Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 418 Opening the Gap Again
Emirates Stadium.

The camera lens was aimed at the spectator stands, and many Arsenal fans looked at the stadium with complicated expressions.

They are the absolute supporters of Arsenal, and the opponent's goals will not be supported by them. The only thing they can bring is to make them feel a little disappointed or dissatisfied with Arsenal's performance.

Now that Arsenal is two goals behind, many fans are dissatisfied with Arsenal's performance.

But that's just one of the emotions.

Many Arsenal looked at Pires walking back, with complex emotions on their faces, and couldn't help but think of Pires' outstanding performance at Arsenal.

Since 2000, Pires transferred from Marseille to join Arsenal. He has always been one of the most stable and outstanding players in Arsenal. , but Arsenal, which owns Pires, never has to worry about the left.

Pires' performance was also quite strong.

In the past six seasons, Pires has played an average of 32 league games for Arsenal in a single season, with an average of ten goals, so the data can explain a lot of problems.

A left midfielder who can play continuously and score one goal in three games on average is definitely the best performance in the world. You can imagine how good and important Pires is at Arsenal.

When Pires was mentioned before, he would definitely think of Arsenal, but now Pires has left Arsenal, and his goal belongs to the opponent Millwall.

Many Arsenal fans who like Pires don't know whether they should cheer for Pires or show disdain for the opponent's goal. Their faces are very complicated.

The Arsenal players on the field also had complicated emotions. Even last season, when Pires had a disagreement with the club about renewing his contract, they never thought that Pires would leave.

Pires also has a high reputation in the team, his influence is second only to Henry.

Such a trustworthy teammate actually chose to leave Arsenal and joined another Premier League team. Now many players see Pires and feel that they are in a team. They have not fully adapted come over.

Coach Wenger's feelings are more complicated.

In the eyes of the outside media and fans, the head coach is very old-fashioned and has no family affection at all. For example, Ferguson lost his temper and decided to sell David Beckham. Beckham was once considered Ferguson's illegitimate son. ', the two are so good that they love each other like father and son.

The same goes for other head coaches. No matter how long you get along with a certain player, it seems that selling the player will not cause the head coach to have emotional fluctuations. But the head coach is also a normal human being, and they must have feelings. They are just for work. For the development of the entire team, he had to make some choices that went against his feelings.

For Wenger, giving up Pires was one of them.

Wenger didn't want to give up Pires, but Pires' request to sign a two-year contract would break Arsenal's signing system.

Wenger could not accept this.

Signing a two-year contract for Pires alone is nothing at all. Pires’ contribution to Arsenal is enough for him to enjoy the treatment of being successful at Arsenal, but the system and rules cannot be broken like this. Pires can break the system, and other players will also be tempted. At that time, the so-called system will have a domino effect, and it will easily collapse and collapse.

So Wenger can only let Pires leave.

Wenger felt that Pires would choose to play in other leagues, such as returning to France or going to Spain, which are also good choices. Unexpectedly, Pires would continue to stay in the Premier League and even joined Millwall.

When he heard the news, Wenger was very shocked, and he suddenly realized it.

Millwall just lacks a left midfielder!

Millwall has been looking for an excellent winger in the transfer market, and he has spent a lot of money for this. Pires was a perfect fit in the past. He didn't have to pay a penny for the transfer fee, and he got an experienced and strong player who adapted to the Premier League. Edge.

"What luck!"

Wenger couldn't help but sigh.

Now that Arsenal and Millwall meet, Pires scored a crucial goal against his old club, and Wenger's feelings are even more complicated.

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Pires' goal was crucial.

The entire Arsenal team and fans also have mixed feelings about Pires' goal, but this has nothing to do with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang believes that it is Braniff who is more important to score goals. Braniff performed very well in cooperation and also sent the most important assists, so that Pires can have a chance to complete the goal.

Pires was good, of course, but Braniff was even better.

So far, Zhang Yang is still very satisfied with Braniff's performance. He decided to let Braniff play as many games as possible in the next game and give him more opportunities to see if he can continue to perform well.

While Arsenal was sad about Pires, they were also unwilling to lose at the Emirates Stadium.

After the game restarted, Arsenal started the onslaught mode. They had to use the remaining time to try to equalize the score. In Arsenal's full attack, Millwall also had to strengthen their defense.

There is no way.

In professional football games, there is a saying that 'defense wins', and there is another saying that 'defense is passive and offense is active'. The two seem to be contradictory, but in fact they are not contradictory.

Defense wins, refers to doing a good job of defending and preventing the opponent from scoring, then you can be invincible. If you defend more, you can easily win the game. This is based on statistics, not a single game.

For a single game, 'defense is passive, offense is active' is established.

For example, now.

When Arsenal fell behind by two goals, the entire formation pressed forward and launched a crazy half-court attack against Millwall in a way that didn't care about defense. Millwall had two options, one is to continue to maintain the original formation. .

The advantage of this is that Arsenal's defense is weak, and it is easy to get opportunities. The disadvantage is that the defense is not strong enough, and it is easy to be scored by the crazy Arsenal.

Then the two sides will form a mutual 'confrontation without defense' mode.

Under this style of play, Millwall's lead has become much weaker, because the next goal is easy to happen.

Another option is to strengthen the defense and compress the formation in a targeted manner to make the defense more stable. The advantage of two goals can be maximized, and Millwall's chances of winning will become very high.

Therefore, in the case of leading by two goals, Millwall has only one option, and that is to shrink the formation to defend.

Arsenal's formation is aggressively pressing forward, forcing Millwall to defend passively. This is the "offensive initiative" of a single game. As the defensive side, Millwall can only passively accept moves, but the premise of the situation is that Millwall Wall is the leading side, otherwise Arsenal will play like this, the backcourt defense will become weak, Millwall can play against each other, and the probability of scoring is not lower than Arsenal.

This is the situation on both sides.

In the situation of active offense and passive defense, the offensive and defensive performance of both sides is more important. Arsenal's offensive play determines that they are very efficient. No team in the world dares to say that Arsenal can not make progress. ball.

Same goes for Millwall.

However, Millwall took the lead by two goals, and the score and psychological advantages are very obvious. Even if the opponent's attack is fierce, they are not in a hurry, because the opponent scores the ball and only recovers a goal. The final winner will still win. It's Millwall.

Millwall's mentality was also enough to make the defense more solid, but there is a lot of uncertainty in football games, and when the time went to the final stage, Arsenal still scored.

It was the 808th minute of the game. Adebayor fought for a point in the penalty area and headed the ball back to Fabregas. Fabregas flatly pushed the right penalty area. Van Persie, who came off the bench, kicked the ball into the goal with a strong shot.

Arsenal pulled one back!
But a goal did not improve Arsenal's situation. They bought time and continued to attack Millwall's goal, but it was difficult to gain anything.

Arsenal failed to score again until the end of stoppage time.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the number on the scoreboard was '1:2'. After home and away, Millwall defeated Arsenal and won the No. 18 round of the league.

After the game, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger looked bitter. He didn't expect to face Millwall for the first time in the new season. Arsenal still lost the game, but he couldn't do anything. Millwall's winning process was dignified. He Facing the reporter, he said, "We created a wonderful game together. I believe every fan will be very satisfied. In the end we lost, but I think the team performed well. Every player played well. Maybe we just lack A little luck."

Afterwards, Wenger praised Millwall, "Compared to last season, they are like a brand new team. Robert (Pirres) performed very well. Bless him."

Arsenal is the losing side, Wenger is definitely inconvenient to say more, Zhang Yang is the protagonist of the press conference, but Zhang Yang doesn't cooperate with the media very much, he is unwilling to talk about winning, he just praised the performance of the players, because It was the game against Arsenal. Pires, who performed outstandingly, was directly ignored, and Zhang Yang praised others, especially Braniff, who was mentioned emphatically, "Kevin is the best player, I believe no one will hold it Negative attitude. His active performance has driven the entire frontcourt. After this game, I have more expectations for Kevin, and he will definitely be even better in the future."

After the press conference, the Millwall team packed their bags and prepared to leave the Emirates Stadium and return to the club.

At this time, a piece of good news came: Manchester United lost.

In this round of Manchester United's away game against West Ham United, West Ham United ranked third from the bottom in the league. The results are completely inconsistent with the big transfers. They seem to have not yet adapted to the intensity of the Premier League. When dealing with Manchester United, no one thinks that West Ham United will produce Threat, but West Ham United finally defeated Manchester United and won three points that are very precious to them.

Many media are studying the game.

Although they lost the Premier League title at Upton Park twice, Manchester United will certainly not be afraid of it. In the past 16 visits to Upton Park, Manchester United has won seven wins and four draws. The new coach of West Ham United is Ku Beishley, he is also Ferguson's favorite opponent. The two have fought for [-] years, and Ferguson has not lost once.

The final result of this game was that West Ham United had the last laugh. Leo Cork scored the only goal of the game. Manchester United encountered the third league game of the season.

After the final whistle blew, West Ham new coach Kubeshley celebrated with his fist, and boss Magnussen was elated, while Ferguson walked into the interview area with a helpless and regretful expression. question.

"We played wonderfully and created many scoring opportunities, but we should be able to do better in the final shot." Manchester United took 24 shots, [-] more than West Ham United, but all of them became " Empty bomb".

"We shouldn't be losers, but now that it has become a fact, the next thing Manchester United has to do is to regain confidence and start again. We have to show mental strength. This is the real sign of a championship team. Manchester United have shown that in the past. quality."

Manchester United was defeated by West Ham United, and the biggest beneficiary was Millwall.

Before Millwall drew consecutive draws with Liverpool and Aston Villa, they were caught up by Manchester United in points, and they only ranked first in the league with their goal difference advantage.

Manchester United lost three points, and Millwall will have three points more than Manchester United.

Millwall regained their points advantage.

This result made many media secretly stunned. They thought that Millwall's away game against Arsenal in the [-]th round of the league would be a chance for Manchester United to overtake the points. Unexpectedly, the result was reversed. Not only did Manchester United fail to overtake the points, they were instead defeated by Millwall. Pulled down three points.

Millwall was pleased with the result.

After returning to the club and gathering all the team members, Zhang Yang waved his hand easily and announced the holiday arrangement, "You have two days off, enjoy it, and the holiday will be next month!"

(End of this chapter)