Golden Greenery

The 31-year-old Nacho Monreal is a Spanish international, but he has always been a marginal person. He is mainly responsible for applauding on the bench and occasionally stands up to serve as a substitute for Alba for a few minutes.

Moreover, his opportunities basically come from friendly matches. If he can be included in the squad for the serious qualifiers, it will be a big deal. As for the World Cup and European Championship lineups, they have never been selected once.

Lopetegui's national team prefers to use Real Madrid's Nacho or even Chelsea's Alonso to place Alba at the bottom. Monreal himself has little hope for next year's World Cup.

But suddenly, Lopetegui's trust came to him, and Meng Lei was continuously called up to the World Cup qualifying lineup, and even started the entire game in the last game against Israel a month ago.

Julen Lopetegui said to Meng Lei: Work hard, Russia next year... you know.

Meng Lei knows that this change is all due to his switch to a central defender at Arsenal. He has changed from a mediocre Spanish winger to Arsenal's defensive thigh.

Arsenal is really a magical place. There are too many young talents who make jokes about themselves as they play. Some people become more and more demonic as they get older. This is the case with Meng Lei.

Left back, left wing back, center back, three center back system, four back system, Meng Lei's full backcourt attributes have added a lot of points to him. In addition, he has a good sense of position, a strong sense of forward awareness, outstanding ability to take the ball and release the ball, and he is always good at it, which is very reasonable.

When Arsenal faced Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals last season, Meng Lei scored a very crucial equalizer in the second half, which was also his only goal of the season. Zhuoyang was absent due to injury, and Arsenal eliminated Manchester City in overtime that day.

As for Meng Lei's weaknesses, his height of 178cm and weight of 70 kilograms make him appear not tough enough. Meng Lei will have a headache if he encounters a fast and capable leader in the middle.

Therefore, in order to block the impact of Zhuo Yang, whose body can be used as a city gate pole, Meng Lei, who is experienced, always adjusts his position slightly to form a layer with Coquelin in the middle, making it easier for Coquelin to come over and coordinate. It also allows you to have enough distance to chase after being knocked away.

Meng Lei did a good job in the first half. Zhuoyang posed two threats on Arsenal's left rib, but he did not find an absolute chance on this side. At halftime, this was the only thing Meng Lei was praised by the professor, and he was expected to continue to persevere in the second half.

Meng Lei was not distracted, he just didn't expect that as soon as the second half started, the person who hit his left flank at the beginning became Sterling.

In the 47th minute, David Silva suddenly made a long pass in the center circle. Sterling cut in behind Monreal from the wing and received the ball in the Arsenal penalty area.

Because Meng Lei was two meters ahead, he turned around and chased, but was blocked by Sterling behind him.

Zhuoyang had already outflanked Sterling in the middle. Meng Lei did not dare to bet on another happy pass from Sterling, so he had to hit him from behind, spreading his shoulders to squeeze Sterling's back, hoping to force him through physical confrontation. Go outside.

In the group stage of last year's European Championship, England defeated Wales 2:1. After the game, Wales head coach Christopher Coleman was very unconvinced, but he couldn't find anything to complain about, so he criticized Sterling as the most enthusiastic faker he has ever seen. The player who fell.

Coleman came out of Manchester City's youth training when he was playing football. Last month, he resigned because he led Wales to only finish third in the European qualifying group of the World Cup and lose the chance of next year's World Cup. I heard that he is currently preparing to go to Sunderland, the ‘Black Cats’ of the English Championship, to replace Simon Grayson who has just been sacked due to poor record.

In that game, Sterling fell four times in the Welsh penalty area, but did not earn a penalty kick. The famous German whistler Brusch knew everything. However, due to Sterling's urinary nature, he did not feel that Coleman was criticizing at all, but regarded it as a compliment.

Sterling, who is 170, is a loach. He does not have the ability to dodge under the feet of boss Mei. If he does not learn to fall down at a touch in the penalty area, he will definitely be kicked into a Cazorla by the opponent's defender. He has undergone eight ankle surgeries. The ligaments were cut off by several centimeters.

Sterling felt like someone had slashed his back with a guillotine. He fell with such force that he almost smashed himself to pieces on the turf. To be honest, Zhuo Yang was moved, so Monreal and Coquelin bent down and scolded Sterling for diving, and he immediately rushed forward and gave each of them a slap.

"Get away! Get out!"

"Maggot, does it hurt? You should be gentle."

"Ouch~~~Ouch~ Is it judged~~~ Ouch is it judged~~~"

Moments later, referee Michael Oliver not only blew the whistle for a penalty kick, but also gave Monreal a yellow card, the first of the game.

Sterling buried his head in the grass and laughed childishly, like a toad in the moonlight of a lotus pond. Professor Wenger jumped up on the sidelines and cursed, not Sterling, but Oliver.

Statistics show that in the Manchester City games that Oliver officiated, the Blue Moon's winning rate was as high as that of the Arsenal, and the Arsenal's winning rate was only 20%.

Oliver may not be Manchester City's 'official whistle', but he must be Arsenal's 'nemesis whistle'.

But speaking of the matter, Sterling's throw of the ball just now was indeed a bit too exaggerated, but Meng Lei's carrying action without collision was indeed a foul. Just because Sterling is shameless doesn't mean that Meng Lei is a particular person. It's not a good thing to meet porcelain.

From Oliver's perspective, whether Sterling fell to his death or not actually had nothing to do with the penalty.

Facing Cech, who was wearing a leather hat, Zhuoyang pushed into the blind corner and scored in 11 consecutive Premier League games, tying Vardy's record, Manchester City 2:0.

Zhuoyang played quite well today, without a single-handed performance like a god descending from the earth. His contribution to the game was mainly reflected in his connection and deterrence.

For example, with this ball, if he hadn't outflanked him in time in the middle, Coquelin and Meng Lei would have formed a flanking defense against Sterling. If Zhuo Yang hadn't appeared in front of the goal in time, Meng Lei wouldn't have been in a hurry.

But football is a game of winners and losers. Although the defense has its own difficulties, with two goals behind, Wenger can no longer take care of everyone's self-esteem. In order to chase the score, the professor replaced Coquelin, who was a central defender today, with Giroud in the 55th minute.

Five years ago, Giroud came to Arsenal from Montpellier to replace Van Persie, who defected to Manchester United. Since then, he has become the number one figure in the world of center forwards. Five years have passed and Giroud, the only pinball center in football, is now 31 years old.

Last month, there were rumors in the media about the arrival of Lacazette. Giroud, whose position is threatened, is thinking about leaving. Chelsea and Everton are actively contacting him.

For this reason, he decisively expressed his loyalty: "You can see from my skin and my head that I am an Arsenal player from head to toe." Giroud said: "The trophy is precious, but loyalty is even more expensive, Professor. If you don't leave, I won't leave. If there's one true Arsenal man, it's me."

Professor Wenger was frightened when he heard it, because this sentence was so familiar that his ears were numb. Giroud was not the first one to say it, not even the tenth one. Those who had said it before all left after saying it.

Today's players are like Zhuo Yang. It is simply harder for them to play for the same team throughout their career than to eat shit.