Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 135 The veteran returns, and the winning streak continues
(The second shift, asking for a monthly pass, and another shift) Campbell is back!? Most Arsenal fans were surprised by the news that began to emerge on Tuesday, and everyone saw the news that Campbell wanted to return to Arsenal in the newspapers two days ago, but no one thought that manager Arsene Wenger would return Campbell to the nest for the first time, something that had never happened since the professor took charge of north London in 1996, not to mention that the 35-year-old Campbell had not played for four months, so what should he do when he came back? But before the away challenge to Bolton, that year's champion, defender Campbell, is indeed back! On Tuesday night, Campbell played 45 minutes of the first half for Arsenal's reserve team against West Ham United, following a goal against Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final. qUanBen。
Due to the speed at which Arsenal signed Campbell, there are mixed media reports on whether the veteran's weekly salary will be 20,000, 40,000 or 50,000, or the salary will be paid according to the actual appearance, but the former England international will return to Arsenal to be a substitute for Galla and Vermaelen, and the signing will be a certainty until the end of this season.
Arsenal's record is excellent, but there is a shortage of centre-backs at the moment, with the main centre-back duo of Galla and Vermaelen having played all 20 league games this season without a single rotation, and Galla is currently in a physical condition, suffering a muscle strain at West Ham's FA Cup trip on January 3, and a back injury shortly after the start of the league game against Everton on Saturday, but in the end he insisted on playing the full game.
The original substitute Silvestre was really mediocre, while Swiss centre-back Jolu will be rested until March after knee surgery, and Arsene Wenger will have to bring in a central defender in the winter.
Campbell's height and strength are also what the Gunners lack right now.
In addition to the shortage of defenders, the media pointed out that the introduction of Campbell was a reflection on Professor Wenger's extreme rejuvenation policy over the past few years.
It is also the professor who began to prepare for the championship, Arsenal is facing the best championship situation in five years, but in previous years, the chain was always dropped at the last moment, and finally the championship was missed, which has become the professor's heart disease, and he hopes to bring in Campbell to help the team's young people.
The reason for the media's speculation is that the professor also contacted former Inter Milan captain Patrick Vieira during the winter transfer period, but Vieira did not take a look back and went to Manchester City, who offered more.
The media and fans praised Campbell's return, the veterans may not be in good shape, but their brains are not bad, and the 35-year-old Giggs is also continuing to be evergreen at Manchester United, adding some experience and wisdom to the young squad will make the team more capable of winning the title.
Bolton's quality is average, and the team is fourth in the few games.
Bolton Wanderers are a traditional Premier League team.
However, the team's performance so far this season can only be described as poor, with the club's hierarchy sacking manager Megsen and bringing in former Burnley manager Coyle.
In the face of such a team, Arsenal naturally will not be a big opponent, Wenger put the veteran Campbell, the return of Klich from injury, and the 19-year-old Eastmond who signed a new contract in the starting line-up.
Arsenal was the first time Boyle Coyle was in charge of Bolton Wanderers, and it was a tough test for him, with the 18 Premier League teams they have played against Arsenal this season all under the Gunners' guns, and they are the only ones to be spared, who have been temporarily escaped because Arsenal have played Champions League qualification, and now they have to meet the killer twice in three days.
The Premier League media dubbed Koyle the unlucky man of all time, as he may have suffered two defeats in a row when he took over, but he may also be the luckiest coach of all time, as long as he can draw with Arsenal without winning, he can become the most popular coach in the entire Premier League, and he can definitely win the trust of the fans right away.
Koyle knows how difficult it can be to beat or draw against Arsenal, and this season, no team in the Premier League has done so.
It was only in Europe that Arsenal decided to give up, with Olympiacos, Standard Liege and Manchester City doing it.
But no matter how tough it was, Coyle had to try.
At 5pm on January 17, the 27,000-seat Reebok Stadium was packed, and Bolton, struggling in the relegation zone, hosted a match against leaders Arsenal.
Bolton is definitely a civilian team, the style of play is simple and tough, the only thing in the team that can be regarded as a little star is the Croatian Krasnić who used to play for Bremen, Li Huan has played against him many times in the Bundesliga, and knows that although this Croatian is past his peak state, he still can't be underestimated.
Before the game, he warned his teammates to be careful with Krassinich.
In addition to Krasnic, Bolton also has a player who has caused a lot of hype in the British media, this player is South Korea's Lee Qinglong, and the British media have dubbed the game the Asian Derby.
However, Arsenal's players do not agree with this, they think that Li Huan and Manchester United's Park Ji-sung can barely be called the Asian Derby, how can an unknown young man like Li Qinglong be compared with Li Huan, the world's footballer.
In the game with Arsenal, Bolton wants to win or draw, the only tactic can only be to defend and counterattack, no matter who is the coach, Coyle is no exception, the opening of the 451 formation, put Krasnic in front of a single arrow.
Then fight for the midfield.
Just two minutes into the game, Krasnic received a through ball from Matthew on the edge of the box and fired straight into the net, but the linesman raised the flag to signal that Krasnic was already in an offside position, which caused the Bolton fans to boo the referee in dissatisfaction.
Later on the big screen, Krasnić was actually in a similar position to Klich, who had returned from injury, and was in a position between a judgement and a non-judgement.
Krasnic's disallowed shot raised Arsenal's vigilance, and Li Huan slowed down the assist first, sat in the back, and directed the 19-year-old Eastmond to keep an eye on Krasnic.
Then Arsenal completely controlled the situation on the field, and the game became a half-time attack and defense, even away from home, there were not many fans in the stands to watch the game, because Bolton barely left a few tickets for Arsenal, but Arsenal's smooth attack still played Bolton without a chance to fight back.
In the 13th minute, Cesc Fabregas was brought down on the edge of the box, but the referee did not award a free-kick and Bolton escaped.
In the 28th minute, in the face of the dense defense at the front of the Bolton penalty area, Fabregas, Eduardo, and Rosicky still made a wonderful continuous 2-1 cooperation, and finally Fabregas scored with a right-footed shot from 18 yards away from the goal, 1:0! Arsenal take the lead away.
Then Bolton began to attack, the scene of the game became open, Bolton's long ball rush was not taken advantage of in front of Arsenal's veterans Campbell and Vermaelen, and the back line was frequently played by Li Huan, Clichy and Eduardo to play beautiful counterattacks.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Li Huan launched a counterattack with a long pass, found Eduardo on the left side, Eduardo went down to the bottom line and crossed, the ball was pushed by Bolton's defender, but the clearance was not far away, Rosicky met the ball and shot angrily to turn the score into 2:0.2:0, Bolton was a little annoyed, and the foul action became bigger, as soon as the second half opened, Fabregas rushed into the penalty area and was tripped by Knight, Matthew Taylor deliberately sat on Xiaofa, Xiaofa clashed with Matthew Taylor, The referee refused to award a penalty.
Robinson, who made his 500th league appearance, deliberately knocked down Cesc Fabregas from behind, and the referee showed the first yellow card of the game.
Wenger saw that Xiaofa was frequently fouled, and feared that he would be injured again, so he replaced him with teenager Merida.
Teenager Merida scored less than five minutes after playing, Li Huan assisted on the side, Merida caught up just in time from 6 yards in front of the goal, and the increasingly confident Merida hit the far corner to make the score 3:0, which was the first Premier League goal for the Spanish youngster.
Then Li Huan also became the target of Bolton's foul, Wenger wanted to replace Li Huan with Sania, but when Sani Ya warmed up, Li Huan told Wenger that he didn't want to play.
Professor Arsene Wenger then gave up and did not replace Li Huan with Sagna until the 85th minute.
In the end, Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 3-0 away to make it 21 consecutive league wins.
When Li Huan was interviewed by reporters after the game, he said why he refused to be replaced, Li Huan said, "I can get off the field, but I can't get off the field because I am afraid of the opponent's foul, in this way, we will have no way to play, and they will use this kind of stadium terrorism to intimidate us in the future, if you want to win the championship, you can't be afraid of challenges, Arsenal's players are not cowards, they are brave, good pure men." ”
Li Huan's words won the love of Arsenal fans, and Wenger also told reporters after the game that he fully respected Li Huan's decision, and on the field, Li Huan has a lot of autonomy, and it can even be said that it is an extension of his will.
However, Li Huan's behavior deepened the gap between him and the captain Fabregas, because Fabregas was replaced by Merida earlier, but Li Huan had no intention of using this way to belittle Fabregas and elevate himself, because Fabregas had just returned from injury at that time, and he scored a goal, and the end was definitely a glorious end, but Xiaofa had a problem with Li Huan since the captain incident, and it was inevitable to think a little more, which Li Huan did not expect, but with Li Huan's character, Even if he knew what Fabregas was thinking, he would definitely go his own way, not look at people's faces.
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