Section 511 Learn from mortal enemies
When the 30th round of the league came, when the Tottenham vs. Arsenal game started, looking at the faces on the Tottenham field, and then looking at the people sitting on the Tottenham bench and in the stands, Wenger wanted to say something very much, but, looking at them, what he wanted to say after the last moment, all turned into a sigh.
How the hell did they do it, and the lineup was so thick?
Arsene Wenger is an idealistic man, and he knows his own temper, which is a bit extreme and a little stubborn. However, his stubbornness is only stubbornness in his attitude towards young players, and in other aspects, he is not stubborn. Seeing the strength of his opponent and wanting to learn is also an idea that Wenger occasionally bursts out.
This season, Tottenham have undoubtedly gone ahead of Arsenal. They're at the top of the league and they're at the top of the table. In the Champions League, the opponent was defeated by three goals. Their players have been selected for the national team, and their strength is enviable - at least compared to Arsenal, they are much better this season. Even, if it is not Arsenal this season, Arsenal in these seasons has not had this kind of strength.
Generally speaking, as soon as December passed, Arsenal hit a wave of injuries, and then persevered until February, when Arsenal lost several important games, and then in March, when the schedule was at its tightest, their players came back one after another, and in April they began to grab points, which is the pattern of these seasons. Some people say behind their backs that Arsenal is a madman for the fourth, how can Wenger not know what to do?
But what could he do? The player's injury, he can't control it.
Arsenal this season, at the beginning of the season, still won a series of big games, the score was huge, and it was once the first in the league. However, when Van Persie was injured, they did not have the ability to score consecutive goals, and when they won the games, they began to lose and were gradually left behind by Tottenham and Chelsea. When Cesc Fabregas was injured, their results fell further and were even overtaken by Manchester United. Fortunately, Villa played a surprising level at Arsenal, his continuous goals, so that Arsenal did not fall too far behind, 29 rounds passed, 19 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, 61 points, although compared with Tottenham, a full ten points, even compared with the third-place Manchester United, there is a gap of four points, however, such a score is enough for them to lead Manchester City, in this season's race for fourth place, occupy a dominant position.
Let's earn the Champions League games first - and Wenger can only console himself with this. He knew that he had to get Arsenal back into the ranks of the strong team as soon as possible: the president of Barcelona was about to be elected, and their sign was to welcome Cesc Fabregas home. Manchester City have the money, they also seem to be complaining that Berbatov is not good to use, Robinho is not good, and they want to sell these two people for new players, and Van Persie seems to be their first choice. And, even if you don't mention these guys, whether it's Gala or Nasri, which one of them doesn't want fame and money? These guys' desires, you have to satisfy them.
Without Champions League qualification, I'm afraid that it won't be long before there are no people left in my team. The league is becoming more and more competitive, but their players are not loyal enough, which is really troublesome.
Watching the sworn enemy next door become stronger day by day, but his plan to renew the team is becoming slimmer day by day, which makes Wenger himself, sometimes ask himself, if he has done something wrong.
He worked hard to train Cesc Fabregas, at the age of 16, he gave him the opportunity, let him play the main team, drove away Vieira for him, built a squad for him, he was injured, he waited, as long as he was better, he let him play, he can be said to be benevolent to him, it is completely the attitude of a father to his son. Cesc Fabregas also knows that he is in front of the media and praises himself as his father, but, turning his head, he goes to make eye contact with Barcelona, Pique today, Xavi tomorrow, from time to time to show off his Catalan heritage, never forgetting his red and blue soul.
Such a son...... Is this a pit daddy attribute?
Nasri, who brought him to the Premier League, made him switch to the wing, and made him from a self-righteous Zidane Nth successor to a top Premier League sub-attacker. However, after he got to know the players of Manchester City, he began to be fascinated by the high weekly salary there, what is the honor? What is fame? In his eyes, money is everything.
Haven't he heard Anelka's famous words?
And besides them, there are Robin van Persie and Diaby, who spend more time with the team doctor than on the training pitch. Juru, Denilson, mentioned that they themselves were ashamed. My attitude towards the players has always been very good, but why can't I get a good return? Why are the players under Li Bin much better than on their own side?
"The visiting Arsenal line-up, Fabianski, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Jurou, Sagna. The midfielders are Denilson, Alexander Song, Nasri, Wilshere, Rosicky, and the forward line is Libya. Arsenal have been in the midst of an injury spree of late, with Sanchez, Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Galla and others all in the middle of the pack. It can be said that although Arsenal has now sent their strongest squad to face them, their team seems to be inferior to the substitutes sent by Tottenham......"
The gap is so big.
The other side is on the bench, but their bench is so good. Cavani, Raul, Royce, Lennon...... These names made Wenger feel helpless. On Arsenal's side, it can be said that they are the strongest main players, but they are not much better than the opponent's substitutes. Because of the injuries of Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and others, it is difficult for Arsenal's players to play well.
What's even more tragic is that in order to cope with the dense schedule, against Tottenham, Wenger told the players that they had to hold back a little, not to work too hard, and not to have the strength to play the next game. However, looking at Tottenham's current two-set squad in the league and Champions League, Wenger does not believe that they will also understand what it means to play leisurely.
These players also reminded Wenger of his old friend's words before the game.
'Tottenham may have done better than us this season. Didn't Li Bin have a good relationship with you at the beginning? Although we are mortal enemies with Tottenham, Li Bin is not Alex Ferguson, he can communicate, maybe you can ask him if there is any good experience to learn. It's an enemy in the league, but in private, it's not a bad thing to do some technical exchanges. He's from Serie A, and there's no obstacle to communicating with his sworn enemies. ”
Sometimes, Rice would suggest to him, but Wenger hesitated to say so, but still refused. It's not that he can't give up his skills and can't ask young people for advice, but as a coach, he has his own tactical thinking, he has carefully studied Tottenham's tactics, he thinks that he and Li Bin's tactics have a lot of different ideas, and he doesn't want to compromise. If he is willing to compromise, how can Arsenal be the way they are? There were some things he had known for a long time, but he just didn't want to do them.
However, those insistences are all in the past. After watching Tottenham's match against Fiorentina a few days ago, thinking of Tottenham's squad depth and the team's tactical arrangement, Wenger also admired Li Bin a little: a set of tactical arrangements is very delicate and not difficult, but it is not easy to arrange tactics from a strategic level. Li Bin's arrangement is atmospheric, and the gambling is also atmospheric, which is very admirable.
Moreover, their tactics are also quite meaningful. Tottenham relies on the average strength of the players, and the average strength of the Arsenal players is not bad. If Tottenham can play like that, can Arsenal learn from it and try it too?
Tottenham's new tactics, Arsene Wenger has also heard about them. From last season, when Li Bin focused on exercising the strength of Bale and Di Maria, Wenger knew very well that what Li Bin wanted was probably more raids. It's just that he didn't expect that Li Bin would play so big, regardless of the attrition of the raid, and then directly replace the next game to continue such a raid - this tactic seems to be too simple, but with the depth of Li Bin's lineup, it is terrible to be excessive.
It is not a happy thing to watch one's sworn enemies show off their might, and after their sworn enemies are strong, the first thing he thinks about is not to defeat them, but to learn from them, which makes Wenger feel a little shameful. However, he himself knows that even if it is shameful, he must do it, because it seems that Li Bin is ahead of the times.
There are many things in his tactics that Arsenal can learn from, and even if they are sworn enemies, Wenger has to learn from them.
It's just that Wenger still has a lot of incomprehension about this set of tactics.
This set of tactics, in Wenger's view, is not a particularly unusual tactic: break forward, pass the ball backwards, this is the process of simplifying complex tactics, easy for players to understand, can quickly form combat effectiveness, and, because there is no particularly complex thing in tactics, this set of tactics can also be rotated at will, and it is easier to form tactical coordination. However, there are still some problems with this style of play: although Tottenham has Yaya Toure's forward pressure and Suarez's ball-taking organization, they can play some delicate work, but Wenger is also very clear that these players are not real organization players, it is impossible to expect them to organize, and when facing strong opponents, their ball coordination is not very good, so, in addition to the small-scale assault, what kind of killer feature does Li Bin prepare to further improve the strength of the team?
Someone took control, but what about the shifting problem? There are a lot of breakthrough points in the frontcourt, but how to break through the dense? What is the main method relied on for the team's rapid advancement? These things, the Champions League, I didn't see it when I asked about it. But now, he believed he could see it.
Wenger knows that Li Bin is not a fool, and he will definitely be prepared for tactics in these aspects. How to pave the way for breakthrough tactics, and how to keep the players from getting hurt as much as possible, Tottenham should have everything, and he would also like to see it clearly in this game.
If you can see these problems clearly, it should be of great help to your team. If your team can be rotated, you can use the players to reduce the number of games to reduce the game time and ensure their health, and these players in your hands can grow up healthily, right?
"If I really want to learn from him, then maybe what I want to learn is nothing else, but how he can maintain training so that the players have fewer injuries. He told me about the strength training of the technical players to maintain their health, and that is the problem that I really care about. ”
Thinking of Rice's suggestion, Wenger said silently in his heart.
Caring for the players should always be above all else. If you don't do this, how can you still be considered Arsene Wenger?