It is bordered by the blue sea to the east, with vast plains in the background, beautiful beaches and abundant sunshine. qUanbEN。 Valencia has a well-developed agriculture and is the largest producer of citrus in Europe. In addition to the famous citrus, football in Valencia is another way to spread the reputation of its homeland. The combination of football, which is loved by young people, and citrus, a fruity perfume that is loved by young people, has the annual Valencia Citrus Cup.

Arsenal set off from London on the afternoon of G, January to Spain to participate in the first Citrus Cup football match, this is the last warm-up game before the start of the Arsenal League, the opponent is La Liga second only to Real Madrid Barcelona Bat Army, Wenger and the players attach great importance to this game, they hope to really test the strength of Arsenal through this game, but also hope to be able to win the Citrus Cup championship, the prize money is nothing, the main thing is to get two championship trophies without the start of the game, which is a good sign, Wenger is still a relatively superstitious person, and often divins himself.

However, it will be difficult for Wenger to achieve this goal, because this year is the 90th anniversary of the founding of Valencia FC, and the captain of the Espanyol team, Dani Jarke, died of a sudden heart attack yesterday in Coversiano, Italy.

Originally, the arrival of World Footballer Li Huan and Premier League giants Arsenal should have caused a great sensation, but when the plane resisted Spain, Spanish football was already a mourning, although the airport was not picked up by many fans, but obviously at this time the fans could not be excited, but many Chinese fans and British fans looked for stars to take a group photo, and the signing was over.

After checking into the hotel, Arsene Wenger expressed his grief over the death of the Spaniard in an interview, while Cesc Fabregas was Dani. Halque's friend, the two of them played together in the Spanish youth team for several years, after hearing the news, Fabregas fell into great grief, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper "El Monde", Fabregas's eyes were full of tears, said: "It's unbelievable, he is only a young man, we are friends, but he left at such a young age, his girlfriend is still pregnant...... Hopefully he will rest in heaven and in tomorrow's game I will dedicate the goal to him.

The dead are gone, and the living have to go on. After acclimated to the pitch at Apricot Mestalla, Arsene Wenger restricted the players' freedom, and Fabregas led a few close friends to Valencia to visit the night market, see the old city, and experience the atmosphere of the West Extraction.

Spaniards are enthusiastic, laid-back, the nightlife is very rich, restaurants only open at half past eight in the evening, Fabregas took his teammates to taste Valencia's famous local frying pan rice, which is available all over Spain, but Valencia is the most authentic, this is a steamed rice, the ingredients are rice, chicken, white fish, lobster, shellfish, vegetables, etc. Rice of good quality is abundant near Valencia, dyed yellow with saffron, and then steamed in a pot with a unique steamed deer. It took a long time, but the taste was excellent, which made Li Huan, Walcoat and others feast their mouths, and they all said that it would be worth the trip even if they couldn't get the citrus cup tomorrow.

The next day, the atmosphere of the game was intense, and fans wearing Vaguncia jerseys and Arsenal jerseys took to the streets of the city. The media also began to report a lot of news about the game. Valencia boss Unai Emery spoke for the first time about Arsenal and Li Huan in his pre-match press conference.

At just 37 years old, Unai Emery is one of the best young coaches that have emerged in La Liga in recent years. That year he coached Almeria, and in his first season, he led the small team that was only 7 years old and as "young" as himself to the first division, completing the triple jump after the team was established, and FIFA's "Football World" program sent a film crew to Almeria to do a program of "The Myth of Modern Football". In the end, Valencia sporting director Sanchez took a fancy to him and brought him to Valencia as the coach.

The young coach said: "We welcomed an opponent that we are proud of, Arsenal, they are European giants, they have the world's top coach Arsene Wenger, and the world footballer Li Huan, but even without Li Huan, Arsenal's strength is enough to rank in the top of Europe, Cesc Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie, Rosicky, are all geniuses among geniuses, this year's Citrus Cup will be extraordinarily good-looking, but in Mestalla, we are the masters, Silva, Marta, Nikiqi has the quality to be as good as his opponents, and we hope to repeat the scene of the LQ Cup Winners' Cup and win the Citrus Cup. ”

Arsene Wenger appeared very calm at the press conference: "In any case, I believe it will definitely be good for the regrouping of fans. Personally, I really like this kind of half-friendly and half-warm-up tournament, which is more beautiful to play and it gives us a chance to see how our training camp is doing and how our players are physical. Valencia are a very strong and experienced team and they have become very difficult to beat under Unai Emery and we will show our true skills. In the subsequent reporter's question, Wenger answered the question of whether Li Huan would not play, Wenger said: "I can guarantee that Li Huan will definitely appear on the field, but I can't guarantee that he will play the whole game, his current body is not able to play a whole game, we must protect him." ”

The game was held at half past seven in the evening, at half past six o'clock, there were already fans entering the stadium, at seven o'clock, the fans had packed the entire Mestalla stadium, and about 4,000 Arsenal fans were forced to watch the game.

Before the game, the two teams started with the dead Espanyol player Dani. Halke mourned for a minute, and the banners in the stands read: "Halke, you are with us." "Harque, we love you." "Halke, rest in peace." The whole stadium was enveloped in a mournful atmosphere.

In this game, Emery laid out a 4_\} 1 formation for Valencia according to the excellent characteristics of Arsenal's attack, goalkeeper Moya, four defenders Miguel, Alexis, Dilbert, Mathieu, five midfielders Pablo, Marchena, Banega, Silva and Villa, and a single striker with a height of two meters and two meters.

Arsenal remain unchanged 4-4-2: goalkeeper Almunia, four defenders/Eboue, Galla, Djorou, Klich four midfielders Song, Diaby, Wilshere, Cesc Fabregas, two forwards Van Persie, Bendtner. Li Huan, Walcott, Rosicky and Nasri are all sitting on the bench. As soon as the game began, the sky was small and the field quickly became slippery.

Just two minutes into the opening minute, Vabilia received a teammate and burst into the penalty area with a straight ball, and in the face of Djorou's defense, he shot directly low and missed the left post, which scared Arsenal fans and players into a cold sweat.

Three minutes later, Arsenal returned the favor when Robin van Persie dribbled into the box on the right and the defender fired a powerful diagonal shot just wide of the far post.

At G's home stadium, Valencia played proactively, and was not afraid of Arsenal's strength, and their defensive counterattacks were not afraid of playing 'water wars' and Arsenal was not suitable for the field, and the slippery field also made their ground coordination become mistakes, Valencia's defensive counterattacks and pressing were very fierce, and Arsenal's players became more and more unhappy the more they played, and the scene became more and more passive.

Then the game became the world of Valencia, under the guidance of Emery, Valencia's five men controlled the midfield, but the wing attack played more flexibly, Silva and Villa used their speed to constantly attack from the wings, like two white ghosts, constantly breaking through, unable to break through the ball and crossing, using Zhikic's high header, or header back, using the long shot of Banega in the middle to threaten Arsenal's door.

Arjuna has always been a self-centered style of play, and when the field is unfavorable, their own offense cannot be played, and defense is not their strong point, so they can only be beaten by Valencia, and the situation is precarious.

The rain is getting tighter and tighter, Wenger stands in the misty rain and fog melancholy like a poet, in this kind of occasion, in fact, it is more suitable for England to play a long pass and hang down, and see if he can score, and if he can't score, he will drive the ball away from his own goal and not let the opponent score.

But Arsenal would never do such a thing, no, it should be said that Boya Arsenal now, or Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, would never do such a thing. In fact, in the mid-90s, under the leadership of Graham, Arsenal was almost anti-human and anti-football with Glasgow Rangers, with a brilliant record and full of evil, and it was a team that was hated by the whole of England and even the whole of Europe, and even the fans of the Arsenal were helpless about Graham's "1-0" doctrine.

It was only after Arsene Wenger's arrival that the Arsenal players changed their original habits of eating like a pig, drinking and snoozing, and changed the training and kicking of the arsenal to bring a modern training base. , turning the monotonous arsenal into a musketeer full of offensive leaks.

Just as it is difficult for a person to practice the stall and eat meat as he used to after learning to live a petty bourgeois life, Arsenal have forgotten their original brutal style of play, and they still adopt their own ground tactics in the face of Valencia's five-man midfield pressing and slippery weather.

In the 35th minute, Silva's diagonal pass over the top, Zhikic's header was ferried, saying that it was too late and that was fast, King Kong Hulu Wavilla moved like a rabbit to successfully enter the penalty area, and Gallas and Gioru did not see Villa who was inserted diagonally from the side. After Villa entered the penalty area, he jumped up and volleyed directly into the goal, and Almunia, who was loved by Arsenal fans as wood, almost did not react at this moment, and was really beaten into wood by Villa's cushion shot. 1:0 Valencia took the lead.

After the goal, Villa took off his shirt, revealing the words written on his shirt: "Halke, please rest in peace." ”

The fans began to chant the name of "Halke", applauding enthusiastically, and the dense rain seemed to be a tear in the sky for the young player.

Wenger wiped a handful of water droplets on his face, his expression was even more melancholy, the ball just now, it can be said that Valencia cooperated skillfully, or it can be said that Arsenal's players were too poor in keeping the stick, and they actually made the mistake of watching the game and not looking at people, patronizing the tall Zhikic, forgetting Villa from the side to the middle.

The rain continued to fall, the game went on, and Arsenal are not a team that can rise up in the face of adversity, they have never been the kind of team that is hard-blooded, and in such weather and field conditions, it is really not suitable for them to play. After Fabregas returned to his hometown, he tried hard to show himself, but he worked hard alone, and his overall performance was not good, and he was unable to return to the sky, so he could only fall with the team.

The light rain in August is still cold, Li Huan and Walcott are wrapped in coats, shrinking their hands, staring at the changes on the field, they are worried about watching the game, the delicacy of the Spaniard's skills is not inferior to Arsenal, although the rhythm is not very fast, but the counterattack is very fast, especially Silva and Villa, there is speed and technology, Arsenal's two defenders Eboue and Klich were shaken and staggered, and they couldn't stop it at all. Walcott said: "The turf is too slippery and not good for the defending side. We should attack it.

Li Huan said: "The attack went out, but it didn't work, you didn't see it, Valencia hoarded heavy troops in the midfield, and the two wings suppressed our wings, and after the ball was broken, they used the fast attack to counterattack." We don't change the lineup and we still have goals to concede. Walcott said: "How to change, it's to deal with dense defense."

Li Huan shrugged his shoulders and said, "How do I know how to change, this is the coach's business, you go and ask him." Li Huan pointed to Wenger, who was standing in the rain.

Walket said, "I'm not bored, I must be annoyed with teaching skills." ”

Li Huan smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a warm-up game." ”

In the first minute, Mata cut into the penalty area after a cross knock on the right side of the penalty area, Silva sent a through ball from outside the penalty area, Mata directly faced goalkeeper Almunia's left-footed shot from a small angle, and Almunia held the ball with his foot to block it. The back Song immediately launched a counterattack with a long pass, and the second master of the back Diabidi came to the front again, his running position was very coquettish, and he actually plugged into a single knife, which made the Arsenal fans on the scene cheer, and the Arsenal players were also secretly surprised.

But they rejoiced too early, Di Erye played roller coaster again, after making a wonderful move, he hesitated in the face of goalkeeper Moyasher's affection, Moya quickly fell down and saved the ball at his feet, Fabregas shot hard into the near corner of the penalty area but hit the side netting.

In the 43rd minute, Valencia midfielder made a direct pass from the left, Villa burst into the penalty area again, and under the pressure of defender Gallas, a small-angle tackle shot through goalkeeper Almunia's small goal into the net, rewriting the score to 2-2

The King Kong gourd baby, who scored twice, excitedly flipped two heels in a row, rushed to the side of the stadium and glided on the ground like a glider, attracting the applause of more than 40,000 Valencia fans.

The 37-year-old coach Unai Emery rushed out of the dugout, rushed to the side of the pitch and waved his arms, then turned around and hugged his coach to the fullest, the excitement was overflowing, in his opinion, Villa's second tackle had already sealed the game, in such a situation, it was difficult for Arsenal to turn over.

Arsene Wenger angrily walked back to the dugout and sat down, holding his cheeks in his mussiers, he was thinking about what to do next, the less the rain went, the more impossible it was to stop, and he had to get the players to get used to the rain as quickly as possible. At this moment, Wenger has no idea of winning the championship, warm-up training the team is what Wenger needs to do the most, of course, you can't concede too many goals, a team like Arsenal, it is absolutely not okay to concede too many goals, they must explain to Arsenal fans all over the world.

After two goals down, Arsenal launched a three-minute counter-attack, with Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Bendtner and Wilshere attacking Valencia's goal, winning corners and free-kicks in quick succession, but failing to find the back of the net under Valencia's tight defence.

Three minutes later, Valencia 7J\ took over the game and continued to press Arsenal before the 2.02m Žikić's header hit the woodwork in the final minute to seal the win.

At the end of the first half after a minute of stoppage time, the home Bats were one step away from winning the 39th Citrus Cup thanks to two goals from Villa.

After returning to the dressing room, Arsene Wenger made a major adjustment to the lineup, the professor replaced six people in one go, goalkeeper Almunia was replaced by substitute goalkeeper Fabianski, right-back Eboue was replaced by Li Huan, Sylvester replaced Gallas, who did not look good in this game, and left-back Klich was also replaced by substitute teenager Traore. The two goalless strikers were similarly replaced, with Robin van Persie being replaced by Tiger Theo Walcott and the somewhat awkward Bendtner being picked up by the more agile Eduardo.

Six people replaced, Arsenal is almost equivalent to changing a team, but this is a warm-up game, the players also know that the championship is hopeless, coach Wenger is going to take the opportunity to train the players, so for Wenger's substitution, just a little depressed, and there is no anger, if this is an official championship game, these players will definitely be angry, and the big temper like Van Persie may even give the coach a look.

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