Chapter 599 The Power of Instigation
On the afternoon of the 4th, the weather in London is still cloudy. Yesterday, the weather forecast said that the temperature was about 1 degree, and there was light rain. The breeze mixed with fog blew on my face, and the wind felt a little wet.
Arsenal Club's bus departed from the Kearney training base and drove the team's coaching staff and first-team stars to London!
Cearney Training Base Arsenal's latest training base. Completed in 1999 and built at the suggestion of Wenger, it stands in lush Hertfordshire, just a 45-minute drive from the Emirates Stadium.
After Arsenal's bus, there is a huge team. Arsenal fans either drive private cars or charter cars, closely following the club's bus to form a vast cheering army and dragging a long team on the highway!
Tonight, the Gunners will welcome the craziest team in Europe at their home stadium, Haibry: the arrival of Inter Milan, which is the first game in the history of the two giant teams!
Although it is only a group match of the Champions League, in the Times statistics of the day before, nearly 30,000 Arsenal fans from other places said they would go to London to cheer for the team! However, Highbury Stadium has only 38,000 seats. If you add the big fans of Inter Milan, there will be more than 60,000 foreign fans in London, which will certainly have a great impact on the public security of London.
However, the security issue is not what Professor Wenger should consider. They just lost to A Coruña in the last Champions League group match. Now Arsenal can't lose any more. Gunners fans are waiting for the invincible Gunners to bring them an exciting victory!
Victory, this is what Professor Wenger needs to consider most.
Even on the bus, Professor Wenger does not want to waste time. He still analyzes Inter Milan's tactical play and the characteristics of players through the video of Inter Milan's game. Wenger has said it many times, but the professor is a professor. In terms of teaching his disciples, he is tireless!
Professor Wenger stood in front of the screen hanging in front of the bus with a serious face and explained in detail with the pause and digital analysis of the video.
"Inter Milan coach Jiang Mu is this Chinese. He is the soul of Inter Milan. His tactics are flexible and he is rarely stuck in the formation. However, judging from the last 20 games, he prefers to switch between the formations of 433 and 4312. Moreover, he has a special interest in fast wingers and midfielders. The midfielder Pirlo turned out to be the midfielder, but under Jiang Mu, he became a midfielder. He is the organizer of Inter Milan. We must not let him take the ball easily. The striker, the forward, and even all the players close to Pirlo will have to get tired of coquettish. Disturb him............"
Professor Wenger has a good memory. He easily analyzes the players based on the information of Inter Milan players in his mind without recalling.
"... Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Vieri, these are the most threatening players in the frontcourt of Inter Milan. In this season, they have a stable opportunity to play, and the goals account for more than two-thirds of the team's total. In this game, they are still the focus of back defense..."
In the bus, Arsenal players listened very carefully. They have great respect and love for Professor Wenger, and even some worship. Wenger will not only explain tactics to them, that is, the scriptures and sermons, and the players will also listen with interest.
"We must also pay attention to an inconspicuous player. As a midfielder, he is quite a leader and comprehensive on the court. He is a real modern midfielder. He has taken the position of the main midfielder of Inter Milan and the Italian national team. He is the protector of Pirlo and Inter Milan. The main defensive player in the back position, I believe everyone knows who I'm talking about... Yes... It's Di Biao...
For half an hour, Professor Wenger was explaining carefully, and the players and members of the coaching staff listened carefully.
Professor Wenger did not take any information, but his brain told the opponent's situation in such detail, which shows how much effort he has made in this game. As a Frenchman, it is no accident that Wenger can succeed in the Premier League.
After analyzing Inter Milan's lineup and the technical movements of the main players according to the TV video, Professor Wenger asked the players to rest for a while. After the Haibry Stadium, they had to do a simple training.
50 minutes later, the bus finally entered downtown London, where more Gunners fans were waiting. They and the fans who had been following from Kearney Training Base surrounded the bus to Hybury Stadium.
Surrounded by fans, the speed of the bus is very slow, but Wenger doesn't mind. It's been a long time. Communicating with the fans is of great help to the team's morale and confidence, so Professor Wenger closed his eyes on the bus and continued to think about his tactical plan to see if there are any loopholes. It is very dangerous for this cunning Chinese to be foolproof in the game. This is a little fox who is good at catching the loopholes of his opponents, but also good at hiding his weaknesses.
Two hours before the start of the game, the cloud covering London finally turned into light rain and fell down!
The light rain washed the turf of the highbury court and looked down from the stands. The green court is like a piece of verdant jade.
The field became slippery, and the players who were training at Arsenal skidded on the field from time to time and lost their center of gravity. They had to go out and change into long nailed sneakers in order to better control the center of gravity of their bodies.
There are already fans in the stands. Gunners fans and Inter Milan fans are clearly sitting on both sides of the stands. They are the first group of fans to come in. Many people do not bring rain gear. In the light rain, many people's clothes are getting weter and more. They have to go to the merchandise store of the stadium to buy umbrellas and raincoats.
Arsenal's team song "GoodOldArsenal" echoes over the Highbury Stadium. This famous team song has been hovering over Highbury Stadium for decades. Every time there is Arsenal's home game, Arsenal fans will stand up and sing in unison in the stands. Until the game officially starts!
Soon, the players of Inter Milan came. After they came on the field, the players of Arsenal gave up the field and left the court to the locker room to rest, allowing the players of Inter Milan to do warm-up training.
Arsenal's friendship won the applause of the silent Inter Milan fans in the stands. Although he is an opponent, Professor Wenger still follows the principle of etiquette before soldiers, unlike some coaches who do whatever they can to win.
Inter Milan's training is just to warm up. Do a circle game, pass the ball, shoot, move, and get used to the slippery field. The warm-up time is not long. 20 minutes later, the players of Inter Milan returned to the locker room to rest and do the final preparation before the game.
The highbury stadium is not big and can accommodate up to 38,000 people. This scale is a little shabby for the giants, but the home atmosphere created by the crazy Gunners fans is not even weaker than Liverpool's Devil's home Anfield!
An hour in advance, the stands of Hybri Stadium were already full of fans, but more fans came to large and small bars in North London, drinking warm beer and waiting for the game to start! There are also some fans who are not well-off or like excitement waiting in front of the open-air electronic screen outside the Haibury Stadium with umbrellas. I hope to hear the team cheer and hug with thousands of fans as soon as possible.
For fans on both sides, whether it's in the highbury stand, the bar in London, or the open-air electronic screen. This is a battlefield. They will make the most direct and tit-for-tat battle with the opponent's fans here!
In the locker room of the home team at highbury Stadium, Professor Wenger is doing the final mobilization.
"There is only one way for us to go in this game. That is to win. We have lost a battle in Spain. If we lose this game again, we will lose all the initiative. If we want to take fate into our own hands, we must fight.
The opponent is a strong team. They are very bloodthirsty, but we don't have to be afraid of them. This is Hybri Stadium. This is our home. You are not alone fighting here. There are countless fans here with you.
I have finished what I should do. It depends on your performance. I believe you. In this game, you will not let me disappoint the club and countless Arsenal fans... "
Wenger seldom says it's so serious. Even in a more important game than this, Wenger is not so serious, but Wenger's performance still has an effect. Arsenal players clenched their fists one by one and decided to qualify, for honor, and for their respect and love for the head coach. Fight.
In the dressing room of the visiting team opposite, Jiang Mu was not as solemn as Wenger. For a while before, he was playing music to let the players rest in the music. When the game was about to start, Jiang Mu began to make the final mobilization:
This is our first match with Arsenal. This is the second match of our group stage of the Champions League. In this game, we can lose and draw, because this is not a life-and-death battle. Even if you are not as hard as your opponents, I think it is normal, but you should remember that there are only results off the football field. And utilitarians, but there is honor and dignity on the football field. We came here not to lose, nor to draw, nor to watch the opponent celebrate and the opponent's fans cheer. Otherwise, we will not come here. We will miss the game, that is, Brother Judge 0:3. We came here for victory. This soil A head coach on the ground said that football is not life and death, but football is higher than life and death. Only with this awareness and determination can we win all the honors, and we deserve all the honors.
Jiang Mu's words are simple and clear, but the effect is obviously better than Wenger. Wenger is too elegant, and every word of Jiang Mu points directly to the hearts of the players. Inter Milan may not be really ready to let go with their opponents at the beginning, but now, they all feel this It's a game that you can't lose. They must win respect here.