Chapter 360: Post-Game Press Conference (Part II)

"As for my salary, I just signed a contract just over three months ago, so how can I sign another contract so soon? What's more, I think the salary I was given by the club is very reasonable, Arsenal has always been a club that values financial balance, and we have a clear salary plan and a healthy arrangement, which is why Arsenal have always been praised by UEFA as a role model for the club. And I got paid by the club, so naturally I had to work hard. This shows that the pounds spent by the club on me have not been wasted, otherwise what if you "The Sun" called me parallel goods? You've never done this kind of thing before. Li Zihan laughed at the other party after being the most embarrassed.

"I don't think I need to say much about Ozil, right? None of you are blind, and if you can't see Mesut Ozil's performance, you can go home and ask for a detailed statistic of every game he has played at Arsenal. Mesut has always been a very talented player and I have always considered him one of the best midfielders in Europe. "Li Zihan didn't say anything in detail about this question, but just said implicitly, 'Everything depends on the facts, go home and look at the data and tactical analysis.'

After speaking, Li Zihan no longer paid attention to the other party.

"May I ask Lee, what made you leave Juventus, which you are already familiar with, and join Arsenal? Knowing that the rhythm and atmosphere of the Premier League are completely different from Serie A, don't you worry about the collapse of Arsenal after joining it? The reporter of the Sun News was just sent away by Li Zihan, and another reporter asked.

Li Zihan couldn't help pouting in his heart, his family knows his own affairs, and he is afraid of the existence of cheating gold fingers. And if I ask you about something that has nothing to do with this game, I guess I can go to supper when the press conference is over.

Li Zihan smiled politely and said: "I'm sorry, I only accept questions about this game, if it's about things outside of this game, we will have a lot of opportunities to be interviewed by everyone in the future." ”

Since Li Zihan said so, then everyone will bring the problem back to this game.

Wenger next to him nodded secretly in his heart, Li Zihan seems to be young, but when dealing with the "difficulty" and long guns and short cannons of reporters, he is not as overwhelmed as other young players. Either follow the other party's questions, be dug by the other party, or have a conflict with the other party

After other reporters asked Li Zihan a few questions, some reporters turned their attention to Pellegrini.

"May I ask Mr. Pellegrini, for the first 50 minutes of this game you have a huge disparity of five to one, four goals. As a result, they were tied by Arsenal's miraculous 6-6, what do you think about this? ”

Pellegrini said: "I don't know what happened to Ludao, like you said, we had an absolute advantage, but the other side was so lucky. We didn't know much about the new players, and he scored four goals in an instant. I have to take full responsibility for this, and I didn't do an effective targeted arrangement for the opponent's cavalry before the game. ”

Manuel Pellegrini would never praise his rivals, let alone embarrass him so much in the game, so he attributed Arsenal's eventual equalisation to luck.

When the reporters heard this, their eyes lit up, and they knew that he was not convinced, and Wenger was by his side, if they could provoke the two of them to be angry, then there would be big news again.

But they definitely didn't expect that they hadn't dug a hole for Arsenal yet, and Wenger himself spoke first.

"I don't think it's luck, I think it's a combination of strength. In the face of a luxurious squad like Manchester City, not any team has the luck to chase five goals in a row, and the hundreds of millions of pounds they spend on reinforcements are not in vain," Arsene Wenger said a bit ironically.

Wenger doesn't know what's wrong with him, and he is not usually a person who likes to take the initiative to provoke others, but after such a hearty game today, he seems to have a "desire to perform"?

"If it's luck, then I think the other 19 teams are a little bit too unlucky to keep Arsenal at the top of the league for so long. Manchester City are only fourth in the league, sorry for forgetting one thing. I wanted to see the news before, Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton all won, so now Manchester City are fifth in the league. Fortunately, Tottenham lost to Liverpool, otherwise Manchester City would have finished sixth in the league. But then again, Tottenham actually lost to Liverpool with an almost humiliating score of 0-5 at their home stadium, and linked to the previous big loss to Manchester City, they really spent more than 110 million pounds this summer on reinforcements? Wenger didn't mind sprinkling a handful of salt on his sworn enemy's wounds at this time.

Manuel Pellegrini's reaction was not as "emotional" as the journalists had hoped, or he launched a verbal offensive with Arsene Wenger. just said lightly: "What's the hurry, there's still a lot of time, now the league hasn't even reached half yet, and the winner is the one who laughs the most!" ”

Then he stopped talking, apparently not wanting to continue on the topic.

Reporters are not just a trick, there are too many highlights in this game. First of all, the absolute advantage of the big score, the most reluctant, the hero came off the bench to save the team with the league's fastest hat trick and the big four, as well as the fierce battle between the two teams, as well as the quasi-lore, red card and penalty kick at the last moment, and the all-martial arts that was almost staged.

It can be said that the elements of a good football game are basically ready for this game.

So the journalists, who have a lot to write about, did not continue on this topic, but continued to ask Pellegrini: "What do you think about the penalty that Arsenal won in the 87th minute and the red card of Demichelis?" ”

Manuel Pellegrini is a highly intelligent manager, and with the game over, it is clear that it would not be a wise decision to offend the FA and the referees again. Don't look at Pellegrini who looked a little innocent and wronged when the referee made the decision, but he knew in his heart that there was nothing wrong with the penalty and the red card. Demichelis was indeed a foul, and he chose to retreat after Li Zihan, who was very inferior to Li Zihan, but the Argentine thought that the referee couldn't see clearly, or thought that he didn't mean it, but his physical strength didn't keep up, and he just wiped the other party.

'Penalties and red cards? The game is over and it doesn't make sense to say it's all that, the referee thinks it's a penalty and a red card, then it's not a big problem, and we believe and respect the referee's decision. However, after the game we thought we would watch the footage of the game carefully and if there was any problem we would appeal to the adjudication committee. ”

Manuel Pellegrini's answer was typical, to the effect that we agreed with the referee's decision, and he said it was a foul so it should have been a foul. But you don't want to cheat us, we always look at our own post-match footage of each game.

The reporter who asked the question shrugged helplessly, originally thinking that Pellegrini had questioned the referee's decision. It would have been nice if the Chilean had "bombarded" the referee on duty Dodd at the post-match press conference, but although the "conspiracy" did not succeed, the journalist did not continue to press. Because there are so many things to write about this game, since the Manchester City manager doesn't give them the opportunity to write about it, they don't force it, so they should keep a low profile and save character.

Without waiting for the reporters to continue to 'dig holes', the experienced Pellegrini directly snatched the 'hoe' they dug holes: "Don't continue Manchester City to be drawn, the topic of 'Manchester City drawn' will stop." Arsenal are league leaders, and we don't have to be ashamed to draw with them at home, but unfortunately we couldn't get the three points, that's all, if there are media friends who want to ask questions, you can change the subject. ”

Reporters rolled their eyes, if you just look at this score, maybe everyone thinks that this is a vigorous battle, you score a goal and I score a goal. Of course, although it was indeed a big battle, the score in the first 55 minutes was a crazy 5-to-1. Arsenal's comeback took just five minutes and a substitution

It was pulled from 5-1 to 5-5, then 6-5, and then to 6-6. This process is very ups and downs, at least more exciting than a direct 6-6, of course, this is for Arsenal, for Manchester City, it is more faceless.

The post-match press conference didn't last long, because the game was so exciting, and the good reporters and writers actually typed the script while watching the game.

On the Arsenal bus back to London, the players celebrated passionately. It's not just the fans who enjoy it, the players are no exception.

Li Zihan and Arsene Wenger have undoubtedly become the objects of celebration for Arsenal players, and the so-called celebration is the meaning of teasing

The chaotic and high-spirited Arsenal bus felt like it was Christmas in advance. Wenger doesn't care about them, after all, Arsenal usually manages players more strictly, and it is still a great benefit to let them relax at this time.

It's just that if you make too much trouble, it won't work.

Seeing the excited disciples, a group of disciples gathered around to grab the champagne in Li Zihan's hand, but Li Zihan came to prevent them from grabbing it, and actually climbed onto the luggage rack above the bus seat.

This bottle of champagne is a reward for the best player of the game, and there is a custom in the Premier League that the best player of the match is awarded a bottle of champagne for the best player of every game.