"Kim, well done."

"You're not bad either."

At the end of the game, Jin Ming stepped forward and stretched out his hand and high-fived Cazorla to celebrate. Being able to sweep Tottenham Hotspur by a big score is a very good start for Jin Ming and Cazorla, who are participating in the north London derby for the first time.

After coming to Arsenal, Jin Ming really learned a lot from the Arsenal players. Arsene Wenger is a coach who takes training very seriously, but when he plays, he doesn't pay much attention to set-up.

Arsene Wenger strongly encourages players to play freely during the game and does not restrict their free play. He attaches great importance to the usual training, and he is very strict in the usual training. But when it comes to playing, it just allows the players to play their usual training strength.

Among the Arsenal players, Jin Ming and Cazorla have the most tacit understanding.

It should be said that Cazorla is outstanding. Every time Jin Ming runs, Cazorla can understand Jin Ming's thoughts. Although both men have just arrived at Arsenal this season, they are no strangers at all. A third of Jin Ming's goals were assisted by Cazorla, so Jin Ming liked Cazorla very much.

"Kim, you can be the captain of the team."

"It's over."

"Really. If you come through the Arsenal Academy, I'm sure the coach will choose you as captain. ”

Cazorla was sincere.

Before coming to Arsenal, he was not familiar with Jin Ming at all. One is a La Liga player and the other is a Bundesliga player. Unless Jin Ming was a player of the Bundesliga giants Bayern at that time, it would be impossible for ordinary Premier League players and La Liga players to understand a Bundesliga player.

He only knew that Jin Ming was very fast, and Jin Ming scored a lot of goals, nothing more.

But in the past few months, Cazorla thinks that Jin Ming is very good, really good. Jin Ming's explosiveness, speed, basic skills, running ability, and shooting ability are all top level.

However, Cazorla has seen countless talented players with excellent skills in La Liga. Therefore, what makes Cazorla admire Jin Ming is not only technical ability, but also an invisible influence. Jin Ming used his active running and scrambling to start influencing Arsenal's style of play. Arsenal's midfielders are the same as they were at the start of the season. The running was a lot more active.

And look at the game.

Arsenal have historically been caricatured by the media and opponents as "soft eggs". It's because Arsenal players have a soft style of play, and they will suffer in many cases. But in this game, Jin Ming stepped forward and confronted two Tottenham players, which surprised Cazorla.

In the face of two Premier League stars, Jin Ming, a young player, was not timid at all. On the contrary, it brought a long-lost sense of toughness to the Arsenal players.

Isn't that what a captain should do?

If it weren't for Jin Ming's lack of qualifications, in Cazorla's opinion, Jin Ming would be far more suitable to be the captain of Arsenal than Arteta. As for Arsenal's crown prince Wilshere, he is still too young and not in great form.

"I don't think the captain will die."

Jin Ming smiled slightly.

There are a lot of players who can captain at Arsenal. Even if Arteta and them leave, Arsenal still has a group of players like Walcott, Ramsey, and Wilshere, and they can't take Jin Ming's turn.

Again. If Jin Ming leaves Arsenal in the future, then Jin Ming will inevitably go to the top European giants. But almost all the top clubs in Europe, their captains are from their own academy, they are all from their own people.

It is difficult to become the captain of a giant team like Jin Ming.

"Kim, do you think we can win the championship?"

After these days of play, Cazorla has also spotted Arsenal's problems. Problems at the back of Arsenal have been discovered, problems have been identified in the current Arsenal defence.

Arsenal are not strong at the moment, and it will be difficult to win the Champions League and the Premier League. In the Champions League, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern are all top giants. The strength is a lot higher than the average giant. In front of them, where is the Champions League title that Arsenal can touch.

And the same goes for the Premier League champions. Especially there are too many strong teams in the Premier League, and it is difficult for Arsenal to beat Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea in the current situation. And in addition to them, there are also Everton, Newcastle, Villa and other difficult bones in the Premier League. It's really not that easy to win the championship. Cazorla is only twenty-seven years old and has great ambitions. Of course, he wants to win the title as well.

It's just that the reality is too cruel. Let him also have some disappointments.

Cazorla could not speak to the rest of the Arsenal players. Because he doesn't know the rest of the Arsenal players very well. Therefore, I couldn't help but ask Jin Ming. After all, the two have just arrived at Arsenal, and their relationship within the team is also very good. In particular, Jin Ming is fluent in Spanish.

"Of course."

Jin Ming nodded.

Such doubts have also troubled Jin Ming, but Jin Ming has now come out of such confusion. So Jin Ming gave Cazorla a very positive answer, and then explained: "I believe you have also seen the situation of Arsenal. Arsenal have not won a title for many years. So the confidence of the whole team is low. Whatever title it is at this time is important for Arsenal. Champions League and Premier League titles are difficult, but FA Cup and League Cup should be a chance. Look at some of the coach's recent remarks. There is also the coach's arrangement in the cup competitions in recent years, so I know that the coach will also lean towards these cup competitions. ”

Jin Ming carefully studied Arsenal after 05 years.

At the beginning of the period, Arsene Wenger really looked down on domestic cup competitions, including the FA Cup. At that time, Arsene Wenger was still focused on winning in the Champions League and the Premier League. But as Arsenal went without a title for longer, Arsene Wenger began to get anxious.

In the past, Arsene Wenger played the League Cup entirely with a group of children, and even after reaching the League Cup final, Wenger played with a group of children. You can see the place of the League Cup in Arsene Wenger's heart.

But Arsene Wenger is now under increasing pressure.

So much so that like the previous two seasons, Arsene Wenger used the main lineup in the League Cup and FA Cup. It is hoped that Arsenal can make a breakthrough in the FA Cup and League Cup, and use such cup titles to boost Arsenal's morale.

If it weren't for the mistake of Koscielny and Szczesny in the League Cup final, maybe they would have won the League Cup that season, breaking the embarrassing situation of not winning the championship for many years.

As of last season, it has been seven years without a championship, and if there is no championship this season, it will be eight years without a championship.

The pressure will increase.

"The FA Cup? League Cup? ”

Cazorla nodded slightly.

"Is this possible?"

"Yes."

Jin Ming gave an affirmative answer again, and then said: "Santiago, there is still a bit of status in the Premier League FA Cup, and there is basically no status in the League Cup. None of the Premier League powerhouses will be paying attention to the Carabao Cup. But for us, the Carabao Cup was a lifesaver. They may have been without a championship for too long. So I don't have any confidence. That's when we need players like us who have just arrived at the club. ”

After Jin Ming came to Arsenal, he also began to slowly lower his requirements.

With Arsenal's quality, let's go for the FA Cup and League Cup. And Arsenal's players, who have not won a title for many years, have really affected their confidence, and they themselves instinctively believe that they will not be able to win the title.

What Jin Ming has to do is to let the Arsenal players know that Arsenal is still capable of winning the championship.

In fact, Jin Ming really guessed Wenger's thoughts very accurately. Arsene Wenger has been very dismissive of domestic cup competitions, especially the Carabao Cup, since arriving at Arsenal. The FA Cup is at least England's oldest award, and its influence in English football is not low. So Arsene Wenger is a little bit more serious about the FA Cup.

But the Carabao Cup is really completely ignored.

So after Arsene Wenger came to Arsenal, he really didn't pay attention to the League Cup.

It's like in '07, Arsenal were already in the League Cup final against Chelsea. In this case. Arsene Wenger went so far as to keep a group of young players on the pitch.

Because for Arsene Wenger, the Carabao Cup is a game to develop young players. Many of Arsenal's young talents have been made known through the Carabao Cup.

Even if you make it to the finals, it's the same.

But here and there.

If Arsenal at that time was still a bit of a deterrent in English football, they would still be able to fight for the Premier League title. Arsene Wenger sees the Carabao Cup as a training game for his young players. So in the past few years, Arsenal can only compete for fourth place in the Premier League every year, and the Premier League champion has long said goodbye to Arsenal.

Seven years without a title has already had a serious impact on Arsenal.

As a result, Wenger's thinking began to change.

The League Cup winner, but also a champion. Since he can't win the Champions League and the Premier League, Wenger can only find a way from other aspects. Ferguson also had such a dilemma back then.

Especially after winning the Premier League title in 03, Ferguson was squeezed by Arsenal's unbeaten title and Chelsea. Of course, there are also reasons for the change of old and new Manchester United. Everyone in the Premier League at the time thought Ferguson's time was over.

There was also a lot of pressure on Ferguson at the time.

In order to relieve the pressure on himself and the young players of Manchester United, Ferguson began to exert his strength in the domestic cup competition. In the end, the most difficult moment was spent with the League Cup title.

Arsene Wenger is now under more pressure than Alex Ferguson.

So Arsene Wenger also began to shift his target. Arsene Wenger also needs to use a cup title to relieve the pressure on Arsenal, the pressure on himself. There is also pressure from the Arsenal players.

October 31, 2012.

If it were Arsene Wenger in the past, he would have sent most of the youth team players on the pitch against such an opponent. You see a bunch of seventeen or eighteen-year-old players on the field. But Arsene Wenger, who is under a lot of pressure, faces a weak team like Reading. It also sent a lot of first-team players.

The backline is led by Koscielny, with Theo Walcott and Arshavin in midfield, as well as one of Arsenal's most dazzling talents in the Academy, Gnabry and Kirkland. The front line is the "manufacturing emperor" Chamak.

Although several absolute main players did not play, the strength of the Arsenal team on the field should not be underestimated.

Especially against Reading.

Reading had just been promoted to the Premier League last season, but had a poor season in the Premier League. Reading are currently last in the Premier League and are the favourites to be relegated from the Premier League this season. Reading came to the Premier League and, of course, were reluctant to be relegated. Therefore, in the Carabao Cup, they also sent a lot of substitutes. A team like Reading who needs to be relegated doesn't pay much attention to the League Cup. Maybe Reading FC wanted to be eliminated from the tournament so that they could focus all their energy on the league.

Arsene Wenger's meaning is simple.

The League Cup must not be abandoned. (To be continued......)