Chapter 886: Offside!
"Friends of the audience, welcome to Wembley Stadium. ”
"The final of the English League in 2010-201 is being broadcast live here. ”
"This match was played against Manchester City from Manchester and Arsenal from London. ”
The time was almost 16 o'clock in the afternoon, and the players of the two teams walked into the stadium one after another under the leadership of the referee. ”
'We also got the starting line-ups for both teams. ”
City started the game in a three-four-three, with Petr Cech in goal, Vertonghen, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano at the back, Argentine Zabaleta in midfield, David Silva and James Milner in front, and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sturridge and Gareth Bale in the trident. ”
"This season, Manchester City insisted on fighting on four fronts, and Gao Han resolutely adopted rotation tactics, insisting on arranging rotation in the two domestic cup competitions, hoping to allow the team to maintain the competitiveness of multiple fronts to the greatest extent. ”
"This is Zabaleta, who has performed well this season in both the right centre-back and the midfield, although not as prominent as Xavi Alonso and Mascherano, but it is remarkable, very solid and quite worthy of the trust of the Alpine. ”
'The two homegrown internationals Milner and Sturridge have also been in the starting line-up, and they have both shown a pretty good level for Manchester City this season, especially Sturridge, who is now faintly on the verge of becoming the main striker of the England national team, and the improvement is very obvious. ”
"There were also some surprises in the starting lineup on Arsenal's side, captain Cesc Fabregas was injured in the previous league and had to miss this final, which is also something that can't be helped, Wenger insists on playing on the fourth line, but the depth of the squad is obviously not as good as Manchester City, resulting in the core players being injured in key matchups, which is inevitable. ”
"Arsenal play a four-two-three-one, goalkeeper is Szczesny, Klich, Koscielny, Djulu and Sagna in the back, Alexander Song and Wilshere in the back, Rosicky, Nasri and Walcott in the front three attacking players, and Van Persie in the single striker. ”
In addition to Cesc Fabregas, Arsene Wenger was also the main player in this game, and the captain's armband was worn by Robin van Persie, the Dutch centre-forward has performed well since returning from injury this season, scoring eleven goals in the last eight games, and he said that he has completely shaken off his injury and does not know if this game will be able to perform. ”
"However, it is the Arsenal defence that is most worrying, and Arsene Wenger has arranged two central defenders in the match with Julu and Koscielny, which is also more worrying, the two central defenders have performed well against Barcelona in the Champions League last-16 knockout round, but will they be able to withstand Manchester City's strong attack this time?"
"You know, in the first duel of the season, it was the defense composed of the two of them who contributed the most disparity in the Premier League so far this season, eight to one, Manchester City bloodied Arsenal, Juroud also got a red card in the game, and this time at Wembley Stadium again, Wenger can give obviously not many cards on hand. ”
"Squeilage scored in the last game and is obviously in good shape, but Wenger still didn't let him start this game, and still chooses to believe in Djolu and Koscielny, but I don't know if these two players can live up to Wenger's trust. ”
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"A miracle is a miracle because it only happens once. ”
In front of the coach's bench at Wembley Stadium, Gao Han looked at the players of the two teams who were guessing the side in the stadium lightly, and said calmly.
He was referring to the miracle that Arsenal had beaten Barcelona 2-1 at home not long ago.
It was the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, and the Gunners hosted Barcelona, conceding a goal in the first half before overturning Barcelona in the second half thanks to Robin van Persie's brace.
Interestingly, Arsenal had just 33.2 per cent possession in that game.
Either way, the two teams are far apart in quality, with Barcelona overwhelmingly dominating the passing and possession, only to be left in London with Pep Guardiola being confused by Arsene Wenger's tactics.
In that game, Wenger lined up a four-three-three formation, Cesc Fabregas, Alexander Song and Wilshere started together, not only that, the Gunners uncharacteristically adopted high pressing tactics from the beginning, Wenger put the entire defense forward, adopting an open fighting style of play, although once led by Barcelona's goal, but in the second half, Arsenal began to take advantage of Barcelona's mistakes to launch frequent counterattacks.
In the end, the Gunners used a quick free-kick and a counter-attack to tear apart Barcelona's defence twice and turn the opponent around.
It can be said that Barcelona have the advantage of passing, but Arsenal have done a better job of controlling the tempo and switching between attack and defence.
It was a great matchup and a matchup that was well worth studying, but it's hard to have a second time.
Wenger himself knows this.
Gao Han wished that Arsenal would press out to attack Manchester City like Barcelona did, then he would be happy to give Arsenal another head-on blow, but unfortunately this is unlikely.
The reason is simple, Manchester City is not Barcelona!
"Over the years, Arsene Wenger's team has been limited by the transfer strategy, the strength of the players introduced is not enough, most of them are mainly young players, although they are willing to give training opportunities, but in fact, the growth environment of young players is not friendly, and there is even a faint suspicion of pulling seedlings, and the pressure of the game is too great. ”
Brian Kidd shook his head and sighed.
Who would have thought that players around 25 years old like Sagna, Klich and Alexander Song are already old people at Arsenal, and this season it is even more important for 18-year-olds like Wilshere to play the core and main force, and the pressure of this kind of game is too great.
Wilshere has played almost every game for Arsenal in the Premier League this season and has certainly impressed, but it is absolutely unreasonable for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old to take on such an astonishing task.
"In the past few years, several young players in the Arsenal team have suffered too many injuries, which is really no accident, and if it continues like this, Wilshere is also choking enough, don't destroy such a good seedling. ”
As an Englishman, Brian Kidd clearly complains about this.
You know, the current Wilshere is a midfield talent that the whole of England has high hopes for, and if he is really crippled, it will be a pity.
"There's no way around it. Gao Han shook his head sympathetically.
Arsene Wenger is in an awkward situation, it stands to reason that they should press the defence forward, and the game against Barcelona also proved that after the defensive line presses forward, Arsenal under the high-intensity pressing tactics are more able to control the pace of the game, but the problem is that their back line is seriously unreliable, which makes Wenger dare not take any risks. ”
"Arsenal's current mainstream style of play is mostly to focus on their own half, and after winning the ball, they have to attack from within their own half, farther away from the opponent's goal, so Wenger needs to rely on two wings, Nasri, Walcoat, Wilshere have all benefited from this style of play. ”
In the game against Barcelona, everyone could see that Wenger was giving it a go, because he had no choice.
In the two-legged knockout round, if the home team can't play a score slightly in their favor, then the second leg goes to the Camp Nou, then Arsenal won't have to wait?
"So you see, in this game, Fabregas was not there, he went to Rosicky, obviously hoping that Rosicky could share the task of Wilshere, and if I guessed correctly, he didn't dare to play this game like he did when he played Barcelona. ”
"Why?" asked Brian Kidd, curious.
"Szczesny, Djulu and Koscielny are all new to the main team, they don't have a good understanding of each other, they lack consistency, it's normal to play well in one or two games once in a while, but when you're under pressure, you're bound to make mistakes. ”
"The loss of Cesc Fabregas in midfield, which is a problem left over from Wenger's lack of depth on the bench but insisting on playing on multiple fronts, will inevitably lead to a big reduction in Arsenal's midfield control and passing ability, and in this case, I would like Wenger to press it out. Gao Han snorted.
As early as before the game, he had already made a full calculation of Arsenal's line-up and made a full plan.
I saw Gao Han's eyes staring at the court narrowing slightly, "As soon as the game starts, let's press it hard and attack!"
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With the referee's whistle blowing, the League Cup final officially kicked off in the sky at Wembley Stadium.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City launched a high pressing pressure on Arsenal who took the lead, especially the trident in front, Sturridge was very active from the beginning, chasing Arsenal's ball, showing high fighting spirit.
City's pressing quickly worked, with the Blues quickly snatching the ball into their hands, but Arsenal were quick to counter-attack.
The two sides battled for possession in Arsenal's half, with the Gunners never finding a chance to send the ball out of the half.
Just two minutes into the game, the situation on the pitch suddenly changed.
Arsenal left-back Klich was pressed by Sanchez and had to move the ball across to Wilshere, but Kaka cut the ball away from Wilshere and slotted it through quickly.
The ball passed between Djoul and Koscielny, and Sturridge got on the fast start, shook off a defender and caught up with the ball in the box, only to be pounced on by the onrushing goalkeeper Szczesny near the penalty spot.
The whole Wembley Stadium is completely boiling!
All the Manchester City fans who came to the scene were in a revelry!
"Penalty!penalty!!penalty!!"
The cries of the Manchester City fans were overwhelming, Sturridge also fell to the ground all the time, refusing to get up, and the attacking Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny was bloodless, because he knew very well what kind of penalty he would receive for this foul.
Penalties can be a penalty, or a red card.
Arsenal captain Robin van Persie and his players all gathered around, and Manchester City's players quickly caught up, both sides pressed the referee, who kept signaling both sides to remain calm and look at the linesman.
This time, the decision was not made by the referee, but by the linesman.
It was only at this time that everyone noticed that the linesman had raised the flag in his hand.
"Offside !!!"
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