Hero of the Penalty Area

As the FA Cup is getting closer and closer, the focus of English media coverage has shifted to their own domestic cups.

There are more and more news about the FA Cup in newspapers, on TV, on the radio and on the Internet.

Especially the strong match between Liverpool and Arsenal is the focus of everyone's attention.

But as everyone expected, there was no such strong dialogue atmosphere.

Wenger appeared very low-key, and even surrendered early.

His series of remarks before the game all hinted that Arsenal had no chance of winning and that Liverpool were too strong.

"...We played against them many times and tried almost every method. Our best result was to give up the offense, defend with all our strength, and defend a draw at home. This method works in the league, but it is not suitable for the cup. Because we don’t need to win, and we can’t win the game without scoring..."

When Wenger was interviewed by reporters, he spread his hands and curled his lips, expressing helplessness.

He has a basis for saying this. Arsenal and Liverpool have fought so many times, and they really didn't take advantage of it... Except for a draw, everything else was lost.

It doesn't work whether it's an offense or a defensive defense.

But what he said was not recognized by everyone, because Arsenal, who hadn't taken advantage before, met with Liverpool's first team. Now in the League Cup and the FA Cup they will meet the Liverpool reserve team.

There is still a big difference between the strength of the first team and the reserve team. If Arsenal attack the main force and do not underestimate the enemy. You can still win the reserve team with Chen Yingxiong...

So they don't know why Wenger is so frustrated, and as the head coach of Arsenal, it is really okay to say this kind of morale damage before the game?

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Within Arsenal, there is indeed some dissatisfaction and disappointment with Wenger's statement.

You must know that their opponent is not the first team, but the reserve team... No matter how strong the Liverpool reserve team is, it is just the reserve team. Begging for mercy with such a team in front of so many people. This really makes a lot of Arsenal players feel awkward-we are Arsenal! How could a team that won the league championship with an unbeaten record in the season back then to a reserve team!

Even if they won the FA Cup last season. But that reserve team has almost nothing to do with the current reserve team.

It can be said unceremoniously. This reserve team is simply a rookie!

At the same time, they didn't understand, why did the boss suddenly become subdued? He had prepared carefully for so long before, and now he is about to compete, but he is subdued... This is unscientific!

Wenger never explained. This makes everyone more and more confused.

You must know that they originally planned to fight Liverpool, after all, this is the FA Cup. It's not the same as the League Cup.

Although the FA Cup is becoming more and more tasteless, it still occupies a very important position in the hearts of English fans. After all, this is the longest history of modern football in the world, nothing more. It's enough for England fans to be proud of.

Before the establishment of the Premier League. There is no way for the League to compete with the FA Cup. Even in the years when the Champions League was just founded, the English teams were not superseded by UEFA, thinking that the Champions League is not comparable to their FA Cup. At that time, the FA Cup was the highest honor in English football. A team can never win even one league championship, as long as they can win the FA Cup several times. That's all powerful.

A team like Wimbledon has never won a top league championship. They have only won the FA Cup once, and they have made their fans proud for a long time.

This shows the status of the FA Cup champion in the hearts of English teams and fans in the early years.

Now this position is not as good as before, but Yu Wei is still there.

Many people still regard winning the FA Cup as a supreme honor.

In extreme situations like Liverpool where the reserve team is completely sent to play, even giants like Manchester United rarely do it.

For the Arsenal players, the reason they want to fight in the FA Cup is not only the meaning of this cup, but also a very realistic consideration-in the league, they basically have no hope of winning, Liverpool. Now leading all the way, it is too difficult to catch up with them.

If they want to win a championship this season, the FA Cup is a good choice, and the League Cup is also good, but the FA Cup is first, so naturally they will fight for the FA Cup first.

They firmly believe that as long as they do not underestimate the enemy, after defeating the Liverpool reserve team, they will not encounter any suffering until the final. In other words, as long as they win Liverpool, they have a great chance of winning the championship.

I didn't think the boss would pour cold water on them.

It hurts morale...

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Wenger has seen the problems reflected in the team during the training these days. The players didn't seem to be attentive enough in training, a little absent-minded...to put it bluntly, it was low morale.

He naturally knew what caused it.

The media outside these days have been saying that they have been too cautious and have bowed their knees.

There is also the media's grievances for Arsenal, thinking that Arsenal, who was once so proud, has fallen to this point, and has to rely on the enemy to show weakness.

They all thought Wenger had done too much and lost Arsenal's face.

Looking at the absent-minded players, he sighed in his heart-it seems that his players think so too.

He also knows that if he hadn't coached this team for more than ten years, or even the director of the club, he would have rebelled.

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After the training, it is customary for the coach to give the coaching time. Usually it is mainly to talk about everyone’s problems and progress in the training. The bad parts should be pointed out, and the good ones should be praised, so that the players will be motivated and will have. Desire for progress.

It doesn't matter whether it is pure criticism or praise.

But today Wenger neither intends to criticize them, nor does he intend to praise them, he does not even intend to talk about things in training.

What he wants to tell everyone is another thing, to answer their doubts. If this problem is not resolved, he knows that the next preparations will not be able to continue.

"I know you are skeptical of what I have said. You might think that I am too polite to a reserve team, even if it is the Liverpool reserve team... I also know that you must feel that as long as you do not underestimate the enemy, you can beat one in the game. Setting up a reserve team is not too difficult."

A group of players looked at each other. They were really hit by Wenger!

As soon as they think of what they think, the boss knows that they don't dare to have any dissatisfaction... They just lowered their heads and drooped their eyelids to silently express their attitude in this way.

How could Wenger not know what they were doing, but instead of furious, he continued. "But what I want to say now is that you have underestimated the enemy now. You have unknowingly looked down on your opponents. How is the reserve team? Is our own reserve team weak? I never think Arsenal are ready. The team is big, so Liverpool people don’t think that their reserve team is a weak person to kill. Yes, they have replaced a group of players, these are almost all new players, but don’t forget, there are some of these players. Many people are drawn from the youth team under the age of 18. They have been playing in the youth team for many years, and there is nothing to say about their cooperation. What they lack is only the reserve team experience. Don’t underestimate this team. , Tottenham underestimated them in the FA Cup semi-finals last season. What was the result? Last season, Chelsea also underestimated them in the FA Cup final. What was the result?"

When he said something, everyone still didn't say anything, but there were still some people who were not convinced because they thought they were not incompetent Tottenham, let alone Chelsea.

If Tottenham and Chelsea can lose to that team, they may not lose, not to mention the difference between the two teams is still very obvious. The boss is right, the biggest difference between this Liverpool reserve team and the last reserve team is experience. But this is also the most deadly. Experience cannot be made up by half a season of hard training. So this team is destined to be inferior to the reserve team last season.

That being the case, why should we be so careful?

Yes, we underestimate the enemy, but we can defeat this reserve team even if we underestimate the enemy!

A team that relies on one person is simply a shame of football. The players of these reserve teams are simply lying on Chen Yingxiong's body to **** his blood and touch his light. Waiting for Chen Yingxiong to lead the team to the finals, then jump down to enjoy the final championship results.

Why should we treat such a team with caution?

How can Wenger look, how can he fail to see what these players are thinking?

He suddenly thought of a key thing, and then his eyes lit up.

The things that were worrying before were suddenly solved.

He sternly said: "Why? Don't believe me? Well, let's experiment with the League Cup that is about to start, how about?"

When he said this, everyone raised their heads in surprise, wondering why the head coach would suddenly say this.

Wenger looked at a group of surprised players, his face was still serious and serious: "I'm serious, no joke. The next game, you play according to your ideas, if you can beat that team in your opinion. Regarding the reserve team, how about the FA Cup match I also follow your ideas? But if you don’t win the FA Cup match, you have to listen to me. If you want to prove me wrong Yes, there is nothing more powerful than the actual results. Use your performance to convince me and tell me that it is wrong."

A group of players looked at each other, a little dumbfounded for a while.

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