Super Marshal

The goal conceded in the 26th minute put Arsenal completely passive.

This was a final. Conceding a goal first forced everyone in the Gunners to realize clearly that they had to start attacking.

Therefore, after the restart, the Gunners became aggressive and began to work hard to create opportunities and strive to score goals.

Gao Han also quickly realized this problem with Arsenal and immediately made adjustments. The team recovered appropriately and no longer pressed forward. Instead, they focused on fighting for the ball from the center line to their own half, using defense as offense and allowing Arsenal pressed out.

Wenger was so miserable that he couldn't tell. He didn't know that in the previous game against Barcelona, ​​catching Guardiola off guard was the key to Arsenal's tactics being effective. But this time, what he faced was premeditated. Manchester City, where else can it be effective?

But we lost a goal first, why don’t we go up now?

Compared to Wenger who was sitting on pins and needles, Gao Han was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, not even using his skill cards, just watching the game.

Having been coaching for almost eleven years, he knows better than anyone what the general trend is.

With Manchester City's current momentum, as long as they don't make mistakes, it will only be a matter of time before they score again.

Of course, the Gunners' counterattack was not ineffective. Just three minutes later, Sagna stepped in at high speed and passed in from the right. Robin van Persie in the penalty area seized the opportunity and grabbed the first goal. He headed the ball towards the goal, but was missed. Goalkeeper Cech flew up to lift the ball, and the subsequent corner kick was also picked out of mid-air by Cech.

This should also be Arsenal's most threatening attack so far.

But then the game was more about Manchester City's counterattack. Manchester City launched a counterattack, Sturridge retreated, Kaka passed a diagonal pass to the right rib, Gareth Bale used his speed to force a surprise attack, and after receiving the ball, he wanted to pass the ball. He missed the opponent's deep-lying central defender Djuru, but when he caught up with the ball in the penalty area, Szczesny struck decisively and flew to catch his goal in his arms.

It can be said that the Polish goalkeeper made a crucial save this time. Without him, Gareth Bale's shot was guaranteed, which would be a fatal blow to Arsenal.

There is a saying that goes well, you can't outrun the first grade of junior high school, but you can't outrun the fifteenth grade.

Just when Arsenal fans were secretly glad that they had escaped, what was supposed to come finally came.

When the game reached the 39th minute, after Vertonghen intercepted the ball, David Silva passed a short pass to Kaka. Alexander Song failed to cause effective interference. The Brazilian midfielder passed the ball through. The ball passed between Sagna and Djurou.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been dormant, suddenly started and successfully countered offside. After using his speed to get rid of two defensive players, he caught up with the ball. After catching up with the ball in the penalty area, he shot low and penetrated the goal again. The goal guarded by Szczesny, two to zero!

Wembley Stadium was in complete excitement.

All the Manchester City fans who came to the scene were shouting the Portuguese's name in confusion, while Cristiano Ronaldo seemed calm, as if scoring a goal was just a piece of cake for him.

This goal also completely pushed Arsenal into the abyss of despair.

After Wenger saw Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, he covered his face and shook his head, turned around and walked back to the coaching bench, looking extremely lonely, full of disappointment and helplessness.

His skills were inferior to those of others, and he really couldn't figure it out.

In the end, Manchester City entered the halftime break with a 2-0 lead in the first half.

However, in the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, neither Manchester City nor Arsenal made any substitution adjustments. Both teams still played with the starting lineup, and Manchester City still adopted the style of play in the final stage of the first half, waiting for work and letting Arsenal Pressing out and then seizing the opportunity to counterattack gave Arsenal a headache, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Facing such a team that can attack when pressed out and defend when taken back, they have nothing to do.

When the game reached the 74th minute, Manchester City once again got a chance. Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball from the left and cut inside. Szczesny saved the baseline and won a corner kick.

Michael Johnson, who replaced David Silva, took a corner kick. Vertonghen's header flew to the back point. Cristiano Ronaldo jumped high and headed the ball into the dead center of the goal from close range. Three to zero. !

After taking a three-goal lead, Manchester City played more easily. Gao Han replaced Harry Kane and Adam Lallana, and replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká, who performed well, allowing them to gain more goals. Break time.

The fate of the two superstars also ushered in the applause of the whole house.

Arsenal also caught up at the last moment, and finally scored a goal from Robin van Persie in the 89th minute.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-1 in the League Cup final and won the first championship trophy of the season.

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At the moment when the whistle sounded, Gao Han stood on the sidelines, feeling extremely calm.

Winning has long been a habit and a natural thing for him, and winning the championship is nothing new. Long before he entered this game on this court, he already had a chance to win this game and was determined to win. .

Now, for him, the more test is how to defeat the opponent with his own real level, rather than relying on the magical effect of skill cards. Therefore, since this season, he has used skill cards less and less. In this game It didn't work even once. He hoped to use this to test his true level.

Arsenal's players walked off the field one after another, each one looking frustrated and regretful.

Their performance in this game was good and bad, but no matter what, the game is over and everything is over.

Van Persie was Gao Han's old friend when he was at Chelsea. It was because of Gao Han's previous injury that he went to Germany to contact the miracle doctor Wolfat. This led to his current lively performance, so as soon as the game ended, the Dutch center walked to the sidelines. , smiled and hugged Gao Han, congratulating him on winning another championship.

Other Arsenal players also came over one after another, and many of them knew Gao Han, such as Rosicky.

His performance in this game was very sluggish. On the one hand, it was obviously a problem with his own state adjustment, and on the other hand, Mascherano did a good job of freezing him, so the Czech seemed a little uninterested.

Goalkeeper Szczesny and center defender Koscielny, who were following everyone, both had their heads drooped. When they saw their teammates walking up to shake hands with Gao Han and say hello, they hesitated whether to follow them, but in the end they both remained silent. Go away.

Unexpectedly, Gao Han stepped forward to greet him at this moment.

"Hey, you're doing well." Gao Han greeted with a smile.

Szczesny and Koscielny were both a little surprised. Is this considered a good performance?

"Don't be surprised. You know, maybe tomorrow you will be the worst player in the game as selected by all media and newspapers, but I want to say that you really performed well. Without the outstanding performance of both of you, I think We can score at least two or three more goals this game.”

When Gao Han said this, he chuckled, "The media usually only see shortcomings and poor performance, but I think we should see your outstanding side more. You are still young. Keep up the good work. In the future, the Premier League and European football There will definitely be a place for you.”

After speaking, Gao Han smiled and stretched out his right hand.

Both Szczesny and Koscielny looked at Gao Han in flattery, but they quickly reacted. Koscielny quickly stretched out his hands and held Gao Han's right hand hard, and Szczesny also picked up Gao Han's right hand. I took off my gloves and shook hands with Gao Han.

Watching the two players leave, Gao Han chuckled.

He really didn't mean to make them happy, but he really felt that these two young players performed well.

It is inevitable for young people to lack experience.

Especially for positions like defenders and goalkeepers. In a ninety-minute game, if you perform very solidly in the eighty-nine minutes, but if you make a mistake or even score a goal in the last point, you will be criticized after the game. Nailed on the pillar of shame.

But this is obviously unfair to them, especially in the current environment at Arsenal.

"Thank you." Wenger's voice sounded behind Gao Han.

Gao Han turned around, glanced at the bitter-faced professor, and said with a smile: "Thank you, no need. Please treat me to dinner."

"Okay, you choose the position." Wenger was quite happy this time.

The game is over. Let’s clean up now. We’ll go back and have dinner together.

"Oh, by the way, there's something I have to tell you in advance." Wenger suddenly remembered something.

"What's up?"

"Tomorrow, a number of newspapers, including The Independent, will publish news that we are interested in James Rodriguez and Steve went to Peru to follow his games, so..."

After hearing this, Gao Han frowned at first, but then nodded and smiled: "Okay, I understand."

This time, strangely, it was Wenger who said, "What? Are you not surprised at all?"

"Why am I surprised? Isn't this normal?" Gao Han asked funnyly.

"But... we are poaching your players..." Wenger couldn't think of it for a moment.

In his impression, Gao Han should be furious at this time. Why does he seem to be completely fine?

This is totally against common sense.

Gao Han immediately laughed and said, "Professor, do you think too highly of yourself?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Can you afford it?" Gao Han asked.

Wenger was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, but more of a wry smile.

is not that right?

James Rodriguez has performed very well in La Liga this season. His ability to pass and threaten the ball per game even exceeds that of Messi and Ozil. In addition, he performed well in the South American Youth Championship and his contract is still very long. If Arsenal wants to poach such a player, they really have to work hard to convince Gao Han and Chinatown and get a big price.

What Wenger's Arsenal lack most now is money.

Gao Han watched Wenger helplessly shake his head and leave, feeling quite mixed in his heart.

In the past few years, Arsenal's operations have been worse than before. Regardless of the huge revenue, they are heavily in debt, especially the real estate project built on the original site of Highbury Stadium, which has saddled Arsenal with heavy debts.

Who can blame this?

The only thing to blame is that the management was too greedy in the first place.

Moreover, while other wealthy teams have introduced foreign investment, Arsenal is very stubborn and refuses to do so. This also led to the resignation of vice chairman David Dunn angrily.

It can be said that Arsenal's management has been a mess in the past few years. If Wenger hadn't kept the top four every year and entered the Champions League knockout rounds, the Gunners' finances would have been even more ugly.

But now European football has already entered the era of capital operation. Teams such as Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea have maintained strong competitiveness. Tottenham Hotspur has also performed very well in recent years. Arsenal's situation is precarious. .

Coupled with Wenger's own personality and coaching style...

Sometimes when I think about it, Gao Han feels that his old friend's life is too miserable.

Now, even renewing contracts for players has to be calculated in this way. It's really...