Chapter 62: How Much Are You Worth?
On the day of the game, the gray sky of London seemed to be full of frequent urination, and from time to time it went down a little.
"It's cloudy, wet and smelly, this place, it's really going to end!"
Zhang Desheng was accustomed to living in the sunny part of Porto, and suddenly came to the dark and damp London, which seemed to be forever dark gray tones, and was naturally very unaccustomed.
He checked the weather forecast before getting on the plane, and found that London in the next half month will basically be in this state of cloudy weather + rain + cold, and he suddenly has no idea of coming here to play football.
Sitting on the bus to Highbury at this time, the Porto players were a little nervous.
They don't frustrate Arsenal, but that doesn't mean they don't have pressure.
After all, this is a team that has just won the Premier League, and they also know that they can not look at Porto to join this Portuguese Super League powerhouse.
But if you really go to Arsenal, most of the starters are not available.
Except, of course, Zhang Desheng!
When Wenger was interviewed at the pre-match press conference yesterday, he kept chanting Zhang Desheng's name, and he didn't even mention Deco much, as if there was no one in the whole Porto, and only Zhang Desheng was worthy of praise.
This is naturally a half-truth psychological warfare, aimed at dividing Porto, killing and isolating Zhang Desheng, and the average young player is expected to be really disturbed by the mentality.
But Wenger really admires Zhang Desheng, and in the summer he also quoted 5 million pounds for Zhao Yuting to throw directly into the trash.
Boss Zhao can't look down on this money, but it's already bleeding for Arsenal.
And apart from the somewhat unpredictable Zhang Desheng, he really doesn't pay that much attention to the rest of Porto, including Deco's defense.
Arsenal's newly formed duo of Vieira + Gilberto is confident that Wenger can win it even against Zidane, let alone an outcast who can't even sit on the bench for Brazil.
But when it comes to how to deal with Zhang, Wenger actually finds it a bit tricky.
He really can't see through this little guy who usually doesn't look so powerful, even the explosiveness and speed are not top-notch, and the technique is not as delicate as that of South American stars, but the speed of progress is amazingly fast, and he can always burst out with amazing energy at critical moments.
Especially in the "Five Sons Dengke", Wenger was also dumbfounded, the kind of super talent that even overflowed the screen, who couldn't see it, who had a problem with their eyes.
Although the overall competitiveness of the Portuguese Super League is not as good as that of the Premier League, if you ask anyone to score five goals in a single game, who would dare to guarantee it?
Henry can't guarantee that he can do it, so Wenger has always attached great importance to Zhang Desheng.
He also knows very well that this kind of little guy can make another splash on the Champions League stage at any time, and it is usually a team like them that seems to be stronger as a whole as a backdrop.
But the question is who to send to defend, and it depends on what position he plays today.
If he plays wide, then Ashley Kerr is undoubtedly the best fit.
But if this kid is to play as a striker, Wenger has only Keown and Toure to be suitable.
But one of these two is too old to keep up; One is too young, easy to make mistakes and blown up, and it doesn't seem to reassure him.
So now he can only wait, and when he gets to Porto, he wants to wait until the starting list is announced in the last two hours before he can decide who to send.
Mourinho don't have so many struggles on his side, although they have put together two teams to fight this season, but the squad that can be competitive in Europe is still only one starter, and the other is at most an occasional rotation in the league.
"Zhang, today you are facing Ashley Cole, who has been hailed by the London media as England's number one left-back, do you have the confidence to deal with him?"
Jose Mourinho didn't struggle with the squad today, but there were a lot of things that didn't feel easy.
In addition to worrying that Deco will be directly shot to death by the double ghosts, and then Zhang Desheng, the strength of the opponent he has to face today is really not ordinary.
"Of course I have confidence, I'm ready to dance with him!"
Zhang Desheng was full of confidence, but these words made Mourinho and his teammates a little nervous, and they didn't understand what he meant.
"I don't mean dancing in general, but dancing on the tip of a knife!"
Zhang Desheng didn't explain in detail, and after finishing speaking, he lowered his head and went to tidy up his protective gear, which was a bit damn good.
"Zhang, I just hope you don't kill yourself!"
Mourinho hates the Riddler, especially in front of him as a manager, but he also knows that this proud disciple has a lot of ideas, and at this time he can only hope that this kid really has a way to deal with Cole.
He walked to the middle of the locker room and clapped his hands, so that everyone's eyes were on him.
"I've stressed many times in this game that the key to winning today is the defense. I also want people to be confident, but I don't want you to be blindly confident. Today we are playing away from home and Arsenal are a strong opponent to be respected, the first thing we have to do is not concede a goal. Remember, this is their home stadium and they are more anxious than us. So be patient after the opening and bring them out so that we have a chance to beat them! ”
Mourinho is certainly not too arrogant in European competition, and Porto does not have the capital to attack against Arsenal, and to win, it must rely on defensive counterattacks.
"Don't worry, we won't be in a hurry, if they don't come, we won't go!"
Maniche made a big statement at this time, looking like a hardcore supporter of Mourinho, looking at the look of who would not behave well, he was going to go up and greet him cordially.
Zhang Desheng doesn't understand this at all, Mourinho usually doesn't talk so much, but why is this kind of thorn willing to play under him and respect him so much?
This Maniche is obviously a thorn in the locker room in any team, but after coming to Mourinho, he actually turned into a dogleg + supervisor.
He knows that this thing is not only doing his best in training, but if anyone doesn't train seriously or is lazy, he really goes up and scolds!
Also, Mourinho's formation today was also beyond his expectations, and he actually had to play 4-3-3 to defend?
But doubts are doubts, Porto's internal cohesion, especially execution, is much higher than that of the men's football team.
Everyone agrees with Mourinho's tactical approach, he says to defend 4-3-3, then they play 4-3-3 to defend and that's it!
Soon, Mourinho read out his starting XI again and waited for the staff to remind them to play.
Zhang Desheng is naturally in the starting list, and he is now hesitating whether to use "Yunjian"?
He is confident that if he blesses these 500 points, he will even have a chance to break through the 80 realm in one fell swoop.
But the question is, this is only the first game of the Champions League group stage, and Porto is far from the moment of life and death, so it is a bit too anxious to use the trick of pressing the bottom of the box now?
In addition, Arsenal are clearly the strongest in this group.
Porto also don't want to beat Arsenal to top the group, they actually want to step on Barcelona, who have pulled their hips in recent seasons, to advance to the next stage.
So after hesitating for a long time, Zhang Desheng still did not change the nickname of "Oriental Swordsman", but changed the nickname of "Lucky Star".
Soon, the on-site staff informed them that it was time to enter.
The timing of this stage of the Champions League is set by UEFA, with two matches from the same group being played at the same time today.
The match between Barcelona and Maccabi Haifa, the Israeli league giants, was also on the other side of the game.
"Let's go, let's see how many qualified gunmen there are in this arsenal!"
Mourinho wore his classic trench coat and waved his hand, and a smashing aura suddenly came out.
"Kill them!"
"I'm going to blow up here!"
"Kill them!"
“……”
The words shouted by the Porto players before going out naturally made a group of stadium staff outside the door very unhappy, and they cursed in their hearts: Tubaozi, I will let you know that it is amazing in a while!
"His grandmother's, it's so cold! Cold! ”
After Zhang Desheng followed the team to the player's entrance tunnel, he couldn't help but rub his arm while turning his head to look at the Arsenal player next door who was also looking at them.
He was also a little afraid of the cold, especially the cold of London, which made him particularly uncomfortable.
Highbury Field is an old course, and the last part of the players' tunnel is not blocked, so the players on both sides can naturally communicate quietly or say hello to old acquaintances on the opposite side while they are waiting to play.
"Boy, aren't you trembling with fear?"
As soon as Ashley Cole met, he set his eyes on the person who was going to play against him today, and he tirelessly instructed Wenger before the game to be careful of this underage child, and he was somewhat resistant and unhappy.
So when I saw this kid curled up by the wall with his arms crossed, I couldn't help but mock it at the moment.
"Very good, this cold city without sunshine, thanks to a hospitable fool like you, there is some temperature, otherwise I would have frozen to death."
Zhang Desheng jumped on the spot after speaking, and simply started warming up here.
Cole was naturally very upset when he heard this, but he couldn't think of how to react more elegantly for a while, and the CPU directly smoked.
At this time, the Arsenal players also looked at Zhang Desheng with different looks, some people thought he was talking very interesting, some people didn't believe how good he was, and some people didn't look at him very well.
Wiltord, who started in place of Bergkamp today, couldn't help but say: "Hey, Chinese boy, I don't believe you can score five goals in one game!" ”
"You don't believe there's an egg, your coach is very trusted, and he personally called me in the summer, willing to let me come to Highbury for 10 million pounds, dare to ask how much you are worth?"
Zhang Desheng can be regarded as having the opportunity to take revenge on Wenger, who let that guy kill him for several days, this is called a plan!
As soon as his voice fell, the faces of the Arsenal players all changed, and it was estimated that they would think about everything.
Moreover, most of them are people who really believe in his evil.
Who made Wenger really praise him at every turn, the key is not that it has been like this in recent days, but since he created the "Five Sons Dengke".
The British media has also involved him in trade rumors for Arsenal, Manchester United and other teams this summer, and there are even several gossip that both have quoted tens of millions of pounds to Porto.
"Alright, it's out!"
At this time, the captains on both sides were notified of the admission, and immediately turned around to stop the small talk of the players, and pulled the caddies around them to the battlefield outside the passage.
Porto are the visitors and they only have a small ball boy next to Carvalho, who is the captain.
After Zhang Desheng walked out of the player's tunnel with ease, he only felt that the outside was not as bright as the lights inside, and when he looked up, it was the dark gray sky.
"No wonder BBA always adds this kind of filter to rabbits, and feelings are this kind of hue!"
Zhang Desheng walked out of the players' tunnel all the way, looking at the empty Highbury Stadium around him, I am afraid that there must be forty or fifty thousand people, right?
The atmosphere was not bad, he heard the sound of someone shouting above his head and wanting to stab him in the chrysanthemum, and the sound of him not being able to get out of Haibury, and even saw someone holding a portrait of Fu Manchu to disgust himself.
But instead of making him angry, he was proud of the importance that Arsenal fans took so seriously.
Now it seems that the five-son Dengke did make him famous all over Europe, and Arsenal fans are afraid that he really sees his team as a stepping stone to another blockbuster.
"Arsenal is a stepping stone, that's really qualified!"
Zhang Desheng really thinks so in his heart, Arsenal and Barcelona in this group are really qualified to be the stepping stones for him to expand his influence again.