Chapter 630 Nightmare over Emirates Stadium
The locker room at Emirates Stadium faces the head coach's location in the shape of a horseshoe, while next door is a massage treatment room with eight physiotherapy beds, and a huge spa room with not only a massage pool, but also a comfortable shower.
If it is normal, Arsenal players usually take off their wet jerseys as soon as possible after returning to the locker room after the first half, or sit in the seat in the locker room to rest, or walk to the shower to wipe or even rinse their bodies, or enjoy a massage from a physiotherapist.
But today, after all Arsenal players walked back to the locker room, they just sat in their own position. At best, several players felt uncomfortable because of the contact between the soaked shorts and the leather sofa cushion in the locker room, so they simply took off their clothes. However, no one snatched them in the most popular massage treatment rooms and spa rooms.
Perhaps, they are now ashamed of their first half performance.
"Tottenham Hotspur is too strong!" Sarnia said to Squillach, who was sitting beside him.
It was obvious that he was facing Ribery in the first half, the best winger killer in the world, and the pressure was very high.
In this game, Arsenal's defense completely became the world of the French. The left back was Krish, the center back was Koscheerny and Squillac, and the right back was Sarnia. All of them were French gangs. But what's so bad is that there were obviously some wrong things between French players.
"Don't you say you're too bad? You've been fooled by Ribery again and again!" Nasri glanced at Sarnia there and said dissatisfiedly. He has always been like this, and he says whatever he has. He has a very rebellious personality.
Sarnia is in a bad mood now, and after hearing this, she said, "Didn't you do nothing in front of you?"
"That's because you didn't get the ball out at all!" Nasri got angry when he caught the opportunity. He was angry in this game to compete with two top superstars, Ribery and Messi, but now it has become a joke.
"If you could pass the ball, I would have pushed Tottenham Hotspur's defense line up!"
"Wow, I don't know who was fucked by Marcelo and couldn't get up!" Sania sarcastically said.
This made many people in the locker room laugh because in an attack in the first half, Nasri and Marcelo competed for their health, but Marcelo fell to the ground and couldn't get up. He looked a little embarrassed and a little funny.
But this obviously annoyed Nasri, and with a bang, he slapped the cabinet beside the sofa cushion.
The Arsenal locker room is fully open and has no wardrobe. It only uses wooden boards to arrange a set of one-piece seating tables around the horseshoe-shaped locker room. Below the seating table is a cabinet for placing players' personal belongings. Behind the seating table are open compartments for hanging jerseys and placing ball boots.
Nasri's shot made everyone in the locker room feel the vibration, and was also startled by the sound, and the laughter stopped.
"You have the ability to say it again!" Nasri was obviously angry.
"What's there anything I dare not say?" Sarnia also stood up. He was not easy to mess with. Although he didn't have the big name of Nasri, he had long been disgusted with this teammate who was unruly and always looked down on others.
"Hey, let's say less for each person!" Squillac, who was standing up, also grabbed the two French compatriots.
But Nasri was a little out of control and pointed at Squerachi, "It's not your business, sit aside and look at your eggs, old guy!"
Squillac is 30 years old this year. He is indeed one of the few elderly people in the young Arsenal team, but he is said in front of him that if Squillac sits back like this, what kind of face will he have to gain a foothold in the team in the future?
"If you dare to say a little more, I will let you lie on the ground!" Squillac didn't take Nasri at all.
Perhaps he is not as good as Nasri than his football skills on the court, but if he wants to talk about fighting, he really doesn't care.
"Am I wrong? Useless balls, you were simply fooled by Ribery and Cavani in the first half!" Nasri was too arrogant, and she was in a bad mood for bad performance. Now she was provoked by her teammates, and she immediately became angry and completely forgot that she and her teammates were not at the same level of weight.
Of course, Nasri also has his own trust, that is, Wenger relies heavily on him now.
"I..." Squillac was about to rush up.
"Okay, shut up!" Captain Arteta rushed to the front of the two of them quickly, reached out to block Squillac, "Sit back, Sebastian!"
Although Arteta is the captain of the team, he has always been called the most low-key and unindividual captain in Arsenal's history. But it's strange that he is the captain of the team with the least objection, at least not as he did when Galas was the captain before, which caused so much controversy.
Perhaps, this is because in the eyes of all Arsenal players, Arteta, who is low-key but has always been diligent, is the most important and indispensable core player on Arsenal's court, and no one can underestimate his role.
"Sit back to your seat, old man!" Nasri said proudly.
But soon Arteta also turned around and pointed to Nasri's seat, "Sit back, close your stinky mouth, and stop talking nonsense there!" Perhaps seeing Nasri's not moving, Arteta's eyes widened, "Now!"
Nasri dared to get angry at the newcomers, but did not dare to get angry at the old Arteta. He could only feel depressed, but obediently sat back to his position, but his expression was obviously full of resentment, including his dissatisfaction with Sarnia and Squillac, as well as his anger at Arteta scolding him in public.
Arteta felt relieved when he saw both of them sitting down. He knew very well that he was not the material for a captain at all. Moreover, when Captain Laushizi made him feel very annoyed and depressed, because he always felt a heavy mountain pressing on his body, which made him feel a little breathless and he was no longer as comfortable as before when playing football.
Think about it carefully, it was the most enjoyable thing when I played football in Ajax before, but now...
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"Arsenal treats the visiting team as much as their behavior in the transfer market is simply a virtue, and the miser is reincarnated!"
Compared to the tension in the home team's locker room, the visiting team's locker room was full of laughter. Ye Qiu was using ridicule and sarcastic Arsenal to activate the atmosphere in the locker room, but what he said was nothing wrong.
The home team's locker room has a spacious and luxurious shower room, but the shower room in the away team's locker room is only about twenty square meters. But the problem is that there are more than a dozen shower heads and there is no barrier in the middle. In other words, if you want to take a shower, you have to take a shower. Everyone is naked and honest, and it is very crowded, so it is not convenient to pick up some soap.
There are only four bathrooms next to the shower room, and you have to queue up to go there.
The floors of the locker room are also very different. Under the floor of the home team's locker room, there are moderately soft and hard air cushions, while the floors of the away team's locker room are hard, while there are soft leather sofa cushions on the table of the home team's locker room, but the table of the away team's seat is a very ordinary cushion. After sitting on it, you can clearly feel the hardness of the wooden board. You can imagine it after sitting for a long time.
"Do you know? The impression that Arsenal gave me is a stingy landlord, Laocai. It is rare that we found their treasure house today. We cannot be lenient and take as much as we can. We want to teach this stingy a painful lesson that will never be forgotten in our lifetime, and completely exaggerate the morale and reputation of our Tottenham Hotspur!"
Ye Qiu's words obviously made everyone in the locker room very excited because this was the head coach's greatest affirmation to them.
"I am very satisfied with everyone's performance in the first half, but I want to remind everyone that Arsenal is not a weak team. They have enough strength to counterattack. We cannot be careless because we took four goals in the first half, because we have scored four goals in a row, and we were in the Champions League final!"
Ye Qiu's words remind everyone again that leading in the first half is nothing, and you must have a clear enough judgment.
"I hope you will continue to maintain the high morale of the first half in the second half. I can expect Arsenal to change in the second half. We will definitely encounter more difficult games and more difficult opponents than the first half. But I hope everyone can continue to play our football style and play a wonderful game that will make the whole world cheer for you!"
Ye Qiu waved his right hand with his fist excitedly, "This is a North London derby. Guys, I still remember that we lost to Arsenal again and again in such a derby. We have never beat Arsenal for many years. Their fans have humiliated us countless times, but now, you, you, who make Tottenham fans proud, have completely rewrite this situation, and you are still continuing to create Tottenham Hotspur history!"
"I firmly believe that this game will be a great game. Don't be careless, do your best and continue to attack. I firmly believe that you can achieve a great victory, a great victory that will allow Arsenal to meet us at any time in the future, and they will be afraid of turning around and running!"
"I believe you have enough strength to do this!"
"From now on, we will become an indelible nightmare lingering over the Emirates' Stadium!"
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In Ye Qiu's view, Arsenal's biggest crux of the moment is not defense or offense, nor whether the team will transfer and sign up, but on Wenger and the management's team structure ideas.
For Arsenal, younger may be a forced choice. Wenger's financial compromise with the team and chose to rejuvenate is no problem in itself. The real problem is that he is a little out of control when dealing with the reasonable matching of the team's lineup.
Generally speaking, a mature and combat-friendly team that needs to be matched with reasonable teams should be composed of three types of players, top stars, young people or experienced veterans.
Everyone should know that in this entire lineup, the role of young people and veterans should only be a supplement to the team's lineup and bench thickness, and should not be the core force that the team relies on, because there are too many uncontrollable factors on them.
The core strength of a real team should be top stars and stars in their years of playing. This is the core combat power of a team.
So Ye Qiu sold van Persie and Falcao, but Ribery and Messi were retained, Cavani also kept, Mascherano was sold in the midfield, but Fabregas and David Silva were retained, and Ziglinski, Cech, Thiago, Silva and Alves were retained, ensuring that the team's core strength was not seriously weakened.
Moreover, for Tottenham Hotspur, Ribery and Messi are top superstars. Fabregas, David > Silva, Thiago > Silva, Yaya > Toure, Cech, Alves and others are already rich in Premier League and Champions League experience and have won many honors. Their existence can help Tottenham Hotspur establish its strong self-confidence, and through their usual performance, they will contend this confidence bit by bit with young teammates around them.
Why did Ye Qiu say that any star can be sold on the one hand, but on the other hand, he adopted a reasonable and moderate way of selling people?
It is to pass on the overall framework of the team well, ensure the team's combat effectiveness, and give young people more and better room for improvement. At present, Tottenham Hotspur team includes Messi and Ribery, Fabregas, Thiago Silva and others, as well as veterans like Beckham and Raul, as well as young players with great strength and excellent talents such as Neymar, Coutinho, Erikson, Ramsey and other young players with excellent strength and excellent talents.
According to the predictions made by Ye Qiu, Bobby > Hams, and Mauro > Tasotti, in two years, this group of small people will quickly grow into a new force for the team, slowly take over the positions of other players in the team, forming competition. By then, it will not be a problem for the team to sell anyone, and it will not affect the overall strength of the team.
But Wenger obviously lost control at this point. There are no top stars in the team, and there are very few stars in their years, but they are full of young players, or freshmen who have just entered the Premier League. This is a very serious problem.
It's like Moroccan striker Chamak, the striker is tall and has excellent heading skills, but not fast. More importantly, as an arrowhead, he does not have strong abilities in one-on-one, which makes him more active running. His tactical role is indeed not small, but the offensive threat is not great.
When such a high center forward first entered the Premier League, other teams were not used to it. They were a bit like a dark horse who was promoted and became popular. Arsenal's offensive tactics worked. It seemed like they were a treasure, but never ignore the wisdom of the head coaches of top professional league teams. They quickly figured out your bluffing tricks.
Wenger also clearly realized this problem. Arsenal's defensive problem will not be changed for a while. After all, the team's strongest defensive lineup is there. Even if it is to be replaced, at most, it is to replace Zhu Lu to strengthen the defense, but the effect may not be good. Instead, it is better to further strengthen the offense.
So Wenger made a very courageous half-time adjustment, replaced Denilson with Walcott, and asked Nasri to play in the middle, Walcott played the right winger position, and the team changed to the 4231 formation.
This is indeed a choice for Arsenal. Only by burning the boat can we have the opportunity to turn the situation around.
But after the start of the second half, Tottenham still firmly took the initiative. Although Arsenal, whose morale has been depleted, made several threatening attacks after the opening, the effect was not obvious.
The most threatening attack happened in the 52nd minute. Rosici made a diagonal pass in the penalty area, and Chamak shot twelve meters away from the goal on the left rib, but the ball was too straight and was saved by Cech.
Gradually, when Arsenal's offensive gradually eased, Tottenham Hotspur began to threaten its own threat, and once again began to threaten Arsenal's goal. Arsenal's entire defense line had been destroyed by Tottenham Hotspur and completely lost its fighting spirit. The goal appeared again and again under the muzzle of Tottenham Hotspur.
In the 59th minute, Tottenham Hotspur seized another opportunity. Midfielder Fabregas crossed the ball high and slapped into the penalty area. Cavani used his body to block Squillac and entangled with Koscheerny. The three players were entangled in a group in the small penalty area, and goalkeeper Fabianski was hesitating whether to attack.
But at the critical moment, Cavani suppressed two Arsenal's central defenders with his body. He almost didn't take off the spot and pushed Fabregas' pass over Fabianski and into Arsenal's goal, 5:0!
If the four goals in the first half put Arsenal players in despair, but after the break, they still had some hope, then now, Cavani's goal completely made them feel desperate, because they would sadly find that no matter how much they adjust, they still can't stop Tottenham Hotspur's offensive pace.
After Cavani scored, Wenger on the sidelines slapped his forehead hard. He felt very disappointed, or even despair, because he had to admit that there was indeed a gap between his team and Tottenham Hotspur that could not be crossed in a short period of time.
He even had to find in despair that Arsenal is going to launch an impact on the league championship, after this desperate game, how far Arsenal can go in the Premier League and whether it can enter the top four of the league is a very questionable thing.
"Did I really do something wrong in the past few years?" This was the first time Wenger was suspicious of himself in his heart.
But Wenger's suspicion obviously will not affect the progress of the game, because both sides continued the game against each other, which was almost one-sided, especially after Tottenham Hotspur knocked on Arsenal's goal again in the second half.
Football games are often like this. After scoring the first goal, the goal frenzy follows.
Chapter completed!