Chapter 251: The Chief's Night (4)
Klich's left side was under tremendous defensive pressure and it was difficult to make a difference at the attacking end, so Arsenal had to find a way to do it from their right side when they counter-attacked.
However, in this regard, Li Ang has been prepared for a long time.
Sagna is indeed a very strong player, the first few seasons when he first arrived at Arsenal were really stable, won the best right-back of the Premier League season, and squeezed Eboue to the right midfield, however, Leon has studied this player very thoroughly, Klich's biggest shortcoming is that the offensive means are too monotonous, always outside the line and bottom crosses, and the pass is not accurate, so to speak, Sagna is generally a qualified defensive defender...... It is unrealistic to expect Sagna to cause too much trouble for Inter in attack, at least the well-prepared Inter are not afraid of it.
In the case of Modric's injury, Leons sent Muntari to start, compared to Modric, Muntari's role at the offensive end is greatly reduced, but the contribution to the defense is more, under the arrangement of Leon, Muntari pays attention to the left side of the defense, and when Evra presses out, Muntari protects the left side of the side very well, and restricts Sagna very well.
The French full-back, who has been in excellent form this season, played a very uncomfortable game......
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In the twenty-first minute of the game, Sagna went down again and prepared to cross.
Muntari judged correctly, before Sagna's cross, he stretched his leg to block, and after the football hit Muntari's leg, it bounced back to Sagna's leg and Arsenal didn't even get a touchline ball except for the sideline.
Muntari quickly threw a sideline ball and Inter quickly counter-attacked.
When Sagna was desperately trying to defend, Inter Milan passed continuously, the football reached the feet of Mata, the Spanish star took the ball and burst forward, smashing the ball in the movement to deceive Senderos, who came to make up for the defense, and then, he accelerated violently into the penalty area, and then was pushed to the ground by his French national team teammate Cesc Fabregas, who was driven back to defend.
Inter's bench cheered, they got up on the bench and shouted - they all thought it was a foul, Cesc Fabregas fouled Juan Mata in the box and should have given Inter a penalty.
Leon also got up from the dugout.
No penalties!
Hansen, the referee from Belgium, waved his hand and motioned for Mata to stand up.
Leon was furious on the sidelines, and of course he thought his player had been violated and it was definitely a penalty!
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"No penalty! No penalty! Referee Hansen thinks there is no penalty!"
"Counter-attack! Inter pressed hard, this is Arsenal's counter-attacking opportunity!"
By this time, Arsenal had launched a counter-attack.
Cesc Fabregas passed the ball quickly, Eboue took the ball and dribbled it at high speed, while Hleb, Diaby and Adebayor all fought to get forward.
And Sania, who was desperately trying to defend back, also began to run back and participate in this attack.
Arsenal's attack, after advancing to the front, is still a familiar formula.
The ball was eventually passed to Sagna on the right, but the French right-back's fitness was clearly not up to speed up with the back and forth, and his subsequent pass was unthreatening and was easily picked up by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.
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After so many rounds, the game entered a state of anxiety, and both sides played offensive football, and the attack was very lively.
"It's an open-ended game!"
"For the fans, a game like this is definitely worth the ticket price!"
It was a lot of excitement on the field.
But if you look closely, you will find that for the two teams, the situation is very different.
Although it is an attack, it is also a good kick.
But Inter Milan's morale was higher and they were more active than Arsenal, with Inter players running all over the pitch.
And, most importantly, Inter Milan's attack is more structured, they advance quickly, run in a timely manner, and cooperate well, almost every attack is enough for Arsenal to break out in a cold sweat.
Arsenal's attack seems to be very powerful, but there are few opportunities to really threaten Inter Milan's goal.
And, as Leon predicted, after he asked the team to put more pressure on Klich's side, Arsenal's attack was like a limp and could only rely on Sagna's side, and the French right-back's assist ability obviously could not support Arsenal's effective attack.
And, I don't know what Wenger's considerations and deployment were, but today Arsenal reduced their ground attack and increased a lot in their wide crosses, seemingly to bring out Bam Adebayo's ability to head and grab points in front of goal.
However, it is clear that Leon has been prepared for this, and neither Samuel nor Zivo is afraid of Adebayo on the high ball.
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In such a situation, Inter Milan's attack is becoming more and more threatening, and Arsenal, in a situation where it is difficult to actually threaten Inter's goal, is starting to become more impatient.
Leon could see clearly from the sidelines that he was going to speed up Arsenal's impatience.
And it is clear that the best way to hit Arsenal most effectively and make Arsenal fall into chaos because of impatience is to score!
Inter Milan will need to put pressure on Arsenal with more goals.
Now one goal ahead of Arsenal, which makes the whole Arsenal team feel the pressure!
If you score another goal, it's not just about pressure.
It will make Arsenal's side feel a hint of despair: at home, in the two-legged knockout round, the home side is 0-2 down, what a terrible situation, I believe the Arsenal players will deeply understand.
In extreme cases, this can even accelerate the collapse of Arsenal!
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Leon could see the impatience of the Arsenal players on the pitch, and Arsene Wenger certainly could see it.
"Do you want to recycle the formation?" asked Arsene Wenger's assistant, legendary Arsenal defender Steven Boulder, who believes that in such a situation, Arsenal should play defensive counter-attack, and the team should try to avoid conceding goals again, and now focus on stability.
Wenger didn't answer immediately, he was considering.
Subsequently, Wenger did not accept the advice of his assistant, I don't know if it was because of the 'must win' remarks before the game, which made Wenger extremely eager to win, and the Arsenal manager chose a more aggressive tactic.
Arsene Wenger then conveyed his tactical instructions to the whole team: Arsenal should play more aggressively, to be pressing!
"Arsna!" Steven Boulder also tried to convince Arsene Wenger.
"We need to score now!" the professor gasped.
Boulder shrunk his neck and didn't say anything more, after all, in the end, he was just an assistant, he could only give advice, Wenger was the manager, the one who made the idea,
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