Chapter 145: I'm a Striker Now?
It was clear that Quaresma was not integrated into the team at all.
Wenger naturally will not throw Quaresma aside because he is not performing now, you know, the vast majority of players have just come to a team, I am afraid that the performance is not as good as Quaresma, even if he does not cooperate with his teammates, at least Quaresma's personal breakthrough is still very sharp, which is also what Wenger is most optimistic about Quaresma.
In fact, Arsene Wenger has always had a plan to build on the team's existing beautiful football, and turn the front-court combination attack mode into a whirlwind in the counterattack or fast attack.
Maybe Henry with Ljungberg and Piret on both sides of the previous can also have the meaning of a whirlwind trident, but after all, many counterattacks, Ljungberg or Pire are easy to drag to the back and not come, Henry himself is completely alone and can only slow down without support, so that the opportunity to counterattack is fleeting.
Bergkamp is old, and speed is not the Ice Prince's strong point, so last season Wenger tried to use Reyes to partner Thierry Henry as a striker in order to speed up the counterattack up front.
However, although Reyes is a young talent, the speed of improvement has not satisfied Wenger, even in the striker position, last season in all competitions combined, only scored 10 goals, far from Wenger's expectations.
And Quaresma's sudden rise in Porto last season made Wenger see the possibility of such a tactical formation, which is why he abandoned Hleb to bring in Quaresma.
Although Hleb is a good passer and has a better assist ability than Quaresma, he is far inferior in terms of his ability to threaten the goal.
Arsenal is not short of pancakes, not to mention Pire and Ljungberg on the wings, Xiaofa's assist ability is also a fierce horse, even Ashley Cole in the backfield can always contribute assists, Hleb's ability can only be said to be the icing on the cake.
The problem for Arsenal now is that, apart from Thierry Henry, they lack a consistent goal-scoring spot.
Bergkamp is old, and Bergkamp is not a prolific goalscorer at Arsenal, can he still count on the young and unenlightened Van Persie?
While Arsene doesn't think Arsene will be able to replicate last season's impressive performances at Arsenal's arrival at Quaresma, as long as he can score more than 20 goals in all competitions, it means that Wenger's choice has been successful.
And after a season of integration and growth, coupled with the improvement of other young players, next season is when Wenger is ready to make a difference.
Quaresma didn't know that he was still tasked with Arsene Wenger's tactical upgrade 2.0, and he couldn't laugh when he played awkwardly in the first half, because he wasn't as comfortable as he was in Porto anyway.
However, before Quaresma could find his groove on the right flank, Arsene Wenger replaced Reyes at the start of the second half, with Ljungberg coming on as a right midfielder, while Quaresma stepped up front and stood alongside Thierry Henry.
"I'm a striker now?" Quaresma didn't have this realization, and he always thought it was amazing.
He hasn't played as a striker in his entire career, and now in his first game at Arsenal, he rushed to the front line, which really makes Quaresma a little floating.
If last season in Porto, Quaresma has completed the transformation from full-back to winger, and his goal-scoring ability has increased greatly, but this does not mean that he can play the position of striker, striker and winger, although they both have the same word, but they are two completely different concepts.
Walking onto the pitch and looking at his opponent who was clearly not in high spirits, Quaresma felt that he could definitely make a difference.
At the beginning of the second half, Quaresma did get his chance right away, and even Quaresma felt magical.
In the two-striker position, Thierry Henry is on the left and Quaresma is on the right, which is Arsene Wenger's arrangement and also facilitates the inward cutting of the two players.
Quaresma stood right in the box, a position he wasn't used to, and he liked to insert rather than stay motionless......
In terms of height, although it has also risen by 1cm after crossing over, compared with the opponent's defender standing next to him, he is still five short figures, and he can only look up at the opponent.
Not enough stature, but it doesn't mean that there is not enough strength, at least for now, Quaresma is not afraid of most of the strength to fight, this is the result of his daily iron.
Constantly bumping into the opponent's defenders, sticking the opponent behind him, Bergkamp received the ball on the line of the penalty area, and when he saw Quaresma so desperate, he couldn't bear it, so he sent the ball to Quaresma's feet.
It's no wonder that Bergkamp can't stand it, thinking about the picture of a five-short body and a muscular man repeatedly entangled together, if you don't know the truth, how sympathetic you are to Quaresma.
But the fact is that the defenders behind Quaresma are like beeping dogs, God knows how this frustration in front of him is so strong, he can't stand it at all, that's called an embarrassment.
Quaresma's body always kept his balance, stepped on the ball and tried to turn to the left, causing the opponent to move the position, but quickly turned back, turned from the right side and faced the goal, without pausing for a second, he stabbed the ball towards the goal.
The opposition goalkeeper reacted quickly and made a god-like save, and the outstretched foot blocked the ball in the nick of time, much to Quaresma's regret.
However, at this time, Henry had already reached the goal, easily shot the ball into the net, and rewrote the score to 5:0.
Is this a wedding dress for someone else?
Well, no matter how it is a goal, even if it is not scored by himself, it is still worth celebrating, and Quaresma still has such an awareness.
Henry, who scores goals as a common thing, is naturally not very excited, but he still smiled and put his arms around Quaresma's neck, touched his hair, and celebrated the goal together, which can be regarded as thanking Quaresma for his indirect assist, after all, without Quaresma's shot, he would not have been able to make up for it so easily.
Maybe the goal was not very exciting, and it didn't have much value, but Wenger on the sidelines suddenly stood up from the bench with excitement and unspeakable doubts on his face.
Isn't Quaresma a wide player? How do you use the center technique?
Quaresma just used pure center forward technique, physically against the back to take the ball, and then turn and shoot, the whole process in one go.
How did he do it?
Not to mention anything else, it's incredible that such a short man can play such an effect in the penalty area.