After returning from Germany, Arsenal became the darling of the British media, receiving even more praise than Manchester United won the title that year, no wonder Sir Alex Ferguson was jealous of the media praise for Arsenal, he thought it was a strange thing that Arsenal could win so much praise without winning any titles.

Sir Alex Ferguson, who is obsessed with results, forgets that the style of play of the team is just as important, that Arsenal's style of play is the most beautiful in the entire Premier League, and even in world football, only Barcelona can compare to them. Once Arsenal is also able to achieve results, it is normal to be sought after by the media and fans.

But it's no wonder that Ferguson is jealous, and the media's praise for Arsenal is really excessive, and even a little insensitive. The Sun described Arsenal as the first team in the Premier League to combine art and victory, individual and whole, results and spectacle, and believed that as long as Arsenal can win a title, they can be called a dream team. As the famous journalist Robert said, "Since Barcelona in the 0506 season can be called the dream team, if Arsenal can win the Champions League, they are also fully qualified to be called the dream team." ”

The Times saw Hoffenheim's home defeat to Arsenal as a handover of the scepter for the old and new overlords: "Hoffenheim gave their king to Arsenal in the summer transfer, but only now has Hoffenheim handed over the scepter to Arsenal at their home stadium, the Rheinneckar Arena. "The Times" believes that the addition of Li Huan has changed Arsenal's traditional style of play, improved Arsenal's attacking ability, made Arsenal from a team with fists and legs to a sharp swordsman, a Henry made Arsenal win the league title, and now Arsenal has found his new chief from the Far East, and the conditions are ripe to win the Champions League.

"Every Post" almost worships Li Huan, thinking that even if Li Huan does not win a championship, his performance at Arsenal will become a legend, for a defender, it is very terrifying to often score a hat trick, "Every Post" said that Li Huan subverted the traditional football theory of the player's understanding, in the 21st century when football entered the 21st century 10 years, as the all-offensive and all-defensive football became the mainstream, the requirements for players are getting higher and higher, requiring players to be more and more versatile, And Li Huan is a real all-offensive and all-defensive player, if a team has 10 players like Li Huan, according to Michels's all-offensive and all-defensive theory, this team will be invincible in the world.

The Times believes that it is impossible for a genius like Li Huan to produce one in a hundred years, so the point put forward by the Post is simply a joke.

However, "Every Post" believes that since one Li Huan can be produced, more Li Huan can be produced, and science and technology in the 21st century are more developed, and sports science research is becoming more and more in-depth, and a genius like Li Huan can be produced through training. This is also the reason why the theory of all-attack and all-defense in the Michels era has only been increasingly applied to practice in modern times.

As the two media outlets debated and attacked each other, more media outlets discovered this hot spot and joined in, and the British Isles caused a big debate about whether genius can be mass-produced.

Then Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also joined the debate, and with the addition of two world-famous coaches, the broad proposition of "can genius be mass-produced" has also been concretized and deepened, becoming "all-attacking and all-defensive football needs players who don't need all-attacking and all-defending".

Wenger loves his disciple Li Huan, Li Huan asked for leave, and he explained Li Huan's scandal, but he didn't think that a talented player like Li Huan could not be produced through scientific training. In an interview with the "Every Post", Professor Wenger believes that although it is impossible to copy Xiao Li Feidao through training, it is not impossible to train a player like Li Huan who can attack and defend well, and Li Huan is the template for the next era of players, a player who is full of offense and defense and the tactics of full attack and defense, which is a necessary condition for building a team that is full of attack and defense.

As Wenger's old rival, Sir Alex Ferguson disagreed with Wenger's opinion, Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Michels's theory of full attack and full defense requires that in addition to the goalkeeper, all players can attack and defend, which is contrary to the characteristics of human beings, everyone has strengths and weaknesses, has their own characteristics, so that everyone becomes all-round, the result is mediocre, real offensive football does not necessarily require every player to be able to attack and defend like Li Huan, If the football field is full of players like Li Huan, the coach should be unemployed. ”

Sir Bobby Charlton, a representative of the old school of British football, also talked about his own views on this, Sir Charlton believes that a talented player like Li Huan cannot be produced through training, and if a genius can be produced through scientific training, it cannot be called a genius. Charlton relies on his understanding of Michels, and believes that Michels's all-out offense and defense does not require everyone to be as magical as Li Huan, but only requires players to be more comprehensive on the basis of specialization.

Soon the controversy, which originated in the British Isles, spread to the European continent, and the Spaniards believed that the British were not worthy of talking about attacking and defending, and that it was impossible for English football, which only allowed the ball to fly in the sky, to play all-attacking and defensive football, and that they just needed to train their bodies better. Only Spaniards can grasp the essence of all-attacking football, and Barcelona is the epitome of all-attacking football.

Italy is very funny about the British discussing all offense and defense, in the eyes of the Italians, football is a clear distinction between offense and defense, defend their own goal, and do not let the opponent keep the goal, the game will be won, the game will be won, it will be better to be able to win beautiful points, attract fans, as for the use of full attack and defense, long pass rushing, or defensive counterattack, it is understandable, blameless, and it doesn't matter.

However, the Italian media still talked about the understanding of all-offense and all-defense, and the Italian media believed that Michels was an idealist, so the theory of all-attack and all-defense he put forward was also very idealistic, in fact, even Michels never established a real all-attack and all-defense team.

The romantic French are very interested in this topic, and their media, domestic media, and fans have their own opinions and debates, some think that how can a player who does not have an all-out attack and defense talk about all-attack, and some say that all-attack and all-defense refers to the style of play, not the player.

The debate on this topic is absolutely indispensable to the godfather of Barça, Cruyff, the Dutch flyer who is the inheritor and practitioner of Michels's football ideas, and he will definitely not ignore such topics, and he talks about his views on the debate and his own opinion in his column.

"Start the attack with the defenders, develop a comprehensive attacking pattern, and at the same time involve the strikers in the midfield, and let the midfielders assist the defenders. This is Michels's theory of all-attack and all-defense, which is a huge change in football and has also caused the rapid development of technical football.

Having 11 players like Li Huan to make up a team is the perfect state of all-attacking and all-defending, these players have both superb individual skills and at the same time are an integral part of the overall machine, but such players are difficult to find, so now all teams are not able to fully attack and defend, including Barcelona and Arsenal, they are Michelsians, I hope that in the future there will be teams that can do it. ”

Beckenbauer, who is on par with Cruyff's Caesar the Great, has a different view, Beckenbauer believes that players like Li Huan and himself are just a special case, the physical conditions and ways of thinking required for offense and defense are very different, and it is not easy for a player to become the best in a certain position in his career, it is impossible to do both offense and defense, and forwards, midfielders, and defenders can all be competent. And Beckenbauer believes that there is not only a way of playing in the world, even if a team composed of 11 Li Huan may not be able to defeat 11 teams that are not comprehensive, but they are all leaders in various positions. Beckenbauer compared football to war, believing that communication soldiers and cooks can also kill the enemy, but their greatest role is not to kill the enemy, but to cooperate with their teammates.

The words of two famous football seniors put an end to the debate, and although it is still inconclusive, it is also known that no further debate on this proposition will lead to any result. There has never been a fixed way to play football. It is a process of constant confrontation and infiltration of many tactics.

After the debate, Li Huan's popularity and influence have greatly improved, and many people have now compared Li Huan with Beckenbauer and Cruyff and other emperor superstars, thinking that after Li Huan retires, even if he does not participate in the World Cup, he can have a place in the Hall of Fame of world football, and his status will not be worse than that of the Dutch Flyer and the German Caesar.

No matter how fierce the outside debate is, it will not affect Arsenal's training and combat preparation, these debates about tactical theory Arsenal players are listening, for them, the most important thing is the league with West Ham United at the weekend, even the Carabao Cup in the middle of next week is more important than the tactics of attacking and defending, free man. It's not a tough league game to play, and it's not important, but there is one thing that Arsenal's players can't afford not to ignore, because this game is the 15th game after Arsenal's 14-game winning streak, and a win will set a new record for Arsenal's winning streak.

(To be continued)