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As the head coach of the team, Jewell is not like a player, who only needs to play on the pitch and fight regardless of whether he wins or loses, he needs to do more work, such as dealing with Arsenal's tactical problems.

There aren't many tactical options.

First of all, they have to defend well, and secondly, if they want to win, they have to counter-attack, because it's too difficult to beat Arsenal on defense alone. Arsenal's offensive ability is too strong, even if they rely on the defense of the iron bucket formation, if they want to hold the goal for 120 minutes, it can also be described as a 'miracle', so far, there are few Premier League teams that can do this, let alone the defense is just an ordinary Wigan Athletic.

So to win you have to score goals, and if you score goals, you have to fight back.

Jewell considered playing with full-court pressing in the past, which could save some of the situation, but because the team had to deal with the league and did not have much time to prepare for the League Cup final, if that tactic was used suddenly, the effect was not expected to be too good, and once there were too many mistakes, it would be equivalent to giving Arsenal a chance, and in the end Jewell gave up.

Then his only option is to defend and counterattack.

This is also the option that most teams choose when facing Arsenal.

Wigan Athletic's coaching staff spent two days analysing Arsenal, analyzing their players on the left, centre, and right flanks, analyzing their midfield, and their games, before finally deciding on a defensive counter-attacking strategy.

But despite this, the coaching staff did not have much confidence in this simple defensive counter-attacking tactic.

Or Arsenal are too strong!

Wigan Athletic is not at all comparable to Arsenal. The strength of the two is very different, and no matter how the tactics are arranged, they are full of loopholes. Even with 11 defenders, Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, rising star Reyes, Ice Prince Bergkamp, wingback Pire and many other stars are good at their feet. A single Wigan Athletic player defends, these stars can easily get rid of it, as long as they are taken out of the defensive formation, there will be holes in the defensive formation, and then it will be Arsenal's chance.

This is something that is on the surface, but there is no way to solve it, and the gap between the individual abilities of the players of the two teams is too big.

Thankfully, three days before the game, Ridell returned to the pitch for training after recovering from injury.

This made Jevel let out a long breath.

With Riddle, the formation will be much more solid. There will be more threats on the counterattack, but Jewell is still worried about Ridell's state, after all, he has been injured for more than a month, and the good news is that Ridell is back, so I don't know what the state of the road is.

There are only two days left before the game against Arsenal and he will have to find his form in two days.

……

At Arsenal FC in North London, it's also a busy scene.

All of Wigan Athletic's on-field and off-field sites, including reporters in Wigan, are all added up to probably not half as much as here, compared to Wigan Athletic. Arsenal are not just the focus of the Carabao Cup, they are the focus of the world.

In the last two days, especially this season, Arsenal have been recognized as a strong team in the world. Their attacking football is a delight to watch, and few teams can achieve impressive results with attacking football, but Arsenal have done it all-in-one. At least they are top of the league and at least they are in the last 16 of the Champions League.

As for reaching the final of the League Cup...... It is estimated that fans in other countries will not care too much. Compared to the league and the Champions League, the League Cup is really not worth mentioning.

The reason why a lot of fans love Arsenal is their style of football. A few years ago, some football commentators jumped out to criticize Arsenal's all-attacking and all-defensive style, which is art football, but not modern football, modern football defense is the most important, but now Arsenal has proved that attacking football can also stand up with results.

In any case, they are not going to change the style.

This is Arsenal!

The whole of England is talking about Arsenal, the whole world is talking about Arsenal, talking about their Henry the Great, Bergkamp, Vieira, Pire, and even the young man Cesc Fabregas.

There are quite a few opponents who have raised their hands and surrendered before they have even played against Arsenal.

Arsenal's football does that, their attacks terrify their opponents because no team can defend against Arsenal's attacks, they score in almost every game and if you can't score more than them, you lose.

Despite this, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and his assistants study each opponent very carefully, and as a coach who advocates attacking football, Wenger must take every opponent seriously, because Arsenal's defense is not too solid, and if one is not careful, he may be attacked by the opponent, so he has to be cautious.

He was watching footage of Wigan Athletic's game at the moment, and he had been doing it all morning.

After the League Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough in the last round, Wenger instructed the staff to collect the video of Wigan Athletic's game, all he needed was the video of the League Cup game, because Wigan Athletic had won too many Premier League teams, and the video of the League One game did not have much reference meaning, after all, the opponent was too poor in that kind of game.

Wigan Athletic have given their best in almost every game of the Carabao Cup, and many times the victory came hard, such as against Bolton, for example against Chelsea, but in the end they still won the game and moved forward step by step to get to where they are now.

Arsene Wenger is more concerned about Wigan Athletic's tactics, formation and player performance.

In his eyes, Wigan Athletic, who worked hard to play in the video, can be described as full of loopholes.

"This team's offense is messy." Assistant Pat Rice said.

Seeing Wenger nodding, Pat Rice continued, "They have to rely on dense positioning a lot of defence, but the backfield is very chaotic because of this, they don't go for a reasonable positioning. Offensively, it's a bit more chaotic and they seem to be more focused on the individual qualities of their players. ”

Wenger smiled and shook his head, "That's because their opponents are too strong, their players can't compare to their opponents in terms of individual ability, and they are often shaken by opposing players, so the formation becomes very chaotic." ”

'On offense, they worked together. It's hard to break through the opponent's defence and you can only rely on the ability of the players to score goals. ”

"Their coach is smart. But there is no way to choose. ”

Pat Rice nodded in agreement.

It was the first time he noticed Wigan Athletic during his years in England. He had heard the name before. But I didn't remember that Wigan Athletic was just a third-tier team in England at that time, and even this season, it was only a League One team, and it was not worth noting at all, that such a team would play the League Cup final against Arsenal...... It was really hard for him to imagine that when he played against Middlesbrough, he still thought that the final opponent would be Bolton.

"But this Thirteen is worth noting." Pat Rice pointed to the screen.

On the screen, a close-up shot of Zhang Tiehan's long-range shot is appearing. It was played in the first round against Bolton Wanderers, Zhang Tiehan's long-range goal after the most discouragement.

Wenger didn't say anything, but his eyes lit up a little.

He has always liked young players, because young players are very malleable and cheap, so Arsenal always buy young players to complement the team's formation, and Wigan Athletic's No. 13 Zhang Tiehan's performance is in Wenger's eyes.

He immediately asked the staff to find Zhang Tiehan's information.

Zhang Tiehan, 19 years old, came through the Manchester United Academy. He currently plays for Wigan Athletic Club in League One, scoring 26 goals in the league this season, temporarily ranking first in the scorer list, with outstanding long-range shooting and header ability...... These basic information are just a glance. Without thinking about anything, you can see how good the players introduced are.

At just 19 years old, he tops the league league scorer charts. Taken together, these two items speak for themselves.

Don't underestimate League One. As the second tier of the English league, League One has a very high gold content. Comparing the English league with the leagues of other countries, the current Premier League is not as good as Serie A, but the English League is much better than the Italian Second Division, and in terms of player ability and playing skills, the English League One is not inferior to the top leagues of the second tier of football (Belgium, Czech Republic, etc.).

At only 19 years old, he can win the Golden Boot in League One, which is enough to attract the attention of the world, and I am afraid that as soon as the season is over, this young man will get the attention of the entire world.

It's a pity that this young man's technique seems to be too rough.

Thinking of this, Wenger sighed, this young man is very good, but he is not suitable for his team at all, no matter how good the ability of such a player is, he will not be able to cooperate effectively with the team, in that case, he will not play any role in the team at all.

"He's really good, but it's not easy for him to break through our defence on his own." "And he's still young, and this kind of young man can't help the pressure, and Wigan Athletic is also a young team......

"What do you mean?" Arsene Wenger asked.

'I think we have to put them under pressure in the first second of the game and when we keep putting pressure on them they will lose their fighting spirit and if we can score as soon as possible I think the first half could have been over.'

Pat Rice said that there is naturally capital.

His capital is that Arsenal are much stronger than Wigan Athletic, they have the ability to create pressure in the first second, and they also have the ability to break through the opposition defence as quickly as possible to score the ball and take the lead.

As long as they do both, then Arsenal are in control of the game.

Let Arsenal take control of the game, then the goals will come one after the other, and then Wigan Athletic will not have any chances, and the only way awaits them is a big defeat.

Arsene Wenger listens to Pat Rice's analysis and nods your head.

It would be great if you could seal the win in the first half, and that's the safest way to do it. He also doesn't want to spend too much energy in the League Cup, after all, the team still has the league and the Champions League to play, and the energy spent in the domestic cup competition is not worth the loss.

But there is often a lot of uncertainty in the game and he needs to think a little bit more.

"We could be behind as well." Arsene Wenger.

'That's okay, we just keep putting pressure on them, then it's a matter of time before we score, and if there are special circumstances, it's just a matter of delaying them conceding and at most continuing to play in the second half.' Pat Rice Drive.

Wenger smiled and nodded.

The conversation between the two was in the office, and it didn't come out, and if people who don't know the way out, they would definitely be surprised to hear the conversation between the two - according to them, according to them, in such an analysis, Arsenal will win the game regardless of whether they are behind or not?

That's for sure.

At least on Arsenal's side, including all the media, various football analysts, and commentators, believe that Wigan Athletic has even the slightest chance of not being confused, and this was decided the moment Arsenal beat Middlesbrough to reach the Carabao Cup final.

There will be no suspense about the outcome of the game.

The only suspense is the score at the end - how many goals will Wigan Athletic lose? (To be continued......)