164 duels
Under the watchful eye, Qin Xiong and Henry had a head-to-head duel, Henry took the initiative and Qin Xiong was passive.
In fact, Van der Vaart and Qin Xiong teamed up to form a front and back entrapment situation for Henry, but Van der Vaart's defensive contribution is really not flattering, it seems that Van der Vaart ran back to defend Henry, but that was limited to "looking".
Qin Xiong's defense faced a severe test.
On the one hand, Henry's personal ability is super strong.
On the other hand, it is his position, the defense is very unfavorable, Henry can go outside, can go in the middle, and can pass the ball, Qin Xiong cannot freeze Henry in all directions.
When the king of spears made a movement to the right in front of Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong immediately followed, and his center of gravity shifted.
But Henry's next move was to kick the ball back with the inside of his foot, and there was a slight change in rhythm.
Qin Xiong also immediately moved back to his original position, and in this electric and flint duel, as soon as Qin Xiong returned to his position, his heart was already shocked: lost!
Because Henry's next action was to move the ball to the right, but it was obviously accelerated!
Qin Xiong is no stranger to this kind of passing method, and the rhythm is poor!
The dribbling is unpretentious, with the focus on sticking the ball to your feet and suddenly accelerating past your opponent as the tempo changes.
Qin Xiong can go to anyone like this, but it doesn't mean that he can keep up with others when they come to him in this way.
Offense and defense are two different football skills.
Henry, it's too fast!
This kind of player who can combine people and the ball so fast, in the Netherlands, the player that Qin Xiong can really feel is only Robben, but defending Robben, Qin Xiong has never been the first person to defend Robben head-on, he will see the opportunity not to make a second interception or make a cover for his teammates.
Looking at Europe, among the opponents Qin Xiong has faced, there is only one person who can make him feel the pressure of speed in the midfield area: Kaka.
And Kaka's style of striding meteor balls, as long as Qin Xiong is behind Kaka, he will never be able to catch up with Kaka, and vice versa, Kaka will not be able to catch up with Qin Xiong.
That experience made Qin Xiong understand the importance of space constraints for the defense of speed players.
So after being passed by Henry, Qin Xiong didn't chase Henry, chase? It's never possible to catch up!
You can't predict which direction Henry will go next with the ball, passively changing your running line, and running off the ball will be slowed down during pauses and directional turns.
Qin Xiong turned around and ran towards the front of his own penalty area for the first time!
Pienal tried to snipe Henry in front of Galasek, who crossed the ball to Bergkamp in a hurry.
Bergkamp, the master of artistic football, also played with the grace of a weighty touch, he kicked the ball out and passed it behind Pienal, and the non-stop Henry regained control of the ball and continued to move forward.
Galasek didn't dare to rush up, he retreated, retreating to a position thirty yards from the door, and he observed that beside him, a teammate appeared: Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong's appearance made Henry a little unexpected, according to the pictures that often appear in the usual games.
The opponent who has been passed will no longer appear in front of him in a single attack.
But it was the gap between him and Bergkamp that Qin Xiong returned to the penalty area and once again defended Henry head-on.
In front of Henry is Ajax's six-man two-line defensive system.
Ajax is on the lookout!
Henry didn't break through again, and the success was too low and too low.
Qin Xiong, Galasek, Heitinga, Escud, but the distribution of these four positions is very reasonable, and they can play a joint defense effect with each other.
Thierry Henry opted for a long-range shot.
Unexpected long shots.
The football shuttled past Qin Xiong's shoulder-to-shoulder position one meter away, he was startled, turned his head to look, and his heart was settled.
Luckily, the angles aren't great.
Engrossed, Lobon shifted a little and then held the ball firmly in his arms with both hands.
In this game, the whole Ajax team entered the game very quickly.
Running aggressively, focusing on the development of the game and running well, Ajax soon began to play the style of play they excelled in midfield.
But Qin Xiong was in trouble.
He found that Arsenal did not pay attention to counter-attacking and interception in the midfield, and they were a bit like AC Milan who had played against each other, playing in a tight defensive formation in the midfield.
Ajax, under the command of Qin Xiong's midfield, passed the ball very smoothly in the area 40 yards away from the goal.
But if you want to create a zĂ o opportunity in a dangerous area, it is difficult to climb to the sky.
Arsenal first played tactically against the counter, and secondly, the defensive strength of the players was obvious to all, forming a team chemistry after the joint defense, which further sublimated the defensive strength.
Qin Xiong tried to break through in the middle to create a breakthrough and tear apart the opponent's defense.
As a result, when he bravely challenged Vieira, he was doused with a basin of cold water.
Qin Xiong doesn't have to worry about behind him, Bergkamp is almost 35 years old, in such a game, Bergkamp needs to allocate physical fitness, and Arsenal needs him to be overorganized in the front area, so the defense in the middle will be deliberately delayed, because only two defensive backs really fight to intercept.
Seeing Vieira, who was tall and tall, Qin Xiong thought that his speed should have a clear advantage.
After all, the shape and speed of the average player have a combined effect.
In fact, Vieira's speed is definitely not as good as Qin Xiong's.
When Qin Xiong passed the ball past Vieira and accelerated to break through, Qin Xiong thought he had won!
He was almost parallel to Vieira, who had not yet fully turned.
However, Vieira's long legs took a step when he was about to complete his turn, and that leap directly put his body in front of Qin Xiong.
Because there is still Brazilian midfielder Silva not far from Vieira, Qin Xiong did not dare to play the ball too big, for fear of losing the ball, so he accelerated the ball, and the football did not leave his body too far, so that he could immediately regain control of the football after passing Vieira.
But it was precisely because the ball was not far away that Vieira blocked Qin Xiong, and it seemed that Vieira defended successfully, even if he didn't touch the ball, he was already within the range of controlling the ball.
Qin Xiong's acceleration, coupled with Vieira's intention to block and confront with his body, caused Qin Xiong to suddenly lose his body balance and fall to the ground.
Vieira noticed that Qin Xiong had fallen, and was disdainful, thinking that this kid had fallen on purpose to win a favorable punishment.
But after he took control of the football, he saw Qin Xiong quickly get up without changing his face, stand in front of him, and actively fight back.
Vieira dispelled his previous thoughts, Qin Xiong was honest and deserved to be treated with due respect.
He didn't go to Qin Xiong, and directly passed the ball to the side, Ashley Cole stepped on the side, and quickly dribbled forward to launch a counterattack.
After Qin Xiong passed the ball in Vieira, he rushed to the backfield as soon as possible and returned to defense!
Arsenal focus on fast attacks on the wings, and once Ashley Cole presses on the edge, it will determine that Arsenal's attacking threat will skyrocket!
Both teams were defensive in the early stages, with Ashley Cole already an indispensable piece in Arsenal's attack, with his decisive play and a tacit understanding with his team-mates.
Just past half-time, Ashley Cole sent a wide deflection wide.
Although Bergkamp is nominally a striker in the starter, he is more active in the midfield area, delivering shells for Thierry, although he is not very good at confrontation, but the key is that he is too strong to handle the ball.
And that, it can definitely bring an intuitive threat.
Ashley Cole's cross look like the ball was extremely fast, and it wasn't easy to stop.
But the moment Bergkamp reached out and made contact with the falling ball, the speed of the ball had a negative effect, as if it was stuck to Bergkamp's feet, and then he calmly unloaded the ball, and then passed the ball diagonally on the spot to Pire, who cut inside on the wing.
This wave of attacking play played with speed, simple and effective, and was the most obvious style of Arsenal in this period, passing, running and cutting in, tearing apart the opposition defence was extremely effective.
Pire cut inside to receive a pass from Bergkamp, and Grigra followed him to block the inside line and keep Pire out of the box.
Pire skillfully and confidently controlled the ball and pulled it back, dangling out of angle, no longer hesitating, decisively passing the ball horizontally, he noticed that Heitinga was afraid of him cutting inside and moved over, and the door to the middle of the back line was wide open!
An Escud must not be able to guard against Henry.
Thierry Henry cut in the middle and worked very well with Pire's run.
Seeing that if Henry touched the ball, he would either shoot directly or stab, and at the last moment, the veteran Galasek who retreated to the penalty area to fill the position slashed out and shoveled the ball out of the bottom line in front of Henry!
In order to dodge, Henry jumped over Galasek, who had fallen to the ground, and then slowed down and turned his head to look at Piret without changing his face.
Although the attack did not work, the effect of the cooperation has come out, and if we continue to persevere, the Arsenal will be confident that they can knock on the door of Ajax.
When Qin Xiong returned to the penalty area to defend corner kicks, he had almost determined one thing: attacking in the middle, it was difficult to shake Arsenal, and he could only make a fuss on the side. R1152