PS: It’s graduation season, there are a lot of things to do. Today I have to go out and take the graduation photo. It will take a long time to send it to you...

Seeing several referees and players walking out of the player's passage together, Zhuang Mingge immediately walked into the VIP box to prepare to watch the game.

Zhuang Mingge put on his headphones as usual, listening to the commentary and watching the game. At this time, the voice of the live commentator came from the headphones:

"The one that appears in the picture now is Arsenal's head coach Mr. Graham. He won the Winners Cup last year and made him famous in the UK... But unfortunately, he broke the scandal of accepting bribes in player transfers, which led to a turmoil in Arsenal's morale this season. Arsenal is currently only ranked 12th in the Premier League and has been eliminated in the FA Cup and League Cup. He has basically bid farewell to the European arena next season. Unless Mr. Graham has the ability to break the curse of "no defending the Winners Cup" this season, it may also save his coaching career at Arsenal."

Yes, so that's it! Zhuang Mingge suddenly realized that he had never paid much attention to the Premier League, and finally recalled how Arsenal in later generations changed from the Graham era to the Wenger era.

It was last summer, when Graham, who led the team to the Winners Cup championship, was full of energy and was looking forward to greater achievements in leading Arsenal. But at this moment, a reporter revealed that Graham had accepted bribes of 250,000 pounds from Swedish agent Hauge twice, and then introduced two parallel players from the opponent.

This scandal caused an uproar in the English football world. At that time, the Premier League was at a critical moment to rebuild its brand image, so it was naturally necessary to kill Graham. After the season, Arsenal terminated its working contract with Graham, and the FA, which had been suspended for five years, also imposed a one-year ban on the game.

Of course, Arsenal was naturally the one who suffered the greatest loss. He lost Graham's iron blood, and the "Gunner" once fell into decline, and it was not until Wenger took office that he recovered his vitality.

"So, everything has its pros and cons. The English club system allows the head coach to have the power to transfer. Although to a certain extent, this system has indeed established the head coach's prestige in the team, and also allows the head coach to plan the team for a long time according to his own ideas." Zhuang Mingge said to Karin sitting next to him, "But on the other hand, this system will also allow the head coach to have the ability to perform some secret operations, and the coach's shortcomings will be reflected from the team truthfully, thereby harming the interests of the club."

"You're right, Tony." Karin nodded in praise and said, "So in terms of systems, we cannot copy the Premier League model in full. We must embark on a path with Florence characteristics."

Why does the English system reflect the shortcomings of the head coach into the team? Let’s take Graham as an example. Graham’s management style is relatively rough, which is what we often call the “grasp the big and let go of the small” management idea. Under the long-term influence of this style, the personal quality of Arsenal players is generally poor. When Graham was able to suppress the players, these problems were not very obvious, but as Graham himself was deeply involved in a scandal this season, various contradictions hidden within the team finally began to explode. Fighting, drinking, gambling, and drug abuse broke out among Arsenal players, which also made Arsenal at the forefront for a long time, resulting in a sharp decline in record performance.

Just as 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 semi-finals between Fiorentina and Arsenal!

Today, Fiorentina's starting lineup was used in the last game against Brescia - goalkeeper Toldo, with the defenders from left to right, Lanna, Ferrara, Filicano and Bilindeli; the midfielder was still Dibiagio, Effenberg, Kripa and Djokaf; the two forwards were Batistuta and Philip Inzagi.

Arsenal on the opposite side is more than the current Fiorentina: in Arsenal's starting lineup, as active internationals in England, there are Adams, Keeon, Sheemann, Ian Wright and others, and other players such as McMahon, Heidel, Hartson, and Mosson, who were once regular visitors to the England national team. At least in terms of the number of appearances on behalf of the national team, Arsenal is completely out of Fiorentina, which also shows that Arsenal players are much richer in experience than Fiorentina.

Therefore, when such an experienced and mature team temporarily gave up the fight and went to the outside world under the temptation of the championship trophy, the result was that Fiorentina, who was preparing to play a defensive counterattack on the away game, encountered a lot of "trouble".

The cunning Graham did not take advantage of his home game from the beginning and launched a fierce attack against Fiorentina, who was determined to firmly implement the intention of defensive counterattack. While defending, Arsenal only left a striker Ian Wright in the frontcourt. Even when he turned to offense, Arsenal's four defenders would never cross the white line in the midfield. The captain Adams, who was dragging in the end, was so exaggerated that it was difficult for his own side to go out.

In fact, the defensive counterattack game is not boring in most cases. Teams using this trick, the explosion and rapid counterattack during offense and defense conversion are the most exciting moments that reflect the art of defensive counterattack, and can also mobilize the enthusiasm of fans to the greatest extent.

However, if both teams on the court are playing defensive counterattacks, then the boredom of this game can be imagined.

In the whole first half, Arsenal's only striker Ian Wright, who had the ability to score, was successfully frozen by Fiorentina's defense line in isolation; and in Fiorentina, Djokaf's gorgeous outs and Batistuta's powerful long shot became one of the few highlights in the entire first half.

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At the end of the first half, Zhuang Mingge, who was yawning, took off his headphones, and his brain began to unconsciously distract himself:

Looking at Arsenal's British lineup now, who could have imagined that this place would become the French in a few years? From this perspective, it makes sense that Wenger has been criticized by the English media. Before his arrival, Arsenal has always been one of the major internationals in the England national team; and after he took office, it was a bit difficult to find several English internationals in Arsenal's first team.

But then again, the strange phenomenon that English players have always been higher than foreign players is probably the reason why Wenger had to make this choice. Arsenal's financial difficulties made Wenger able to turn his attention to foreign players who are more affordable and cheap. Thinking about the later Walcott's value was fired for several million pounds after only playing a few good games, Wenger would of course rather choose a cheaper foreign player!
Chapter completed!