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Chapter 44: Jose and Asena

After defeating La Coruña, Real Madrid welcomed their first strong opponent of the season - the third game of the UEFA Champions League group stage, with the opponent being the seed team of this group, Arsenal.

Arsenal is one of the traditional giants in English football, but their performance in the Champions League over the past decade has been unreasonable. Every time Wenger's team is full of ambitions and intends to win the Champions League trophy, but every time they return empty-handed.

This team has a large number of fans. Because of their beautiful and passionate style of playing, the "professor"'s approach of using young players has also been popular with many football fans who like to play FM games. This team is very popular all over the world.

But maybe it is because "beauty has been so poor since ancient times", and his beautiful style of playing, just like a pleasing beauty, but Arsenal always lacks some championship fate. In the domestic league, they were suppressed by Manchester United and even Chelsea. In the Champions League, their best result was that they entered the Champions League final in 2006 and lost to Barcelona in the end.

Arsenal was at its peak at that time, and Henry was in great shape. At that time, they defeated Real Madrid on the way to advance to the finals.

At the Bernabeu Stadium, Henry scored a wonderful goal, and he passed several Real Madrid players in a row, including Ronaldo, Guti and Ramos, and shot the ball into the goal guarded by Casillas.

The fatigue of the Galaxy Battleship was undoubtedly revealed in that game.

Six years have passed in a flash. Real Madrid is no longer the original Real Madrid, and Arsenal is not the original Arsenal.

Arsenal under Wenger created a brilliant period, including 38 unbeaten league championships and 49 unbeaten record in England's top league games. But the only regret is that he has never won the Champions League title. Why did Henry, King of Highbury, leave Arsenal? It was because he believed that he had no hope of winning the Champions League in Arsenal, so he chose to transfer to Barcelona. He would rather be a rotation player in Barcelona. In the end, he won the European Champions League as he wished and completed the most desired championship in his career.

Although everyone thinks Arsenal's football is very good, it's depressing to never win the championship. And they always lose in some inexplicable games, the instability of this team is really worrying. Wenger likes young people, but he can't cure the ups and downs of the unique state of young people.

The goals set by Wenger for the team this season still include the Champions League championship. He won almost all the championships he could win during his coaching at Arsenal, except for the Champions League championship. He urgently needed such a championship, otherwise no matter how long he coached at Arsenal, no matter how beautiful he made, it would be useless. He still has the possibility of being dismissed in disgrace - although he has said more than once that even if he has not won a championship for six years, he would not resign because of this.

Some people praise Wenger's football as the real uncrowned king. Even if he can't win a championship, it will not damage the beauty of that football. But only Wenger knows how eager he is to win a Champions League championship. He has worked hard for this dream for too long. In the past two seasons, Wenger's temper has become increasingly irritable. Sometimes he argues with his opponents and referees without any blocking, and he can't find the elegant style that the "professor" should have.

This is obviously because he is under a lot of pressure. Manchester United, led by his mortal enemy, led by his old rival Ferguson, won one championship after another in English football, and won the European Champions League twice. Where are you?

He doesn't know how long he can work at Arsenal. If he might be willing to retire here, but if he continues to miss the championship, no one might think what will happen in the future.

Since he wants to win the championship, he must play the group stage well. He doesn't want to repeat the scene of losing to Barcelona in the 8th final last season. As long as he can win the first place in the group, he may avoid those powerful firsts in other groups and choose a team that is second in the group to compete.

The most important opponent to win the first place in the group is to defeat Real Madrid. The group stage has been played for two rounds. In the first two group stages, Real Madrid and Arsenal both won all. According to their respective performances in the game, both Benfica and Olympiacos could hardly stop them, so the game that decides who can be the boss of the group is concentrated on the confrontation between these two teams.

Whoever wins is the first in the group and will have an advantage in the draw of the top 16.

Another reason why Arsenal must win Real Madrid comes from the personal grudges between the head coaches. Real Madrid's head coach Mourinho had a conflict with Wenger in the Premier League. Mourinho once criticized Wenger for being a voyeurism and liked to spy on others. Wenger was very disgusted with Mourinho's arrogant approach. The two often played verbal battles in the Premier League. Mourinho often laughed at Wenger for not winning the European Champions League. At that time, he had already won the Champions League trophy at a young age, so he was arrogant. Wenger thought Mourinho was nothing special.

Mourinho also edited Wenger's remarks into a 120-page archive. Wenger believed that Mourinho's behavior was "inverted order" and "irrespectful" and threatened to resort to law.

But what Wenger felt more unacceptable than a war of words was that in the past eight battles between him and Mourinho, he had never beat Mourinho once... What is more infuriating than this? Your opponent always attacks you in front of you, laughs at you, and insults you, but you are powerless because you can't even defeat him.

In the Premier League season in 2004-05, Mourinho's first year at Chelsea, he drew two times this season, finally won the league championship, pulling down the last championship. Wenger's Arsenal just won the league championship with a record of 38 rounds last season, and everyone praised them, saying that a brand new dynasty has begun. Unexpectedly, Mourinho's arrival completely disrupted the rhythm of the Gunners and also changed the long-term situation of Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League.

Before the Community Shield Cup match in 2005-06, Wenger expressed his dissatisfaction with Chelsea's Golden Dollar policy and criticized the Blues for monopolizing the transfer market with their wealth. Mourinho mocked Wenger for "not understanding the mystery of transfers". This was the beginning of a two-person battle. In that Community Shield Cup match, Mourinho tasted the pleasure of defeating Wenger for the first time.

In the league, Mourinho's Chelsea beat Wenger's Arsenal this season, and finally won the league championship again.

In the League Cup final this season, Wenger and Mourinho's resentment broke out. Mourinho ridiculed Wenger for not winning the Champions League title before the game, while Wenger said that there are many coaches who have won the Champions League title, but not everyone is like the legendary coach Brian Clauve of Nottingham Forest, who has been commemorated for the rest of his life.

In the game, the gunpowder smell of both sides was also very strong. The players of both sides had a large-scale conflict. Mikel, Toure and Adebayo were sent off by red cards, but this time it was Mourinho who laughed the last time... In the 2007-06 season, Mourinho suddenly got out of class, and he didn't even have time to continue to spit with Wengerhu. Just after Grant accepted Mourinho, Wenger's Arsenal defeated Chelsea 1-0 at home in the league. Finally, he avenged, but he always gave people a feeling of loss. Because Wenger defeated Mourinho, but his substitute, a guy named Grant.

Of course, Wenger is not completely unwilling to beat Mourinho. In the 2008 Chiefs Cup, his Arsenal once defeated Inter Milan 2-1. At that time, Inter Milan's head coach was Jose Mourinho. But the outcome of such informal games is not worth mentioning for the two big-name coaches. Wenger would not feel angry just because he defeated Mourinho in such a game, and Mourinho would not lose to Wenger in a friendly match. They only have official games, such as the league, and the Champions League.

Now the two have a chance to continue their grudges and hatred.

Of course, the media are most happy, which means they have hype again.

In fact, they didn't need to try to stimulate each other, and the two head coaches began to spit each other's saliva.

※※※ "I was surprised that a head coach like Wenger could continue to stay in the position of Arsenal coach." Mourinho took the verbal battle first, and it was obvious that this was a psychological battle. "He has been in power for six consecutive years, but he has not won a single championship. If it were me, I would have resigned myself without waiting for the club to notify me."

Arsenal missed any championship for six consecutive years, and this is Arsenal's wound. Mourinho is sprinkling salt on someone's wound.

When Chu Zhongtian reads his head coach's remarks in the newspaper, he feels a little too much. As the saying goes, "Don't slap people in the face, and exposes others without exposing their shortcomings" is really too vicious... Of course, the media of good things will not let go of this hype feast like this. They relay Mourinho's original words in an interview with Wenger, and then asked Wenger what he thinks about this.

Wenger's face was very ugly at the time.

His answer was also quite rude.

"That's because I never use unconventional means to win. I won't attack the referee after eliminating from the Champions League and cause him to retire early, nor do I make enemies everywhere. Football is a very great sport and does not equal the number of champions."

In fact, when it comes to championships, Wenger's confidence is indeed weaker. If it were six years ago, his counterattack might be more aggressive. At that time, his team had set the longest consecutive unbeaten record in England's top league history, which was a great achievement. The whole world praised Arsenal's playing style.

But now the media no longer praises Arsenal's football. Instead, they are talking more and more about losing key games and retreating early on the road to winning the championship. "Arsenal lost the key battle to win the championship!" "A typical 'Arsenal-style failure'!" "What else can I say when the third line collapses within 16 days?"... Titles like this are the true portrayal of Arsenal in the past two seasons.

Even the most hardcore Arsenal fans will feel helpless - their football is very beautiful and pleasing to the eye, but why do they sometimes lose? It's okay to lose to Barcelona like this invincible team, but even those weak teams can lose in the league... If one front has a problem, three fronts will collapse.

The battle of verbalism between Wenger and Mourinho is not over yet.

Mourinho happily recalled the record of the match between Wenger in the Premier League in the Premier League: "Huh? Did he not beat me? Oh, if you don't say it, I forgot... It seems that this is true. I never lost to him eight times, four wins and four draws. So I am not worried about the mid-week game, we have a psychological advantage..."

Mourinho is going to completely anger Wenger.

The grudge between the two did not weaken as Mourinho left the Premier League. This summer, Mourinho originally planned to buy Fabregas, but Wenger was unwilling to leave Fabregas to Mourinho. This eventually led to the miscarriage of the transfer deal. In fact, Wenger knew that he could not keep Fabregas. As long as the head coach of Real Madrid was not Mourinho, he might have agreed to the transfer deal worth 60 million euros. But Real Madrid's head coach is Mourinho. Maybe he would rather give Fabregas to Barcelona for free than sell his confidant beloved player to Real Madrid.

But maybe Mourinho has to thank Wenger for this matter. If Wenger hadn't sold Fabregas to Real Madrid with a tough attitude, Florentino wouldn't have had the chance to spend 70 million euros to buy Chu Zhongtian. Perhaps Real Madrid still can't find the core figure that suits him the most... Anyway, Real Madrid is in very good shape now, and Chu Zhongtian's new core and the new team are getting along with him.

All this is because Wenger refused to sell Fabregas to Real Madrid.

※※※The two head coaches' saliva battle began a week before the game, and as the game day approached, they gradually approached their peak.

Even players from both sides added.

c. Ronaldo played for Manchester United when he was in the Premier League. His hatred with Arsenal has not been a day or two. Players who like to show off like him must be the target of opponents' fans in the game against Arsenal. This time he also stood up to challenge his old opponent: "I respect Arsenal very much, but we will win in the end. I think our team is in very good shape at the moment."

For C. Ronaldo's arrogant speech, Arsenal's star Van Persie counterattacked: "We will let them taste the great things at the Emirates Stadium. Here, Barcelona cannot defeat us, let alone Real Madrid."

Another revenge from Arsenal players towards Real Madrid players is to praise Real Madrid's arch rival Barcelona's football. Arshaven said that he admires Barcelona's football very much. "I almost joined Barcelona, ​​and I want to say that their football is very attractive to me. Compared with this, Real Madrid's football is simply boring, and I think almost no one will like this team."

"Originally, Real Madrid's football was very good, but since Mourinho... everyone knows what happened..." Danish striker Ben Turner was even more disdainful.

This can certainly anger many Real Madrid fans, including some players.

Although Adebayo has only played for more than half a season at Real Madrid, he has obviously regarded himself as a complete Real Madridist. When he joined Real Madrid on loan, he declared that he would never go to Barcelona and that he would only come to Real Madrid to play football.

As a player who has played for Arsenal, he also expressed his opinion: "I miss the time I played at Arsenal, but it's a pity that there is a lack of temperament there. I think it's the temperament of a champion. Even if we can't win the ball there, it doesn't matter, as long as we can play beautifully. But at Real Madrid, we must not only win beautifully, but also win the championship. I like this atmosphere because it attracts people and makes people full of motivation and fighting spirit..."

Of course, his words were quickly scolded by Arsenal players. Walcott directly called Adebayo a "despicable traitor". When he was playing for Manchester City, he vented his anger in the game against Arsenal. He first stepped on Van Persie, angered Arsenal's midfielder Song, and then passed through Arsenal's entire defense line, scored a goal, and then helped rush to the bottom of the stands where Arsenal fans gathered to celebrate freely, provoking Arsenal fans.

So to be honest, his popularity at Arsenal is really bad... Van Persie responded to Adebayo's remarks like this: "He doesn't think about who brought him from Monaco to Arsenal and made him famous? He didn't live well in Arsenal, because he never regarded this team as his home. He claimed that he played football only for money, so I was not surprised that he left Arsenal and went to Manchester City.

In these verbal battles, Chu Zhongtian seemed very low-key. He did not publish any offensive language. Whether it was a Chinese journalist, a Spanish journalist, or a British journalist interviewed him, he said that Arsenal deserves respect. He likes Arsenal's style of playing football, but he also believes that Real Madrid is a great team. This is a close match and will definitely devote a classic battle to the fans.

Such words are worthless to the reporters because they are typical polite words and scene words. The meaning hidden behind these words may be completely different from this, but no one knows what that means.

Maybe he just thinks that, maybe he just wants to numb the opponent's players.

In short, after reporting such words, you will not attract any attention in the fierce war of words.

This disappointed many people who were expecting Chu Zhongtian to say something harsh. As a player worth 70 million euros, how could he be so unindividual?
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