For gunners who felt the same: (Picture from arseblog and that really sums up everything).
And an excellent piece by Matthew from the Times.
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Why Arsene Wenger should be proud rather than cowed
It is a tragedy of apocalyptic dimensions, a human catastrophe comparable to the melting of the ice-caps and the devastation of the rainforests rolled into one. Arsenal have been knocked out of the Champions League and have all but run out of steam in the race for the Barclays Premier League title. Anyone not inclined to lament, mourn and bewail this fact is not in possession of a soul.
You may say that I am exaggerating, but this is about more than mere football. It is about music and poetry, aesthetics and artistry, hope and audacity. Arsène Wenger could have instructed his team to play with the dispiriting pragmatism so beloved of his rival managers, but the mercurial Frenchman was not prepared to betray his nobler ideals, even when it might have improved his club’s chances of success.
Arsenal’s relentless and unadulterated pursuit of beauty has itself been a thing of beauty: a daring, epic and ultimately doomed journey that has taken the English game, against all expectation, into the territory of the artistic. Wenger has done more for neutral supporters in one season — talking spiritually now, talking of our moral fabric — than an eternity of watching the spirit-sapping utilitarianism of men such as José Mourinho and Rafael Benítez.
Wenger’s posse of swashbuckling and tragic youngsters embraced the vision of their leader with the naive enthusiasm of foot soldiers and now they look around themselves at the ruins. But they should not despair. Liverpool, their conquerors on Tuesday night, may go on to lift the European Cup next month, yet what are trophies except meaningless baubles that moth and rust destroy? What Arsenal have achieved this season will endure far longer, if only in the hearts of those of us who have watched them.
Who has been inspired by Benítez’s Liverpool or Avram Grant’s Chelsea beyond the core constituencies of Merseyside and West London, who cheer out of filial loyalty and never from aesthetic appreciation? Who in their right mind could watch a Liverpool or Chelsea performance and find a wide and happy smile arriving on their surprised lips?
This is not an argument that is pro-Arsenal any more than it is anti-Liverpool: Arsenal under George Graham were as dull and draining as Liverpool under Bob Paisley were thrilling. No, it is about celebrating something in Wenger’s team that goes far beyond success and failure; it is about saluting a philosophy that owes as much to Sartre as it does to Rinus Michels. Wenger understands that, in this curious journey called life, there are things that matter beyond the merely functional.
The Frenchman and his players will be feeling something close to desolation. They woke yesterday with their hopes and dreams, which were within grasping distance a few weeks ago, in tatters. But rather than despair, they should celebrate that they have imbued football with an aesthetic meaning that it has not enjoyed since the retirement of Pelé, Carlos Alberto and Co. They are glorious, even though they have been vanquished. They are glorious, perhaps, because they have been vanquished.
There was a time when it looked as if the English game was doomed to be strangled by route-one football. It is visionaries such as Wenger and the evergreen Sir Alex Ferguson who have resisted this calamity. Manchester United’s attacking luminosity and Arsenal’s intricate creativity have offered an alternative vision of the sport that, it must be hoped, will be embraced by a new generation of managers and coaches.
Football is becoming the beautiful game again. And, for that, we must thank, above all, the incomparable Wenger.
And translation of this article from 阿森纳中国网, but with some mistakes.
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你也许说我夸张了，但是这不仅是与足球有关。这是关于音乐和诗歌，美学和艺术，希望和勇气。温格可以教导他的球队踢出让人沮丧的实用主义的足球，就像他的对手，但是这位雄辩机智的法国人并不准备背叛他的华丽哲学，即使这也许会改善他的俱乐部获得成功的机会。枪手论坛. j# z0 u; Q7 C5 {. |$ |
阿 森纳的无情和没有掺杂任何杂质对完美的追求本身就是一件美丽的事：1个大胆的，史诗的，最终命中注定的旅程，发生在英国足球上，对抗所有预料，进入到艺术 的版图。温格已经当了不止1个赛季的中立的球迷，现在在精神上说，说道我们的道德观，他会在英国足球上不朽，相比那些精神基蚀的实用主义的人，比如说穆里 尼奥和贝尼特斯。- 全球最大的阿森纳中文球迷网络社区" g: U) p A3 g9 Z5 y% T
温格亲手组建 的虚张声势的悲剧版的年轻小将团体，信奉着他们领袖的哲学，用他们天真的狂热去成为脚下足球战士，现在他们在废墟上看着自己。但是他们不应该绝望。利物浦 也许会在下个月举起欧冠奖杯，但是这种奖杯只是无意义小玩意，生锈长满了蛀虫。阿森纳这个赛季获得的东西将有更久的耐久性，只需想想我们在观看他们时留在 内心的东西。
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除了莫西赛德郡和西伦敦死忠球迷，还有谁能够从贝尼特斯的利物浦和格兰特的切尔西身上得到鼓舞？谁愉快地担任他们的死忠？谁能从他们身上发现任何美学？谁会在观看了一场利物浦和切尔西比赛后发现到了足够的快乐，脸上充满了微笑？
这不是捧阿 森纳贬利物浦：阿森纳在格拉汉姆时代同样无趣和沉闷，利物浦在佩斯利时代让人激动。不，这是为了庆祝温格球队远离胜负之外的一种东西；这是向一个哲学致 敬，这种哲学是属于萨特，而不是Rinus Michels。温格理解这点，在这种好奇的生命之旅中，不是所有东西只有功利性。
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这位法国人和他球员将感受到一些接近于荒芜的东西。他们昨天带着梦想和希望工作，这种希望和梦想在最近几周逐渐破碎。但是这不是绝望，他们应该庆祝他们以 一种美学浸透了足球，自从贝利、阿尔贝托等人退役之后，就没有享受过。他们是光荣的，即使他们已经被击败。他们是光荣的，也许因为他们已经被击败。bbs.arsenal.com.cn* Q9 {0 ]: R+ |8 W; \' d
过去有一个阶段，当英国足球看起来就像被窒息到一条路线上的足球时。是温格这样的梦想家，是弗格森这样的常青树，他们抵抗了灾难。曼联的攻势足球和阿森纳的复杂的创造性让英国足球有了另外一面，这肯定是充满希望的，将会得到新一代教练和球员的信奉。
足球再次成为了漂亮的比赛。为此，我们必须感谢最重要的人，无以伦比的温格。
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