Chapter 209 The World's Best Today
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Ling Si Qian Tian
Chapter 209 The World's Best Today
After the game, Wenger was very unhappy with Ye Luo's red card. He said at the press conference that the second yellow card given to Ye Luo by the referee was too severe!
Many media were also discussing this red card after the game.
Because this is Ye Luo's first red card in his career so far.
Of course, there are more media talking about this big reversal of Arsenal-speaking of which, it has been a long time since Arsenal had such a soul-stirring reversal game scene.
People are praising Ye Luo's wonderful performance.
As far as Arsenal's head coach Wenger is concerned, the old coach is already very clear. The team has reached the time when it must change.
The reversal of this game was very thrilling, even relying on Ye Luo's lore to complete the reversal.
If the problems existing in the team are not solved, will we still have to rely on such luck to win games in the future?
For a team whose goal is to compete for the championship, if such hidden dangers are not resolved, it will sooner or later become the fuse that drags down the team and causes the team to collapse at a critical moment.
From the game against Manchester City, the team has played eight games, five league games, two Champions League games and one League Cup.
Every game has a goal!
This problem is serious!
Conceding goals in every game shows that the team's defense has a major problem. If the team's offense did not cover up the defensive problem, Arsenal would not be able to achieve this result.
In other words, if it weren't for Ye Luo, Arsenal this season is likely to fall to the middle of the league at the beginning of the season.
When the team resumes training.
Wenger on the sidelines of the training field frowned slightly, staring at the players who were training.
"Maybe we need to make some changes in our defensive system."
Wenger said.
Assistant coach Steve Black nodded solemnly.
The team's problems have been paralyzed on the desk of the coaching staff.
In fact, it can be summed up in two points.
The first, of course, is that the team is now inexperienced and the average age is too young.
The second is that the team now has a bit too many "glass people".
Needless to say, Vermaelen, Diaby, and Gervinho are old injuries.
Charge for 2 hours and use for [-] minutes.
Arsenal's "Prince" Wilshere, who had been pinned high before, was reimbursed for the season after being injured against Wigan last season. He played two games off the bench this season and is now absent from training due to injury.
In addition, there are two old wounded numbers, Rosicky and Arshavin.
Arteta was originally quite durable, but as he got older, he began to be troubled by injuries.
The first problem is not a big problem in Wenger's view.
The real key lies in the second question.
On the surface, Arsenal's lineup is still quite good.
But what about excluding these glass men and old wounded numbers?
There are only a few young people with little experience left.
It is actually really difficult to make the decision to exclude these players from the main lineup.
"There is very little room for us to make changes."
Blake said.
"The reason for conceding too many goals is related to the fact that the midfielder is too weak. Diaby can't play, and Arteta can't play. If there are three midfielders, Cazorla will start and Coquelin will play as a single midfielder. Not enough to protect the line."
Wenger nodded upon hearing this.
Conceding more goals is not necessarily a problem with the defense.
Now that Monreal has returned from injury, his position at left back is still very stable.
The centre-back partnership of Mertesacker and Koscielny cannot be said to be particularly bad.
There are many people who can play right back, and Sagna and Jenkinson can play in rotation.
Candidates for other positions are slightly stretched.
On the surface Arsenal have a huge squad.
But there are only a few people who can really use it.
The Premier League schedule is much more intensive than La Liga and Bundesliga.
Not only does the Premier League have one more cup to play, but there is no winter break.
In the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, four-tier battles, if there is not enough rotation, it will not survive at all.
"We need to make up our minds."
Wenger said.
"Would it be too much for them." Black didn't finish.
Wenger turned his head and said: "I will not give up on them. If they can maintain long-term health, they will win back the starting position!"
Black was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, for Arsenal, not to mention how to rotate, maintaining a stable main starting lineup as much as possible is the top priority.
If the starting lineup is unstable, one injury today, another injury tomorrow, the result is that the team lacks stability and continuity on the field.
This is one of the reasons why Arsenal have struggled so much over the years.
"Apart from that, I'm going to change the formation... where do you think Ye's best position is?" Wenger asked.
"This." Black thought seriously after hearing this question, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I even think he can be in any position in the frontcourt, whether he is on the left winger, right winger, center forward, shadow Forward and other positions, they can show the top performance!" Blake said.
"You're right!" Wenger looked at the players who were training on the court, and handed over the training tasks to other coaches.
Wenger and Black returned to the office together.
Wenger took out the tactical board and placed the chess pieces representing the players on the tactical board.
"4311?" Black was taken aback, why is there one less person?Is the old man confused?Not quite like it?
I only saw Wenger pointing to the initial positions of the players on the tactical board and said: "According to our starting arrangement in the past few games, in the midfield, in the case of Diaby's injury, Coquelin is the only A midfielder who defends at the back, it puts a lot of pressure on him! So." Wenger pointed to the three dots lined up in the midfield.
"My idea is to arrange three midfielders to protect the defense and receive the ball!"
"Three midfielders?" Black asked with some uncertainty.
"No, no, unlike the three midfielders, in fact we have a defensive midfielder and two central midfielders here."
"But what about offense? Do we only rely on these players in the frontcourt to attack?" Black looked at the frontcourt,
"This position belongs to Cazorla, and this position belongs to Giroud or Walcott!" Wenger said, pointing to the two 4311s of 1 in front.
"Where is that leaf arranged?"
"You've got the crux of the problem!" Wenger laughed. "I don't plan to assign him any position! He is free!"
"Free man?"
"It's not a free agent, but it's about the same. He will be in the midfield when he needs to control the midfield, and he will be in the front when he needs to score goals. In short, he will not have a fixed position. I need him according to his own. Thoughts and willingness to play football, any restrictions are depressing his strength!" Wenger said.
"4321 or 4312?" Black stared at the tactical board.
"No, no, don't get into a fixed mindset. If he thinks it's necessary, he can even appear on the midfielder!" Wenger said.
"Will this... make him take too much responsibility and bear too much pressure?" Black frowned.
"I'm not worried!" Wenger was full of confidence. "I have great confidence in him. Do you know what it means to be the king of the ball? This is the real king of the ball. This is how the king of the ball plays!"
"Aren't you worried about him being frozen?"
"Who? Who can freeze him?" Wenger said. He didn't wait for Black to answer, and continued: "We have three midfielders to protect the defense, which is absolutely solid on the defensive end, and at the same time fully unlocks Yello's freedom on the offensive end. , I believe that even if we withdraw a player from the frontcourt, it will not affect the sharpness of the team's offense!"
Black looked at the tactical board.
In theory, Wenger's idea is indeed feasible.
Both Mertesacker and Koscielny are tall central defenders who can't turn quickly.
The previous consecutive conceding goals was related to it. Many teams in the Premier League chose to use dexterous forward players to match the two central defenders of Arsenal, and achieved good results.
But that's not a problem with the two defenders, because that's their nature.
If there are two central defenders with complementary characteristics and a tacit understanding, it is of course the best combination, but this kind of combination is rare, even if there is such a player, Arsenal may not be able to buy it-not to mention that the window is closed now up.
So Arsenal's coaches can only find a way through the current staff.
There is one more midfielder and one less frontcourt.
While solidly defending, leave the frontcourt offense completely to Ye Luo.
This is undoubtedly a great trust in Ye Luo's offensive ability, which is of course also a kind of risk.
But judging from Ye Luo's ability.
He does have the potential to organize and attack in the frontcourt!
He can retreat to the midfield to participate in the organization, and he can also press forward to the frontcourt to complete the goal.
Of course, these are theoretical things.
This change also requires the team to make some tactical training adjustments, as well as Ye Luo's own wishes.
Ye Luo's current status is here, so he must communicate and discuss if he wants to change his style of play and position.
"You want me to change places?"
Ye Luo stared at the tactical board in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes, we have conceded goals in the last few games, so I plan to arrange an extra midfielder to protect the defense, but in this way." Wenger looked at Ye Luo: "Our offensive ability in the frontcourt may be affected. weaken."
"So you plan to allow me to move around more, taking into account both organizing offense and scoring goals?" Ye Luo showed a rather interested look on his face.
Just Wenger has shown him several offensive routines.
As a professional player, he is of course very clear that Wenger's arrangement is actually to completely hand over the frontcourt attack to him. His authority will be maximized. There are no restrictions on him tactically. He plays in his position.
Such an arrangement may put a lot of pressure on other players.
But for Ye Luo, he has nothing but excitement!
Because such an arrangement seems to be able to activate his ability to the maximum extent.
Ye Luo's abilities are very comprehensive.
The Sanluo template is in hand.
Ronaldinho is a center forward, Ronaldinho is actually more of an offensive midfielder, and Ronaldo is a winger.
Therefore, Ye Luo's own position attributes are also very vague, and sometimes he will carry out large-scale activities to drive the team's offense.
But these are special behaviors at certain moments on the pitch.
But now, Wenger is asking him to completely change his role!
"Boss, I will accept your arrangement. I have no problem."
Ye Luo said.
To be honest, he doesn't care what specific position he plays.And now Wenger is not weakening his authority on the court, but has greatly liberated his performance on the court.
from now on.
He can even be called the team's "head coach" on the court.
How the team will play, how to attack, when to withdraw, and when to press, all are decided by Ye Luo himself.
Such trust moved Ye Luo very much.
After Ye Luo agreed.
Wenger also began to arrange the content of the star's tactical training.
For the Arsenal players, such an arrangement is very surprising, but Ye Luo's personal ability is here, and no one will be unconvinced.
not to mention.
At least in the training process, the team's performance is still very good.
Due to Ye Luo's two yellows turned one red card, he needs to be suspended for one game.
Originally, Arsenal could appeal. Although there is a high probability that this suspension will not be cancelled, the suspension will also be postponed for one game.
After considering the pros and cons, Arsenal decided not to appeal.
Because Arsenal's opponent in the No. 11 round of the league is against Everton at home, and the opponent in the No. 12 round of the league is Chelsea, which is currently ranked No. 2 in the league.
And after playing Chelsea, the No. 13 round of the league challenged Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Even against strong enemies, they are still on the road.
Therefore, Arsenal would rather let Ye Luo complete the suspension penalty in the 13th round, so that they can play in the [-]th round and the No.[-] round.
However, the suspension of the Premier League does not carry over to the Champions League.
So in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage on November 11, when Arsenal played against Schalke 7 at home, Ye Luo still made his debut.
Schalke 04 is not a weak team, they are Arsenal's strongest opponent in the group stage.
After playing three rounds of the group stage, Arsenal scored 7 points with two wins and one tie, ranking second
Because Schalke 04 also has two wins and one tie, ranking first in the group with its goal difference advantage.
Therefore, this game is a battle between the first in the group and the second in the group to compete for the first place in the group standings.
Ye Luo has scored four goals in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, and his scoring rate is much lower than that of last season. Many media believe that Ye Luo has "finally returned to normal levels."
The implication is that Ye Luo's crazy performance in the Champions League last season is abnormal.
How could Ye Luo endure this.
In addition, this game largely determines the ranking of the group, and Ye Luo had to hold back for 10 days after playing this game, and waited until the No. 12 round of the league against Chelsea to play.
Therefore, in this game, Ye Luo was full of motivation, as if he wanted to vent all his strength.
Although Schalke 04 has performed very well in the Bundesliga in the past few seasons, they have been able to get the top four every time.
But they also know that they do not have an advantage in terms of strength when they play away against Arsenal this season.
So they didn't come out to play against Arsenal.
Their goal is to keep a tie in this game, and then count on scoring more goals against the other two opponents in the group, and grab the first place in the group with their goal difference advantage.
This goal is realistic.
But how could Ye Luo let them succeed?
So Schalke 04's defense lasted only 19 minutes.
In the 20th minute of the game, Ye Luo took an angry shot from outside the penalty area and blasted the ball into the goal.
It was his fifth goal in the Champions League this season.
Tied with Messi - but Barcelona has not yet played the fourth game of the group stage.
So Ye Luo couldn't relax either.
And this conceded goal also made Schalke 04 a little less calm.
They had hoped that the defense would make Arsenal unable to attack for a long time, but they didn't expect that the goal would be broken in less than 10 minutes.
Just when Schalke 04 had some confusion because of a conceded goal.
Ye Luo seized the opportunity.
In the 23rd minute of the game, he gave Monreal an arc from the penalty area, then went straight into the penalty area, responded to Monreal's pass, and smashed the ball into Schalke 04's goal with a header.
Arsenal lead 2:0 at home! !
After falling behind by two goals, Schalke 04 knew that their defense strategy was completely bankrupt.
It's not just being two goals behind that puts them in a very difficult position.
It was their helpless discovery—it is useless for Ye Luo to stick to it.
Continue to stick to it and hope that you will not lose the ball if you are lucky?
Or bravely press it out and hope to get a point back with luck?
The head coach of Schalke 04, the Dutchman Stevens, made a decision after hesitating for a moment: continue to defend, but strengthen the counterattack.
In other words, Schalke 04 still has to seek offense when they have the ball.
This decision is very wise, which shows that he has not lost his mind and has not rushed to attack - otherwise, with Ye Luo's state in this game, Schalke 04 will die miserably.
And if they continue to stick to it, Schalke, the majestic Bundesliga powerhouse, would be too shameless.
So we have to continue to defend, but not to defend, but to attack.
However, although Schalke 04 has launched some attacks, there are really few offensive threats.
Instead, he conceded the ball again in front of the crazy Ye Luo.
Before the end of the first half, Ye Luo's breakthrough created a free kick, and then he personally took the penalty kick and scored his first direct free kick goal when he joined Arsenal!
"Yellow!!!"
The narrators roared with long voices.
"Beautiful arc! Beautiful goal! The football goes straight to the dead end!"
"Hat-trick! Hat-trick!! Before the first half was over, Ye Luo had already scored a hat-trick! He has already scored his seventh goal in the Champions League this season! Overtaken Messi by two goals!"
"He's still that Ye Luo! That Ye Luo that made the whole of Europe tremble under his feet!!"
In the roar of the narrators.
The first half is over.
There was a sense of relief among the Schalke 04 players.
But when they thought that there were 45 minutes left in the second half, they couldn't help but frown.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Schalke 04 failed to find any good chances to score in the second half.
Fortunately, Ye Luo did not continue to score goals in the second half-he recovered the feeling of playing in the midfield to prepare for the next game.
But even so.
Ye Luo also completed two assists in the second half, respectively assisting Cazorla and Walcott who came off the bench to complete the goal.
In this way, Ye Luo's assists in the Champions League this season reached 4 times.
He ranks first in both the scorer list and the assist list!
Has such a stable output for three consecutive seasons.
Nowadays, more and more people believe that Ye Luo is the best player in the world today!
(End of this chapter)
After the game, Wenger was very unhappy with Ye Luo's red card. He said at the press conference that the second yellow card given to Ye Luo by the referee was too severe!
Many media were also discussing this red card after the game.
Because this is Ye Luo's first red card in his career so far.
Of course, there are more media talking about this big reversal of Arsenal-speaking of which, it has been a long time since Arsenal had such a soul-stirring reversal game scene.
People are praising Ye Luo's wonderful performance.
As far as Arsenal's head coach Wenger is concerned, the old coach is already very clear. The team has reached the time when it must change.
The reversal of this game was very thrilling, even relying on Ye Luo's lore to complete the reversal.
If the problems existing in the team are not solved, will we still have to rely on such luck to win games in the future?
For a team whose goal is to compete for the championship, if such hidden dangers are not resolved, it will sooner or later become the fuse that drags down the team and causes the team to collapse at a critical moment.
From the game against Manchester City, the team has played eight games, five league games, two Champions League games and one League Cup.
Every game has a goal!
This problem is serious!
Conceding goals in every game shows that the team's defense has a major problem. If the team's offense did not cover up the defensive problem, Arsenal would not be able to achieve this result.
In other words, if it weren't for Ye Luo, Arsenal this season is likely to fall to the middle of the league at the beginning of the season.
When the team resumes training.
Wenger on the sidelines of the training field frowned slightly, staring at the players who were training.
"Maybe we need to make some changes in our defensive system."
Wenger said.
Assistant coach Steve Black nodded solemnly.
The team's problems have been paralyzed on the desk of the coaching staff.
In fact, it can be summed up in two points.
The first, of course, is that the team is now inexperienced and the average age is too young.
The second is that the team now has a bit too many "glass people".
Needless to say, Vermaelen, Diaby, and Gervinho are old injuries.
Charge for 2 hours and use for [-] minutes.
Arsenal's "Prince" Wilshere, who had been pinned high before, was reimbursed for the season after being injured against Wigan last season. He played two games off the bench this season and is now absent from training due to injury.
In addition, there are two old wounded numbers, Rosicky and Arshavin.
Arteta was originally quite durable, but as he got older, he began to be troubled by injuries.
The first problem is not a big problem in Wenger's view.
The real key lies in the second question.
On the surface, Arsenal's lineup is still quite good.
But what about excluding these glass men and old wounded numbers?
There are only a few young people with little experience left.
It is actually really difficult to make the decision to exclude these players from the main lineup.
"There is very little room for us to make changes."
Blake said.
"The reason for conceding too many goals is related to the fact that the midfielder is too weak. Diaby can't play, and Arteta can't play. If there are three midfielders, Cazorla will start and Coquelin will play as a single midfielder. Not enough to protect the line."
Wenger nodded upon hearing this.
Conceding more goals is not necessarily a problem with the defense.
Now that Monreal has returned from injury, his position at left back is still very stable.
The centre-back partnership of Mertesacker and Koscielny cannot be said to be particularly bad.
There are many people who can play right back, and Sagna and Jenkinson can play in rotation.
Candidates for other positions are slightly stretched.
On the surface Arsenal have a huge squad.
But there are only a few people who can really use it.
The Premier League schedule is much more intensive than La Liga and Bundesliga.
Not only does the Premier League have one more cup to play, but there is no winter break.
In the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, four-tier battles, if there is not enough rotation, it will not survive at all.
"We need to make up our minds."
Wenger said.
"Would it be too much for them." Black didn't finish.
Wenger turned his head and said: "I will not give up on them. If they can maintain long-term health, they will win back the starting position!"
Black was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, for Arsenal, not to mention how to rotate, maintaining a stable main starting lineup as much as possible is the top priority.
If the starting lineup is unstable, one injury today, another injury tomorrow, the result is that the team lacks stability and continuity on the field.
This is one of the reasons why Arsenal have struggled so much over the years.
"Apart from that, I'm going to change the formation... where do you think Ye's best position is?" Wenger asked.
"This." Black thought seriously after hearing this question, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I even think he can be in any position in the frontcourt, whether he is on the left winger, right winger, center forward, shadow Forward and other positions, they can show the top performance!" Blake said.
"You're right!" Wenger looked at the players who were training on the court, and handed over the training tasks to other coaches.
Wenger and Black returned to the office together.
Wenger took out the tactical board and placed the chess pieces representing the players on the tactical board.
"4311?" Black was taken aback, why is there one less person?Is the old man confused?Not quite like it?
I only saw Wenger pointing to the initial positions of the players on the tactical board and said: "According to our starting arrangement in the past few games, in the midfield, in the case of Diaby's injury, Coquelin is the only A midfielder who defends at the back, it puts a lot of pressure on him! So." Wenger pointed to the three dots lined up in the midfield.
"My idea is to arrange three midfielders to protect the defense and receive the ball!"
"Three midfielders?" Black asked with some uncertainty.
"No, no, unlike the three midfielders, in fact we have a defensive midfielder and two central midfielders here."
"But what about offense? Do we only rely on these players in the frontcourt to attack?" Black looked at the frontcourt,
"This position belongs to Cazorla, and this position belongs to Giroud or Walcott!" Wenger said, pointing to the two 4311s of 1 in front.
"Where is that leaf arranged?"
"You've got the crux of the problem!" Wenger laughed. "I don't plan to assign him any position! He is free!"
"Free man?"
"It's not a free agent, but it's about the same. He will be in the midfield when he needs to control the midfield, and he will be in the front when he needs to score goals. In short, he will not have a fixed position. I need him according to his own. Thoughts and willingness to play football, any restrictions are depressing his strength!" Wenger said.
"4321 or 4312?" Black stared at the tactical board.
"No, no, don't get into a fixed mindset. If he thinks it's necessary, he can even appear on the midfielder!" Wenger said.
"Will this... make him take too much responsibility and bear too much pressure?" Black frowned.
"I'm not worried!" Wenger was full of confidence. "I have great confidence in him. Do you know what it means to be the king of the ball? This is the real king of the ball. This is how the king of the ball plays!"
"Aren't you worried about him being frozen?"
"Who? Who can freeze him?" Wenger said. He didn't wait for Black to answer, and continued: "We have three midfielders to protect the defense, which is absolutely solid on the defensive end, and at the same time fully unlocks Yello's freedom on the offensive end. , I believe that even if we withdraw a player from the frontcourt, it will not affect the sharpness of the team's offense!"
Black looked at the tactical board.
In theory, Wenger's idea is indeed feasible.
Both Mertesacker and Koscielny are tall central defenders who can't turn quickly.
The previous consecutive conceding goals was related to it. Many teams in the Premier League chose to use dexterous forward players to match the two central defenders of Arsenal, and achieved good results.
But that's not a problem with the two defenders, because that's their nature.
If there are two central defenders with complementary characteristics and a tacit understanding, it is of course the best combination, but this kind of combination is rare, even if there is such a player, Arsenal may not be able to buy it-not to mention that the window is closed now up.
So Arsenal's coaches can only find a way through the current staff.
There is one more midfielder and one less frontcourt.
While solidly defending, leave the frontcourt offense completely to Ye Luo.
This is undoubtedly a great trust in Ye Luo's offensive ability, which is of course also a kind of risk.
But judging from Ye Luo's ability.
He does have the potential to organize and attack in the frontcourt!
He can retreat to the midfield to participate in the organization, and he can also press forward to the frontcourt to complete the goal.
Of course, these are theoretical things.
This change also requires the team to make some tactical training adjustments, as well as Ye Luo's own wishes.
Ye Luo's current status is here, so he must communicate and discuss if he wants to change his style of play and position.
"You want me to change places?"
Ye Luo stared at the tactical board in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes, we have conceded goals in the last few games, so I plan to arrange an extra midfielder to protect the defense, but in this way." Wenger looked at Ye Luo: "Our offensive ability in the frontcourt may be affected. weaken."
"So you plan to allow me to move around more, taking into account both organizing offense and scoring goals?" Ye Luo showed a rather interested look on his face.
Just Wenger has shown him several offensive routines.
As a professional player, he is of course very clear that Wenger's arrangement is actually to completely hand over the frontcourt attack to him. His authority will be maximized. There are no restrictions on him tactically. He plays in his position.
Such an arrangement may put a lot of pressure on other players.
But for Ye Luo, he has nothing but excitement!
Because such an arrangement seems to be able to activate his ability to the maximum extent.
Ye Luo's abilities are very comprehensive.
The Sanluo template is in hand.
Ronaldinho is a center forward, Ronaldinho is actually more of an offensive midfielder, and Ronaldo is a winger.
Therefore, Ye Luo's own position attributes are also very vague, and sometimes he will carry out large-scale activities to drive the team's offense.
But these are special behaviors at certain moments on the pitch.
But now, Wenger is asking him to completely change his role!
"Boss, I will accept your arrangement. I have no problem."
Ye Luo said.
To be honest, he doesn't care what specific position he plays.And now Wenger is not weakening his authority on the court, but has greatly liberated his performance on the court.
from now on.
He can even be called the team's "head coach" on the court.
How the team will play, how to attack, when to withdraw, and when to press, all are decided by Ye Luo himself.
Such trust moved Ye Luo very much.
After Ye Luo agreed.
Wenger also began to arrange the content of the star's tactical training.
For the Arsenal players, such an arrangement is very surprising, but Ye Luo's personal ability is here, and no one will be unconvinced.
not to mention.
At least in the training process, the team's performance is still very good.
Due to Ye Luo's two yellows turned one red card, he needs to be suspended for one game.
Originally, Arsenal could appeal. Although there is a high probability that this suspension will not be cancelled, the suspension will also be postponed for one game.
After considering the pros and cons, Arsenal decided not to appeal.
Because Arsenal's opponent in the No. 11 round of the league is against Everton at home, and the opponent in the No. 12 round of the league is Chelsea, which is currently ranked No. 2 in the league.
And after playing Chelsea, the No. 13 round of the league challenged Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Even against strong enemies, they are still on the road.
Therefore, Arsenal would rather let Ye Luo complete the suspension penalty in the 13th round, so that they can play in the [-]th round and the No.[-] round.
However, the suspension of the Premier League does not carry over to the Champions League.
So in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage on November 11, when Arsenal played against Schalke 7 at home, Ye Luo still made his debut.
Schalke 04 is not a weak team, they are Arsenal's strongest opponent in the group stage.
After playing three rounds of the group stage, Arsenal scored 7 points with two wins and one tie, ranking second
Because Schalke 04 also has two wins and one tie, ranking first in the group with its goal difference advantage.
Therefore, this game is a battle between the first in the group and the second in the group to compete for the first place in the group standings.
Ye Luo has scored four goals in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, and his scoring rate is much lower than that of last season. Many media believe that Ye Luo has "finally returned to normal levels."
The implication is that Ye Luo's crazy performance in the Champions League last season is abnormal.
How could Ye Luo endure this.
In addition, this game largely determines the ranking of the group, and Ye Luo had to hold back for 10 days after playing this game, and waited until the No. 12 round of the league against Chelsea to play.
Therefore, in this game, Ye Luo was full of motivation, as if he wanted to vent all his strength.
Although Schalke 04 has performed very well in the Bundesliga in the past few seasons, they have been able to get the top four every time.
But they also know that they do not have an advantage in terms of strength when they play away against Arsenal this season.
So they didn't come out to play against Arsenal.
Their goal is to keep a tie in this game, and then count on scoring more goals against the other two opponents in the group, and grab the first place in the group with their goal difference advantage.
This goal is realistic.
But how could Ye Luo let them succeed?
So Schalke 04's defense lasted only 19 minutes.
In the 20th minute of the game, Ye Luo took an angry shot from outside the penalty area and blasted the ball into the goal.
It was his fifth goal in the Champions League this season.
Tied with Messi - but Barcelona has not yet played the fourth game of the group stage.
So Ye Luo couldn't relax either.
And this conceded goal also made Schalke 04 a little less calm.
They had hoped that the defense would make Arsenal unable to attack for a long time, but they didn't expect that the goal would be broken in less than 10 minutes.
Just when Schalke 04 had some confusion because of a conceded goal.
Ye Luo seized the opportunity.
In the 23rd minute of the game, he gave Monreal an arc from the penalty area, then went straight into the penalty area, responded to Monreal's pass, and smashed the ball into Schalke 04's goal with a header.
Arsenal lead 2:0 at home! !
After falling behind by two goals, Schalke 04 knew that their defense strategy was completely bankrupt.
It's not just being two goals behind that puts them in a very difficult position.
It was their helpless discovery—it is useless for Ye Luo to stick to it.
Continue to stick to it and hope that you will not lose the ball if you are lucky?
Or bravely press it out and hope to get a point back with luck?
The head coach of Schalke 04, the Dutchman Stevens, made a decision after hesitating for a moment: continue to defend, but strengthen the counterattack.
In other words, Schalke 04 still has to seek offense when they have the ball.
This decision is very wise, which shows that he has not lost his mind and has not rushed to attack - otherwise, with Ye Luo's state in this game, Schalke 04 will die miserably.
And if they continue to stick to it, Schalke, the majestic Bundesliga powerhouse, would be too shameless.
So we have to continue to defend, but not to defend, but to attack.
However, although Schalke 04 has launched some attacks, there are really few offensive threats.
Instead, he conceded the ball again in front of the crazy Ye Luo.
Before the end of the first half, Ye Luo's breakthrough created a free kick, and then he personally took the penalty kick and scored his first direct free kick goal when he joined Arsenal!
"Yellow!!!"
The narrators roared with long voices.
"Beautiful arc! Beautiful goal! The football goes straight to the dead end!"
"Hat-trick! Hat-trick!! Before the first half was over, Ye Luo had already scored a hat-trick! He has already scored his seventh goal in the Champions League this season! Overtaken Messi by two goals!"
"He's still that Ye Luo! That Ye Luo that made the whole of Europe tremble under his feet!!"
In the roar of the narrators.
The first half is over.
There was a sense of relief among the Schalke 04 players.
But when they thought that there were 45 minutes left in the second half, they couldn't help but frown.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Schalke 04 failed to find any good chances to score in the second half.
Fortunately, Ye Luo did not continue to score goals in the second half-he recovered the feeling of playing in the midfield to prepare for the next game.
But even so.
Ye Luo also completed two assists in the second half, respectively assisting Cazorla and Walcott who came off the bench to complete the goal.
In this way, Ye Luo's assists in the Champions League this season reached 4 times.
He ranks first in both the scorer list and the assist list!
Has such a stable output for three consecutive seasons.
Nowadays, more and more people believe that Ye Luo is the best player in the world today!
(End of this chapter)
