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Chapter 394: Facing the "Death Squad"

Then Wenger made a phone call to the staff in charge of contract renewal negotiations and asked him to continue communicating with Sarnia's agent to follow up on Sarnia's contract renewal.

Then I thought about the renewal of other players, which players should increase and how much.These all need to be carefully considered. The first thing to consider is the ability and potential of the players, and what role they will play in the future of Arsenal, and Arsenal's financial issues.

Leaving aside these headaches for Wenger about contract extensions, salary increases and transfer issues, it’s the game day every weekend again.

The league has reached its climax. The teams that want to relegation are now mobilizing for points, while the teams that want to win the championship want to grab more points before the start of the European war. This is to ensure that after the start of the Champions League, he can occupy an advantageous position in the league.Currently Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal are representatives of this.

Therefore, during this period of time, apart from training and competition, the players rarely have their own private time.This greatly aroused Miss Su Su's dissatisfaction, because Li Zihan had no time to spend with her sister from around Christmas to now.

Su Su would not admit that the days without Li Zihan were boring.

In this round, Arsenal returned to their home court and ushered in the same city rival farmer Fulham.But this did not attract the attention of the fans, because there are too many teams in London.There are five or six Premier League teams alone. Unless it is a contest between Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, it will be difficult for other fans to pay attention to the competition in the same city in London.

The opponents in this round are not easy to deal with, not because of how powerful Fulham is.On the contrary, they are one or two of the weakest London teams in the Premier League.

It is not easy to play because Fulham has not played well this season and is currently only ranked No.17 in the league.If this position is maintained until the end of the season, it means that the farmer will be relegated to play in the second level of the league.

With [-] rounds left in the league, they are still very hopeful of relegation.With Sunderland just two points ahead of them, the Farmers had time to counterattack.

So under such a background, Fulham, who want to relegation, will definitely win every point in every game, so Arsenal will not be easy to play.Even the soldiers know that the "do not die" enemy is the most difficult, and now Fulham, which bears the brunt of the relegation battle, will definitely not die, because once they slack off, they will be relegated.

In football, relegation from the top league means "death"!
To be honest, Arsenal would rather encounter a "strong team" ranked around No.10 than a "weak team" in the quagmire of relegation.Because the teams in the middle and lower ranks often go up to play in the Champions League or the UEFA Cup without any hope, and there is no worry about relegation.This is the so-called "no desire, no desire". Such teams often play more relaxed, and the relegation team is purely the "death squad" in the football world!
Faced with such a "death squad" Wenger did not dare to be careless, and sent his entire main lineup for this game. Of course, the injured Ozil and others do not count.

It's not that Wenger is so cautious, but that he doesn't have many cards in his hand now.Just two or three, so there is nothing worth "keeping".

In this game, Li Zihan undoubtedly appeared in the starting position. Because of Podolski's injury, the teenager Chamberlain also appeared in the starting list.Among them, Cazorla and Ramsey, who have performed well recently, are naturally indispensable, and veteran Rosicky is also starting.

Vermaelen, who performed well in the last round, did not appear on the 11-man list, but sat on the bench.Sitting next to him is Wilshere, who has returned from injury and has not yet recovered. The little threat did not perform very well as a substitute in the last round of the league, so Wenger let him sit on the bench.Of course, this is also a kind of protection, because players who have just recovered from injury can easily be injured again, especially when they encounter a relegation team like Fulham, and if they are injured again, then it will not be two A problem that can be solved in a week.

Fulham also played their main players in this game, including former Manchester United star Bulgarian center Berbatov, midfielders Sidwell and Richardson, and defensive cores Kasami and Parker all appeared in the starting list middle.

The American international Dempsey has not played a game on behalf of Fulham this season because of his injury until now!
In this game, Wenger gave the team a very clear order, that is, to take all three points!
Because if they can't score all the points as much as possible against weak teams, Arsenal will not have an advantage against strong teams.Although he was able to draw with Manchester City before, it was also the basis for Li Zihan's complete explosion.All Wenger knows about his team, its strengths and weaknesses.

As soon as the game started, Arsenal, who were at home, started a biting attack.Faced with the opponent's large-scale defensive actions, he did not feel guilty.

And Fulham is also quite daring, pressing Arsenal all the way, and the flying tackle is also unambiguous.I don't know if I want to use this method to scare the Arsenal players, or simply want to grab the ball and counterattack.

Watching Fulham's big moves, Wenger has been standing on the sidelines frowning.Because he knew that such an action was likely to cause his players to be injured, but he didn't tell his players to be more careful and stay away.Because this is football, players must face it bravely, otherwise if there is any shadow left in their hearts, it will not be a good thing for the future of these young players.

But Wenger didn't do nothing. Every time the opponent's player made a big defensive move or made a foul, Wenger would go to the fourth official to complain.The referee didn't call the foul, he complained loudly to the fourth official, and if the opponent got a yellow card for a foul, he would question it because he thought it should be a red card.

Wenger wanted this way to put pressure on the referee team. If the referee blows the whistle tighter, then Fulham's actions will definitely be restrained.Otherwise, if they get one or two red cards, then they don't want to grab points.

For the opponent's core players, Fulham is quite in place. Fulham's midfielder Kasami almost came to Li Zihan.Once Li Zihan gets the ball, Kasami will go close to him.It was accompanied by non-stop small movements and jersey pulling, and once he couldn't keep up with Li Zihan, he would decisively and fiercely strike.

And this round of law enforcement for the match between Arsenal and Fulham is Neil Barry. Barry's whistleblowing has always been relatively loose.Because he was born in a low-level league in England, after he was promoted to the Premier League, he would not call a lot of fouls, unless it was a particularly serious foul.

So even though Li Zihan was brought down by Kasami eight times in 10 minutes, he didn't get a yellow card.Among them, there were only two fouls, and Arsenal were given two free kicks in the frontcourt.It's just that Li Zihan was too far away from the ball, and Li Zihan couldn't give full play to his advantages.

Although Kasami is not a black player of African descent, he is an out-and-out white European.But his height reached 1.8 meters seven, and his weight was 85 kg.So in terms of physical fitness, Li Zihan was almost completely outmatched.

Li Zihan and Kasami were far apart physically. When Kasami bumped into Li Zihan, the referee subconsciously thought that Li Zihan himself did not "stop", so Li Zihan suffered a lot.

This kind of physical contact is common in England's low-level leagues and is basically part of the defense.In low-level leagues, if contact or fouls of this level have to be whistled, the basic game does not need to be played, because at least one or two whistles can be blown within a minute.
This is one of the reasons why Barry did not give Kasami a card.

Li Zihan didn't have much to do against Kasami, who was much stronger than himself and often made small movements.He hasn't played well all the time, and seems to be completely frozen by the opponent.

The Arsenal fans at home booed hugely. At first, Li Zihan thought that because he couldn't get rid of Kasami, his lack of performance caused dissatisfaction among the Gunners supporters.

In the end, he found out that the boos were directed at the referee and Kasami, because the boos were mixed with the names of Barry and Kasami.
Until the end of the first half, neither side achieved anything.And Li Zihan didn't get any better opportunities within 45 minutes, although he touched the ball more times.But because of Kasami, he didn't perform well.

At this time, many commentators began to think that Li Zihan was no longer in shape.Because this is not the first time he has been targeted by a strong player. Even so, Li Zihan can use speed or technique to get rid of the opponent in previous games.In this game, Li Zihan didn't even take a shot. After taking the ball, he was either interfered by the opponent and lost the ball, or passed the ball by himself.

The broadcast commentators believe that Arsenal is in trouble now and players need to stand up.Among the 11 starters, Li Zihan is undoubtedly the biggest candidate.

Li Zihan needs to rely on his performance to "carry" Arsenal forward until Ozil, Wilshere and others come out to share the responsibility.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

So now some commentators are badmouthing Li Zihan, and during the half-time break, some "famous people" also expressed their opinions and comments online.

Because Li Zihan is in good condition recently, they have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time