In A.T. Kearney's training base, Wenger sat in an office chair with his back to his desk, facing the window, and Arsenal's training ground below, but at this time there were no players training, but Wenger was still in a daze at the training ground.

Arsenal have had a really good start to the season and that's what Wenger has always done.

As Ferguson said, Arsenal before the winter break were champions, but after the winter break, Arsenal couldn't even score the Champions League.

This is a bit exaggerated, but it does say that Arsenal's biggest problem has always been, the start is always eye-catching and amazing, but after the winter break, especially in the most difficult sprint stage, Arsenal has lost the advantages they have created with great difficulty again and again, and even suffered a reversal after the worst.

At the last moment of last season, the reason why Arsenal failed to reach the Champions League was because Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool both won, but they didn't see that even if they lost, could Arsenal enter the Champions League?

You've lost to West Ham yourself, and even if they lose, you still can't qualify for the Champions League

Arsenal's start to the season has been as eye-catching as ever, with four wins and one draw, which shows Arsenal's good competitive form, but at the same time, it also makes many people worry that Arsenal will return to the old path of the past few years.

Arsene Wenger was also looking at the large training ground downstairs at this moment, thinking about this question.

In fact, whether it is a person or a head coach, at his level, self-knowledge is no longer a difficult thing, he is very clear about his own problems, but sometimes, clarity is one thing, but inertial thinking and work habits are difficult to change.

"Do you know what your biggest problem is? You're so stubborn, so cautious that we can easily guess what you're going to do, so you have no secrets in the eyes of many of us

Wenger's ears involuntarily sounded what Ye Qiu had said to him, which made him very unconvinced, but he had to admit that stubbornness and caution were his consistent style.

"Since you say I'm stubborn, say I'm cautious, then I'm not stubborn, I'm not cautious to show you once" Wenger showed a vindictive smile, he also wanted to see what it would be like when he was not stubborn and imprudent.

Thinking of this, assistant coach Pete Rice knocked on the door of Wenger's office and walked in, "Arsèna, you are looking for me?" With that, he walked over to Arsene Wenger's desk.

"This is the line-up and tactics I want to play against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, you can help me see" Wenger turned and gently pushed a document from his desk in front of Pet Rice.

The latter flipped through the documents, and after reading them, he was a little surprised, and immediately looked more carefully and seriously

"Back to 44" Pat Rice lost his voice in some surprise at first, but looked more closely

Arsene Wenger's starting line-up remained 44 in Almunia, with Klich, Gallas, Kolo Toure and Sagna at the back, Hleb, Arteta, Flamini and Eboue in midfield, and Adebayor and Walkot up front.

Over the years, as the Premier League's tactics have gradually caught up with the continentalization, they have begun to consciously move closer to the four lines, claiming to be back on the four-line spectrum, and the old traditional managers of the Premier League such as Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have also been constantly improving, just like Ferguson, who has not adjusted the reform of Manchester United's tactics over the years.

The same is true for Wenger, he has always wanted to restructure Arsenal's tactics, but he was limited by the player lineup before, but after gradually letting go of core players such as Henry, Pire, and Vieira over the years, although the overall strength of the team has also declined, the tactical system has improved, and even Wenger began to consciously play 3L tactics.

But now it has to be said that it is an adventure to return to 44, but Wenger's adventure is clearly more than that.

Forward pressure on the defensive line

This is the most shocking word after reading this plan, because Wenger's so-called defensive forward pressure is not just a little bit of advancement, but to push very forward, to ensure that the team can compress the entire midfield of Tottenham Hotspur, use the forward pressure of the overall formation to suppress the opponent, so that Tottenham Hotspur has no time and space to break the ball and counterattack.

The purpose of this is naturally to attack, because after pressing up, the team's attack can play the most threat, and Wenger has put Theo Walcott and Adebayor in the starting line-up, and these two players are also very targeted, respectively, against Tottenham Hotspur's Hangrand and Thiago Silva.

If Arsenal do manage to control the game with such a starter, then it is conceivable that Tottenham will play very passively, as Arsene Wenger has made such a desperate move.

But with a gain comes a risk, and with such a desperate approach is also very risky, with the physical exertion of the players and Tottenham's counter-attacks, especially with the ball behind them.

Beckham's long passing ability is very good, but in the tight high-intensity pressing, his ball efficiency is not very fast, so in Wenger's set of tactics, Beckham's effect will be curbed, but Fabregas's midfield through ball, the effect may be greater, which is the focus of Arsenal's defense.

"Pate" Wenger also noticed a rather strange look on his assistant's face, smiled, a little bitter, "Maybe I say this, it will make many people, including you, feel uncomfortable, but we have to admit one thing, now we don't have much advantage against Tottenham Hotspur, and even in many ways, we are at a disadvantage." ”

After hearing this, Pete Rice frowned at first, and then looked at Wenger with some admiration, at least to admit this, it is very, very difficult for a person like Wenger, and in fact, except for some people who are unwilling to admit it, most people can see that Tottenham Hotspur is not only worse than Arsenal, on the contrary, it may even be better than Arsenal.

"When we are at a disadvantage, if we still follow the original inertial thinking to fight Tottenham Hotspur, then we will definitely die a miserable death, Ye Qiu, this guy is too targeted, he knows very well how we will fight, and he must also be targeted, so if we want to defeat the other party, we can only risk changing formations"

Pate Rice always felt a little unpleasant when he heard it, because from the mouth of Wenger, who has always been known for his stubbornness, he said that he wanted to change formation, how could it sound strange?

But he has no doubt about the sincerity of Wenger's words, because Arsenal failed to reach the Champions League last season, and Wenger is also under great pressure, if there is no improvement this season, Wenger may be blamed by the board, so in the face of the most direct Champions League rivals, Wenger does not want to lose.

Arsene Wenger's eyes were always on his assistant, and he saw Pet Rice's eyes, and he also read something from them, and said with a bitter smile: "At this point, we have to admit that the Premier League is not the Premier League of a few years ago, or even the Premier League of a year ago. ”

'Once upon a time, the best teams in the Premier League were us and Manchester United, and the title was always hovering between our two teams, then Chelsea rose and Liverpool revived, but at the end of the day, the top four of the Premier League were not much threatened, but now things are clearly different, Tottenham Hotspur has upset that balance of the past.

After hearing this, Pette Rice immediately smiled, "Arsèna, that team is in the relegation zone now. ”

Wenger also smiled, but at the same time shook his head, "Never underestimate this team, Pate, he carries Ye Qiu's hope, he will be our strongest competitor in the next few years, and even, he has the hope of becoming the strongest team in the Premier League in the future, as long as they maintain the current momentum of progress." ”

There are many players in the Tottenham Hotspur team who are the types that Wenger admires very much, such as Cesc Fabregas, Messi, Van Persie, they are all excellent, but Wenger has missed them for various reasons, and now as a competitor, Wenger naturally does not dare to underestimate this team.

"Ye Qiu often said that he studied me very thoroughly, and I wanted to see if he was really as he said he was, or if he could really guess how I wanted to play this game."

Pat Rice looked at Wenger, and what he read in Wenger's eyes was provocation, a passion not seen in a long time.

Perhaps, in the past few years, the calm of the Premier League and the lack of threat of Arsenal have worn away some of Wenger's sharpness and passion, and also made him lack some fighting spirit, but now, it is a matter of life and death for the team, and he is obviously regaining his former passion.

It's like when he landed in the Premier League and had the ambition to topple the Manchester United dynasty

Ye Qiu really didn't expect that Wenger would be a round of unreasonable fast attack as soon as he came up.

Returning to the team's more familiar 44 formation, with a combination of Adebayo and Walcoat in front, Wenger obviously did not want to be conservative, or defensive, at White Hart Lane, but went straight up and attacked.

"He's really dying?" Mauro Tasotti was a little surprised to watch.

After the start of the game, Arsenal's defense was pressed very high, and the two full-backs were also actively pressed forward, directly involved in the attack, plus Hleb and Eboue on the wings of the front court, Arsenal actively pressed up through the defenders to complete the numerical advantage in the front, and carried out more effective and fluid control.

Perhaps because of the fact that at the beginning of the game, Arsenal played an active attack against the visitors, and more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane Stadium were very indignant, booing the Arsenal players one by one, and at the same time cheering for the home team players, and the stadium was very lively

With the game dominating the game, Arsenal began to use their advantage to threaten the Tottenham goal, and in the third minute, Eboue completed a cross from the right, Adebayor blocked the position with his body and grabbed a header before Hangrande, and Arteta followed with a volley.

Petr Cech was very solid on the line and when Mikel Arteta volleyed, he flew quickly and latched onto the ball for a beautiful flying save

The Czech goalkeeper stood up from the ground, he noticed Ye Qiu's gesture and signaled him to stabilize and not worry, so he directly picked up the ball, dodging Adebayo, who was pressing very tightly in the front court, and at the same time stretched out his hand to stabilize his teammates.

Perhaps seeing that Tottenham Hotspur consciously wanted to stall and slow down the tempo, Arsenal began to consciously retreat.

However, as soon as Tottenham Hotspur threw a goal kick, Arsenal immediately pressed forward again, and the midfield pressed very tightly, and Tottenham Hotspur also quickly completed an offensive advance, Cesc Fabregas made a quick through ball, trying to tear apart Arsenal's defense, but Gallas stuck in position and intercepted the ball from the halfway point.

The ball soon fell to Adebayo's feet again, this time Adebayo and Walcourt through a cross exchange, the former faced Thiago Silva, the Togo striker held the ball, facing Thiago Silva, just wanted to make a direct face-to-face breakthrough, but I didn't expect that Thiago Silva was very fast, very clean, and directly tackled the ball.

Hleb won the ball to Walcoat in the box, and the England youngster got straight to the foot but hit it wide

Ye Qiu was really surprised to see Arsenal's attack on the sidelines, especially this almost desperate attack, because this really didn't look like Wenger's style at all, but he just appeared on Arsenal.

"Now the ball is basically spinning in our half, which is not good for us," Mauro Tasotti analyzed

Ye Qiu nodded, "This is his abacus, he wants to press us to fight in one go"

As he spoke, Ye Qiu pointed to the field, "You pay attention, their three lines are pressed up very much, kept very compact, and suppressed our midfield, if Mourinho's Chelsea is to complete the restriction by proper retraction and the running of the players, then they are to maintain a compact formation by pressing up, and then complete the limit." ”

Mauro Tasotti reacted immediately after hearing this, "Then we can fight behind"

Ye Qiu nodded, "Yes, theoretically, we can play behind, but in fact, Beckham is not very good at straight balls, he is good at long passes, but his passing needs space, so as long as the formation is tight enough, and someone harasses and affects Beckham, then our passing efficiency will be greatly reduced, and Fabregas is also closely marked." ”

If you look closely at Beckham's passing, it is not difficult to find that his passing is often stopped and passed, which is the reason why he is so accurate, Ferguson also said that to ensure Beckham's pass success rate, you have to give him time and space to stop the ball and pass again, so arrange him on the side.

Ye Qiu's strategy was completed by delaying, but now Arsenal is pressing up and further suppressing Beckham's space.

Sometimes it's like this, you know the way, and you clearly see that there is a large gap behind the opponent, but it is difficult for you to grasp it, first, Tottenham Hotspur has no possession at the moment, and second, Arsenal's pressing is doing a good job.

"It's a desperate style of play, he makes it clear that he doesn't want to defend, and he plays against us" Mauro Tasotti can see that Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur's attacks are definitely in the top three in the Premier League, and the other is Manchester United, so if you really play against each other, it is not certain who wins and who loses.

"They didn't have the confidence to defend our attack, our defense has problems, and their defense is not necessarily good," Ye Qiu said with a smile, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have problems in their defense.

If Tottenham Hotspur's defence is dominated by an attacking bias and there are obvious holes at the back, then Arsenal's problem is the lack of chemistry among the players, with Klich on the left and Sagna on the right clearly not reassuring, and even the combination of Kolo Toure and Gallas is not complacent

Tottenham Hotspur's attack was the strongest in the Premier League last season, even if there is a Ruud van Nistelrooy now, but in the eyes of discerning people, Tottenham Hotspur's attack has been revitalized, and now there is still a team that dares to say that it can defend against Tottenham Hotspur's attack?

Ye Qiu smiled, "Actually, Mauro, we should be proud that being able to force our opponent to adopt such extreme tactics also indirectly proves our success, isn't it?" ”

"Besides" Ye Qiu glanced at Wenger in front of the away team's coach's box, "It's really a match, I don't know who wins and who loses."

But not long after Ye Qiu finished speaking, Arsenal launched another wave of attacks, this time Arteta stepped forward, received a cross from Eboue on the right, and after winning the ball, he took two steps sideways to the left, and quickly divided to the left, and Hleb had already run out of space on this side.

I saw that the Belarusian got Arteta's pass, stopped, rubbed and rolled out an overhead cross.

In the penalty area, Adebayor didn't know when he had run between Thiago Silva and Hangrande, like a cheetah in ambush, waiting for the right moment, as soon as he saw Hleb's cross, he immediately rushed forward quickly, and Hleb's pass was just right past Thiago Silva's head.

In the penalty area, Adebayo, who had already jumped up, met the incoming ball, and with a slight knock on the top of his head, the ball was knocked in the opposite direction by him, and Cech could not do anything about such a header, he could only watch the ball go into the net, 0

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

"In the 17th minute, Arsenal scored first, and a header from Bam Adebayo scored" Andy Gray cheered loudly, obviously cheering for Arsenal's goal.

"After the start of the game, both sides played very openly, without the slightest conservatism, but Tottenham Hotspur was a bit passive, especially in the playmaking, Arsenal opened the game with four shots on goal and created a goal, while Tottenham Hotspur have not found an effective attacking routine until now."

Wenger on the sidelines saw Adebayo score after he clenched his excited hands hard, and the whole person applauded the players with a smile, as he expected, Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur were surprised by his almost suicidal style of play, and even some unexpected, so he seemed very passive after the opening and was taken by Arsenal

"Arsene Wenger's line-up in this game is very risky, but it is also very rewarding, currently 0 away from Tottenham Hotspur temporarily ahead, and the home team from the beginning, the performance has not been very ideal, we should take a good look at the next day, Ye Qiu will make appropriate adjustments."