Many top stars are unwilling to go to the Premier League. One of the key factors is that there is no winter break, and the further back in time, the more intensive the schedule.
In September, Arsenal still only had five games, but by October, Arsenal had seven games.
Seven games a month, one game every four days, may not seem like much, but a big problem is that most of the time the game venue is home and away.
The schedule is actually quite full, especially after entering the Champions League group stage schedule.
Although the Premier League matches are played all over the country, the UK is not that big and you can often doze off on the bus. But for the Champions League, you have to fly all over Europe and take planes and so on, which is very troublesome.
On October 27, Arsenal had just defeated Stoke City in an away game. Chen Mo didn't even get to go home that night and had to catch a plane directly to Istanbul, Turkey.
There is no way, on October 29, Arsenal will face their opponent in the third round of the Champions League group stage - Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce is the dominant team in the Turkish Super League and is nicknamed the "Turkish version of Manchester United".
Famous, but useless.
These days, Arsenal and Manchester United can do it in minutes, and it is even easier to do a pirated one.
However, Arsenal actually played poorly in this game.
Facing the Turkish Super League team, Arsenal did not break the deadlock until the 83rd minute of the second half with Piggy's long shot from the top of the arc.
I can't help it, I'm too tired.
After finishing the Premier League match on the 27th, I flew to Turkey that night, with only half a day of rest in between. Many players were not in good condition.
Especially Xiao Ma.
The player with the greatest physical pressure this season is Mao Ma.
After the transfer of Alexander Song, AC Milan poached Flamini again when the summer window was closing.
Originally, this was not a big problem. Arsenal also had Ebra and Diaby, two players who could play as defensive midfielders. Although their strength was not top-notch, they could still be used when playing against weak teams. Brother, rest.
But alas, no luck.
In early September, Diaby and Ebou were injured one after another.
There is no substitute for Xiao Ma now.
Sometimes Wenger even asked Chen Mo to play in the midfield, with Xiaozhu and Ding Ding on top, so that Ma Ma could get some rest time.
In fact, this is okay. After all, with De Bruyne, Chen Mo's physical fitness has been well preserved, which can help Ma Ma to relieve his stress. But after playing Fenerbahce, the 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifiers came. .
Qualifiers, literally.
To compete for qualifications for the World Cup main event through the qualifiers, the top ten matches of the Dragon Kingdom [we qualified] were actually also qualifiers.
Argentina is in South America, and the South American qualifiers are in a round-robin format, with a total of eighteen rounds.
To describe it simply, ten South American teams including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Chile will participate, and then each team will play two games against the other teams.
In other words, a team will play eighteen games.
Strictly speaking, the schedule is not intensive. Basically, there are two or three games a month, and there are only games from June to December every year.
But the problem is that it's too far.
For this kind of national team competition, Chen Mo and the others have to fly back to South America directly from the UK.
The difference between the two sides is more than 10,000 kilometers, and they have to cross the Atlantic Ocean diagonally!
Not counting waiting for the plane, not counting the plane taking off, not counting the landing, the time the plane was in the air alone was more than 13 hours!
It takes a whole day to fly back and forth.
This puts a lot of pressure on players, both mentally and physically.
On November 1st, Arsenal faced Aston Villa at home.
It was a small victory of 1 to 0, but as soon as the game ended, Chen Mo only had time to go home and see the baby, and then he, Xiao Ma and others got on Keli's private plane and flew back to Argentina.
There is no way, on November 3rd, Argentina will play in the World Cup preliminaries, and their opponent is Uruguay.
They were very tired. After getting on the plane, Chen Mo and others didn't even speak. They just lay down on the sofa and started to sleep.
There is no doubt that Messi, Aguero and others will also participate in the World Cup preliminaries.
However, after getting off the plane and reuniting, it was obvious that the mental state of Chen Mo and his group of people playing in the Premier League was much worse than that of Messi and others in La Liga. As a result, Aguero even made fun of Chen Mo during dinner. A tired middle-aged man.
Having been teased by Aguero in the past, Chen Mo would definitely want to take him back. However, under Messi's somewhat surprised look, Chen Mo at the dinner table just rolled his eyes and ignored Aguero.
I can't help it, I'm too tired.
Not only because the Premier League schedule is very intensive, but also because the Premier League starts early.
This year La Liga starts on August 31, while the Premier League starts in mid-August.
Messi, Aguero and the others took a week off after playing in the Olympics, but Chen Mo and the others went back to London to play in the Premier League on the third day after the Olympic finals, and have been playing ever since.
This fatigue is not only physical but also mental.
Both physical and mental fatigue, there is no doubt that this directly affects the game.
Uruguay can be said to be full of talents this year.
Among the forwards are Cavani, Suya and Forlan.
Although the midfield and backfield cannot be said to be luxurious, players such as Perez, Gargallo, and Godin are also starting players for mid-range teams in the five major leagues such as Morocco and Villarreal.
This Uruguay team is really good, but only good.
Teams that are not strong enough in the midfield are forced to play against Argentina.
But in the first half of this game, Argentina was dominant and did not score.
There is no way, Xiao Ma is too tired.
Argentina played 424. There was already a lot of pressure in the midfield, and Ma Ma still had a lot of fatigue accumulation. As Ma Ma's role became smaller, the pressure on Chen Mo began to increase.
He is also a human being and cannot support the midfield alone.
Although there is still no problem in organizing and connecting all aspects, they are still struggling on the organizational and defensive ends. Not to mention pressing the frontcourt, there is not even a chance to pass forward.
Ever since, in the second half, Ma replaced Ma Ma with Cambiaso.
Exploded directly.
In the eyes of the Argentine fans who were holding their heads in shock, Argentina was actually kicked in their own half by Uruguay!
Everyone was shocked!
Argentina was suppressed by Uruguay!
But there's nothing we can do about it.
Although Cambiaso is only 28 years old this year, he suffered a major injury last year and his athletic ability declined significantly.
And although Cambiaso has a great reputation, strictly speaking, he cannot play as a single defensive midfielder.
In his early years, Cambiasso, like Ma Ma, also started as an attacking midfielder, and later gradually moved to the defensive midfielder position.
But the difference between him and Ma Ma is that after switching to the defensive midfielder, Ma Ma almost gave up all the functions of the front midfielder except playing the ball. The organization did not study it and just focused on defense and playing the ball.
Cambiasso, on the other hand, is more like a hexagon who cannot attack and defend. A big reason why he was able to play well in Inter Milan was that Mancini, the head coach of Inter Milan at the time, created a three-midfielder combination.
In a three-midfielder system, Cambiaso, a small hexagon with strong running ability, can indeed play his greatest advantage, because he can help his teammates find and fill gaps in various ways, and at the same time, the other two defensive midfielders can help him. Provides midfield firmness.
To describe it simply, it is actually a bit similar to Pirlo's attacking midfielder. The player himself has shortcomings, but the coach uses suitable teammates and formations to help him make up for his shortcomings and amplify his advantages.
This is not a bad thing, Ronaldo will get kicked out of his shoes if he plays as a defender, and AC Milan will die if Maldini plays as a forward.
Any player must be in the most suitable position to shine.
However, Cambiaso cannot adapt to Argentina's 424 system.
Under the 424 system, Chen Mo needs a teammate with strong running ability, strong sweeping and interception ability, and who can penetrate the opponent's defense with one kick when Chen Mo attracts a lot of defense.
Xiao Ma and Chen Mo are both indispensable for Argentina under the 424 system.
424 couldn't be played. In the end, in the 70th minute of the second half, Chen Mo called on Messi to retreat from the front line and play as an attacking midfielder. After changing the formation to 433, he regained the dominance of the midfield.
But after Messi retreated, Argentina's forward had problems again.
There is no left winger.
Strictly speaking, Argentina has never had a left winger. In the past, Di Maria was asked to serve as a left winger. Now that Messi has withdrawn as an attacking midfielder, Di Maria has returned to the right winger position, and Aguero is a guest star on the left winger.
It's not that you can't play like this.
Argentina under this kind of staffing is actually a bit like Real Madrid during Zidane's era.
At that time, Cristiano Ronaldo was said to be a left winger, but he was actually a shadow forward. Marcelo was often used as a left winger, while Cristiano Ronaldo was more likely to move in. Between the wing and the center, there was the largest space. The rib area is also the easiest place to get scoring opportunities.
Argentina is also like this now. The left wing is all handed over to others, and Aguero goes to the ribs. But the problem is that the offensive ability of Argentina left back Zanetti is not as strong as Marcelo, and Argentina does not have Kroos who can drag on the left. Finally, he helps Marcelo fill the defensive gaps after going up the top, and at the same time, he can also deliver key balls to the midfielder.
Ever since, the pressure came to Chen Mo again.
He is not only a left midfielder, but also plays the role of a left winger, and Messi has also expanded his range of activities, no longer limited to the right midfielder.
There is nothing wrong with this style of kicking, but the problem is that it consumes too much physical energy.
There is no way, not just the left winger and the left midfielder. Cambiasso is also unstable when playing as a single defensive midfielder. When the offense and defense transition, Chen Mo has to retreat to a deep position to help defend.
According to the statistics after the game, Chen Mo ran 15.3 kilometers in this game, and a huge L was directly drawn on the heat map.
From the left side of the opponent's penalty area to the left midfield and then to the midfielder area, Chen Mo covered everything. At the end of the game, under the shocked gaze of fans around the world, Chen Mo also suffered from a very rare leg cramp.
But even with this run, the final score was only 1-0.
After the game, Wenger directly criticized Lao Ma at the press conference, saying that Lao Ma did not know how to protect players at all.
There is no doubt that Lao Ma's character will not cause others to beep too much, and the two directly started to criticize each other on the Internet.
Wenger said that Lao Ma did not know how to protect players, and Lao Ma said that Wenger did not understand what patriotism is.
The two had a heated argument on the Internet, which angered countless fans.
However, despite the fierce quarrel on the Internet, Lao Ma refused to give in, but two days later, in the second game against the underdog Venezuela, Lao Ma still let Chen Mo and Xiao Ma sit on the bench.
It was obvious that although Lao Ma said he was unforgiving, he was actually very nice to Chen Mo.
However, after this game, there was still a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.
Mainly the starting midfielder in this game is Veron, who is 34 years old and plays for the La Plata University Club.
Veron's appearance undoubtedly surprised many fans.
The surprising thing is that Lao Ma would rather use Veron, who returned to Argentina to play football in 2005, than Riquelme, who is only 30 years old this year!
But it's just a hot discussion.
Anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks will understand that Chen Mo and Riquelme cannot coexist, unless Chen Mo plays as a defensive midfielder and gives the latter a hand, but this is simply impossible.
Although Chen Mo is a kind person, it does not mean that he does not have his own arrogance.
If it was an old horse in his prime, he might even consider giving some control of the offensive end to the opponent, but Riquelme is not qualified yet.
There are heated discussions on the Internet, but none of these things will affect the national team's competition.
Venezuela is not a strong team. In the end, with Aimar's shot from the top of the arc, Argentina once again defeated its opponent 1-0.
Two complete wins, although it was a small victory, but all the players and fans were very excited after the game.
Everyone can see that this is not Argentina's best state. After all, in the two games, Ma Ma only played for half of the first game, and Chen Mo and Ma Ma didn't even play in the second game, but even so , also won both games.
It was a good start, and Lao Ma was very excited. The night after the game, he planned to invite Chen Mo and the others to have barbecue together. However, it had been a week since he came out, and Chen Mo missed his wife and children a little, and Arsenal also played a football match this week. The FA Cup and the EFL Cup will be played soon, and the league and Champions League will be played soon.
There was no time to linger, so in the end, with Lao Ma's farewell and Messi's pained eyes, Chen Mo hugged the two and got on the plane.
Well, Messi's balls hurt. The La Liga schedule at this stage is not very intensive, so he was left to eat alone by the old horse.
For social fear, eating alone with the leader will most likely not be a happy thing.
But soon, Chen Mo had no time to care about Messi. As soon as he returned to London, he got good news from Wenger - Arsenal was planning to find Inter Milan to repurchase Vieira.
After hearing the news, Chen Mo, who was sitting on the playground stretching his legs, was stunned, and his face quickly showed an excited look!
He has a very good relationship with Vieira. When he first arrived at Arsenal, Vieira took good care of him. However, Vieira later left Arsenal due to position and salary issues, but both of them are now There are also relatively close connections.
Wenger wanted to buy Vieira at this time, so naturally he would not let Vieira play the main role.
Vieira is also thirty-three this year. For a tall man like him who is 1.91 meters tall and relies mainly on impact power, this age is already at the end of his career, but!
It’s totally okay to be a substitute!
Vieira, like Henry, has lost his dominance on the court because of his age, but his richer experience has made up for some of the shortcomings in strength. And the most important point is that Vieira is similar to Henry. In fact, he has already There is no pursuit of honor.
Henry has already achieved a team and individual Grand Slam, while Vieira is unlikely to win a personal honor like the Golden Ball.
This kind of veteran belongs to him. As long as he doesn't play for too long, he can still produce very good results, and at the same time, he doesn't compete for the starting spot!
Wenger actually wanted to keep Vieira Pires and the others before. After all, both Vieira Pires and Henry were actually trained by Wenger, and they were also compatriots.
It's just that Arsenal had no money at the time and couldn't offer big contracts, and players over the age of 30 were only signed once a year.
What's the point of signing a one-year contract? It means that if you work here this year, you might be unemployed next year.
So Arsenal at that time really couldn't keep people.
But it’s different now!
Arsenal are rich!
As long as we can strengthen the team's strength and strengthen the team's bench depth, money doesn't matter!
