There is a dream called football

Once upon a time, Arsenal was a rock solid center back. The old captain Adams and later Campbell were all England international-level center backs. However, since Senderos, Wenger has been a bit ineffective in choosing center backs.

Bottom.

At that time, I thought that Senderos could become the leader of the team. His excellent physical fitness and excellent positioning made Wenger very optimistic about him, but he did not grow to the height that Wenger expected.

Now it's Julu again.

Of course, Wenger has not given up on Djuru, and young people should not draw conclusions easily. But on the other hand, Djuru's performance did not meet Wenger's expectations, which is what has worried the professor recently.

At this moment, Wenger thought of his old captain Adams.

Can we ask him to come back and teach us by words and deeds?

Thinking of this, Wenger was a little excited. Of course, it was impossible to invite him alone. Wright could also be invited back and everyone could get together.

*****

Later, the reason why Chelsea's Wright was called Little Wright was because he had the famous Arsenal Wright Ian Wright before him.

Wright was a big hit at Arsenal back then, but that was a little too far away. Li Qiao remembers that when he was watching football, both Wright and Adams had faded out of football. He vaguely remembered the 1998 World Cup.

, glanced at Adams on TV.

So when Wright and Adams appeared on the sidelines of the training ground, Li Qiao was confused, while some of the other players were very excited, while others were similar to Li Qiao.

Most of the excited people are the British. They can be said to have grown up watching Adams, which is similar to the feeling that many Chinese people grew up watching Li Weifeng play football.

Adams watched the training, shook his head and said: "Head, Arsenal's defense has not regressed a little bit. This kind of defense cannot win the Premier League."

Wenger nodded.

Adams played for Arsenal for 20 years. When he left, the fans chanted, "We only have one Adams."

But it’s hard to do this in football now. The temptation of money and the desire for honor make it difficult for a player to play for one team for the rest of his life.

"Tony, I'm sorry to say that times have changed. The iron blood and loyalty of your time are now luxuries."

Adams nodded.

At that time, being loyal to a club seemed to be a matter of course, but now it seems that few people are like this.

"In the past, those who played football were football-loving capitalists. There were no Russians or Middle Eastern tycoons. At that time, even great strikers like Shearer could be bought at reasonable prices, but now..."

Adams looked at Wright and asked with a smile: "How much do you think Chelsea would be willing to pay if Shearer was put in now?"

"Don't talk about anything below 50 million pounds."

"Ha ha."

Wright asked Wenger, "How much do you think I'm worth now?"

"I think I must not be able to afford you."

"Ha ha."

Before Wenger could make a request, Adams took the initiative and said: "I want to talk to the defenders, maybe it will be helpful."

Wenger patted Adams and said, "That's what I mean too, let them feel the charm of the old captain."

*****

Wright was panting and playing with the players with his slightly fat body, but he soon became too much.

"Ian, your physical condition is so poor. You must have been picking up girls too many times recently."

"Haha, you bastards, when you get to my age, I'm afraid you will end up in a nursing home."

However, for athletes, age is a threshold. 30 years old and 40 years old are both thresholds. After many athletes pass 30, their condition plummets, such as players like Adriano and Maicon.

In addition, it was also obvious to Rooney later that after he passed 30, his condition declined sharply. This is an industry where you must accept your old age.

Henry handed Wright the water.

"Ian, in fact, we have improved offensively compared to before. The main reason is that our defensive regression is still relatively obvious."

"It's so easy to find a player like Toni now. After 20 years in a team, only Italy's Baresi and Maldini can compare."

Everyone nodded, they really wanted to play football in the same era as Adams, that would be a very cool thing.

Just like many people hope to call out Pele and Maradona when playing games, that would be really fun.

Think about that feeling.

"But I also envy this era. We have a stadium as big as the Emirates Stadium. I have never played in a home stadium as big as the Emirates Stadium. It must feel amazing. Highbury is too small."

"Then there is a chance to have a senior game and bring back all the previous players."

"I hope I'm not in a wheelchair by then."

"Ha ha."

On the other side, Adams was chatting with Zhu Lu.

Adams paid great attention to his tone and did not assume the posture of a senior to a junior, but more like a friend.

"Tony, can you give me some advice?"

Adams smiled and shook his head, "I believe in the vision of the boss. If he can promote you to the first team, then your ability must be very strong, but do you know what is the most important thing about an excellent central defender?"

Zhu Lu shook his head.

"confidence!"

Zhu Lu nodded.

"Of course, self-confidence is not arrogance or bragging, but a kind of self-confidence formed through repeated confrontations."

"So where does confidence come from? It lies in the love of one's position."

"Ask yourself, would you like to play centre-back?"

Zhu Lu was stunned.

"If you don't like it, then you can tell your boss to change positions as soon as possible and play a position you can really like."

"I like playing at centre-back."

"real?"

Adams patted Drew on the shoulder.

"Really, I don't think I have any shooting talent, and I lack the sense of space to pass the ball, but I like to stand at the back of the team."

Adams was delighted.

"I think you haven't found the joy of playing central defender, but you feel that you are not suitable for other positions."

"..."

"And you are too shy. The outstanding defensive players I have seen are all ball lords. Keane, Vieira, Ferdinand, Stam, and me."

"hehe."

"This is very important. It does not mean that the defender must be a ball tyrant, but the defender must make the forwards fearful. The opponent has the initiative in attacking. If you don't have domineering power, it will be very bad."

"so……"

Adams came close to Zhu Lu's ear and said, "Get a red card as soon as possible and feel the rough feeling."

sweat.

Zhulumuran, isn’t this teaching people indiscriminately?

But the older generation of players is really like this. If Senderos was a bit more rogue, he wouldn't be so heartbroken.

So sometimes football is like fighting and requires a reckless man like Li Yunlong. Zhu Lu needs to understand this himself.