knife guard

Chapter 712
In the eyes of Arsenal players, Li Huan is also a very strange oriental player. On the court, he is all-powerful, but off the court he is very quiet. Even on the plane from London to Glasgow, Scotland, Li Huan just sat quietly. Reading at the back of the cabin, except for occasionally looking down at the white clouds outside the window.

"What book did you read?"

Fabregas had just finished chatting with his teammates, and then came to the side of Li Huan, who was not so gregarious. As the captain, Fabregas was very conscientious, and he played a role in the coordination of this multinational team like lubricating oil.

""Gallic Wars"."

Li Huanhe wrote the letter. He has a good impression of the young captain. As a son of a rich family, there are not many people as gentle and polite as Cesc Fabregas, and Li Huan believes that in order to achieve results at Arsenal, he must Handle the relationship with the coach's confidant and the boss of the team.

"You are so interested in history? In fact, the ancestors of the Celtics we are going to play against are Gauls. They are descendants of a group of barbarians. After an hour, you will have a completely different feeling from England." Fabre Garth Road.

Li Huan smiled and said: "Caesar said that the Gauls are impetuous and fragile, they are less inclined to provoke troubles, they can't stand setbacks at all, they are capricious, and they act "recklessly". I don't know if the current Celtics are like this."

Fabregas said: "What Caesar said has a certain truth. The Celtics are fanatical in nature, extremely frivolous, boastful, arrogant when they win, and dejected when they lose. They think the Celtics are the best in the world. The team can win all the championships in the world. In fact, they only won the European championship once more than [-] years ago."

Li Huan tapped his knee lightly with a book, smiled slightly, and said, "They also have the right to be proud, we haven't gotten one yet."

Cesc Fabregas was speechless and said after a while: "The Scots support their team has reached a very blind level. You have to be mentally prepared. Even if you are the world's footballer, you will not be welcomed here."

Li Huan shrugged and said relaxedly, "I understand."

An hour and a half later, the plane landed at Scotland International Airport. There were already many Arsenal fans and reporters at the airport, including many Celtic fans in green shirts.

The Arsenal players felt the hostility from the Celtic fans as soon as they got off the plane. When the Arsenal fans presented flowers and applauded, the Arsenal fans also heard the threats and provocations from the Celtic fans.

"Boys from England, you're screwed 1"

"Just wait, we will clean you up tonight."

"You are out, we will kill you five to zero."

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The Celtic fans waved their fists at the Arsenal players, stretched out five fingers, and even wanted to rush over to communicate with the Arsenal fans face to face. Fortunately, the security guards at the airport stopped them from approaching the Arsenal players. But this scene still cast a shadow over the hearts of Arsenal players who have never come to Scotland to play.They could imagine how intense the match at Celtic Park would be.

Due to the provocation of the radical Celtic fans, Arsenal did not stop at the airport, nor did they sign autographs for the fans, and went directly to the hotel where they were staying with the club staff who arrived in advance.

The game was held at 7:45 pm, and the team arrived at [-]:[-] pm, which was still a long time before the game. Although Wenger felt that the Celtic fans were too crazy and irrational at all, he did not prohibit them. The players went out, because Scotland is one of the top [-] safe tourist cities in the world, and the security is very good. These Celtic fans will not cause personal harm to the Arsenal players.

Li Huan has long been fascinated by the legendary hometown of bagpipes, kilts, and whiskey, and because he will rush back to London immediately after the game, and may not have time to come in the future, so he went to the streets of Glasgow with Cesc Fabregas and others After wandering around briefly, he found that some Celtic fans didn't like his teammates very much, but they were very enthusiastic about him as an Asian. At first he thought it was because he was the World Footballer, but later he found out that it was because Shunsuke Nakamura used to play here and achieved good results, and now the Celtics are actively introducing a Chinese player, and the trip has basically been confirmed.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Arsenal went to the Celtic Park to adapt to the venue. There were still many Celtic fans in the stadium who followed and booed the Arsenal fans.But now Arsenal's players have some immunity and completed the training content amidst the interference.

Then came the press conference before the game. Wenger felt the ubiquitous pressure from the opponent's fans, and brought Li Huan to the press conference. He hoped that this newly joined disciple could inspire the players with a tough attitude. fighting spirit.

"The Celtics are the ideal opponents, they are very close and I am happiest when I come to Scotland to play twice a week. The game will be very tough and the home fans will create a lot of excitement. The atmosphere, but we have a lot of away game experience, I don't think this will affect our performance.

Maroney, Samaras and McGrady are very dangerous players in the celtic team, we have to watch them, Mowbray built a technical team during his time at West Bromwich Albion , I believe he will bring new changes to the Celtics, which we must be careful, they will not only use physical confrontation.

Theo Walcott has a back injury and Denilson has suffered a minor injury in training, but Abu Diaby has traveled with the team.We have enough manpower to use, we will play with the strongest lineup today, I believe the team has a great chance to win this game.It's a crucial game for us because we are well aware of the unpredictable results and how difficult it is to play here. "

Wenger re-emphasized the difficulty of the game at the press conference, but also re-emphasized the importance of the game to Arsenal, as well as Arsenal's determination to win.

Celtics coach Mowbray said: "We are a century-old club. Since I came, the team has been improving. We believe that we have the strength to compete with teams like Arsenal and Manchester United. Here, at Celtic Park, we are the masters, we have the ability to beat anyone, the Champions League is also very important for us, we need to go to Europe to show our excellence."

Although Mowbray has repeatedly reminded the media and reporters to pay attention to their existence, they are also a century-old giant, but because they failed to interview Li Huan at the airport, Li Huan still became the focus of subsequent reporters' questions. Even a great man like Wenger The coach can only serve as a foil.

"Mr. Li Huan, what is your impression of Glasgow and Scotland?"

Li Huan talked eloquently: "Verne said that Glasgow 'shows the poetic poverty of an industrial city', but in my eyes, the products of these ancient industries left over are poetry itself. I like it here and hope to have the opportunity to Coming to Scotland again."

"What do you think of Celtic fans? Do they scare you?"

Li Huan said: "No, they are very friendly to me, they let me see the passion for football and tradition."

"You are called a defender with a knife, will you score in this game?"

Li Huan said: "I respect the Celtics very much, but I'm sorry to say that we will definitely win the game. The Celtics can't stop us from moving forward. As for us personally, it doesn't matter if we score or not. "

"Did you know that your opponent is Maroney?"

Li Huan nodded and said: "I know, he is very capable in the left forward position, but today I will let him be quiet."

Li Huan's speech at the pre-match press conference once again angered the aggressive Celtics. After the press conference, Scottish left midfielder Maroney vowed to embarrass Li Huan and let him understand that this is Celtic. Park pitch.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the ancient Celtic Park stadium was already packed with [-] fans. The entire stadium was lush with greenery and turned into a summer Scottish primeval forest, while the Arsenal fans in red and white jerseys were almost just Surrounded by layers of green, there are dots of red and white flowers.

At this time, Duan Xuan, the commentator of the imperial TV station, has already got the starting list of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. He is introducing to the fans in his usual calm tone:

凯尔特人的首发阵容是451的阵容：守门员1-博鲁茨，四个后卫11-福克斯、22-卢温斯、5-卡德维尔、2-欣克尔，五个中场13-马罗尼、18-多纳蒂、6-恩格默、8-S-布朗、46-麦克格迪，前锋9-萨马拉斯。

Mowbray made the most of his main force, but they still adopted a relatively stable and conservative 451 lineup, obviously hoping to be able to confront Arsenal in the midfield.

阿森纳的首发阵容是：守门员1-阿穆尼亚，四个后卫13-李欢、10-加拉、5-维尔马伦、22-克里希，四个中场，4-法布雷加斯、17-亚历山大。宋、20-迪亚比，8-纳斯里，两个前锋11-范佩西、52-本特纳。

Professor Wenger also adopted a stable 442 formation instead of the traditional 433. It seems that after Li Huan came to Arsenal, the coach thought that there was no need to set up a right winger. Li Huan alone can occupy the entire right offensive and defensive. Individual midfielders can better control the situation.

(End of this chapter)