Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Defender in the Front

Luton's players walked into the dressing room.

Luton Town drew the visitors' dressing room, but despite this, the visitors' dressing room at Wembley looked much better than the home dressing room at Wauws.

In addition to the floor paved with high-grade wooden planks, there is a circle of wardrobes, leather chairs, a row of massage chairs next to it, a whole row of showers in the back, and even a small swimming pool in the changing room, where warm water gushes out from the center of the pool, creeps over the top and exits through the drains around it.

"Beware of ice water coming out of the pool while you're taking a dip!" Jeffrey said, pointing to Kanter, who was looking at the pool with his mouth wide open.

"It's a common tactic for the home team against the away team!" Jeffrey leaned in front of Kante and frightened, "I've heard that the visiting dressing room at Stamford Bridge is intermittently supplied with cold and hot water, so that the visiting team doesn't dare to bathe in the dressing room. ”

"The visiting dressing room at Old Trafford doesn't even have a shower room, the windows are so small and the ceilings are much lower than normal houses, so it's very uncomfortable to walk in."

"I heard that when the Emirates Stadium was newly built, Arsene Wenger personally went to direct the construction of the visiting team's dressing room, which made it extremely uncomfortable for the team going to the Emirates Stadium..."

One by one, the players told what they had hearsay.

"We're not going to be treated like this today, are we?!" N'Golo Kante was obviously frightened, and the methods of these giants were getting worse than the other.

"Of course not, this is the National Stadium, and it's a neutral stadium, there will be no difference between the home team and the away team, even if the home and away dressing rooms are different in size, but what the home team has, we will definitely have here." Captain Kevin Keane touched Kante's head and said.

Kante was visibly relieved, he had wanted to soak in that hot tub for a long time.

Not right now, though, as the team's assistant coach, John Aston, is already urging the players to warm up.

"Hurry up, hurry up!! Change clothes and shoes, you only have thirty minutes!! GOGOGO!!!!” John Aston has been doing this work for almost two decades and he is incredibly skilled. It's just the first time he's said anything like this at Wembley.

It doesn't look much different from other courses.

The players streamed out from the players' tunnel to the pitch.

Outside the stadium was already full of people, the stands were full, and on both sides of the pitch, the fans of Arsenal and Luton Town were clearly distinguished.

Gao Bo did not go out with the players, he remained in the dressing room, preparing for his final work before the game.

He has already secured Arsenal's starting line-up, which is pretty much what he expected before the game, with the exception of a slight change up front.

He had expected that Robin van Persie, who had just announced his return from injury last week, would not start the game, and that it would likely be a combination of Bam Adebayor and Arshavin up front.

However, judging from the starting list just got, Van Persie was still ranked in the starting line-up by Arsene Wenger, and he and Bam Adebayor formed a double striker at the top.

Arshavin also started and is likely to play as a right midfielder, with Nasri on the left, while the two players in the middle of the midfield are Alexander Song and Spanish prodigy Cesc Fabregas.

The current Arsenal has enough manpower in the midfield and the front, and on the bench, Arsenal also has such good players as Walcott, Bendtner, Denilson, Vela, etc., and Diaby, who has returned from injury, is also sitting on the bench.

On the back line, Wenger really started the young goalkeeper Fabianski, and Wenger is still very bold in using young people.

The centre-back combination is a partnership between Kolo Toure and Hilteves, with Gibbs at left wing-back and Eboue at right.

Sending out players who are out due to injury, that's basically Arsenal's main players.

Gao Bo wrote the names of these players on the tactical board according to the position of 442.

Luton have been preparing for this game for a long time, and no matter what Arsenal start for, Luton can come up with a countermeasure.

Gao Bo took out his notebook, which was already densely filled with things to pay attention to in this game, but because of the changes in Arsenal's starting again, he added a few more to the back.

After doing this, Gao Bo turned on the football card system.

The card system for this game still hasn't refreshed the mission. Gao Bo still has some regrets about this, it seems that except for the first time he played Chelsea, there will be no reward for playing opponents at this level again....

Maybe after reaching the final and winning the championship?

Gao Bo is not sure, but the cards for this game still need to be equipped, which is the source of his confidence against Arsenal - without the cards, Luton's difficulty in dealing with Arsenal has increased by more than an order of magnitude.

Equip Cards!

[Match Card (Blue): Increases the success rate of interceptions by 15% for the whole team]

This is the core card used by Gao Bo, and the tactics arranged by Gao Bo for Luton are largely set up around this card, if there is no such card, Gao Bo's hope for the midfield pressing style of play is likely to be broken due to the lack of individual ability of the players.

Players are the basis for executing tactics.

Next, Gao Bo chose three more cards.

[Match Card (Yellow): Header ability increased by 7%, designated player "Jeffrey" to use]

[Match Card (Yellow): Shooting skills increased by 6%, used by designated player "Vardy"]

These two cards are also Gao Bo's common cards, and the next card he uses is a yellow card that was exchanged after a series of victories.

[Match Card (Yellow): Saves Success Rate increased by 7%, used by designated player "Claude Rondo"]

Gao Bo has wanted this card for a long time, a good goalkeeper can be set for the first half of the team. Although Claude Rondo's comprehensive strength did not satisfy Gao Bo, fortunately, the England goalkeeper reacted quickly in front of the goal, so Gao Bo kept letting Claude start as the main goalkeeper.

Arsenal are not a team that is good at defending, they have always been known for their flashy attacking football. And against Luton, Wenger can't pull his face to play defensive counter-attack.

Gao Bo can be sure of this, so the tone of this game for Luton Town is to first contain Arsenal's attack and then look for opportunities to attack.

"Do you know your mission?"

The players have returned from their warm-ups, and Gao Bo is standing in front of Hassan Ali at this time, looking at the young player he has promoted from the academy.

"Defend behind Jamie," Hassan Ali exclaimed.

Gao Bo nodded: "Remember!! Defend like you are in the backcourt, and you are going to get the ball from them! ”

"Understood, Boss!!" Hassan Ali nodded.

If you want to defend, let's be thorough!

Arsenal is a very young team, if they are allowed to attack and are played by these young people, it is really not easy for Luton to defend!

Luton's defense, of course, is not simply a bucket formation at the back, but from the striker, it presses the opponent's ball carrier!

Arsenal is good at advancing the attack through ground cooperation, so after Gao Bo tried the tactics of defending players in front of him in the last league game, he decided to use this trick in this game, with Luton's consistent overall defense and front-court pressing tactics, maybe it can disrupt the offensive organization of a team like Arsenal!

Gobo has put Hassan Ali in an almost shadow striker position, and having him play in a position with a wide range of fits and scopes certainly doesn't take a fancy to Hassan's attacking talent – if he has it.

The reason why Gao Bo did this is to make Arsenal's backfield unable to play calmly, and it is best to cut the connection between Arsenal's defenders and midfielders, which is to fundamentally curb Arsenal's offensive.

"Danny!! You also have a wider range of activities! Gao Bo said to Drinkwater, and then he stood up: "Overall!! Be sure to pay attention to the whole!! The overall oppression, the overall retreat!! ”

This is what Gao Bo has always instilled in Luton.

Offense isn't just a matter for strikers, just as defense isn't just for defenders.

Defense, starting with the forward line!