Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1466 Grass Roots
In the end, Liverpool beat the visiting Arsenal 2-0 at home.

They successfully passed the third round of the FA Cup, while Arsenal were eliminated in the first FA Cup game of the season.

After the game, all Arsenal players refused to be interviewed, perhaps because of their inner shame, or because of their discomfort after losing the game.

Anyway, they all hurried past the reporters.No one stopped to be interviewed by reporters.

Journalists who did not stop the players asked Wenger questions at the press conference.

Wenger spread his hands: "I said before that the Liverpool reserve team is a very strong team. You don't believe me. What do you say in your own media? You think I'm making a fuss and I lost Arsenal. Your dignity. Have you seen this game? Does anyone still think I’m exaggerating?”

A group of reporters looked at each other, unexpectedly Wenger was waiting for them here...

They did criticize and ridicule Wenger unceremoniously before.

So Wenger's counterattack also makes sense.

But... But, using your own team's failure as a counterattack weapon, isn't that too two hundred and five?
You must know that although we were counterattacked by him, his team was also eliminated.Who has more to lose?
It's clear at a glance.

We were ridiculed by him, but now we just lose face.Besides, how many shameless reporters are there?So maybe there is not even such a feeling.

But his team was eliminated in the first game of the FA Cup. Is such a result justified?
For a giant like Arsenal, failing to make it past the first round of the FA Cup is the biggest failure, right?
In the face of such a big failure, does Wenger have no pressure at all?

Even if he is a director of the Arsenal club, it is impossible to ignore it.

So they really couldn't understand why Wenger still had the face to use his team's failure to teach them reporters.

They naturally didn't understand how deep down Wenger wanted to lose this game.

If he loses a game but can get back a bigger victory, he will do it without hesitation.

An excellent head coach must be an excellent tactician, but at the same time must be an excellent strategist.

Strategists can't just focus on one city and one place. When necessary, they must have the courage to cut their wrists and give up some games, even if these games seem to be very important.

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose a game right under your nose, but if you can win future glory, then you should do it without hesitation, without any wavering in your heart.

Wenger is such an excellent manager.

I'm afraid many people would never have imagined that Wenger would exchange the defeat of this game for a bigger victory.

So they couldn't figure it out.

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Arsenal lost the game and were depressed.

Liverpool won the ball, and their morale was high.

Liverpool's players were in high spirits and seemed very happy when they were interviewed.

Although they didn't score, the goal was scored by Chen Yingxiong alone.But after two seasons of experience in the League Cup and FA Cup, the players of the Liverpool reserve team have long regarded Chen Yingxiong as one of them.

They were equally happy when Chen Yingxiong scored a goal.

What's more, their contribution on the defensive end in this game is no less than that of Chen Yingxiong.

If it weren't for their tenacious defense, Arsenal might have scored before Chen Yingxiong scored.

Regardless of the point of view, the players of the Liverpool reserve team are entitled to be happy for this game.

And the victory of this game has greatly aroused their confidence-even the Arsenal first team is at our feet, what else do we have to be afraid of? !

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After the game, the media were amazed that the Liverpool reserve team defeated the Arsenal first team so easily at home.

In addition to being surprised, it is naturally a compliment.

All kinds of compliments and compliments sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

In the writing of these media, Liverpool's reserve team is already stronger than Manchester United.

Their ridiculous result came like this-in the first half of the league season, Arsenal defeated Manchester United 1-0 away, and now the Liverpool reserve team defeated Arsenal 2-0 at home.These are known conditions.From Arsenal beating Manchester United, it can be seen that Arsenal is stronger than Manchester United, and from the Liverpool reserve team beating Arsenal, it can be seen that Liverpool reserve team is stronger than Arsenal, so Liverpool reserve team is stronger than Arsenal, and stronger than Manchester United, so Liverpool reserve team is stronger than Arsenal. Manchester United...

Sounds like crap, right?But the media often do this simply to compare.In fact, they all know that this kind of comparison is stupid.But how can you attract attention if you don't?Sometimes taking the initiative to make a fool of yourself is actually a means of marketing.

Liverpool's reserve team certainly cannot be stronger than Manchester United.

Even if they were able to beat Arsenal, it was only on specific occasions and under specific circumstances that specific results appeared.

But no matter how many people there are, at this time, touting a group of civilian heroes and advocating the "victory of the common people" is the most able to ignite everyone's passion and blood.

The reason why the FA Cup and League Cup can still maintain their vitality in English football under the impact of the Premier League and the Champions League has a lot to do with their unpopularity.

In fact, everyone likes to watch grassroots overthrow giants, but in the Premier League, this kind of extravagant hope is too slim. Even teams like Bolton and Charlton can't be counted as grassroots.The real grassroots are those teams in low-level leagues, the lower the better, such as amateur teams, such as teams in the third and second divisions.

Although the Liverpool reserve team is well-known, they can be regarded as grassroots. After all, they all came out of the youth team and have not yet proved their ability in higher-level competitions.It's not that the youth teams of giants are better than the youth teams of ordinary teams.Some players from the rich youth teams may only be able to play in the British Championship, League One, League Two...or even amateur teams.

Since everyone likes to watch grassroots legends, and the Liverpool reserve team is indeed grassroots.

Then naturally it will be publicized.

This is indeed the most worthy of reporting and attention recently.

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When the outside media is touting the Liverpool reserve team almost nasty, it is not easy for Arsenal.

After playing the FA Cup, Arsenal did not return to the London Colney training base because they had to fight Liverpool at Anfield twice in four days.

Instead, continue to rent a training ground at Everton's North Lefield training base for training.

At the North Lefield training base, Arsenal's favorites were standing in front of Wenger with their heads bowed at this moment, not daring to make a sound.

They didn't get yelled at by Wenger, in fact Wenger didn't say anything, these players are like that.

They are ashamed.

Because before the game, they thought arrogantly that they could beat the Liverpool reserve team.

How could you have imagined such an ending?
Not only did they fail to beat the Liverpool reserve team, they were also beaten by the Liverpool reserve team with no power to fight back.In the last half, they could only barely defend without conceding the ball, let alone counterattack.

In this way, they were beaten up by the Liverpool reserve team in full view, and they were almost beaten so badly that even their mother could not recognize them.

This disgrace is their own doing.If they had listened to the boss before the game, maybe they wouldn't have ended up like this...

They don't know that the boss just wants them to lose, and they can't deceive Liverpool if they don't lose.So in fact, they lost well, well, flawlessly, and impeccably.

In this way, Liverpool will be more convinced of their previous statement, thinking that Arsenal really can't pose any threat to them.

The players in the reserve team are all young people. They are young and energetic, easily impulsive, and easy to get carried away.A little grade can make them raise their tails to the sky.

The media are so fueling the flames, Wenger believes that the gang of brats in the Liverpool reserve team will definitely underestimate the enemy.

He himself is a head coach who likes to train young players, so he naturally has a deep understanding of young people's psychology.Confidence that I guessed a good or bad guess.

It's done with the Liverpool reserves, now it's his players.

In the past, the players were blindly confident, but now they have gone to another extreme, which is blind inferiority complex.I have to restore their fighting spirit, otherwise, even if Liverpool is deceived by him, the final result is that Liverpool will win.

He looked at these players, they were like dogs with their tails between their legs, their heads drooping, their ears drooping, and they were silent.

Maybe in their hearts, they prefer to scold them all by themselves, so that they will feel better in their hearts.

But I can't do this, because once I do this, the resentment in the hearts of these players will be reduced or even disappear.

Although they were hurt by the loss to the Liverpool reserve team, they are the pride of heaven after all, and they must feel a little dissatisfied with this defeat deep down in their hearts.They couldn't believe that they lost to the Liverpool reserve team so helplessly.

This kind of unconvinced emotion may be rare, but it is what Wenger needs most.

Because that sentiment would become Arsenal's vengeful rage in Game [-].

As long as you tease yourself well.

He took a breath and said, "Now, throw yesterday's game into the depths of the Atlantic!"

Everyone looked up in surprise, and looked at the head coach in front of him, there seemed to be no angry expression on his face.

But they would rather the boss scold them all, rather than want to be like this, making them feel uncomfortable.

The more pleasant their boss is to them, the more ashamed they are.

In the end, he just wished that a crack would open in the ground and let them all get in.

(End of this chapter)