Chapter 136 Young Meets Young

Chapter 136 Young Meets Young

Degan looked at the little man standing beside him, and couldn't help being a little surprised. The memory of his previous life told him that Cesc Fabregas had indeed served as the captain of Arsenal, but Degan didn't expect it to be so soon.

Degan and Cesc Fabregas are not strangers to each other. In addition to the previous experience of fighting in the Champions League final, it was the Belgian team led by Degan in the World Cup qualifiers. In the case of securing a qualifying place, they defeated Spain away, making the Matador miss the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

In that game, although Cesc Fabregas was selected to the 18-man squad, he failed to get the chance to play. He could only watch Spain being defeated by Degan alone on the bench.

"I've been waiting for this game for a long time!" Fabregas said suddenly, in English, "I remember that game very clearly. I've been waiting for this opportunity for revenge for a long time. Already!"

Digan pretended to be surprised: "The game? Which game!?"

Fabregas frowned: "Don't tell me, you have forgotten!"

Digan smiled, raised his head, and couldn't even look at Fabregas: "I haven't forgotten the game, but I don't remember you being on the field at the time, okay! I don't want to argue with you, if you think you have the right to revenge , just come here! I also really want to know how capable you are!"

To be honest, Degan really doesn't see Arsenal as an opponent. Although they belong to two different leagues, Degan is very clear about Arsenal's current situation.

Infighting, internal friction!

The most serious thing is Wenger. His contract with the team is only until the end of this season. It can be said that the team is panicking now. The current Arsenal players are basically selected and trained by Wenger. Team, what kind of fate will their players be like by then.

Especially after Henry left, Arsenal has never been able to find another striker who can take on the important task of attacking the team. Just look at the distribution of Arsenal's goals this season. There are outstanding forwards like Bayeux and young talents like Walcott, but Arsenal's main attack points are all midfielders.

It can be said that the current Arsenal is no longer the Arsenal that created the unbeaten record of forty-nine games.

In the 03/04 season, Arsenal definitely deserved the title of the best team. In that season, Arsenal won 26 games in 38 league rounds, drew 12 games, scored 73 goals and conceded 26 goals, and finally scored 90 points. Won the season's league championship, while the team's top scorer Henry won the Golden Boot with 30 goals. Recalling that Arsenal's original lineup can be described as star-studded, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Vieira, Robert Pires, Ljungberg, Bergkamp, ​​Henry and so on.

Arsenal at the time was unparalleled. Since Preston in 1889, Arsenal became the first team to win the league championship unbeaten in a season.

It was in that summer that Abramovich bought Chelsea, and then introduced Duff, Veron, Joe Cole and other stars. Many people believed that the Blues could succeed. Also in the summer, Beckham left Manchester United for Real Madrid , and Manchester United were hit by Rio Ferdinand's suspension for failing a drug test, unable to play for the first four months of the season. At the same time, Manchester United bought Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon.

But that season was destined to belong to Arsenal. Henry's firepower was exceptionally strong.

"Everyone must admit that we are the best team in this country." Ice Prince Bergkamp said excitedly after winning the championship. "Our way of playing football is different, and we fully deserve this honor."

But the original Arsenal has become history, Ice Prince retired, Pires left La Liga, Vieira left Serie A, Ashley Cole switched to Chelsea, and even Highbury King Henry left the team .

The current Arsenal is completely homeless. People say that Fiorentina is the Young Guards. In fact, this title is also applicable to Arsenal.

If there is one thing about Arsenal that makes people feel scruples, it is the youth of this team.

Being young means being inexperienced, but also being young means being fearless.

When it comes to Arsenal's rejuvenation, perhaps Alan Hansen's so-called famous saying that has been used indiscriminately can still be aired: the so-called children's army can't do big things and can't win the league championship.

But he made a big mistake when he used this sentence to evaluate Ferguson's young guards, and it may not be possible to describe Arsenal now.

Wenger's Arsenal, if you compare the number of league appearances of the players who are old and pedantic, it is probably in the bottom eight of the league. Sex and so on are the most important factors in the football world. Of course, Arsenal is one of the biggest favorites in the league.

What are the benefits of being young?

As far as Wenger's army is concerned, the biggest advantage is that they have the physical strength to ensure that they play high-speed pressing football for the entire 90 minutes. Even if the opponent's iron barrel formation is successful in the first 60 minutes, the lack of physical strength in the follow-up is not enough. Let Arsenal find a chance for a lore in the last 30 minutes!

Looking at the technical statistics of this season, Arsenal scored 70% of their league goals after 60 minutes, ranking first in the Premier League.

What led to Arsenal's attacking power in the final 30 minutes ranking first in the Premier League?

Putting aside the luck factor that is fair to any team, Wenger's offensive tactics are the first reason. After he came to the UK, he has already built Arsenal into a team that completely serves his southern European style of tactics. Regardless of whether the team is home or away, the team is the main attacker, and the formation is more closely connected than before. The whole team is pressing forward substantially, causing the core players to no longer run alone in the frontcourt, but to have multiple footholds and breakthrough points.

The use of ground penetration is extremely frequent. Although it is not like Barcelona's kk who pays attention to small-scale cooperation, and the style of the English team is doomed to their careless skills, but due to the small adjustment of personnel every season, the tacit cooperation is very high. There are almost no high penalty kicks in the game, but the offense is still overwhelming. The strength is outstanding, and coupled with the implementation of the offensive concept to the end, it is no problem for other teams to be passive.

In addition, the youthful construction of the team is top-notch, and there are many "little adults" with mature competitive mentality. Young players around 20 years old win in physical strength and lose in psychology and experience, especially mentality. Yes, but Arsenal is not the case. Take Fabregas and Walcott as examples. Although they are very young, they will not be stage-frightened in front of big games. Instead, they will try their best to play according to the coach's deployment At the right level, even in the face of a strong enemy, young players will become more and more courageous, which well reflects the positive status of young players in the Arsenal team.

Then there is the problem of stamina. The tactics are right, and the attack wave goes up. What you get in return may not be ruined. Arsenal's opponents are basically in the same league. They are also high-level professional teams. , but the tempering at this time can not only test the psychological stability of the players, but also reflect the physical exertion of the players.

After 60 minutes, a person's physical fitness will inevitably go downhill, and the coordination of all aspects of the body will also decline significantly. Whoever has a good physical reserve will definitely win. Whenever the game is about to end, the opponent is already exhausted. It's all over, but Arsenal's little tigers are young and energetic, their kinetic energy is still there when they sprint, their eyes are still sharp when they pass the ball, and they still feel reliable under their feet. Without conceding the ball, the opponent can only rely on luck stacking luck and stacking luck again.

Youth is capital, and the concept of only attacking at the expense of physical strength is also the young Arsenal.

But the concerns of other teams are not applicable in front of Fiorentina, because Fiorentina is also young, and these young people are also skilled, have a tacit cooperation, and are also full of physical fitness.

Players from the two teams entered the field, and people could feel a youthful atmosphere blowing into the Frakki Stadium, and some reporters in the stands couldn't help but shine.

Look at the lineups of the two teams. Fiorentina goalkeeper Frey, defense line Antonini, Thiago Silva, Kompany and Maggio, midfielders Ledesma, Arteta and Marchena parallel Standing position, Hamsik acts as a forward midfielder, and Digan partner Mutu on the forward line.

Arsenal's starting eleven, the goalkeeper is Almunia. In the summer of 2004, Almunia joined Arsenal from Celta Vigo in Spain. Since then, he has been sitting on the bench. This season, the Spaniard Finally ushered in his own opportunity. Due to two low-level mistakes by the main goalkeeper Lehmann at the beginning of the season, Wenger completely lost confidence in the Germans. Almunia took the opportunity to take the position. He has played 21 times in the league this season. , and the Champions League is every game, Lehmann has been forced by him to the point where he plans to leave the team.

Left-back Clichy, in August 2003, Clichy, who was only 18 years old, joined Arsenal. The idol of the French teenager at the time was the England international Ashley Cole, who is both offensive and defensive. Now he has finally become Arsenal's The second "Ashley Cole", Clichy played in the midfield of the league this season, and he also played all the games in the Champions League. He has become Arsenal's new left winger.

Central defender Toure, so far this season, the Ivorian has played all games for Arsenal. After Campbell, Arsenal's defense line has become the pinnacle of the sea. Toure has outstanding defensive awareness and excellent header ability. The only shortcoming is that he is easy to let The opponent made a penalty kick, but considering his transfer fee was only 150,000 pounds, the Ivorian's high cost performance is staggering.

Central defender Gallas, who was dissatisfied with Chelsea's guest role as left-back, defected to Wenger in anger. Under the professor, Gallas finally got his favorite central defender position. After Henry left, he even wore it. Team captain's armband. In addition to being impeccable in defense, Gallas's header in offense is also a must. Arsenal's home lore goal against Chelsea this season is Gallas's masterpiece, but because the stinky mouth did not press the lock, Gallas's captain The armband changed hands after only more than one season, but his bad mouth cannot deny his strength. In the position of central defender, he is definitely Toure's best partner.

Right-back Sarnia, last summer, Sagna joined Arsenal from Auxerre. His outstanding performance in this position forced Wenger to make up his mind to move the Ivory Coast international Eboue to the center. With his outstanding performance at Arsenal, Sagna has been called up to the national team by Domenech. He has performed so well in the first year of his career in the Premier League. No wonder Wenger thinks Sagna is naturally suitable for playing in the Premier League. .

Midfielder Flamini, the current Flamini is not the waste material who will be hailed as an outstanding representative of high salary and low ability by fans all over the world in Milan in the future. The biggest feature of the current Flamini is his versatility. Multiple positions on the field, and this season he has partnered with Cesc Fabregas in the midfielder position, and the Frenchman has played very well. It seems that it has become an important pawn in Wenger's hands, and even the Brazilian international Gilberto Silva has been squeezed to the bench by him.

Midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the excellent data directly proves Fabregas' core role in the Arsenal team. The Spanish teenager is only 20 years old, but since Henry left, he has grown into the new core of the team, even if Just reading the news about Real Madrid and Barcelona chasing him in the newspapers already makes people understand how important he is. Now that the Spanish young man wears the captain's armband, it highlights his indispensable importance in Arsenal.

Midfielder Hleb, when transferring in the winter of 2005, Hleb left Stuttgart to join Arsenal, and since then he has become an indispensable member of the Gunners midfield. This season, Hleb's average score in the league is as high as 7.1 points, which is even higher than Cesc Fabregas. As the core of the Belarusian national team, Hleb's role in the Emirates Stadium cannot be underestimated.

Midfielder Rosicky, in the summer of 2006, Rosicky moved from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, and since then he has been the absolute main force of the team. This season, Rosicky's shooting skills have been greatly improved. He has helped the team score 7 goals and 1 assist. Arsenal can have such an outstanding performance, Rosicky, one of the midfield iron triangle, has contributed a lot.

Forward Adebayor, Henry's departure has completely stimulated the combat effectiveness of the Togolese. He has scored 16 goals for Arsenal in the league this season, which also makes him second only to Cesc Fabregas in the team. Second shooter. However, Adebayor must also improve his scoring rate in the Champions League. So far he has not scored a goal in the European arena.

Forward Eduardo, if it wasn't for Van Persie's injury, I'm afraid Eduardo would not be in the position so quickly. Now he has scored 9 goals on behalf of Arsenal in various competitions. Van Persie's accidental injury made the Premier League defenders advance I have seen the super ability of the "Fox of the Forbidden Zone" to seize opportunities.

In today's world football, especially the sluggish Italian football, such a contest with a youthful storm is absolutely rare.

"The average age of the players on the two teams in this game is actually not more than 25 years old. This is the first time that the contest between the two youth teams has appeared in the top European competition. It is foreseeable that this game will definitely be a big one. A Mars-to-Earth contest."

On the court, the players of the two teams have completed the entrance ceremony. Degan and Cesc Fabregas stood together. The referee who enforced the game was the Icelandic referee who had previously enforced the first round of the match between Fiorentina and Chelsea.

He could vividly remember what happened at that time, and he was afraid that Degan would do something like this again today, so he directly reminded: "I hope that both of you can concentrate on the field in this game. I don't want that to happen. anything unpleasant!"

Digan couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he heard that. Fabregas doesn't have a wife-in-law. Could it be that he is going to bite people everywhere like a mad dog?

"Of course, we all hope to present a wonderful game for everyone today, how about you? The Spaniard!"

Fabregas sneered: "I agree too!"

Saying that, Fabregas stretched out his hand. Seeing this, Degan also smiled and reached out to shake Fabregas. After guessing, Degan regained the title of God of Gamblers and got the ball.

"That kid seems to be staring at you all the time!" Fabregas outside Mutu's circle glanced at him.

Digan shrugged: "No way, Adrian! You know, my attractiveness has always been gender-neutral!"

After hearing this, Mutu almost didn't spit it out. The tension before the competition was swept away, and he laughed and scolded: "Rod! You bastard, be careful of your ass later, but don't lower your head to pick up the ball!"

Digan smiled unscrupulously: "Don't worry! Even if there is such a chance, I will give it all to you!"

"Get out!"

"Roll rough!"

At the start of the match, Digan uttered the last sentence and kicked the ball directly to Mutu. When Mutu came to his mouth, he was blocked back, his face was flushed, and he almost gave up his martial arts.

"Okay! The game started. Fiorentina took the lead in attacking. Looking at the formations of the two teams, it is not difficult to see that today's game will definitely stage a fierce collision. The formations of both sides are very high. Fiorentina's passing and receiving The speed is very fast, Arsenal did not back down, but started to siege from the midfield, both sides seem to be sparing no effort!"