445 Undefeated? It's impossible to have me
Arsene Wenger is a famous coach in world football.
So what is Arsene Wenger's greatest achievement in history?
Ninety-nine per cent of people would say that Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to a 49-game unbeaten run and an unbeaten title record. Because in the current world football, it is simply too difficult to win the championship with an undefeated record.
Because of this, Arsenal's unbeaten record is considered a miracle by many people.
No team will ever be able to replicate Arsenal's unbeaten record in the Premier League.
Of course, there are many reasons why Arsene Wenger became a famous manager. Including his ability to develop players, his persistence in beautiful football as always, and the new stadium. If Arsene Wenger had not been at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal would have fallen into a state of collapse due to financial problems.
But none of these factors combined have been as shocking as an unbeaten season.
After Arsenal won the title undefeated, Arsene Wenger's reputation also climbed to the highest peak.
That unbeaten season was the '03-04 season.
When George was a fan back then, it was also because of the unbeaten season that Wenger and Arsenal were worshipped. At that time, in George's mind, Henry was an omnipotent god. Arsene Wenger is the best coach in the world.
Even if Arsenal has been empty for several seasons in a row, it has always been unwavering for Arsenal.
It's really because the unbeaten season has shocked George too much.
But now it's different.
George is now the head coach. He is the head coach of Blackburn.
George is a team that will never allow the so-called unbeaten title in the Premier League, even Arsenal, which he used to love. That's why George will play all the main players in this game.
Of course, even Arsene Wenger and Arsenal players can't imagine that they will win the title undefeated. It wasn't until more than 30 rounds that the media began to shout that they were undefeated and won the championship. Now George is looking to completely crush Arsenal's unbeaten chances of winning the title.
Away, Qiao Zhi naturally played a defensive counterattack.
From a team that controls the midfield, to a team that defends and counter-attacks. George spent a full season, and last season was a transition period.
In fact, Blackburn Rovers did not perform well last season. Unfortunately, Blackburn did not perform well, and Arsenal and Manchester United performed even worse. Otherwise, last season's Premier League title would not have fallen to Blackburn.
However, Blackburn had a lot of problems last season.
But after a season of transformation, Blackburn Rovers are once again adapting to the new tactics.
Alonso, in particular, the most important of George's tactics, is doing extremely well right now. Sometimes you can't help but believe that there are geniuses in the world who can ignore age.
Alonso is now just over 22 years old.
At the age of twenty-two, he has already become the midfield core and midfield commander of a championship team. If you put it on the other midfielders, you risk crushing them. But in Alonso's case, there is no problem at all.
Blackburn play defensive counter-attacking and don't look much like that on the road.
But Wenger knew that George's defensive counterattack was focused on counter-attacking. George's counterattack is all about being fast, and whenever the opportunity arises, it will attract blood. Arsene Wenger has played against George many times, and even snatched an FA Cup title from Arsenal when George was at Burnley.
Therefore, Wenger has a clear understanding of George's methods.
But Arsene Wenger has his pride. Arsene Wenger is an idealistic manager who will do anything for the sake of his ideals. And Arsene Wenger is also confident that he will be able to break down Blackburn's defence with Arsenal's attack.
The game is obvious.
Arsenal kept Blackburn at Highbury, who stepped back to defend.
The current Arsenal attack is very distinctive. There are a lot of people up front who can be the core of the attack, and you can't defend one against the other.
Needless to say, Bergkamp is the player with the best skills and the best passing in front of Arsenal.
In the past, Arsenal's attack relied heavily on Bergkamp, so as long as Arsenal defended Bergkamp, Arsenal's goals would be reduced a lot. But now it's different.
Darma, the genius on the left, has become a player who can pass and organise under Wenger's tutelage. Needless to say, Thierry Henry is one of the few all-round strikers in world football. Except for the poor header, the other aspects are truly all-round.
Plus Vieira is a real attacking and defending midfielder.
So there are a lot of attacking points throughout Arsenal.
You can't guard against Bergkamp, you can't guard against Henry. Defend Henry, and Dalma on the left. Even if it's against Dalma, there's Vieira in the middle.
Not only them, but Arsenal's wide attack is also distinctive. Ljungberg on the right is fast, capable of shooting from behind, and no weak in crosses. And on the left side of Dalma and Ashley. Cole's combination made Arsenal's attack on the left completely three-dimensional.
So against Arsenal, you can't play man-to-man defence.
In order to defend Arsenal, George even Pire and Miku will come back to harass them.
George took a kind of regional caste defense.
The main thing is that the defenders are close to the goalkeeper and then close to Alonso's position. Don't allow the opposition to pass the ball at will near the arc of the Blackburn penalty area, and Alonso occupies the position and does not allow the opposition to have a chance to shoot from distance.
Essien has a big role.
Essien needs to sweep everything down the middle. Essien has a lot of energy anyway, even if it's a game, he still runs the same way in stoppage time as he did at the beginning. A player with this kind of perverted physical ability, if he doesn't take advantage of his running ability, is too sorry for his talent.
Arsenal's attack is indeed colourful.
But Blackburn kept the ball firmly in the box and didn't let the ball get into the box easily.
George watched Arsenal keep passing the ball and keep looking for opportunities to shoot, and smiled with his little white teeth.
Arsenal are no different from their previous lives. They are too perfectionist, it should be said that Wenger is too perfectionist. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal only know how to pass the ball and don't have some absolutely good chances, they won't shoot.
It's no wonder that the English football media say that Arsenal's ball is not scored in, but passed in.
There are both positive and negative meanings. The positive meaning is that Arsenal's goals are beautiful, and the derogatory meaning is that Arsenal's players are not decisive. And their passes are all short.
Hee-hee-hee!
Blackburn's backline is definitely world-class. How difficult is it to find a shot with a short pass? And it is even more difficult to find an absolute one-knife opportunity, an empty goal.
In addition, Arsenal's attacking players, although they are all world-class players, it is a pity that their offensive means are similar.
The types of Arsenal players are also similar.
Do Arsenal have headers? Do Arsenal players cross? They just pass, pass, pass and pass again, and it's all short passes.
If that's all there is, I'm sorry.
In the eleven minutes of the game, Arsenal organized another attack. Patrick Vieira in the middle passed to Dalma on the left, and after Darma and Henry linked, there was a sudden inward cut. It's a fully winged style of play.
“…… Dalma, Endocut...... He had already shaken off Sagnol, shooting, no, was a pass! ”
Dalma's passing was beautiful. Broke through the Blackburn defense in one fell swoop. In such a narrow space, being able to pass in is definitely not something that ordinary players can do.
"Henry, it was Henry who got the ball. Thierry Henry, got a chance to shoot...... He didn't shoot, it was still a pass. ”
Although the angle is not large, with Henry's shooting level, he can actually force a goal. But this is Arsenal, this is Arsene Wenger's team. Although there was an angle to shoot, Henry did not shoot, but gave a gentle push and pushed the ball into the middle.
You can say that Arsenal strive for perfection, or you can say that Arsenal strive for beauty. But you could also say that Arsenal are so inkblotted.
How can a goal not be a goal?
However, Thierry Henry's passing was excellent. Ljungberg, which is plugged in the back, is completely open in front. Ljungberg had a great opportunity.
“…… Ljungberg, shoot! ”
"No, who is this? Essien, he returned to the box and tackled the ball down. ”
The moment Ljungberg shoots at goal, Essien smashes in a beautiful sliding tackle. Tackle the ball outside the box.
"Essien, Essien has made a meritorious service." It's really Essien's meritorious service. Otherwise, when Ljungberg shot just now, there was no one to defend him. And Van der Sar has already been attracted to Henry, which can be said to be a half-empty opportunity.
If it weren't for Essien, Ljungberg's shot just now, no one would have done anything about it.
Alonso, just outside the box, got the ball ahead of Vieira. Without any hesitation, Alonso used his ability to play long passes. A long half-turned, half-turned pass to the left.
"Alonso, this one is a Scud missile. At a distance of forty meters, it is amazing to be able to pass the ball with such precision. Pire, Pire got the ball. ”
Indeed, Alonso did not look ahead at all.
It's just a half-turned pass, and it can have such an effect. It's no wonder that Mortenson shouted that it was a missile.
When Pire got the ball, he didn't run down the left side, but straight down the middle.
"Pire, Gilberto is here...... Heel knock, Kaka, Kaka got the ball! ”
Pire ran down the middle, and as soon as Gilberto came up. Gilberto is the kind of guy who is unknown throughout the team. But when it comes to playing, there are absolutely no players missing. When Pire faced Gilberto, he didn't break through at all.
Instead, he knocked on his heel, and Kaka, who came up from behind Pire, ran straight with the ball.
It's like a crossed line.
Broke through Gilberto in one fell swoop, and when Gilberto didn't react, Kaka was already running forward.
At this point, if you look at the stadium from above, you can see it. After Pire passed the ball to Kaka, he ran to the right. After Kaka got the ball, he moved to the left, and Miku was inserted in the middle.
Of course, the replay speed of the Arsenal players was not slow at all.
Although he was passed by Kaka and Pire, Gilberto was able to occupy his position very quickly. There was no hurry after losing Kaka, and Gilberto continued to defend Miku who came up from behind. Kaka was handed over to the back line.
Vieira isn't slow either.
Soon it was already catching up from the front.
It's just that Kaka's speed is fast. Before everyone caught up, they were already at the front of the opponent's forbidden area.
Keown stayed on to guard Klose, while Mexes stepped forward to defend Kaka. Not only Mex, but Lauren has also stepped forward to prepare for the bag Kaka. There is only one goal, never to let Kaka into the box, or to allow Kaka to find a shot near the box.
Seeing Mexes and Lauren come out, Arsenal fans were a little relieved.
When George saw Mexes and Lauren coming out, he felt that the counterattack was not effective this time. The number of counter-attacks was too small, and Miku was just too far back in order to defend. I was not able to support this counterattack.
"Kaka should pass the ball now."
Mortensen watched Kaka's speed slow down, so it was a pity that this beautiful counterattack was also a pity.
When everyone thinks so, Kaka, who is gradually slowing down, suddenly moves the ball forward and quickly speeds up.
Kaka's ball flowed between Mexes and Lauren, and then Kaka squeezed between Mexes and Lauren like lightning. In fact, the space between Mexs and Lauren is not very large, and Kaka is still some distance from them.
But Kaka was so explosive that Mexes and Lauren couldn't close the open space between them in time.
So just let Kaka fly past them.
"This, this. Kaka Rush Past, Kaka Burst Past! ”
Mortenson, who usually commentates witty words, was surprised.
Arsenal fans were also stunned.
Arsene Wenger was stunned.
George didn't think of it.
This kind of domineering breakthrough seems to have been made by Ronaldo a few years ago. Kaka, who would have thought that Kaka would also be able to make such a breakthrough.
Lauren, who didn't even close the door in time, bumped into Mexes and fell.
By the time Mexes and Lauren broke through, there were no more players in front of Kaka. Only Lyman was left, and he abandoned the door in a panic. It's a pity that at this time, no one can defend against Kaka.
"Kaka, this is a single knife. Shot! ”
Kaka faced Lehmann and pushed with ease. The ball rolled into the far corner of the goal.
“gooooooooal!!!!!!!” Mortensen couldn't help himself and cheered high. Mortensen won't favour either Arsenal or Blackburn Rovers, but will be cheering for Kaka's goal. "Kaka, Kaka. How can we describe this ball in words. Only then can we understand how lacking our language is. Because this ball is so exciting. It had to be the best goal of the week! No, it should be the best goal of the season! ”
"Prince, Prince Blackburn. I believe it won't be long before Kaka will be able to ascend the throne as King of Blackburn. Because he's just so good. George had only spent eight million dollars, and it was a bargain. ”
Not to mention Mortenson, George couldn't help but cheer the moment Kaka scored.
George clapped his hands with Blanco next to him.
Kaka, it's just outstanding.
Kaka in history has had this kind of performance. Kaka, it will definitely be better than history, and it will be a hundred times better.
(To be continued)