Chapter 182: Meat Grinder

Arsenal's counter-attack came swiftly and violently.

In the next five minutes, the home team set off a round of attacking frenzy, under the mobilization and organization of Fabregas, the core of the attack, Arsenal is like an arsenal that is busy starting, roaring forward, attacking wave after wave, not only fast and accurate transmission coordination, but also skilled and exquisite teamwork, and the performance of individual stars, they used a fast and sharp way, redefining their perception of the art of attacking football.

In the space of time, they had five shots in a row, almost one per minute, with an extremely high efficiency, and three of them hit the woodwork, which was enough to send Villarreal in front of goal a stir despite failing to score.

Villarreal's situation is a bit less optimistic, they have a feeling that they are facing Barcelona, more than Barcelona to be exact. The Submarine and Barcelona have met many times in La Liga, and they are familiar with the style of football of the Catalan team, while Arsenal have a skilful combination of transmission, but their rhythm is more direct and fast, and in a way, this rhythm is more difficult to deal with than Barcelona. At least, in terms of adaptation, it's a big problem.

Arsenal's passing coordination is too fast and concise, often the away team's players rush up, before they have time to make a move, the football is quickly diverted, and the opponent's transfer is not like Barcelona's back and forth, they will push the football forward more quickly, directly into the danger zone.

That's the difference between the Premier League and La Liga. Arsenal are also technical teams, but they are the best teams in the Premier League, and they are also good at playing with a faster pace and a more intense style of football.

The busiest player in this period has to be Villarreal's starting goalkeeper Diego. Lopes is also thanks to his high and low blocks that he stopped Arsenal's wave of shooting frenzy.

The highest appearance rate, but Cazorla and Ma Wuba, the former is the starting midfielder in this game, the latter is a full-time defensive back, the two of them face Arsenal's unscrupulous back and forth impact, can only be tired of defense, and even use fouls many times to interrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, for which the referee's whistle continues to sound, Ma Wuba was even the referee for a key "warning".

But this did not have much effect, in the face of Arsenal's ferocious attack, Cazorla and Mavuba could only be led by the nose, and in desperation, Fan Bizhuang also had to retreat from time to time to assist in the defense.

'Despite taking a temporary lead, Villarreal are not in a good situation, Arsenal seem to have the initiative on the pitch and maybe they will be able to equalise the next attack!'

"Oooo He drove the ball past midfield, deflected the ball with a beautiful long pass, and the ball fell to the feet of Tiger Walcott...... Kick directly on the penalty line...... Wow, what a thrilling shot, the ball grazed the post and flew off the line! ”

'Arsenal's attacking wave doesn't seem to stop, Villarreal is in a tough situation!'

There was a lot of exclamation from the commentators, and the stands were boiling over, with the home fans cheering for their home team, who were in a good situation and had a clear advantage, and they were expecting the next moment to score.

Kayla shook her head, pouted, and said, "Felisa, Fan's team doesn't seem to be doing much, huh?" During this time, he has been pressed and beaten by the Gunners, and if he continues like this, it is estimated that he will soon concede the goal. ”

said, she also added: "But the Gunners are also getting more and more mixed up, and in previous years, they could still wrestle with us (Manchester United), and in recent years, the results have become worse and worse, the passing is getting better and better, but the goals are getting fewer and fewer, just like now, it's completely useless, and it can't be scored!" ”

"Then you go and cheer for your Manchester United, don't sit here!" Felisa scolded her unceremoniously, rolled her eyes and said, "Wait, Uncle Fan will soon make the other party look good!" ”

"You have so much confidence in Fan?" Kayla asked.

"Humph!"

Felisa didn't answer directly, but her attitude was clear.

Of course, she could see that the situation in the field was very unfavorable to Villarreal, but she still believed in Fan Bizhuang, because he said that he would teach that annoying guy a profound lesson in the game, and then he would never let her down!

Felisa's eyes fixed on the teenager running in the field, and without thinking about it, she waved her arms and continued to shout.

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"Speed up the pass, hit the ball into the opponent's heart faster, and complete the shot!"

"Success rate! The success rate must be improved! ”

"We're in control of the situation, and now it's just a goal!"

Arsene Wenger paced back and forth on the sidelines, gesturing to his disciples in the field. He is now quite a bit of a winning situation, although the score is temporarily behind, but the situation and rhythm of the game has been completely controlled by his team, and he believes that as long as he adds more strength, as long as such ferocious pressure only holds on for a little longer, the opponent will inevitably be unable to hold on. At that time, it was his team's chance to equalize the score in one fell swoop, or even overtake!

So he asked his team to put more pressure on the opposition's defence.

On the other side, Villarreal's coach Manuel Pellegrini also stood up, his face solemn but faintly excited.

Although they are in different leagues and there are not many opportunities to play each other, how can Pellegrini not do his best to study and understand Arsenal, who once eliminated his team?

In fact, he expected the game to evolve into the current situation. After all, Arsenal is a traditional giant in European football, even if the recent situation in recent years has not been good, and it has gone downhill, but there are still three nails in the bad ship, not to mention that Arsenal is not a broken ship, the Gunners are still very strong today, and their football style is also very distinctive, which is completely different from the league opponents encountered in the domestic arena, they pass faster and cooperate better, and the attack is better, and if you want to take advantage of the opponent's home field, Pellegrini will naturally return to the next hard work before the game.

The opening blitzkrieg was Pellegrini's first meal for Arsenal. Luckily, even Manuel Pellegrini didn't expect them to get off to such a perfect start, taking the lead with their first shot, but it was a good thing, and the away goal was enough to give him and his team more confidence to play against their opponents.

Immediately, after taking the lead, Villarreal tried to continue the attack, and if Arsenal were affected by the goal conceded and were not in good shape, then Villarreal would attack aggressively to try to extend the advantage. If the opponent is very adjustable, then the team will switch to attack and threaten the opposition at the back with quick counter-attacks, and they have a goal in their hand, so there is no need to go to the Arsenal bayonet.

Arsenal are indeed the giants of the Premier League, with excellent adjustment skills, and after conceding the goal, they quickly recovered their mentality and launched a fierce attack with a more positive and high-spirited attitude, and during this period, the home team did keep Villarreal firmly at bay, and could even score at any time.

This is a crisis for Villarreal and an opportunity at the same time! The more ferocious and ferocious the opponent's attack, the more holes there will be in the backline, and if they can catch it once, Pellegrini's side will have an absolute advantage in the two-legged match.

Of course, the most pressing issue now is not on the counter-attack, but on consolidating the team's midfield defence, Arsenal's attack is too sharp and sharp, and Cazorla and Mavuba are gradually becoming a little unbearable.

Manuel Pellegrini wasn't too worried, because he had already planned a strategy for this.

on the field.

Arsenal's attack was still fierce, but the performance of the visiting players was noticeably more positive.

On the front line, Forlan and Nihhat turned into defenders almost at the same time, pressing around in the front court, and whoever got the ball quickly pounced, even if they couldn't grab it, they had to disrupt the opponent's passing rhythm.

And after them, Van Bizhuang also ran wildly widely, and his footprints were almost all over the front field, harassing the Arsenal defenders to a great annoyance.

The third line of defense is Cazorla and Mavuba, the two seem to have let go of their hands and feet, especially the latter, like a monster who has been released from the cage, with the assistance of his teammates, constantly sprinting, constantly colliding with the opponent, unable to grab the ball, but also to hinder the opponent's passing and coordination.

And the other midfielder, Marcos, who has been quiet before. Senna was also active, and he did the same job as Mavuba, which was to keep running in the middle and back, constantly sweeping, and blocking all possible dangerous passes from opponents.

Cazorla and two full-time midfielders almost built a steel defence, enveloping the entire midfield in an airtight cage, and they seemed to have given up on attack, and did what they did with only one goal: to destroy!

What's even more speechless is that the three people on the front line are also doing such a "harmful and self-harming" thing, sabotaging with the backs.

Even if they don't attack, they have to disrupt the opponent's rhythm, so that the opponent can't pass the ball easily, and can't easily pass through the midfield.

A team that is good at playing offensive football, but suddenly collectively turned into a group of butchers, turning the entire stadium into a meat grinder, although the scene became extremely unsightly, but the effect was obvious, Arsenal's offensive was constantly interrupted, the rhythm was intermittent, and the momentum of the onslaught was no longer what it used to be.