In the locker room, Jewell was giving the players the last advice.

"When you get on the field, you have to pay attention to the defense, the opponent's attack is very fast, I think you have all seen this on TV, if you get on the field, it will be faster, so I ask you to pay attention to the defense at all times, if the football is at the opponent's feet, you must run back as soon as possible!"

"In addition, the opponent's players have strong personal ability, if they are passed, don't stand still, retreat to the back as soon as possible, and pay attention to more defense!"

'I think they're going to be big in the opening game and I'm going to try to hold on to the first 20 minutes so we can have a chance.

"If we have the opportunity, what we need to do is to counter-attack quickly, and leave this to the frontcourt players, don't plug it in blindly, don't give the opponent any holes in the back.

Jeville constantly emphasizes defense.

He has emphasized this many times, but he still feels that it is not enough, in the face of an opponent like Arsenal, Jewell does not even have any confidence, the gap between them and Arsenal is too big, and it is almost impossible to really limit Arsenal's goals, but if all the energy is pressed on defense, the attack will be stretched.

Many people say that in modern football, the defense wins, but if there is no goal, it is impossible for the defense to beat Arsenal alone.

"Jewell, can I foul if I'm gone?" Brekin suddenly raised his hand and asked.

This reminded everyone of what Brygin had said before, he said that he was going to shovel Henry, and everyone laughed when they heard his question, but Jewell's answer surprised and excited them, "Of course! If you're in a place where it's not dangerous, it's great to be able to stop the opponent with a foul. But be careful not to play cards, if we have one less person, I'm afraid we won't have a chance anyway. ”

Brekin nodded, and everyone nodded in return.

With Jewell's explanation, they don't have much pressure to foul and what Arsenal are afraid of. Their skills are excellent, but we will foul, if we fight head-on, no Wigan Athletic player will be afraid of injury, their idea is very simple, we are all ordinary players, we are all blue-collar players in professional football, and Arsenal are all big-name stars, so to speak, they are all white-collar workers, bosses. Playing together, who is afraid of who if you want to foul?

Worse than whom?

Anyway, it doesn't matter if we get injured, it won't have much impact after we come back from injury, so you don't have to!

This is perhaps Wigan Athletic's only advantage.

However, this advantage also makes the players feel excited, especially since their anger has been provoked by the Arsenal players, and in the warm-up, that Gilberto Silva actually provoked them, which is simply looking down on them. They're going to make Arsenal know how to do it!

As for what provocation Gilberto made and what was the result of the provocation...... Who cares so much!

Football is all about life and death. There is no reason to talk about it!

……

Finally, a little time passed, and about ten minutes before the game, the players of both teams were standing in the tunnel and ready to play.

The difference between the value of the players of the two teams is too big, and the status is very different, so naturally there will be no intersection. In fact, the two teams, with more than 30 players on the main bench and substitutes, don't even know each other.

It sounds strange, but it's true. Wigan Athletic doesn't have any international players at all, and even if there are players who have played for big clubs, such as Neil Roberts, it has nothing to do with Arsenal, Roberts is old, and when he played for the big clubs, most of the Arsenal players were still in the youth team.

In other words, there is only contradiction between the two teams, not friendship.

As a result, the two sides glared at each other, especially Zhang Tiehan, his big man stood there, as if to attract hatred, including Gilberto Silva, Pire and other Arsenal players all stared at him viciously, and the other Arsenal players had no bad feelings towards him, nor did they have any good feelings.

Zhang Tiehan pouted in response to these malicious gazes, thinking that if he left Wigan Athletic in the future, he would definitely not go to Arsenal...... It's a paradise for young players, but it's definitely not a paradise for him, and I'm afraid I'll quarrel with these people for three days.

Of course, these people will not welcome him either.

Time passed in waiting, and soon it was time for the players to play, the two straight teams walked out of the player tunnel, every time they watched a football game on TV, the players of the large-scale events appeared, and they would be welcomed by the fans, that one was very peculiar, and now, Zhang Tiehan will not report this fantasy, because those who are welcomed are real big-name stars, and the influence is very large, such as when Beckham was at Manchester United, he had that kind of influence.

And he himself, when he played at Old Trafford, there was no welcome at all, and most fans didn't know who he was.

At JJB Stadium, he was able to enjoy some cheers.

Coming to the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, the popular is Arsenal, no, it should be said that it is their 'great' Henry, Henry just stepped into the stadium, the radio was introducing Henry, and then the stadium remembered the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis, and then the Arsenal players introduced on the radio, the cheers were much smaller, and some were even covered up in the atmosphere of the stadium.

Then the broadcast began to introduce Wigan Athletic.

Goalkeeper John Phelan, defenders Ian Breckin, Jenson De Vos, Tony Downing...... After the names of the players were introduced, the fans in the stadium were completely unresponsive to these unfamiliar names, and the only small group of Wigan Athletic fans who were calling out their voices seemed too small to be heard clearly in the stadium.

The next radio mentioned a name-

"No. 13, Zhang Tiehan!"

"Wow!" The fans finally reacted, this time not a cheer, but a large airtight boo, which was even comparable to the cheer given to Henry just now.

The rest of his teammates were looking at him.

Zhang Tiehan was a little embarrassed and said with a smile, "When did I become so popular?" ”

"Zhang, you've always been like this!" Bregin seemed to evolve into a poet in an instant, "Your dazzle cannot be concealed, even if you come to Wales, you will definitely emit the light of the crowd!" ”

Zhang Tiehan's face darkened when he heard this.

Fortunately, at this time, the referee was about to blow the whistle to signal the start of the game, and he didn't have the heart to argue with Bregin, let alone pay attention to the fans who 'mocked' him...... Of course, the bigger reason is that there are so many fans that he can't pay attention to it, especially with so many camera lenses.

Finally, the referee blew a whistle to announce the start of the game.

……

As Jewell said, Arsenal bombarded the Wigan Athletic half at the very beginning, and more than seven of them were in the Wigan Athletic half at any given time, and the football was always at the feet of Arsenal.

This kind of attack is not the kind of anxious bombardment, but the play is methodical, they seem to play very casually, but that kind of penetration has to keep the Wigan Athletic players vigilant at all times.

Wigan Athletic had occasional chances to get the ball and struggled to threaten anything.

Just like this time.

Wigan Athletic's attack played to the right side, and the right midfielder of Wigan Athletic in this game was Matt Jackson, the veteran has been performing well on the right side of the defense, and he was promoted to the right midfield, Jewell hopes that he can use his experience to support the team in defense and attack.

This time Matt Jackson also got the ball, he switched to dribble forward, crossed the halfway line and saw someone coming to defend, and immediately passed the ball out, he passed to Ellington in front of the left, but the Arsenal player suddenly turned around and immediately cut off the ball, and only then did Matt Jackson notice that the player who came to defend himself was none other than Vieira, the anchor of the Arsenal midfield.

After Vieira broke the ball, he played the ball to Gilberto Silva.

As soon as Silva got the ball and raised his head slightly, the football immediately went to the feet of fullback Pire, passed the ball with two feet, and the football reached the front, Matt Jackson and Ellington and Zhang Tiehan, who just wanted to insert next to him, had no time to chase back, Arsenal's formation had already unfolded, and after Pire took the ball to the bottom line, he poked the ball back, and the football went to the feet of Ljungberg.

Ljungberg was in the corner of the box and he looked at the goal and seemed hesitant.

Ellington chased back and wanted to break the ball, but at this time Ljungberg suddenly made a disguise, dodged Ellington, and put the ball straight into the small corner of the penalty area, the starting Bergkamp was on the football route, Wigan Athletic did not dare to relax at all on the defense of the Dutch 'Ice Prince', two people were chasing him, Bergkamp didn't look behind him at all, raised his foot as if he was going to shoot, but jumped up to get out of the way, this action shook the defender, and the football rushed backwards after his point.

A figure to follow!

The 'Fourteen' behind told everyone his name – Thierry Henry!

"Danger!" The hearts of the fans who supported Wigan Athletic were pinched as they watched Thierry Henry rush into the penalty area and chase after the football.

Then Henry stretched his foot forward!

Fortunately, the distance between him and the football was a little far, and his toes touched the ball, but it was still not enough to change the direction of the football, and as a result, the football flew directly out of the bottom line, and everyone at Wigan Athletic exhaled a long breath, and the Arsenal fans on the scene sighed pity.

This is just a microcosm of Arsenal's attack.

In just ten minutes of the opening game, Arsenal has played three consecutive games with such a threatening goal, and no goal has been scored until now, all of which are good luck for Wigan Athletic.

With such an attack, Wigan Athletic's defence is in jeopardy.

Wigan Athletic players are very uncomfortable with Arsenal's fast-paced attack, they want to defend well, but the formation is often leaky, even if they work hard to stabilize the formation, the front court players are all back to defend, it is difficult to limit Arsenal.

Now they finally know what to do, and many people say that there is no team in the world that can really stop Arsenal from scoring.

Such an Arsenal is too strong in attack. (To be continued......)