In the afternoon, the first-team players left the Kearney training base, while Li Huan continued to recover under the leadership of assistant coach Paul, so that his body could return to the game as soon as possible. Because next year is the World Cup year, this year's league started earlier than before, and the first Premier League game will kick off on August 14.

After continuous sprints, round-trip runs, and strength training, Paul finally gave Li Huan a little ball training, and Li Huan's skillful dribbling skills made a well-informed coach like Paul secretly admire.

Forty-five minutes later, Paul threw Li Huan a bottle of sports drink and said, "Take a break, Li, your body can't support 90 minutes of high-intensity training." ”

Li Huan took the drink and poured most of it, and said, "It's almost like it in a week, and the intensity is greater than this when I was in Hoffenheim." ”

Paul said: "Look at your football surname is really good, it is rare among players in South America, and I have always wondered how there can be such outstanding players in a football environment like China." ”

Li Huan slowly relaxed his muscles and said, "Is the coach familiar with China?" ”

Paul said: "Kokovic and Petkovic are both friends of mine, they coach in China, you must have heard of their names. ”

Li Huan said in surprise: "It turns out that the coach is Serbian, Kekovic and Petkovic I know that the coaching level is very high. ”

Paul said: "I heard them say that the Chinese league is very chaotic, the technology is rough, and the tactics are backward, but I watch your video, your technical and tactical literacy is very high, is it all honed in the Bundesliga?" ”

Li Huan said: "Yes, Hoffenheim has helped me a lot, I watched the team's training today, and there are many similarities with Hoffenheim, for example, no big feet, reduce crossing, and hone cooperation on a small field." ”

Paul said: "Yes, Hoffenheim has a tendency to become a Premier League, but Hoffenheim is not as fast as Arsenal in terms of passing speed and accuracy, although Hoffenheim won the treble, but Rangnick's team is still a long way from technical flow. ”

Li Huan said: "Coach Rangnick has led the team for a short time, give him the same time as Coach Wenger, and he can also create a technical flow in the Bundesliga." ”

Paul said: "Coach Wenger's hometown is very close to the two teams you play for, just in Strasbourg, to Stuttgart is an hour away, Coach Wenger's most respected mentor Franz used to coach Karlsruhe, so Coach Wenger knows you very well, this time Mr. Kroenke was able to persuade Coach Wenger to buy you, and it has a lot to do with this." ”

Li Huan, after all, is Chinese, and knows little about this, and said in surprise: "It turns out that I am so close to Coach Wenger's hometown, I really can't imagine it, no wonder I think he works hard like a German, is serious and strict, and has a high degree of self-discipline." ”

Paul smiled and said, "Coach Wenger is the kind of person who doesn't get along with people. He is taciturn and barely communicates with others, and you can hardly see his warm and outgoing appearance. Even if he loves football that much, you can't tell it on the surface. In fact, Coach Wenger values you very much, he also talked to me in the morning, told me to help you understand the British culture and traditions, so as to integrate into the team as soon as possible, although Arsenal is a multinational force, but this multinational force speaks a language, plays a kind of football, has a kind of faith, although Arsenal has a lot of superstars, but these superstars must serve the team, Lee, you know what I mean. ”

Paul patted Li Huan on the shoulder and said: "Of course, you can't be too restrained on the court, Coach Wenger insists on punctuality and tactical discipline, but he never restricts the players to play freely on the court, he appreciates creative players." Okay, let's start training and we're going to watch the Emirates Cup match between Arsenal and Atletico Madrid in the evening. ”

At 7:30 p.m., the annual Emirates Cup was held at the Emirates Stadium with Atletico Madrid from Spain, Paris Saint-Germain from France, Rangers from Scotland, and tonight it was a match between Arsenal and Atletico Madrid.

The Emirates Cup is played in a league-style format, with the team with the most points after two matches winning the title. A winning team is awarded 3 points, and a draw is awarded 1 point. In addition, teams can score 1 point for each goal scored, and if the two teams are tied, the goal difference is compared, followed by the number of goals, and if it is still not comparable, the two teams share the trophy. The game time was the same as in the league, there was no extra time, no penalty shootouts.

Although the Emirates Cup is only a friendly match, but this is held at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal of course can't let the championship fall aside, otherwise it will be too embarrassing, so even if the Emirates Cup has 6 substitute opportunities, Wenger is not ready to let Li Huan, who joined yesterday, play, in addition, Wenger is also worried about Li Huan's body, he has not trained for two months, once he has a tense and formal game, he is likely to be injured, and the price of Li Huan's injury is unbearable.

Arsenal are unbeaten with three wins and one draw in the previous warm-up matches, but the opponents are relatively weak, and Atletico Madrid have won and lost in the warm-up matches, and today's game is an opportunity to test the true level of both teams.

Nearly 60,000 fans poured into the stadium for this game, because many fans wanted to be able to see the shadow of Li Huan of the World Footballer in the game, even if Li Huan only played as a substitute for a few minutes. However, the list released before the game showed that Li Huan did not even enter the bench.

This was a big disappointment for the fans.

When Li Huan and Paul came to the stands, the camera on the court immediately focused on them, and the fans who had been patrolling the stands for a long time also saw Li Huan, and soon started from the north stand where Li Huan was, and the stands of the Emirates Stadium let out a tidal wave of shouts from near and far, "Li! "Lee!" Some fans who didn't know that Li Huan was here thought that they had scored a goal, but when they looked at the big screen, it was Li Huan's smiling face. Immediately shouted along.

Because Arsenal's performance in this game was not good, but Atletico Madrid was in good shape, and the game was delayed without scoring, the director's camera turned to Li Huan in the stands from time to time, and occasionally like a montage shot in the movie, put a free kick that Arsenal kicked off, and then gave a shot to the frowning Wenger, and then turned to Li Huan.

As a result, soon after the start of the second half, the fans began to chant "Change Lee!" "Change Lee!"

The on-site commentator quipped: "The fans have a problem for Professor Wenger, and he should now consider discussing with the manager of Atletico Madrid to see if he can call Li Huan from the stands to play." ”

Arsene Wenger then replaced Cesc Fabregas and Eduardo to strengthen the attack, and in the 86th minute, Arsenal were the first to receive Cesc Fabregas's cross from substitute Eduardo. Atletico's Pacheco equalised two minutes later, but in stoppage time, Arsenal struggled to win through Cesc Fabregas's clever pass from Robin van Persie.

In the British news and newspapers the next day, Li Huan, who did not play, and Li Huan, who was sitting in the stands, became the protagonist, and most of the reports were like this: "World Footballer did not play, Arsenal won by a difficult goal", "World Footballer stole the limelight of Xiaofa", "Arsenal won with difficulty, World Footballer Li Huan failed to play", "60,000 fans poured into the Emirates Stadium, but Wenger did not let Li Huan play".

And on the Internet, Arsenal fans are also asking to see Li Huan in tomorrow's Emirates Cup like a fryer, thinking that a Emirates Cup champion is not a Champions Cup, is it worth paying so much attention? Isn't it just a warm-up game? With less than two weeks to go before the start of the league, why didn't Wenger let Li Huan train with the team, even if it was good to go on the pitch and feel the atmosphere.

The Arsenal club's fan hotline was almost bursting with some radical fans, who asked to see Li Huan on the pitch in the next Emirates Cup.

This incident made even the two presidents of the club know, and the old chairman Hillwood, who had never asked about the team's game, pretended to be confused, and said to Wenger with a smile: "Li Huan didn't play yesterday, why is the news full of him." ”

Executive Chairman Fryer hinted to Arsene Wenger, intentionally or unintentionally, that Li Huan's No. 13 jersey is 100 euros, and 40,000 pieces have been sold in one day, and if Li Huan can come off the bench for a few minutes tomorrow night, the jersey will sell even more.

Although Wenger hates to be interfered in the team's affairs, he also knows what it is to sell 40,000 pieces a day for a 100 euro shirt, which is 4 million euros, which is just a Champions Cup that can't even compare to the League Cup and the Community Shield, and he can't get along with the euro.

So the next day, when Li Huan was doing physical exercise under Paul's guidance, Wenger came over, whispered a few words to Paul, stopped Li Huan, and said, "How do you feel recovered?" ”

Li Huan said: "It's okay, it's estimated that you will be able to play in two days." ”

Arsene Wenger said calmly: "Come and train with the team, you may have a chance to come on as a substitute in the evening." ”

Li Huan was taken aback, he originally thought that he would have to wait until at least a week later for the Citrus Cup, but it was also a very happy thing to play early, after all, running every day was very boring and lacked the excitement of the game.

The morning training was in preparation for the afternoon game, but Wenger mentioned that their opponents, Rangers, and it was only after the end of the training that Wenger brought a specially edited video of the Rangers game for everyone to see, but he did not ask everyone to watch it, nor did he discuss it with the players, it was very free, which was very different from Rangnick.

However, Li Huan had been to Arsenal in his previous life and understood Wenger's habits, and he preferred the players to forget who the opponent was and just play according to their own ideas. In the words of the Chinese coach, it is a style of play that focuses on me.

Arsenal's tactics are to emphasize ground coordination and speed, this speed is not only absolute speed, but more importantly, thinking speed, to think fast, fast reaction, fast action, fast passing, fast ball speed, the average player is difficult to adapt to after coming to Arsenal, and thinking speed and reaction speed is indeed the biggest gap between Asian football and European football, which is why Wenger is not ready to let Li Huan play soon, Li Huan's transfer fee is as high as 99.99 million euros, It is conceivable how high the fans' expectations are for him, and his teammates estimate his level very high, in case the game is smashed, doubts will immediately follow, and the German surname Wenger of the British media is too clear, a game is good, it will be held to the sky, and a game will be bad, and it will be kicked to hell.

But the morning training surprised Wenger, Li Huan was able to keep up with the rhythm of Arsenal when his body was not fully recovered, whether it was a 7-on-7 half-time confrontation, or a 6-on-3 regional training, or the whole training, Li Huan's reaction, action, passing, and stopping the ball were very fast, and there was nothing wrong with it, the only problem was that the cooperation with teammates was not tacit, because the speed of passing and receiving the ball was fast, and there were more mistakes, and Li Huan, as a fullback, preferred to pass high balls after going down, while Arsenal's players like to ground the ball, and many of Li Huan's passes have not had an effect. However, as long as the rhythm adapts, it is only a matter of time before Wenger is not worried.

Paul told Wenger next to Wenger that Hoffenheim's training method is very close to Arsenal, and Rangnick has also used the way of training pilots to train the reaction speed of players, Wenger was relieved, in fact, they don't know that Li Huan had a month of trial at Arsenal in his previous life, and he was impressed by Arsenal's training rhythm.

In the morning, fans knew from the media that Li Huan would play in the game against Glasgow Rangers, although I don't know if he will start, but the appearance is certain, which was revealed by the "News of the World" under the Arsenal director's director, and it is said that Wenger himself said it.

The news caused an even bigger sensation, almost the entire Arsenal fans in England rushed to the Emirates Stadium from all over the world to get a sneak peek, the only Arsenal station named after the club on the London Underground has not stopped since the morning, the traffic in the north London city is so congested that driving is not as good as walking, and by an hour before the start of the game, nearly 60,000 people have flocked to the vicinity of the Emirates Stadium, and the fans are still pouring in.

Arsenal's chairman, Alan Hillwood, told Arsene Wenger when he heard of the situation: "It's a good thing you put Li Huan in the starting line-up, otherwise the disappointed fans might go to Totteridge and smash your door." ”

As a second-rate professional, Arsene Wenger couldn't figure out how a player could have such a big appeal, and even his biggest star, Thierry Henry, had never made Arsenal fans so crazy.

The match against Rangers takes place at 16:15 local time in the UK, this is the second and final match, after Glasgow Rangers and Arsenal both won and scored as many goals, and whoever wins the two sides wins the title, and the draw depends on the results of the other two teams, and the final winner with the most points wins the title.

(To be continued)