The poorest Premier League star, the whole network begs for money

Chapter 122 Old Coach Bielsa

"Then you lost to Arsenal twice, what are your thoughts now?" asked the reporter.

Mbappe thought for a while and replied: "There are some regrets. If we can come to the Emirates Stadium next time, we will definitely try our best to win the game."

"Then what is your goal for this season?" The reporter asked again.

"Our goal is naturally the championship." Mbappe said seriously, "Paris Saint-Germain is no worse than others, and we will work hard to prove our strength."

After speaking, Mr. Mu indicated that the interview should end here, and he has to go back to the locker room.

So, the little reporter wisely chose to get out of the way and let Boss Mu go first.

In the post-match interview, Professor Wenger once again reprimanded the penalty scale of today's game,
"I don't know how today's referee whistled the game in the past. Many of his calls failed to protect the players on the field. The content of the game was almost out of control, but fortunately no one was hurt in the end. I think everyone I don’t want to see that scene happen. I hope we can enjoy the game in a better atmosphere in the future.”

This night, in order to celebrate the victory over a powerful enemy, everyone went to the bar to have fun.

However, Arsenal's Champions League matches are the earliest, so after Arsenal finished playing, the matches of other teams in the Champions League have just begun.

So, while drinking fruit drinks and eating healthy snacks at the bar, everyone commented on the Champions League matches of other Premier League teams.

However, they didn't get excited too late, and went home early in the early morning.

Professor Wenger has been very strict with everyone recently, and they don't want to make mistakes. Everyone wants to make new breakthroughs this season, so they will naturally abide by the discipline of the team.

By the next day, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage had been played.

Arsenal's small victory at home made Leeds United's dream of revenge come to naught.

Liverpool scored a draw at home, and Naples' dead three scored two goals in a row in the final period, almost overtaking the score.

Tottenham went to Bayern Munich's home court and still lost the game.

And Manchester City took down the miners without bloodshed.

After the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, 5 teams have entered the top 8 of the UEFA Champions League ahead of schedule.

The eight teams are: Arsenal, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Leipzig Red Bull.

It can be said that there is no such thing as a weak team for a team that can reach this point.

After waking up this morning,
Equation drank hot milk and began to check other teams' Champions League matches.

As a result, I accidentally saw a piece of data from the top 16 of the Champions League.

Someone on Twitter counted the number of times each team was eliminated in the Champions League round of [-].

In the restructured UEFA Champions League, Arsenal's statistics are the most worrying, with a total of 9 knockout rounds.

Real Madrid was eliminated 7 times, tied with Porto for second place.

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He never expected the team to have such embarrassing statistics.

However, Arsenal could always draw Barcelona and Bayern in the Champions League in those years, Bayern in five years and Barcelona in three years.

So it's not surprising that the team can have such data.

And Arsenal's overall strength in those years was not bad,

If those top-notch popular teams are not drawn, there is still a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals.

But fate always likes to joke like this, which has caused the Champions League to become a knot in their hearts.

Although there is still the last round of the Champions League group stage,

However, the football media in Europe can't wait to start predicting the round of 16 draw.

"Arsenal's performance in returning to the Champions League is satisfactory. They double-beat Paris Saint-Germain in the group stage and are unbeaten in one game. They have completed the first stage of the season brilliantly."

——"Sky Sports"

"Arsenal qualify from the group stage ahead of schedule. They will receive at least £2000 million in television broadcasting share and £1340 million in group stage participation awards. Because of the group stage record of 5 wins and one tie, they will receive an additional 2100 million pounds."

-"The Times"

"Arsenal can expect a big Champions League bonus. Plus, the prize for reaching the last 16 is €950 million. The prize for qualifying for the last eight is €8 million.

Entering the semi-finals has 1200 million euros.

If you enter the final, there will be 1500 million euros, and the additional bonus for winning the championship is 400 million euros. "

- "Mirror"

"The performance of the equation is undoubtedly phenomenal. If Arsenal can strengthen again in the winter window, they can still achieve good results in the Champions League."

-- "Daily Mail"

"Tottenham Hotspur lost to Bayern Munich again, and their qualifying situation is getting slimmer. If Bayern Munich draws Arsenal in the knockout round after the Champions League, this will be the most interesting game."

——"Kicker"

"Napoli's forward players are impressive and they firmly seized the chance to score goals. Liverpool should think about how to solve the defensive problem of Alexander-Arnold."

——The Telegraph

2019.11.28, the 14th round of the Premier League.

Arsenal are going to an away game against Leeds United.

Leeds United have been promoted to the Premier League a season ahead of schedule.

And why the original Leeds United failed to be promoted in the 18/19 season, it was because they gave up defense in an important British Championship game and took the initiative to let their opponents equalize the score.

The specific reason is that Bielsa believes that his team scored an "immoral" goal when one of the opposing players was injured and fell to the ground, which is unfair.

So, he asked his players to give up defense and let the opponent drive straight in to equalize the score.

This decision is in line with Bielsa's crazy personality.

而他的常用阵式是3-3-1-3、4-3-3，

Tactics are characterized by total attack and total defense, high position pressing, but not obsessed with formation.

The "crazy" 3-3-1-3 was created by Bielsa,

He believes that this can better cover every corner of the pitch and form a frontcourt press.

This tactical philosophy also influenced many famous football coaches in the future, and indirectly spawned many champions.Therefore, Bielsa can bear the title of "Godfather of Football".

Like Atletico Madrid's coach Simeone, and Paris Saint-Germain's coach Pochettino, both are students of Bielsa.

Both of their football concepts are deeply influenced by Bielsa.

However, as a student of Bielsa, Simeone and Pochettino have different understandings,
Simeone did not learn Bielsa's unique understanding of offense. The competition for space is similar to the high press, except that Bielsa's high press is used for offense, while Simeone is used for defense.

For this opponent, Arsenal did their homework before the game.

Head coach Wenger is also aware of Bielsa's coaching style.

Originally considering the equation, he may not have recovered in the last game, and he may be replaced.

However, after discussions between Wenger and Arteta, they decided to make the equation debut.

Because of Leeds United's strong offensive ability, they scored 4:3 with Champions League champion Liverpool in the first round of the league, almost tying the score.

If Arsenal want to keep up with the league points, they will naturally have to send a full lineup.

Today's game starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

This is the start time arranged by the FA to take care of fans in Asia.In order to expand the influence of the league, in order to make more money.

The earlier the game starts, the fans in Asia will not have to stay up late to watch the game.At this point, the FA is obviously doing a more professional job than the Italian Football Association.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the sky above the Elland Road Stadium is full of white clouds and the sun is shining brightly
After the game started, Leeds United launched a frontcourt press to Arsenal.

Leeds United ranks 8th in the league, but they play like a strong Premier League team. This is Bielsa's leading style, full attack and full defense.

Arsenal's backcourt struggled for a while, and suddenly Bellerin made a mistake when receiving the ball.

After Costa steals the ball, a diagonal pass finds Bamford in the middle.

Seeing the ball coming, Bamford didn't stop the ball and volleyed vigorously.

The football flew out in an arc in an instant, bypassing the defensive players in the penalty area, and flew towards the inside of the left post.

Goalkeeper Leno made a crucial save to deflect the ball wide.

Leeds United almost scored a goal with their first shot at the opening.

But soon, after Arsenal competed for the ball twice in the midfield, they suddenly played a quick counterattack.

Fang Fang got the pass, he had a wide field of vision, and he made a long pass to find Saka who was going forward from the right.

Saka stopped with the buckle and broke into the penalty area. Before the opponent came out to defend, he shot a far corner.

However, the football flew out against the far post and almost broke the gate of Leeds United.

However, Leeds United did not panic because of this. When their goalkeeper kicked the football, they decisively sent a long pass to the front field.

Use this method to avoid Arsenal's frontcourt pressing.

As a result, Bamford really reached the first landing point, headed the ball, and found his teammates.

Leeds United's formation immediately pressed forward, allowing teammates to have more outlets.

Arsenal was pushed a little passively. Equation cooperated with Xhaka to grab the ball many times, but they really didn't grab the ball.

In the 23rd minute, Leeds United's Clichy sent a precise through pass to the left side of the penalty area.

This instantly pierced Arsenal's defense.

Bamford nimbly rounded Saliba to grab the pass first.

Facing this excellent opportunity, Bamford first got stuck in his position and resisted Saliba's harassment, then turned around suddenly and sent a threatening pass to the middle.

Costa ran over and succeeded in grabbing a point in the middle, and pushed hard against the football with his right foot.

At this dangerous moment, Gabriel ran over, stretched out his foot in time, and blocked the football from the bottom line.

Arsenal escaped.

Seeing the chaos in his own penalty area, Fang Fang was suddenly a little surprised, and felt that Leeds United's offense really had something.

However, Arsenal were not afraid of this, and then they used a set of skillful pass and cut cooperation in the midfield and quickly transitioned the midfield.

During this period, Leeds United's frontcourt press seemed to become a stake in an instant.

Arsenal's pass and cut coordination was so smooth that it did not give the opponent a chance to grab the ball.

"Stop them!"

The old coach Bielsa felt something was wrong and immediately shouted to the field.

However, it was too late, Fang Fang kicked a powerful through ball,

The football was straight and fast, passing through the four in an instant, and accurately found Harland at the front of the penalty area.

Haaland stopped the football on his side with the instep of his right foot, and was about to turn around and make a shot.

But the next second,
Koch of Leeds United suddenly felt bad, and directly pulled Harland's jersey severely, causing Harland's figure to pause for a moment, unable to complete his turn and hit the goal.

beep—

The referee's whistle sounded.

Arsenal won a free kick in the attacking field.

Seeing this situation, the old coach Bielsa spread his hands helplessly,

Unexpectedly, his players made the worst choice.

They said before the game that Arsenal had a free-kick maestro
Equation is now the team's first penalty shooter.

Facing the free kick to the left of this position, Fang Fang glanced at the direction of the goal, 30 yards away from the goal, and was able to score directly
After waiting until the human wall was lined up, he made a clever move with his right foot and slid the football towards the upper right dead corner of the goal.

However, goalkeeper Messril moved ahead of time. He predicted the shooting angle of the equation, jumped suddenly, and blocked the inevitable football with a single palm.

There was an instant uproar in the audience, and the goalkeeper did not expect such an excellent save.

Immediately afterwards, the home fans gave a burst of applause.

Fang put his hands on his hips, showing a helpless expression.

It's over, so the goalkeeper can guess right
He seems to really want to dye white hair.Because of the bet of the three, Saka has scored four goals so far, while he and Harland combined have not had three goals.The bet is about to end at the end of the 15th round, and it is clear that Saka is going to win.

but,

Arsenal's momentum is still on display, because they are in a good state today, and there are very few mistakes in the pass and cut cooperation, which has largely resolved the opponent's frontcourt press.

Fang Fang didn't get entangled in the betting, after all, the most important thing is for the team to win the game.

And Leeds United, because this game is an early game, some of their players are not in shape yet, and the speed at their feet can't keep up with Arsenal's conduction.

As time passed for half an hour, Arsenal gradually took control of the rhythm of the game.

Saka got the ball on the right again, and suddenly burst out, passing the opponent Dallas in a rare way.
Then, Saka decisively sent an arc pass to the middle.

Haaland stepped forward from behind the two centre-backs,

And the defensive player at the front point did not block the ball,
This allowed Haaland to succeed in grabbing a point in the middle, and broke through the gate of Leeds United with a kick.

Arsenal lead by a goal.

After seeing the goal, Leeds United's defense immediately raised their hands, indicating that Harland was offside.

But the linesman did not raise the small flag, and the referee also got the news from the video referee, and immediately signaled that the goal was valid.

Then football reopened.

However, Leeds United's defense suddenly became negligent when passing the ball.
Under the close entanglement, Martinelli grabbed the ball, he passed back to the nearest equation, and then dodged and ran into the penalty area quickly.

He wanted Equation to make a coordinated pass and assist him to complete the single-handed ball with an inside cut.

However, Koch, who was on the other side, was in a hurry and pushed out immediately,

He slid towards the football and knocked Equation to the ground.

Immediately, Martinelli, Harland, and Xhaka rushed up angrily, cursing each other's dirty moves.

When Professor Wenger saw his disciple being uprooted again, he immediately complained to the fourth referee excitedly.

You know, the next league game,
Arsenal are about to take on Manchester United.Now Manchester United has won four consecutive league victories.

If the equation is injured in this game, it will be a huge loss for Arsenal.

But it’s okay,

The equation was soon on its feet again.He kept sucking in cold air, and it seemed that he had just suffered some minor injuries.

(End of this chapter)