Chapter 42: The Derby Begins

"This is the PP Sports Premier League column, and I am the commentator Zhan Jun."

After Zhan Jun's simple opening remarks, he said with great anticipation: "The upcoming game is the 12th round of the Premier League, Arsenal will host Tottenham Hotspur, this game is known as one of the hottest competitions in London, and it is also the famous north London derby. ”

Director Zhang Lu also smiled and said, "Hehe! Tottenham and Arsenal are century-old enemies, and the grievances between them are not clear in a sentence or two, and on the basis of this feud, the north London derby has also become the hottest abnormal game in the whole of England. ”

'The intensity of the game was one of the best in Europe, but of course sometimes it came on another level, such as some unfair black whistles.

Counting the past generations of North London derbies have had a strong atmosphere of fire.

And in this game, all kinds of situations are frequent, and even sometimes, the protagonist of the game is not the player, but the referee, who rules a game with a black whistle.

Of course, despite the convergence of various contradictions, this did not stop the hot situation of the north London derby.

The entire New Chiefs stand, with red waves on three sides, are Arsenal fans.

Only the North Stand has some Tottenham fans, but the crowd of more than 70,000 Arsenal fans seems a little small.

Before the game even started, the fans on both sides had already begun to pinch each other.

They're singing!

The chorus of more than 70,000 people made the earth tremble.

During the warm-up session, when the Tottenham players came on the pitch, the Arsenal fans in front of the stadium began to boo.

The boos were overwhelming, and it put a fair amount of pressure on the Tottenham players.

Every time Yi Le touched the ball, there would be a wild boo from the audience, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

These people are so noisy!

Yi Le frowned, he looked at the stands dissatisfied, and the wild boos suddenly became violent.

Hush!!!!!!!!!

Yi Le grinned, turned back to continue warming up, and after three minutes, they were back in the locker room.

......

In the locker room, Boas said with a serious face: "Guys, now! This is the Emirates Stadium! This is a north London derby and countless Tottenham fans are watching this game expecting us to bring the win back to White Hart Lane, and we can't live up to their expectations! ”

"In this game, I have only one request!" Boas said with a fierce face: "Kick them out!" ”

Tottenham's lads screamed.

"them!"

"Fuck these bitches!"

"Victory belongs to Tottenham!"

"Come on! Come on! ”

Villas-Boas stood at the door, high-fived each player, shouting encouragement to them until they reached the tunnel and led the substitutes to the dugout.

Villas-Boas and Arsene Wenger walked out almost at the same time, but both looked ahead and didn't mean to talk to each other.

After walking out of the passage, the two snorted in unison, turned left and right, and there was no communication during the whole process, and the handshake was not to be discussed.

In this derby, both Tottenham and Arsenal gave it their all.

Tottenham started with the strongest squad, as did Arsenal.

Tottenham set up a 4-5-1 formation.

Striker: Harry. Kane.

Midfielder: Dele. Ali, Sun Xingmin, Yi Le, Eric. Dale, Thomas. Carol.

Defenders: Aldved, Volcker, Danny. Rose, Vertonghen.

Goalkeeper: Lori.

Arsenal also set up a 4-5-1 formation.

Striker: Olivier Giroud.

Midfielders: Corcoran, Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Cazorla, Arteta.

Defenders: Gabriel, Monreal, Debuch, Mertesacker.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the captains of both sides chose sides, and with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Arsenal kicked off first, and as soon as the football was kicked off, the Tottenham players rushed up like tigers descending from a mountain.

They started to press like crazy up front.

Tottenham have become attacking under Villas-Boas this season, especially as they tend to dominate the midfield with the addition of high pressing.

But against Arsenal, that was somewhat contained.

Arsenal played like Mesut Ozil's midfield!

This season, Arsenal tend to opt for attacking rather than conservative defence, as their backline is too weak and they have to gain the advantage of midfield in combination with attack.

Tottenham's style of play was similar, relying on Yile's huge vision and rhythm control to end the game.

Both teams play in the middle of the field, so neither of them wants to make the opponent's midfield better.

Mesut Ozil's skills are characterized by his clear passing ideas, imaginative passing ability such as through balls and pick-and-roll passes, and he always makes beautiful final passes.

But his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his body is relatively thin, and the frequency of his feet is too slow.

In response to this shortcoming, Villas-Boas's defensive task for the midfielder is to increase the physical confrontation and the way to get positional.

As soon as the match began, several high-intensity physical confrontations broke out between the two sides, and even Ozil was put in several times, much to the indignation of the Germans.

"The lads have a lot of desire to fight, and they play with extra determination!"

Lawrence, the on-site commentator, was full of joy.

As for the commentary platform next to him, the Arsenal commentator jumped to his feet angrily and said: "Crime! These Tottenham players are committing a crime! Filthy Tottenham ....."

The hot game continued, and Arsenal finally couldn't withstand Tottenham's high pressing. Dale completes the steal.

Eric. After Dale got the ball, he found Yi Le in the backcourt for the first time and passed it decisively.

Yi Le received the ball, and as soon as he touched the ball, the scene began to sound crazy boos.

Hush!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the face of pressure from Arsenal fans, Yile didn't care at all, and during the game stage, he couldn't be distracted to hang up on things off the field.

Yi Le watched the opposition backline, and Arsenal seemed to have studied Yi Le, and began to shrink the line the moment he touched the ball.

Yi Le's exaggerated through ball stunt forced Arsenal to defend.

Seeing that there were no gaps and gaps, Yi Le reluctantly passed the ball to the right, and he ran forward.

But he didn't go far before Mikel Arteta, the captain in Arsenal's No. 8 shirt, came up and threatened him fiercely; "Chinese, I advise you to be honest!"

Yi Le pouted, in the past games, he had encountered more intimidation of this level, and he didn't care.

He ran forward slowly, and Arteta also clung to Yile for close defense.

The 'Professor' had an important task entrusted to him.

Limit Tottenham's number 21 midfielder.

Mikel Arteta is a bit older and the professor believes the Arsenal captain can take on a promising youngster with plenty of experience.

And the 'professor' doesn't expect Arteta to freeze Yile, after all, this is a problem that the vast majority of Premier League teams want to accomplish but fail to achieve.

Yile is too well-rounded in midfield, and it is too difficult to limit this kind of player!

However, the professor's idea of sending Arteta to defend Yile seems to be problematic.

There are some things that cannot be compensated for by experience.

It's like now....

Thomas. Carroll passes the ball to Elal, which is a mid-to-high pass.

Yi Le ran a few steps forward, and Arteta only followed.

The Arsenal captain thought very clearly, he had to block the opponent's turning position after Yi Le stopped the ball, and forced the opponent to make a conservative back pass.

His thinking is correct, but Yile doesn't play according to the routine at all.

I saw Yi Le glance towards the right, and his body, which was standing, started forward quickly.

Arteta was startled and quickly followed.

Yi Le looked at the trajectory of the ball, suddenly twisted his waist slightly, his shoulders retreated, and he suddenly pressed against the ball.

WTF!

Arteta was stunned.

How can this guy still pass the ball with his shoulder?

With a dashing shoulder pass, the ball flew towards the back post on the right.

And there, Son Heung-min was forking at high speed.

At the same time, both Chinese and English commentators praised the commentators to the fullest!

Lawrence: "Beautiful! Yi Le's stunt, he can use his body to pass the ball, look at this pass, how chic and free! ”

Zhan Jun: "Shoulder pass!" Appeared! Yile's signature unconventional pass! The quality of this pass is very high, and Son Heung-min has already started chasing the ball, such an easy music is impossible to prevent! ”

With this pass, the Tottenham fans in the north stand were also jubilant.

Following on from the last time they played against Liverpool, the shoulder pass with the positioning system was in front of them again.

Look at his confident look!

He wasn't afraid anymore at all!

Even in this high-intensity game, Yile still dares to make all kinds of unconventional passing movements.

In the stands of Tottenham, Lin Zhenna and Liu Xiaoying opened their mouths in an O shape, with a shocked face.

Football, can you still play like this?

.....

Son Heung-min was chasing the ball, he was fast, caught up with it in the blink of an eye, and strode forward.

In Tottenham's squad, Son Heung-min played the role of a breakthrough.

He looked up in the direction of the Big Forbidden Zone.

Harry. Kane was surrounded by a group of three defenders and had no way to pass the ball.

In this case, Sun Xingmin decisively chose to cut inside!

Son Heung-min was quick at his feet and rushed towards the penalty area, much to the surprise of Arsenal's defenders.

They thought that Sun Xingmin would choose to pass the ball, but they didn't expect this guy to start to be reckless.

Defend him!

Without saying a word, Debusch rushed over quickly, and he wanted to intercept the ball.

But Sun Xingmin was very flexible, and after several changes of direction, he actually got rid of Debusch.

De Busch was terrified for a while, and in the stands behind the Arsenal goal, the fans stood up even more nervously.

Looking at Son Heung-min, who was getting closer and closer to the goal, Debusi gritted his teeth and slammed into Son Heung-min, directly knocking him into two steps.

And Mertesacker, who came to help the defense, shoveled the football out of the bottom line.

Tottenham's surprise attack was also forced to come to an end.