Dynasty reappears

Chapter 191
Chinese New Year is coming, I wish you all a new year and a new atmosphere, and a fortune in the Year of the Dragon!

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"The game is about to start. Let's first look at the starting lineups of the two sides. The home team Arsenal: the goalkeeper is Almunia, the defenders are Hoyt, Toure, Gallas, Traore from right to left, and the midfielder E Cloth, Gilberto Silva, Flamini, Fabregas, Walcott, striker Bendtner.

The visiting team Liverpool has changed a little bit more. The goalkeeper is still Joe Hart, who performed well in the FA Cup semi-finals. On the back line, Li Lin strangely arranged Martin Kelly, a youth player who had been playing central defender before. Stepping up to the right back, it seems that Li Lin wants Alves to rest well and meet the life-and-death battle with Inter Milan.Central defender Thornton replaced Kompany and Mertesacker. This is a brand new central defender combination. I don't know how effective it will be.Left back Li Lin sent veteran Riise.In the midfield, Alonso appeared in the starting lineup as the defensive midfielder, while Ribery and Gerrard served as the avant-garde. Well, this is another new arrangement. What Li Lin thinks in his heart is very confusing. Difficult to figure out.Forward line, Pato, Dirk, Irving. "

As soon as Li Lin's starting lineup appeared, it immediately worried all fans who cared about Liverpool.In this starting lineup, many players played in the FA Cup semi-finals two days ago, and many of them played the full 90 minutes of the game. Their physical problems are very worrying.

Some people are worried, and naturally some people will be happy.But in Wenger's heart, there is still a little bit of anger.Why?Damn, I feel looked down upon by Li Lin.He actually used a second-rate lineup, and it was a brand new match to play against Arsenal.

They are both members of the top four giants in the Premier League, so why is there such a big gap.In the games against Manchester United and Chelsea, all the main players will play. When it is Arsenal's turn, they will hide it. It is clear that they look down on Arsenal and Wenger.Even if Uncle Wenger could bear it, his aunt couldn't.

But then again, Li Lin can fight and has an advantage in points, so at worst the three points are lost.As long as you can preserve your strength, beat Inter Milan in the next game, and continue the Champions League, then it's all worth it.

But Arsenal can't afford it. Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool have already opened up a lot of points in front, and Tottenham and Everton are eyeing up behind them.If you don't work harder in the league, the Champions League seats may be a problem next season.But it's just that Arsenal attaches great importance to the Champions League now. After all, they have built a new stadium, and Arsenal owes a lot of debt, so they rely on the Champions League to make money.

Not to mention winning the championship, as long as you reach the top 16 and top 8, you will have a lot of money.After paying off the debt, Wenger can still have some small money to continue his bad uncle career.

Therefore, despite having an advantage in the Champions League, 2-0 Barcelona.But Wenger, who is conservative and can't afford to lose, decided to stabilize the league first. The Champions League can only be a dream for Wenger.

Some happy, some angry, some sad, this is Wenger's true psychological portrayal after seeing Liverpool's starting lineup.

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Let's not talk about which team has any advantage in this game.Judging from the live game, Liverpool's lineup still reflects the unstable factors of lack of coordination.There was only some offensive shortly after the opening of the first half, but after being resisted by Arsenal, it was counterattacked immediately.Just like the game against Inter Milan, they were firmly pressed in the half.

Fortunately, Li Lin seems to have made arrangements in advance, Liverpool's overall defense is still good, and did not give Arsenal too many opportunities.The game also reached a stalemate.

In the 17th minute, Cesc Fabregas scored the ball from the left. Gilberto Silva took advantage of his physical flexibility to pass Kelly.It's a pity that he was unlucky today, and the football hit the post and crossed the baseline.

In the 19th minute, it was Fabregas.But this time Fabregas did not pass the ball to his teammates, allowing them to get a shot.Instead, he directed and acted in a wonderful show.

Fabregas first took the ball in the backcourt, and after making continuous wonderful cooperation with Ebrahim and Flamini, he broke into the front of the penalty area.Under Gerrard's close defense, he still tenaciously withstood the pressure and volleyed his left foot to shoot from a reverse angle.

The sudden incident made Joe Hart break out in a cold sweat.Fortunately, he played well. Although he judged the wrong direction, he still used his feet to block the ball out of the goal line.Riise, who followed up the defense, hurriedly kicked the ball out of bounds, giving Liverpool a valuable and short rest time.

The continuous ground cooperation did not produce good results, which made Arsenal, which has always been unstable, start to get a little impatient.On the other hand, seeing Liverpool send a second-tier lineup to play against them, the Arsenal players also wanted to end the game quickly, causing Liverpool to suffer a big loss, but the reality was far from the dream, which made the Arsenal players' mentality even worse. not calm.

Under such circumstances, Arsenal finally broke out their biggest drawback: whenever they encounter difficulties, they lack a player with a spiritual leader to stand up and lead the team to fight.

In Manchester United, there used to be tough captains like Cantona and Keane. When the team encountered difficulties, they could always inspire enough fighting spirit to motivate their teammates to fight.But when it comes to the spiritual leader of the team, there is only one Manchester United-Alex Ferguson!With him, the Manchester United dynasty will not collapse.

Although Chelsea is a newly-promoted Premier League giants team, the team's centerpiece Poseidon Terry and the Blues magic lamp Lampard can both support the Blues' sky.This is why Chelsea performed quite well after the coaching change.

For Liverpool, Gerrard is undoubtedly the spiritual leader of the team.The soul of the Red Army has penetrated into the hearts of every KOP.Think back to the classic battle in 2005, when Gerrard scored the first goal to launch a counterattack.Especially after Li Lin entered the team, Gerrard helped Li Lin stabilize the team, led the team to win the double crown, and even won the first Premier League championship in Liverpool's history.Gerrard is definitely one of the best captains in Liverpool history.

On the other hand, Arsenal, after Vieira left, has not found a real team leader.Henry can't, and Cesc Fabregas is still very immature.And Wenger's character cannot become a person like Ferguson.Therefore, Arsenal is undoubtedly the saddest team in the top four of the Premier League.

Closer to home.The flustered Arsenal could no longer play wonderful ground coordination.When receiving a pass, shoot long-range if you can, and never enter the penalty area to shoot again.Can't shoot from a distance, it's simple, isn't there a tall guy there?If you are so tall, you don’t need to compete for the top, so what are you doing with it?

So Arsenal changed the short-pass ground cooperation that Wenger had cultivated for many years, and started the consistent style of the Premier League-long pass!
(End of this chapter)