With Chelsea's thrilling 2-1 win over Hull City in the opener on the 15th, the entire British Isles has become a world of football, with news about football on the streets, on TV and in newspapers.

The Arsenal game took place at 5:30 p.m. on the 16th, and after a brief training session in the morning, Arsene Wenger led his disciples on the team bus and rushed to Liverpool for the first round of the Premier League match against Everton.

For Arsenal, who have just made one of the biggest transfer investments in their history, this is the litmus test for them, and this strong conversation is also the focus of the first round of the Premier League, and the victory of local derby rivals Chelsea adds another pressure to them.

London to Liverpool more than two hours away, the players in the bus some dozing, some playing mobile games, some get together to play poker, Li Huan and his teammates are not very familiar, he is not a player who likes to join in the fun, just sit alone in the back of the bus to enjoy the scenery of the suburbs of North London.

"Why don't you take a break? Eat an apple and it will make you feel better. ”

Assistant coach Paul sat down next to Li Huan and handed Li Huan an apple. Because he has friends who coach in China, and Paul has also had some contacts with Chinese coaches, the relationship between him and Li Huan is still relatively close.

"Thank you." Li Huan took it, although he didn't like to eat fruit before the game, he still didn't want to brush off Paul's kindness.

'The first game was always a difficult game and although we had the advantage against Everton's all-time record, they have been in good form for two seasons and we can't afford to be careless. Paul's topic is naturally inseparable from the afternoon game.

Li Huan has also watched a lot of Everton game videos in his spare time recently, and in the face of Paul, he said his opinion directly: "Saha and Fellaini are the most threatening. ”

Paul said: "David Moyes has worked hard at Everton for many years and they are good as a whole, but the individual quality of the players is limited, and what we fear most is that they defend intensively and then use simple and brutal counter-attacks against us. So we'd better break down first. ”

Li Huan looked at Wenger, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and said with a smile: "Everton is not necessarily more difficult to play than Valencia and Glasgow Rangers, in the words of the professor, playing our own football, there will naturally be good results." ”

Paul smiled and said, "The point is, they're not going to let us play our own football. ”

Li Huan said confidently: "This is restraint and counter-restraint. Rest assured, we won't lose to them. ”

Paul looked at the players who were playing cards and said, "You played on the right side today, how did you play with Nasri?" ”

Li Huan shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "It's okay, it's only been more than ten days, and it's hard to say that there is any tacit understanding." ”

"Nasri is slower, he can't keep up with your rhythm and he can't defend back, but he can pick you up and play the ball on the inside," Paul said. At this point, Paul lowered his voice again and said, "It's good that Arshavin is here, and you will be more skilled in cooperating." ”

Li Huan said lightly: "Whether he comes or not, I will use my way to help the team." ”

With an imperceptible smile in his eyes, Paul said: "You are another powertrain for Arsenal and Everton will feel very uncomfortable. ”

After a brief chat in the back of the car, Paul went back to the front to discuss the afternoon's tactical arrangements with Arsene Wenger and another assistant coach, Rice. And Li Huan also leaned on the back of the saddle and closed his eyes to take a nap.

Just after Li Huan took a nap, Liverpool arrived, although it was not until the afternoon game, but the streets were full of Everton fans wearing blue jerseys, because Liverpool City's other famous team, the Red Army, Liverpool went to London to challenge Tottenham, and most of the Arsenal fans in red clothes on the streets came in advance.

After lunch in the hotel, Wenger went to Goodison Park to participate in the pre-match press conference, in which Wenger tried to dilute the focus of Li Huan as much as possible, and put more on the topic of the team as a whole, Wenger first expressed his condolences to the legendary coach Robson who just passed away, "The death of Coach Robson is a great loss to British and even world football, he is a legendary figure, I think he is even greater than Sir Alex Ferguson." He added: "After the holidays, the team is more mature than before, there are still a lot of players who have recovered from injuries and are able to play, and now we are stronger than last season.

I know a lot of people are looking at Li Huan, his worth is the key to attracting journalists, and he proves how ridiculous the rhetoric that thinks I won't spend money. But I hope you can understand that Li Huan has just joined Arsenal for two weeks and two days and has only played 50 minutes, I think it is better to pay attention to Wilmaelen than to focus on him, I think he can also be of great help to Arsenal. ”

Moyes was more modest in his press conference: 'It's always hard for us to get a good record against Arsenal, both at home and away, Arsenal play us very hard, and that's something we have to overcome now.

Arsenal's youth team is a year older than last season, they have been consistent and they have been able to play in the Champions League even at the worst of times, and this season they bought the World Footballer of the Year from the summer transfer market, which is a dangerous guy and we have to be careful of him.

I'm also stronger than last season, the players are more familiar with each other and we've added some important players in some positions, which has helped us a lot. It's going to be a difficult game today, but we're going to try to win and get the season off to a good start. At five o'clock in the afternoon, Goodison Park was already full, and the home and away fans came to the stadium early, holding the team flag, scarves, holding banners, smearing oil paint on their faces, and constantly chanting the team's name, and the stadium looked very lively.

In the VIP box of the stadium, the home team's president, Bill. Kennet enthusiastically led Arsenal chairman Hillwood in, and the conversation between the two would of course be about business, but football, but they were not talking about the current game, but about yesterday's game between Chelsea and Hull.

On the pitch, the substitutes of both teams were warming up, with players like Saha, Gosling and Rodwell all favourites of Everton fans, and they were chanted by the fans from time to time during the warm-up.

Fifteen minutes later, the main players of both teams also came out of the dressing room to warm up, and when the Everton players walked out, the home team's more than 30,000 fans shouted together in a spectacular voice. When the Arsenal players walked out, they were booed, but the boos were mixed with the noise when they saw Li Huan, "Look! That's Li Huan! "World Footballer of the Year!" "Xiao Li Flying Knife!" It seems that Li Huan still has a lot of influence among Everton fans.

Arsenal's warm-up is mainly based on short passes, players on the pitch continuous running short passes, dazzlingly fast, and Everton's players are playing the circle monkey, whoever catches the circle will enter the circle and be monkey.

The two teams warmed up for about ten minutes or so, and only then did they go back to the locker room to change their clothes and prepare for the official game. During this period, the fans were also prepared for 45 minutes materially and physically, and no one wanted to be in a hurry during the game, or to buy drinks and delay watching the goal.

Five minutes later, the two teams came out of the locker room, each with a little caddie in their hands, and the little caddie had the opportunity to touch the big stars on TV in person, and each of them blushed with excitement.

At this point, the on-site commentator begins to introduce the names of both sides, and he pauses before he reads a name, giving the fans time to cheer and, of course, to boo.

Everton's starting lineup is 4-4-2: goalkeeper 24-Howard/, four defenders 2-Hibbert, 5-Lescott, 4-Jabbo, 3-Barnes, four midfielders, 21-Osman, 18-Phil Neville, 17-Cahill, 20-Pinard, two forwards 25-Fellaini, 11-If the commentator is a little strange about Everton's lineup today, saying: "Judging from Moyes's lineup last season and this summer's warm-up games, he is used to playing the traditional style of playing with a single striker and five midfielders. But today he has a 442 formation, does he want to play against Arsenal?

With the main centre-back Lescott being favored by Manchester City, it is still unknown whether he will make a move, and it does not appear to have affected Moyes's line-up now, and he is still in the starting line-up. "Arsenal's lineup is 4-3-2-1: goalkeeper 1-Almunia, four defenders 13 Li Huan, 10-Gala, 5-Vermaelen, 22-Clichy, five midfielders: 15-Denilson, 17-Alexander Song, 4-Cesc Fabregas, /No. 8 Nasri, 52-Bendtner, and the single striker is 11-Van Persie.

Arsenal's starting line-up today did not surprise reporters and fans, with the only surprise being that Bendtner started in place of Theo Walcott and played as a second striker, closer to midfield.

The commentator also specifically mentioned Li Huan's position, "The biggest reinforcement in the Premier League, Li, still plays his right-back today, Coach Wenger does not intend to change the position of the World Footballer, today Li is against England international Barnes, the key to Everton's success or failure today is that Barnes can block the impact of the European magic wing." ”

(To be continued)