Saturday, October 6, 2012.

It really started on the day he discovered how beautiful his team was and it was the day that took root Wenger's growing belief.

Portsmouth are in extraordinary form, as they are two points clear of Chelsea and three points clear of Manchester United, while Arsenal are nine points behind them in fourth. The Gunners have had a modest start to the season, with recent losses and draws negating their advantage at the top of the table. After losing 1-2 to Chelsea in the sixth round and drawing 1-1 at Manchester City in the previous round, Arsene Wenger is well aware that his side lack the consistency that champions need.

Before the 6-1 thrashing of Southampton, they were also unable to score for more than 200 minutes at home. Olivier Giroud pulled a goal back in first-half stoppage time, and then Cazorla took a butterfly step and set up Podolski for the lead with his trademark long ball on 53 minutes.

After the morale-boosting victory, the team travelled to the Etihad Stadium, where Koscielny helped his side take the lead, but halfway through the second half, Manchester City's magician David Silva was obsessed with his dreamy footsteps, and he single-handedly tricked Arsenal's entire defence and finally found Jenkinson's goal. Until then, the team was firmly in control of the game, as the opponent's ace Balotelli was in good form and was replaced by Sergio Aguero at half-time, but even that mistake left Jenkinson clutching his head in despair. At the same age, he is far worse than the young people in Portsmouth, Brent, Mane, Kante, De Bruyne, Frere, Margery, Meunier, Mustafi, each of them has established themselves in the Premier League, and they were born in 1992 by the British media as another class of 92 10 years later, which is a great courtesy.

But before those kids can win the honor, they have to get past me. Arsene Wenger strolled through the chieftain he had poured so much his heart and soul into the thought, "It's time to turn my dominance into a solid winning streak, and this will be the turning point of the season!"

A few days before the game, Arsene Wenger called Cazorla into his office and showed his midfield core a couple of pictures of his performance in the drop-back position, and the professor looked delighted, saying: "Look at the changes, Santiago, that's what the team wants!" 'He felt that Cazorla was not 100 per cent at Malaga and the scouting department followed him for most of the year, as Arsene Wenger analytically put it. Cazorla's backfoot skills were on full display in the Premier League, with Arsene Wenger consciously adjusting the parts of his players' bodies that touched the ball. Cazorla not only played at a faster pace, but in addition to creating chances and scoring, he was also extremely aggressive and able to press in the right position and timing, and Arsenal found the perfect midfielder to succeed Rosicky.

Cazorla appreciates his new manager, Arsene Wenger, and his vision for the style of football and how the team is built internally. It's not just about spending hundreds of millions of dollars to parachute in a few superstars, he develops his players with his own hands, and he stays true to his football philosophy, just like the legend Pep Guardiola over the years. If he had to abandon his football philosophy, he would rather leave Arsenal. Of course, he also understands his coach's intentions when he complains about "economic drugs" upsetting the balance of the Premier League. Very few teams can disrupt Arsenal's possession for long periods of time, and in pure football, perhaps only a merry-go-round like Barcelona can beat them in their areas of expertise. Of course, if you look closely, like most Premier League teams, if you can change yourself to go toe-to-toe with the Gunners, there's a real chance you can beat him.

Players his age obviously knew that undefeated team, and the Gunners at that time had a tough guy, Campbell, Keown and Erberto, Vieira was a presence on another level of the planet, and even their most ferocious technical players, Bergkamp and Thierry Henry, knew how to take care of themselves on the pitch, and if you dared to provoke them, you would soon be overturned to the ground.

Cazorla hopes his arrival will change the status quo of the Gunners' lack of skill and toughness.

Kick-off was set at 12.45 to accommodate the televised broadcast, and the Gunners' confidence was written down as the team lined up in the Stadium of the Emirates, with Giroud acting exceptionally aggressive, as if they wanted to take the initiative to go toe-to-toe with each other, which is not the familiar Arsenal!

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Brent looked a little extra excited today, and in the 30th minute, Portsmouth took a free-kick in front of him, and De Bruyne got his usual through ball at his feet, and Luiz, who was waiting outside the Gunners' box, then made an incredible move, deftly picking up the ball and then turning to complete the raid on the goal, which flew high over the crossbar. It was a stunning blow that sent the Arsenal fans in full applause for the opponent, as it was the best goal of King Thierry Henry's long career, the one he scored against the Red Devils. Brent scored a similar goal, and it was this goal that impressed Hydward.

But from the very beginning of the game, the focus was not on him.

Portsmouth's starting XI continued to follow the most comfortable set, goalkeeper: Keylor Navas; Defenders: Mendy, Rudiger, Margery, Srna; Midfielders: N'Golo Kante, Frere, De Bruyne; Forwards: Brent, Klose, Mane. Not conservative, the 4231 was changed to a very attacking desire and Arsenal's favorite 433 for a long time, aiming at the Gunners' relatively weak wide defence, and the full-back combination of Jenkinson and Gibbs is really worth a try for Portsmouth.

Defensively, Hydward put the point on San Diego? Cazorla, he always has a Portsmouth player next to him, not necessarily the same person, sometimes it is N'Golo Kante, sometimes it is Freel or Srna with a lot of defensive range.

He is constantly changing his position on the field, and the defenders around him are constantly changing, and there are people who guard him at all times. It's not a man-to-man defense, it's an overall more difficult zone defense. The advantage of defending in this way is that it keeps the team's overall formation intact, and there will be no gaps behind them that are not being filled. Portsmouth had apparently been preparing for this game for a long time, and had been hiding it, Cazorla had seen the footage of the opponent's game, and in the sixth round of the match against Queens Park Rangers, Portsmouth was still a man-to-man, but was exploited by the old Ray, Rudiger was pulled away, and Mendy, who filled his position, received a penalty for a defensive foul.

As for the problem of poor marking caused by zone defense, Hydward made a slight adjustment, he compressed the 30-meter area of the defense, and tried to keep the middle as tight as possible on the basis of maintaining space, so that the space that Cazorla could get was greatly compressed.

"It's trying to turn me into a pure passer!" Cassel tugged at the corners of his mouth, smiling as he glanced at the situation on the field.

The space was compressed in defence, and the opponent's goal was full of people, but the flanks suddenly seemed much more empty, and he took the ball there, thinking about how to get it to the middle. Giroud was about to rush into the penalty area, probably thinking about how to celebrate after the goal. Ahead of him, Margery was on the mark, and his aim was to keep Giroud out of a cross.

Margery defended professionally, keeping his eye on the flanks while keeping an eye on his side, not getting close to the Frenchman or throwing the pot at the stronger 'piano porter' Rudiger, standing between the attacking players and the goal, leaving a few metres of cushion space to prevent the opposition from suddenly speeding over. Of course, people are not wood, and the court is always changing, so both of them are running as best they can. Margery would start to slow down when Giroud wanted to get close to the penalty spot, allowing him to catch up with him, and the safe distance between the two men would disappear completely. From a defender's point of view, ideally, when a cross reaches goal, he needs to stand side by side with Giroud.

Arsene Wenger saw Marger's professional defensive habits and most defenders did not focus on how to stand shoulder to shoulder with the attacker, but instead focused on not letting the opponent stand between you and the goal. In fact, this is a very bad defensive habit, because defenders often turn the battle into a goal-oriented race.

Like Gibbs, he never knew Mane was behind his back.

IF A DEFENDER WHO MAKES SUCH A MISTAKE TOUCHES A DUMB STRIKER, THE DEFENDER RUNS TOWARDS THE GOAL LINE, AND THE STRIKER RUNS TOWARDS THAT, AS IF THE BUDDY IN FRONT OF HIM HAS SNATCHED HIS BELOVED IPHONE. At this time, the right thing for the striker to do is to stop at the right time, so that the space between you and the defender is getting bigger and bigger, let him go if he wants to go, don't forget to wish the other party good luck, what a good striker has to do is to seize the opportunity to grab the point when the space is getting bigger and bigger.

It's a game between a cat and a mouse, the defender is the cat, the striker is the mouse, and the mouse won't chase the cat unless he's crazy.

Margery is well aware of his duty, his task is to catch the cunning rats, and the space in the restricted area is very valuable, and there is often only a few centimeters between scoring and not scoring, so he can't be tempted by the rats to run towards the nest.

Cazorla, who was about to make a cross, stopped, his brow furrowed, and his face became exactly like the professor's.

He hates professional guys!