The rise of greenery

Ancelotti had thought that he would lose several players at the end of the season, but he didn't expect that his mobile phone would be so busy these days.

Many European colleagues called him one after another, not wanting to buy Alan or Osimhen, but asking him how he made Alan restrain Luo Wu in the game.

Although everyone knows that Alan's defense against Luo Wu failed in the end, Alan's performance in the game was shocking enough.

This is obvious to all.

At least he is the one who has performed best so far, and his personal defensive skills and tactics are quite good.

One Alan can't defend, so what if another one is added?Two people can always do it.If Luo Wu can really be misfired, then defeating Arsenal is no longer a myth.

The first caller was Valencia coach Marcelino. The 52-year-old Marcelino is planning for a rainy day.

He will face Arsenal in the European competition in the future, and he has now learned from Ancelotti.

Every professional team has dreams, and Valencia is no exception. Although they are facing the invincible Arsenal, don't they want to advance to the Europa League final?

Definitely want to.

What's more, Valencia was once a hero who dominated Europe, and almost reached the top of Europe.

Valencia's performance this season is quite satisfactory. They have not reached the Champions League for many years. This year Marcelino led the team to step into the Champions League early. If there is no accident, they will participate in the Champions League next season.

And this season their results in the Europa League are also quite good, only one step away from the final, but it is a pity that they met Arsenal.

The stubborn Marcelino will not admit defeat early. He watched the entire game between Arsenal and Naples, and watched the video for two consecutive days after the game.

Not only observe Arsenal's overall skills and tactics, but also the defense against Luo Wu.Alan brought him many surprises. For this reason, he also copied the video to the players in the midfield and backcourt, so that everyone can study hard and summarize defensive experience.

Now I called Ancelotti just to know some secrets.

It is absolutely impossible for an atypical player like Alan to be like this from the beginning, it must have been guided by some guidance.

Ancelotti is a good old man and doesn't hide his secrets.

He asked back:

"Don't you find that Alan looks like a defensive player in the 90s?"

A word awakened the dreamer, Marcelino blinked, and the football scene in the 90s immediately appeared in his mind.

It was an era full of dreams. At that time, football was full of passion and stars, and there were no shortage of big-name stars in the frontcourt, midfield or backcourt.

Marcelino understood instantly, but he also had doubts.

"Thank you. But this era has no players of that era, except for a very few players."

"Those old, outdated ways of playing have almost been phased out."

Ancelotti smiled,

"Then why did Alan almost succeed? In terms of modern football defensive skills, who do you think can stop the Chinese? Some things with a long history may not be outdated, but we have gradually lost some traditions. Now if this tradition can come back , Don’t you think football will look better? Everyone emphasizes the team’s defensive ability and ignores individual combat ability, but in fact, the personal ability of superstars can still solve problems.”

"Then who should I turn to? There must be a special way." Marcelino quickly became humble. What he said just now was indeed disrespectful to the old players. The purpose of this call was to find the answer. Well.

"Italy, the land of Italy has the best defensive players and masters in the world. I won't hide it from you. This time I trained Alan through Baresi. Baresi is very happy to accept such a task and do it. It's been pretty good, but I don't think one Baresi is enough, I think it would be interesting to train with a whole defensive team."

Ancelotti laughed and said, what came to mind was the scene of a group of defensive players besieging Luo Wu.

It's exciting to think about every defensive guru passing on their defensive skills to current players and then asking them to figure out how to stop a super player.

Isn't that what they did before?I don't know how many super geniuses challenge the classic picture of the super defense.

Maradona, Baggio, Ronaldo, these super geniuses...

It's just that it was different later on.

That's why Messi is omnipotent on the court, and Luo Wu calls for the rain.

Marcelino asked quickly.

"So can I hire Baresi now? Is he still playing for you?"

Ancelotti has no reservations:

"I suggest you look for Nesta, Materazzi and others. They are at home now and don't mind finding a job. If it weren't for Maldini, Gattuso, Cannavaro, they all have With the work in hand, it would be perfect to put them together as a team."

Hearing the names of these great legends, Marcelino became inexplicably excited.This is indeed a great team, but it is too difficult to put together.

The current plan is to invite Baresi to Valencia first, and then find Nesta and Materazzi. At least 10 days before the first round of the semi-finals, the preparation is still sufficient...

He laughed off Ancelotti's suggestion.

But Ancelotti didn't just get the call, it was Guardiola's too.

The painful Guardiola has just been taught a lesson by Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham in the Champions League.

For him this season is simply devastated, riddled with holes and painful.

Struggling to catch up with Arsenal in the league, but there is no hope in sight.

In the Champions League, they managed to reach the semi-finals, but Manchester City, who was originally the champion of the Champions League, was stabbed to death by Tottenham in the semi-finals.

The League Cup was also lost, also to Arsenal!

There is only one FA Cup left to contend for.

The opponent in the semi-finals is not terrible, but the opponent in the final is terrible, and there is a high probability that it will be Arsenal.

Everything is thanks to Arsenal!

Demon.

Go crazy!

Even Valencia coach Marcelino can think of things, can he not think of it?It's just that he was half an hour late.

He also asked Ancelotti for advice, and Ancelotti told Guardiola everything about himself as he answered Marcelino.

At the same time, he also told him that Baresi was likely to be invited by Marcelino.

Guardiola was quite depressed. After hanging up the phone, he thought for a long time, and finally called several people.

After all, there are not only a few celebrities in Italy. If Italy does not have them, Spain also has them, and England also has them. Can they always make up such a strong defensive team?

It's a pity that not every head coach thinks the same as him. In order to deal with Luo Wu, he will find a real and reliable plan.

For example, in this weekend's league game, Arsenal won again.

Winning is effortless.

Crystal Palace handed over the gun directly and did not confront Arsenal in the away game.

Manchester City still can't see any hope, although in theory there is still a counterattack against Arsenal to win the league championship.

But reason told him that it was impossible for Manchester City.

Accept the failure of this season.

But absolutely not all four are empty.

At least there is still hope in the FA Cup, right?Prepare to face Arsenal's big battle early.

If you can win the FA Cup, then this season is not a complete failure...

Arsenal is different, Arsenal have now won the League Cup, the league title is in sight, and the Europa League seems unstoppable.

As for the FA Cup, Arsenal is also determined to win.

The opponent is Watford.

How could an opponent at the bottom of the Premier League like Watford stop the mighty Arsenal.

Although it is an away game, Arsenal are not under any pressure as they prepare for the game.

In order to allow Arsenal players to recover their physical strength as soon as possible and prepare for the semi-finals with a more relaxed attitude, Emery has only trained in the morning these days, and has been directly on vacation in the afternoon.

The players also had a very relaxed life, and he didn't say anything even when some players went clubbing.

The greater good news is that the scandals of Saka and De Ligt have been completely resolved.Opponents have dropped the prosecution and they are now regaining their innocence.

Emery has more opportunities to deploy troops.

Then he put Luo Wu on the bench for the first time before the start of the FA Cup semi-final.

Of course, this must be approved by Luo Wu.

Before holding a press conference, he had discussed it with Luo Wu.

Emery believes that Watford's strength is average, Luo Wu does not need to try his best to enter the starting lineup, and the team can beat the opponent.

Therefore, he suggested that Luo Wu take turns to rest, and if there is an accident on the bench, he can also play in time.

Luo Wu has no opinion, anyway, if the situation is not good, just play again.

At the Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford fans immediately cheered when they saw that Luo Wu's name was not included in the starting XI.

The commentators Ferdinand and Carragher also looked at each other for a while when they saw the list of players.

Even Ferdinand, who has been on the side of Arsenal and Luo Wu, couldn't help expressing his concerns.

"Emery still underestimated Watford's ambition. In the FA Cup, it can actually create miracles."

"In the history of the FA Cup for more than 100 years, there are not no small teams winning the championship, and there are quite a few. I think Emery has complicated this matter. It is better to start Luowu, score a few more goals early, and leave early. It's safer."

"If Watford scored first, wouldn't Watford dare to fight with them? Could it be that they had an illusion because Watford lost to them in the league?"

"The league is the league, the FA Cup is the FA Cup and small teams never expect to say their team has won the league, but they always expect to make history in the FA Cup."

Carragher and Ferdinand rarely reached a unified opinion.

"I agree with your point of view."

"But I do want to see the jokes, lol, I want to see Watford topple Arsenal. You know, I think about it all the time..."

Ferdinand smiled.

"Then you overthink it, I think it's only going to get tougher, Arsenal can't lose the game, it's impossible for accidents to happen as long as that guy is on the bench. But I think Walt Ford will definitely seize the opportunity and set off a frenzy in the first half."

Arsenal's starting lineup today is actually not bad, it's just that Luo Wu is missing.Compared with the Champions League, their lineup is actually very strong today.

The goalkeeper is Martinez.

The defense line is Bellerin, Mertesacker, Mustafi, Kolasinac.

The midfield is Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Xhaka, Xaka

Up front is.Lacazette, Harland.

Traditional 442.

Saka, who was a winger, was pulled back to play right midfielder.

On Watford's side, the main lineup is attacking. They have nothing to be afraid of. Passing Arsenal is the FA Cup final.

Such a drive needs no reminder at all.

Watford starter: Goalkeeper Gomez.

Defenders Hollebas, Cathcart, Mariapa, Femenias.

Midfielders Ducure, Capoue, Pereira, Will Hughes, Deulofeu.

Forward Dini.

The biggest star here is Deulofeu, and the rest are basically unknown.

Watford's starting lineup formation today should be 451.It should be more defensive, and it is a defensive and counterattack-type lineup.

But now that Luo Wu is not on the court, maybe Watford will not play very conservatively?

Who knows?

At least Guardiola, who was sitting in the living room at home watching the game, yelled.

Because Watford is so happy that they can play against Arsenal without Luo Wu.

"When you have the ability to play Manchester City, you put the Chinese on the bench." Guardiola looked contemptuous.

If Emery dares to do this, Guardiola is sure he can cripple Arsenal.

Without the Chinese, Arsenal is considered a strong team...

But what is the point of such an assumption?After all, Manchester City is not as weak as Watford.

Guardiola then touched his beard again and fell into thought.If I am now coaching Watford, what should I do at this moment?

attack.

Crazy attack!

Find a way to score a lot of goals in the first half while that guy isn't there, and if you get the lead, that guy will definitely come up.

After he came up, he had to concentrate all his strength on defense.Fill every inch of space in the backcourt and look for counter-attack opportunities.

But with Watford's lineup and such players, it's impossible to stop him!

He became depressed again.

He thought of Manchester City's defensive players again. Which two players should be partnered with?

The mind is swollen and confused.

Next, we can only look at the effect of the special training. If the training effect is good, there is still hope.

Even a [-]% hope is enough, no, even a [-]% hope.

Guardiola thought of the FA Cup final that has not yet become a reality...