Although the two quarreled in front of media reporters, Wenger still accepted Gao Han's invitation before leaving and drank a bottle of wine in the conference room at Stamford Bridge.

But in the end, Wenger still said harshly about the upcoming League Cup final.

For Arsenal, the League Cup is like a fig leaf, and you have to fight to the end no matter what.

However, it is not easy for Arsenal to win the League Cup final, because after the league plays Chelsea, they will go to Spain to challenge Real Sociedad away, which is the knockout match of the Champions League quarterfinals.

The Champions League this season is different from the past, with some changes in the schedule. The previous second stage of the group stage was cancelled and the knockout round of the top 16 was directly entered after the first stage of the group stage. This can reduce four games and reduce the pressure and burden on players and teams.

Compared with the back and forth with Arsenal, Chelsea's schedule is more favorable.

The Blues will also usher in the new year's League Cup in the middle of the week. The opponent is Sofialevsky of Bulgaria, but the first leg is home games, and the opponent is weak, so Gao Han has basically decided to send all the substitute lineups to play.

In other words, Chelsea will be replenishing its strength and wait for Arsenal.

As one goes up and down, Wenger also seems to be a little confident in this final.

In fact, Arsenal's back and forth trip did affect the team's condition. In addition, the away game made Real Sociedad's performance in this game was not ideal.

First, shortly after the opening, Edu scored first, but soon Real Sociedad equalized the score.

But after the second half, Edu scored another goal, but Real Sociedad equalized the score a few minutes later.

The two sides fought back and forth, and the fight was very fierce, and Arsenal was tangled by Real Sociedad and could not get out.

It was not until the 80th minute of the game that the Gunners scored a goal by Pire, and finally narrowly defeated Real Sociedad 3-2.

It is not difficult to see from the competition process how tragic the whole game was.

On the contrary, although Chelsea did not play easily, they finally defeated their opponents 2-0. Lampard and Good Johnson each scored one goal, and both scored in the second half.

But Chelsea's main players have been making adjustments step by step, waiting for Arsenal to wait for work.

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"There are really not many challenges in the Premier League this season!"

In the living room of the mansion on Kensington Garden Street, Gao Han sighed softly.

Lin Xia, who had just flew from Madrid to London and was picked up by Gao Han from the airport, sat next to him, holding his right hand intimately with both hands. After hearing his feelings, he giggled, "Why?"

At this moment, what Gao Han was holding was the materials compiled by Sergio Garcia after watching Real Sociedad and Arsenal's Champions League match the day before yesterday. It recorded the details of the game in very detailed detail.

Gao Han shook the materials in his hand, "Look at Arsenal, the bench is not strong, but Wenger has used a whole lineup to death. From January to now, he has hardly adjusted the team's lineup. Can the team bear it?"

"But they seem to have only lost two league games this season."

Gao Han smiled, "Yes, they all lost to me."

Lin Xia suddenly realized that this guy was proud in front of him.

So she immediately reached out her hand and pinched his waist lightly or hard, but the annoying guy let out a scream like a pig.

Fortunately, there were only two of them in this family, Gao Han didn’t even invite a servant, otherwise, he would have really made a misunderstanding.

After the two had a fight, Gao Han also regained his seriousness and put away the materials.

"The competition in the Premier League is not very fierce, and it has always been a duo of Manchester United and Arsenal. Manchester United left Beckham this season, and it has not been able to fill the gap in the central defender after Stam left the team, so his strength has been greatly lost. On the contrary, Arsenal has the main lineup and is more powerful."

"But as I said just now, the Gunners' problem is that the bench is not thick enough, so even though he knew that Henry and Campbell were injured, he could only continue to start with them because there was no one to replace Wenger."

Although Saul Campbell is not young, his role in Arsenal is indeed irreplaceable.

In order to get him, the Gunners even had a turmoil with their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspurs in North London. However, it turned out that the price Arsenal paid was worth it, and Campbell quickly became the Gunners' defense core.

When the veterans get old and the young players can't hold on for a short period of time, Wenger is still very stingy and refuses to introduce strong central defenders in the transfer market.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the lack of powerful central defenders in today's football world.

Almost any small-famous central defender can afford a high price. With Wenger's stinginess, how could he be willing to pay the money?

So, all he trusts are young players like Kroo Toure or Sendros.

Not only the defense line, but also the rest of the position.

Villott was injured, Canu performed poorly, and Henry and Borgkamp became the pillars of Arsenal's forward line.

Oh, by the way, during the winter break, Wenger squandered a hand and brought Reyes from Seville, performing well.

This player was almost gotten to Atletico Madrid at the beginning, but unfortunately, he has become an opponent now.

From the perspective of overall strength, Arsenal has not improved significantly compared to previous seasons, but because Manchester United's strength has declined, the Gunners have stood out and become Chelsea's number one competitor.

As for teams such as Liverpool and Newcastle, they are just looking familiar. From beginning to end, it is difficult for them to attack the league championship because their strength has not reached that level at all.

Just talk about Liverpool, Husky's scoring ability on the front line is poor. Although his tactical role is obvious, he can't do it with just one Irving.

There is also a midfielder, and the biggest problem with the Reds is in the midfield.

As the saying goes, those who win the midfield will win the world. If Liverpool wants to rise, they not only need to increase the intensity of signings, but also have to reorganize the team's skills and tactics. From this point of view, as long as Hollier is still there, the Reds will find it difficult to expect.

As for Newcastle and others, there is no question.

Thinking of this, Gao Han couldn't help but feel passionate and full of energy.

"Look at it, not only will the league championship this season, but also next season, it will be decided, and I will also launch an impact on the Champions League. I will not give Manchester United and Arsenal any chance!"

Compared with opponents with many problems, Chelsea's situation is actually the best.

Especially as the league deepens, the team's skills and tactics take shape, the players are becoming more and more tacit, and the overall competitiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and Gao Han's confidence has also risen.

He even had a premonition that Chelsea might be able to make a difference in the Champions League next season.

Lin Xia kept watching Gao Han, feeling his strong self-confidence, and couldn't help but feel his heart moved.

In fact, a confident man is also very charming.

The two were close together, Lin Xia hugged her hands tightly, Gao Han immediately noticed it, and thoughts moved and laughed.

Lin Xia didn't know what he was thinking. She blushed and glared at him shyly, and ran away as if she was flying.

Gao Han smiled behind him like a big bad wolf and chased towards Little Red Riding Hood.

"Help!"

"Girl, stop running away. We are the only one here, and no one can save you!"

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Northwest London, Kearney Training Base.

The League Cup final is approaching, and Wenger finally got good news.

Left-back Ashley Cole returns!

"From the training effect, there should be no problem in the League Cup finals," said Pat Rice.

Among the many head coaches in the Premier League, Wenger also attaches great importance to data analysis, so after each training class, he will ask the coaching staff to provide a player analysis report, especially for injured players.

"What do you say from the team doctor?" Wenger was happy.

"They also think that Ashley Cole can play."

"That's great!" Wenger finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the games Ashley Cole was absent, the left-back has always been the young player Krish, but the performance of this French compatriot is sometimes good and sometimes bad, which is really unreliable.

Of course, this has a lot to do with his young age.

Now that Ashley Cole returns, Arsenal's left can finally stabilize.

As the season deepens, the Gunners' central defender combination is gradually confirmed. Although both Thor Campbell and Kloe Toure have problems, the combination of the two is Arsenal's best central defender configuration at present.

But Wenger was a little worried, could they defend Ibrahimovic?

Pat Rice also empathized with the head coach's concerns.

Ibrahimovic is indeed a very weird central defender, tall and strong, a typical Nordic center forward, but the most important thing is that he actually has the skills under his feet that are not inferior to any professional player, which is very difficult to deal with.

It's like Campbell, who competes with him for physical fitness, has no advantage, and he doesn't even think about grabbing the ball.

Kroo Toure was even worse. Once he leaned against his body, it was hard to say whether he could handle the ball or not.

For such a center, not to mention Arsenal, even in the entire Premier League, who doesn’t have a headache?

"Gao Han's vision is indeed very toxic," Wenger had to sigh. "Before the season, he said that Ibrahimovic would become a nightmare for all central defenders in the Premier League, and the result was good at all."

Looking at this season, no one has been able to completely imprison Ibrahimovic until now.

But this is not the scariest place in Chelsea.

With Ibrahimovic suppressing the central defender, Ronaldinho has excellent ball-handling and dribbling ability on the left, and his last pass is also quite sharp, which makes it difficult for the opponent to defend.

But Etoo on the right was extremely fast and had excellent offensive ability after inserting it. After a sudden start, almost no defender could keep up with him, which made Chelsea's trident show amazing power in the game.

This is no longer a question of whether you understand defense or not, but even if you know how to defend, you may not be able to defend!

Not to mention that even if they defended the Trident, Deco and Perron had their backs inserted into the attack.

It can be said that Chelsea's entire offensive system was built by Gao Han, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, making it difficult to defend.

"This is just his first season in the Premier League!" Wenger said worriedly.

He is not only worried about the upcoming League Cup, but also about the future.

If he really wants to continue to be suppressed like this, let alone Arsenal, even Manchester United, don't expect it.

But sometimes, some things still need to be decided immediately.

"Part, this afternoon, focus on practicing the three-middle midfielder's style."
Chapter completed!