Chapter 318: Wenger for a tooth

Facing his upcoming opponents, Chelsea, Arsene Wenger was hesitant. The league competition is fierce, and the Champions League group of death is probably just the beginning, with the Gunners already in the first round of the Champions League knockout rounds for many years.

Therefore, in the face of the pressure of not having a title, Wenger originally planned to focus on the more frivolous League Cup and FA Cup first, and then consider the Champions League, although he knew that the Champions League is money every round of play, but what is the use of this? Anyway, after making so much money, the board of directors will not take out much to support the team, if it were not for the influence of fan pressure and public opinion this season, it is estimated that the 70 million will not be taken out.

However, he did not expect to face Chelsea in the second round of the Carabao Cup, and Wenger did not expect Jose Mourinho, who had always looked at each other to give up the game. And if Arsenal really want to fight this game, it is not worth it, first of all, the two weeks of fixtures are dense and the opponents are hard-core. This could easily increase the risk of injury to the players, and the next game against Borussia Dortmund was a two-week recuperation for the injured Theo Walcott

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Arsene Wenger decided to give up the League Cup, a chicken championship that can no longer be a chicken rib, bypassing Chelsea, and going to the league and the Champions League, two major championships.

But in an interview with the media, Arsene Wenger said: "I know that the recent schedule is very intensive, but we will not give up such a game, the main team? Yes, the main players of the last round of the league have been well rested, and they will all play in this cup game. ”

Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, frowned, not that he was determined to win the League Cup, but he loved the excitement of beating his rivals and rivals.

So he responded: "Give up? Of course we won't give up, even though we've had tough games lately, Arsenal have worked a lot harder than we do. And we have a lot of depth in the squad, and everyone is the main force."

However, when Mourinho got his hands on Arsenal's starting line-up just hours before the start of the game, he cursed Arsene Wenger in his heart.

If it weren't for his disciples in front of him, he would probably scold his mother directly.

"What the fuck won't give up? Is this also called fucking all-out? What the fuck is this also called the main force all playing? The German teenager Gnabry in 95, the Danish center forward Bendtner who has no ball to play at Arsenal, the youth academy teenager Jenkinson, the 92-year-old Ghana midfielder Frimpong, and the teenager Oxlade-Chamberlain are also fucking called the main lineup? As far as Wilshere and Monreal are concerned, even the goalkeeper is a fucking substitute for Fabianski, who hasn't been on the bench in an official match for a long time."

When he knew the opponent's lineup, he couldn't adjust his own lineup, because both sides had already submitted the list.

Mourinho, who felt like he was being put on the table, told his disciples that the game had to be won to knock Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup

In fact, it doesn't take Mourinho to say that Chelsea's starters knew it had to be won. If you can't win against such a lineup, it will probably make the headlines of all the newspapers.

Although Chelsea also had most of the substitutes in this game, Chelsea did have a much better bench than Arsenal, such as Belgian attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who has no place at Chelsea, Germany's imaginative winger Schurrle, and Spanish attacking midfielder Juan Mata, who has been unsatisfactory under Jose Mourinho

And when the reporters got the lineups of both sides, they were also stunned, and suddenly they found that Wenger was different: this honest little old man actually played pre-game psychological tactics

It is conceivable that Arsenal basically gave up the rhythm of this game, but the words of Top Gun before the game were completely to let the old enemy Mourinho put on some more powerful players, and then grind Chelsea's substitutions and rotations

On second thought, isn't this trick commonly used by Munirio? Now it is actually used by Wenger to deal with Mourinho, the madman is not in a good mood now, right?

Mourinho proved angry and the consequences were serious. Although he didn't show it, everyone knew that this madman must be in a crazy mood at this moment

And the consequences were indeed serious, as Arsenal lost a clean 2-0 on their home turf. In front of the Chelsea fans, the Arsenal fans were a little embarrassed to "say hello".

But despite this, they can still understand that they can't bear to play against teams like Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United, and Chelsea, even today's giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern. What's more, no team can win all the titles, except for Barcelona that year, of course. For the sake of the overall season, there are some games that have to be abandoned. Just losing to rivals Chelsea in their own home still made Arsenal fans feel bad.

After the game, Mourinho did not show any aggressive momentum at the post-match press conference, as if there was no joy or excitement for this game, while Wenger told the media that Arsenal's situation is very serious, not long after the season began, Arsenal has been absent from a "important" championship competition, Arsenal must be ready to work harder, hope not to be out of other competitions and so on

Li Zihan is a little familiar with this, but after thinking about it, aren't the coaches of the Chinese team so ridiculous when they lose

Mourinho, who listened to this, was also a little speechless, and left the venue early after the press conference, not wanting to stay longer for a moment.

As for the defeat in this game, the Arsenal players still maintained an objective attitude and did not have much frustration. First of all, the League Cup is indeed very chicken, although Arsenal has not won the championship for many years, but in the face of the opportunity to compete for other more outstanding championships, they are not willing to fight hard because of such a chicken rib competition that can win the championship or not. And the recent fixtures have made them feel tired.

After this game, the club's international players will rush back to their respective national team training camps, which is the FIFA international break. Although he knew that his players needed to rest, Wenger also had to let go, but before leaving, he told his disciples that they must pay attention to their bodies and not get injured when training and playing.

Of course, it's one thing for the players to listen and do what they do, because it's the qualifying stage of the World Cup that is in full swing.

The World Cup is every player's dream, how can it not be Boshan everything?

Of course, there is one team that may be excepted

And Li Zihan undoubtedly failed again, Li Zihan has no regrets about not entering the list of the national team, because he is used to it. From the very beginning, the media called for the national team to reuse the young player Li Zihan, Li Zihan had a period of impulsiveness, excitement and frustration, and the rest was habitually defeated.

And there are no World Cup matches to play anyway

Of course, wearing the five-star red flag for the country has always been Li Zihan's dream, although this team is very fucked, but Li Zihan still has some thoughts.

It's not about everything else, it's just a sense of belonging to a country.

In an interview with reporters, Li Zihan wanted to bypass the reporters' questions about why he was not called up to the national team, so he played Haluha: "First of all, my congratulations to Guangzhou Evergrande Club for winning the AFC Champions League, this is undoubtedly the most memorable day in the history of Chinese clubs, and many players in their squad are very good. The head coach is also the world's famous coach Lippi, and the strength of foreign players such as Conca can play in the mainstream European leagues, and the Argentine is undoubtedly the indispensable core of the team."

Li Zihan said a lot of nonsense, that is, he didn't mention anything about the national team. Of course, it can also be felt from his tone that he is also sincerely happy for Evergrande's victory.

In Li Zihan's eyes, the Chinese Super League championship won by Evergrande this year has completed the great cause of three consecutive championships, and it is not as important as an AFC Champions League championship. To know the road, Arsenal is also a giant, right? But so far I haven't won a Champions League title. And now Evergrande has reached the final of the FA Cup, and it is very likely to complete the legendary treble.

So Li Zihan also said: "Guangzhou Evergrande is about to complete the great legend of the treble, which is the most legendary moment in the history of a club. Their opponents are very strong, the Guizhou team is not a weak team, and there are amazing and rich veterans like Sun Jihai in the team, but I am still optimistic about Evergrande. They are likely to become the eighth legendary treble winning team after Celtic in '97, Ajax in '72, PSV Eindhoven in '88, Manchester United in '99, Barcelona in '09, Inter Milan in 10 and Bayern Munich last year! ”

The reporter was about to sigh that Li Zihan, a young general, actually remembered these things so clearly, but after thinking about it

I'll give it a go, I remember that I was obviously asking about the national team, why are we talking about Evergrande and the Triple Crown? I digress!!

So the "professional" reporter immediately continued to ask: "So in the recent national team training camp, the acting head coach of China, Fu Bo, did not issue a call-up order to you, what do you think about this?" ”

Li Zihan saw that this reporter was so persistent, so he replied: "I don't know what to do, it is estimated that my ability or technical characteristics cannot meet the expectations or goals of the Football Association, right?" But I'm going to keep trying, you know, we've had a very busy schedule for a while, and the opponents are all big teams. And now the main team of the club is going to the national team again, so it should have a big impact on our physical strength and condition, so I decided to use this rare time to recover at the training base, and then go fishing in the south of Wales next door if I have time. ”

Li Zihan pointed the finger directly at the Football Association, not the head coach. Because he knows the Dao, his current ability and performance, unless Fu Bo doesn't know the Dao himself or he is a fool, it is impossible not to recruit himself. In this case, there is only one reason, the "greatly" of the Football Association is not satisfied with itself

Almost everyone knows that the Chinese team is very strange, the selection of the lineup and the formulation of tactics are almost all formulated by people who can't play with football, although there is no situation where players spend money to buy the national team in recent years, if the Football Association looks at who is not pleasing to the eye, it can still easily let him not be called up by the national team, such as Gao Leilei many years ago.

Of course, he did not shoot directly at the Football Association, after all, the Football Association does not have any contradictions with him on the surface. That's why he was so witty, and the committee members said this, but the media themselves can't control what they write.