2021/22 Super League The season kicked off tonight with the London Derby, with the newly recruited Brentford playing Arsenal at home.
The Bees will be eager to go all out in their first ever Premier League game, and the first top league game in 74 years.
Arsenal have completed their summer business ahead of schedule to fill the gap in the team. There should be at least two debuts tonight, but Mikel Arteta needs a quick start to stop further doubts about his future.
However, the gunman was hit by the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette because of illness-which meant that Flannel Barlogon and Gabriel Martinelli started Offensively, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Ben White, who signed in the summer, made their Premier League debut for the Gunners.
The absence of two key Arsenal strikers will definitely boost Brentford, and Ivan Tony and Brian Mbomo may be the key to their success this season.
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Simon Collins of Brentford
This is Simon Collins’ view on team news…
As for the newly promoted Brentford, returning to the top league after 74 years of absence, summer signings Christopher Ajer and Frank Oneka started with Ivan Tony. Ivan Tony played in England last season. Scored 33 goals in the Champions League.
Therefore, Arsenal do not have captain Pierre Emeric Aubameyang and striker Alexander Lacazette tonight.
Earlier in the day it was reported that the two were unwell and, as expected, they were missing from the Brentford team roster.
Mikel Arteta gave his debut to Ben White and Albert Lokonga, while Folarin Balogun and Gabriel Gabriel Martinelli is on the offense.
Arsenal lineup
Arsenal Eleven: Leno, Chambers, White, Pablo Marie, Tierney, Sambi Loconga, Xhaka, Pepe, Smith-Ro, Martinelli, Barlogon
submarine: Bellerin, Saka, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Cedric, Tavares, Nelson, Ernene, Hein
Brentford lineup
Brentford XI: Raya, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Janelt, Onyeka, Mbeumo, Norgaard, Canos, Toney
submarine: Goode, Fuchs, Visa, Gunnarsson, Godos, Devisoglu, Bidstrup, Sorensen, Rollslev
This is the third jersey that Arsenal will wear tonight…
We are closely following the team news, which will be confirmed at 7pm-if Aubameyang and Lacazette are out as expected, then see which system and player Mikel Arteta will choose It will be fun…
Frank on Brentford’s success story
Brentford coach Thomas Frank hopes that people can see a bigger picture, because the club hopes to continue the journey of enlightenment and surpass their weight in the Premier League.
Since the 1946/47 season, the Bees have entered the top league for the first time. In 2016, Brentford made the difficult decision to close the academy. Instead, he chose to form a “B” team composed of players aged 17-21, and set up a ball designed to serve as a direct feeder for the first team. Team.
Although the “Moneyball” recruiting method may not be suitable for everyone, it has seen clubs reap considerable returns because they are right before developing seemingly undervalued talents into valuable assets to sell for substantial profits. Talents who seem to be underestimated take computational risks-like Ollie Watkins, Said Benrahma, Neal Maupay, and Chris Mepham, for example.
However, Frank insists that things are far more complicated than a simple gamble, which has been rewarded generously. The club hopes that this method will allow them to regain a place among the English elite after 74 years of absence.
“Brentford is an extraordinary story about strategy, enlightenment, and incredible bravery,” Frank said. “In the play-off finals, we have Mads Rollslev beside us. He failed to make it to Denmark’s second-best league team two years ago, so there are different ways.
“Nevertheless, there are not many teams that take risks in recruiting like us, but this is certainly not an opportunity, just like we just pick a player at random.
“We use data, video reconnaissance and analysis of everything to solve this problem to ensure that they meet our playing style and our specific standards.
“More importantly, people will look at us and say:’The way they do this is amazing, and it’s less than everyone in the Premier League, and they can still play interesting and attractive football brands, and they are forward-looking. Sex’, this is my hope.”
