The more Hydward sat in the coach's seat, the more angry he became, the Frenchman next door was so lacking in virtue that he actually stapled the tactical board behind the door! I hate to admit it, but Arsene Wenger was the first man to put him in the driver's seat.

He said viciously: "Finnan, go back and we will also staple the tactical board in the visiting dressing room at Faton Park behind the door!" ”

Finnan had three black lines on his face, but he just smiled without any indication.

Arsenal lined up a 433 formation for this game, with Gibbs from left at the back, Vermaelen, Koscielny and Sagna, and three midfielders, Mikel Arteta, Alexander? Song and Rosicky, forward trident Gervinho, Van Persie and Walcott. This is already the strongest lineup that Wenger can put out, and there is not much room for Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Benayoun, Djoul and others to sit on the bench.

On the other hand, Portsmouth hid part of the main force in the game, and discharged a strange set of five defenders, three central defenders Heidward on Mustafi and Rudiger, and Campbell, who has not played for more than half a month, also started, Margery sat on the bench, two wingbacks on the main Mendy and Meunier, and the midfield was also Pierce, who had not played for more than half a month, and partnered with Kante and Frere. Sadio Mane and Riyad Mahrez were on the bench on both wings, replaced by Hleb and Delek? Ali, the single arrow at the top is Vardy.

"With five defenders and three backs, Hydward is extremely conservative." Andy Gray commented as he read out the squad for the game, and the Pompey Army's attacking line left only the fast Vardy and the faster Ali, making it clear that they were trying to steal a chicken in front and covering their heads in the back.

The game was exactly as the commentator had predicted, with Arsenal taking full control from the first minute of the game.

Only four minutes into the game, in the middle, Frell used his body to block Rosicky, but at this time, he found that Rosicky, who was facing away from him, seemed to have a long eye behind his back, and the outside of his left foot suddenly flicked the football inward!

Then turn around, change direction, get rid of, dodge away from him in one go!

What about Freel? Because of the inertia of the body, he couldn't brake the car at all, and rushed directly to the front.

One of the benefits of a back three is that after passing one player in midfield, there will be the next one waiting for you, and it is densely packed with people, compressing all the space to hit the ball.

Rosicky was in front of Kante, who was not as reckless as his team-mate, just keeping a distance of two metres and staring closely at the opponent's waist, not putting his feet down, and constantly exerting pressure. Not only that, but with or without him, he drove the Arsenal core to the fringes and waited for his team-mates to come and pack them.

N'Golo? Kante, the first ace in the hands of Hydward, his defense is not only reflected in super physical fitness; The weirdly clever tackles show that he is a very good team player! In just three seconds, Rosicky was slowed down, the Gunners' advantage was completely dismantled, Frere was quick to defend, and Pierce stared at another player in the middle, Mikel Arteta, to deny the Croatian a chance to make a one-two.

The core of Arsenal is caught in it like a bun of meat, and it looks like he can't escape!

It's just that this Moza doesn't seem to take all this into account, he plucked the strings with his head down and dribbled the ball, and after an ethereal pull motion, the black and white elf had disappeared at his feet.

N'Golo Kante's heart tightened, and the ball slipped through the tiny gap between him and Freel and flew to the wing, the side where Walcoat was, and the man who guarded that side was Meunier.

"Alas, good ball!" Many Arsenal fans in the stands couldn't help but get up from their seats.

The 1.9-meter-tall full-back's header attack may be a strength, but speed must be a weakness, Meunier has his own unique experience in defence, he will complete the positioning and break the ball when the speed winger starts, and his speed is not slow, so the idle level of wide players often fall into this seemingly wonderful "speed trap". It's a pity that maybe the wide players he has encountered are too weak, this trap has no effect on the little tiger, his instantaneous acceleration ability makes Meunier have a trace of fear, he did not keep up with Walcot's pace at the first moment, and before he could make a tackle, his hand subconsciously went to pull.

The fans in the stands boiled over at once: "Damn it! You can't kick a ball! I don't care about you! Get out of the Chief! Walcott went down the wing and the referee showed Meunier a yellow card as a warning. The Gunners fans were content to sit back in their seats when Rosicky whipped in a set-piece that found Sagna's head pinpointedly and headed just wide of the far post.

Walcoat seemed to have found a way to deal with Portsmouth, constantly looking for one-on-one spells with Meunier, and the 22-year-old lost almost every duel for the next 15 minutes.

Meunier was carrying a yellow card, and there was obviously no good way to deal with the impactful Walcott, and what was even more terrifying was that Campbell, who had expanded out to help the defense, also received a yellow card.

In less than 20 minutes, the defender received two yellow cards in a row, and two holes were carved out of Hydward's iron bucket formation.

Meunier seems to have a tendency to be beaten to the point of losing confidence, afraid of being eaten by the opponent with speed so he does not dare to attack, afraid that it will be too late to defend, so he does not dare to attack, and his entanglement is a reflection of the paralysis of Portsmouth's attack on the right.

'Theo Walcott is a man-eating tiger and it seems like the manager could consider a substitution, and Margery used to play at right wing-back so he seems to be a good option. Andy Gray announces Meunier's death sentence in his slightly magnetic voice!

Seeing that the goal was about to be breached, Finnan took the tactical board and said a little anxiously: "Change positions, let Mendy go to the right, he is a little faster!" ”

Hydward didn't say anything, his eyes stared straight at the field, Arsenal's sharpness he had expected before the game, but he didn't expect this sharpness to be particularly fierce and deadly.

He got into thinking, of course, a change of position can solve the problems caused by Walcott, but what about Gervinho on the other side? Can Meunier defend against it? Although Arsenal fans joked that the Hot Bird only had the accelerator button, and he couldn't score when he kicked an empty goal, he couldn't get in, but ......

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Suddenly, Hydward heard someone shouting Meunier's name.

"Our big man, our Meunier...... Euleo, Olaiou... Our big guy ......"

The sound came from the stands, crushed by the singing and roaring of the home fans, but it still grew tenaciously without yielding.

At the far end, the fans are neatly lined up in a triangular phalanx, and the fat Green president is the arrow, the triangle has the effect of gathering sound in addition to stability, and the fans cooperate with each other very tacitly to form a blue torrent.

Hydward felt that the more than 2,000 Portsmouth fans had created almost 10 times the number of people, and such a loud singing voice gave him the strongest emotional resonance since he became the manager of Pompey's army, and he was proud to be the manager of Portsmouth for the first time!

In the world of football, the fans can allow you to lose, but they can't tolerate your intimidation. This is a man's sport, hardness is the most important link and quality, and the happiness of the fans depends on whether they can be satisfied in the process!

He made up his mind and jumped to his feet, "Let Mendy go and blow Gibbs!" Tell him that if he dares to retreat, I'll kill him! ”

Hydward grabbed Finnan's arm and gave the latest order, word for word.