Chapter 209: Wenger has a groove that wants to vomit

The final score was fixed at 2-0, and Arsenal won the first game of the season with a home win over Liverpool.

At the start of the second half, Arsene Wenger replaced Li Zihan with Olivier Giroud, and then replaced the veteran Sagna with teenager Jenkinson to reserve some strength for next week's Champions League.

Of course, Liverpool, who did not play in Europe, did not have the slightest retention, seeing that the attack could not open the situation, Rodgers also changed two people in one breath in the 65th minute of the game.

Flanagan came on, Chelsea loan striker Moses came on, while another wing-back, Sissoko, and forward Martin Coutinho came on.

I have to say that with two more attacking players in the front, Liverpool's style of play is much more flexible. There is no need to blindly look for Suarez in the front, Coutinho has a little control of the ball in the middle and then hands it to Suarez. Moses hid behind Suarez and Sturridge before bursting out unexpectedly and shooting from distance.

However, Arsenal's defense is also quite good, although Sagna has gone down. However, the new Gunners academy youngster Jenkinson is more defensive, and the youngster's idea is simple, to do his full-back job well. The veteran Sagna is a typical defender with a knife, often inserting assists, which has not decreased in Arsenal's strength, but has done better in defense than in the first half.

And Li Zihan is changing, and he is also pressing in a high position, but his ability to assist in defense is really minimal, and Cazorla's assistance defense is much better.

However, Giroud did defensively be much better than Li Zihan, especially when Giroud dropped deep enough that if the opponent launched a wide range of attacks, Giroud would almost change from a central striker to a midfielder.

On top of that, Arsenal's possession of the ball is so strong that once Arsenal gets the ball, it will be a long time before Liverpool can have a second chance to attack.

By the 75th minute, the score remained unchanged. Wenger thought for a moment, then waved his hand and replaced Gibbs, a young player who has played quite well so far this season, with Spanish full-back Monreal.

Brendan Rodgers had wanted to bring on Raheem Sterling for a midfielder, but Brendan dismissed that idea when Arsenal played two quality counter-attacks in a row. If the midfield is not strong and Arsenal scores another goal, then the game will end early.

And Rodgers also saw that too many people up front was not a good thing, because it would compress Suarez's space to play. He immediately gestured to the sidelines, signaling Coutinho to drop back slightly, plug in, and give Suarez a little more space to play in the front.

Despite Liverpool's efforts, the score was still 2-0 when Foy blew the final whistle. LCD screens at the scene told Liverpool that they had collapsed at the Emirates Stadium.

In stark contrast to the frustration of the Liverpool players, the elated Arsenal players were greeted by Gunners supporters who praised their players with the most enthusiastic applause and cheers from the stands.

As soon as the game was over, the focus of the Arsenal players shifted.

In the mixed interview area, the reporter asked Li Zihan: "What do you think of the Champions League game in three days?" ”

It is worth mentioning that this reporter is a Chinese, and he is also a beautiful woman, yes, the beautiful intern reporter Komiya who asked Li Zihan what he thought of the game between Chelsea and Manchester City.

'Borussia Dortmund are a very good team, you can see from the performances of last season, this season they left a Gotze but brought in two good attackers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, so the game in three days was tough for us. Li Zihan replied.

Because the conversation between Li Zihan and Komiya was in English, many other foreign reporters also heard it.

A reporter from other media asked, "So you don't have much confidence in that way?" After all, Dortmund took home a hearty victory at the Emirates Stadium in the last round. ”

Li Zihan said "honestly": "There is still confidence, as long as we defend well, otherwise their offensive firepower will open up the situation, Reus and Lewandowski's scoring ability is too strong." And considering that we are away from home, the first thing we have to do is not let the opponent score, and at the end of the day, we are thinking about scoring ourselves. ”

As soon as the reporters heard it, they were excited, Li Zihan was revealing the details of the tactical arrangement of the game, and his implication was that Arsenal would play defensive counterattacks. Reporters think about it, Dortmund's strength is almost the same as Arsenal, and Dortmund defeated Arsenal away from home in the last round, so Arsenal's choice of defensive counterattack is also the correct tactical approach.

"In the end, you are young, we didn't go into the pit, you yourself recruited it truthfully." The reporters commented on Li Zihan in their hearts.

Then Komiya continued to ask: "The bookmaker doesn't seem to be optimistic about you, Dortmund's odds are 2.25, while Arsenal's odds are 2.87. ”

Li Zihan was stunned and asked, "Really?" Then I'll bet right away."

After speaking, Li Zihan strode directly into the locker room, and it looked like he was really going to bet.

The reporters' mouths collectively became "O" shaped

Although clubs and national football associations, as well as UEFA and FIFA, refuse to allow players to participate in gambling and punish them severely, if you are pressuring yourself to win, there is not much of a problem.

So the next day, news spread throughout Europe that Arsenal were going to use defensive counter-attacking tactics against Dortmund.

And the famous "Li Hei" Sanchez did not "follow the trend" tactical problems, but seized Li Zihan's words to bet and attacked him, directly from the professional ethics to the character problem. It's like Li Zihan went to buy Arsenal to win the game is a heinous thing, and everyone should be punished.

Li Zihan, who originally wanted to save character in a low-key manner, saw that Sanchez was so "indignant", so he was not low-key, and he posted a betting ticket to his personal social media account.

Fans and reporters were in an uproar.

It turned out that this product spent 1.5 million pounds to buy Arsenal to win, although it was a win, but it also shows that Li Zihan himself is very optimistic that Arsenal will take away a victory away from home.

One and a half million pounds is equivalent to Li Zihan's own salary for half a year, and instantly fans left a message below, including a sentence in Chinese that is rarely conspicuous.

"It turns out that Han Niang is a real white rich beauty, I always thought Han Niang was a dick. The Silk Girl is coming. ”

This undoubtedly infuriated Dortmund fans.

Where do you get your confidence? Can't remember what it was like to lose at home a week ago?

Dortmund fans have already discussed, and when the time comes, they must let this young man see the Westpha that rages all over Europe. The "passion" of the Len Stadium.

And Arsenal fans are a good thing to calculate Li Zihan's small ticket, if the final result is that Arsenal wins, according to the odds of William Hill bookmaker, Li Zihan will make a profit of at least more than 4.3 million, excluding taxes and principal, Li Zihan has at least 1.5 million pounds in hand

One ball, one in and one out is a year's salary

Wenger shook his head helplessly, he was really a little confused about Li Zihan. You say he's ignorant, he understands everything, and he has a clear priority. If you want to say that he is sensible, he is often "brain-dead", such as this gambling incident

For this reason, Wenger also called him to the office, and told him bitterly that the focus should be on improving his skills, grinding in the cooperation between himself and his teammates, and as for what is happening off the pitch, don't watch, don't listen, and shouldn't get involved.

Li Zihan bowed his head in front of Wenger, as if he felt that the floor of this office was very artistic

Wenger thought that Li Zihan understood, and knew that Li Zihan was wrong, so he asked him to go back to know Li Zihan's own careful thoughts.

Without staying too long, the whole Arsenal team immediately flew to the Ruhr area of Germany, although it was a group life and death battle in the Champions League. However, Dortmund FC and fans did not play some off-the-field tricks, the club provided Arsenal with one of the best training turf in Dortmund, and actively cooperated with the whole Arsenal team to Westphagi in the evening. Lun Stadium is familiar with the field.

And the Dortmund fans did not go to the hotel where Arsenal was staying to make trouble, so there was no noise pollution, and the Arsenal players were not allowed to sleep at night.

These are not tricks that the Germans can use, as for Dortmund, they believe that they should win on a level playing field, after all, Dortmund also gave a lot of convenience when they went to London to play away.

In his pre-match press conference, Arsene Wenger once again complained about the FA and the Premier League Committee's fixture schedule: "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the fixtures for several years in a row have made me have to think so. I don't know how our schedule is arranged, but I don't think normal people can do it anyway. ”

"When it comes to Arsenal's almost full of injuries every season, many people think that our tactical characteristics are too biased towards possession, which leads to the ball staying at the feet and giving the opponent more opportunities to tackle, which is also prone to injury. Yes, there are a few reasons for this, after all, the physical contact and fast pace of the Premier League can hurt a team in possession, but it is not all the reasons. ”

"Why don't you doubt that it's the reason for the schedule? I won't talk about the previous season, I don't like to look at the old calendar. If we look at this season, last weekend we were against Liverpool, a traditional giant, and they have been very good this season. Three days later, that is, two days later, our Champions League opponent is Dortmund, and then the weekend league three days after the match with Dortmund is a traditional giant, Manchester United, the European competition time of each season is so many times, the league committee and the FA can arrange some less strong teams in the league near that time, to give some support to the teams playing in Europe. ”

"Well, that's what they do. Chelsea's league fixtures last weekend were a modest Newcastle side United, Manchester United were against Fulham and Manchester City were against Norwich City, mostly mid-table and lower-table teams. But our opponent is the powerful Liverpool who has no European influence, well, you have to say that when the season did not start, you didn't know that Liverpool would have such strength this season, but it is also a traditional giant, and they have not yet had the influence of European competition, the focus is all on the league, so we have to focus more on the league and the Champions League. ”