Chapter 890: The establishment of the London base
When Arsenal resumed training, the players obviously had not yet recovered from the joy of victory, and were somewhat slackened during the first two days of training.
However, the professor didn't say anything, because they were destined to use the second team to face the next new game.
That's right, their second game of the week's official league quarterfinals faced Brad's second leg, and in the first leg they had laid the foundation for victory with a huge gap.
Therefore, the day before the game began, the formation provided by the professor almost included all the young and substitutes of the teams now in the first team.
At their home court, these young players and substitutes performed quite well.
Although he was leading the game in the first half and scored a corner kick with a set piece, he scored a goal to equalize the score, but he took the lead with a single attack less than five minutes into the second half.
This made the gun fans in the stands have a climax. They didn't expect that even the players of their own team second team were so good at playing the scene of stealing the ball as soon as they kicked off.
The fans sang and danced in the stands because it was the League Cup and the mid-week reason. There were not many fans present in this game, but the momentum was enough.
Finally, when the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Arsenal officially eliminated the opponent from the English League 6-1 with two rounds.
Brad was already quite satisfied after scoring a goal. They were roaring and laughing to the Gunners' bench in this game, where many Arsenal stars sat.
Liu Feng, who had no playing time for a minute, became the player with the most requests for Brad players to exchange jerseys. Facing a pair of longing eyes, he finally gave the jersey to a Brad substitute who asked for an idol jersey for his son.
Faced with such family affection as father and son, Liu Feng is never able to resist.
After this game, Arsenal ushered in a long time of leisure. In the second week of the game, they only had one league game to play.
The players have also begun to develop their other careers in addition to training. As Arsenal's popularity becomes more and more popular, except for Liu Feng, who is now without a doubt about the commercial value of NO.1, the value of other players has also increased.
Everyone received various endorsements, and some sponsors even began to sponsor Arsenal in the name of a certain player. Liu Feng alone attracted a total of seven sponsors including Sinopec, UAE, Armani, etc.
The bonus and sponsorship terms they set are extremely relaxed, and the requirement is that they can appear in front of the camera with Liu Feng when necessary.
This can almost be said to be a money-giving operation.
In addition, Liu Feng also took advantage of this period of free time to officially participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Liu Feng Football School at the London City Training Base.
As he played football in the UK for a longer time, he found that he didn't always have to think about training players hard in China and then go to the trial training of major clubs.
This method often has poor results due to the domestic football environment, training facilities and atmosphere.
Now we set up a training base in London to select some good seedlings in China who are willing to go abroad, and go directly to the UK to train some of the British children from the beginning, which will surely allow them to cultivate what they should have since childhood.
This idea is very beautiful, but it is destined to be an elite training. There are only 20 players from the first batch of Liu Feng Football School’s London Training Base. Even so, Liu Feng has invested more than one million euros to ensure the operation of the training base.
He also paid the price of being the spokesperson for a youth event in England to win the opportunity of Liu Feng’s football team to participate in this youth league.
In this way, these players will not only train every day. They can compete with some youth training teams in various parts of the UK every half month. If they win the championship in these events, they may also have the opportunity to compete with the youth training teams of the second-tier English league teams.
At that time, once the performance is excellent, the opponent's youth training coaches will have the opportunity to enter the British professional league.
Don’t underestimate the English Championship. Through various statistics, the intensity of the English Championship is far greater than that of the Chinese Super League that is emerging today. The three relegated Premier League teams bring experience and skills in the top league every year.
This operation ensures that without super geniuses, players who come to the London base can find their own destinations in the end, and even if they take root in the English League Two, they can learn more.
Step by step, more and more players will appear in better leagues. After all, you have to eat one bite at a time.
After the establishment of the London base, Liu Feng put his focus back on daily training.
In the 25th round of the league, Arsenal will face Stoke City at home. This is not a difficult game, and this is even more so when the Gunners are in good shape.
The day before the game started, the professor simply announced the team's starting lineup.
Neymar, Liu Feng and Aguero became the team's starting front combination, and the midfield combination of Wilshire, Ganso and Ramsey appeared again.
On the back line, Gibbs, Mertesak, Vermullen and Alves formed the defense line, while the goalkeeper was still Szczesny.
This is undoubtedly the Gunners' usual formation when facing the game they want to win as soon as possible. 433 has a great impact both in the three front lines and the three midfielders.
The defense line makes the opponent even more desperate. In the entire Premier League, no offensive combination can guarantee that it can penetrate this defense line.
As the Gunners' opponent, Stoke City has no advantage in offense. They are good at playing three central defenders and are more working hard in the midfield.
Therefore, the next day, when the start of both sides was announced, Stoke City attracted the attention of many parties with its 352 formation.
With four defenders now rampant and more and more coaches beginning to give up the three-guard system that is really defensive in space, there are very few people who dare to play three-guards in front of Arsenal, which has top offensive efficiency.
The coach of Stoke City and his disciples caused heated discussion for the first time.
The Emirates Stadium, from the warm-up between the two sides entering the court to finally standing on the court and waiting for the start of the game, the cheers of the gun fans did not stop until the whistle blew, and the cry stopped slightly.
"Shh~Shh!"
"Okay, with the referee whistle, the game officially began. Arsenal took the lead in kicking the ball, and Liu Feng, who was standing in front of the kick-off point, took the ball."
Chapter completed!