Strong Waist

  Chapter 822 Various offensive modes

  On October 18, Arsenal went to Cyprus to face APOEL.

   This is also the third round of the Champions League group stage.

  APOEL is undoubtedly the giant team in Cyprus, they have a very strong dominance in the domestic league.

  Win the Cyprus First Division 28 times, and also broke into the Champions League three times. In the 2011-2012 season, he once reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and lost to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

  Although the current APOEL cannot be compared with the golden generation at that time, it is still a team full of tenacity.

  In the current UEFA Champions League, APOEL has lost the first two rounds. If they lose the third round, then there is only the possibility of qualifying in theory.

  The most important thing is that their opponent in the third round is Arsenal.

   There is no doubt that Arsenal is the strongest team in Group H of the Champions League. It is almost impossible to win from Arsenal.

  But APOEL has not given up, and is still trying to win the possibility.

  The APOEL coached by head coach Donis is a team full of fighting spirit, and their style of play is also very enjoyable.

  In addition to the pass control that is popular in Europe today, the high position press is also very familiar.

   However, this level of tactics is only applicable to their domestic leagues. After facing teams like Arsenal, the most acute problems are exposed.

   The tempo is too slow!

  "Arsenal's offensive and defensive transition is very fast, which makes it difficult for Athletic Greek to digest this rapid rhythm change. Before their side can retreat, Arsenal is about to kill their big penalty area!"

Sky Sports commentator Paul Mosen shook his head and said: "This is the gap in overall strength! Although we have thought about an upset, the probability of this is too low. APOEL wants to beat Arsenal. It's almost impossible!"

   Shua! ! !

   As soon as the voice fell, Arsenal scored.

  During the counterattack, Aubameyang made a cross, Giroud carried the opponent's central defender on his back, and returned the ball to Wilshere.

  Wilshere breaks the goal easily.

   When the game time came to 11 minutes, Arsenal scored the first goal.

   And this is undoubtedly worse for the already disadvantaged Athletics Greeks.

   "Beautiful shot!"

   Lucky found Wilshere to celebrate.

  The latter also seemed very happy.

  For players, every goal is invaluable.

   "Why did you stop the game?"

  In the last round of the league, Lucky was in a crazy state.

   But this game seemed very quiet, except for defensive work, they rarely ran forward.

   Regarding this, Le Kai laughed and said: "The coach asked me to pay more attention to the work on the defensive end!"

  Hearing this, Wilshere nodded slightly.

   Lucky's defense is very strong, but Mourinho obviously hopes that Lucky will keep this state and use it in key games.

  Of course, Mourinho did not restrict Le Kai from attacking forward, but just raised his opinion.

   But Lucky's own style is like this.

   Unless he needs to participate in the offense, he will move forward, and more often he will focus on defense.

   Mourinho on the sidelines also nodded slightly.

  Actually, what he wants to verify now is the intensity of Arsenal's offense when Lucky is not involved in the offense.

   What is certain is that after Lucky joins the offense, Arsenal's offensive intensity will increase a lot.

   But for Mourinho and Arsenal itself, Lucky has to shoulder more defensive work in the midfield

   Only when the defense is done well, can they devote more energy to the offense.

   For this reason, in the stage of Lucky's retreat and defense, Arsenal's free attack in the frontcourt will become their next inspection target.

  At the same time, the two full-backs also began to advance frequently.

  Now Mourinho is no longer limited to traditional defense and defense, but is more flexible and integrated with offense.

  Bellerin's speed and Robertson's cross ball need to be used.

  The most ideal tactic is that these two can also be integrated into the tactical system of the center forward retreating, and Arsenal can play more offensive options in the frontcourt.

   So far, the cooperation between Wilshere, the two wingers and Giroud has gradually become tacit.

  But this system needs to be further optimized.

   "Bellerin's advance was not decisive enough!"

   Mourinho said.

   Assistant coach Arteta on the side said; "He is worried about defensive issues. Once he steps forward, he cannot retreat immediately, and there will be problems on the defensive end."

   "For this reason, in many cases, even if he chooses to move forward, he is not firm enough!"

   Mourinho said: "How to solve it?"

  Arteta: "Let him try to attack more, as long as his teammates retreat and fill the position properly, he can rest assured!"

   Mourinho nodded; "Where's Robertson?"

"Robertson's cross ball is very threatening, and he has also developed an offensive routine on the basis of defense, but I don't think Robertson needs to be too forward. Cooperate more!"

   Arteta talked eloquently.

  Since serving as Arsenal's assistant coach, he has learned a lot under Mourinho.

   At this time, it was also a well-organized analysis, and it was approved by Mourinho.

  This was in the past, and he absolutely couldn't make such a judgment.

   "Practice slowly! The season has just begun!"

   After Mourinho finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the court.

  At this time, Arsenal just got a chance to set the ball.

   This is a position centered, and an ideal distance.

  The only thing is that it is a bit too centered.

   Lucky ran to the penalty spot, took the ball from his teammates, bent down and placed it on the penalty spot.

  Before the free throw, Lucky turned his head and looked to the right.

   Ramsey is ready to move.

   Lucky kicked off immediately.

  However, he did not shoot directly, nor did he pick a pass, but distributed the ball to Ramsey on the right.

  APOEL saw Arsenal take a tactical free kick and immediately ran to the right.

  The human wall collapsed immediately.

   At this time, Ramsey has two choices.

   Either pass back to Lucky, or directly plug the ball.

   Ramsey chose the latter.

  The ball passed through the crotch of the APOEL defender and flew in front of Aubameyang, who poked the ball with his toe.

  The ball drilled into the goal from the near corner.

  Arsenal scored another goal in 31 minutes.

  Arsenal leads by two goals.

  And this goal was a huge blow to the morale of APOEL.

   It’s enough to concede one goal, and now another one is conceded.

   This is disaster for APOEL.

"Another goal was conceded and Arsenal scored the second with a tactical set-piece, Mourinho is obviously adding to Arsenal's attacking reserves, it's Arsenal who really have a lot of attacking methods now !"

   "Grab points in the frontcourt! The center forward retreats! The full-backs go forward and assist! Now that tactical positioning kicks have been added, it is difficult to carry out targeted defense against such a team!"

   "But the most important thing is Arsenal's defense!"

  Paul Mosen said with emotion: "It's too stable!"

  “In the three rounds of the Champions League, Arsenal only conceded one goal, and their conceded goals in the league are also the fewest among all teams in the Premier League!”

  "Stable defense, sharp offense! This Arsenal team has already begun to show its champion appearance!"

   Not only Paul Merson, but also many fans who watched the game were feeling the strength of Arsenal.

   This kind of strength is not the kind of flash in the pan, the kind of super **** performance.

  It has a long history and is based on stable performance under a certain system.

   If Arsenal maintains this state, this is definitely the biggest enemy of all teams committed to the Champions League!

  Second half, 55 minutes.

   Mourinho made a substitution.

   Lucky went off, and Xhaka came off the bench.

  Mourinho needs Lucky to rest more, instead of playing games at full time.

   Lucky needs to play in tough battles in the future.

  He can't waste energy and physical energy in this kind of place.

  Of course, he is also confident that even if this Arsenal team is separated from Lucky, it will still be able to play wonderful games.

   Especially in the case of this advantage, Arsenal knows how to win the game.

   After returning to the bench, Le Kai rested with peace of mind.

  He has the same confidence in the team as Mourinho.

  And to be honest, from the performance of APOEL, it is really difficult to shake Arsenal.

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  (end of this chapter)