The Era of Emerald

()ps: Chapter 30 of "Addition and Completion Plan", if there is a recommendation, there will be an addition, um, that's it...

"Tony, why do I feel that the Highbury Stadium is much smaller than Frankie?" During the intermission, Karin raised her doubts to Zhuang Minge.

"You are right, Karin. If I remember correctly, the length of this Highbury Stadium is 5 meters shorter than Frankie's Stadium, and the short side is also 2 meters narrower than Frankie's Stadium." Zhuang Mingge recalled I took a look at the information about this stadium I had read before, and replied, "Arsenal has stayed at Highbury Stadium for more than 80 years, but only the legendary coach Chapman who invented the 'wm' formation and the current Graham led the team. The Arsenal team has been successful, and there has never been a lack of stars in the history of the Arsenal team...Karin, do you know why?"

"Tony, are you saying that this has something to do with Highbury Stadium?" Karin thought for a while, and tentatively gave an answer.

"That's right! I think, playing in a pocket stadium like Highbury, you can only create more scoring opportunities if you make full use of every inch of space on the pitch. Think about it, when Arsenal are playing at home. , first put defense first, show the enemy weak, wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and firmly attract the opponent's players in the own half, in order to gain a wider offensive space and create more goals in this small stadium. The chances, no doubt, Chapman and Graham did a little bit, so they succeeded."

"Well, you have a point! If most of the Arsenal players are always hunkered down in their own half and play defensive counterattacks, I think no matter which team comes here, it will have a headache... But, Tony, according to your In other words, as long as Arsenal's tactics ensure that they can get enough space to attack at Highbury, then they have met the basic guarantee of winning at the tactical level?"

"It should be true, but the current Arsenal team, which is in a period of turmoil, may not have the patience to continue to spend with Fiorentina." Zhuang Mingge looked at Graham who had returned to the court and said, "If Graham still wants If Arsenal continue to work, then this Cup Winners Cup will be his life-saving straw. I guess he just changed Arsenal's tactics in the dressing room to strengthen the team's offense."

At this time, the Arsenal players took the ball and the second half of the game began.

Sure enough, as Zhuang Minge expected, just after the start of the second half, Graham couldn't wait to use the midfielder Paul Merson who had just come out of the drug rehabilitation center.

Facing the same tactical play as Florence in the first half, Graham, who was on the verge of getting out of get out of class, really didn't have the courage to go on like this.Desperately in need of victory to secure his position at the club, he was unwilling to win a meaningless draw at Highbury, let alone bet that Arsenal would beat Fiorentina away in the second leg.

After all, Arsenal coached by Graham is known for its defensive counterattack tactics, which makes them somewhat incompatible with other Premier League teams-because Arsenal are one of the few English teams without a high center forward, making Arsenal In terms of strong attack ability, it is much worse.

Fiorentina did not make any personnel adjustments at the beginning of the second half. It seems that Ranieri is determined to use his housekeeping skills to fight Graham to the end.

As a result, the second half of the game was no longer as dull as the previous 45 minutes. Amidst the cheers of more than 3 Arsenal fans on the scene, the technical level of the Gunners was far inferior to that of Fiorentina. Played a short pass at Highbury Stadium!

"Graham seems to have lost his head. If the opponent is so easy to penetrate and score with short passes, then Fiorentina will have been sieved by other teams in Serie A." He expressed his dissatisfaction with the tactical arrangement, "However, this situation is understandable. Mr. Graham is under a lot of pressure now. If he cannot advance to the Cup Winners Cup final, he will definitely be dismissed at the end of the season."

At this time, in the 50th minute of the game, Arsenal's right forward Heidel passed the ball across to Hartson who was responding in the middle. Hartson slammed it straight to Mawson in front of him... But unfortunately, The ball was broken from Mawson's feet by Kripa who grabbed it in time.

Mo Sen, who stayed in the drug rehabilitation center for several months and caused his competitive state to plummet, how could he be the opponent of Kripa, who was at the peak of his career!When Kripa was at his peak, he was completely a technically enhanced version of Gattuso!

Arsenal, who gave up their defense and went all out, gained a lot of possession time, but when most of the passes are concentrated in their own half, what effect can it play?

Therefore, every time a Fiorentina player intercepts the opponent's pass and launches a counterattack, it will pose a huge threat to Arsenal's gate!

Arsenal have nothing to do in the face of Fiorentina's dense defense, but Fiorentina can always use the moment of offensive and defensive transition to create a murderous opportunity. The balance of victory has been tilted towards Fiorentina's away game.

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20 minutes had passed in the second half, and the score remained at 0:0.

At this time, the Arsenal players who got the ball once again attacked Fiorentina's half.

This time, the midfielder Hartson made a rare beautiful turn around. After successfully getting rid of Effenberg's defense, without any hesitation, he decisively passed the ball to the ambush at the top of the penalty area. Ian Wright.

The England international, who has only completed one shot so far and has a very limited number of ball possessions, is depressed to find that he, who was still unguarded before, received the ball from Hutson at the moment , Three defensive players from Florence surrounded themselves here!

Ian Wright looked at Lanner and Di Biagio who were aggressively rushing over to defend from his left and right sides, and glanced at Ferrara who was defending behind him from the corner of his eyes, feeling that he wanted to break through this situation successfully. The possibility of three joint defenses is too small.Therefore, holding the ball with his back, he did not make any offensive moves, and reluctantly passed the ball back to Hartson.

Hutson who received the ball was also very depressed: We finally broke through a layer of defense and passed the ball to you, but you didn't do anything and passed the ball back!Isn't this cheating teammates? !

Complaints are complaints, and the helpless Hartson looked up to find a space to pass the ball. However, Effenberg, who returned to the defense, did not give him a chance to continue to organize the offense. A clever steal snatched the ball from Hartson's feet. , and then immediately passed the ball to Djorkaeff, and once again launched a counterattack to Arsenal's half!