Green Journey

Chapter 426 Sophisticated Wenger!
"Before the game, Guardiola said that after the game against Chelsea, they began to strengthen the control training of the second point. From the consecutive headers of Yaya Toure and Chu Zheng just now, it can be seen that Manchester City's training is quite effective. good."

"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Quickly transfer the ball from the densely defensive side through continuous headers, and directly attack the opponent's weak defensive side. Although there was a tacit cooperation, Otamendi's kick Adventurous through balls are fantastic."

"Sterling's non-stop sweeping to the wing accelerated Manchester City's counterattack from the wing, chasing back the lost counterattack time, and finally handed the ball to Chu Zheng, the soul midfielder, who sent a deadly attack from Chu Zheng. First pass, very beautiful and smooth."

Soon, Arsenal kicked the ball out.

After all, it is a veteran giant in the Premier League. Conceding a goal too early did not affect the morale of the team too much. Arsenal's players played quite calmly and patiently, resolutely implementing Wenger's tactical strategy.

As time passed, the tactical intentions of the head coaches of both sides gradually became clear.

For Manchester City, Guardiola still insists on his football philosophy.

Wenger, on the other hand, is a bit out of the ordinary today.

From the first 10 minutes of the first half, it can be clearly seen that the professor gave up the strict layer-by-layer advancement in the past today, gave up the instigation of the midfield, and turned to the tactic of chasing the ball and passing through the midfield quickly, and also supported a frontcourt The tactical strategy of pressing, in order to limit Manchester City and force Manchester City to be unable to move forward smoothly in the backcourt, is a two-pronged approach.

Wenger understands Guardiola.

In fact, in the Premier League now, after Guardiola's confrontation with Pochettino and Conte, many teams have learned how to deal with Manchester City from these two games.

Now Manchester City, whose transmission and control system has not yet completed its formation, is afraid of a single word.

grab!
Therefore, in the recent Manchester City games, the opponents will more or less grab it.

This was the case with Watford in the last round. The Hornets wanted to follow suit, and wanted to learn from teams such as Tottenham and Chelsea to limit Manchester City with high-position pressing, so as to gain some honey and taste the sweetness.

The result turned out to be that painting a tiger was not an anti-dog. The Bumblebee didn't pick up honey, but was pushed to the ground by Manchester City for crazy output, and was kicked 2-0.

If it weren't for the fact that Manchester City's striker finishing ability is still somewhat sluggish, it is not surprising that Watford was kicked 4-0 or 5-0.

Manchester City's current weakness is on the bright side, but it is not something that any cat or dog can bully.

Some tactics are indeed very targeted, but it also depends on who uses them, otherwise it will be the end of Watford who was kicked in reverse.

Surrounding the stands, the Etihad was unexpectedly not full today, but there was still a lot of noise from the Manchester City fans in the stands.

In the past week, Manchester City fans are actually in a good mood.

In addition to the reason why the team stopped the decline in time, there is another reason.

That's the Stones they love and hate getting out of the team's starting lineup, and they finally don't have to be disgusted by those ultra-low-level outrageous mistakes.

Although the last round played against a mid-lower team like Watford, the partner of Kolarov and Otamendi is still stable.

Although Kolarov is equally miserable in the media, in the eyes of Manchester City fans, he is much better than Stones. At least Kolarov will not feed them in the cesspit like Stones Flies and maggots, disgusting.

In addition, the old captain Kompany has returned from injury.

Although Kompany has been repeatedly injured and stopped, it is hard to say how much he is still in state, but his ability on the defensive end is beyond doubt among Manchester City fans.

This is definitely good news for Manchester City, which is about to usher in the Christmas Devil's schedule.

Kompany's return also gave Manchester City fans a reassurance.

If the old captain can continue to be stable without injury, then Manchester City fans feel that Stones will probably sit firmly on the bench in the second half.

Thinking of Kompany returning to the starting lineup, the team's defense has stabilized, and the luxurious attacking group in the midfield can attack opponents wantonly, Manchester City fans feel extremely excited and feel that everything is getting better.

However, the iron-like facts soon proved that they were just an illusion.

On the field, in the 15th minute of the game, Manchester City made a mistake in attacking the third area from the right and lost the ball.

Seeing that Arsenal was about to launch a counterattack from the side, Chu Zheng quickly started to chase from the ribs. With the cooperation of Zabaleta, who did not retreat but advanced, Chu Zheng made a strong grab and snatched the ball from Iwobi's feet return.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng and Zabaleta made a two pass and dribbled the ball towards the Arsenal fans.

But Arsenal returned to defense extremely quickly.

When Chu Zheng took the ball into the right rib area at the top of the arc, there were six Arsenal players in front and behind.

Seeing that Arsenal's two defensive lines quickly compressed his ball-holding space, and Ludbrayne was not in place on the left side of the half, Chu Zheng did not hesitate and directly distributed the ball to the right side.

Sane chases the ball down.

Monreal is very steady, stepped on the sideline of the penalty area and quickly followed up, preparing to block Sane outside the penalty area.

Seeing Sterling, who was sandwiched between Gabriel and Koscielny in the area on the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, Sane caught up with the ball and suddenly made a strong cross.

The ball flew across the turf.

Monreal didn't run completely in place, and he was barely able to intercept with his feet.

On the end line of the small restricted area on the right, Koscielny, Sterling, and Gabriel were in place at the same time.

But maybe Sane passed the ball too fast with his low and flat cross, which caused Koscielny to stretch out his foot and miss the ball, and accidentally missed it.

But Sterling, who was caught in the middle, also rushed over the head.

When he turned back, the ball had hit the outside of Gabriel's right foot and bounced towards the middle of the small penalty area, and was caught by Cech who struck out in time.

After Cech held the ball in his arms, he suddenly saw Bellerin on the front right outside the upper corner of the penalty area suddenly start to go forward. He quickly got up and threw the ball to Bellerin with a strong hand throw. Before, launch a counterattack directly.

De Bruyne started to chase back from the left rib area at the top of the arc, but he and Bellerin were chasing further and further away, and the speed difference between the two was too far.

In a blink of an eye, Bellerin crossed the center line along the rib channel.

Chrissy was ahead of him just in time.

Bellerin was forced to slow down.

But as soon as the speed slowed down, Bellerin suddenly shot the ball forward to the left.

About four meters before the top of the arc in the middle, Sanchez quickly got in place.

With the ball under his feet, Sanchez, who was sideways, turned to the left and brought the ball to the right rib area at the top of the arc.

Otamendi and Kolarov were directly attracted by Sanchez's move to the front of the penalty area in the left rib area at the top of the arc.

When Sanchez completed his turn, Walcott just sprinted past him, with a clear goal, and went straight to the top of the arc in the middle.

At this time, there is an obvious gap between Otamendi and Zabaleta, who is marking Ozil on the left side of the top of the arc.

Otamendi saw Walcott coming diagonally. He quickly realized the danger and began to turn around and retreat, but he was not firm enough.

In this kind of duel, even a 0.1-second hesitation is fatal.

The next second, Otamendi paid the price for his indecision.

Seeing that Walcott was in place, Sanchez did everything with his right foot, and it was a wonderful through pass.

Suddenly the ball jumped from behind Otamendi to Walcott.

When Otamendi turned around completely, he saw Walcott lead the ball into the penalty area and left him behind.

At the same time, Zabaleta saw that Otamendi's defense was out of position. He quickly gave up Ozil in the left rib area at the top of the arc and leaned towards Walcott.

Otamendi ran from right to left to cover Sabalite and mark Ozil.

But Walcott was extremely determined, and after adjusting, he pushed directly to the far corner.

Zabaleta, who came around in front of him, fell to the ground and blocked with a sliding shovel.

In front of the goal, Bravo, who is equal to nothing, misjudged the wrong direction again.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"In the 16th minute of the game, Arsenal launched a counterattack from the backcourt and quickly crossed the midfield to break Manchester City's goal!"

"Walcott, the tiger is coming down the mountain like a bamboo!"

"1-1! The game is back to the starting point!" Zhan Jun was very excited in the LeTV live broadcast room.

In football matches, strong-strong dialogues are often unsightly and boring due to the balanced strength of the two sides and fear of each other.

But in today's game, Zhan Jun has already smelled a bit of a goal fight.

In the sideline coaching area, Wenger had a smile on his face.

Guardiola, who was sitting next to him on the coach's bench, took a sip of water expressionlessly, and no one could see what he was thinking at this time.

"Sanchez and Theo Walcott this cross run is so beautiful!"

"It was this crossing that made Otamendi mess up!"

Zhang Lu nodded and answered with a smile: "What is the problem of conceding the ball? Bellerin dribbled the ball forward from the backcourt. No one on Manchester City's side except De Bruyne who couldn't catch up. Time passes and blocks him."

"It was too late for Chrissy to block, and Dembele has already run to the position where he wanted to run!"

"This position should belong to Fernandinho, but he doesn't know where he went. Yaya Toure is there, but he is in the front of Sanchez in the middle, right where he should be."

"Then Sanchez and Walcott crossed over and Otamendi got messed up."

"That finger, do you think Otamendi should go up when Sanchez has the ball?" Zhan Jun asked with a smile.

"Uh, no, he should have withdrawn quickly, because Walcott was obliquely rounding behind him, with obvious intentions, but he hesitated between pushing and closing, which directly caused Walcott to turn around and was already beaten by Walcott. Kurt shakes off."

The Gunners fans in the stands were very happy.

Although many people are now saying that Wenger is old and can't keep up with the times, the old coach will give them a surprise from time to time, proving to people that this former Premier League tiger is old but majestic still there.

Just like today's tactical strategy, high-speed, high-efficiency, high-quality, a mediocre counterattack directly created a goal.

On the court, Chu Zheng was speechless. He went down to a Stones, but he didn't expect to have Otamendi. These two generals were really helpless.

As a former central defender, Chu Zheng knew very well that Otamendi hesitated when he shouldn't.

In that situation, if it was him instead, there is no need to hesitate at all, turn around and withdraw quickly, and he will definitely block Walcott who is holding the ball in time.

Chu Zheng could already imagine that after the game, the media who were afraid of chaos would have something to criticize Manchester City and Guardiola.

In the previous games, Guardiola played with three backs, but today he played four backs. As a result, the central defense that should have been focused on was easily penetrated by Arsenal. question.

Since a huge mistake after the game against Leicester City, Stones has been taken out of the starting position by Guardiola.

Although Stones' situation is not as serious as the outside media said that he has been abandoned, Guardiola's trust in him is not as good as before. This is a fact that everyone in the Manchester City team can see.

Recently, there has been a rumor in the Manchester City team that Guardiola will introduce a new defender in the upcoming winter transfer window.

He also said that he has a nose and an eye. Today, it is said that Guardiola has taken a fancy to Southampton's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk. Tomorrow, it is said that Guardiola has thrown an olive branch to the former Barcelona lover Pique.

Although it has not been confirmed, Chu Zheng thinks it is highly likely to be true.But whether you can buy it or not is another matter.

If it were Guardiola, he wouldn't be able to stand the current defense.

Anyway, Manchester City has money, and there is no pressure to buy people.

Since you can't do it, then change someone, it's so cruel and realistic.

In fact, from the perspective of personal feelings, Chu Zheng does not want Stones and Otamendi to be abandoned.

Apart from emotional factors, these two are actually really good. In terms of technology, they are definitely first-class central defenders.

But Chu Zheng just couldn't figure out why these two people kept making fatal mistakes at critical moments. These two people gave Chu Zheng the feeling that they had enmity with the midfielder and the frontcourt, and there were always some inner ghosts. Defensive error.

"Chu!!!"

"Chu!!!!!!!"

Chu Zheng was walking towards the middle circle when he suddenly heard Guardiola's voice.

Seeing Guardiola's unpredictable abstract gesture, Chu Zheng bit the bullet and returned an OK gesture.

Although he didn't fully understand it, Chu Zheng understood the general meaning.

Guardiola's consciousness is to let Chu Zheng focus on attacking Arsenal's left.

This is actually what Guardiola would do without saying that Chu Zheng would do it.

Because from the 10th minute of the game, Chu Zheng found that the success rate of Arsenal's Iwobi and Monreal's defense in the flank area was not very high.

In addition, Guardiola actually conveyed a layer of meaning.

Just let Chu Zheng watch over his right.

Because Arsenal's offensive focus is actually on Zabaleta's side.

Fortunately, with Yaya Toure's defense today, Zabaleta was not completely exposed to Arsenal's soldiers.

Not long after, Manchester City kicked the ball out.

After continuing to transfer the ball back and forth, he saw that under Arsenal's dense defensive position in the middle, his defense was unable to play the ball, so he quickly left the striker and retreated along the middle to the center circle.

When Yaya Toure saw Chu Zheng coming back, he raised his foot and gave it.

Seeing Chu Zheng with his back ready to take the ball, the Arsenal players quickly approached each other and tightened their grip in the middle, preventing Chu Zheng from getting the slightest chance.

As a result, they thought too much. The purpose of Chu Zheng's retreat was to lure them to strengthen the defense in the middle.

In the middle circle area of ​​Arsenal's half, Chu Zheng, who was on his back, didn't stop the ball at all, and made a diagonal pass with his left foot to the right.

Chu Zheng sorted out the offensive line in an instant with this pass.

In the left rib area of ​​the middle circle, after Kolarov took the ball, he immediately saw Chu Zheng pass the ball to the indicated attack line.

In the next second, Kolarov made a forward pass from the wing.

On the left sideline of Manchester City, the moment Clichy received the ball forward, the three defensive players of Arsenal quickly moved to the side.

De Bruyne in the ribs accurately caught the gap in the ribs where Arsenal's full-backs and central defenders suddenly opened.

Chrissy didn't procrastinate after taking the ball, and it was a straight pass from the side.

Outside the upper left corner of the penalty area, De Bruyne meets the ball. Facing Gabriel in front of him, De Bruyne takes the ball outside the sideline of the penalty area and suddenly makes a very concealed cross.

The ball went from left to right, crossed an arc in Arsenal's penalty area, and went straight to the back point.

On the right side of the penalty spot, Sterling followed up in time, left Koscielny behind with his speed, and then took off from the end line of the small penalty area to reach the top.

In the next second, people entered!The ball missed!
"Oh!" Zhan Jun exclaimed!
"It's a very beautiful cross. Aguero might have scored it!" Zhang Lu laughed.

On the sidelines coaching bench, Guardiola covered his face with his hands. Although he was sorry, he didn't blame Sterling too much.

No way, Guardiola is almost used to it.

Just when you thought he couldn't be happy, he danced wildly on the court and turned the audience up!
Just when you think he'll be happy, he's not!
Guardiola also summed up Sterling's finishing ability in front of the goal, it is self-willed!
(End of this chapter)