Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1463 Prove me wrong with your victory

The FA Cup is getting closer and closer, and the focus of English media reports has shifted to its own domestic cup.

There is more and more news about the FA Cup in the newspapers, on TV, on the radio and on the Internet.

Especially the strong match between Liverpool and Arsenal is the focus of everyone's attention.

However, as everyone expected, there was no such atmosphere of strong dialogue.

Wenger appeared to be very low-key, and even surrendered early.

A series of his remarks before the game implied that Arsenal had no chance of winning and that Liverpool was too strong.

"...We played against them many times and tried almost everything. Our best result was to give up attacking, defend with all our strength, and hold a draw at home. This method is suitable for the league, but it is not suitable for the cup. Because we don't need to win and you can't win a game without scoring..."

When Wenger was interviewed by reporters, he spread his hands and curled his lips, expressing helplessness.

He has a basis for saying this. Arsenal and Liverpool have fought so many times, and they really didn't take advantage of it... Except for a draw, they all lost.

It doesn't matter whether it is attacking or defending.

But what he said was not recognized by everyone, because Arsenal, who had not been able to take advantage of it before, met Liverpool's first team.They will now face Liverpool's reserves in the League Cup and FA Cup.

There is still a big gap between the strength of the first team and the reserve team.If Arsenal's main force attacks and does not underestimate the enemy.It is still possible to win the reserve team with Chen Yingxiong...

So they don't know why Wenger is so frustrated, and as the head coach of Arsenal, is it really okay to say such words that hurt their morale before the game?

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Inside Arsenal, there is indeed some dissatisfaction and disappointment with Wenger's statement.

You must know that their opponent is not the first team, but the reserve team... No matter how strong the Liverpool reserve team is, it is just a reserve team.Begging for mercy from such a team in front of so many people, this really makes many Arsenal players feel uncomfortable-we are a dignified Arsenal!How could a team that won the league championship with an undefeated record back then bow to a reserve team!
Even if they won the FA Cup last season, that reserve team has little to do with the current reserve team.

It can be said bluntly that this reserve team is simply a group of rookies!
At the same time, they couldn't understand why the boss suddenly gave in?He had been preparing carefully for so long before, but now that the competition was about to start, he gave in... This is unscientific!

Wenger has not explained, which makes everyone more confused.

You must know that they originally planned to fight Liverpool. After all, this is the FA Cup, which is different from the League Cup.

Although the FA Cup is becoming more and more tasteless nowadays, it still occupies a very important position in the minds of England fans.After all, this is the longest history of modern football in the world, and this alone is enough for England fans to be proud.

Before the establishment of the Premier League, the League One League had no way to compete with the FA Cup. Even in the years when the UEFA Champions League was just established, English teams did not care about UEFA, thinking that the Champions League could not compare with their football. total cup.At that time, the FA Cup was the highest honor in English football.A team has never won even one league championship, as long as it can win the FA Cup a few times, it is a powerful side.

A team like Wimbledon has never won a top league championship, and has only won the FA Cup once, which has made their fans proud for a long time.

This shows that in the early years, the status of the FA Cup champion in the minds of English teams and fans.

Now this position is not as good as it used to be, but the prestige is still there.

There are still many people who regard winning the FA Cup as a supreme honor.

Even a giant like Manchester United seldom does such an extreme situation like Liverpool's completely sending the reserve team to play.

For the Arsenal players, the reason why they hope to fight in the FA Cup is that apart from the different meaning of this cup, there is also a very realistic consideration-in the league, they basically have no hope of winning the championship. Now leading the way, it is too difficult to catch up with them.

If they want to win a championship this season, the FA Cup is a good choice, and the League Cup is also good, but the FA Cup comes first, and the FA Cup is naturally the first.

They firmly believe that as long as they don't underestimate the enemy, after defeating the Liverpool reserve team, they will not encounter any suffering until the final.In other words, as long as they win Liverpool, they have a great chance of winning the championship.

Unexpectedly, the boss poured cold water on them.

It's really demoralizing...

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Wenger has seen the problems reflected from the team in the past few days of training.The players didn't seem to be paying enough attention in training, and they were a little absent-minded... To put it bluntly, it was low morale.

He naturally knew what caused this.

In the past few days, the outside media have been saying that they are too cautious and have already bowed their knees.

There are also media who complain about Arsenal, thinking that Arsenal, which was once so proud, has fallen to this point, and has to rely on showing weakness to the enemy.

They all thought that Wenger had gone too far and lost Arsenal's face.

Looking at those absent-minded players, he sighed in his heart-it seemed that his players thought so too.

He also knew that if he hadn't been coaching this team for more than ten years, even as a director of the club, these players would have rebelled long ago.

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After the training is over, according to the usual practice, it is the time for the head coach to talk. Usually, it is mainly to talk about the problems and progress of everyone in the training. The bad points should be pointed out, and the good points should be praised, so that the players will be motivated and motivated. desire to improve.

Whether it is pure criticism or praise, it will not work.

But today Wenger neither intends to criticize them, nor intends to praise them, he does not even intend to talk about things in training.

What he wants to tell everyone is another thing, to answer their doubts.If this problem is not resolved, he knows that the next preparations will not be able to continue.

"I know you're doubting what I've said. You may think I'm being too kind to a reserve team, even if it's a Liverpool reserve team... I also know you must feel that as long as you don't underestimate the enemy, you can beat a team in the game. It's not too difficult to get a reserve team."

A group of players looked at each other.They were really hit by Wenger!
As soon as they thought that the boss knew what they were thinking, they didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction... They just lowered their heads and drooped their eyelids, expressing their attitudes silently in this way.

How could Wenger not know what they were doing, but instead of getting angry, he continued. "But what I'm saying now is that you're underestimating your opponents now. You're already underestimating your opponents without knowing it. What about the reserves? Are our own reserves weak? I never thought Arsenal's reserves The team is big, so Liverpool people will not think that their reserve team is a weakling at the mercy of others. Yes, they have replaced a group of players, almost all of whom are newcomers, but don't forget, some of these players Many people are drawn from the following youth teams. They have played in the youth teams for many years, and there is nothing to say about the tacit cooperation. What they lack is the experience of the reserve team. Don’t underestimate this team. Last season In the FA Cup semi-final, Tottenham underestimated them, what happened? In the FA Cup final last season, Chelsea also underestimated them, so what happened?"

What he said kept everyone silent, but some people were still a little unconvinced, because they thought they were not incompetent Tottenham, let alone Chelsea.

Tottenham and Chelsea can lose to that team, not necessarily they will lose, not to mention the difference between the two teams is still obvious.The boss is right about one thing. The biggest difference between this Liverpool reserve team and the previous reserve team is experience.But this is also the deadliest thing, experience cannot be compensated by hard training for half a season.So this team is destined to be inferior to last season's reserve team.

So why should we be so cautious?

Yes, we underestimate the enemy, but we can defeat this reserve team if we underestimate the enemy!
A team that relies entirely on one person is simply a disgrace to football.These reserve team players simply lay on Chen Yingxiong's body to suck his blood and shine on him.Waiting for Chen Yingxiong to lead the team to the final, and then jump down to enjoy the final championship results.

Why should we be cautious about such a team?
What kind of vision Wenger has, how can he not see what these players are thinking?

He suddenly thought of a key thing, and then his eyes lit up.

Things that were still troublesome before suddenly disappeared.

He said with a straight face: "What? Don't believe me? Well, let's use the upcoming League Cup as an experiment, how about it?"

As soon as he said this, everyone raised their heads in surprise, wondering why the head coach would suddenly say that.

Wenger looked at a group of surprised players, his face was still serious and serious: "I'm serious, I'm not kidding. In the next game, you play according to your ideas. If you can beat the team that you think is not The reserve team is worth mentioning, so how about I follow your ideas in the FA Cup game? But if you don't win the game, then you have to listen to me in the FA Cup game. If you want to prove me wrong Yes, there is nothing more powerful than the actual results, use your performance to convince me, tell me I'm wrong."

A group of players looked at each other, dumbfounded for a while.

(End of this chapter)