UEFA named Andres Pirlo one of the 20 men who changed football history on the grounds that he was "a player who redefined the midfield position, a very creative team playmaker." ”

Indeed, with the 2006 Italian championship as the boundary, football tactics have undergone major changes, the core of the football field has been divided into two, similar to Zinedine-Zidane's offensive organization core in one of the classical forward slowly withdrew from the historical stage, and the play style of dragging the organizational core + front-court offensive core has gradually become the mainstream, and Pirlo was the leader of this trend at that time.

However, it is precisely for this reason that Pirlo, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, can be called a player with his own system, but unlike the Swedish God, he cannot build a system alone, and he needs at least one attacking core in the frontcourt.

It is rumored that the long pass error of Pirlo dozens of meters away is only about 1 centimeter, and Milan and even Italy, which pursue defensive counterattacks, are equivalent to having a Dongfeng Express in the counterattack, or a Dongfeng Express with a nuclear warhead.

But this is not enough, it also needs a second fulcrum that can control the ball, defend and shoot from a distance and can send the ball to the danger zone to ensure that the nuclear warhead can be successfully detonated, which is why Kaka and Andrei Shevchenko must have Clarence Seedorf standing next to them, plus Kaka, who can pass people in one step and cover the entire penalty area at that time, the Christmas tree formation of An Fat Man can blossom perfectly.

Arsène Wenger gave up the 433 and returned to the back three, in addition to strengthening the defense, the players are more adapted to the 3421 formation that began to transform from the second half of last season, and more importantly, Tan Xibi, who has returned from apprenticeship, has greatly improved his technical ability at his feet, and the Frenchman intends to let Tan Xibi shoulder the burden of organizing the attack, in case Arsenal will be in trouble in organizing the attack after Mesut Ozil leaves.

Football tactics have developed to the present, and there is an interesting contradiction in the responsibilities of players, that is, the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, but the ability of players is becoming more and more comprehensive, and they can play multiple positions in a cameo, not to be specialized and refined, but at least to be qualified.

Those who are familiar with Arsene Wenger know that the old professor likes to transform players, such as Thierry Henry who plays winger into a central striker, Kieran Gibbs who plays in the front court into a left-back, Nicolas Bendtner who plays as a center forward plays on the wing, etc., some have succeeded, some have failed, but Wenger likes multi-talented players who can play in multiple positions, there is no doubt about it.

If it weren't for Tan Xibi's short stature, Wenger once thought about letting Tan Xibi play as a central defender.

With Tan Xibi's long-range shot, Arsenal, who perfectly grabbed the start, under the fierce counterattack of Tottenham Hotspur, did not rush or impatience with the opponent in the midfield and backfield, and the active running and tough scrambling of the Gunners made many people shout that the former iron-blooded Gunners are back.

Harry Kane, who is a must-score for the Gunners, focused on Arsenal's left flank, as he could not take advantage of Laurent Koscielny and Schkoderan Mustafi, and could only attack Nacho Monreal, with team-mate Kieran Trippier cutting in to contain Sead Kolasinac and give Kane space to single out the Spaniard.

But Tan Xibi ran over to assist Monreal, and Kane's elusive tackling skills and small gestures made Kane very uncomfortable, and the ball passed to him by his teammates was either intercepted by Tan Xibi or cut off with his outstretched foot.

The leading striker was dumb until the 30th minute of the first half, when Tottenham only relied on Delai Alli's unreliable long-range shots and Christian Eriksen's cold shot hitting the post, and yes, Moussa Sissoko's cupola.

In the second leg of the World Preliminaries, Eriksen, who scored a hat trick to help Denmark qualify for the World Cup, seemed to be affected by the FIFA virus, and his state in the game was average.

Mauricio Pochettino is also helpless, in such an important north London derby, he dares to rest the main players who have played full of international games?

Don't look at Tottenham's youth team in the past two years, one league third, one league runner-up, and last season for the first time in 21 years to press the rival under him, but the Argentine has never solved the shortcomings of insufficient bench depth, resulting in the collapse of the tight schedule.

On the other hand, Arsenal, except for Alexandre Lacazette and Ozil, who played two national team games, the latter played the whole game, several other internationals returned to the team ahead of schedule to prepare for this game, it can be said that Arsenal has almost not been affected by the FIFA virus, at least from this game, compared to Tottenham's international internationals, Lacazette and Ozil are in much better shape.

When the game came to the physical critical point of 35 minutes, the Tottenham players slowed down their tempo, but what they didn't expect was that the Gunners players rushed up, and even Tan Xibi pressed into Tottenham's defensive third to participate in the attack.

As the originator of the switch from a midfielder to a central midfielder, Andrea Pirlo has always been an attacking playmaker, penetrating the ball forward whenever he has the opportunity to create scoring opportunities for his team-mates.

Tan Xibi, who studied under Andrea Pirlo, was no exception, and his 38th-minute pass won the crowd's applause.

After Moussa Dembele intercepted Héctor Bellerin's through ball, he immediately passed the ball low and straight to the front to launch a counterattack, but he didn't expect Dembele's passing route to be seen through by Tan Xibi and took the first step to block Dembele's passing route.

Tan Xibi glanced at Bellerin before jamming the passing route, and Bellerin, who understood it, immediately ran forward, and Tan Xibi intercepted the ball and passed directly to Bellerin's front of no one.

"This—this is an interception pass!" Martin Taylor jerked to his feet and exclaimed.

Kate Abdo covered her mouth and exclaimed: "Oh my God, there is still this way to pass!" ”

"Intercept a pass?"

The three guests in the back stood up one after another, their faces full of incredulity.

As Dembele launched a counter-attack, Tottenham's formation moved forward, and when Bellerin ran in the opposite direction, Alex Lacazette and Alex Sanchez in the middle followed suit.

Bellerin, who was running at high speed, soon received Tan Xibi's through ball in advance, and crossed directly from the right side of the penalty area, and the unprepared Tottenham defender stopped and turned to chase back, but he was already half a body behind Alexette and Sanchez.

Bellerin's low cross was quick, and Alexandre Lacazette at the near post couldn't get on the spot, but it also caused Hugo Lloris to pause, and by the time he looked back to the back post, Sanchez was already in position and flicked the ball into the net with his left foot.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Arsenal led 2-0!

"Half of my skills." Pirlo touched the thick beard on his chin and said secretly.