On the evening of December 2nd, Manchester Etihad Stadium.
When referee Chris Foy blew the final whistle, Gao Shen smiled from ear to ear.
Even in front of the live camera, he did not hide his happiness.
The scoreboard showed the final result of this game, four to zero!
The home team is Manchester City and the away team is Arsenal.
Yes, that's right, Manchester City beat Arsenal with four goals at home!
This is one of the matches in the quarter-finals of the League Cup. After winning, Manchester City directly entered the semi-finals.
In fact, from the moment he saw Arsenal's starting lineup, Gao Shen already knew that there was not much suspense in this game.
Since the league battle is in full swing, both teams are playing with substitute lineups.
But there is still a big difference between the substitute lineup and the substitute lineup.
Manchester City's substitute lineup is four, two, and three.
Goalkeeper: Given.
Defence: Gareth Bale, Gary Cahill, Micah Richards and Trippier.
Midfielder: The double defensive midfielder is a combination of De Jong and Henderson, with Robinho, Ireland and Sturridge in front.
Center: Giroud.
As for this lineup, although it is not very luxurious, it is still at the top level of the Premier League. Even Ireland and Micah Richards were the main players of Manchester City last season.
Trippier was the weakest player in the entire starting lineup, but the youngster performed well.
Arsenal's starting lineup is also four, two, and three one.
Goalkeeper: Fabianski.
Defence: Traore, Silvestre, Alexander Song and Eboue.
Midfielder: Merida, Wilshere, Rosicky, Eastmond and Ramsey.
Forward: Bella.
It is not difficult to see from Wenger's starting lineup that his purpose is to train new players. The only main player in the team's starting lineup is Alexander Song, but Wenger pulled him to the back line and played as a central defender.
The Gunners' young players are indeed very experienced in cup competitions, and Wenger, Ferguson and others have always used cup competitions to train new players. For example, Cesc Fabregas, who had just joined Arsenal that year, first played in cup competitions to train.
But obviously, with the same substitute lineup, Manchester City is stronger.
Moreover, it is much stronger.
Only three minutes into the game, Robinho fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area, threatening Arsenal's goal.
After that, Manchester City launched a continuous offensive. In the 16th minute, Sturridge grabbed the ball from Sylvester in front of the right baseline and knocked back. Giroud unexpectedly passed the ball near the penalty spot without anyone defending him.
It hit the left post.
Manchester City launched wave after wave of offensives against Arsenal, but unfortunately, both Giroud and Sturridge missed excellent opportunities. Until the second half, after Manchester City stole Rosicky's ball, Gareth
Bell cut into the left side of the penalty area from the left and shot with his left foot, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
This goal is exactly the same as the previous three goals against Manchester United.
In this area, Bell's footwork and performance are really very stable.
After that, Giroud once again missed an unguarded opportunity for an empty goal, which made the senior players on the sidelines extremely depressed.
I know Giroud's shooting efficiency is not high, but this is too low!
Fortunately, Giroud's tactical effect is still very reliable.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 4-0 at home with goals from Sturridge, Robinho and substitute Adam Lallana.
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"Do you know how I feel right now?"
After the game, Gao Shen and Wenger stood side by side on the sidelines, chatting incessantly.
Although there is a big age difference between the two, they are both head coaches and they still have something in common.
The most important thing is that before Gao Shen took office, there was news that Manchester City would vigorously poach Arsenal, but after Gao Shen took office, he did not do so and instead changed his strategy, so Wenger still had a good impression of Gao Shen.
The premise is that it is not during game time.
Before Gao Shen could answer, Wenger let out a long sigh, "I really feel like I'm a bus."
Gao Shen suddenly smiled when he heard it, and almost said: It is an electric bus with a severely degraded battery.
Fortunately, he stopped complaining temporarily.
In fact, Wenger is not easy either.
Many fans only remember his fussiness and his madness in securing the fourth place, but few people have noticed what the situation of Arsenal's management has been like during his coaching years.
After Arsenal changed their home stadium from Highbury Stadium to the Emirates Stadium, they began to develop real estate on the land of the original Highbury Stadium, ambitiously trying to make a lot of money through real estate projects.
But who would have thought that the subprime mortgage crisis broke out in the United States, and then the European debt crisis triggered in Europe, which directly turned Arsenal's real estate project into a financial black hole, so Wenger was struggling to support it and could barely keep Arsenal.
Top four positions.
To a certain extent, Wenger is really the most benevolent person.
During this process, the wealthy major shareholder from Russia on Arsenal's board of directors once wanted to complete the acquisition of Arsenal. This gave the Gunners the opportunity to become a major tycoon in the Premier League, but unfortunately, it fell through due to various reasons.
Arsenal's current lineup is not very strong, and even according to the intelligence obtained by Gao Shen, Arsenal players have begun to have their thoughts moved.
Why?
Because the salary level of gunners is low.
Maybe after seeing this, some people will say: Fart, Arsenal has always been one of the most profitable teams in the Premier League and even Europe. Their ticket prices are the highest in European football, and their turnover last season was as high as 310 million.
Three million pounds, how can you have no money?
Yes, that's true, but behind the high turnover, Arsenal is still burdened with debts of 300 million pounds.
As of this season, the highest-paid players in the Arsenal team are Fabregas and others, with a weekly salary of 80,000 pounds. This is nothing in the current Premier League, and their total annual player salary is 100 million pounds.
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What about other teams?
Chelsea's is £172 million.
Manchester City has not announced it to the public, but Gao Shen himself knows that Manchester City is higher than Chelsea.
Throughout the Premier League, Wenger's salary control is really quite good, and the ratio of input to output is definitely worthy of his title of world famous coach.
Many people have accused Wenger of being stingy, but they have never thought that if they really want to hit big names, the annual salary will definitely reach the top, which will also lead to a significant increase in Arsenal's entire salary structure. How can the Gunners pay so much money?
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I still remember that in the year 2021, many authoritative institutions, including Deloitte, and many authoritative media published articles, believing that the debt in European football has reached an alarming level.
Among them, the one with the most alarming debt ratio is Barcelona.
Why?
Because Barcelona is almost burning money like crazy, spending 100 million to 100 million at every turn. Even the income from Neymar's crazy transfer to Paris Saint-Germain cannot withstand such crazy money burning and the huge annual salary of the superstars.
And Manchester United, after Ferguson left, how much money did they burn in the past few years?
Before the time travel, Gao Shen was a fan and enjoyed watching it, but after time travel, standing on the Premier League field in December 2009, he really felt that it was a crazy era and an unsustainable era!
But in professional football, many things happen involuntarily and are forced to move forward.
When others burn money, do you burn it?
burn?
Who can guarantee that they will be able to achieve results?
The transfer itself is a high-risk investment. What if Santoku is burned or Bartomeu is burned?
Not burning?
Then look at Wenger now, he turns himself into a bus!
So far this season, Arsenal's performance in the strong dialogue can be described in words.
If Giroud's scoring efficiency hadn't been too high in this game, and if Robinho and Sturridge hadn't failed to seize the opportunity, another big score could have been achieved.
Sometimes Gao Shen thinks that if it were Cesc Fabregas instead, he would probably have to leave too.
If you don’t leave, there is no hope!
It can also be seen from this point that Florentino is really rare.
In other words, in this crazy game, he is one of the very few operators who still has reason and calm analysis.
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"That damn fat guy Ancelotti has been fanning the flames as early as a week ago. Now you have almost wiped out all the strong teams. There is no reason to let him go, right?"
After Wenger calmed down, he secretly stabbed Ancelotti in the back.
Gao Shen was stunned when he heard this.
I dare say that Master Wen is not a stingy sect, but the leader of the Sword-inserting Sect.
However, Ancelotti has always been very angry before the game. The reason is also very simple. On the one hand, it is the competition factors, and on the other hand, Gao Shen did not play cards with him before. This guy has a grudge and is a hindrance to Gao Shen.
"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge that zero to three kill for you." Gao Shen said with great indignation.
Wenger's eyes twitched, why did he feel as if he owed Gao Shen a huge favor?
Little brother, he fucked me three to zero, but you don’t seem to be polite to me, right?
It's obviously a grudge between you and Ancelotti, why do you make it sound like you're helping me?
Could it be that I begged you to fuck Ancelotti?
Wenger pointed at Gao Shen and was speechless for a long time.
"Why don't you learn from me? Why not learn from that damn old man!"
Wenger had a look of hatred on his face, shook his head and left with a sigh.
Gao Shen looked at his back and couldn't help but laugh.
Wenger's ability is unquestionable, but the world has changed.
This trick of his worked well in the past, but it won't work anymore.
From Chelsea to Abu Dhabi, and later Paris Saint-Germain, even teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will gradually embrace the new era.
That was an era of big capital!
Wenger is like a craftsman from the traditional era who is about to be eliminated. He is still clinging to the beliefs he has persisted in throughout his life.
The ruthless thing is that although his persistence and perseverance are admirable, he is destined to be eliminated by the general trend.
This is actually quite normal.
Just like Gao Shen, he can't guarantee that he will always be as brilliant as he is now.
Therefore, he especially cherishes everything he has now.
He will shine the brightest and dazzling light at the pinnacle moment of his coaching career!
Only in this way, no matter how many years later, fans will definitely remember him!
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