Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 415

Arsenal!

Last season's Champions League title is still very shocking, but Zhang Yang has a reason to dismiss it, because Arsenal's championship has his share of credit.

Others didn't know the situation, but when Millwall challenged Arsenal away, Zhang Yang's heart fluctuated very little.

In the eyes of outsiders, the battle between Arsenal and Millwall was the focus of the league before Christmas. The media continued to report hotly before the game, and Zhang Yang's opinion was somewhat different.

In Zhang Yang's view, Arsenal are much easier to deal with than Chelsea and Manchester United.

This is not disdain for Arsenal's strength, but Millwall's tactics. Playing Arsenal is a bit restrained. In addition, Arsenal have already passed their peak period and are still in the transition stage. What kind of strength can they play? It's hard to say.

Arsenal's transformation is based on manager Arsene Wenger's determination to 'rejuvenate' the team.

Wenger talked about this with Zhang Yang. He believed that Arsenal must be younger in order to last long, but Wenger's "rejuvenation" route will definitely suffer some minor setbacks without the support of large funds.

For example, in the middle of last season, Wenger insisted on training young players, and Arsenal's performance was also affected, ranking only fifth at the end of the season.

After the World Cup, Wenger continued his consistent signing style: pick one or two outstanding talents, and buy some young people with potential, and use Arsenal's system to train them.

Rosicky is Arsenal's biggest signing.

Rosicky joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund, taking the No [-] jersey left by Pires, while also eager to emulate Pires' success at Highbury.

Rosicky has been famous for a long time, and his reputation has spread all over Europa. The media commented on him, "Outstanding skills, strange passing, strong overall view, good offense and defense, thin body but amazing physical strength." After a successful transfer, he joined Arsenal. After accepting it, the media added, "You can vaguely see the shadows of Vieira and Pires overlapping on him, and his style of advocating technology complements the gunners. If he can run well, he will be another one of the arsenal. sharp weapon."

Arsenal continues to be on the road of rejuvenation. Compared with previous seasons, Arsenal's overall age structure has become reasonable and has good vitality.

Henry, Ljungberg, Gilberto, Rosicky and other frontcourt players are all in the golden age of their careers; while Fabregas, Toure, Senderos and other players in the backcourt have grown rapidly in the last season.

In addition, Van Persie and Adebayor have also proved that they are fully qualified to partner with Henry.

Such an Arsenal is full of prospects.

But "prospects" are "prospects" after all. Arsenal's youthful steps are only halfway through, and they are still working hard on the road. Overall, they just have more prospects, which may not be better than last season.

When the game at the Emirates Stadium officially started, the media compared the lineups of Arsenal and Millwall, and it was Millwall who was praised: Millwall is stronger and younger.

At present, the biggest headache for Arsenal is Henry's injury. Henry is the soul of Arsenal. It is difficult for other players to replace him. Baptista and Adebayor, who started the game, are not the kind of people who jump alone. Daliang's players are a bit untrustworthy. Compared with Darren Bent, the top scorer in the Premier League, the gap is a bit obvious.

Arsenal have the advantage in the forward and backcourt. Henry's injury gave Millwall the advantage in the front line. In terms of midfield, they are even more incomparable with Millwall.

Simpson and Braniff are the starting two central midfielders for Millwall. They are both young players, but their performance in the past is much better than that of Denilson and Fabregas. Pires is still on the wing. The combination with Quaresma is also better than Rosicky and Hleb.

The focus of this game is Pires.

After Pires joined Millwall, his first game against his former club was very attractive. The live broadcast cameras kept pointing at Pires, and the commentators kept mentioning Pires' name.

Arsenal have changed the stadium this season: they used the newly built Emirates Stadium, and Highbury, which has a glorious history and memory, was abandoned.

This is a big event in Arsenal's history.

The reason why Arsenal's transfer strategy is "poor" is also related to the construction of the new stadium. They will be burdened with huge bank loans for many years to come.

The first time Pires played against his old club was at the new Emirates Stadium. It was also the first time he came to this stadium for an official match. Standing on an unfamiliar field, even the excitement of playing against his old club was greatly reduced. .

At this moment, Zhang Yang was also looking around.

Emirates Stadium.

The construction of this stadium is an important strategy for Arsenal. The previous Highbury Stadium was one of the world-renowned stadiums, but Arsenal realized that they must have a bigger and more luxurious stadium to compete with top European clubs.

Arsene Wenger, the head coach of Arsenal, first proposed the construction of the new stadium. After the completion of the Emirates Stadium, Wenger answered questions about the new stadium in an interview. The proposal to build the stadium may be after we won the "Double Championship" in 1998. Although I am very actively involved in this matter, I am not a director, so I only participate as a consultant, I only participate as the team's Manager, I have a responsibility to contribute to the growth of the club and it is important that the club has a vision."

Wenger also said: "In the history of Arsenal, this is the most important decision since Chapman was hired to coach in 1925."

In order to attract various sponsorship funds, Arsenal signed a sponsorship contract worth 15 million pounds with Emirates. The new stadium was named the Emirates Stadium. Aerospace replaces O2 as Arsenal's main shirt sponsor for eight years.

This new stadium, which cost 7000 million pounds to build, is indeed quite luxurious, and it is the best in the world. It is difficult for any team to compare with it.

Zhang Yang recalled the bleak Neil Stadium, and suddenly felt a little envious of Arsenal.

"If you coach Millwall for a long time, maybe you should also suggest that the club invest in building a new stadium?"

Zhang Yang thought.

Zhang Yang soon gave up this tempting idea.

Millwall is different from Arsenal, and Zhang Yang is different from Wenger. Arsenal has been completely branded by Wenger, and Wenger will continue to coach Arsenal for a long time.

The two are indistinguishable from each other.

The relationship between Zhang Yang and Millwall has not yet reached that level, and he has not thought about whether he will continue to coach. It is meaningless to have a new stadium without a new stadium.

As for the envy and jealousy in my heart...

In this luxurious stadium, under the watchful eyes of nearly [-] Arsenal fans, defeating the home team Arsenal should be regarded as a way to relieve hatred.

Zhang Yang looked at the game differently.

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The game was very intense.

Arsenal is not like Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Millwall are playing normal games. Wenger's style of play is based on offensive suppression.

That's what Arsenal are good at.

Millwall's 'dual-core' tactics also focused on offense, so from the first minute of the game, the two sides collided head-on.

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott said excitedly, "It seems that Arsenal and Millwall will bring fans an offensive battle together today."

"This is the carnival party before Christmas, and it's also a Christmas gift from the two teams to the fans!"

As Paul Scott said, every fan is focused on watching the game. It is difficult to see the collision of technical football in the Premier League.

In the contest between Arsenal and Millwall last season, Arsenal played very conservatively, while Millwall was completely defensive and counterattacked, and the game became very boring.

A season has passed, and the style of the game has changed.

Arsenal continued to use offense to suppress Millwall, and Millwall's constant cooperation was also dazzling.

What a feast of attacking football!

In this feast, the head coaches of the two teams were also the focus. When the camera pointed to the Arsenal coach bench, I saw head coach Arsene Wenger watching the game intently, as if he didn't want to miss a second.

Zhang Yang still maintains his unique style - he plays with the dice in his hand, looks around, and occasionally turns his head to say a word to Wise, but he doesn't have much energy to focus on the game.

Under the lens of the camera, it can be noticed that Zhang Yang's expression is very relaxed.

"Zhang Yang still looks like that." Paul Scott smiled bitterly. "Even when he was playing against Arsenal, he still didn't pay much attention. Maybe this is his style, or maybe he is very confident in the game."

In the past, Zhang Yang would definitely be criticized by the media for posing like this, "arrogant" and "disrespecting opponents", but now it is different, and the media say it is "unique style".

That's what good grades bring.

In fact, Zhang Yang is really confident. Compared with Manchester United, Chelsea or even Liverpool, it is much easier for Millwall to play against Arsenal.

The strength of this Arsenal lineup is somewhat inferior to Millwall.

In addition to Arsenal's relatively strong defensive lineup, the midfield lineup is not very good, especially when Henry is injured, they are no longer comparable to Millwall.

Wenger has been making the team 'younger', maybe the general direction is right, but Arsenal, which has not succeeded in 'younger', is relatively inexperienced, and Millwall also has many young players, but whether it is Bradney Husband, Simpson, or Darren Bent, Quaresma, are all players who have played a lot of games. They are the absolute main force of Millwall. There is an advantage over Arsenal.

(End of this chapter)