On 1 January 1988, then Arsenal boss Granham handed the captain's armband to the 21-year-old Tony Brown. Adams. Exactly 20 years later, Fabregas, who is a year younger than Adams, is carrying the gunslingers' banner.

Cesc Fabregas was still dazed at this point, and when his mentor Arsene Wenger handed him the captain's armband and announced in front of the whole team that he would be the trusted captain of Arsenal, Fabregas felt the weight of a thousand pounds on his shoulders, and his heart was even more turbulent.

Can I do well?

Can I be a great captain like Adams?

Fabregas knows very well that when he first wears the captain's armband and appears in the field of vision of fans, people will inevitably compare the two, but as Arsenal fans sing, "there is only one Adams", Adams is the greatest captain in the history of the Gunners, his status and role cannot be replicated, and what Fabregas has to do is only to keep up with Adams, and then look at it.

Four league titles, three FA Cups, two League Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup. Adams' achievements are documented with military medals, while Cesc Fabregas has won the FA Cup at Arsenal so far.

Adams has an innate leadership style, and not only Arsenal fans love him, but even Adams' sworn enemy, Manchester United's star player David Beckham, has great admiration for Adams.

In his autobiography, he recalled the 1998 Anglo-Argentine War of the Century: "With only five minutes to go, we were so nervous that Tony suddenly exploded in the dressing room with a thunderous voice: 'Brothers, England is invincible, let's play with our lives!'" I never knew that a person's voice could be so infectious, I just felt that my blood was boiling. ”

Whenever Adams is played, fans can always hear him roaring on the pitch, and the fighting spirit that English football cherishes is perfectly embodied in him.

As for Arsenal's new captain, Arsene Wenger has Klich, Toure or Cesc Fabregas in mind. Cesc Fabregas was chosen because the Spaniards had more voice and prestige in the dressing room. The locker room is important, but it gives the team a natural centripetal force and cohesion. But for Arsenal, who are often on a rollercoaster, how to boost the team's morale when they are at a low point, Fabregas did not experience such a test before becoming captain.

In fact, apart from their age when they took over as captain, Fabregas and Adams are not absolutely comparable. But just as no one expected Adams to be so successful when he was elected captain, perhaps the era of Cesc Fabregas has just begun.

Cesc Fabregas is already Arsene Wenger's fifth captain in charge of Arsenal, following Adams, Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry and Galla. It is worth noting that apart from Thierry Henry, who leads the team by constantly scoring goals, Adams, Vieira and Gala are all known for their fiery tempers, they are not afraid of anyone on the pitch and can control others in the dressing room. It is clear that Cesc Fabregas has a completely different personality from the captains mentioned above.

What does it take to be the leader of a team?

In the Wenger era, Adams, Keown, and Vieira were all very pure leaders, and by analogy with them, you can find out whether Fabregas was a leader or not.

Patrick Vieira pointed out after leaving Arsenal that Arsenal no longer have a leader: "When young players come on the pitch, they need the help, encouragement and protection of the senior players, and that's probably the problem that Arsenal are facing now. The team needs a leader, a player who can trust someone to rely on, who can give encouragement and support in times of adversity, to make other players stronger, a leader needs not only personal temperament but also experience, and I think the current team lacks leadership temperament. ”

It should be said that choosing to let Xiaofa wear the captain's armband is the choice of Arsenal's entire team: a young team needs a young captain. Arsenal have not had their history without young captains: Adams, widely regarded as the most captained captain in Arsenal club history, became the Gunners leader at the age of 21 years and 80 days.

Adams is a player who likes to call his teammates in the dressing room when he is 18 or 9 years old, and he is a type of player in this regard with Cantona and Keane, and now Cesc Fabregas is still a relatively quiet player, hand him the armband, is he the new Adams or the new Henry?

Arsene Wenger is very confident in his choice, as he said before the start of the season: "Cesc Fabregas will win the Ballon d'Or sooner or later!" ”

Cesc Fabregas has also lived up to Wenger's trust, leading Arsenal to a good start to the new season with his excellent performances, and in the first round of the Champions League in the new season, Cesc Fabregas scored the first goal against Sevilla in Spain to help the team win 3-0.

Up to now, although Arsenal has a poor record in the league and domestic cups due to civil strife, Cesc Fabregas has led Arsenal to the semi-finals of the Champions League with his outstanding performance.

After Henry left Arsenal, the Gunners no longer relied on one person to score goals as before, but often without a dedicated striker, multiple people in the midfield stepped forward to get more attacking points, Fabregas got more space to play under such tactics, based on excellent jishu ability, under the involvement of teammates, Fabregas often stepped forward in front of the opponent's big penalty area or even in the penalty area in the middle of the midfield, That's why Cesc Fabregas has been able to do so well in the new season.

Speaking about Cesc Fabregas's goal, Arsenal midfielder Rosicky also revealed a small secret inside the Gunners. Rosicky, Hleb and Cesc Fabregas made a bet before the start of the new season to see who would be the Gunners' top scorer in the field, and as it stands, while both Rosicky and Hleb have scored, they are clearly dwarfed by Fabregas's excellent performances.

In the history of the Gunners, leaders such as Ian Brown. Wright, Bergkamp and Thierry Henry are all goalscoring vanes in the team, and the king of the Gunners must be the ace of the team's attack.

As things stand, Cesc Fabregas is undoubtedly the man, with Galla getting the captain's armband and Gilberto as vice-captain at the start of the new season. However, in terms of the status of the two captains in the team, Galla is a newcomer, although the character is quite tough, but Wenger immediately handed over the captain's armband to him, obviously not enough to convince the public, Gilberto has been in the team for many years, but the Brazilian accounted for nearly half of the 11 goals scored last year, five penalties.

Cesc Fabregas, who scored only four goals last year, has made a qualitative leap in the new season as if he had suddenly opened up, becoming the one who can really lead the team to victory.

If the Gunners need to rise as a leader after Thierry Henry's departure, Cesc Fabregas is undoubtedly the new Gunners king.

Real Madrid sought to buy Cesc Fabregas at a high price last summer, and when Wenger asked him for advice, he said he needed 24 hours to consider it.

Cesc Fabregas' decision to stay at Arsenal after 24 hours is likely to be a topic of conversation for Gunners fans for many years to come, with Cesc Fabregas, who scored four goals last season, showing a qualitative leap forward at the start of the new season and becoming the leader of the Gunners' squad with outstanding performances.

As a midfielder, Cesc Fabregas has scored an astonishing number of goals while also doing a pretty good job of assisting his team-mates, which in anyone's eyes is a complete performance of a shijie midfielder.

At the start of the season, Arsene Wenger said of Cesc Fabregas that this was a new Platini. In midfield, the French legend is more active up front and wants to score goals himself, and he is a direct servant of the rest of the team.

Fabregas, on the other hand, is more active in midfield, and it is often up to him to score so many goals. And in terms of the organization of the whole team's attack, Cesc Fabregas did even better than Platini. As Arsene Wenger said: "At Platini's age, I didn't see anything more impressive than Cesc Fabregas. ”

Fabregas was indeed surprised by Wenger's decision, but more than that, as everyone knows, Fabregas's football career began in the La Masia Academy, but unfortunately in Barcelona, he didn't see too many opportunities, and left there at the age of fifteen to go to London, where Cesc Fabregas Yujian his mentor Arsene Wenger began to climb into the Arsenal midfielder who made him a shijie-level midfielder.

At the age of 16 years and 177 days, Cesc Fabregas played his first competitive game for Arsenal First Team, and at 16 years and 212 days he became the youngest goalscorer in the club's history and at 17 years and 103 days he set a new record for the youngest Premier League player to represent the club.

In the first season after Vieira's departure, Cesc Fabregas and Arsenal reached a record Champions League final, and played a peak duel with AC Milan, led by the Wright brothers at the time.

With his outstanding performances at the club, the Spanish national team will not let go of such a talent, and on 2 March 2006, Arsenal youngster became the youngest Spanish international in 70 years in a friendly match between Spain and Ivory Coast.

Not all geniuses can "come out", and Fabregas has reached the fame and success he has today thanks to chance, first of all, he met Bole Wenger. The French professor has all the steps from Taobao, opening to display, which has created a midfield wizard under the age of 16.

Secondly, thanks to Patrick Vieira, the Gunners captain has given him a lot of encouragement and guidance, but the professor is clearly looking at the future, because Vieira and Cesc Fabregas are difficult to coexist on the pitch, Vieira and the start of the 05/06 season suddenly left, Wenger put Fabregas and Gilbert Gilbert A. Silva pushed to the front line. After half a season of beating and grinding, "Gold" finally shines.

There is always something different about genius, and what makes Cesc Fabregas different is his "precociousness". In fact, Cesc Fabregas is not as old as he seems, and it is impossible to judge his age from his performances, accurate judgment, calm ball control, good vision of the big picture, decisive shooting and good footwork, he behaves like a battle-hardened player, but all the flashy "coats" hide a youthful body.

Fabregas's precociousness is also reflected in his ability to handle big scenes, which is very similar to England's genius Wayne Rooney, and the word "stage fright" is inherently unrelated to him.

Perhaps it was these qualities that ultimately led Arsion Wenger to make Cesc Fabregas the youngest captain in Arsenal's history.

"Sesk! Aren't you going to say something to your teammates? Arsene Wenger said with a smile.

Cesc Fabregas was stunned, then looked at Wenger and then at his team-mates, all of whom looked at each other, some of them were friendly, while others were clearly unhappy with Wenger's decision.

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"Coach!" Brazilian midfielder Denilson interrupted Cesc Fabregas, "I don't think it's the right decision, we all know that Seske is a very good player, but I don't think he's going to be a haode leader, what we need is a tough guy who can lead us out of trouble, not a child who can't even take care of himself!" ”

Wenger did not speak, but looked at Fabregas with encouragement in his eyes, of course, he can use the power of many years of coaching at Arsenal to force the players to accept this, but Wenger also knows that he cannot always protect this little Spanish talent, Fabregas needs to make his arms strong and face some things alone.

Cesc Fabregas did not disappoint Wenger either, and in the face of Denilson's questioning, he was not angry, and his still somewhat boyish face looked very calm: "I think I can do it well!" ”

Denilson was a little dismissive: "Sesk! You're a good player, but you're not going to be a good captain, we need a tough guy like Willian to lead us! ”

Denilson's relationship with Galla is very good, and he expressed his dissatisfaction with Wenger's decision to remove Garra as captain at the time, if Wenger's choice of new captain was someone else, he might not say anything, but Cesc Fabregas, a twenty-year-old child, what is this? Although he is younger than Cesc Fabregas.

"What Willian can do, I can do and I'm sure I'll do better, and as for the things you said, I'll prove it to you on the pitch, and I'll show it with my performance that I'm worthy of the Arsenal captain's armband!"

After Fabregas finished speaking, he added: "Alright! I don't want to dwell on it, now I want to exercise my right as captain, tomorrow we have a very important game and now we have to prepare well! A lot of the media in England think we can beat Fiorentina because we are stronger overall, I don't think so, Fiorentina have more advantages than us, I'm not alarmist, Denilson, don't interrupt me! ”

Denilson, who was about to open his mouth to refute, heard this, he didn't know Weishenme, and he really shut up, and Fabregas's eyes just now made him feel afraid.

Fabregas saw that Denilson was honest, and then said: "I want to say that Degan, a lot of us experienced the original game, and now I think about it, I still find it unbelievable, that Brazilian man is very strong, at that time our back line couldn't stop him at all, although we eliminated AC Milan before, but it doesn't mean that we have succeeded in revenge, because our real opponent is Degan, in that game, it was Degan who eliminated us alone, so tomorrow's game, for us." It's a big deal, and I don't want to let that nightmare from three years ago continue, so tomorrow's game, we have to make a break between Arsenal and Degan! ”

Cesc Fabregas's words silenced everyone, and many of them experienced the game firsthand, getting so close to the Champions League trophy for the first time, only to be shattered by a Degan who shattered all their dreams.

"I know, you and I can empathize, and since that's the case, let's go and fight! Arsenal are not afraid of any opponent and we are confident that they will overcome all opponents, whether it is AC Milan or Fiorentina, they will have only one end in the end, and that is to be our underdog! ”

Wenger could feel that the momentum of the players changed with Fabregas's words, and when he looked at Fabregas, his eyes were more relieved.

Maybe this kid can really do a good job!

In fact, Wenger is also gambling on the selection of Cesc Fabregas as the team's new captain, he knows that Fabregas has done well enough, and his performance on the pitch has almost reached the point of impeccable, but Wenger now needs Cesc Fabregas to do more and take on more important responsibilities.

In fact, after announcing this decision, Wenger also regretted it a little, knowing that tomorrow's opponent is Fiorentina, and if the game goes wrong, it is likely to deal a big blow to Cesc Fabregas, who has just become the captain of the team.