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Chapter 889 Can You Afford It?

The goal conceded in the 26th minute completely put Arsenal in a passive state.

It was a final, conceding a goal first, so that the Gunners had to realize clearly that they had to start to attack.

So, after the Gunners re-activated the ball, they became proactive and began to work hard to create opportunities and strive to score goals.

Gao Han quickly realized this problem of Arsenal and immediately made adjustments. The team recovered appropriately and no longer pushed up. Instead, he focused on the ball game competition from the center line to the half-court, using defense as the offense to let Arsenal push out.

Wenger became unspeakable. He didn't know where he caught Guardiola off guard in the previous game against Barcelona. But this time he faced Manchester City, which had been planned for a long time, where could he still achieve the effect?

But I lost one goal first, can't I push up now?

Compared to Wenger's erectile silence, Gao Han was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and even the skill card was useless, so he just watched the game.

He has been coaching for almost eleven years, and he knows better than anyone else what is the general trend.

With Manchester City's current momentum, as long as you don't make any mistakes, it will be a matter of time before you score a goal.

Of course, the Gunners' counterattack was not without effect. Just three minutes later, Sania inserted at high speed and made a cross from the right. Van Persie in the penalty area seized the opportunity and grabbed the first landing point and headed the ball, but the goalkeeper Cech flew to lift the ball out, and the corner kick was taken out by Cech.

This should also be the most threatening attack that Arsenal has since the start of the game.

But the game was more about Manchester City's counterattack. Manchester City launched a counterattack. Sturric retreated, Kaka made a diagonal pass on the right rib. Gareth Bale used his speed to force the attack. After receiving the ball, he wanted the ball to be scored and dragged the opponent back to the center back Zhulu. But when he caught up with the ball in the penalty area, Szczesni made a decisive attack and flew to throw his divine goal into his arms.

It can be said that the Polish goalkeeper made a key save this time. Without him, Gareth Bale's shot was sure to win, which would be a fatal blow to Arsenal.

There is a saying that you can pass the first day of the lunar calendar and not the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.

Just when Arsenal fans secretly thanked that they had escaped, what was coming finally came.

When the game reached the 39th minute, after Fertonheng intercepted the ball, David Silva passed a short pass to Kaka. Alexander Song failed to interfere. The Brazilian midfielder passed the ball with a straight pass, and the ball passed through the middle of Sarnia and Julu.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been dormant. At this time, he suddenly started and successfully counter-offside. After using his speed to get rid of two defensive players, he caught up with the ball, chased the ball in the penalty area and shot low, and once again pierced through the goal guarded by Szczesni, 2-0!

Wembley Stadium was completely boiling.

All Manchester City fans who came to the scene were shouting the Portuguese name in a hurry, while Cristiano Ronaldo seemed calm, as if scoring a goal was just a piece of cake for him.

This goal also completely drove Arsenal into the abyss of despair.

After seeing Cristiano Ronaldo scored, Wenger covered her face and shook her head, turned around and walked back to the coach's seat, looking extremely lonely, full of disappointment and helplessness.

He really can't come up with a way if his skills are not as good as others.

In the end, Manchester City entered the halftime with a 2-0 lead.

However, after the second half of the change of sides, neither Manchester City nor Arsenal made substitution adjustments. Both teams still played with lineups, and Manchester City still adopted the final stage of the first half, waiting for the effort to push Arsenal out and seize the opportunity to counterattack. This made Arsenal feel very troubled, but helpless.

Faced with such a team that can attack and retract and defend, they have no choice but to do anything.

When the game reached the 74th minute, Manchester City got another chance. Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball from the left and cut inside, but was saved by Szczesni and won a corner kick.

Michael Johnson, who replaced David Silva, sent a corner kick, Feltonheng headed the ball to the back point, Cristiano Ronaldo jumped high and pushed the ball into the dead corner of the goal from close range, three to zero!

After leading three goals, Manchester City played more easily. Gao Han replaced Harry Kane and Adam Larana one after another, replacing Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka who performed well, giving them more rest time.

The outcome of the two superstars also brought cheers to them.

Arsenal also caught up at the last moment, and finally Van Persie scored a goal in the 89th minute.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal three-to-one in the League Cup final, winning the first championship trophy of the season.

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At the moment the whistle sounded, Gao Han stood on the sidelines, feeling extremely calm.

Winning has long been a habit for him, and winning the championship is not new at all. Long before he entered the stadium, he was sure to win this game and was determined to win it.

Now, for him, what is more test is how to defeat his opponent with his true level rather than with the magical effects of skill cards. Therefore, since this season, he has used skill cards less and less frequently, and this game has been useless once. He hopes to use this to test his true level.

Arsenal players walked down the court one after another, and they all seemed very depressed and regretful.

Their performance was both good and bad in this game, but no matter what, the game was over and everything was over.

Van Persie was an old minister of Gao Han when he was at Chelsea. He was injured before and was dependent on Gao Han's relationship. He went to Germany to contact the miracle doctor Walfat, which led to his current lively performance. So as soon as the game ended, the Dutch center walked to the sidelines, hugged Gao Han with a smile, congratulations to him on winning another championship.

Other Arsenal players also came over, and many of them knew Gao Han, such as Rossici.

His performance in this game was very sluggish. On the one hand, it was obvious that there was a problem with his condition adjustment, and on the other hand, Mascherano did a good job of freezing him, so the Czechs seemed a little overjoyed.

Goalkeeper Szczesny and central defender Koscheerny, who were following behind everyone, both bowed their heads and saw their teammates walking up to shake hands and greet Gao Han, hesitating whether to follow him, but in the end they both walked away silently.

Unexpectedly, Gao Han met at this time.

"Hey, you guys acted very well." Gao Han smiled and said hello.

Szczesny and Koscheerny were both surprised, and this was pretty good?

"Don't be surprised, you know, maybe tomorrow you will be the worst players in all the media and newspapers, but I want to say, you really did a great job. If you didn't have the outstanding performance of both of you, I think we could score at least two or three more goals in this game."

When Gao Han said this, he laughed, "The media usually only sees shortcomings and bad performances, but I think we should see your outstanding side. You are still young, keep cheering. In the future, you will definitely have a place in the Premier League and European football."

After saying that, Gao Han smiled and stretched out his right hand.

Szczesni and Koscheerny looked at Gao Han in a panic, but the two quickly reacted. Koscheerny quickly stretched out his hands and held Gao Han's right hand hard. Szczesni also took off his gloves and shook hands with Gao Han.

Watching the two players leave, Gao Han then smiled.

He really didn't mean to be happy with them, but he really felt that these two young players performed well.

As for young people, lack of experience is inevitable.

Especially for positions like defenders and goalkeepers, they performed very steadily in a ninety-minute game in the 89th minute, but if they made a mistake in the last point or even scored a goal, they would be nailed to the pillar of shame after the game.

But this is obviously unfair to them, especially in the current environment of Arsenal.

"Thank you." Wenger's voice sounded behind Gao Han.

Gao Han turned around, glanced at the bitter-faced professor, and laughed and said, "I don't need to thank you, please treat me to a meal."

"Okay, you can choose the position." Wenger was very happy this time.

The competition is over. Now I clean up and go back and have dinner together.

"Oh, by the way, I have to tell you something in advance." Wenger suddenly remembered something.

"What's up?"

"Tomorrow, several newspapers including the Independent will make news. We are interested in James Rodriguez, and Steve went to Peru to follow his game, so..."

After hearing this, Gao Han frowned at first, but then nodded and smiled: "Okay, I understand."

This strange thing turned into Wenger, "What? Are you not surprised at all?"

"What was my surprise? Isn't this normal?" Gao Han asked back with a funny look.

"But...we're poaching your players..." Wenger's mind didn't turn around for a moment.

In his impression, Gao Han should be furious at this time, why does it seem like it is completely fine?

This is completely unreasonable.

Gao Han immediately laughed, "I said, Professor, do you think too much of yourself?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Can you afford it?" Gao Han asked back.

Wenger was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed loudly, but more of a bitter smile.

Isn't it?

James Rodriguez has performed well in La Liga this season, and his ability to pass threatening balls per game even surpasses Messi and Ozil. In addition, his performance in the South American youth league is excellent and his contract is still long. If Arsenal wants to poach such a player, it really takes some effort to convince Gao Han and Chinatown, and he will have to pay a lot of money.

What Wenger's Arsenal lacks the most now is money.

Gao Han watched Wenger shake his head helplessly, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

In recent years, Arsenal's operations have been much worse than before. Although they have a lot of revenue, they are heavily in debt. Especially the real estate project built on the original site of the Highbury Stadium has caused Arsenal to bear heavy debts.

Who can blame this?

If you want to blame, you can only blame the management for being too greedy at the beginning.

Moreover, while other giant teams have introduced foreign investment, Arsenal is very stubborn and refuses to do so, which has led to Vice Chairman David Dunn's resignation angrily.

It can be said that Arsenal's operations in the past few years have been a mess. If Wenger had not kept the top four every year and entered the Champions League knockout stage, the Gunners' finances would have been even more ugly.

But now European football has already entered the era of capital operation. Teams such as Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea have maintained strong competitiveness. Tottenham Hotspur's operating capabilities in recent years have also been excellent, and Arsenal's situation is in jeopardy.

Plus Wenger's own personality and coaching style...

Sometimes when I think about it, Gao Han also feels that his old friend's life is too bitter.
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