Chapter 201 The full-scale offense has shifted to the key defense!
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Ling Si Qian Tian
Chapter 201 The full-scale offense has shifted to the key defense!
"Dangerous! The game has just started, and the Manchester City players at home are very excited!"
In the studio of Longguo National TV Station, Duan Xuan was so shocked that he almost dropped all the game materials in his hand on the floor.
"Aguero said before the game that they would let Arsenal know how strong the defending champion is. In fact, this game is also related to the ranking changes in the standings. Although the season has just started, the performance of many Premier League teams this season They are not too good. The unbeaten teams are Arsenal and Manchester City. Arsenal have won four consecutive league rounds, while Manchester City has three wins and one tie. The difference between the two sides is only two points!"
"In fact, Manchester United and Chelsea are only three points behind Arsenal." Xu Yang added, "I'm starting to worry now, because of well-known reasons, Manchester City must have a high fighting spirit."
"Yes, this game is a great test for Arsenal, or Ye Luo!"
Duan Xuan added.
"The game just started, we didn't even have time to broadcast the starting lineups of both sides, Manchester City launched an aggressive press and attack, which maybe set the tone of this game!"
In fact it is.
The game has just started.
The head coaches on both sides couldn't sit still anymore and came to the sidelines one after another.
Mancini looked calm with his hands in his pockets on the sidelines, but his hands were actually shaking slightly. His leaning forward body and stiff shoulders showed that the Italian coach was not calm at all.
Although Mancini looked confident in front of the media.
But actually he was very nervous.
It's not that he's afraid of Arsenal, but that he's a little afraid of Ye Luo's state.
In four league games, Ye Luo scored seven goals!
Van Persie and Aguero, who ranked second, only scored four.
And just scoring goals can't reflect Ye Luo's huge influence on the game.
Just looking at the goals, it seems that Aguero and Van Persie are only three goals behind, and maybe they will catch up after a game breaks out.
But Mancini is clear that this cannot be compared directly.
Because the influence on the game is not only reflected in the goal data.
Ye Luo's activeness in the frontcourt, his running position, his passing, his passing, his suppression and shock to the defense, and even the psychological pressure he brought to the opponent's defensive players.
These are not reflected by pure data.
Of course Mancini knew this.
So he is actually not very sure whether Manchester City can defend Ye Luo.
Compared to defense.
In fact, he is more inclined to use offense to solve problems at home - Ye Luo is very good, he can score goals, but if we score more goals than him, can't we win this game?
So at the beginning of the game, Manchester City's aggressive pressing and offensive were jointly decided by Mancini and his coaching staff.
And this is in the hands of Manchester City players, especially their offensive players!
In this game, Manchester City put on a 442 formation.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense, the central defender Kompany partner Les Scott, the left back Clichy, the right back Zabaleta, the central midfielder is Yaya Toure and Xavi Garcia , the fast Sinclair kicked a right midfielder, and the left was handed over to David Silva.
On the forward line, it is a classic center combination of Dzeko and Aguero - of course Dzeko is in charge, and Aguero is in charge soon.
on the bench.
There are defensive midfielders Barry, defenders Kolarov, Nastasic, forwards Tevez and Balotelli, as well as former Arsenal players, one of the four French little swans who are as famous as Gang Benzema. Nasri, who gradually lost his main position at the end of last season.
This lineup can be said to be quite powerful.
As for Arsenal, if Ye Luo is excluded, their lineup may not be stronger than last season, or even weaker.
The reason, of course, is the loss of Van Persie.
The average age of the current Arsenal squad is only 22 years old.
It is too young-in a game like the Premier League, it is absolutely extravagant for such a young lineup to maintain a stable performance.
Mancini was emphasizing this point before the game: Arsenal is very young, and being young means instability, emotionality, and insufficient psychological endurance and so on.
But there are benefits to being young.
That is, when they play crazy, they will perform exceptionally well!
It's like. Now!
Manchester City's aggressive opening posture failed to scare Arsenal, but stimulated the opponent's performance.
The current game screen made Mancini frown a little.
"Ye Luo made a breakthrough with the ball, and made an inverted triangle pass from the left side of the penalty area. Cazorla shot!! Joe Hart made a key save!"
"Arsenal's corner kick! Cazorla drove to the back point, and Giroud directly headed the goal!! Slightly wide!"
"Arsenal has the intention of turning away from the guest, and they have created a lot of offensives in the past few minutes!!"
The commentators on the commentary booth spoke as fast as machine guns.
Because the current pace of the game is indeed quite fast.
Manchester City quickly kicked the ball out, and Joe Hart's big kick went straight out of the sideline, causing the fans at the scene to sigh regretfully.
Joe Hart is now England's main goalkeeper.
But as a traditional British goalkeeper, the work under his feet is obviously his weakness.
Before Joe Hart had time to apologize to his teammates, Arsenal almost sent a throw-in.
Amidst the boos at the Etihad Stadium, Ye Luo cut into the middle after receiving the ball, and shot angrily at a distance of 30 meters from the goal!
Joe Hart reacted quickly, he jumped, and by virtue of his height and length, he slapped the ball out of the baseline.
Although the work under the feet is not good.
But Joe Hart had a good job at hand.
Although fans often ridicule Hart as the background board of the world wave.
"If the sky is loving, the sky will be old too. I saw Hartmon's kick."
But it also seems to indicate
Ordinary shooting is difficult to threaten Hart's goal, it depends on the world wave.
"Hart's key save!! Ye Luo's long-range shot is very threatening! So far, Ye Luo is the most active player in the game!"
"He has a wide range of activities, and he can be seen in both the frontcourt and the midfield. Now Arsenal's lineup was a bit 4411. Between the forward lines, Giroud was at the forefront as a bridgehead to open up space for Yello. Now it seems that Van Persie leaving Arsenal may not be a bad thing for Arsenal, because Van Persie's scoring ability is worse than Giroud, but it needs to Said to be a bridgehead, to open up space for his own attacker, Van Persie's ability to play as a deputy is not as good as Giroud-and he may not be willing!"
Andy Gray said in the live commentary.
At this moment, the entire Etihad Stadium was booing extremely sharply.
Ye Luo's long-range shot just now terrified the Manchester City fans.
Now their booing is more of a stress response.
"Yellow's position at Arsenal is so interesting. I even feel that Professor Wenger is going to revive the free man tactics. Of course, he is a free man in the midfield." Lineker laughed.
"It's very close, isn't it? Anyway, I can't tell what position Ye Luo is playing now, winger? Center forward? Attacker? Midfielder No. 8?" Andy Gray shook his head and said, "Although the modern football One of the development trends is to weaken the position attribute and require players to be able to specialize in multiple skills, but it is almost rare to see activities like Ye Luo's position in the frontcourt that has almost no restrictions."
"He doesn't just run around. His ability to kick like this is due to his strong personal ability!"
The famous English football star Lineker was also an excellent professional player back then, so he knew what it takes to play like Ye Luo.
The libero tactic has long since disappeared.
As football rules change, football tactics develop.
Free agents like Franz Beckenbauer can no longer find a place on the court.
Just like the decline of the traditional midfielder.
Football is constantly evolving.
But now Ye Luo actually has a slight tendency to revive the "absolute core" style of play decades ago.
This is entirely because of his personal ability, which goes against the trend of football development.
"It's amazing."
Andy Gray sighed.
Just when the two were talking.
Arsenal got the ball again and launched an attack.
Ye Luo got the ball in the middle of the frontcourt.
He turned around and pushed forward without haste.
The players of Manchester City did not dare to grab easily, so they could only fight and retreat.
Cazorla pressed into the penalty area when Ye Luo retreated, crossed positions with Giroud, and created space for Ye Luo to contain the defensive players.
A cross between the two of them was like a stick across the calm water, causing waves in Manchester City's defense.
But this turmoil is not actually a defensive loophole.
After all, this is just a small loosening in the line of defense.
But Ye Luo sensed the slight looseness for the first time, and then suddenly accelerated! !
He suddenly rushed past Harvey Garcia, Lescott grabbed the first time, and Ye Luo smashed the ball into the penalty area.
Lescott raised his hands to indicate that he had not fouled, and then planned to block Ye Luo's advance with his body.
But Ye Luo suddenly squeezed him away with his shoulder, and volleyed with his right foot on the penalty area line!
The football sticks to the ground and rushes towards the goal!
At the critical moment, Kompany made a move and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
The Etihad Stadium exclaimed.
Because the refraction of the football hit Kompany's feet, it seems to be going towards the goal, but at this time Joe Hart has already pounced in another direction. If the ball is slightly deflected, it will go into the goal up!
The football rubbed against the post and went out of the bottom line.
On the sidelines, Mancini's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his back was already wet with cold sweat.
Almost!
He involuntarily looked at Ye Luo in the penalty area.
The guy was in really good shape today.
This is too dangerous.
We must find a way to limit his performance, and it is best to let him get fewer balls.
So what to do?
After thinking for a while, Mancini came to the sidelines and made a gesture.
This looks like a signal for a change of tactics.
As a head coach, it is of course impossible for him to prepare only one set of tactics for a game.
Any head coach will prepare several well-rehearsed tactical plans before the game.
So Manchester City's players quickly got Mancini's signal.
This is a tactic based on defense to play Arsenal's counterattack.
After all, Arsenal are attacking so fiercely now, and the strategy of "overpowering the opponent with offense" prepared before the game has been self-defeating.
So Manchester City had to make a change.
And since we have to base ourselves on defense.
Naturally, Manchester City also has its own strategy.
Mancini believes that it is impossible to completely restrict Yello.
Since comprehensive containment is impossible.
Then focus on containment.
Where is the point?
In the middle!
This is not a novelty in terms of strategy. Manchester City's solution is to strictly defend in the middle and drive Ye Luo to the side.
Although Ye Luo is a threat everywhere.
But the threat of him taking the ball in the middle is definitely much greater than that on the wing.
So this is the lesser of two evils.
The sidewalk is far away from the goal and the angle is small, so the possibility of directly threatening the goal is relatively low.
As long as Ye Luo does not directly threaten his own goal, even if he passes the ball out to other Arsenal players, the threat is much less.
(End of this chapter)
"Dangerous! The game has just started, and the Manchester City players at home are very excited!"
In the studio of Longguo National TV Station, Duan Xuan was so shocked that he almost dropped all the game materials in his hand on the floor.
"Aguero said before the game that they would let Arsenal know how strong the defending champion is. In fact, this game is also related to the ranking changes in the standings. Although the season has just started, the performance of many Premier League teams this season They are not too good. The unbeaten teams are Arsenal and Manchester City. Arsenal have won four consecutive league rounds, while Manchester City has three wins and one tie. The difference between the two sides is only two points!"
"In fact, Manchester United and Chelsea are only three points behind Arsenal." Xu Yang added, "I'm starting to worry now, because of well-known reasons, Manchester City must have a high fighting spirit."
"Yes, this game is a great test for Arsenal, or Ye Luo!"
Duan Xuan added.
"The game just started, we didn't even have time to broadcast the starting lineups of both sides, Manchester City launched an aggressive press and attack, which maybe set the tone of this game!"
In fact it is.
The game has just started.
The head coaches on both sides couldn't sit still anymore and came to the sidelines one after another.
Mancini looked calm with his hands in his pockets on the sidelines, but his hands were actually shaking slightly. His leaning forward body and stiff shoulders showed that the Italian coach was not calm at all.
Although Mancini looked confident in front of the media.
But actually he was very nervous.
It's not that he's afraid of Arsenal, but that he's a little afraid of Ye Luo's state.
In four league games, Ye Luo scored seven goals!
Van Persie and Aguero, who ranked second, only scored four.
And just scoring goals can't reflect Ye Luo's huge influence on the game.
Just looking at the goals, it seems that Aguero and Van Persie are only three goals behind, and maybe they will catch up after a game breaks out.
But Mancini is clear that this cannot be compared directly.
Because the influence on the game is not only reflected in the goal data.
Ye Luo's activeness in the frontcourt, his running position, his passing, his passing, his suppression and shock to the defense, and even the psychological pressure he brought to the opponent's defensive players.
These are not reflected by pure data.
Of course Mancini knew this.
So he is actually not very sure whether Manchester City can defend Ye Luo.
Compared to defense.
In fact, he is more inclined to use offense to solve problems at home - Ye Luo is very good, he can score goals, but if we score more goals than him, can't we win this game?
So at the beginning of the game, Manchester City's aggressive pressing and offensive were jointly decided by Mancini and his coaching staff.
And this is in the hands of Manchester City players, especially their offensive players!
In this game, Manchester City put on a 442 formation.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense, the central defender Kompany partner Les Scott, the left back Clichy, the right back Zabaleta, the central midfielder is Yaya Toure and Xavi Garcia , the fast Sinclair kicked a right midfielder, and the left was handed over to David Silva.
On the forward line, it is a classic center combination of Dzeko and Aguero - of course Dzeko is in charge, and Aguero is in charge soon.
on the bench.
There are defensive midfielders Barry, defenders Kolarov, Nastasic, forwards Tevez and Balotelli, as well as former Arsenal players, one of the four French little swans who are as famous as Gang Benzema. Nasri, who gradually lost his main position at the end of last season.
This lineup can be said to be quite powerful.
As for Arsenal, if Ye Luo is excluded, their lineup may not be stronger than last season, or even weaker.
The reason, of course, is the loss of Van Persie.
The average age of the current Arsenal squad is only 22 years old.
It is too young-in a game like the Premier League, it is absolutely extravagant for such a young lineup to maintain a stable performance.
Mancini was emphasizing this point before the game: Arsenal is very young, and being young means instability, emotionality, and insufficient psychological endurance and so on.
But there are benefits to being young.
That is, when they play crazy, they will perform exceptionally well!
It's like. Now!
Manchester City's aggressive opening posture failed to scare Arsenal, but stimulated the opponent's performance.
The current game screen made Mancini frown a little.
"Ye Luo made a breakthrough with the ball, and made an inverted triangle pass from the left side of the penalty area. Cazorla shot!! Joe Hart made a key save!"
"Arsenal's corner kick! Cazorla drove to the back point, and Giroud directly headed the goal!! Slightly wide!"
"Arsenal has the intention of turning away from the guest, and they have created a lot of offensives in the past few minutes!!"
The commentators on the commentary booth spoke as fast as machine guns.
Because the current pace of the game is indeed quite fast.
Manchester City quickly kicked the ball out, and Joe Hart's big kick went straight out of the sideline, causing the fans at the scene to sigh regretfully.
Joe Hart is now England's main goalkeeper.
But as a traditional British goalkeeper, the work under his feet is obviously his weakness.
Before Joe Hart had time to apologize to his teammates, Arsenal almost sent a throw-in.
Amidst the boos at the Etihad Stadium, Ye Luo cut into the middle after receiving the ball, and shot angrily at a distance of 30 meters from the goal!
Joe Hart reacted quickly, he jumped, and by virtue of his height and length, he slapped the ball out of the baseline.
Although the work under the feet is not good.
But Joe Hart had a good job at hand.
Although fans often ridicule Hart as the background board of the world wave.
"If the sky is loving, the sky will be old too. I saw Hartmon's kick."
But it also seems to indicate
Ordinary shooting is difficult to threaten Hart's goal, it depends on the world wave.
"Hart's key save!! Ye Luo's long-range shot is very threatening! So far, Ye Luo is the most active player in the game!"
"He has a wide range of activities, and he can be seen in both the frontcourt and the midfield. Now Arsenal's lineup was a bit 4411. Between the forward lines, Giroud was at the forefront as a bridgehead to open up space for Yello. Now it seems that Van Persie leaving Arsenal may not be a bad thing for Arsenal, because Van Persie's scoring ability is worse than Giroud, but it needs to Said to be a bridgehead, to open up space for his own attacker, Van Persie's ability to play as a deputy is not as good as Giroud-and he may not be willing!"
Andy Gray said in the live commentary.
At this moment, the entire Etihad Stadium was booing extremely sharply.
Ye Luo's long-range shot just now terrified the Manchester City fans.
Now their booing is more of a stress response.
"Yellow's position at Arsenal is so interesting. I even feel that Professor Wenger is going to revive the free man tactics. Of course, he is a free man in the midfield." Lineker laughed.
"It's very close, isn't it? Anyway, I can't tell what position Ye Luo is playing now, winger? Center forward? Attacker? Midfielder No. 8?" Andy Gray shook his head and said, "Although the modern football One of the development trends is to weaken the position attribute and require players to be able to specialize in multiple skills, but it is almost rare to see activities like Ye Luo's position in the frontcourt that has almost no restrictions."
"He doesn't just run around. His ability to kick like this is due to his strong personal ability!"
The famous English football star Lineker was also an excellent professional player back then, so he knew what it takes to play like Ye Luo.
The libero tactic has long since disappeared.
As football rules change, football tactics develop.
Free agents like Franz Beckenbauer can no longer find a place on the court.
Just like the decline of the traditional midfielder.
Football is constantly evolving.
But now Ye Luo actually has a slight tendency to revive the "absolute core" style of play decades ago.
This is entirely because of his personal ability, which goes against the trend of football development.
"It's amazing."
Andy Gray sighed.
Just when the two were talking.
Arsenal got the ball again and launched an attack.
Ye Luo got the ball in the middle of the frontcourt.
He turned around and pushed forward without haste.
The players of Manchester City did not dare to grab easily, so they could only fight and retreat.
Cazorla pressed into the penalty area when Ye Luo retreated, crossed positions with Giroud, and created space for Ye Luo to contain the defensive players.
A cross between the two of them was like a stick across the calm water, causing waves in Manchester City's defense.
But this turmoil is not actually a defensive loophole.
After all, this is just a small loosening in the line of defense.
But Ye Luo sensed the slight looseness for the first time, and then suddenly accelerated! !
He suddenly rushed past Harvey Garcia, Lescott grabbed the first time, and Ye Luo smashed the ball into the penalty area.
Lescott raised his hands to indicate that he had not fouled, and then planned to block Ye Luo's advance with his body.
But Ye Luo suddenly squeezed him away with his shoulder, and volleyed with his right foot on the penalty area line!
The football sticks to the ground and rushes towards the goal!
At the critical moment, Kompany made a move and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
The Etihad Stadium exclaimed.
Because the refraction of the football hit Kompany's feet, it seems to be going towards the goal, but at this time Joe Hart has already pounced in another direction. If the ball is slightly deflected, it will go into the goal up!
The football rubbed against the post and went out of the bottom line.
On the sidelines, Mancini's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his back was already wet with cold sweat.
Almost!
He involuntarily looked at Ye Luo in the penalty area.
The guy was in really good shape today.
This is too dangerous.
We must find a way to limit his performance, and it is best to let him get fewer balls.
So what to do?
After thinking for a while, Mancini came to the sidelines and made a gesture.
This looks like a signal for a change of tactics.
As a head coach, it is of course impossible for him to prepare only one set of tactics for a game.
Any head coach will prepare several well-rehearsed tactical plans before the game.
So Manchester City's players quickly got Mancini's signal.
This is a tactic based on defense to play Arsenal's counterattack.
After all, Arsenal are attacking so fiercely now, and the strategy of "overpowering the opponent with offense" prepared before the game has been self-defeating.
So Manchester City had to make a change.
And since we have to base ourselves on defense.
Naturally, Manchester City also has its own strategy.
Mancini believes that it is impossible to completely restrict Yello.
Since comprehensive containment is impossible.
Then focus on containment.
Where is the point?
In the middle!
This is not a novelty in terms of strategy. Manchester City's solution is to strictly defend in the middle and drive Ye Luo to the side.
Although Ye Luo is a threat everywhere.
But the threat of him taking the ball in the middle is definitely much greater than that on the wing.
So this is the lesser of two evils.
The sidewalk is far away from the goal and the angle is small, so the possibility of directly threatening the goal is relatively low.
As long as Ye Luo does not directly threaten his own goal, even if he passes the ball out to other Arsenal players, the threat is much less.
(End of this chapter)
