Chapter 1,125, MERCI ARSENE
There was more than an hour before the game started, and all the fans had already entered the stadium. The remaining fans who had not bought tickets were paying high prices for tickets outside the stadium while waiting for the moment when Wenger appeared on the big screen outside the stadium.
The vendors outside the market made a lot of money today. Whether it is a red T-shirt with the word "MERE" printed on it, or a "Wenger Special" with an exquisite appearance. As long as something related to Wenger appears in the square, it will be sold out immediately.
The old man named Arsena is the protagonist of this stadium today.
You walk into the stadium along the entrance channel, and the Arsenal staff around you are all wearing white shirts with the word "MERE" printed on them, and there is an extra number on the back: 22.
You slowly walk up to the fans' stand, and it's very crowded along the way, making it difficult to move forward.
There are Arsenal fans on both sides of you, maybe they are Wenger fans, but what does it matter? In this stadium, Arsenal is Wenger, and Wenger is Arsenal.
Among the crowd of fans, you can see gray-haired old men, hobbling on crutches, and supported by a young man beside them, who should be his children and grandchildren. The old man whispered in the young man's ear, thinking about Arsenal's past and the glory that Wenger brought to Arsenal. Speaking of those glorious moments, the old man's vicissitudes of life suddenly flashed, and that beam of light seemed to illuminate the years and the way he came.
The largest number of people in the crowd were still young and strong Arsenal fans. They could no longer hold back their emotions and shouted Wenger's name loudly, shouting "Long live Arsenal!"
Beside them, you saw some young girls, older women, and some children in their arms.
These women may be the wives of Arsenal fans. They may have never liked Arsenal or supported their husbands in watching football. Maybe this is their first time coming to the Emirates Stadium as a wife and as a fan. , as an Arsenal supporter. Maybe after today, they are back to confronting their husbands. In their eyes, fans are crazy, alcoholic, and violent. They hope that their husbands can watch TV with them at home and entertain their children.
Still, they came. When they see tears in their husbands' eyes, they know that their husbands' love for Arsenal and Wenger may be as much as for their family and themselves.
They knew that today was Wenger's farewell match, but they didn't quite know who Wenger was, or in other words, they didn't know what Wenger meant to their husbands and this stadium.
The children in their arms looked at the stadium and their father in a daze. They didn't understand anything, they didn't move at all, and even the huge cheers made them a little scared.
But they never imagined that in more than ten years, they would inherit their father's lifelong love, standing in the same stadium, naked, waving Gunners scarves, shouting "Arsen" loudly. Long live Na", cheering for this team crazily.
You walked all the way up and saw the passion of the Arsenal fans. The elderly, children, middle-aged people, and young people, during these 22 years, they are all witnesses and experiencers.
You found your spot and sat down. No, you were quickly pulled up by the fans around you, cheering and celebrating together, like a feast, cheering for the last time to Arsenal with Wenger, to encourage you!
All the Arsenal fans went crazy today. Some of them clapped and cheered excitedly, and some were already in tears with excitement.
Although their emotions are different, the love in their hearts is the same.
At this moment, they can no longer tell whether they love Arsenal, Wenger, or their youth?
After today, Arsenal is still here, but Wenger is gone...
When Kim Tiger led the Manchester United players into the stadium, Wenger had not yet arrived, and Arsenal were still preparing in the locker room. Because they knew that Wenger's farewell ceremony would be held shortly, the Manchester United players all stood beside the visiting team's coaching bench and did not take the field to warm up for the time being.
Jin Taige also stood quietly aside, looking at the fans in the stands, filled with emotion.
For a moment, he suddenly recalled five years ago, when Sir Alex Ferguson held his last farewell game at Old Trafford. The scene was the same as it is today. Arsenal fans wearing red fans are now filling every corner of the Emirates Stadium. Even fans of other teams bought Arsenal's Wenger commemorative jerseys outside the stadium today to commemorate Wenger's victory. leave.
Everyone in the Emirates Stadium today is an Arsenal fan.
Recalling Sir Alex Ferguson's farewell game, Kim Tiger suddenly thought of himself again.
Will I be so loved by the fans when I leave Old Trafford many years from now? Can I get such respect from the fans?
have no idea.
Jin Taige doesn’t know.
Although Kim Tiger has brought many championships to Manchester United and is the team's hero, Kim Tiger knows very well that these are not enough.
For the team, Ferguson and Wenger were not only representatives of championships and victories, they were also synonymous with loyalty.
Not to mention Ferguson's Triple Crown, take Wenger as an example. He did not bring Arsenal the Champions League title they always wanted, nor did he bring too many championships to Arsenal in the later period. In terms of results, His results weren't exactly stellar.
But Wenger created an era for Arsenal.
When Wenger took over Arsenal, he proposed fashionable artistic football. And this extremely gorgeous artistic football method will benefit Arsenal a lot for many years to come. They have become one of the teams with the smoothest offense. At their peak, they were undefeated in 48 Premier League games and were evenly matched with Barcelona in the Champions League final.
When Wenger was coaching Arsenal, many wealthy teams such as Real Madrid and AC Milan poached Arsenal, hoping to take Wenger away, but Wenger righteously rejected them all. During the process of Kroenke's acquisition of Arsenal, the most important point he made was that the team must keep Wenger so that the acquisition can be completed!
For Wenger, Arsenal is almost everything to him. He spent his best years here and left his heart to Arsenal. For Arsenal fans, Wenger is simply their godfather!
Kim Tiger knows very well that if he wants to reach the status of Wenger at Arsenal and Ferguson at Manchester United, he will have to stay at Manchester United for at least ten years.
Some emotions in the heart and some glory in memories need time to be verified.