Mister Legend

Chapter 521 The Battle of the Immortal Spear Demon

After Arsenal's home game against Wolves, Li Moody, who had just shaken hands with the opponent's coach Sean Dyche and walked into the player tunnel, had to go to the interview area aside to accept an interview from Sky Sports reporters.

Unsurprisingly, whether the winning penalty was controversial became the first and most difficult question he faced.

After years of experience, the Gunners coach, who knows the wisdom of saying more mistakes, less mistakes, less mistakes, and not saying good things, did not immediately express his position, but first said "I haven't seen the slowness of that moment." It’s a replay, so I can’t tell if the referee’s decision is completely correct, but I did see Boli’s left hand pull on Iwobi, so as you can see, the penalty came out.”

It’s just that he was able to hide from the first day of junior high school but not the fifteenth day of junior high school. At the official press conference after the game, when he was questioned by reporters again, Li Mudi stood firmly on the side of his disciple and defended him: “Before going on stage , I roughly browsed the discussion about this game on the Internet, and found that in the short 40 minutes after the penalty kick was born, so many people were accusing Alex of diving. Unfair."

"After returning to the locker room, I immediately called up the video of the incident, and it was very clear that from a step outside the penalty area, Willie Boley's left hand has been violating Alex's body, trying to Affect the balance of the latter when accelerating forward. Even if the force he used does not seem to be very large, isn't this a foul? As for some people who think that Alex's right hand also imposed an illegal action on the defender, I don't agree with that statement, it's just his natural physical reaction when he is being unfairly violated."

"Alex's fall to the ground at the end seems to be intentional, but in fact the main reason is that his body's core strength is far inferior to that of the opponent's player, and in the process of dribbling, he suddenly encountered a force that was different from his original force. The impact in the opposite direction resulted in the loss of the center of gravity. This is not a flop. Anyone who is familiar with him knows that Alex is a player with a very high professional ethics. After joining the team's youth training camp , have never had a flaw in that, so I trust my players [-] per cent."

Because he did not want to have unnecessary conflicts with the referee committee, which has always defended shortcomings, Li Moody did not regard the opponent's offside goal as a counterattack to the outside world's belief that they won an unethical victory, as some people expected.However, the Gunners fans did not have this concern, and started a fierce verbal collision with those so-called Wolves fans (more than half of whom should be supporters of the championship competitors, deliberately trying to discredit Arsenal).

It’s just that this debate will not produce any results after all, because the referee’s misjudgment is the most critical issue. Before the FA and the Premier League make a decision to introduce VAR or other more advanced equipment, similar incidents can only happen. It will be repeated over and over again, and a reasonable result will not be obtained at all.

Therefore, after trying to eliminate the interference from the outside world in this regard, Li Mudi began to lead the team to continue to face various challenges in the future, hoping to continue the terrifying winning streak they have achieved.

On October 10, in the third round of the Europa League group stage, Arsenal used a half-main lineup plus rotation lineup at home to beat Rosenborg, the champion of the Norwegian Super League last season, 22-2. Leading the way in Group D.At the same time, this is also their No. 0 consecutive victories in various official competitions since the beginning of the season, including nine league games, three European games, two European play-off games and a League Cup. It has set a super record that has never been seen before, and it will be difficult for anyone to come later.

And when the gun fans began to compare this Arsenal with those great legendary teams in history more and more, the British and even the entire European media have already shifted their focus to the Premier League three days later Among them, because the 234th gun demon war in history will be staged on the following Sunday.

When it comes to English professional football, even though the current Premier League only started in 1992 and has a history of more than 100 years, in the minds of fans all over the world, two stages will still leave the deepest impression.One is the era of two power struggles between Ferguson and the professor, and the other is the parallel rise of Mourinho after he landed in the British Isles and Ferguson retired.Especially the former, which is still talked about by many old fans, and is used to distinguish them from the new generation of bird fans and melon fans.

But in fact, from the perspective of honor and record, the arsenal under Wenger's coaching is not at all the opponent of the Red Devils in the old Sir Alex Ferguson's time. This can also be regarded as a major illusion of the Premier League.

The round of championship titles, starting from the 1996-97 season when the professor took over Arsenal, ended with Ferguson's retirement after the 2012-13 season. During the 17 seasons during this period, Manchester United won a total of various competitions. There are 26 champions, while the Gunners only have 11.In terms of the statistics of the Premier League championship alone, the Red Devils achieved a crushing victory with 10 to 3.

The huge gap in terms of relative honor, in the history of direct confrontation between the two teams, this imbalance is slightly smaller.Among the 49 duels between the two sides, Ferguson won 23 of them, and the professor won 15 games, and the gap is still within an acceptable range.

But if the venue of the game is limited to Old Trafford, then the records of the two teams will appear to be one-sided. The Red Devils have an absolute advantage with 14 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

In the seven seasons after the Jazz retired, Arsenal also failed to reap the benefits on this venue, with only 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses. The only victory came from the FA Cup in early 2015. In the quarter-finals, Van Gaal, who seemed to have lost his offensive tactical package, was coaching Manchester United at the time.

Although the Red Devils have encountered a lot of troubles this season after the 2018-19 season, although the first nine rounds of 4 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and 15 points cannot be said to be too bad, after all, this year's Premier League is somewhat evil. Most of the promising teams have had a sluggish start, so the No. 5 ranking is not so unattractive.

But there is no harm if there is no comparison. Although in recent years, the history of the Gunners has been gradually buried in the depths of people's memory with the departure of the two football masters, but for the Red Devils fans Said that the Gunners are still their number one competitor, which is basically the same as the hostility thrown at their rivals Blue Moon in the same city.

So when I saw Arsenal, who had been pinned down by me for many years, suddenly turned around, not only far ahead of me in points, but also hit a wave of super winning streak, how can this be? Let Manchester United supporters rest easy.

So Mourinho's life began to become difficult. Compared with the short-term get out of class crisis he faced two years ago, the danger this time can be said to have doubled several times, because many fan organizations have already started Various protests have been planned. Once the team cannot beat this old opponent at home, I am afraid that the famous aircraft banner project will be staged again.

In 2014, this protest initiated by Manchester United fans made the then coach Moyes the focus of the football circle; three years later, this move was copied by Arsenal fans to call on the club to expel the professor; Manchester United's former CEO Ed Woodward and the American owner Glazer's family have enjoyed this treatment. This time the protagonist may be replaced by the world's No. 1 handsome bird.

So for the 57-year-old Mourinho, the next battle of the gunman is his ultimate test. Only victory can help him overcome the difficulties he is currently facing, otherwise he wants to die in old age. Rafford's plan can only be declared stranded.

On Saturday afternoon, the two sides announced their respective 18-man rosters at almost the same time, and this was enough for fans in the media to be excited for a while.

It's just that the mood of the home team supporters may be relatively poor, because compared to Arsenal's full main force, Manchester United still encountered certain injuries.Chilean veteran Alexis Sanchez has failed to return because of a broken phalanx at the end of last season; Frenchman Martial's state this season seems to be frozen, so bad that he was booed by his own fans. Mourinho had no choice but to put Rashford on the left winger, forming a front trident with Lukaku and Lingard.

There is also a general in the midfield who is unable to play. The Brazilian Fred, who was once favored by Li Mudi, was suspended because two yellows turned one red in the last league game, so the starting team with Pogba and Matic became The team's own youth training, another Brazilian player Andreas Pereira.

From the outside world, these two changes will weaken the strength of the Red Devils on the offensive end, so everyone is looking forward to whether Mu Bird will adopt some unusual methods to find opportunities to break through the opponent in this extremely crucial matchup. Formed defenses.

At 25:20 on the evening of the 30th, the focus of this round of European football was played on time at Old Trafford Stadium. Manchester United, who played at home, made a fuss about the use of the width of the field from the first minute.

Although the new generation of fans look down on Mourinho, they think that his tactics are nothing more than strangling in the midfield, compressing the opponent's space for movement, and then attacking the opponent's defense weakness through quick counterattacks.This set of tactical ideas can barely be regarded as a beta version of the fast offensive tactics that have been popular in the past two or three years, but it is stuck without enough flexibility, and it also needs superstars to sit in charge, otherwise it is just a small role that can only drive the bus.

This kind of evaluation does make sense, because the reason why the Manchester United coach can become one of the most successful coaches in the history of football mainly depends not on how powerful tactics are, but on his super strong ability to control the entire team .

When he can control everything in the locker room in his own hands, then those stars who are willing to work hard for him will achieve historical results, such as Chelsea and Inter Milan who won the Triple Crown; If he loses control of the team, then it is time to say goodbye. Without the Buff bonus on the spiritual level, his team will appear so rigid and boring.

But if you really think that the former No. [-] coach in the world only has this three-legged cat skill, then it is a bit too small to underestimate football, the world's No. [-] sport.Even though there is still some obvious gap between the world-recognized tactical masters like Benitez, Ferguson, and Conte, Mu Niao's tactical quality is still unquestionable. Facing opponents with similar tactical ideas to his own, he knows how to play. Do it to hit the shooter's vitals.

Although Arsenal's defense has experienced a lot of complaints at the beginning of the season, it has made great progress in stability in the past month or so. Apart from the obviously offside goal scored by the Wolves, nine Conceding only five goals in a game can already be called outstanding.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the main reason for this situation is that the Nigerian midfielder has rapidly grown into a world-class defensive midfielder not inferior to Kanter this season.It is precisely because of Endidi's wide-ranging raids in the midfield that Li Mudi can resolutely carry out the multi-player counterattack strategy when several defenders have their own shortcomings.

This player who just joined the Arsenal from Leicester City in the summer is the key core supporting the team's defensive system. In order to win him, Li Moody spent nearly 6000 million pounds. This price was three and a half months ago. In the eyes of the outside world, it is a serious premium.However, when the schedule came to the end of October, no one would think that the Gunners coach had made a loss-making deal. Instead, they wanted to praise his wisdom. You must know that such a high-level midfielder is priceless.

Last summer, Real Madrid made an offer to Chelsea and wanted to bring Kanter, who is five and a half years older than Endidi, to the Bernabeu. However, Lafayette waved a check of 1 million euros but failed to impress Abramovich. There is still some potential. The digging Nigerian international will naturally not be cheap (when using the scout tool on June 2020, 6, the double value is 30 and 163, and the future is definitely worth looking forward to).

Compared with the two, Li Mudi's signing ability, which was hailed by the Italian media as Golden Eye, has once again been affirmed by the world football. The temporary price increase made him feel very helpless.

Back in the game, this player's defensive ability is indeed very strong, but after all, he is still a mortal body, and it is impossible to be everywhere on the court as praised by the outside world.Mourinho's method of targeting is to focus on the two wings. When one side attracts Endidi's attention, he quickly transfers the ball to the other side to avoid the midfielder.Applying the art of war of the celestial dynasty is a strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

Even if Endidi can rush to the home team's new attack direction in time with the help of his teammates, it will consume a lot of physical energy. If he repeats this several times, even if he is evaluated as a physical attribute of 19 in the FM system, it is impossible. Stick around for a full game like you always did.And once he starts to choose strategic adjustments, or is replaced due to lack of physical strength, then Arsenal's defense will be slaughtered like a chicken that has lost the protection of a hen. Ability, scoring goals is only a matter of time.

It has to be said that Mu Niao's plan is still commendable, but he still underestimated today's opponent, and the plan he made painstakingly made almost failed shortly after it was implemented.

(End of this chapter)