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Chapter 318: Wenger who fights a tooth for a tooth

Facing his upcoming opponent Chelsea, Wenger hesitated.The competition in the league is fierce, and the Champions League death group is estimated to be just the beginning. The Gunners have fallen in the first round of the Champions League knockout round for many years.

Therefore, facing the pressure of no crown, Wenger originally planned to focus on the relatively tasteless League Cup and FA Cup first, and then consider the Champions League. Although he knows that every round of the Champions League is money, what is the use of it? Woolen cloth?Anyway, with so much money earned, the board of directors would not spend much to support the team. If it weren't for the influence of fans' pressure and public opinion this season, it is estimated that the 7000 million would not be used.

But he didn't expect to encounter a strong enemy Chelsea in the second round of the League Cup. Wenger would not expect Mourinho, who has always looked at each other at odds, to give up this game.And if Arsenal really want to fight for this game, it is a bit uneconomical. First of all, the schedule for the past two weeks is intensive and the opponents are tough.This will easily increase the risk of injury to the players. Secondly, in the game against Dortmund, the injured Walcott will have to recuperate for two weeks.
In the end, after sorting out his thoughts a bit, Wenger decided to give up the League Cup, which is a tasteless tournament championship, bypassing Chelsea, and go to the two large tournament championships, the League and the Champions League.

But in an interview with the media, Wenger said: "I know that the recent schedule is very intensive, but we will not give up such a game, the main force? Yes, the main players in the last round of the league got a full rest , they will all play in this cup match."

And Mourinho is frowning, he is not determined to win this League Cup, but he likes the excitement of defeating rivals and competitors.

So he responded: "Give up? Of course we won't give up. Although our recent games have been tough, Arsenal have been much harder than us. And our lineup is very thick, everyone is the main force"

However, a few hours before the game was about to start, when Mourinho got Arsenal's starting lineup, he cursed Wenger in his heart.

If it weren't for his disciples in front of him, he would probably have scolded his mother directly.

"Is this fucking not giving up? This is also called going all out? This is also called all the main players playing? The German teenager Gnabry in [-] has no ball to play at Arsenal. The famous Danish center Bendtner, young player Jenkinson from the youth academy, Ghanaian midfielder Frimpong in [-], and young player Chamberlain. Is this the fucking main lineup? Wilshere and Monreal are still counted. .Even the goalkeeper is a fucking substitute Fabianski who hasn't appeared in an official game for a long time"

When you know the opponent's lineup, you can no longer adjust your own lineup, because both sides have already submitted the list.

Mourinho, who felt he had been set aside, told his disciples that the game had to be won to knock Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup
In fact, Mourinho does not need to say that Chelsea's starting players in this game understand that this game must be won.If facing such a lineup, if they still can't win, then it will probably make the headlines of all the newspapers.

Although Chelsea also have most of the substitute players in this game, the thickness of the bench is indeed much stronger than that of Arsenal. and Spanish attacking midfielder Juan Mata, who had been underwhelming under Jose Mourinho.
And when the reporters got the lineups of both sides, they were also stunned. Suddenly they found that Wenger was different: this honest little old man actually played pre-match psychological tactics
It is conceivable that Arsenal basically gave up the rhythm of this game. However, the high-spirited words before the game are completely to let the old enemy Mourinho play some more powerful players, and then grind Chelsea's substitute and rotation.
After thinking about it, isn't this trick Mourinho often uses?Now it is actually used by Wenger to deal with Mourinho. The madman is probably not in a good mood now, right?
It turned out that Mourinho was furious, with serious consequences.Although he didn't show it, everyone knew that this crazy man must be in a crazy mood at the moment.
And the consequences were indeed serious. In this game, Arsenal lost a clean [-]-[-] at their home court.In front of Chelsea fans, Arsenal fans are a little embarrassed to "greeting".

But despite this, they can still understand that they have played against teams like Liverpool, Dortmund, Manchester United, and Chelsea in a row, even today's giants like Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid, and Bayern can't stand it.What's more, no team can win all the championships, except of course Barcelona that year.For the sake of the overall situation of the whole season, some games must be given up.Just losing to rival Chelsea at home still made Arsenal fans feel bad.

After the game, Mourinho did not show any aggressive aura in the post-match press conference. It was as if he was not happy or excited about the game. Wenger told the media that Arsenal The situation is very serious. Not long after the start of the season, Arsenal has already missed the championship of an "important" competition. Arsenal must stand up and work harder, and hope not to be eliminated in other competitions, etc.
Li Zihan heard these words a little familiar, but after thinking about it, don't the coaches of the Chinese team always talk like this when they lose?
Mourinho, who was listening to this, was also a little speechless. He left the field early after the press conference, and didn't want to stay for a moment.

Regarding the loss of this game, the Arsenal players still maintained an objective attitude and were not much frustrated.First of all, the League Cup is really tasteless. Although Arsenal have not won the championship for many years, when faced with the opportunity to compete for other more outstanding championships, they are not willing to go all out because of such a tasteless event that can win the championship. .And the recent schedule also makes them feel very tired.

After the game is over, the club's international players will rush back to their respective national teams for training. This time is the national team match day stipulated by FIFA.Although he knew that his players needed to rest, Wenger also had to let them go. He just told his disciples before leaving that they must pay attention to their bodies during training and competitions, so as not to get injured.

Of course, the players listened to what they heard, and it was one thing to follow suit or not, because now is the stage of the World Cup qualifiers that are in full swing.

The World Cup is every player's dream, how could he not do everything for it?
Of course, there is one team that may be excluded.
And Li Zihan was undoubtedly defeated again. Li Zihan has no regrets about not being included in the national team list, because he is used to it.From the very beginning when the media called for the national team to reuse young player Li Zihan, Li Zihan was impulsive, excited and frustrated for a period of time, and the rest was habitual failure.

And there's no World Cup games to play anyway
Of course, it has always been Li Zihan's dream to put on the five-star red flag for the country. Although the team is a mess, Li Zihan still has some thoughts.

It has nothing to do with everything else, it's just a simple sense of belonging to a country.

When being interviewed by reporters, Li Zihan wanted to bypass the reporters' questions about why he was not called up to the national team, so he laughed: "First of all, my congratulations to Guangzhou Evergrande Club for winning the AFC Champions League. The most memorable day in the history of Chinese clubs. Many players in their lineup are very good. The head coach is the world-renowned coach Lippi, and the strength of foreign players such as Conca is fully capable of playing in the mainstream European leagues. The Argentine is undoubtedly He is the core of the team.”

Li Zihan talked a lot of nonsense, but didn't mention anything about the national team.Of course, it can also be felt from his tone that he is also sincerely happy for Evergrande's victory.

In Li Zihan's eyes, Evergrande won the Chinese Super League championship this year and completed the great cause of three consecutive championships, which is not as important as an AFC championship.You know, Arsenal can be considered a giant, right?But so far no Champions League title has been won.And now that Evergrande has entered the final of the FA Cup, it is very likely to complete the legendary treble.

So Li Zihan also said: "Guangzhou Evergrande is about to complete the great legend of the Triple Crown. This is the most legendary moment in the history of a club. Their opponents are very strong, and the Guizhou team is not a weak team. There are also such amazing and rich veterans as Sun Jihai, but I am still optimistic about Evergrande. They are likely to follow the Celtics in [-], Ajax in [-], Eindhoven in [-], Manchester United in [-], Barcelona in [-], Inter Milan in [-] and Bayern Munich last year became the eighth legendary team to win the Triple Crown!"

The reporter was about to lament that such a young player as Li Zihan could remember these things so clearly, but then he thought about it.
Fuck me, I remember that I obviously asked about the national team, why are we talking about Evergrande and the Triple Crown now?Off topic! ! !

So the "professional" reporter immediately continued to ask: "Then during the recent national team training camp, China's acting head coach Fu Bo did not issue a call-up order to you. What do you think about this?"

Li Zihan saw that the reporter was so persistent, so he replied: "I don't know about it. Maybe my ability or technical characteristics cannot meet the expectations or goals of the Football Association? But I will continue to work hard. You know that we have The schedule is very dense, and the opponents are all giants. And now the main force of the club is going to the national team soon, so it should have a big impact on our physical strength and state, so I decided to use this rare time to spend a good time at the training base. Get back up and go fishing next door in southern Wales if you have time."

Li Zihan directly pointed the finger at the Football Association, not the head coach.Because he knew that with his current ability and performance, unless Fu Bo didn't know him or he was a fool, it was impossible not to recruit him.In this way, there is only one reason, the "big brother" of the Football Association is not satisfied with himself.
Almost everyone knows that the Chinese team is very strange. The selection of lineup and the formulation of tactics are almost all made by people who have nothing to do with football. But if the Football Association doesn't like anyone, it can still easily prevent him from being called up by the national team, such as Gao Leilei many years ago.

Of course, he didn't directly fire at the Football Association. After all, the Football Association has no apparent conflict with him.So he wisely said what the committee member said. It's just that the media can't control what they write.