Chapter 331: After the Storm

Because since the game against Napoli, the media's attention has been on the polarization and even multipolarity of Li Zihan, Ozil and the Arsenal dressing room, as for the schedule or something, of course, there is no gossip in the media's mind.

The video of the AFC awards ceremony before the game has spread all over the country, and everyone knows that the feud between Li Zihan and Ozil is a rumor. Only a handful of media outlets are still insisting that there is a problem with Arsenal's dressing room and that the atmosphere in the team is not harmonious, and they still decide to get to the bottom of the problem and dig into the ground, such as The Sun.

And other media outlets, which do not want to continue to dwell on this issue, have turned their guns around. He actually began to praise Li Zihan, saying how he showed tenacity and desire to win in the game against Napoli and how sportsmanship and work ethic he had.

They actually forgot that just a day ago, they were still criticizing Li Zihan for being too "independent" in the team and not allowing other talented players.

What Li Zihan didn't expect was that there were actually a lot of media in China who followed suit, and they said that Li Zihan was arrogant and became a "ball bully" when he had some achievements!

"Ball tyrant" is a unique word in Chinese football, and it is not a good word!

For these media, Li Zihan remembered their names one by one, and if he wanted to interview or something in the future, he would send them two words directly - "No time!" ”

'Don't you like to reprint?' After that, you can reprint the news about me in other newspapers! ’

In this round of the league, Arsenal travelled to Wales to face promoted Welsh side Cardiff City. It was not easy to attract the attention of the media and broadcasters in such a game with a huge disparity in strength, after all, there were two big dramas in this round, such as Tottenham Hotspur vs. Manchester United and Chelsea vs. Southampton.

But because of Li Zihan and Ozil, this game actually attracted a lot of media to report and watch the game, but this game was destined to disappoint them.

Because there is no Li Zihan, Ozil, or even Podolsky, Ramsey and others in the eighteen-person list.

For such a question, the reporter asked Wenger during the pre-match press conference. Wenger looked at the reporter who asked this question like an idiot, and then said that Arsenal fought too hard in the last game against Napoli, and many main players were physically weak, so Arsenal will use rotation in this round against Cardiff City.

Also, everyone watched the scrambling and running of Arsenal players in the last game, such as Li Zihan was directly carried off the field on a stretcher by cramps in both legs, so it is normal to use rotation, not to mention that there is a life-and-death battle waiting for Arsenal.

As Cardiff City's biggest contributor to promotion to the Premier League, manager Mackay is actually not having a good time right now. Twelve league rounds have passed, and Cardiff City are still at the bottom of the table. Although the task of the first season of the promoted horse is to relegate, and the current result is indeed the result that a promoted horse should have.

But the owner of Cardiff City doesn't think so, Chen Zhiyuan, a wealthy Malaysian businessman and Andy Lau's wife's uncle, has invested a lot in the transfer market this season, and can be ranked above the middle of the Premier League and below the upstream teams.

Therefore, it is impossible to satisfy Chen Zhiyuan, who has made a lot of money, with this result, and if you don't hurry up to grab points now, then it will be more difficult to relegate after the end of the winter transfer.

So McKay's best chance is to grab as many points as possible before the winter transfer, so that he can keep his position!

And what makes McKay painful is that he encountered Manchester United in the last round, and Arsenal in this round. Encountering the two giants of the Premier League in a row, it is difficult to grab points. Fortunately, in the last round, they unexpectedly faced the defending champions like Manchester United in the last round, and they actually drew 2-2 with the Red Devils at their home stadium.

The draw with Manchester United in the previous round gave Cardiff and their manager Mackay a strong sense of confidence. If they can score two goals for Manchester United, what about Arsenal, which has always been a problem for the defence?

Even if you can't win, then a draw shouldn't be a problem, right? And also in their own Cardiff Millennium Stadium.

However, the facts have once again proved that the ideal is plump and the reality is skinny!

Just when Cardiff was dreaming of playing Arsenal with a score of 2-1, 1-0 or something, let alone Arsenal's rotation lineup.

However, when the game was over, the whole Cardiff team looked at the blinding bright red 0-3 on the central monitor of the stadium, and it was still a little difficult to accept.

In this game, Cardiff City, which is in dire need of three points and relegation, united to welcome the Premier League giants Arsenal. The draw with the Red Devils in the last round of the league gave them a lot of confidence in Arsenal, but Arsenal ruthlessly gave Cardiff Red Dragon a blow with a hearty victory. Three to zero! I think Cardiff should be sober now, and complete his relegation cause in a down-to-earth manner, as for the giant team, it is better to defend and counterattack that point, as for the attack, look at this game, this score will be understood! After the game, Sky Sports commentators commented.

In the last Champions League game against Napoli, Arsenal felt very aggrieved. That game was not Arsenal's problem itself, but bad luck, and Arsenal's players worked hard and didn't slack off. Not only Li Zihan, but even iron men like Podolski and Medsat cramped in 95 minutes of stoppage time.

So this hearty god also made the whole Arsenal team breathe a bad breath!

After the game, when the reporter asked Li Zihan and Ozil questions again, Wenger's temper was a little unbearable: "I don't know if things are so simple now, what else is there to ask." We don't have problems, even though a lot of people want us to have problems, but we're united, we're going to twist into a twine, we're going to be the champions, we're top of the league for a long time, we've been at the top of the league for a long time, and our biggest goal is to keep that position until the end of the season, that's it. ”

After saying that, Wenger got up and left the post-match press conference.

At the end of this game, Wenger gave the whole Arsenal team a day off, this period of time is very tight, and it is also a relatively important game for Arsenal, so Wenger has to maintain the physical strength and condition of the players. And seeing that the Premier League's famous Christmas game is coming.

The next day, a reporter photographed Li Zihan and Mesut Ozil, along with some other Arsenal first-team players, going in and out of a local Chinese restaurant in London.

In this way, it has further discorded Arsenal's dressing room, and the rumours of polarization have been self-defeating.

Of course, for a "genius" journalist like the famous "Lee Black" Richard Sanchez, none of this is a problem.

Didn't you refute the rumors? Aren't you reconciled? Didn't you say there was no problem?

Okay, aren't you guys eating together today? I don't believe you can have a meal and the first team of more than 20 people can come. All the players who didn't come to this meal had a problem with you, and the relationship was not good, so you invited Ozil, Podolski, Merdersart, Wilshere and others for a meal, but you didn't invite Arteta, Vermaelen, Cazorla and others!

So, when other newspapers and media were silent on the Arsenal and Li Zihan and Ozil issues, Sanchez and his "Sun" insisted on their own style (crazy) style as always!

The day after the meal, The Sun continued to publish articles against Arsenal. And also gave a list, a group of Arsenal players who came to dinner, and a group that did not come, this is "polarization"!

Such an article that even Ozil gritted his teeth.

"I don't know what Lu Dao is for, and there are still people who hold on to this matter, and the relationship between me and Li is almost known to everyone. And Arsenal's team atmosphere, the unity of the dressing room has always been one of the best clubs in Europe, I don't understand, a team that has been named the best club and benchmark club in Europe by UEFA, why would there be some such problems that do not exist! I don't want to say anything about it, because language pales and the facts will tell! Mesut Ozil said this in an interview with his home media outlet The Kicker.

On December 4, the 14th round of the league continued. In this round of the game, Arsenal arranged a large number of rotation players because of the life-and-death battle of the Champions League in the near future.

In this round, Arsenal sat at their home Emirates Stadium to welcome the Tigers - Hull City!

Facing teams in the relegation zone in two consecutive rounds is also relatively easy for Arsenal. This will allow Arsenal to focus more on Champions League fixtures, even though this round of the Champions League is against Ligue 1 side Marseille, who are the weakest in the group and have not scored a point.

It was 1-0 at half-time, Arsenal took the lead for a while, and Giroud scored a good header!

Fifteen minutes into the second half, the 60th minute of the game, Arsene Wenger made three substitutions in a row.

Of course, he didn't have any resentment with his players, but

Arsene Wenger made three substitutions in a row, with Lee Zihan, Mesut Ozil and Theo Walcott coming on for Giroud, Wilshere and Cazorla! It seems that the professors are already warming up for the Champions League game against Marseille, although Marseille has a poor record in the Champions League and is the only weak team in this group of death, but after all, it is also a key game that will determine Arsenal's Champions League road this season. It's just that it's only 1-0 now, isn't it a little too early to make arrangements for the next game so early? In case of injury or something, isn't there no substitution? ”