Lin Sen really wanted to get angry, but he had to hold it back.

The reason he wanted to get angry was that Bale was injured in an irrelevant game. Although this irrelevant game was also a World Cup qualifier, since Wales, who was in Group D, had already declared that there was no hope of advancing in advance, to put it nicely, this game against Russia was just for dignity. What made Lin Sen have to hold back his anger was that Wales coach Toshak's use of Bale was not wrong.

Before this, Lin Sen repeatedly told Toshak to use Bell with caution, because Bell, who had been repaired for half a year due to an ankle ligament torn two years ago, was absent from right knee surgery for nearly two months this year, and only resumed training in July. For Lin Sen, Bell and Robben are the two most expensive fighter jets in his hands. They use firepower very strongly, but it is also very troublesome to keep. Any bumping and bumping can turn the fighter into a tractor.

Toshak also listened to Lin Sen's opinion. In two games, one only allowed Bale to spend 70 minutes, and the other game, the injury appeared in the first half. This made Lin Sen have no excuses even if he wanted to find excuses. Fortunately, according to the feedback from the Welsh national team doctor, Bale's injury was not serious, but his muscle strain was only expected to recover in about a week, and a week... he happened to miss the Arsenal game.

As for Ji Wen, his injury was completely a pure accident.

During a regular save, an egg hit the stone on the palm of the Irish goalkeeper and the post, and he signaled that he could not continue the game on the spot. The subsequent examination result was a broken palm. As the saying goes, it is said that it is a 100-day injury. It means complete recovery, but Jiwen will not be able to return to the arena within at least one month. Compared with Bale, Jiwen's position in Linsen's mind is obviously not as good as the former, but at present, Jiwen's injury is far more deadly than Bale's injury.

Because as far as Manchester City is concerned, Given is more important than Bale.

To be honest, Bale is not in good shape in the recent stage. In the previous three league games, Bale has started, but has not scored a goal and has no assists. Other starters on the attacking line have basically won goals. However, Lin Sen is not worried. He will still give Bale absolute trust because he knows that gold will shine sooner or later, and he only needs to control the heat.

Therefore, Bale's injury, no matter how angry he is, Lin Sen is not short of substitutes, Robinho, Petrov, and even Suarez can play. But Jiwen is different. In the previous three league games, Manchester City did not lose a single goal, and the defense line was made contributions. But Jiwen also made great contributions. It is true that Jiwen also has a future goal like Hart in his position, but don't forget that the opponent in the next game is Arsenal. If you can choose, Lin Sen is really unwilling to let the young Hart face such a strong team in the first league start this season. Because goalkeeper is a position that requires extreme confidence.

After Lin Sen knew the injury, he knew that his plug-in could not help much. Bell was only slightly injured, and the recovery period was too short. Lin Sen's plug-in was the longer the recovery period, the more effective it could be. For Bell at present, the effect would be, but it would be so small that it could hardly be seen, so there was basically no need. Of course, in the future, Lin Sen still needed to scan Bell carefully, because in memory, Bell was injured a lot, which proved that his body was far less powerful than his speed.

As for Ji Wen, what he injured was the bones and the palms. Lin Sen really couldn't help with this.

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On September 10, as players returned to the team one after another, there were more Carrington training bases in Manchester City, but not just players, but more reporters carrying cameras and microphones, more than usual.

In the fifth round of the Premier League two days later, there were two focus games, one was Tottenham, who had won four consecutive games against Manchester United, and the other was Manchester City against Arsenal. So, although I don’t know if Carrington here is still the same as usual, there are always fewer reporters than Carrington next door, but there are indeed more media coming here to point the camera at the training ground.

Lin Sen did not prevent the players from accepting interviews, of course, the premise is outside of training time. Moreover, Lin Sen did not prevent the media from visiting Manchester City's training. Media allowed to get the interview to openly put the camera frame in the best position for sight shooting. Lin Sen's move is naturally considered a symbol of overwhelming self-confidence.

However, what Lin Sen wanted to show Wenger was not confidence. He was just playing a plot that was already old-fashioned for him but was tried and tried against his opponent.

Manchester City still conducts their established training according to the training schedule, with nothing special, no more defense, and no less offense. As for the two wounded, Robinho did appear in the left winger position during group training, while Hart replaced Ji Wen without any suspense, and the formation was still the same 4231... All of this, the media will help Lin Sen report under Wenger's nose, and then, Wenger's choice is next.

Believe it? Or don't believe it?

If you believe in you, you will have ghosts. If you don’t believe in you, you can’t think of any tricks you can play. This is what Wenger thinks now.

In fact, compared with Manchester City, compared with the previous few seasons, the biggest change this season is undoubtedly in the cards. There is no big gap between the two teams. In fact, this is thanks to Lin Sen not poaching people from Arsenal this year. Otherwise, with Wenger's current urinary nature, it is mostly: I will accept the money and I will not buy people. If I don't buy people, my strength will naturally decline on the cards. Even if Wenger is a magical person, he will sooner or later understand the truth that a good woman cannot cook without rice.

Wenger remembered what Guardiola said before during the coaching forum, don’t be deceived.

In Wenger's own understanding, Guardiola wanted to remind himself that Lin Sen would not play against him after all. Wenger did not forget this, but he did not believe it, because judging from the current situation, is Lin Sen really necessary to fight him against the defensive counterattack in the Malaga era?

After all, the key to this game is two people. One is David Silva, and the other is Fabregas.

Just as Arsenal will definitely limit David Silva, Manchester City will definitely not allow Fabregas to do whatever he wants in the midfield, so the performance of these two people will largely determine the result of this game. If both are restricted, the result of this game may be a dull draw. If neither of them is restricted, it may be a score that will hurt both sides. If only one of them is restricted, one side is destined to be a tragedy.

At the press conference before the game, when facing Caroline, the female reporter Mendes, who just signed with Manchester City, was asked by Manchester City about whether Manchester City’s goal this season is to challenge the Premier League G4. Lin Sen, who has been very low-key since he came to England, said the first high-profile sentence: Manchester City’s goal this season is not a challenge, but a replacement.

When the reporter who acted as a voice transmitter relayed Lin Sen's words to Wenger, Wenger just smiled: Sixteen teams are ready to replace the top four teams every season, and Manchester City is just one of them, which is nothing strange.

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On September 12th, at 2:00 p.m. local time, only one hour left before the competition officially began.

At this time, Manchester City Stadium has become the most lively place in the city. Fans coming from all directions can be seen everywhere around the stadium. There is no doubt that Manchester City fans at home have an absolute advantage in numbers. At the entrance of the city Stadium, a large number of Manchester City fans have been queued up to enter the stadium. The huge spiral slope entrance passage visible to the naked eye on the outside of the stadium is full of fans from a distance.

Among the large number of fans, the media has become an embellishment. Once the fans who come to the media interview on the road, they always happily come over to take a photo, or shout a few slogans such as Manchester City's winning. For Manchester City fans, this may be the time when they shouted this slogan the most confidently in recent seasons.

Manchester City, which has won three consecutive games, encountered Arsenal, who had just suffered a defeat. Manchester City fans have no reason not to be optimistic about their team.

Just when the fans started to enter the court, Lin Sen had already won the starting list of Arsenal. Looking at the list, Lin Sen felt a little silenced: Adebayo, Toure, Nasri, Krish, Sagener, Song, Van Persie, Fabregas...

Lin Sen can only say, poor Arsenal fans.

In Lin Sen's memory, in less than five years, Wenger's starting lineup almost changed, and the biggest receiver was Manchester City. At a glance, five players have become Manchester City's "old players", which is almost half a lineup. Although five years are enough to make a team's lineup fall apart, and there are still many such examples, so many players went to the same club, from the side, can also reflect that the relationship between the two clubs is actually far from as bad as imagined.

Because as mentioned earlier, Arsenal and Manchester City have at least one common opponent, that is, Manchester United.

Lin Sen, who got Arsenal's starting lineup, burst into laughter at the roster, while Wenger, who got Manchester City's starting lineup, frowned. Manchester City's starting lineup was roughly not much different from what Wenger had expected before. Hart replaced Jiwen, defenders Bridge, Kompany, Dunn and Sabaleta, midfielder De Jong and Xavi Martinez, but a name that Wenger did not expect appeared in the frontcourt.

Vidal.

Vidal, who had played as a midfielder before, appeared in the frontcourt and formed Manchester City's attack line with David Silva and Robben, while Robinho was at the front.

Wenger's first idea was that Lin Sen changed the formation, but soon he felt something was wrong, because if the formation was changed, what would David Silva and Robben stand in front? Between the left and right? Lin Sen was willing to let David Silva change his position in the front midfielder position in the first three games? Or is Lin Sen planning to play a frontless formation?
Chapter completed!