I'm a striker

Chapter 354 Arsenal's Chance
"Hey, Arsenal wasn't in a hurry in the second half?" Gary Lineker thought with some doubts.

Five minutes into the second half of the game, Arsenal did not seem to intend to take the initiative to attack, but deliberately slowed down the pace of the game, and even deliberately waited for Deportivo to attack.

But precisely because of this, Deportivo did not play very well.

"Because they use defense to drive offense. If the opponent does not attack, they can only attack by themselves. But now they are the leading side, can the whole team attack in a unified and coordinated manner? At least their current captain is Gabi, Gabi is a very calm person, he will not break the rhythm of this balance indiscriminately." On the Arsenal bench, Wenger was also enlightened.

"In other words, is such a tactic correct?" asked Arsenal's assistant coach.

"Last season, Chelsea didn't rush when they were behind. At that time, it was Deportivo who panicked. Because their tactical play is to keep rushing and rushing, stealing the ball and counterattacking, looking for opportunities for fast breaks. Positional warfare Although they have Diego Costa, but because of the team's tactics, Deportivo's control is not as good as last season. After Cazorla and Jovetic left, this team can only play More pursuit of perfection. Even though James Rodriguez is excellent and has great talent, he is too young. Deportivo’s thinking cannot be unified, and there will be contradictions. Should we attack or retreat?" Wenger smiled, "All we have to do now is to wait with peace of mind, to wait for an opportunity to appear. I was wrong to play against Deportivo. I think we are not inferior to them in the match. But I forgot what happened to Real Madrid and Barcelona. Are Real Madrid and Barcelona not strong enough in attack? But they still can't win against Deportivo."

"Chelsea's tactics are correct. With Deportivo, you can't play a war of attrition, you can't play a war of attack. Because they have good physical fitness, the team is young and full of fighting spirit. With Deportivo, you have to play steadily. , and then wait for the right opportunity to give them a fatal blow. Deportivo's style of play is very restrained against teams that are good at attacking. But some of the games they lost, the opponents were often not very strong, or even the strongest. That is Because their opponents played very calmly without exception. In this kind of game, the error tolerance rate is very low, and we will lose the whole game if we make a mistake. Now even if we are behind, there is still a lot of time. In the 45 minutes of the second half, Deportivo's defense line could not have given us a chance." Wenger felt that his thoughts seemed to be completely clear, and his brain seemed to start working when he just came to Arsenal.

That's right, Deportivo's biggest problem is here!

This team is too young!Especially their defense is too young!Deportivo used to press high to force you to make mistakes, so they were not afraid of making mistakes themselves.

Jose Altera made use of advanced tactics to make Deportivo extremely powerful, but this strength is based on the situation where the opponent is in the set.

Deportivo is like a huge trap, trapping you and then forcing you to follow his train of thought to kick.

But as long as you can think of a way, then you can break the situation.

Wenger doesn't think that Di Matteo just formulated a tactic to solve the game against Deportivo. If he could solve the game, that guy Mourinho must have solved it long ago.

What Deportivo left was a dead end.

What is needed to break the deadlock is not to move forward, but to retreat.

Take a step back, the sky is vast.

Arsenal doesn't look like it's lagging behind, but instead looks like it's leading.Neither rush nor slow, even free kicks and throw-ins will take some time to take slowly.

In the eyes of many people, Arsenal's mentality is too good, right?

Are they so confident about this game?

Of course not. Although Arsenal's self-confidence has been restored because of Song Rentou, no one has full confidence in this game.

The reason why Arsenal is like this is because they believe in Song Rentou's judgment!

This is not only because Song Rentou is their captain, but also because Song Rentou's judgment has never been wrong.

The Deportivo players didn't know what Arsenal were planning, but it was clear that James Rodriguez and Diego Costa wanted to attack, while Gabi and others wanted to be more stable.

After all, the team is leading, so there is no need to risk losing the ball to attack.

But James Rodriguez believes that if he does not attack now, then if Arsenal scores again, they will miss the best opportunity.

Contradictions, disunity of players' thinking.

"If Song Rentou is still in Deportivo, Deportivo's tactics will be the most perfect stage this year. This weakness is their weakness of last year. They should not have appeared this year when their tactics have been upgraded. It's a pity. The mistake is that their core James Rodriguez is too young, and although Gabi is the captain, he is not as intimidating as Song Rentou. He cannot unify the thinking of the whole team like Song Rentou... If Song Rentou is still in La Coruna. As long as Song Rentou raises his arms at this time, there will be no flaws in attacking or defending La Coruna. What a pity...Maybe, this will completely replace Barcelona's possession The best style of play in the new era of tactics.” What Wenger didn’t know was that soon, in a short time, an upgraded version of Deportivo’s team would be born in Europe, no, to be precise, it was two.

And, just this season.

Young Jean Deportivo must pay some price to learn.

Fifteen minutes passed in the second half, which was an unusually slow 15 minutes. Arsenal's players got plenty of rest, which ensured that they had made up for the extra energy they consumed in the first half.

Since physical fitness cannot overwhelm Deportivo, what Arsenal have to do is not to consume the opponent's physical fitness, but to ensure that their physical fitness can finish the game.

Sometimes people's thinking must be flexible.

An upgraded version of La Coruña?Wenger regrets that Arsenal does not apply such a tactic, but what is even more regrettable is that Wenger believes that Arsenal does not apply such a tactic because Arsenal is a wealthy and strong team, and Arsenal needs to control the ball.

It's a pity, a few months later, the team that swept Europe and even shocked the world was the giants.

This will be another cosmic team after Barcelona.

On the field, because of Arsenal's composure, the two young full-backs in Deportivo's defense were a little slack.

This is human nature. Gino Peruzzi and Lucas Digne are both born in the [-]s. They cannot endure loneliness like those old fritters.

What do full-backs usually do when the defense is not under pressure?
Of course it is a forward assist.

Although Deportivo's captain Gabi wanted to signal to his teammates not to assist too much, he knew that James Rodriguez and Diego Costa couldn't bear it anymore.

They also want to score goals.

This is the difference between Gabi and Song Rentou.

Song Rentou is still there, and Deportivo will look at his face whether he wants to attack or defend.

Gabi can't do this, and now that Arsenal really has no threat to attack, it seems that there is nothing wrong with teammates going up to assist and play.

If Deportivo can really score another goal, then the suspense of this game will be completely ended.

So La Coruña started to move.

"Pay attention to defense—!!" Song Rentou reminded, he was the first checkpoint in Arsenal's defense zone, and he started to move.

The Arsenal players also know that their chance has come!

Because Deportivo take the initiative to attack, then their backcourt will leave space.

In the previous positional battle, Strootman, Domingos and Gabi were able to protect the team's two wings very well.

But once they press heavily, their defense zone will be freed up with many opportunities!
Walcott's speed is very fast!

As long as the little tiger is given a chance, the little tiger will not miss it.

What Arsenal have to do now is to stabilize their defense.

"The position is reversed." Wenger's eyes lit up, because he knew that if Arsenal did well, they would be able to tie the score in the next five to 10 minutes!
Of course, if Deportivo does not press up, Arsenal will actually press up.It's just that it will be more difficult to tie the score that way.

On Deportivo's coaching bench, Jose Ortra was a little nervous.

He has never been a famous coach. Although he personally created this set of tactics, the tactics are limited by the players.

For example, even if you tell the Chinese team how to play ball possession tactics and quick counterattack tactics, they may not be able to play them.

Tactics determine the height of the team, but the ability of the players determines how far the tactics can be played.

The reason why Barcelona has no solution is because each of their players has reached a world-class level in possession and passing.

However, with the decline of aggressiveness, when the Barcelona players were unable to play as before, even though the tactics remained the same, they no longer had the power of the past.

So the impression of Barcelona began to weaken.

Are they actually getting weaker?

not necessarily.

At the Riazor Stadium, Deportivo fans cheered for the team. Almost 10 minutes into the second half, Deportivo suddenly started an offensive.

Arsenal did not defend passively, but tried to steal the ball every time they defended.

It is impossible for Deportivo to retreat at this time.

Suddenly, in the No.201 minute of the second half, Aaron Ramsey broke the ball at the feet of James Rodriguez! !
Arsenal's fast break counterattack! !
The little tiger Walcott has made a surprise attack from the right at high speed! !

(End of this chapter)