Chapter 64: A Temporary Low

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Although it is not as rich as Real Madrid, the Arsenal club, which has paid off its debts, still has some financial resources, and Wenger can therefore offer a sky-high contract of up to 250,000 pounds a week after tax, which not only breaks Arsenal's team record, but also sets a new record in the history of the Premier League. But it's no wonder that even if Gao Jun doesn't care about money to transfer to Arsenal, Wenger is embarrassed to be too critical of his strength and fame.

In any case, when he got a high salary, he had to dedicate a table worthy of the salary, but what Gao Jun himself didn't expect was that less than three months after he joined the Arsenal team, he suffered the worst injury in his life, and he recuperated for nearly half a year before re-stepping on the green field.

Speaking of which, Gao Jun's strong sense of self-protection is well-known in world football, and he is particularly sensitive to the malice of enemy players, so he has never been seriously injured since his debut, but this time he was accidentally planted at the feet of a stunned green man, that guy actually didn't mean to hurt people, but purely because his tackling skills were too rough, and the technical movements were deformed and crooked after the body fell in the second half, and the result was a tragedy for Gao Jun, who lacked precautions. But fortunately, Gao Jun's injury did not leave any sequelae, and he quickly regained his form after his comeback, which made Arsenal fans finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But in any case, Gao Jun's long-term injury and suspension still had a great impact on the results of the Arsenal team this season, and what is particularly bad is that the Arsenal team has been absent for a long time due to injury this season is far more than Gao Jun, and there are two unlucky people among the Chinese players alone, Xie Wenjun and Rong Hao, among which Xie Wenjun missed the World Cup in Brazil and regretted it. And Rong Hao has been devastated since this serious injury, and chose to return to China before the start of next season because he could not continue to gain a foothold in the Premier League. It is precisely because of Yan Zhanng's injury that the Arsenal team finally "lost all four" again and again this season, and did not win the Premier League and Champions League as Wenger expected because of the high army, and the retirement of the old enemy Ferguson made Wenger deeply regret that he was missing this most important opponent. Even if Arsenal can regain the Premier League title later, it doesn't feel so golden

Due to the absence of Xie Wenjun and Bai Jiajun, two key players, the strength of the national football team was greatly affected, but before the World Cup in Brazil, the domestic media fans, especially the Football Association, were blindly confident and exerted too much pressure on the national football team, and finally the national football team not only failed to surpass the record of the World Cup in South Africa. Even failed to qualify for the group stage, and there was a game that was lost by a big score, it may be that the Chinese team was never soft when it was homeopathic, so the opponent will also not show mercy to the Chinese team, although the high army that caused this qiē will not regret it, but the Chinese team's table in this World Cup is really disappointing.

In other words, not only the Chinese team in this World Cup, but all Asian teams failed to qualify from the group, and in the final analysis, the strength is still not enough (not limited to the strength of the main team. It also includes other aspects such as bench depth and logistics. When they lower their profile and fight. It is possible to play well and even create a big upset, but once the opponent attaches great importance to it, and he is arrogant, and he is unlucky, it is easy to lose, and the World Cup is a World Cup after all, and it is different from a game like the Confederations Cup.

Speaking of which, the situation of the Chinese team is relatively good, and the worst is the Japanese team. With Shinji Kagawa slumped for going to the wrong team and defender Tanaka Doukasa retired from the national team, the Japanese national team has inevitably slipped from the top, and with the tradition of Japanese football, which has always been difficult to produce strong central defenders and excellent scorers, it is not known how many more years they will have to wait to return to the top, and the prospects are even worse than that of Chinese football, which has now begun to recover significantly

After the defeat in this World Cup. Stano, the head coach of the national football team, who has led the team to two World Cups, submitted his resignation to the Chinese Football Association, on the one hand, to take responsibility for Brazil's poor record in the World Cup, and on the other hand, he now feels that it is difficult for him to bring the Chinese national team to a higher level, and it is not interesting to bring it any longer.

Although the current Chinese Football Association is slightly more humane than the previous one, bureaucrats are bureaucrats, and some people stand up to take responsibility themselves, and they can't ask for it when they are eager to shirk responsibility, so they almost immediately agreed to Stano's resignation. However, the efficiency of the Chinese Football Association is still as low as ever, and the new coach was not finally finalized until a full year later, which is the result of the intervention of the superiors, and its bureaucratic style can be seen, thanks to the World Cup cycle of four years, otherwise this will have a big impact

Admittedly, Stano's resignation was not the best time (after the Confederations Cup) was the best option, but it was quite sensible, as the golden generation has grown older, many of them have started to decline due to injuries and self-discipline, and even the younger 89-92 generation, a handful of stars have had a rough 2013/2014 season.

With the excellent performance of the Confederations Cup, Wang Jiayu soon had the opportunity to stay in the United States, but because of the lack of physical conditions, his career in Europe was very unsuccessful, and he was completely reduced to a cold bench after a few consecutive games.

Xie Wenjun has suffered two serious injuries this season, not only missed the 2014 summer Brazil World Cup, but also cast a big shadow on the psyche, if this threshold can not be crossed, his level is likely to decline sharply, and the psychological problems can only be overcome by himself, neither Gao Jun nor Wenger can help. And even if the psychological shadow can be removed, Xie Wenjun still has to face a problem of transforming the way he plays, otherwise it will be difficult for him to maintain his peak until after the age of 28, but this is also not an easy task

A year ago, few people could have imagined that the fastest decline among players in this age group this season was Bai Jiajun, who had previously held the main position at Barcelona. But he can't be blamed at all, but mainly the team. With the gradual aging of Barcelona's golden generation, although this team still has strong strength, it no longer has the terrifying control power that can suppress an opponent like it was at its peak, so that the opponent's chances of attacking the Barcelona penalty area have increased significantly compared to before, and Bai Jiajun's lack of height has been completely exposed.

As a result, Bai Jiajun, who began to be in an unstable position in the 2012/2013 season, was completely reduced to a substitute in the new season, and played full-back more than central defender, which made his weaknesses in attack and physical weakness were quickly exposed, and he quickly became a chicken rib player in the eyes of the manager.

Although Bai Jiajun is still the most suitable central defender when playing a weak team in theory, on the one hand, the main central defender needs enough games to maintain his condition, and on the other hand, which main central defender will take the initiative to give up the opportunity to play in a high-spirited manner? Therefore, Bai Jiajun's situation deteriorated rapidly this year, and the new head coach even put him on the transfer list, but no team was willing to ask for Bai Jiajun, who was too alternative but insisted on the main position, and even Pep Guardiola, the former mentor who has now begun to coach Super Bayern, no longer put forward too high special requirements for the central defender's anti-counterattack ability because of the "goalkeeper" Neuer in the team, and finally Bai Jiajun had to return to the Shanghai Oriental team after half a year, and the glory in Barcelona was like a dream, came unexpectedly, and went suddenly

Speaking of this group of players, the only one who has made progress in the 2013/2014 season is probably only the king of martial arts, but his progress speed is still far from the expectations of Wenger and Gao Jun, although Gao Jun finally sat in the main position after joining the Arsenal team because of tacit understanding, but in the new trident of the Arsenal team, he is undoubtedly the weakest one

During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it stands to reason that there should be good seedlings in the domestic 93/94 age group, but the youth training in this age group corresponds to the darkest period of Chinese football, so it is not surprising that there is a lack of talent. Not only in the 93/94 age group, but even in the 95/96 age group after that, it is probably not until the 97/98 age group, after Gao Jun's original layout began to take effect, the national team was able to get enough new blood, but considering that this group of children in the 2018 World Cup was not too young to win the championship, it was enough to surprise Gao Jun that one or two players could become the main force of the national team, or even just an important substitute

Such a dilemma is not only seen by Gao Jun, but also by insiders who know more about Chinese football. Before the 2014 World Cup, they were generally blindly optimistic, and after the defeat, they suddenly became too pessimistic, many people thought that the Chinese team in the 2018 World Cup could qualify from the group and save the face of the host……)