Chapter 126 Vacation Competition
The Arsenal carnival continued after the game, and fans wearing Gunners uniforms could be seen everywhere on the streets of London.
Obviously, the Derby victory has completely blown away the shadow of the team's home loss to Newcastle United.
For Arsenal players, the same is true. The end of the team's winning streak is nothing compared to directly defeating the same-city derby opponent on the away game.
Since the team will be going to the next round of league after this League Cup, Wenger did not give the players extra vacation, and waited for the players at the training base the next day.
Three days later, in the next Premier League round, the Gunners will go out again to challenge Wolves at the opening game.
This is not a difficult game. For the Gunners, who are still ranked first in the league after losing in one round, the Wolves' second-last ranking in the league can illustrate many problems.
Compared to some media that deliberately say slander and want to make gimmicks, most media still very objectively recognize the huge gap between the two teams.
"Maybe for Arsenal, stabilizing the situation and not giving opponents a chance to upset is what they need to do. In fact, it's not difficult."
Some football critics who like to be interviewed and predicted various situations before the game did not make any trouble this time. The arsenal has always been optimistic about it.
Wenger also had this idea in Arsenal training base. After going through the training of one game, he and his players took it for granted that they would win the second-to-last in the league.
Therefore, he arranged a rotation again.
The players in the last rotation were still on duty this time, and Wenger mainly removed the players who have been playing for the game to this day.
The day before this game, the players who ended the day of training early gathered in the conference room again waiting for the coach to announce the starting list.
Wenger didn't keep it a secret and quickly pronounced the names and corresponding positions.
"Feng, Chamak serves as double striker, Denilson, Alexander Song, Fabregas and Al Shavin serves as four midfielders, Gibbs, Squillach, Juru and Ebue form the back line."
Wenger finally turned his attention to the three goalkeepers: "As for the goalkeeper, Amunia has entered the starting list."
"clear!"
Taking a deep breath, Amunia, who had slowly accepted the identity of the second goalkeeper, was still a little excited when facing this starting opportunity. He nodded vigorously and responded to the coach.
"Don't be late for gathering in the parking lot at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"receive!"
After simply finishing reading the remaining players who are on the roster, Wenger emphasized the gathering time and left the conference room first, so the other players naturally left.
The next day, it started to rain in the city of London. During the heavy rain, the players each wrapped their jackets from the club and entered the team bus.
After trekking all the way, the team soon arrived at the Wolves' home court, Molynox Stadium, a medium-sized stadium that can accommodate nearly 30,000 people, but today there are nearly half of the space available.
This is not because of the team's performance, but because Wolves are not a highly watched team in the Premier League. Now they are second to last in the league and still have a group of loyal fans.
Feeling the huge momentum created by the home team fans for more than 10,000 games, the Arsenal players were very touched, and after looking at the opponents' players to warm up extremely seriously, they couldn't help but become serious.
Although there may be a gap in strength in football games, any team should be equal in terms of mental factors.
The Gunners are very respectful of the attitude of the opponent's game after arriving away, and the best way to express respect to the opponent is to do your best.
The game kicked off in the drizzle. Britain in November was already a little cold, and the players also wore long-sleeved jerseys.
"Okay, with the referee's whistle, Arsenal took the lead in kicking off the ball. A Feng received a pass from Chamak to Fabregas, and Fabregas made a pass."
Compared to the last derby, Zhan Jun was obviously able to control his emotions well in this game.
"DNilson took the ball and passed the opponent's forward who was robbed. In this game, Wolves directly formed a 433 formation at home. They obviously wanted to prove something to Arsenal."
The game on the court slowly unfolded with Zhan Jun's gossip, and the Gunners who controlled the ball firmly controlled the ball for five minutes at the beginning of the game.
In the seventh minute of the game, Liu Feng was given a small kick through a small method, and Liu Feng turned his foot and sent it to Chamake's pass. The Gunners' possession ended with Chamake's long shot confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.
However, the Wolves did not have the chance to show their offense afterwards. As their counterattack continued to the Gunners midfield area, Alexander Song, who was in charge of the team's midfield defense, broke the ball back.
In this way, the scene on the court will naturally repeat again. Arsenal once again controls the ball and slowly penetrates. With a clean touch, the Gunners can transfer the ball to the area in front of the penalty area without any personal ability changes.
The gap in strength was revealed at the beginning. By the 30th minute of the game, Arsenal, who had completely controlled the situation, made another effort.
First, Arshavin received a pass from Xiaofa on the right and ran towards the baseline by passing the opponent's winger and the side midfielder. Then he made a 45-degree cross and flew into the penalty area from the opponent's side defender.
As Liu Feng jumped high at the front point, the Wolves defensemen lost their minds at this moment.
So, Chamak, who followed up at the back, directly grabbed the team's real landing point.
"Bang!"
"Chamak clicked the back and the ball flew into the goal! The ball went in!!!"
As reasonably, as expected, as Arsenal has always been in control of the rhythm, Zhan Jun really couldn't figure out what else could the Gunners score.
"This is Arsenal's first goal, and they have been playing against Wolves since the opening."
Zhan Jun's words are actually quite tactful, and fans on the Internet have long reacted to this game.
If it weren't for Liu Feng's goal, it would be very likely that these Chinese fans who stayed up late in China would have been going to bed long ago.
“Vacation-style competition.”
A post that was topped by fans in the post bar perfectly summarizes the situation of the game so far.
Chapter completed!