Chapter 562: The Death of Arsenal
Yang Fan takes the ball in the front court.
Gallas was defending him.
"Boy, don't even think about scoring today. ”
Gallas's voice came from behind, feeling his body keep colliding, and Yang Fan cursed a bastard in his mouth.
Garras is physically tough, and he's a guy with a strong physique. Yang Fan must work very hard to protect the football and make sure that the football is not snatched away by this guy.
Manchester United's attack this time, the football reached Yang Fan's feet and was contained. Garas was like a piece of kraft candy. The French centre-back is accurate.
Rooney ran over to pick it up and reached for the ball.
Yang Fan made a gesture to pass the ball to Rooney, at this time, he saw another gap, O'Shea had already assisted from the side, Yang Fan's ankle flicked, the football was passed, not to Rooney, O'Shea received the ball. Then he turned around himself and pounced on the penalty area.
O'Shea passes the ball out and the target is Cristiano Ronaldo.
The latter pedaled the bicycle continuously, and Eboue, who shook up to defend, was a little wolf, suddenly accelerated, and cut inside. Then force your foot to shoot.
Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia was attentive and saved the ball out. Toure tried to clear the ball but didn't kick it far. Rooney rushed up and threw a direct kick.
Yang Fan stepped forward suddenly, he grabbed before Gallas blocked, completed a shot, the football suddenly rushed out, straight to the far corner of the goal, but bypassed in front of the goal, hit the side netting, his shot was too angle.
Despite the lack of a goal, Ferguson stood up and applauded the attack, which gave the United manager hope of scoring.
Wenger was about to stand up, but Yang Fan's shot just now startled him. From where he was, the football hit the side-netting as if it had been scored, and Arsene Wenger was relieved to see that the ball was on the side-netting.
"Gallas's top grab was still half a beat slower. Rice said from the side.
Wenger didn't speak, Gallas's appearance after the start of the game was still good, not that Gallas couldn't do it, but Yang Fan's appearance was too good, this young man has been integrated into the Manchester United team's attacking system, and the ability to capture opportunities in front of the goal is really terrifying!
Then there was an attack from Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas picked up the ball in midfield, and Hargreaves made a decisive foul to stop Arsenal's attack. Seeing Cesc Fabregas fall like a tree put down by a lumberjack, Wenger rushed out of the dugout from the sidelines, waving angrily, unhappy with the referee's decision, he thought the referee should have at least shown Hargreaves a yellow card, however, the slow motion showed that Hargreaves did go for the ball and tackle the ball first. However, this one is also a bit bad, after tackling the football, he did not close his feet in the back and deliberately brought down Cesc Fabregas.
Cesc Fabregas took a set-piece and the quality of the set-piece was good, but the quality of Adebayor's effort from the edge of the net was poor and the ball flew high over the crossbar.
The camera gives Fabregas a close-up.
Cesc Fabregas has completely replaced Patrick Vieira's place and role in the team, and Arsenal now have the whole team running around him, he is the central nervous heart of the team. As long as Cesc Fabregas plays well, Arsenal can always win, and conversely, once the Spaniards are restricted, Arsenal will have a hard time playing.
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The game then went to a stalemate, with Manchester United desperately trying to get the first chance of opening the door against Arsenal, who thought exactly like them. Both sides are attacking desperately, but it doesn't seem to have much effect, and the luck of both sides is not good, Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick goes straight to the goal, the football is saved by Almunia and hits the post, Rosicky also has a sudden cold shot, which is blocked by the crossbar.
It looks like it's evenly matched, however, Lineker doesn't see it that way.
"Manchester United are starting to dominate. Lineker said, "Arsenal started the game with a strong attack and Manchester United were passive for a while, but after Yang Fan's shot, things started to change and now the game is deadlocked, but for Manchester United, they have survived a difficult period." The rest of the game began to enter the familiar rhythm of Manchester United. ”
"That's the price Arsenal have paid for their turmoil over the past few seasons. Mortensen unceremoniously criticized, "Although there are reasons for the player's retirement, the impact of the departure of two consecutive captains on this team is immeasurable. ”
Mortensen pointed the finger at Arsene Wenger, arguing that Wenger was responsible. In fact, the gold medal commentator has always admired Arsenal before, but now there is a gradual trend from anger to hatred.
However, what Mortensen said is also extremely reasonable, Arsenal have changed too much in recent seasons.
At the start of the 2005/2006 season, Patrick Vieira, captain of the 'Undefeated Division', left the team. This ushered in the end of an era. Arsenal's domestic record that season was not ideal, finishing fourth above Tottenham. But in Europe it's a different story. The first time the team reached the Champions League final was that year, and the final was against Barcelona.
This may be Arsene Wenger's first attempt at a different style of play from his original 442 formation. Thierry Henry started as a pure striker, while Bergkamp and Robin van Persie were both on the bench. Behind Henry is Ljungberg, so the Gunners formation looks more like a four-four-one-one. Fabregas and Gilberto Silva in midfield, while Pire and new signing Hleb on the wings. With Lauren injured, Eboue started at right-back, with the usual combination of Campbell and Toure at centre-back and Ashley Cole at left-back.
Sadly, no one could have known what this formation would really do for Barca, as Lehmann was sent off early in the opening kick-off and Arsenal had to replace Pierre – and that was the end of his final game for the Gunners. However, the Gunners were able to take a surprise lead thanks to Campbell's header. The ten-man Gunners then fought to hold on to the lead, but goals from Samuel Eto'o and Belletti in the latter stages of the game helped the La Liga giants lift the trophy.
After the pains of Patrick Vieira's departure, Arsenal again experienced the pain of a mass departure of players in the summer of 2006. The 2006/2007 season saw a lot of changes in the Gunners' squad. Cole, Lauren, Pire and Campbell left, while the likes of Klich, Cesc Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky, Hleb, Adebayor and Van Persie took over. That season, Arsene Wenger played most of his games with the 4-4-2 he trusted, with occasional 4-1-4-1 and 4-4-1-1. In addition to the previously prestigious backline, the biggest change for Arsenal is the midfield and how it operates. Gilberto Silva with Cesc Fabregas is not the same as Patrick Vieira with Gilberto Silva. Despite his creative power, Cesc Fabregas does not have the defensive qualities of Patrick Vieira. During the 'Great Unbeaten' period, Gilberto Silva was responsible for disrupting the opposition's attack, Vieira was responsible for linking up the attacking and defensive lines, while Bergkamp dropped back and created chances for his team-mates with a series of top 10 ball-level passes. And after the departures of Patrick Vieira and Bergkamp, Cesc Fabregas became the commander of the team. Gilberto Silva is still in charge of protecting the defence, while Cesc Fabregas has to do the work of both Patrick Vieira and Bergkamp alone, an intensity that is unimaginable even for a genius of Cesc Fabregas. Thierry Henry is known more for lateral movement than for vertical movement like Bergkamp, while Bam Adebayor is a pure striker. This means Cesc Fabregas needs to move forward to create chances, while Gilberto Silva is in charge of linking up the attacking and defensive lines.
In the 2006/2007 season, Gilberto Silva spent more time in the opposition half than in his own half. As a result, a shocking result came when Gilberto Silva scored 11 goals that season, the highest goal of Silva's career, and Gilbert Silva scored a good goal, but the Gunners defence suffered. You know, the reason why Arsenal remained unbeaten before was because Bergkamp retreated, Vieira linked the defense and midfield, and Gilberto Silva protected the defence. Now, this guy who protects the team's backline has gone out to score, who will protect their lair?!
That season, Arsenal needed time to adapt to a style of play without Patrick Vieira and Bergkamp, as well as the new Emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger himself had predicted that his team might lose all four, but unfortunately it turned out to be a prophecy. Arsenal are still fourth in the league this season, but have the same number of points as Liverpool. The only time they had any hope of winning the trophy was in the Carabao Cup final, but they lost 2-1 to Chelsea. The only takeaway was when Walcott began to emerge.
The season is also considered the end of a good era, as Thierry Henry moved to Barcelona at the end of the season. In addition to Thierry Henry, Ljungberg, Reyes and Lehmann have also left the team. So far, only four of the "Undefeated Division" are still in the Gunners' formation.
Once again, a large number of key players have left the team, especially Thierry Henry, so that Arsenal will not have to run in and seek new tactics again in the new season.
Last season, 2007/2008, Arsenal got off to a strong start. They have a beautiful style of play, and their offense is in four words: unstoppable. As a result, many Gunners felt that the Gunners at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season were actually better than the 2003/2004 team. The Gunners were unbeaten in 28 games in all competitions until the end of December 2007. And in this renewed team, the cousins of newcomers Eduardo, Sagna and Flamini stand out.
Arsenal's season was similar to 2006/2007, with a predominantly 4-4-2 and occasional 4-1-4-1 and 4-4-1-1 formations. Flamini replaced Gilberto Silva in the first team, while the Eduardo Adebayor striker duo was in full swing. In addition, the team has a number of good passers, Cesc Fabregas, Rosicky and Hleb are all masters in this area.
However, such a good start did not lead to a good result. Eduardo suffered a horrible injury against Birmingham City and the team did not recover from the injury. They finished in third place just four points behind champions Manchester United, and were also out of all cup competitions early.
In the summer, it was widely believed that if Arsene Wenger could retain his squad for the 2007/2008 season, Arsenal could see a new dynasty.
However, to the sadness of Arsenal fans, the team has once again seen a large number of players leave.
Lehmann went to Stuttgart and returned to his roots, Flamini moved to AC Milan on a free transfer, Gilberto Silva went to Panathinaikos in Greece and Hleb went to Barcelona.
Among them, the departure of Flamini and Hleb has hurt Arsenal the most, and in the past season, Arsenal was able to have excellent performances, which are inseparable from the excellent performances of these two people.
Without Flamini and Hleb, Arsene Wenger brought in the Frenchman Nasri, and the team had to run in again and adapt to the new tactics again.
Therefore, Arsenal has been like this in the past few seasons, running-in tactics, successful running-in, important players leaving, selling captains, coming newcomers, continuing to run in tactics, running-in success, important players leaving, continuing to sell captains...... Continue to bring newcomers, continue to hone in on tactics......
A team is always in turmoil, even though it is doing well and is one of the most profitable clubs in the Premier League, but what is the guarantee of results?!
Judging from the more than 20 minutes of this game, it is really difficult for Arsenal to win if Bregas is struggling to support Arsenal's attacking system alone.