‘The sign of spring? It's not the recovery of all things, but Arsenal's collapse!’

This seems to be taken for granted.

07/08 season.

10/11 season.

13/14 season.

15/16 season.

The invincible Gunners always inexplicably drop the ball.

Often, a few losses against weaker teams cause the collapse of the entire season. Fortunately, the Gunners always transform into: Champions League Qualification Demons at critical moments.

In the past seven years.

In terms of the number of massacres suffered by the Premier League Big 6, Arsenal is undoubtedly the first, having been bloodbathed eleven times by different teams with 4 or more goals. The opponents even included mid-to-lower-tier teams.

Most of these games happened around the arrival of spring.

A well-known commentator once said: "If you feel bitter, think of the *Army Liverpool."

In fact, Arsenal fans are more pitiful.

Li Kang's life is very ordinary.

Except for occasionally shooting commercials, he lives a simple life, going between two points every day.

Since Morata and Xhaka fell in love, there are fewer and fewer playmates to play games with. Li Kang browses video websites and even considered opening a teaching account like Kroos.

Kroos's teaching series is: "Teach you how to become a Ceremonial Midfielder step by step."

My own teaching series could be... forget it.

Of course, the most popular football coach on video websites is Guardiola. His gestures on the sidelines are cut by netizens into calisthenics, and paired with the "The Times Are Calling" background music.

It is said that Kiesling, who became the assistant sports director after retiring, often runs to the La Masia youth training camp, ambitiously wanting to replicate his boss Voller's signing cases!

On the other side.

Wenger is very busy.

The League Cup, mainly for training, was abandoned early.

Fighting on three fronts: the FA Cup, the Champions League, and the Premier League, the club's internal and external affairs also overwhelmed him.

For example: a senior executive of the club complained privately that the players were consuming too much drinking water.

Even for this kind of trivial matter, the Arsenal coach has to write a report to refute it.

In the entire Premier League, no club coach is more exhausted than Wenger.

The days passed day by day.

The Premier League match day arrived.

Li Kang and his teammates came to "England's JDZ" Stoke-on-Trent.

Arsenal will challenge the Sky Blues - Stoke City away.

This club was founded in 1863, originally by a group of railway workers.

In recent years.

In addition to the 6-1 bloodbath of Liverpool in the Premier League, Stoke City also has a famous meme:

"The peak Barcelona Dream Team? They will experience the end of the world on a cold rainy night in Stoke!"

The background of this sentence is based on: the average height of the Stoke City team is 1.88 meters.

What is the concept?

Among the 160+ clubs in the five major leagues, Stoke City has maintained the "first height" for nearly thirteen years.

Who is the second place?

Bayer Leverkusen!

Let's compare the average height of the peak Dream Three Barcelona?

Last in the league for six consecutive years!

It wasn't until the Barcelona executives spent 150 million in the summer transfer window last year that the average height of the entire Barcelona team rose to 1.79 meters.

Look at those keywords again!

Stoke City, cold rainy night

This famous hot meme once sparked heated discussions on major sports forums.

Fans frantically speculated: how many goals would Barcelona score against Stoke City.

Unfortunately.

The two teams have no chance to play against each other.

Britannia Stadium.

Crowded, with no empty seats.

More than 20,000 spectators cheered wildly.

The mascot - a little hippo, is stretching out its fat hand to greet the fans sitting in the treetops.

The terrain of this stadium is very low, and fans who can't buy tickets will climb to the trees on the high ground outside the stadium to watch the game.

"CCTV5! CCTV5! Good evening, audience friends."

"Now broadcasting live for you is the 2016/17 season of the Premier League."

"Stoke City hosts Arsenal!"

"The Potters against the Gunners!"

"In the past seven years, Arsenal has never defeated Stoke City away!"

"Can Wenger break the curse of not winning away tonight?"

"Let's wait and see!"

Players tunnel.

Stoke City in this historical period gradually shed the title of "Sky Blues".

"Li, long time no see!"

A pair of big hands pressed on his shoulders.

Li Kang looked back and saw it was Bojan.

The former La Masia prince, who scored more than 900 goals in the youth team, broke many records created by Messi as a child, played in the Champions League at the age of 17, and was selected for the Spanish national team. It was simply the opening of a Long Aotian template in novels.

Refused to represent the national team at the age of 18.

Won the La Liga title, Copa del Rey title, and Champions League title at the age of 18. "Treble."

And not the kind of benchwarmer player.

Scored in the Copa del Rey final, scored three goals in key Champions League battles.

Rumor: Barcelona executives initially wanted to make Bojan the core and sell Messi.

Unfortunately, Bojan was not up to par. After winning everything, he began to slack off at the age of 19 for the reason of "anxiety".

Barcelona fans certainly wanted to see Bojan and Messi join hands to create a bright future for Barcelona.

Unfortunately.

In the game, this guy couldn't coexist with Messi.

The Barcelona coaching staff racked their brains, but there was no way.

Because as long as the two of them play at the same time, fans will find that this guy will squeeze Messi's running space with each other. Barcelona's offensive rhythm will become very strange.

There wasn't much small talk.

Li Kang was not familiar with Bojan in the first place.

During the La Masia youth training camp, Bojan was Long Aotian in front of his peers, and a "patient with anxiety" in front of the older brothers in the first team.

Anxious to the point of "being thirsty but not daring to drink water".

The referee led the players of both sides out of the tunnel.

The broadcast couldn't wait to play the list of the main lineup.

The home fans' reaction was very flat.

It is related to Stoke City's style and viewing experience.

For three consecutive seasons, the ball possession rate of no game has exceeded 50%.

In the entire Premier League, the number of shots is the least, the number of shots on target is the least, the number of successful passes is the least, and the success rate of passes is the lowest.

Whether you are a Premier League Big 6 or a "mixed bag" Aston Villa, as long as you meet Stoke City, well, you will create the shortest effective game time record in the club's history again and again.

"Next, I will introduce the starting lineups of both sides."

"Stoke City's formation is 3-4-3! It seems to be influenced by Conte!"

"Goalkeeper: Grant."

"Defenders: Muniesa, Indi, Johnson."

"Midfielders: Pieters, Adam, Imbula, Diouf."

"Forwards: Allen, Bojan, Shaqiri!"

"This front line minimizes Stoke City's average height to the greatest extent! The heights of the three offensive players are: 1.68 meters, 1.69 meters, and 1.67 meters!"

"Arsenal's formation is 4-3-3!"

"Goalkeeper:"

"Along with the referee's whistle! The game officially begins!"

(End of this chapter)