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"Do all the training bases of Premier League teams have to be built in such a remote place?"

When the car turned into Bell Road, Chen Jun, a Chinese reporter sitting in the passenger seat, asked curiously about a reporter from a well-known British newspaper who was driving the car next to him.

Bell Road is not a big road, on the contrary, it is just a small road that can only allow one car to pass easily, and the intersection of two cars seems very crowded.

"Relax, you know, this is the country, the road doesn't need to be so wide, because there are very few cars in and out," the British reporter for the British Telegraph explained with a smile, "and, usually, at times like this, there are usually more people going in and less coming out"

With the somewhat old-fashioned-looking Briton and a bit of a burlesque eyebrow, Chen Jun saw in the rearview mirror that there were cars behind him, all of which looked like they were about to go to Arsenal's Kearney training base.

It's not that Chen Jun is smart, but because from this intersection, there is only Arsenal's Kearney training base.

Fortunately, the crowded path was not long, and it was not long before we reached the gate of the Kearney training base.

Strictly speaking, there is no gate, one is the Kearney training base, and the entrance is Kearney's white indoor training ground greenhouse, which is an indoor training ground for the first team in rain and snow, standard size, the training ground is built in a shed, and the surrounding walls are printed with the figures and photos of some players and coaches.

Anyone familiar with Arsenal will be able to easily identify the names of familiar stars from these patterns.

9 a.m. was the start of the press conference, but Chen Jun and the others came a little early because he wanted to report more about Arsenal's training base, which he believed would attract the attention of domestic fans.

With Ye Qiu's transfer from the Eredivisie to the Premier League this season, coupled with the fact that there are two or three Chinese players playing in the Premier League, the influence and attention of the Premier League in China this year have soared, and Ye Qiu's Chelsea results this season are amazing, and Arsenal can be said to be on a par with Arsenal, so that many domestic fans are also paying attention to this London team.

Chen Jun is now in England most of the time, and as the end of the season approaches, Ye Qiu's Chelsea have performed very impressively on both fronts in the Premier League and the Champions League, and if they can win one of the titles, they will become the first person in Chinese football, especially Sun Jihai, who has many fans in this team.

Therefore, if the TV station wants to produce a special program dedicated to Ye Qiu and Chelsea, it will inevitably report on their opponents.

Because he had made an appointment before, Chen Jun was directly released after giving his press card to the doorman, and entered the Kearney training base, and then he, like all reporters who came here, picked up his camera to take pictures, recording everything he saw everywhere.

He's been to a lot of training bases, Carrington at Manchester United, Manchester City next door, Harrington at Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton, he's been to them all, and he feels as if all the Premier League teams are using a trail to disguise them.

There are no big signs at intersections like Real Madrid's training base, and there are no road signs to guide the way, so if you don't have an acquaintance to lead the way, you can't expect to be able to touch it here.

The current Kearney training base has only a two-storey training building and a long, narrow administrative building with two floors, but there is also a two-storey building with architectural scaffolding at the entrance to the greenhouse, which is obviously about to be completed, which is the future press building, which is dedicated to the press conference for the players and all kinds of press conferences.

The training building is very large in area, and the design is also very ingenious, it can be divided into two parts in total, the front is an arc design similar to the top of the arc of the forbidden area, one large and one small are interlocking, irregular, it looks interesting, and the back is a rectangular building, nothing special, the training building of the first team and the youth team is the same building.

Oh, there is a small lake opposite the training building, I heard that it is not artificial, it is original, which is very similar to Chelsea's new base, but Chelsea is an artificial lake, relatively large, and the facilities and environment are better, Arsenal is more natural.

"Hey, you can't go in anymore" Just as Chen Jun was about to walk to the back of the training building to take a look, a person came down from the building and stopped him loudly.

Chen Jun was taken aback and took a look, and it was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

"You're from China, aren't you?" Wenger walked over, his expression looked serious, but his tone showed no signs of anger, "Didn't the doorman tell you just now that your authority is only here?" ”

"I'm sorry, I don't know," Chen Jun said apologetically.

Wenger obviously didn't intend to pursue it, and waved his hand, "The Champions League is going to be played tomorrow, and we are very worried that you are here to help him spy on the military, so, I'm sorry, I can't let you watch our players train"

Chen Jun didn't expect that Wenger would have a little humor, which couldn't help but make the atmosphere relaxed.

"It's me who said I'm sorry, you know, I am indeed very good friends with him, but I have my professional cāo guard"

"I'm sorry" Wenger smiled and apologized again, which made Chen Jun feel that in fact, the French are also very easy to get along with.

"Can I ask you a few questions?" Chen Jun asked boldly.

Arsene Wenger looked at the time on his watch and nodded, "5 minutes"

"OK" Chen Jun hurriedly took out a voice recorder, "I believe that all Chinese fans who care about the Premier League want to know about it, how do you feel about Ye Qiu?" You know, our football has always been relatively weak, which makes us seriously lack self-confidence, so in our country, many people feel that he is exaggerated."

"Why do you have such a statement?" Wenger shook his head, "He won the Champions League, he is already the best manager in Europe, there are only two people in the Premier League who have won the Champions League, one is Ferguson, the other is him, I will be the next" Speaking of the most eloquent, Wenger himself laughed.

"Although as an opponent, I don't like Ye Qiu, because he is indeed our strongest rival to win the Premier League and Champions League this season, no one likes their opponent, especially when this opponent is seriously threatening you, right?"

After a pause, Wenger said, "But I don't think anyone can deny his achievements in the past few years, I don't think he has been exaggerated, on the contrary, his role has been weakened a lot by the media, especially at Chelsea, many people just see the star-studded Chelsea, but they don't notice that Ye Qiu's huge role in integrating the team and arranging techniques and tactics, without him, Chelsea is a mess"

"I don't think even Ye Qiu would have thought that you would give him such a high evaluation," Chen Jun said with a smile.

"I mean the facts" Wenger said with a faint smile, "Actually, you have all been deceived by some remarks, you know, as a manager, many times you need to use some words to stimulate the team and opponents, I think this is a matter of course, but no matter what, from the perspective of professional coaches, Ye Qiu is undoubtedly very successful"

Chen Jun smiled and thanked him, "I think there are still many fans who want to know, are you good friends with Sir Alex Ferguson and Ye Qiu?" ”

"No, no, no" Wenger shook his head vigorously, "I have been fighting with Ferguson for so many years, everyone is used to it, I believe he never regarded me as a friend, and so am I, as for Ye Qiu, we are neighbors, but his relationship with my daughter is more harmonious than with me, my daughter is only 7 years old, and she has a very good relationship with Ye Qiu's wife." ”

"This has been reported by the media, and many people mistakenly think that you and Ye Qiu have a close relationship," Chen Jun said with a smile.

"It was an accident and a misunderstanding"

Seeing Wenger paying attention to his watch, Chen Junzhi said that the time was almost up, "The last question, Mr. Wenger, I believe that everyone will be very concerned about Arsenal's schedule for the next period of time, after playing Chelsea, there will be two more games with Manchester United, and then Chelsea, which can be described as the devil's schedule, what do you personally think?" Have faith? ”

'I'm sure everyone who follows the Premier League knows that Manchester United have dropped a lot this season but it's still a headache, especially against us, but I and the players know very well how to beat them'

'It's always tough in the Champions League, especially in a two-legged knockout game, and the first thing you need is to have a strong defence, because a successful defence can give the team confidence, and the opponent's holes will be exposed in front of our defence, which I think is the most practical tactic against Chelsea'

'Chelsea are a big headache team, not only defensively, but also in attack, they always play with a high intensity and always create a lot of chances, but they always have a lot of space at the back and that's our chances to attack.

"So, no matter what, we will definitely win these two rounds"

In the end, Wenger asked Chen Jun to take a confident photo of him, and jokingly said that it must be put on the cover.

In the press conference that followed, Arsene Wenger solemnly announced the team's injury situation.

Previously, the media reported that Reyes was tackled in training, and Wenger confirmed that the Spanish rookie will be out for three weeks; The recovery from a broken finger in Ljungberg is not very satisfactory and will require at least another week of rest; Ashley Cole is still a week away from injury, and Gilberto Silva has fitness problems and has missed two days of training and may not be in time for this game.

'I'm very sorry for that, but these players will still be in the squad because I need to see how they recover further and if I allow them to come off the bench because we need them so much'

As for the line-up after the team's injured players are absent, Wenger feels that the problem is not very big.

There are Klich at left-back, Gilberto Silva and Edu in the squad, as well as on the right, Reyes has been playing more on the bench this season, and Bergkamp should continue to start alongside Thierry Henry.

As for his confidence in beating Chelsea at Highbury Stadium, Arsene Wenger is unwavering in his belief that he will win the opponent

Unlike Arsene Wenger, who chose to hold a press conference on the morning before the game, Ye Qiu's press conference was scheduled to be held at Harrington Training Base at 30 a.m. after the first training session in the morning.

At this time, Ye Qiu had already received the news from Kearney, and he also knew that Wenger Solo listed the four main players who were absent due to injury, and the injuries of these four players were not unexpected, they were injured before, but they failed to recover in time.

'Everybody knows that Arsene Wenger is a very cunning opponent and I don't trust him completely, but I also know that whether or not these four players come back in time it won't affect us too much because we will beat them away from home, not just me, but my players as well

Whether it is a smoke bomb or not, Ye Qiu doesn't care very much, because he has always believed in only one thing, that is, being yourself is more important than anything else, because if you blindly study and restrain your opponent, you will only make a mess of yourself in the end.

A really good head coach is not blindly playing against xing tactics, but on the basis of being able to give full play to his own strength, restrain the shortcomings of the opponent and give full play to his own strengths, which is a master.

"Arsenal are really one of the best teams in Europe this season, they are beautiful on all fronts, and for this season I believe Arsene Wenger has been planning for at least four years, if not longer, but unfortunately they met us ahead of schedule, and we are hungrier and more ambitious than they are for honours and titles."

"I think it's going to be very tough for Arsenal in the next period of fixtures because Manchester United can't do anything in the Premier League anymore, the FA Cup is Ferguson's only hope and he won't give up, and in the league, Manchester United also need a win over their arch-rivals to save their morale

'But I don't think Arsenal are in crisis, they're a quality team but they need a rest.

"Mr. Ye Qiu," an English journalist stood up, "Many people say that Arsenal and Chelsea are the best and most balanced teams in football today, with no obvious loopholes, no obvious weaknesses, and they are both unbeaten so far. ”

'Arsene Wenger said it was Arsenal's most important game so far this season, and he and his players are going to be working for the treble and there is a lot of hope for that, what do you think?'

Arsenal is currently competitive in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, and it is not too much to say that the treble is over, but the opponent of the FA Cup is Manchester United, and currently behind Chelsea in the Premier League, and met Chelsea in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

'I've always said that there is no perfect team in this world, any team will have loopholes and shortcomings, Chelsea is like this, Arsenal is the same, and I and my players are very clear that it is difficult to find Arsenal's loopholes, and it is also difficult for the opponent to find our loopholes, but whoever finds them first will be able to beat the opponent's

'So, I and my players have a very strong sense of confidence and determination and we put a lot of pressure on Arsenal to expose their vulnerabilities and even if they don't, we'll do everything we can to create holes for them'

"Perhaps, for most of the last six months, Arsenal have performed very well, but I believe that tomorrow night's game will be the beginning of Arsenal's rout this season and we have no doubt that we will beat them."

Ye Qiu's words were immediately welcomed by all the reporters and media present, and they all pounced on Ye Qiu like bees pounced on honey, and kept asking Ye Qiu about all kinds of questions, but Ye Qiu didn't continue to say anything more in the spirit of saying good things only once.

In such an important game, any sentence before the game may cause the player's mentality to fluctuate, so Ye Qiu has always adopted a very careful strategy to treat the pre-game press conference.

Psychological warfare has always been a double-edged sword, it can hurt others, but it can also hurt oneself.

The-for-tat between the two Chelsea and Arsenal managers in their pre-match press conference immediately attracted the hype and attention of all the media and fans across Europe, especially as to who will beat their opponents in this match-up between the two teams who have been unbeaten so far this season.

Interestingly, whether it is in William Hill or in Must Win, almost all bookmakers' odds for this game clearly show that Chelsea and Arsenal have a split of the odds, with nearly 50 fans opting for a draw.

In the past season, Chelsea and Arsenal have played two games, both of which ended in draws, and many have speculated that this game will be a draw, or even a two-legged knockout tie could continue to be a draw, with away goals or penalties to decide the winner.

However, it is universally recognised that whoever progresses to the next round between Arsenal and Chelsea will be the favourites to win the Champions League this season, as they have been two of the most in-form teams in Europe this past season, as well as the two strongest teams.

According to the current situation, after reaching the semi-finals, Real Madrid and Monaco, no matter who advances, I am afraid it will be difficult to prevent these two teams from reaching the final, and once they reach the final, they may not let go of the championship in front of them so easily.

Therefore, this game is also known as the Champions League final that was played in advance

But just when everyone thought that Wenger would continue to use practical defensive counter-attacking tactics, or even continue to defend at Highbury Stadium to block Chelsea's attack and pressure, they did not expect that the French head coach surprised everyone.