Chapter 230
Chapter 230
The game was a big success, but the game was a big success.
Chapter 225 Arsenal, who are fighting for the fourth place, are invincible!
Although the goal was lost a little too quickly.
However, the players of Leicester City are not rookies who are just entering the professional arena.
They all understand that the game is 90 minutes, and the score of the game is important after the whistle of the end of the game.
Therefore, the players of the Blue Foxes were not stunned by the blitz at the beginning of the game, but because of the goal, they were very alert.
They realized that the Gunners who returned to their home court and returned to the fourth place in the league were never good at it!
Pearson on the sidelines also loudly encouraged his disciples:
“Come on!”
“Keep steady!”
“Don’t rush!”
Playing away is already very difficult.
What’s more, the opponent is facing Arsenal, who has started the top four mode? !
It’s just a loss, we can catch up!
Leicester City showed its offensive momentum when the ball was kicked off again.
However, compared with Leicester City’s high pressure, Arsenal changed from 4231 at the beginning to a 442 parallel defensive formation.
Four Arsenal players retreated to the midfield area and then contracted their defense.
Two defensive midfielders Rosicky and Coquelin stood on the left and right sides of Ling Feng, waiting for an opportunity to move.
If you look closely, you can find that the four Arsenal players standing in parallel are only three or four meters apart!
Obviously, Wenger also referred to Van Gaal’s tactics and used the method of compressing the regional space to limit Ling Feng’s performance.
Moreover, Arsenal is more experienced in low-position defense.
Arsenal’s entire formation is well maintained, allowing the Blue Fox to pass the ball around the perimeter of the formation.
In particular, the space in the middle is always kept very tight, not giving Ling Feng the opportunity to dribble or send a through pass.
At this moment, the situation on the field has entered the stage of positional attack.
Leicester City attacks, Arsenal defends.
And Leicester City is not in a hurry.
There are generally two ways to break the deadlock in positional attack:
Either like Hazard, Neymar, Messi, and Ronaldo, you can dodge in a narrow space and pass or shoot by yourself by passing several people;
Or you can attract defense through a frontcourt fulcrum to create a numerical advantage for your teammates in a local area!
The former, Leicester City can’t do.
Because neither Ling Feng nor Mahrez in the team has super personal abilities.
Ling Feng has speed and burst, but his dribbling skills are average; Mahrez has dribbling breakthroughs, but his speed and burst are a little worse.
If Ling Feng had Mahrez’s dribbling skills, or Mahrez had Ling Feng’s speed and burst, they could easily tear open the opponent’s defense with their super personal ability!
But how can there be such a best of both worlds in the world?
Therefore, if Leicester City wants to break through Arsenal’s defense in positional warfare, it can only choose the latter.
That is, through a fulcrum in the front court, attract and contain the opponent’s defensive center of gravity, so as to gain more offensive space for teammates.
And this move does not need to be done specially.
Because Ling Feng is now on the court, he is such a role!
With his deterrence, he concentrated Arsenal’s defensive center of gravity on the middle, and the space on the two sides became very large.
Next, as long as Lingard and Mahrez play threatening attacks on the sides, they can also threaten Arsenal’s goal.
Therefore, in the next ten minutes, whenever his teammates in the backcourt passed the ball to him, he would directly split the ball and let the two wingers handle the ball.
He sacrificed a little more, roaming in the middle, and pulling more space for his teammates.
While running, he did not forget to call Vardy who was in front, and interspersed with him to disrupt Arsenal’s defensive formation!
It’s up to you!
Lin Huang!
Ma Dongmei!
However, Ling Feng had overlooked a very important thing.
That is, the current personal abilities of Lingard and Mahrez are not enough!
After Ling Feng’s guidance, Mahrez’s passing ability is much stronger than his own at the same time.
In addition to his already smooth dribbling skills, he can also create a lot of threats on the right through his breakthroughs and passes;
But Lingard’s individual ability on the left is not enough to create threats on the wing!
Lin Huang’s most suitable tactical play is to run and serve as a transfer station for connecting teammates through simple passes.
, or attack the second point of the attack.
If he is asked to break through and organize on the wing, he has no ability at all!
Moreover, the one defending him is the super-fast Bellerin.
You know, Bellerin broke Walcott’s fastest speed record in the Arsenal team!
Although his physical confrontation is average.
However, against Lingard, who also has no body, he is almost a complete blow!
He can completely use his speed and burst to get in position faster than Lingard and steal the ball.
Or he can slide directly to the ground and shovel the ball out of the sideline.
In modern football, where the game is becoming more and more entertaining and intense, speed is really a very important and visible talent!
You can see this from the little demons bought by Arsenal.
Many of them are fast wingers and wind-chasing teenagers, such as Walcott, Bellerin, Miyaichi Ryo, etc.
However, speed is only an important factor in measuring whether a player can gain a foothold in the top league.
If you have speed, no matter how fast you are, but can’t stop the ball or dribble the ball, what threat is there?
Many speed players who rely on speed to play are more susceptible to injuries.
Once they are injured, their physical functions plummet, and they will lose their only weapon and often leave the field in disgrace.
Players who play with technology and football intelligence can make a better transition and continue to shine on the court.
However, Lingard can’t take advantage of Bellerin’s right side when he is not as fast as others.
On the contrary, his position has become a breakthrough for Arsenal’s counterattack!
In the 34th minute of the game, Bellerin directly intercepted the ball at Lingard’s feet, and then he rushed up from the backcourt with a soup!
His advancement speed was extremely fast, like a stream, and he rushed to the front of left-back Schlupp.
“What a fast speed!”
“The young player Bellerin performed very well in this game! Not only did he completely freeze Lingard on the defensive end, he was also able to dribble the ball to the front court.”
At the same time, the “drinking water brother” in the middle also came over to prepare for defense.
However, at this moment, Bellerin did not, but passed the ball directly to Erdog who was responding in the middle.
The latter did not stop the ball, and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, hitting Schlupp’s back!
Two snaps, a simple two-on-two against the wall, broke through Leicester City’s defense.
Bellerin overtook Schlupp who was chasing back from the outside, and caught up with the ball in the area near the bottom line on the right side of the front court.
He even had enough time to look up and observe the running position of his teammates in the middle, and then sent a low cross of decent quality!
Before the game, Wenger had told his disciples in advance to play low balls as much as possible in the cross, so as to avoid Leicester City’s two tall central defenders.
At the moment when Bellerin passed the ball, Walcott suddenly accelerated and rushed out from behind the two central defenders Huth and Morgan, and rushed to the front point first!
The ball arrived, and the people arrived!
“Walcott~~~ Shoot!”
The little tiger just pushed the arch of his foot, and the high-speed rolling ball suddenly changed direction and rushed into the back of the goal along the grass.
Schmeichel didn’t even have time to react. He only heard a bang, and the ball hit the inside of the back post of the goal and bounced into the goal!
The next second, with a bang, the Emirates Stadium was once again occupied by the cheers of the home team fans.
The away fans held their heads in their hands and couldn’t believe what they saw.
“The ball went in~~~”
“Arsenal’s counterattack was too sharp!”
“Leicester City’s defense line was completely vulnerable under the Gunners’ attack!”
2 to 0!
Before the first half was over, the visiting Leicester City was stunned by Arsenal’s two simple but deadly counterattacks!
Some of the Blue Foxes were confused, some were surprised, and some were surprised.
And many people couldn’t help but recall Arsenal’s simple passing in the FA Cup final!
At that time, it was also a few seemingly simple passes. The Gunners’ offensive was like a flame burning from the backcourt to the frontcourt, directly reaching the hinterland of Leicester City and sending the ball into the goal!
Arsenal, who are fighting for the top four, are indeed invincible!
Seeing that Lingard could not take advantage of Bellerin’s defense, Ling Feng could only move the team’s main attack direction to the right.
At the same time, Pearson on the sidelines also realized this and couldn’t help but shouting to the right back Simpson to make more assists to support Mahrez.
However, the original tactic was to use both wings, but now one wing is useless, making it easier for Arsenal to defend.
Although both are passing and controlling tactics, Arsenal and Barcelona have distinct differences in their playing styles.
Barcelona’s passing and controlling
It’s the rhythm.
Because most of the time, Barcelona will press the opponent in the half court, and then continue to pass the ball in the periphery, pull the space, and find the gap to paralyze and disintegrate the opponent.
Then suddenly speed up and pass a fatal pass to solve the battle!
Once the ball is lost in the front court, the players will counter-grab the opponent’s counterattack in the cradle and continue to control the rhythm of the game.
Strictly speaking, Arsenal’s passing and control is still pursuing a quick counterattack from defense to offense!
When attacking, most people run without the ball, create multiple passing points for teammates, and then quickly advance on the ground to kill the opponent’s hinterland.
When defending, it advocates positional defense.
Instead of pressing in the front court, move the defense line back to draw out the opponent’s formation, so as to create space for their own quick passing and cutting.
The difference between the two may be equivalent to boiling a frog in warm water and butchering a cow.
Of course, no tactic is better, the gap is only above the player’s ability.
The reason why Barcelona’s passing and control can be fast or slow is also closely related to the strength of the players of the Dream Three Barcelona team.
The front court is “King of Gunners” Henry, Messi, “Cheetah” Eto’o, “Huluwa” Villa, Pedro and others;
The midfield and backcourt are the historical midfield combination “Habaibu”, the historical backcourt defender combination Puyol and Pique, plus two full-backs Alves and Maxwell with super assist ability;
The goalkeeper is Valdés, the five-time Zamora Award winner!
Every position is almost the best player of that era.
And Arsenal’s passing and control is mainly based on the word “fast”!
The latter has relatively greater requirements for running and physical fitness, so young people are more needed to support the implementation of tactics with active running.
The high consumption of tactics and high intensity of the game are also important reasons why Arsenal’s young demons are repeatedly troubled by injuries.
Of course, in the eyes of many people, if Wenger had the starting lineup of Barcelona in Dream Three, with the tactical talent of “Professor”, he could also bring the passing and controlling tactics to the extreme and lead Arsenal to dominate an era!
However, this assumption is only a topic of conversation after dinner.
. . .
With two goals behind in the first half, the players of Leicester City were a little anxious.
The whole formation was pressed more, and Ling Feng no longer just acted as a fulcrum, but increased the number of dribbling with the ball, intending to use his speed to force a breakthrough in the middle!
This did create some threats.
With Ling Feng’s explosive power, it is not difficult to pass one-on-one.
However, if he can pass the first one, but not the second one, he will be knocked down!
In the end, with little time left in the first half, his breakthrough won the team two set-piece opportunities.
It’s a pity that the foul site was too far from the goal and could not shoot directly.
However, through tactical coordination, Leicester City still completed the first shot of the game after Vardy was offside.
Unfortunately, the shot was too straight and was easily confiscated by Ospina.
In the end, with Arsenal midfielder Coquelin’s big foot, the ball was cleared to the front court, and the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game!
The next second, the Gunners fans immediately gave warm applause.
Obviously, they were very satisfied with the team’s performance today.
“The first half is over!”
“For Leicester City, the first half of the game is definitely not what they want to see. I hope they can get back to some form in the second half.”
At halftime, the players of both sides returned to the locker room.
The Foxes were panting, wiping their sweat silently, or drinking water.
This game made them realize the gap between themselves and the Premier League giants again.
In the first half, the two sides had a 50-50 possession rate.
The number of shots was not much different, the home team had four shots and the away team had two shots.
However, the quality of the shots was very different!
Arsenal’s four shots all hit the goal range and scored two goals.
The away team’s two shots only had one shot on target.
In Ling Feng’s view, the difference in player ability is one aspect, but more importantly, the tactical game between the two head coaches, Wenger almost defeated Pearson.
If no changes are made in this game, it will be lost!
Obviously, Pearson thought so too.
So he immediately chose to replace Lingard, who was defended by Bellerin, with Chris Wood, who went to the front line to partner with Vardy.
Then let Mahrez move to the left and Ling Feng move to the right.
Change to 442, fight to the death!
At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Arsenal continued to resolutely implement the positioning in the first half
Defensive tactics, looking for opportunities to counterattack.
After all, they are the leading side, there is no need to rush.
It is worth mentioning that after seeing Ling Feng and Mahrez swap positions, Wenger seemed to be well prepared and immediately waved his hand.
Whenever the offense cannot open up the situation, Leicester City will move Ling Feng to the right and use his speed and crosses to create threats.
This regular tactical change is no secret to other Premier League teams.
Therefore, Wenger also responded directly:
With the loud shouting of the assistant coach, Sanchez on the left side of the front court also returned to the midfield area and came to the vicinity of Ling Feng.
The entire tactical formation of the Gunners has also changed from 442 to 451, which focuses more on defensive counterattacks!
The three Arsenal players around Ling Feng formed a triangle position, surrounding him faintly.
The purpose is very simple-lock Ling Feng!
(End of this chapter)
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