Chapter 393: Arsenal with a big change in style
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal style of football has always been flamboyant and elegant, like a peerless swordsman, dressed in white and beating snow, standing on the top of a mountain, and taking the enemy's life with a single sword. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, judging from the period since the start of the game, today's Arsenal is like a swordsman who has put down his sword, changed into coarse linen clothes, and transformed into a scoundrel and fights with others, how strong the contrast is.
Whether it is Pire, Bergkamp, or even the striker Henry, they have all turned into sappers, executing Wenger's carefully formulated strangulation tactics in the midfield, forming a midfield barrier with the most ferocious posture, and not giving up an inch.
Who would have thought that Arsenal, a giant team that has always been the representative of the technical flow of football in the Premier League, suddenly became a barbaric team that all teams in League One are willing to bow to the upper hand.
But such a ferocious posture really made Notts County very uncomfortable, and the offensive advance was very unfavorable.
In fact, Notts County itself is the most reluctant to face a team with a brutal style of play, after all, the team's midfield is full of technical players, and these EU foreign players can't compete with the British, even after more than two seasons of training, they may not be angry when playing against a brutal team, but they can avoid it, they are still unwilling to face such an opponent.
If they switch to other hard-line Premier League teams, Notts County will have a hard time in midfield, but a strong overall quality will still allow them to win in the end, provided that their luck is not too bad.
But in the face of Arsenal, who have put down the shelf and turned from a sunny spring to a lower ribager, Notts County played very awkwardly.
With Vieira in the midfield, coupled with the ferocious pressing of other players, it is difficult for Notts County to quickly pass through the midfield, and once they are strangled with Arsenal in the midfield, as long as they are cut off by Arsenal, then Arsenal can immediately organize a sharp fast attack, seize the time difference in the transition between Notts County's attack and defense, and then directly threaten Notts County's goal.
In this case, Loew did not dare to let the players position too far forward, and the three lines as a whole kept a distance, and could not act rashly.
Of course, the strength of Notts County's midfield is not something that Arsenal can easily pass, and don't forget the sapper-type wide player Kuyt, as long as he takes a step back, he can be directly used as a defensive midfielder.
So, the two sides got into a strangulation in the middle of the field, and if you push a step, then I'm going to push back and definitely not let the opponent step into my danger zone.
The first 30 minutes of the game were spent like this, Arsenal faced Notts County with an attacking attitude, but also paid a certain price, in the ferocious pressing, Gilberto Silva and Bergkamp both received yellow cards, and on the Notts County side, Deco was also yellow carded, overall, it was a close situation.
Loew frowned from the sidelines, he couldn't figure out what Wenger's purpose was to really fight for control of the midfield and then suppress Notts County, or to complete the defense in such an alternative way, no matter what Wenger's purpose was, it can be said that Notts County did not take too much advantage.
Notts County is not afraid to play against Arsenal, but Arsenal's attack is obviously not pure, and has completely abandoned Arsenal's previous style, but the giants have used the method of fish belly team to limit Notts County, Loew doesn't know whether to admire Wenger or despise Wenger.
However, before Loew could think of Wenger's purpose, at this time, Arsenal's style suddenly changed, not to do too much entanglement with Notts County in the midfield, and the attack became gorgeous and sharp again.
The players on the field in Notts County were a little caught off guard, obviously they were still carrying a brick stubble just now, and they were dancing in front of them in a blink of an eye, can these two styles really be seamless?
Caught off guard, Notts County's formation was a little unbalanced, and Arsenal soon seized the opportunity to hit their own danger zone, and the continuous wave of attacks made Notts County's goalkeepers very embarrassed.
When the players finally reacted and retreated to resist Arsenal's attack, and the enemy was out of the country, they were stunned to find that the first half was almost over.
David, who understood the situation, couldn't help but give Wenger a thumbs up, and most people in the previous life thought that doing the job that was suitable for Wenger was the youth training director, because he did have two brushes to promote and train young players, but in terms of overall coaching ability, especially on-the-spot command ability, it has been criticized, and even Arsenal fans often ridicule Wenger.
But I have to admit that this first half may not be Arsenal's best half, but it shows Wenger's conditioning ability to the fullest, you know, no one has ever called Wenger a master tactician in his previous life, and in this half of the game, Wenger's tactical design can be called a classic.
If you simply compare the player configuration, David believes that the gradually maturing Notts County has surpassed Arsenal, and if you count the depth of the squad, Arsenal does not know where to be left behind.
However, Wenger used a very reasonable tactical design to make Arsenal not fall behind when facing Notts County, and David wondered if this was the peak performance of Wenger's coaching career.
Back in the dressing room, although the players of Notts County did not show much frustration, most of them were a little sullen, there was no way, they did not take advantage of the first half, but were pressed by Arsenal in the end, who can be happy.
"I really don't know if those Arsenal guys are pretending to be the barbarians of the Hammer Gang, I used to think they played gorgeously, but today it seems to have changed people, you see, the kick that Bergkamp gave me is about to swell!" Snead sat on the stool, took off the shin guards, and yelled in a depressed voice.
"Who knows, you said that you are swollen, and I am all blue!"
"yes, who knows how Arsenal became like this today, if they keep playing like this in the future, it will be lively!"
"Those guys are playing so bloody, I think we can be a little more ruthless in the second half, anyway, there are no particularly strong opponents after this game, even if the game is suspended, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't get a red card directly!"
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The players talked about it, and in general, Arsenal's performance in the first half turned their impression and perception upside down, but if Arsenal continued to use the tactics of the first half in the second half, then the players who had adapted to the half and had some eyebrows about Arsenal's weaknesses would definitely teach Arsenal a painful lesson. (To be continued.) )