Chapter 287
Chapter 287 Persistence
Bruno thus took over the command of the team.
He is still upset that he didn't score the goal just now. He needs his teammates to work together with him to fight Arsenal to the end. Although he said that he would do this even if there was only one person, it would not work if he wanted to win by himself.
When Bruno was upset, the live TV broadcast gave him a close-up shot.
"It's unimaginable that the most threatening attack for the first time in this game did not come from the home team Arsenal, but from the visiting team Udinese. And the person who instigated all this is still their No. 8 Bruno! This Portuguese midfielder always has a Such an amazing inspiration. His leak just now was the most outstanding part of this attack. God knows how he knew that there was Di Natale behind him? He never looked back to clear Bruno... "
The narrator praised Bruno, but had no idea of Bruno's worries.
This attack did not score a goal, but his true identity was exposed. He will be closely guarded. Coquelin will not be as brave as before after returning from injury, but it does not mean that Coquelin will not cause him trouble. .
In addition, this attack will definitely provoke Arsenal's crazy revenge.
Although they are still relatively unknown in the European arena, they have been able to steadily reach the knockout rounds in recent years, even causing huge troubles to super teams such as Bayern Munich and Barcelona. Their strength is beyond doubt.
Moreover, Arsenal is a well-known technical team in football. If such a strong player suddenly attacks, can Udinese withstand it?
No matter what, let’s get through this wave of offensive first!
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Bruno soon noticed something was different about his teammates.
Arsenal did launch a fierce offensive afterwards, but he had almost nothing to do in defense, and everyone defended desperately.
He could feel the fighting spirit emanating from everyone.
It's really strange, where does this strong momentum come from?
He hasn't figured it out yet. Although Di Natale's shot did not result in a goal, the team's previous series of wonderful cooperation has brought a lot of confidence to teammates who were still doubtful about defeating Arsenal. , scoring or not is only a matter of millimeters, there is an element of luck. But the previous attack led by Bruno gave Arsenal no chance to steal. This is the most important thing.
Udinese's players know the ball, and they can see what this attack means: Arsenal are not monolithic, and we are not weak either!
Udinese, whose morale returned to normal levels, began a tug-of-war with Arsenal.
An attack by Udinese almost scored a goal, which deeply humiliated Arsenal. They launched a fierce attack on Udinese's goal, hoping to cover up the shame with a few goals.
They did not do what they wished. After Udinese completed the task of attacking Arsenal at the beginning of the game, they retreated and started a defensive counterattack, giving Arsenal no chance.
Guidolin's tactical goal almost came true, if Di Natale's shot was more tricky.
Now they can only deal with Arsenal with a 0:0 score, rather than a one-goal lead.
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Seeing that Udinese retreated from all fronts, Arsenal simply suppressed Udinese and played half-time.
Amid waves of cheers from the home fans, the Gunners' offense also surged higher and higher.
Bruno followed the Bad Beggar closely, freeing Badu to deal with other people, and Ramsey was also very active.
The game lasted twenty minutes, and Udinese played very passively.
"We can't always defend so passively!" Captain Di Natale took advantage of a dead ball and said to Bruno.
Bruno agreed with this: "I know that we are defensive and counterattack. Now there is only defense, no counterattack."
"So, think of a way, Bruno!" Di Natale has become accustomed to relying on Bruno on the court.
In fact, during this period, Bruno was not only defending, he had been taking time to observe Arsenal, hoping to find something that he could use.
For example, when Arsenal was under siege, were there any weaknesses in the defense?
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After some observation, Bruno really discovered a little bit of Arsenal's weaknesses.
After Di Natale withdrew to assist in defense, Arsenal's two central defenders had problems with their positions. They pressed too far forward and lacked response to the full-backs during the game.
Both Mertesacker and Koscielny are tall centre-backs, which gives them strong air defense and heading abilities, but it also has their weakness, which is slowness.
Not only are they turning slowly, they are also very slow.
Moreover, in Arsenal's offensive system, these two people also bear some tasks, that is, they have to take turns to advance forward and participate in the attack.
After they took turns taking turns, there was actually only one central defender left behind. In addition, Arsenal's two full-backs also paid great attention to offense. If Udinese can launch a quick counterattack at this time and accurately send the ball to Di Natale or Immobile in front, then Arsenal will definitely lose concentration during the transition between offense and defense. This is Udine An opportunity for Ness to take advantage of.
The difficulty is, in the wave of non-stop fierce offensives of Arsenal, do you have the opportunity to pass the football, and can you pass the football accurately?
Another difficulty is that when you have such an opportunity, can Di Natale and Immobile who are running in front be able to get into the right position so that you can pass the football?
At this time, we have to look at the results of daily training and the tacit understanding between them.
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Coquelin's defensive ability is not as good as in the first half of the season, that is, before he suffered a serious injury in November last year, which is a more favorable condition for Bruno.
If it were Coquelin who was at his peak in the first half of the season, Bruno could not guarantee whether the final pass would be sent exactly where it should go.
If the long pass is not accurate enough, an offensive opportunity will be wasted. For the defensive side, such offensive opportunities are far from enough for Bruno to squander it at will.
Therefore, every attack must be done with caution.
Bruno considers the problem from the most difficult perspective, but he cannot tell his teammates about these hardships. What his teammates need at this time is confidence. So he nodded to Di Natale and said, "Okay, no problem. Leave it to me."
Di Natale was very happy that Bruno could say this. He patted Bruno's arm hard and said: "If you want to do it, then do it!"
Bruno gave him a thumbs up.
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Twenty-seven minutes into the first half, Arsenal besieged Udinese for fifteen minutes and still failed to score.
In these fifteen minutes, Udinese had only three counterattacks and never once threatened Arsenal's goal.
More often than not, the football was spun around in the Udinese half.
Arsenal tried their best to penetrate Udinese's goal from the wing and center, in the air and underground, but they always had little luck.
During this period, Arsenal created four consecutive threatening offensive opportunities. One was rejected by the crossbar, one was saved by goalkeeper Kanizis in an incredible way, and the other two missed the goal.
"Udinese seems to have been completely beaten by Arsenal and has lost the ability to fight back. For them, even if they can maintain this 0:0 score and go to the locker room at halftime, it is already very fortunate!"
"Looking at this situation, I'm thinking how great it would be if Udinese scored the goal just now..."
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Another three minutes passed, and something happened in the last half of these three minutes.
Bruno cleared the ball that was broken by Widmund with his big foot, and the football fell to the feet of Arsenal center back Koscielny near the center circle. After the Frenchman stopped the ball, a Udine with a radius of ten meters None of the Sri Lankan players.
Koscielny originally planned to pass the football quickly if someone pressed him. Now when I look at it, I see that there is not a single opponent player. Why not dribble the ball forward and maybe score a goal!
Thinking of this, Koscielny moved the football forward.
Bruno saw Koscielny passing the ball and knew what the Frenchman was going to do.
It's not like he hasn't done similar things in previous games.
He gestured to Badu, telling him to step forward to steal, while he stayed behind to protect him.
Badu understood what he was going to do, nodded and went forward.
When Koscielny passed by Immobile, Immobile just made a defensive move and did not really defend with his heart.
He knew that he was not a defensive material, so he simply stopped working.
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Easily breaking through Immobile gave Koscielny more confidence to dribble the ball straight to Huanglong. So when he saw Badu rushing up, he did not choose to pass the football out, but planned to use his skills to get past the opponent. .
But when he successfully passed Badu, he realized that the ball he went out no longer belonged to him, but fell to the feet of Udinese No. 8!
The moment he saw Bruno passing the football past him, Koscielny was shocked. He knew something was bad!
The Udinese commander got the ball and he was not in a defensive position, then...
"Oh! Udinese stole the ball successfully! Koscielny was out of position!" The commentator couldn't help but scream.
Seeing Bruno get the ball, Di Natale suddenly accelerated forward along the wing, and Immobile also broke in from the middle. There was Adnan on the left who was slightly slower to react. The three of them were like three teams. The arrow shoots towards Arsenal's half.
