diplomat to deal with these media, that is, to talk nonsense.
This will need to be studied for himself, and Benitez is lost in thought.
"Regarding the weekend's game, I think there is a possibility for both sides to win.
Arsenal are definitely a quality team to win and they've been in contention for titles since the day I came to England.
I know you'll say Arsenal players are too young, but being young means endless possibilities, so we have to be careful at the weekend.
The slightest mistake can lead to failure.
At the weekend, I had to lose Fernando and Javier, while Arsenal had Nasri and Theo Walcott.
It's a trade-off process, so we have to deal with them carefully.
The game is destined to be very tough and we are ready to fight until the very end.
No, no, no, I don't think we're going to lose this game.
I think a draw is more likely, my players are good enough and Arsenal's players are just as good.
It's going to be a big looking forward game, it's going to be exciting, but maybe it's not going to be very high.
0-0, 1-1, I'll take it.
The important thing is that we don't want to lose to each other in this game, because then there will probably be a lot of people waiting to see it.
Whatever way they go, that's what they want.
Because they can't concentrate on the Premier League and they are not as strong as us.
So they have to interfere with us in this way.
But we focus on the game and don't care what the people say, it's just a ridiculous trick.
Chasing us?
I have to say that the Premier League is tougher than any league I've ever seen, and it's not like he can catch up if he wants to.
Is Manchester United a reversal tradition?
It's a bit of tradition compared to Liverpool, where we fought until the last minute and we were all on the winning side.
This is the spirit of Liverpool and the fighting spirit of English football as a whole.
This season, we're going to fight with that spirit and fight Manchester United to the end.
The fight against Manchester United has only just begun, and I am waiting for them to come back from Japan. ”
At Liverpool's pre-match press conference, Benitez, who had been hiding from the media for several days, finally spoke.
and turned the entire press conference into his own one-man show, and under the questioning of many media, he talked eloquently, greatly changing the image of Bei Fat, who was a little clumsy in the past.
Not only a master tactician, but also an excellent rhetorician.
Obviously, the Spaniards have been holding back these days, and they are indeed holding back the effective results.
Under his wild swagger, he not only did not anger the Arsenal men, but also created a harmonious atmosphere.
He even said that he didn't mind the draw, such a friendliness, those young people who didn't understand the world, there was no reason to be enthusiastic.
And more importantly, Benitez has managed to raise the horizons of his players.
From the game against Arsenal to the 'hatred' of Manchester United, from the height and depth of the game, the fighting spirit of the players is stimulated.
Aren't you watching a good show across the Atlantic Ocean in Japan?
I'll just burn the fire on you and use your team to motivate my team.
"Damn, this Spaniard, he's really arrogant."
Ferguson was very unhappy when he watched the newspaper update the fat man repeatedly, provocative to himself, published photos, and waited for the door calmly.
Don't think that Ferguson takes this Club World Cup very seriously, if it weren't for UEFA, the ghost would have been willing to fly across the Atlantic and come to this dwarf country to participate in the chicken ribs.
Tired, wasting energy, and can only watch others compete in the league.
Because of participating in this Club World Cup, my entire league schedule was disrupted, and the further I went, the more dense the schedule became, and the more tired the players became.
If because of this, you delay yourself to win three consecutive championships again, then you will be panicked.
So he came up with this trick to delay Liverpool, but he didn't expect that this Spaniard was not simple.
Pull yourself out and use it to motivate your own teammates.
Ferguson ran out of moves, after all, he was not in England, so he could only wait for the game to start in anger and anger.