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Wenger's unveiling took place at Highbury in September 1996. Wenger's arrival at Arsenal was greeted with perplexity by some of the club's players, supporters and the local media. [nb 2] Although he was touted as a future technical director of The Football Association (FA), [105] he was relatively unknown in English football.
Former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger stands on the tribune before the World Cup group G soccer match between Serbia and Switzerland, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.
Wenger's tactics emphasised attacking football and relied on movement and interchanging, with full-backs joining in attacks. Journalist Michael Cox noted that Arsenal's strengths lay on the left side of the pitch, and added that, because the opposition focused on containing Cole, Pires, and Henry, this allowed Lauren and Ljungberg to find space ...
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Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the award. The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding club coach as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), an autonomous football federation working without the investment or support of FIFA or UEFA.
[111] Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger described Rosický as having "great technique, skill on the ball and sharp passing." [12] Upon signing a contract extension in 2010, Wenger called him a "special talent" and said his "vision and touch is remarkable." [46] Announcing Rosický's 2012 contract extension, Wenger called him "technically top class ...
A particularly memorable match between the two sides came on 1 February 1958, when they met in a league fixture at Highbury. [10] It was the last league game that United played before the Munich air disaster five days later, which claimed the lives of eight of their players and saw two other players injured to such an extent that they never played again. [10]
Wenger made it to 3 EFL Cups finals with Arsenal but never won that competition. His final home game was a 5–0 win against Burnley on 6 May 2018, where he received a standing ovation before the game and was gifted the gold mini-replica Premier League trophy he won during the 2003–04 Invincibles season as a departing gift from Arsenal.