Chapter 100: Intermission (3rd Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Chapter 100 Intermission (3rd Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Oh, hero...... Heroes – ()!! Pretty! He's in! ...... The ball is in! The ball is in! Brilliant goal! Wonderful game! ”
"The hero has scored again, he has challenged Van Persie! The rivalry between these two is fierce! ”
With the narrator's voice, the televised broadcast gave Van Persie a brief close-up.
In the shot, Van Persie stares into the distance with a solemn face. No one knows where he is looking.
In fact, he was looking at Chen Yingying ().
Good opponent, but I'm not bad either!
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By the end of the first half, there were no more goals. The two sides went into the break with a score of 2:1.
Chen Yingying was clearly the best player in the first half, so the TV camera always followed him. The narrator was gushing to explain to the audience how powerful Chen Yingying was.
'In the contest against Robin van Persie, he has the upper hand at the moment, scoring two goals in this game and Van Persie only one...... Chen Yingying is a fast-rising supernova in today's football. As a center forward with a strong impact that is not very common, he not only has physical fitness, but also has a header, and his skills at his feet have also improved rapidly...... Chen Yingying is probably the most improved player I've ever seen...... There are many people who are star-studded as soon as they debut, but after a few years, everyone will find that their level has not improved, and even regressed, but Chen Yingying is different...... Such a player has a bright future! ”
"I think if he can win a few more titles, he can be the same as Messi, Cristiano. Ronaldo is a superstar! ”
"If he wasn't at Liverpool...... He might be able to accomplish that sooner......"
The commentator still thinks that Chen Yingying's transfer to Liverpool is a secret investment of Pearl, which is a pity.
Dalglish praised his team's performance at half-time, and Liverpool's performance in the first half was indeed commendable, as Liverpool had not played a hearty game for a long time. Of course, there have been times when they performed well before, but it is still rare to have such an advantage as today, Arsenal's goal was just an accident, and the other 99% of the time, Liverpool was pressing Arsenal to play, they got a lot of opportunities, Chen Yingying grabbed two of them, and he took the lead.
Dalglish is happy with the team's performance and as long as the team can maintain this form, there is still some hope for this season.
He was actually worried after winning the League Cup. I am afraid that the team will let up after achieving the goal of "reaching next season's European competition". They have already won the Carabao Cup and are eligible for next season's Europa League. That's the completion of the season's mission.
Judging by this first half, though, the players haven't let up yet.
Liverpool's biggest problem this season has been inconsistency, with a 4-3 away win over top-of-the-table Manchester City or a 1-0 home defeat to the likes of Queens Park Rangers. Twenty-five league games have been played, with ten wins, seven draws and eight losses, and the difference between wins and draws is not large.
Dalglish has not been able to solve this problem, and he can only hope that the Carabao Cup will boost the morale of his players and make the team more consistent in the next half of the season......
In the Arsenal dressing room, the players were disappointed with their performance in the first half, even Van Persie, who scored a goal, and he felt he should have scored a few more goals to help his team out of this predicament.
Arsene Wenger saw the frustration in the players, which was one of the most terrible emotions and could have irreparable consequences if allowed to spread.
So the first thing he should do is not to adjust his tactics, but to regain the confidence in everyone's hearts.
'The opponents were really better in the first half, we weren't as good as them. But we still had a goal and we were only one goal behind them. What does this mean? It shows that we are not as bad as we think we are. Arsene Wenger spread his hands.
'It doesn't matter if you're down by a goal now, you just have to think about how we've won the last few games. We were led by Sunderland and then by Tottenham. But who won in the end? It's us, it's Arsenal. ”
Arsene Wenger didn't say it in an impassioned tone, but the confidence of many of the players has been restored. Because the facts that Wenger said, the facts are the most powerful, and there is no need to reinforce the effect with exaggerated movements and tones at all ().
In the 25th round of the league, Arsenal challenged Sunderland away, launched a counterattack after conceding a goal first, and finally in the 90th minute, Henry, who returned from a short-term loan, helped the team beat the Black Cats to complete the reversal.
Not to mention Tottenham, it's a classic of classics. They were already two goals down at the 34-minute mark and no one believed they could win because Tottenham's momentum seemed so good...... But a miracle happened, Arsenal chased five goals in a row to win the north London derby at home with a score of 5:2!
With these two games at the bottom, what else is there to fear from the Arsenal players?
It's just another reversal!
Arsene Wenger watched the players' expressions and eyes change, knowing he had achieved his goal.
This is what he wants to see Arsenal, and what Arsenal in the midst of a revival needs is this spirit of not admitting defeat.
He was delighted that he had brought in the legend Thierry Henry, a former team legend, from the New York Red Bulls during the winter break.
Thierry Henry has only played for two months in the club, but he has brought back a long-lost spirit for Arsenal.
That is an iron-blooded spirit that will never give up until the last second!
Arsenal hasn't won a championship for so many years, is the team not strong enough? Or are there frequent injuries to players? Or is it a limited level of managerial skills?
Wenger doesn't see it that way, he thinks it's actually just a breath away, and this breath is the spirit of iron and blood.
The team has reversed continuously, and this is the revival of the iron spirit. As long as the team can completely regain this spirit, Wenger believes that Arsenal will return to the top sooner or later!
Once the morale of the players has been re-boosted, it is time to start arranging the second half of the game ().
Many people always think of substitutions first when they talk about adjustments, but in fact, tactical adjustments are not as simple as substitutions.
Arsene Wenger first named Song and asked him to step up his through ball in the second half.
Although Song's positional sense is not strong and his defense needs to be improved, his through ball is still quite threatening. You must know that Song's successful straight stops are the most in the Premier League.
He saw that without Gerrard Gerrard, Liverpool's midfield control was significantly reduced. Adam is not as experienced as Steven Gerrard, and his way of handling the ball is still too one-dimensional - he only splits the sides, which makes it much easier to defend. And his technique is rough, which is also a weakness.
Following Lucas' injury, Jordan Henderson was able to stay in Liverpool's starting line-up.
But perhaps it was the first half of the season that kept him playing as a winger, which led to a loss of form and confidence, so his form has also been up and down.
There are big problems with Liverpool's midfield combination. In Arsene Wenger's view, although Liverpool played well in the first half, it does not mean that they are without hidden dangers, it is just to see if their team can take their chances. Liverpool's attack is sharp, but it's all thanks to Chen Yingying and Suarez, and it has little to do with their two midfielders.
Let Song increase the number of straight stoppers in order to create a chance for Van Persie.
He knows that Van Persie is in good shape, and as long as the ball can be successfully passed to Van Persie's feet, no matter how small the angle, he can shoot the ball into the opponent's goal.
Liverpool side: Henderson and Charlie. Adam's midfield combination was defensively problematic and as long as they could capitalise on that, it wasn't out of the box for Arsenal to complete a comeback in the second half.
As for how to defend Chen Yingying...... He comforted Koscielny. Koscielny's defeat in a heads-up with Chen was expected by Arsene Wenger. He said before the game that he already had a way to deal with Chen Yingying, but it was just a bluff ().
In fact, his way to deal with Chen Yingying is not to deal with it, he bets on two shooters, and Van Persie's state is better than Chen Yingying!
Yes, it's not about who concedes fewer goals, it's about who scores more!
With Arsenal now behind, after Mertesacker was injured, he really couldn't think of how to deal with Chen Yingying. So he took a different approach, simply not thinking about the problem, and instead focused on how to break the door of Liverpool. With the absence of Steven Gerrard and Lucas, Liverpool's midfield barrier has become fragile, and while Skrtel and Aager are both tall but slow-turning centre-backs, Van Persie has the speed and agility to deal with these two tall centre-backs.
Judging from the first half, Van Persie was in good form, and Wenger breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned his head to look at Van Persie. Van Persie's expression was found to be serious. He knew it was because he was aroused by Chen Yingying.
Although Chen Yingying is very powerful, our Van Persie is not weak!
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In the second half, neither side made any personnel changes, so everyone thought that the game would go on like the first half......
Charlie. Adam continues to get the ball and make long diagonal passes to Bellamy or Adam. Johnson, Arsenal strengthened the defense on the flanks, so Bellamy and Adam. Johnson couldn't get the ball to catch and possess the ball without pressure like he did in the first half.
As for the other midfielder, Jordan Henderson, he looks like he's playing soy sauce, making a pitiful number of passes and not contributing much in defence.
Arsene Wenger crossed his arms on the sidelines and he already saw hope.
He then set his sights on Van Persie.
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