The Era of Emerald

()ps: Graduation season is here, and there are a lot of things to do. I have to go out today to take graduation photos, and it will take a long time to send them...

Seeing several referees and players coming out of the player tunnel, Zhuang Mingge immediately walked into the VIP box to watch the game.

Zhuang Mingge put on the headphones as usual, listening to the commentary while watching the game.At this time, the voice of the on-site commentator came out of the headset:

"Now in the picture is Arsenal's head coach, Mr. Graham. He had won the Cup Winners' Cup last year and made him famous in the UK...but unfortunately, he broke out later in the player transfer process. The scandal of accepting bribes has caused Arsenal to be in a state of confusion this season. Currently, Arsenal is only ranked No.12 in the Premier League, and they have also been eliminated in the FA Cup and League Cup. Mr Graham has what it takes to break the 'No Cup Winners' spell this season and perhaps save his career at Arsenal."

Yes, it turned out to be like this!Zhuang Mingge suddenly realized that he, who had never paid much attention to the Premier League, finally recalled how the later generations of Arsenal changed from the Graham era to the Wenger era.

That was last summer, Graham, who led his team to win the Cup Winners Cup, was full of spirits, looking forward to leading Arsenal to greater achievements.But at this moment, a reporter revealed that Graham had twice accepted bribes totaling 25 pounds from the Swedish agent Haug, and then introduced two parallel players from the other side.

This scandal caused an uproar in English football. At that time, the Premier League was at a critical moment of re-establishing its brand image, and it was natural to kill the "culprit" Graham.After the end of the season, Arsenal canceled the work contract with Graham, and the FA, who had experienced a five-year ban, also imposed a one-year ban on him.

Of course, the biggest loss is naturally Arsenal. Losing Graham's iron blood, the "Gunner" once sank, and it was not until Wenger took office that he regained his vitality.

"Therefore, everything has advantages and disadvantages. The system of English football clubs allows the head coach to hold the power of transfer. Although to a certain extent, this system does establish the prestige of the head coach in the team, and at the same time allows The head coach can make long-term plans for the team according to his own ideas." Zhuang Mingge said to Karin who was sitting next to him, "But on the other hand, this system will also allow the head coach to carry out some secret operations, and the coach The flaws will also be reflected in the team truthfully and truthfully, thus harming the interests of the club."

"You're right, Tony." Karin nodded approvingly, and said, "So in terms of system, we can't just copy the Premier League model, we have to blaze a path with Florence's characteristics."

Why is it said that England's system will reflect the shortcomings of the head coach in the team?Let's take Graham as an example.Graham's management style is relatively rough, which is what we often call "grasp the big and let go of the small" management idea; under the long-term influence of this style, the personal qualities of Arsenal players are generally extremely poor.These problems were not very obvious when Graham was able to restrain the players, but after Graham himself was deeply involved in scandals this season, various hidden contradictions within the team finally began to explode.Fighting, drinking, gambling, and drug abuse among Arsenal players continued to break out, which also kept Arsenal on the cusp for a long time, causing their record to plummet.

While Zhuang Mingge and Karin were discussing the differences in the coaching systems of various countries, the referee blew the opening whistle, which marked the official start of the first round of the semi-finals of the Cup Winners Cup between Fiorentina and Arsenal!

Fiorentina's starting lineup today follows the starting lineup from the previous game against Brescia - goalkeeper Toldo, defenders Lanna, Ferrara, Filicano and Bilindelli from left to right; Biagio, Effenberg, Kripa and Djorkaeff are four; the two forwards are Batistuta and Philippe Inzaghi.

Compared with the current Florence, Arsenal on the opposite side is much more famous in terms of reputation: in Arsenal's starting lineup, as England's active international players, there are Adams, Keown, Seaman, Ian Wright and others. Other players such as McMahon, Haider, Hartson, Mawson, etc., were also frequent visitors to the England national team.At least from the point of view of the number of appearances on behalf of the national team, Arsenal completely beat Fiorentina, which also shows that Arsenal players have much richer experience than Fiorentina.

Therefore, when such an experienced and mature team, under the temptation of the championship trophy, temporarily gave up the fight and went to the outside world, the result was that Florence, which was preparing to play a defensive counterattack in the away game, encountered a lot of "" trouble".

The cunning Graham did not take advantage of the home game at first, and launched a fierce attack on Fiorentina, who was determined to resolutely implement the defensive counterattack intention. When defending, the Arsenal team only left Ian Lai in the frontcourt. Especially a striker, even when turning from defense to offense, Arsenal's four defenders will never cross the white line in the midfield, and the captain Adams who is at the end is so exaggerated that he can hardly even get out of his own penalty area. trip.

In fact, defensive counterattack games are not boring in most cases. For teams using this kind of trick, the explosive and quick counterattack during the transition between offense and defense is the most exciting moment that embodies the art of defensive counterattack, and it can also mobilize the team to the greatest extent. The positivity of the fans.

However, if the two teams on the field are playing defensive counterattacks, then one can imagine how boring this game will be.

Throughout the first half, Arsenal's only striker, Ian Wright, who had the ability to score goals, was successfully frozen by Fiorentina's defense in isolation; Tuta's vigorous long shot became a rare highlight in the entire first half of the game.

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At the end of the first half, the yawning Zhuang Mingge took off his earphones, and his brain began to slip away unconsciously again:

Looking at the current British lineup of Arsenal, who would have imagined that it would become the French in a few years?From this point of view, it makes sense that Wenger has been criticized by the English media.Before his arrival, Arsenal had always been one of the big players in the England national team; after he took office, it was really difficult to find a few England internationals in the Arsenal first team.

But having said that, the strange phenomenon that English players have always been worth more than foreign players is probably the reason why Wenger had to make this choice. Arsenal's financial difficulties made Wenger only look at more high-quality and cheap players. Foreign players——Thinking that Walcott was fired for a few million pounds after just playing a few good games, Wenger would of course prefer to choose cheaper foreign players!

Fortunately, Italy is not as crazy as England. Otherwise, I might have to find more future Italian stars, Zhuang Mingge thought in his heart.