Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 61 Trouble

Arsenal played their final training match at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday morning, and after the training match, the club's president and general manager led the team to Stuttgart on a charter flight to compete in the third round of the Champions League group stage. There is no airport in Sinsheim, so Arsenal have to go to Stuttgart first and then transfer to Sinsheim.

When Arsenal's charter flight came to Stuttgart Airport, it was found that there were already more than 2,000 fans waiting at the airport, a giant team like Arsenal, no matter where it goes, it is impossible not to be known by the media, Arsenal's style of play is very popular with fans, and there are many fans in Germany, but more German fans welcome Li Huan, Li Huan has a strong fan base in Germany in the past five years, which is why Li Huan opened a company here and opened a clothing store.

Li Huan is a special player at Arsenal, and the club has equipped him with two professional bodyguards, which has not caused disgust in the Arsenal team, because no matter who invests 100 million euros, it will not be bad to protect, and they can understand this situation. When Li Huan stepped off the plane under the protection of two bodyguards wearing sunglasses, a warm shout suddenly sounded at the airport, "Li Huan! "Li Huan!" "Li Huan, I love you!" Then the fans hula and cheered around, handed the flowers to Li Huan, and the camera and mobile phone in their hands flashed non-stop, wanting to keep Li Huan's appearance in the camera, because this was a great moment. The first world footballer produced in the Bundesliga has gone home.

The two bodyguards became very embarrassed, although they separated a lot of fans, but there were still many fans who squeezed over and sent flowers to Li Huan, and Li Huan easily gave the flowers to the bodyguards around him, and the two bodyguards would be surrounded by a sea of flowers.

Arsenal players looked at Li Huan with surprise and envy, they didn't expect that a player who left the club and came back would be so welcomed, with these crazy fans, Arsenal players can think of how much commercial value these fans will bring to the club, and they gradually understand why Li Huan can get such a high annual salary at Arsenal and receive such a high treatment, which is not accidental.

Arsenal's previous club staff had already driven the car over, Arsenal's players rushed away from the fans and got on the bus, slowly driving towards Sinsheim, the fans who came to pick up the airport still followed the bus and chanted Li Huan's name, making Li Huan smile bitterly, he didn't expect that he was so popular.

Looking at the more and more familiar scenery and buildings, Li Huan imagined that the bits and pieces of the past five years were projected from his mind like a movie lens, when the Arsenal bus stopped at the only five-star hotel in Sinsheim, the Wiesrose Hotel, Li Huan saw the Hoffenheim fans wearing blue jerseys around the door of the hotel, and realized that he had come to the city as an enemy of Hoffenheim, and came to Sinsheim.

The Hoffenheim fans at the entrance of the hotel also came to welcome Li Huan, and the Arsenal players and officials had already understood Li Huan's status in the minds of Hoffenheim fans, so they simply dealt with the reporters, advanced the hotel, and let Li Huan and the two bodyguards communicate with the fans outside the hotel.

After arriving at the Wiesross Hotel in Sinsheim, Wenger gave the players a short meeting to tell them about their tasks for the two days, and then asked the players to rest in their rooms and wait until the evening to familiarise themselves with the pitch at the Rheinnecka Arena.

It was only a three-hour flight from London to Stuttgart, but it was still a more than an hour by bus, and the players were also a little tired, most of them slept in their rooms, and only Li Huan ran to the hall to make a phone call. came to the place where he had lived for many years, Li Huan was really not in the mood to sleep, so he called his old friend here.

Two hours later, the team left the hotel for the Rheinnecka Arena for acclimatization, but when Wenger led the team to the pitch, the pitch was being sprinkled, the management stopped the Arsenal bus at the gate, and the assistant coach stepped off the bus and said: "What's going on?" We made an appointment with the club. ”

"I'm sorry, but now the stadium is being maintained, and training can't be scheduled right now." The stadium management still shook their heads politely.

Arsene Wenger stepped out of the bus and said gently, "Please call your manager, we made an appointment two days ago." ”

The manager of the stadium spoke in a very German style, polite and rational but non-negotiable, and said: "I'm sorry, even if you have an appointment with the club, you can't play on the pitch now, so to speak, even if our Hoffenheim team comes to train, I can't agree, this stadium belongs to Mr. Hope, and the Hoffenheim club is only rented." ”

Wenger couldn't make sense, so he called Hoffenheim club manager Rothouse, "Manager Rothouse, what's going on, let's get used to the venue, why don't you let in?" This is not in line with our prior agreement. ”

Wenger's words were gentle, without a hint of anger, but there was only a hint of accusation in his words.

Rothhouse said: "What, there is such a thing, I ask the management." I'm sorry you waited a bit. ”

After a few minutes, Rotthouse called the phone and said to Arsene Wenger: "Coach Arsna, I'm sorry, the stadium is indeed under maintenance now, and it can't be opened for use, because the stadium is not the club's, so we can't force it, and this use is very harmful to the turf of the stadium, otherwise, you go to our training base, we originally gave you the stadium to train, we trained at the Hoffenheim base, now you can train with us, everyone squeeze." ”

Wenger is also an old man, can you still understand what Hoffenheim Club means, the management and Rothouse must be acting, the cunning of the German Wenger is very clear, his hometown borders Germany, Wenger was very angry at Hoffenheim's little trick, he said coldly: "Thank you Rothouse manager for your kindness, we don't train today." ”

After saying that, Wenger hung up the phone and said to the players who were walking down from the car: "Go back, no training today." ”

Paul angrily pointed at the stadium management and said, "You guys are so despicable, what can you do against the away team in this way, even if you win." ”

The management of the stadium said coldly: "The victory or defeat of the team has nothing to do with us, our duty is to maintain the turf." ”

At this time, Li Huan took out his mobile phone and said to Wenger: "Professor, let me call Mr. Hope." ”

Wenger shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's useless to fight." ”

Paul said: "Let's try it, our training has already been arranged, so canceling it is not good for us to stay in shape." ”

Wenger thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll call Coach Rangnick as well and ask what's going on." ”

Li Huan called Hope, but Hope's personal phone was turned off, Wenger called Rangnick, but Rangnick asked Wenger to ask Rothouse, Wenger had just finished asking, naturally it was impossible to get a different answer. I had to take the bus back to the Withros Hotel, and before leaving, assistant coach Paul released harsh words to the onlookers Hoffenheim fans and stadium management, telling them that when they went to London, Hoffenheim would not even be able to enter the stadium before the game started.

Li Huan was also very annoyed, there was no war of words between the two teams before the game, and the fans who came to the airport and the hotel gave him a warm welcome, Li Huan almost felt like he was back home, but now the cold facts tell Li Huan that those are all illusions, and the relationship between the two teams that are about to go to war will not be friendly, and the Germans' attitude towards competition is the same as they treat war, and the Bern miracle of the year is a good illustration of this. Li Huan's heart also let go of the warmth in his heart, football is war, and war cannot show mercy to the opponent.

Back at the Withros Hotel, Wenger gave the team a holiday in a fit of rage, and let the team go out to relax, anyway, they can't train, and it is better to go out and relax in the hotel than to go out to relax.

At Arsenal's first press conference at the Withros Hotel in the evening, Wenger vented his anger and told the German, British and French media: "I didn't expect to come to Germany to be treated like this, we can't train, I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, it's incredible for a German club that has always been efficient and rigorous." Either way, we suffered losses and football should be fair and I don't want to see something like that insult fair play. However, Arsene Wenger then remedied assistant coach Paul's words, saying: "I promise Hoffenheim will not be treated like this when they go to London, and Arsenal will do all this for the visitors." ”

Wenger was less polite when looking forward to the game, "Arsenal are in great shape at the moment, I think we can hopefully go far this season and it's not impossible to reach the final. Of course, what we want to do now is to win this game and win the group. Beating the defending champions will help us a lot with our self-confidence and I'm sure we can do that. Hoffenheim's strength has been weakened to a certain extent compared to last season, of course, I am referring to Li Huan, but if both teams have Li Huan, I believe that the victory will definitely be Arsenal, the background is very important to a team, Hoffenheim still have a little less time to rise, they still need time to consolidate their state at the peak. ”

(To be continued)