Volume 1 Chapter 348 Arsenal is over!

"Arsenal went straight to the outside of the box to defend, Evra passed straight to the bottom line on the left side of the box, Van Persie pulled from inside the box to the outside, and Kolo Toure was the first to get close."

'A deft escape, beautiful, Van Persie broke through Kolo Toure and crossed under the bottom to be dangerous

"Rooney, the ball is in"

'Chelsea's second goal of the first half, from Robin van Persie's breakaway cross from the left, Rooney headed past Ashley Cole to score Chelsea's second goal of the game'

'It will undoubtedly be a goal that will determine the trend of the game, and we can see that Chelsea's entire attack on the left is very active, from Joe Cole passing to Evra, to Evra's rapid breakthrough along the left, Arsenal's right side defence was completely broken by Chelsea and was unable to parry.

'This is the first time Arsenal have shown a defensive flaw on their right flank, and we have also noticed that last season Arsenal were very consistent, helping the team to remain unbeaten in two centre-back combinations, Kolo Toure has been as good as ever this season, but Saul Campbell has had a big downturn.

"Consecutive broken through from the right side to concede goals, Arsenal's right side of the defense, Lauren and Kolo Toure should bear some responsibility, but as occupying the middle of the penalty area, Campbell, who has always been an important weapon for Arsenal's defense of high balls, should also be responsible, his form is really bad"

Amid the cheers of all the Chelsea players in attendance, the game seemed to be completely tilted in Chelsea's favour

Last season's Arsenal was indeed very balanced, very stable, and there were no big flaws, but that was because Arsenal had few injuries, which led to the fact that this team was able to play all over the world with a set of lineups last season, and even at the beginning of this season, Arsenal's performance was very eye-catching.

But when you want to neutralize all the enemies with a lineup, you must also be mentally prepared, because your enemies will also attack you according to the weaknesses and shortcomings of your lineup.

The decline in Campbell and Vieira's form, coupled with the injuries of players such as Gilberto Silva and Edu, has led to a lot of problems in Arsenal's defense, especially the protection of the two ribs.

Also, as Bergkamp gradually became a substitute this season, Reyes was promoted to the main force by Arsene Wenger, but the characteristics of Reyes and Bergkamp are not the same, the Dutch Ice Prince can effectively retreat to help the midfield, connect the midfielder and the striker after Arsenal's wing attack is contained, but Reyes is obviously not good.

So, how does Arsenal's attack play when Arsenal's proudest attack on the left is contained and defended by the opponent? This has also become a very serious direction, and it can even be said that many strong teams will take advantage of it.

Arsenal was eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich, in fact, the Bundesliga giants saw through this, Magath used defense to freeze Arsenal's left side, and then took advantage of the disconnection between Arsenal's midfield and forward, adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, and then completely blocked Arsenal in the first leg, and finally defeated the opponent.

Arsene Wenger is clearly not unaware of the problems facing the team, but he has no choice.

The professor has always been bad at rotating and using the bench lineup, which is not a matter of one or two days, and in the past two or three years, Arsenal's main squad has hardly changed much, and the stability of the main squad has directly led to Arsenal's tactics being too one-dimensional.

"Arsenal didn't catch up with the good times" Ye Qiu After the team took a 0 lead, he already knew very well that this game had ended early, and Arsenal's defeat was not because of this game, but because it was doomed a long time ago.

Ten Carter listened to it on the sidelines, but he had a different taste, "The style of the players is biased towards tradition, which belongs to the style before and after the turn of the century, but in the past two or three years, the style of European football has changed every year, and Arsenal has been unable to keep up." ”

Pire and Ljungberg both belong to the more traditional full-back type, not the type of winger that they are very much admired now, and both players lack the absolute strength to defeat the opponent one-on-one, and they are both team players, so they basically like to lean into the middle.

Arsenal's real attacking point of attack is the left flank, and the left-sided combination of Ashley Cole and Thierry Henry is the most rapid and impactful, and once this side is restricted, then Arsenal's entire attacking system becomes very heavy and lacks effective means to break the deadlock.

Vieira plugged in? That has to be done after opening up space for him up front

After an unbeaten season, such a team should start to take the initiative to change, because Reyes is only the first step, and the team should also bring in another right side with impact and deadlock breaking ability to help the team speed up the overall strategy.

Truth be told, with Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva at the back, plus arrowheads like Thierry Henry, plus stars such as Ashley Cole and Kolo Toure, this team will be more competitive than it is now, as long as the team is properly restructured at the tactical level.

When thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but feel sorry for Wenger, and even he was thinking that in the 05U season in his previous life, after Arsenal left Vieira, Wenger directly promoted Cesc Fabregas to play the core of the midfield, and then Arsenal went all the way to the Champions League final.

Nowadays, football tactics are paying more and more attention to integrity, more and more attention to compactness, and the light and agile players are obviously more advantageous than the players who open and close, especially some players with delicate skills and flexible bodies, because in the same narrow gap, the light and agile players are obviously more able to play their own strength.

"Is this really the South Locker Room of the Millennium Stadium full of spells?"

After entering the halftime break with a 0 lead, Ye Qiu pushed open the door of the locker room, but deliberately took a step back, raised his head and looked at the sign on the door of the locker room, and after making sure that he had made a mistake, he walked in with a smile.

Many people say that there is a curse in the south dressing room of the Millennium Stadium, but Chelsea do not feel the so-called curse here at all, because in the face of absolute strength, the curse simply cannot exist.

Therefore, after listening to Ye Qiu's doubts, the Chelsea players did not react much, but many people laughed.

'You guys did a good job in the first half, they defended well on the right side, they attacked quite well on the left, Arsenal don't have any way back now, they can only press up in the second half, so we have to adjust our strategy appropriately"

As Ye Qiu spoke, the players gradually gathered their minds and began to pay attention to the head coach's words.

"In the second half we still had a defensive strategy and let Arsenal attack, and from the midfield, we had to push their attack as far as possible to our right and let them attack our right side, and as long as their players didn't change, we continued to play that way."

Tempo is an important factor in determining the outcome of a game.

Chelsea controlled the tempo and the situation in the first half, allowing Arsenal to attack on their right and then counter-attack on the left, and it was not only the Chelsea players who had adapted to it, but even the Arsenal players who had adapted to it, which is often very difficult to break that rhythm.

As Ye Qiu said before, Arsenal only has one main squad to be trusted, and the others are either young players such as Klich and Senderos, or veterans like Bergkamp.

Some people say that Arsenal this season is not good at playing against the wind, because the headwind is not only a test of the fighting spirit and will of the players, but also a test of a team's tactical changes, and Arsenal's biggest shortcoming is the lack of his bench lineup.

Alan Hansen ridiculed Ferguson back then, saying that Manchester United couldn't win the championship with a group of children, but Ferguson was able to sweep the Premier League and Europe with his class, but he was able to do it ten years ago, it doesn't mean that you can still do it ten years later. Such a system?

When you don't have enough change in your hand, when you don't have enough chips in your hand, how do you change?

'We have to be more patient in the second half, if Arsenal are willing to press out and play, that's the best, we're happy to be there, but if they choose to be steady, then we don't mind spending time with them, because we have time.

Ye Qiu always likes to take the lead, because he knows very well that when you have the first opportunity, you will be able to get more chips to deal with the strain from the opponent.

If he only had the ball in his hand now, he wouldn't be as relaxed as he is now, but he has the ball and he is fully qualified to play with Arsenal with the chips because he still has a lot of people on the bench.

In fact, after the start of the second half, Wenger did not change his game strategy at all, not at all.

The only thing Arsenal did was to put more effort into fighting for control of the game, and Ye Qiu waved his hand to signal the team to retreat appropriately and adopt a steady counterattack strategy, but when Arsenal wanted to speed up the pace of attack, Ye Qiu kept calling on the players to slow down the rhythm and don't worry.

Arsenal's football is very fluid, so it's important to break up their fluidity in defending their attack, and once the tempo is up, it is inevitable to give Arsenal more space.

For Chelsea's targeted defensive strategy, especially the practice of cutting the midfield and the forward line, Wenger quickly replaced Ljungberg with Bergkamp, who had a very average performance in this game, and his right side was suppressed by Chelsea's left side, and it was only natural to replace him.

After the substitution of Bergkamp, Arsenal immediately made adjustments, Pireira moved to the right, Reyes still played on the left, Henry and Bergkamp formed a double striker, and the position of the Dutch ice prince was appropriately withdrawn to support the midfield.

This is also clearly an adjustment to Chelsea's layout, with the aim of reconnecting the team's attacking routine.

As soon as Wenger changed, Ye Qiu immediately followed suit, but did not make substitutions, but only adjusted at the tactical level, but as always, all players must be patient and not be provoked by Arsenal.

Another important factor in Arsenal's lack of playing against the wind is the psychology of this team.

As Ye Qiu said before, the outside world's impression of Arsenal has always been very contradictory, not only the external contradictions, but Arsenal themselves are actually very contradictory, because they are a little unclear about what role they should play.

Arsene Wenger is always emphasizing that Arsenal is the team that has been violated by opponents the most, and Arsenal plays the best football in the Premier League and should be protected, but in fact, Arsenal is not as good in attack as Chelsea, not as good as Chelsea in defense, and is not as fouled as Chelsea, but they have more red cards and fouls than Chelsea.

Back last season, Arsenal were one of the teams with the most red cards in the Premier League, known as the red card team, and the situation has improved this season, but the team still has the best cards and fouls in the Premier League.

Isn't that ironic?

A team that constantly complains to the outside world about being fouled and violated, but in fact the team that fouls and violates the opponent the most, plays two completely different roles.

In fact, if you look at Arsenal, it's not hard to see that when the attack is going well, such as when they beat Everton, they can play very gentlemanly, they play fluid and penetrating football, and they actively create chances and kills by running and passing the ball.

But when their offense is contained, or even at a disadvantage, then they become impatient and tyrannical.

It was as if right now, first Vieira charged Cesc Fabregas, then Lauren flashed the bottom of Evra's foot, and both of them were awarded a yellow card, but the yellow card clearly failed to stop Arsenal's spleen

The same contradiction is Arsenal's tactics at this moment, whether to attack or defend?

0 down, Wenger did not adjust the tactics, but it caused a difference in the mentality of the players, they wanted to attack, because only attack can ensure an equaliser, or even a reversal to win the title, but they are afraid of conceding again, because Chelsea began to consciously shrink up and play defensive counter-attacks.

They all know very well that they only need one goal to turn the tide around, that they will see the light of day again as soon as the score comes back to victory, that they only need one goal to change everything, but they are also scared because if they concede one more goal, it will be utter despair.

Sometimes, the mixed mentality of the players comes from the hesitation of the manager, which can also affect the direction of the game.

Compared with Arsenal's contradictions and hesitations, Ye Qiu's Chelsea seems to be very unified.

In terms of fouls, Ye Qiu insisted from beginning to end, and did not hesitate to foul when he needed to foul, but for some unnecessary fouls, they should be minimized, and no matter what, he is against any form of foul against the opponent's body, which is why Chelsea's medal rate ranks first in the Premier League.

As an on-the-spot commander, Ye Qiu, who has always been recognized by the outside world, always pays great attention to the changes in the mentality of the players in the game, and then guides them according to the situation, because unless it is in some extreme environment, it is necessary to forcibly reverse the game mentality of the team and players, which will cause the players to be at a loss.

Ye Qiu has also made mistakes in the process of directing the game, and even caused the team to lose or be forced to draw because of this, but he still feels that any decision must be decisive at any time, because for a football game, any adjustment by the head coach is a double-edged sword, and if there is good, there must be bad.

As long as you make decisions quickly and unify the players' minds, the situation is often not too bad, on the contrary, many times you are hesitant, want this, but are afraid of that, and often the most likely to have an accident.

This is like driving, when crossing a fork in the road, the reason why the novice is prone to accidents is often because he hesitates, thinks about it and does not dare to pass, does not dare to pass and thinks about it, the master is different, they will quickly give some signals to the opposite car first, such as poking out a little and telling the other party, I want to pass, the other party has to let you, you go, the other party does not let you, you step on the brakes.

When the game went to the UR minute, replacing Rooney on the field, Messi who played on the left side in a quick counterattack, a big foot on the left side, directly found Ribery on the right side, the Frenchman took advantage of Ashley Cole's defensive misposition, quickly got rid of the defense and got the ball, picked up the penalty area, Van Persie grabbed the point 7 meters in front of the goal, and scored another city for Chelsea, 0

The suspense of the game has been completely lost by now

After conceding three goals, Arsenal have no chance to turn it around

But it was in this extreme environment that Arsenal played a wave of almost crazy attacks, and in the first minute, Kolo Toure took advantage of a tactical corner opportunity and volleyed in front of the goal to pull a goal back for Arsenal

It was also the last goal of the game, and the score of the game was finally locked in L

When referee Sdales blew the final whistle, the Arsenal players fell to the pitch one by one, and many of them hid their faces and cried bitterly, because this was the second season in a row, they were only one step away from the title, but in the end they did not get anything, which made them frustrated and devastated.

The past two years can be said to be the best form of Arsene Wenger since taking charge of Arsenal, and the two years of the team's strength are also the strongest, and they should also be the easiest to produce results, but in these two years, the team has encountered the embarrassing situation of nothing.

If last season's unbeaten run of the team was the most tragic runner-up in history, and it was able to retain the confidence and confidence of the players, then this season, the team did not continue to invest, and the strength of the team did not improve in the slightest, but weakened, and finally made some players in the team who were hungry for the championship lose patience.

What's worse is that more and more players are approaching the 30 mark, and Wenger's rule of signing once a year after the age of 30 will also appear in them, which will undoubtedly make more Arsenal players have to re-examine their future in the team.

Looking at the Millennium Stadium, this group of players who fell to the ground and cried bitterly, as long as anyone with a little insight and analytical ability will invariably have a thought in their minds.

Arsenal are finished

At least, the Arsenal era, which belonged to Vieira, Henry, Piret and others, is over