No. 291: Arsene Wenger's strategy!
On the night of the Champions League, Arsenal were on a plane to London, and three days later the 18th round of the Premier League was set to begin, as they set a record for consecutive wins in the top five leagues. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Intensive schedules are their worst enemy.
Back in London, Arsene Wenger gave the squad a day off to rest.
Arsenal's opponents in this round are Hull City, who are not very strong, and they will return to the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal know this is the best chance to make an eighteen-game winning streak and they are not willing to pass it up.
On the 19th, the eighteen rounds of the Premier League began, and Manchester United, which took the lead, lost 0-3 away at the feet of Fulham, causing an upset!
Some believe this is the reason why Manchester United have just finished the Champions League and their fitness is not yet fully restored.
Subsequently, Liverpool lost 0-2 away at the foot of Pusmouth!
Chelsea draw 1-1 away at West Ham United!
The three Premier League giants who have just finished the Champions League have lost two and drawn one, which is a big surprise, which also confirms the saying - there are no weak teams in the Premier League!
After the giants play in the Champions League, they will be strongly blocked.
Arsenal fans can't help but start worrying about their team, will they repeat the mistakes of the big three?
Three days ago, Arsenal's match with Olympiacos was already tired, and if it weren't for Chen Fan's goal, they wouldn't even be able to get out of the way!
The Manchester City Life Herald said directly: "Arsenal's winning streak is over, they can't get past Inter!" ”
If Arsenal fans don't set a new record for consecutive wins in the top five leagues, they can walk into the Emirates Stadium with a relaxed mood, but ......
Who can give up the streak of five major league wins?
They arrived at the Emirates Stadium with concerns, hoping that their shouts would awaken the ambitions of their players.
At six o'clock in the evening of the 20th, the Emirates Stadium was crowded, and the Arsenal bus drove slowly!
Journalists flocked to the site.
Arsene Wenger, who walked towards the bus, told reporters: "Arsenal will not give up on victory at any time! ”
Chen Fan said to reporters: "We will not repeat their mistakes, tonight's victory must be ours!" ”
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At 7:20, the two sides walked into the stadium and were greeted by a tsunami of cheers.
Various banners fluttered in the stands:
"Raising the banner of victory, we will create eighteen consecutive victories!"
"Victory will be Arsenal!"
"Defend the glory of the home field!"
Listening to the tsunami-like cheers and seeing the uplifting banners, the Arsenal players are like a booster!
Chen Fan, who was arranged by Wenger to play as a striker tonight, exhaled a long breath and thought in his heart: I can't let the fans down!
"Tick! ……”
At half past seven, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the match, and Hull City, who took the lead in serving, launched an attack.
In the fifth minute, striker Richard Garcia shot hard in front of the penalty area, and the football went wide of the goal!
Arsenal took a goal kick, Almunia kicked the ball to Gallas, and then Arsenal did not rush to attack and moved the ball up front, and the midfield and backfield began to pour the ball at the back.
This is......
Hull City's midfield didn't care why Arsenal did what they did, they swooped down.
Arsenal quickened the pace of moving the ball, they were still in no hurry to move the ball to the front, they had to control the game at their own pace.
In the thirteenth minute of the first half, Chen Fan received Ebo's cross from the side and dodged the opponent's back and shot a long shot outside the penalty area!
The soccer ball grabs the crossbar and flies out of the bottom line!
It was Arsenal's first shot on goal and it showed how slow their attacking tempo was.
In the following time, Arsenal began to control the tempo as soon as they got the ball, much to the displeasure of some fans: "Damn, can you guys hurry?" ”
They want their team to score early enough to seal the win and make an eighteen-game winning streak.
There was a reflection in the eyes of the reporters on the sidelines, Wenger used this way to save the players' energy?
That's right, in the Champions League game three days ago, Arsenal had a drop in fitness in the second half and had been in a passive situation, besieged by the opponent.
Arsene Wenger didn't want his side to do that again, and his strategy for this game was to get through the first half and come back in the second.
Due to Arsenal's "lack of progress", at the end of the first half, neither side could find the opponent's goal.
After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the two sides returned to the pitch and Arsenal fans were shocked to find their team picking up the tempo of attack!
The second half had just begun, and Gallas, who had basically no assist in the first half, played a horizontal pass with Song on the side and inserted a two-by-one, and suddenly made a 45-degree diagonal pass!
Van Persie leaps high and a lion flicks his head at goal!
The ball was lifted off the crossbar by the opposing goalkeeper with difficulty!
In the third minute of the second half, Arsenal made a fuss in the middle, Cesc Fabregas crossed diagonally into the penalty area, Van Persie half-turned and leaned on the opponent's central defender, and his right foot suddenly buckled, and the football flew behind his left leg.
Then, he immediately turned around and kicked a small slash!
A red and white figure, like lightning, overtook the defender next to him and shot low!
Hull City goalkeeper Michiel instinctively stretched out his right foot, and he magically shot this close to the goal, blocking the bottom line!
Chen Fan looked at the football that flew out of the bottom line, shook his head in his heart, and knew that he would use a pick-up shot to complete this shot......
It was an incomparably wonderful combination, Arsenal penetrated like mercury, Chen Fan completed the final blow, but unfortunately failed to score.
In the stands, the Arsenal fans burst into huge applause after regretting, this is the real Arsenal!
Under Arsenal's continuous attack, Hull City's backline finally made a major mistake in the twelfth minute of the second half!
Chen Fan was in the hinterland of the opponent and stole the cross of Hull City central defender Sayedi halfway!
After turning around, Chen Fan did not hesitate and directly passed diagonally. Van Persie flew forward, controlled the ball at his feet, and fired a low shot from the line of the box!
The ball flew past the right side of Hull City goalkeeper Michiel and into the net!
The ball is in!
1 to 0!
Arsenal break the deadlock on the pitch!
The Emirates Stadium, which was truly silent for 60 minutes, finally erupted into deafening screams and cheers!
"Chase after victory!"
Some fans even shouted loudly, hoping that their team would seal the win early.
However, in the following game, Arsenal slowed down again and reverted to the style of play in the first half.
Do they think they can hold a one-goal lead until the end of the game?
In the 25th minute of the second half, Song broke the ball at the back and Hull thought he would control the tempo by crossing the ball to the wing as he had done before.
Who knew that he immediately made a long pass to the front!
Long pass and quickly counterattack!
Chen Fan overtook the defender next to him in three steps like a cheetah, unloaded the football on the sideline, and then galloped along the sideline with the football!
With the deepening of the Premier League, Chen Fan has become the brightest star of the Premier League this season.
At this moment, in order to defend him, two central defenders of Hull City pounced, and they wanted to attack!