green knight

Chapter 3: Wenger wants to vomit
The final score was fixed at two to zero. Arsenal defeated Liverpool at home and also won the first Tianwangshan battle of the season.

At the beginning of the second half, Wenger replaced Li Zihan with Giroud, and then replaced the veteran Sarnia with young player Jenkinson to reserve some strength for the Champions League in the middle of next week.

Of course, Liverpool, who did not play in the European war, did not have the slightest strength. Seeing that the offense could not start the situation, Rodgers also changed two people in a row at No. 605 minutes of the game.

Flanagan goes off, striker Moses, who is on loan from Chelsea, comes on, another full-back Sissoko goes off, and midfielder Coutinho goes on.

I have to say that with two more offensive players in the frontcourt, Liverpool's style of play is much more flexible.Instead of blindly looking for Suarez in the frontcourt, Coutinho held the ball slightly in the middle and handed it to Suarez.Moses frequently hid behind Suarez and Sturridge, and then rushed out unexpectedly with a long shot.

However, Arsenal's defense is also quite good, although Sagna has gone down.But the young player Jenkinson, who came out of the Gunners' youth training camp, is more inclined to defend. The young man's idea is very simple, to do the essential work of his full-back well.The veteran Sarnia is a typical guard with a knife, who often puts in assists. In this way, Arsenal's strength has not declined, but they have done better in defense than in the first half.

And Li Zihan is changing, and he is also contacting high positions to press, but his ability to assist defense is really negligible, and Cazorla's assist defense is much better.

However, Giroud is indeed much better than Li Zihan in defense, especially Giroud's retreat is deep enough. If the opponent launches a large-scale attack, Giroud will almost turn from a center forward to a midfielder.

The most important thing is that Arsenal's ability to control the ball is too strong. Once Arsenal has the ball, it will take a long time for Liverpool to have a second chance to attack.

When the time reached the No.705 minute of the game, the score remained unchanged.Wenger thought for a moment, then with a big wave of his hand, he replaced the young player Gibbs who has played very well this season and has been firmly established as the main force with Spanish full-back Monreal.

Rogers originally wanted to replace a midfielder with Sterling, but Rogers dismissed the idea when Arsenal played two consecutive high-quality counterattacks.If the midfielder is not strong enough and Arsenal scores another goal, then the game will end early.

And Rogers also saw that it is not a good thing to have too many people in the frontcourt, because it would compress the space for Suarez to play.He immediately made gestures on the sidelines, indicating that Coutinho's position should be retreated a little, and he would go in, giving Suarez a little more room to play in the frontcourt.

Despite Liverpool's efforts, it was still [-]-[-] when Foy blew the final whistle.The LCD screen on the scene told Liverpool that they had crashed at the Emirates Stadium.

In stark contrast to the dismay of the Liverpool players were the elated Arsenal players. The Gunners supporters praised their players with the warmest applause and cheers in the stands.

As soon as the game was over, the focus of the Arsenal players shifted immediately.

In the mixed interview area, the reporter asked Li Zihan: "What do you think of the Champions League match in three days' time?"

It is worth mentioning that this reporter is a Chinese, and she is also a beautiful woman. That's right, it is the beautiful intern reporter Xiao Gong who asked Li Zihan what she thought of the game between Chelsea and Manchester City.

"Dortmund is a very good team. It can be seen from the performance of last season. Although they left a Goetze this season, they also introduced two outstanding players, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan. offensive player, so the game three days later will be very difficult for us." Li Zihan replied.

Because the conversation between Li Zihan and Xiao Gong was in English, many other foreign reporters also heard it.

A reporter from other media asked: "So you don't have much confidence? After all, Dortmund took a hearty victory at the Emirates Stadium in the last round."

Li Zihan said "honestly": "There is still confidence. As long as we defend well, otherwise their offensive firepower will open up the situation. Royce and Lewandowski's scoring ability is too strong. And consider We are an away game, so the first thing we have to do is to prevent the opponent from scoring, and finally consider scoring ourselves."

When the reporters heard this, they became excited. Li Zihan was revealing the details of the tactical arrangement of the game. What he meant was that Arsenal would play a defensive counterattack.The reporters also thought about it, Dortmund's strength is almost the same as Arsenal's. In the last round of the game, Dortmund even defeated Arsenal in an away game, so it is also the correct tactical approach for Arsenal to choose a defensive counterattack.

"You are young after all. We didn't fall into the trap, and you recruited it yourself." The reporters commented on Li Zihan in their hearts.

Then Komiya continued to ask: "The bookmaker doesn't seem to be optimistic about you. Dortmund's odds are [-], while Arsenal's odds are [-]."

Li Zihan was taken aback and asked, "Really? Then I'll go bet right away."

After speaking, Li Zihan strode directly into the locker room. It looked like he was going to bet.

The mouths of the reporters collectively became an "O" shape
Although clubs, national football associations, UEFA, and FIFA all refuse players to participate in gambling, and punish them severely, but if you press yourself to win, there is no big problem.

So the next day, the news that Arsenal will adopt defensive counterattack tactics against Dortmund spread throughout Europe.

The famous "Li Hei" Sanchez did not "follow the trend" on tactical issues, but seized on Li Zihan's words to bet and attacked him, directly from professional ethics to character issues.It seems that Li Zihan buying Arsenal to win is a heinous thing, everyone should be punished.

Li Zihan, who originally wanted to keep a low profile and save his character, saw that Sanchez was so "outraged", so he didn't keep a low profile. He posted a small betting ticket on his personal social media account in a grandiose manner.

Fans and reporters immediately went into an uproar.

It turned out that this guy spent 150 million pounds to buy Arsenal to win. Although it was a win, it also showed that Li Zihan himself was very optimistic that Arsenal would win an away game.

150 million pounds is equivalent to Li Zihan's own salary for half a year. In an instant, fans left messages below, and one sentence in Chinese is rarely conspicuous.

"It turns out that Hanniang is the real Bai Fumei. I always thought Hanniang was a dick and silk girl."

This undoubtedly angered Dortmund fans.

Where did you get your confidence from?Can't remember what it was like to lose at home a week ago?

The Dortmund fans have already discussed it. When the time comes, we must let this young man experience the "passion" of the Westfalen Stadium, which is raging across Europe.

And the Arsenal fans counted Li Zihan's small ticket as a good thing. If the final result is that Arsenal wins, according to the odds calculation of the William Hill bookmaker, Li Zihan will at least make a profit of 430 More than ten thousand, excluding tax and principal, Li Zihan has at least 150 million pounds in hand
One game, one in and one out is a year's wages
Wenger shook his head helplessly, he was really confused about Li Zihan.You say he is ignorant, he understands all the major principles, and he has a clear distinction between priority and secondary.If you want to say that he is sensible, he is often "brain-dead", such as this gambling incident.
For this reason, Wenger also called him to the office, and told him earnestly that the focus should be to improve his skills and improve the cooperation between himself and his teammates. As for things outside the stadium, don’t watch or listen to them, let alone participate in them. in.

Li Zihan lowered his head in front of Wenger, as if he felt that the floor of this office was very artistic.
Wenger thought that Li Zihan understood and knew he was wrong, so he asked him to go back. How could he know Li Zihan's own thoughts.

Without making too many stops, the entire Arsenal team immediately flew to the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, even though it was a life-and-death battle in the Champions League group.However, the Dortmund club and the fans did not play some small tricks off the field. The training ground provided by the club to Arsenal is one of the best training turf in Dortmund. In the evening, they also actively cooperated with the Arsenal team to go to Westphalia. London Stadium is familiar with the venue.

And Dortmund fans did not go to the hotel where Arsenal stayed to make trouble, so there was no noise pollution, and Arsenal players were not allowed to sleep at night.

These are not tricks that the Germans can use. For Dortmund, they believe that they should defeat the enemy in a fair environment. After all, Arsenal also gave a lot of convenience when Dortmund went to London to play away games.

During the pre-match press conference, Wenger once again complained about the schedule of the FA and the Premier League Committee: "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the schedule for the past few years makes me have to think so. I don't know if we How is the match schedule drawn out, but I don’t think normal people can sort it out anyway.”

"When it comes to the fact that Arsenal is almost full of injuries every season, many people think that our tactical characteristics are too biased towards possession of the ball, which leads to the ball staying under our feet and giving the opponent more opportunities to steal. Injury-prone. Yes, there is a little bit of that, the contact and fast pace of the Premier League hurt teams in possession a lot, but it's not all of it."

"Why didn't I suspect it was due to the schedule? I won't talk about the previous seasons. I don't like to look through the old calendar. Let's take a look at this season. Last weekend our opponent was Liverpool. This is a traditional giant. This season they The ability of the team is also very good. Three days later, that is, two days later, our Champions League opponent is Dortmund, and then three days after the end of the game with Dortmund, the weekend league is another traditional giant Manchester United. The time of the European competition in each season is the same day of the month. The League Committee and the FA can arrange some less powerful teams in the league around that time to support the teams playing in the European competition. Some support."

"Well, they actually did the same thing. Chelsea's league opponent last weekend was Newcastle, which is not strong enough, Manchester United's opponent is Fulham, and Manchester City's opponent is Norwich City. Basically, they are mid-range and low-level goals. But our opponent is Liverpool, which is not affected by the European war. Well, you didn’t know that Liverpool would be so strong this season before the season started, but it’s still a traditional giant and they still Without the influence of the European competition, the focus will be on the league, so we will have to focus more on the league and the Champions League."