Chapter 179: Gradually gaining the upper hand
"Alright, let's go get some rest."
In the fifty-fifth minute of the game, that is, after Xiang Hao scored, Lao Lei made his first substitution, removed Bale, replaced Lennon, and let him play on the right, while Bentley played on the left.
Lao Lei can see that Modric may imagine that it will be more difficult to dispatch the team in the middle of the front court like in the first half.
So he has to go up to someone, who can not only ensure the ability to attack on the wing, but also maintain the lethality of Arsenal's middle and attract Arsenal's defense, and this person is Lennon.
In his mind, his killing of Chrissy would force Arsenal to pull someone to fill it.
On Wenger's side, there is no adjustment, in his opinion, the team is in good shape, there is no need to adjust.
"Di-!"
With a whistle from Bol, the game resumed.
At this time, it was Tottenham's turn to be anxious.
It is absolutely unacceptable to be led by the opponent on your home turf or by your sworn enemy.
So there is no need for Lao Lei to mobilize on the sidelines, after the game restarted, the Tottenham players immediately pounced.
On the side of the Arsenal players, they will not back down, the derby is a war, a game that cannot be stopped if you don't fight to the end.
Not a single goal was enough to satisfy the Arsenal players, so after the game restarted, the Arsenal players continued to maintain their previous intensity.
Xiang Hao is also staring at Modric, the core of the Tottenham Hotspur organization.
However, it soon became clear that Modric was no longer blindly holding the ball, whether he had the opportunity or not, he was always the first to pass the ball, and constantly used the two wings to peel down Arsenal's defense from the outside in.
Using Pavlyuchenko as a bridgehead, constantly stirring Arsenal's defense, rushing on the side and passing the ball became Tottenham's next choice.
And this tactic, in the sixty-first minute of the game, created an excellent opportunity, and also made the slightly calm White Deer Lane boil again.
"Lennon, Aaron Lennon is in!"
"Pass the ball! To Roman!"
"Roman, what a chance!"
Klich couldn't hold his position on the outside and was cut in by nimble Lennon into the box.
Pavlyuchenko, the Russian air tyrant, although only 188 tall, has excellent header awareness.
The moment Lennon entered, he deliberately slowed down, pointed to the sky, and then ran.
And Lennon was really a good friend of the Russians, and before Silvestre, he sent a high ball and found Pavlyuchenko accurately.
In the scramble, Pavlyuchenko pressed Toure and took the lead in completing the lion's swing, "Smack!" ”
"Bang!"
The turf on the side of the goal shook, "Hey~~~", and a sigh sounded from the stands of White Hart Lane.
"And, there's! Luca!!! ”
Sharp-eyed Tottenham fans screamed.
Just after Pavlyuchenko's header hit the crossbar, it bounced into the pitch and fell to Modric's feet.
"Smack!" "Smack!"
Two crisp smashes, Xiang Hao, who was shaken away, also tasted the feeling of being played, there was no shame, only anxiety.
Modric was afraid that Xiang Hao would be entangled again, so after shaking off a trace of space, he decisively got up, "Smack!" ”
"Ah!!h
"Woo woo woo woo"
Endless regrets.
"Tsk!"
Modric bit his lip, and finally let out an unwilling hate, watched the ball slide out of the way, shook his head helplessly, and retreated to his own half.
Modric also held it down this time, but the direction was a little worse, less than 10 centimeters off the post, and he missed this opportunity.
Tottenham's people naturally regret it, while Arsenal's side is secretly lucky.
Wenger exhaled even more secretly, looking at Modric's gaze, not only did not relax, but became even more jealous.
With such a midfielder with excellent offensive awareness and super reading ability, appearing in the opposition camp, Wenger has no reason not to be afraid.
Wenger also understands Lao Lei's idea of putting Lennon, and it is really troublesome to use the involvement of the side to open up the midfield and give Modric room to play.
Inevitably, once the side can't be defended, the people in the middle must definitely be filled, whether it is the back or the central defender to fill, and the midfield has a small number of people, and it must not be fully taken into account.
Especially the opponent's midfielder, who is still a player who reads the game so well, is really not to be underestimated.
Wenger made a decision in his heart, and immediately called his assistant Uncle Rice over, he wanted to change people.
'That goal was really thrilling, Tottenham was a pity, Modric was a little bit off.
The Croatian has a really good ball quotient and I'm getting more and more optimistic about him and he's going to have a really good career at Tottenham. ”
Don't talk about Xiang Hao for the time being, Mortensen still has something to say, and now he 'fancies' Modric, although it is not as close to worshiping as Xiang Hao's praise, but it is also quite important.
The same is true for Lineker, in this game, he is not inferior to Xiang Hao in the degree of optimism about Modric, and feels that he will be the key to the future rise of his old club.
Regarding Modson's comment, Lineker could only nod his head incessantly and agreed, "Hey, Wenger has been replaced?!" ”
Lineker was about to add to it when he saw an Arsenal player warming up.
'Ramsey, who will he replace? Nasri? ”
'It's Carlos Vera, Arsenal's goalkeeper.
"Arsene Wenger is planning to strengthen the ball in midfield, right?"
"It should be like this, Arsenal's four midfielders now have a strong ability to carry the ball."
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There were no big controversial substitutions, people didn't do much research and waited for the game to start.
Ramsey came on after exchanging high-fives with Vela to replace Vela on the left.
As the game continued, it soon became clear that Arsene Wenger was not just trying to tighten his grip in midfield, but more importantly, because of the Welshman's undying endurance and fighting dog will.
From the middle circle to the midfield, from the midfield to the baseline.
Lennon was in a hurry, the handsome young man in front of him had been passed by himself two or three times, and he was still so obsessed with himself, he couldn't get rid of it.
Make yourself quite uncomfortable, they are all so pestering, how to attack and fight.
Lennon found that he couldn't have as much space to sprint as he had before.
The opponent's ability to follow the defense, or the will, is absolutely outstanding.
With Ramsey's active running and defense, the pressure on Arsenal's left side is no longer as great as before.
Slowly, Tottenham's attacking firepower on Lennon's side subsided.
One of Lao Lei's changes failed, and the game slowly fell into the rhythm of Arsenal.
As people thought at the beginning, Ramsey's presence did play a role in controlling the ball.
The four midfielders all have the ability to carry and handle, greatly increasing the number of points on the ball, and the passing between them has further improved Arsenal's offensive fluency.
And buried in front of him is a counter-attacking weapon Walcott, and there is also a nimble killer Van Persie.
The entire Arsenal attacking system is at its best on the ground.
The game goes into Arsenal time.
In the 71st minute, Krissey Ramsey-Xiang Hao Van Persie continued to cooperate on the left side, and finally Ramsey took the ball into the penalty area and completed a low shot, but unfortunately it slid past the goal.
In the seventy-third minute, Arsenal made a comeback, this time it was the turn of the right, Xiang Hao and Nasri cooperated with a one-two, Xiang Hao took the ball and burst into the penalty area, and the ball was wiped into the ribs Walcott.
It's a pity that the little tiger was not as lucky as Bella, and when he hit the door, he was blocked by Woodgate.
And in the 77th minute of the game, Van Persie stood on the post once, which was a pity.
In the counterattack, Ramsey suddenly had an idea, learned the rainbow ball passed by Xiang Hao to Van Persie, and made a big arc directly from the left side, accurately finding Van Persie.
And Van Persie also just caught up with the step point this time, so this time, the Dutchman's chest was lightly removed, as Xiang Hao had done many times, the ball must not land, follow up with a kick, "Bang!" ”
The ball flew straight over Gomez, and just as the Arsenal fans were excited and Tottenham fans were desperate, "Bang! ”
A crisp explosion turned the emotions of the fans on both sides upside down.
The ball hit the left-hand post hard, and Arsenal didn't even get a chance to make up for it, and flew out.
"Whew, it's really thrilling!"
"Hehe, one time on the side, today's column is really fair."
"Oh, it's a pity, Arsenal wasted a lot of chances."
'In the final stages of the game, Arsenal's advantage is getting bigger and bigger, and Tottenham have to change.
The major commentators were full of exclamations, and at this time they also had a deeper view of the trend of the game, and there was a clear feeling that Tottenham were powerless.
It is also true that Modric has no chance to get the ball at all, and once he gets the ball, he will immediately fall into Arsenal's key defense and have no time to make a fuss.
Neither Jenas nor Hudstone are the kind of players who can change the landscape in midfield.
They can't share Modric's playmaking responsibilities and aren't good transmitters like Mascherano to create enough space for Modric.
Lao Lei desperately wanted a team member to share the burden of Modric's body at this time.
But counting the members of the team, it seems that there is really no one who can bear such a burden.
The only way is to bring in reinforcements in the winter, if not, at least this summer, Lao Lei must definitely find a player who can break through and get the ball.
But now that the game is still going on, Lao Lei has to withdraw his thoughts from the team construction and move to the game itself.
With about ten minutes left, Lao Lei could only continue to make substitutions, and Pavlyuchenko could only replace him when he did nothing on the field.
Old Ray pointed at Darren Bent with a big hand, and at the same time signaled to the fourth official to change him.
Remove the Russians and replace them with the more flexible Darren Bent.