Chapter 558: Distracted Wenger

After fifteen minutes of half-time, the two sides changed sides in the second half.

"Okay, the second half of the game between the two sides officially began, and Atletico Madrid, who were behind the score, did not make adjustments at this time, after all, Alda Turan has only been on the field for a few minutes and has not yet adapted to the game."

"It was Arsenal who led the score to take the lead in making adjustments, and the veteran French midfielder Flamini was replaced, and it was Giroud who was replaced!!"

"Arsene Wenger is this unhappy with the team's attack? Or are you unhappy with the current score? How do you replace the midfielder with a center forward at this time to intercept the defender in the midfield? ”

"Arsene Wenger is going to die in the rhythm, with forty-five minutes left in the game, he doesn't think about consolidating the current shape and score, but wants to strengthen the attack, doesn't this give Atletico Madrid room to counterattack?"

That's the way the media is, and if you put an attacking player in a situation like this, they'll say you're taking risks and you don't know how to go or what to do. And if you change to a defensive midfielder or even a defender, they will say that you have no ambition, and you think about all kinds of defenses with a ball advantage, and the tactics are too passive and conservative!

Anyway, no matter what you do, they just have something to say, and it's not a good thing. For this point, Li Zihan can also be regarded as having understood.

In fact, Wenger's substitution has no special meaning, firstly, because Flamini is indeed not young, and the 30-year-old is unlikely to support such a 90-minute final, so it is only a matter of time before he is replaced. There is also a yellow card on him, and it is very easy for a player with a fast player like Alda Turan to intercept a player in the midfield, whether it is a tactical foul or a foul made by the opponent!

As for Giroud, that's because Arsene Wenger intends to let the French center forward go up to help Li Zihan create more space to play, and Li Zihan is also a player who can bring surprises.

"Look at how Arsenal's formation changes, whether to let Giroud and Li Zihan play a two-striker configuration or let Li Zihan pull aside or retreat, and let one of the two Wilshere and Cazorla go to the midfield!! Li Zihan went to the wing, Giroud played the center alone, and Wilshere went to play the central midfield. Wilshere should be very familiar with this position, he can play multiple positions in the midfield and the central midfielder is naturally one of them, and a few days ago Wilshere also expressed his stance when he was in the England national team, as long as it is conducive to the team's play and tactical arrangement, he is no problem playing in the back, of course, his back is definitely not a defensive back. ”

"Actually, Cazorla can also play in this position, but obviously the Spanish attacking midfielder is relatively more suitable for him in the current full-back and midfield position."

However, the position of Li Zihan, Ozil and Cazorla in the front of Arsenal is not fixed, and the three should be frequently replaced, which is Arsenal's offensive characteristics, Li Zihan is very suitable for both the left and the middle, especially in the middle of his scoring probability is higher, relatively speaking, the right side is weaker. Cazorla is a typical all-rounder. Although Mesut Ozil plays better in the forward position, he can also pull the side to give the space in the middle to his teammates when necessary, and his pull is not a breakthrough, but a cross from the side! ”

Since Atletico Madrid kicked off first in the first half, the second half was kicked off by Arsenal. It's just that once Arsenal gets the ball, Atletico Madrid only has a defensive part.

With Giroud in front of him to compress the space of the two central defenders, Li Zihan is completely liberated, and he can play freely.

And Arsenal's attack is very characteristic, with fast, layered advancement, ground coordination combined with high ball crosses and football often at Arsenal's feet!

Many of these characteristics are the opposite, for example, other teams can't be fast if they want to push layer by layer, and when the speed is fast, it is impossible to concentrate the ball at their feet

But these are different with a combination like Li Zihan, Ozil, Cazorla and Giroud, which can be combined, Ozil controls the tactics of attacking and distributing the ball, and Li Zihan is responsible for assault and speed!

Li Zihan is actually okay in terms of organization, although he does not have the precise passing skills and chess-like calculation ability of Ozil, but he is good at scoring goals and helping his teammates score goals is not the same style as Ozil. Someone once said that Mesut Ozil kept Arsenal's attack in order, very fluid and ornamental, and Li Zihan was responsible for leading the team to victory!

"Poor Atletico Madrid, who had just started the second half, fell into a passive defensive dilemma, and could only fight Arsenal through guò defensive counterattacks. However, five minutes into the second half, their counterattack did not work once, but almost let Wilshere, who was inserted behind, break the goal! ”

"Although Atletico Madrid are back in the Champions League final after half a century, it seems that 50 years is not enough time for them to prepare for the greatest trophy of any club. The whole game fell into Arsenal time, and I have to admit that although this Arsenal defense is average, the offense is really overwhelming! ”

Arsenal's weaknesses lie in the defensive and interception in midfield, but once the attacking players in front of them dominate the game, the opposition has no chance and energy to attack. 'The best defense is offense!' Now Arsenal embodies this sentence vividly!

"Li Zihan passes!! Although Gabi left his position to follow the opponent's core Lee, he still couldn't contain Lee! ”

"Cazorla received a pass from Li Zihan and shook off Raul Garcia!! The number of nine goals this season has made Garcia forget how to defend? ”

"Thiago defends Cazorla!! It's not a feint this time!! Really passing!! ”

'Olivier Giroud's header ferry!! Ozil Ozil Ozil !! Straight shot oops, alas, slightly out of the goal. ”

"Obviously, Ozil's passing skills are not directly proportional to his shooting, I think after the team has technical attacking players such as Li Zihan and Cazorla, Ozil can take some time to contact the goal alone, after all, Arsenal's current tactics do not rely on Ozil's passing and scheduling alone, sometimes he still needs to participate in the shooting!"

"Atletico's counterattack!! Raul Garcia's pass accurately found the core of the midfield, Koke, who passed the ball to Alda Turan to see how Atletico played this time! ”

"Alda Turan passed back to Koke, Koke did not stop the ball, and immediately returned the ball to Alda Turan, who got rid of Wilshere, beautifully, beautiful wall cooperation!!"

"Alda Turan doesn't have room to play in the middle!!"

"Sania keeps up!! But the French veteran is obviously not an opponent of Alda Turan in terms of speed, and the opponent opened up the distance between him and Saña with one acceleration, and Sania is in hot pursuit!! ”

"Before the game, there was news that the contract renewal negotiations between Sonia and Arsenal have been terminated, and Sania's contract will end after the end of this season, and privately Chelsea and Manchester City have already been in contact with Sagna, so if Arsenal does not increase the annual salary of Sagna, it is very likely that this will be the last game Sagna will play for Arsenal!"

Alda Turan got rid of Sagna's entanglement and then sent in a low cross from the left for Atletico. Sania, who came up, tried her best to reach out to block the ball, but she was still one step slower and didn't touch a single hair.

Wenger stood on the sidelines and frowned, although the shape on the field was that Arsenal had the advantage and initiative, but from the beginning of the game, Wenger stood on the sidelines strictly and did not return to the coach's box!

In fact, Wenger is still inclined to the other party's ability to stay in the team, and Wenger can accept a salary increase, but for a veteran who is slowly starting to decline at the age of 30, the annual salary of 7 million euros is still too high, at least for Arsenal's salary structure.

But letting Sagna leave the team like this obviously makes the club seem a little cold-blooded and unapproachable, after all, Sagna has been with Arsenal for many years and has given Arsenal all his youth, and the French full-backs are dedicated to training and games.

At the same time, he is also the most familiar with Arsenal's system and tactics, and in a hurry, he can't find a right-back who can perfectly replace Sagna!

And he has now received the news that Manchester City is really in contact with Sagna, and this oil tycoon is really ready for an annual salary of seven million Champions League!

Thinking about the annual salary, Wenger felt a little sorry for Sagna, because Sagna had indeed not raised his salary at Arsenal for six years. There is no way to do this, Arsenal has been living a tight life in the past few years, and Arsenal has paid too much for the construction of the new stadium, so these have been paying off the bills for the stadium.

Thankfully, building a new stadium is the right thing for the overall trend at the moment, but the club has been tightening their belts for years.

And now that the money is starting to be abundant and life is starting to get better, Sania is leaving.

Arsene Wenger doesn't blame Sagna, the age of 30 does need to think about his retirement, after all, he will be 31 years old at the start of next season, and there is not much left of his career for a player, and this contract is almost his last.

Just when Wenger was thinking about Sagna's problem, Atletico Madrid's counterattack was already on the ground!

Looking at Alda Turan's cross, Wenger was a little surprised that he was distracted at such an important time!!

Hey, are you really old?