My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 23 White Horse Bar ([-])

Chen Yao and Meng Qinghe sat together, but he didn't drink beer this time, he just chatted casually with the three fans.

The age of the four people is not much different, and they are all highly educated, and they have a common language, so they chatted quite well.

Meng Qinghe has been looking at Chen Yao, and Chen Yao's eyes often look towards Meng Qinghe intentionally or unintentionally.Whenever their eyes met, the two of them would look away as fast as lightning, and then each showed a pretending to be calm smile.

When Arthur finished one glass of beer and planned to have another one to show off his power, Chen Yao stood up and prepared to leave.He couldn't spend too long here.Bar-addicted coaches, that sucks.

"Why don't we leave our contact information?" Meng Qinghe suggested.

Arthur obviously appreciated the idea. The four of them added each other on WhatsApp. Arthur still reluctantly wanted Chen Yao to sit for a while.

But Chen Yao resolutely rejected Arthur, who was already a little drunk. Donna said helplessly: "British men are like this, as long as they talk about football, they can drink a bucket."

Meng Qinghe nodded towards Chen Yao, the London breeze blew a few strands of her long hair, and the strands of hair floated slantedly around her lips with light lipstick.

She smiled and said: "I wish you good luck in the competition."

"We must kill Tottenham! Uh, is it the next round? It doesn't seem like..."

Arthur added dryly.

"Stop drinking, you have class tomorrow!"

Donna blew out her beard and stared.

……

Chen Yao left the bar, walked around a few times, and returned to his den.On the first floor, the sound of the TV in the apartment manager's room could be vaguely heard, probably because Lu Changsheng was watching his favorite sports program again.

Chen Yao felt much better, maybe he really needed some friends to chat with.

Of course, in the club, he has colleagues like John who have formed friendships in the youth training camp, and bosses like Wenger who are both mentors and friends, but he still feels lonely from time to time.

Chen Yao sometimes wonders why the protagonists in time-travel novels are so psychologically strong.Everything they were familiar with and everything they were close to disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye. How did they not care about it, and then devote themselves to the heroic cause of expanding the territory or conquering the world with full confidence?
No matter what, he has a soul that does not belong to this time and space, and the things he cannot let go of are in another timeline in the parallel universe that may never be touched again.

Back at his residence, Chen Yao sat in front of his desk full of draft paper and books, turned on his laptop, clicked on the video, flipped through his notes, and immersed himself in the world of techniques and tactics.

The next opponent is Blackburn, which is also an opponent that must be won.

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On September [-], Arsenal played away against Blackburn.

Arsenal's offensive system has gradually improved during more than a week of training, and Alexander Song's comeback has greatly reduced Arteta's pressure on the ball.

Song's footwork and vision allowed Arsenal to finally have the capital to adopt some high-efficiency, low-success rate offensive methods such as long passes.

And Gervinho's comeback also brought sharpness to the left.Chen Yao suggested that Wenger move Arshavin to the center to see the effect. Ramsey is obviously out of shape now, Rosicky has not yet returned, and Arshavin's skills and golf intelligence are quite good, lock him on the side. Yao felt a little pity.

In Wenger's philosophy, Arshavin, as a right-footed player with excellent dribbling ability, should be used as an inside winger on the left.

However, Chen Yao felt that sometimes the space on the wing was too narrow. For a not-so-stupid player like Arshavin, just defining him as an inside-cutting breakthrough player would not be able to give full play to his ability.

But Wenger's approach is not without reason.The right-footed left winger itself is a precious resource, and Arshavin is a late bloomer, and his plasticity is not high. Instead of exploring how to use him, it is better to use his existing ability.

After careful consideration, Wenger chose to believe Ramsey.Chen Yao didn't say anything about this. The professor was famous for his preference for his own young players, and Arshavin's recent performance was not very good.

In fact, Arshavin may be somewhat uncomfortable with life in England. In Chen Yao's impression, Arshavin left the team during the winter transfer window of this season.

In fact, Chen Yao was more worried about the back line.Koscielny is really not a lucky player. He made a big mistake in the League Cup final last season. He lost three games in a row at the start of this season and was injured.

Although Koscielny returned in the last round, he felt unwell in the Champions League group stage last week. In that game, Arsenal drew [-]-[-] away with Dortmund-at this time, the bearded Klopp had not fully Formed his own tactical style, but it also caused a lot of consumption to Arsenal-out of the protection of the players, Wenger still chose to rest Koscielny.

As a result, Arsenal has a defender combination of Julu and Mertesacker, and the right back Sagna is still recovering. The teenager Jenkinson started again after lifting the ban, and then matched with Santos on the left. Chen Yao's blood pressure went up.

After the start of the game, Arsenal's offensive fluency improved significantly. With Arteta and Song covering long-distance, mid-distance and short-distance passes, Arsenal's transmission was significantly faster, which also gave Walcott and Arshavin created ample single-handed opportunities.

And after Jenkinson saw Santos on the left constantly pressing on the edge, his brain became hot, and he often pressed halfway to support his teammates.

With the huge space behind the two full-backs, Djurou and Mertesacker obviously lacked protection.The two defenders looked at the empty turf in front of them in panic, and Chen Yao on the sidelines was watching the game with worry.

However, Arsenal's attack still crushed Blackburn first.The continuous shingling of the wing made Blackburn's full-backs exhausted. While Blackburn's coach instructed the players to protect the wing, the center opened wide.

No. In the 205th minute, in a perfect combination of pulling on the side and outflanking the center, Ramsey's forward shot was blocked by the Blackburn defender, and Van Persie scored a goal with a clever supplementary shot.

The Arsenal players were not happy for long. Blackburn also took notice of Arsenal's riddled defense. By attacking the space behind Arsenal's full-back, Blackburn forward Jakub single-handedly broke through Szczesny. Guarded gate.

The equalizer pissed off the Arsenal players, who, instead of learning the importance of keeping pace, went on the attack, trying to overwhelm Blackburn's defence.

But football is like this, sometimes the defense of the weaker team looks shaky, but it just doesn't fall...

In the 35th minute, in a similar counterattack, Blackburn's attack hit Szczesny. This time, the highly nervous Djurou made a strange clearance and headed the ball into his own goal.

One to two, Arsenal actually fell behind.
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