Chinese champion

Chapter 350
In China, after New Year's Eve, from the first day to the seventh day of the new year, this whole week is a holiday that can be enjoyed, but for these professional players who play in Europe, this kind of thing is impossible.

A group of people played all night, and left one after another after getting up the next morning. This is also a coincidence for this year's Spring Festival, which happened to catch up with Valentine's Day, which is a festival that is more important in Europe, so that there was a three-day holiday , At another time, maybe we have a New Year’s Eve dinner tonight, and there will be a game tomorrow, so there won’t be this big gathering of players in Europe.

When Pei Wei, Zhuang Feng and Wang Xiaomin appeared on the training ground, other players would bow their hands to them with a smile and say happy new year, even the head coach Mancini is no exception, they also know the Chinese New Year and their Not quite the same, but just as important.

The new year has just passed, and a new round of the league is coming soon. On February 20th, the No.[-] Serie A round six, Inter Milan will face AC Milan at home, the second Milan derby this season.

Pei Wei, Zhuang Feng and Wang Xiaomin faced off against Hu Yong, who had just had a New Year's Eve dinner with them at the same table a few days ago, but the two sides didn't mean to be polite in it, and sparks flew everywhere. Wei flew up with the shovel, and Wang Xiaomin often slapped Hu Yong who was coming forward for the assist, but there were no hurtful moves.

But this game was not too exciting. Probably the four Chinese players on both sides were not on the court because they got carried away during the Spring Festival. The final score was 1:1. Inter Milan still leads AC Milan by four points, only However, Roma, who won this round, quietly narrowed the gap with them by two points, only five points and one point behind respectively. In this way, after two-thirds of the Serie A has been completed, it is not like last year. Inter Milan is thriving, but It has become a tripartite confrontation, and all three teams have a chance to hit the final championship.

The two goals have nothing to do with the four Chinese players. Inter Milan's goal was a counterattack in which Ibrahimovic scored a wonderful volley after receiving a cross from Ronaldinho. It was Kaka who suddenly scored from a long shot from outside the penalty area.

In fact, whether it is Mancini or Ancenotti, they are quite satisfied with the result of the draw in this game, because in three days, that is, on February [-], both sides will usher in the Champions League one-eighth match. For the opponents in the final, both sides have retained a certain strength. Pei Wei only played half of the game, and AC Milan's Torres only played in the second half.

Before the new year, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League had already been held. The two teams in Milan City were not very lucky. Inter Milan, which qualified first in the group, met No.2 in another group. Arsenal, the "Arsenal" from the Premier League, and AC Milan are even more unlucky. They also met Bayern Munich, the strongest second in the eight groups, and the Germans have always been difficult to deal with. Although Bayern has no It was so strong in the past few years. Although AC Milan has always had a psychological advantage against Bayern, the rebuilt AC Milan does not have enough confidence in whether it can eliminate Bayern in two rounds.

Inter Milan's opponent Arsenal is not a good persimmon, and Pei Wei is even more impressed with Arsenal. His first Champions League trip ended in front of Arsenal, and he stayed in Arsenal for nearly ten years. In [-], Vieira met his old club for the second time after leaving Arsenal.

However, this Arsenal team is a bit strange to them. Only Henry and Lehmann are left in the main lineup of Arsenal who participated in the game four years ago. Imported players, and their form has been in decline since Arsenal reached that year's Champions League final two years ago, but they are still a team that cannot be ignored.

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"Speaking of which, we still have some fate with the Premier League teams. Last year's quarter-finals was against Manchester United in the Premier League, and this year it was Arsenal against them." Tomorrow, we will leave for London. After the last training Afterwards, Pei Wei suddenly said with a smile.

"It's also an away game..." Ibrahimovic said with a smile: "Do you want to say that we will still win?"

"That's for sure!" Cambiasso said on the side: "Arsenal is not very strong now, we can win!"

"Don't be so careless!" Mancini immediately reminded them: "Although Arsenal's performance in the past two years has not been very good, but as long as Henry is there, they are still a strong team!"

"But we are not weak, coach!" Zhuang Feng said with a smile: "With our lineup, it is enough to compete with any strong European team!"

"What do you think? Pei?" Xiao Luo pushed Pei Wei with his arm.

"The only honor I can get in the club is this one..." Pei Wei said this without thinking, but everyone understood what he meant, that is: Champions Cup, no one should think about it Take it from me!

In fact, which other players don't think so?Vier LS Nettie, Materac, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho, Cambiasso... The entire Inter Milan team, after Figo left, no player has ever won the Champions League record. They are absolutely eager for the Champions Cup!
When this longing becomes an unstoppable torrent...

Mancini looked at the players, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up...

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February 2008, 2, Emirates Stadium, London.

This is the second year that Arsenal left Highbury and came to the new stadium. After a period of discomfort at the beginning, the Arsenal players have gradually become accustomed to playing in such a large stadium.

The Emirates Stadium, which cost 3.9 million pounds, was built before the 06-07 season and can accommodate 6 spectators, which is nearly double the size of Highbury's more than 3 people. This is definitely a good thing for the Arsenal club. The lack of box office revenue has made them unable to compete financially with the "rich teams" such as Manchester United and Chelsea. When the stadium can accommodate 6 people, their income has increased a lot. Under Wenger's leadership, the Gunners began to recover. vitality.

It has to be said that in terms of facilities, the Emirates Stadium is undoubtedly extremely advanced. The new stadium built after absorbing new technologies is better than the famous stadiums such as Meazza, Camp Nou and Bernabeu in terms of hardware facilities. The only thing lacking is probably the heritage accumulated in a long history.

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Many Inter Milan players were amazed after entering the locker room at the Emirates Stadium. They were not bumpkins who had never seen a big scene, but such a modern locker room was indeed rare.

"What is there to envy!" Captain Zanetti said with a smile: "Isn't our new stadium also said to be under construction? We will have a new stadium after 2010!"

Everyone laughed, the construction of the new stadium has just started, who knows if it will be built in 2010, besides, by 2010, it is still a question of how many people in the team will be able to be in the team now.

Mancini clapped his hands: "Okay, don't talk about this, the stadium is not something we need to think about now, what we need to think about now is the game! Do you remember the content of the training these days?"

"Of course I remember!" The players responded confusedly: "Don't worry, coach! Let's see how we beat the Arsenal guys to the ground!"

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What is Mancini's tactics?Perhaps to the surprise of many people, that is the magic weapon of the Serie A team "defensive counterattack".

Mancini, who is ambitious and wants to play a beautiful offensive football in Serie A, why did he suddenly let Inter Milan return to the old way of the Serie A team in this game? To say a thousand words, an excellent football coach will never There is only one style of play, adapting measures to local conditions and adapting to changing circumstances is the characteristic of an excellent coach.

From this point, we can see why Ali Han, the former head coach of the Chinese team, is no longer a good coach. No matter who the opponent is, he always plays the same way, and even the best formation will be overused.

The reason for Mancini's arrangement is due to the characteristics of the opponent Arsenal.

Since the peak period of 49 unbeaten games, Arsenal's strength has begun to decline. The stable performance in the past has become extremely unstable. The away game is against Sheffield United, a team in the relegation zone. In fact, this is what Mancini is most worried about. What if the Gunners really go crazy in this game at Arsenal's home court?
早在03-04赛季国际米兰就曾经和阿森纳在冠军联赛小组赛里交过手，当时国际米兰在海布利球场以3：0的比分大获全胜，但是却在主场梅亚查被打疯了的阿森纳回灌了一个5：1，这也是近十年来国际米兰在冠军联赛当中主场最惨痛的失利。

Lessons learned from the past made Mancini have to be more careful. If the usual offensive style of play is used, the scene may be very good and there will be many goals, but the final result is likely to make Inter Milan swallow the bitter pill.

Inter Milan's lineup is four three three, goalkeeper Cesar, defender Zanetti, Cordoba, Materac and Wang Xiaomin, double midfielder Cambiasso and Vieira, midfielder Pei Wei, three Forwards Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic and Zhuang Feng.

When Wenger got Inter Milan's lineup, he couldn't help but sneered. Sure enough, he was expected. Inter Milan still used the offensive style they often used in the past two years. To deal with such a team, Arsenal never fear.

Now that ignorant young man wants to play against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, so... just wait and see!

Arsenal's lineup is four four one one, goalkeeper Lehmann, four defenders Ebra, Toure, Senderos and Gallas, four midfielders are Rosicky, Fabregas, Baptista With Hleb, Van Persie is slightly behind Henry, which is commonly known as the "second striker".

Arsenal's style of play is undoubtedly the best among the Premier League teams. Although Henry is the core of their offense, Arsenal has the most offensive points in the Premier League.

This is also one of the reasons why they are able to win repeatedly when confronting strong teams and often capsize on weak teams. They need to have space to attack, and strong teams will naturally not pull down their faces and play defensive counterattacks with them. They can exert their greatest offensive firepower, but often the stubbornness of some weak teams will confuse Arsenal's players.

The game started. Arsenal, who were playing at home, put on a strong attacking posture from the very beginning. In just 3 minutes of the game, Rosicky opened the prelude to Arsenal's attack with a rerun from outside the penalty area!
Immediately afterwards, Cesc Fabregas' organization, Baptista's long-range shots and set-pieces to grab points, Hleb and Van Persie's sideways breakthroughs, Henry's personal dribbling...every one seemed to threaten Cessa The gate guarded by Er.

The cheers at the Emirates Stadium have also been louder and louder. In the past two years, Arsenal have not had any outstanding results. Finally, this year's results are slightly better. In the league, they are clinging to the top two in the league, Chelsea and Manchester United. The league also qualified for the group round ahead of schedule. Although they lost to Eindhoven in the Netherlands in the last game, they only ranked second in the group, but the fans didn't care because they thought it was because the team rested more for the players. And it doesn't matter if most of the substitutes are sent.

Now they are even happier to see that Inter Milan, which is in the limelight, is being beaten by their home team like this.

Fans can be happy, but Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger can't just be happy.

He can see that although his team has an absolute advantage now, Inter Milan's defense is in place. Although Arsenal have a lot of shots, most of them are long-range shots from outside the penalty area, which can only let Cesar Erge warmed up, except for a few very high-quality shots, he couldn't pose a threat at all, and Inter Milan's defense in the penalty area was very solid, and they didn't give Henry and others a chance at all.

Just as Wenger was about to stand up and remind the players not to press too far forward, Inter Milan's counterattack began.

(End of this chapter)