PS: It's graduation season, there are a lot of things, I have to go out to take graduation photos today, and I will probably send them very late......

Seeing several referees and players walking out of the players' tunnel together, Zhuang Mingge immediately walked into the VIP box and prepared to watch the game.

Zhuang Mingge put on headphones as usual, listening to the commentary and watching the game. At this time, the voice of the on-site narrator came out of the headphones:

"Appearing in the picture is Arsenal manager Mr Graham, who had made a name for himself in England by winning the Cup Winners' Cup last year...... But unfortunately, he then broke the scandal of accepting bribes in the transfer of players, which led to Arsenal's disarray this season. Currently sitting in 12th place in the Premier League, having already exited the FA Cup and League Cup, Arsenal have largely said goodbye to next season's European competition, unless Mr Graham has the ability to break the 'Cup Winners' Cup undefended curse this season, perhaps to save his managerial career at Arsenal. ”

Yes, I see! Zhuang Mingge suddenly realized that he had never paid much attention to the Premier League, and he finally recalled how the Arsenal of later generations changed from the Graham era to the Wenger era.

It was last summer when Graham, who led the team to the Cup Winners' Cup, was in high spirits and dreamed of leading Arsenal to greater success. But at this time, a journalist revealed that Graham had twice accepted bribes totalling £250,000 from Swedish agent Hauge, and then brought in two parallel players from the other party.

The scandal caused an uproar in English football, when the Premier League was at a critical juncture to re-establish its brand image, and it was natural to kill the "culprit" Graham. At the end of the season, Arsenal terminated their contract with Graham and the FA imposed a one-year ban on him after a five-year ban.

Of course, the biggest loss is naturally Arsenal, losing Graham's iron blood, the "Gunners" once sank, and it was not until Wenger took office that he regained his vitality.

"So, there are pros and cons to everything, and the England club's system gives the manager the transfer power, although to a certain extent, it does build the manager's prestige in the team, and at the same time allows the manager to plan the team for the long term according to his own ideas." Zhuang Mingge said to Karin, who was sitting next to him, "But on the other hand, this system will also give the head coach the ability to carry out some dark box operations, and the coach's flaws will also be truthfully reflected from the team, thus harming the interests of the club." ”

"You're right, Tony." Karin nodded approvingly and said, "So in terms of system, we can't copy the Premier League model entirely, we have to go out of a way with Fiorentina characteristics." ”

Weishenme says England's system allows the manager's shortcomings to be reflected in the squad. Let's take Graham as an example. Graham's management style is relatively rough, which is what we often call the management idea of "grasping the big and letting go of the small"; Under the long-term influence of this style, the personal qualities of Arsenal players are generally worse than hell. These problems were not very obvious when Graham were able to keep the players in check, but with Graham themselves mired in scandal this season, the hidden contradictions within the team finally began to explode. Fights, alcoholism, gambling, drug abuse and other fierce rumors among Arsenal players have also kept Arsenal on the cusp for a long time, resulting in a plummeting performance.

Just when Zhuang Mingge and Karin were discussing the differences in coaching systems in various countries, the referee blew the opening whistle, which marked the official start of the first leg of the Cup Winners' Cup semi-final between Fiorentina and Arsenal!

Fiorentina's starting line-up today is the same as the one from the previous game against Brescia - goalkeeper Toldo, defenders from left to right, Lanna, Ferrara, Filicano and Billindelly; The midfield is still Di Biagio, Effenberg, Kripa and Djokaeff; The two strikers are Batistuta and Philippe Inzaghi.

Arsenal on the opposite side is more than famous compared to the current Fiorentina: Arsenal's starting lineup includes Adams, Keown, Seaman, Ian Wright and others as current England internationals, and other players such as McMahon, Heider, Hartson, Mawson, etc., who were also regulars in the England national team. At least in terms of the number of appearances for the national team, Arsenal is the best for Fiorentina, which also shows that Arsenal players are much more experienced than Fiorentina.

Therefore, when such an experienced and mature team temporarily gave up fighting and unanimously opened up the fight under the temptation of the championship trophy, the result was that Fiorentina, which was ready to play a defensive counterattack away from home, encountered a lot of "trouble".

The cunning Graham, did not take advantage of the home game, and launched a fierce attack on Fiorentina, which was determined to resolutely implement the intention of defensive counterattack, when defending, the whole Arsenal team only left Ian Wright a striker in the front, even when turning to attack, Arsenal's four defenders will never cross the white line in the midfield, and the captain Adams, who is dragging in Zuihou, is even more exaggerated to even the penalty area of his own side is difficult to get out.

In fact, the game of defensive counterattack is not boring in most cases, and the team that uses this kind of trick, the explosion and rapid counterattack during the transition between attack and defense are the most exciting moments that embody the art of defensive counterattack, and can also mobilize the enthusiasm of fans to the greatest extent.

However, if both teams on the field are playing defensive counter-attacks, then you can imagine how boring the game can be.

Throughout the first half, Ian Wright, Arsenal's only striker with the ability to score, was successfully frozen by Fiorentina's backline in isolation; On the Fiorentina side, Djokaeau's gorgeous dribble and Batistuta's powerful long-range shot became a rare highlight in the entire first half of the game.

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At the end of the first half, Zhuang Mingge, who yawned, took off the headphones, and his brain began to slip unconsciously:

Looking at Arsenal's current British squad, who would have imagined that in a few years it would be the world of the French? From this point of view, it is reasonable that Wenger has been criticized by the English media. Before his arrival, Arsenal had been one of the biggest internationals in the England national team; And with him in charge, it has been a bit difficult for Arsenal to identify a few England internationals in their first team.

But then again, the strange phenomenon that English players have always been more expensive than foreign players may be the reason why Wenger had to make this choice, Arsenal's financial difficulties have made Wenger have to set his sights on more affordable foreign players - think about the later Walcoat only played a few good games and was fired for millions of pounds, Wenger of course would rather choose cheaper foreign players!

Fortunately, Italy is not as crazy as England, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to dig up a little more future Italian stars, Zhuang Mingge thought to himself.