PS: Chapter 30 of "Jihua", if there is a recommendation, there will be a change, well, that's it......

"Tony, weishenme, I think Highbury Field is a lot smaller than Frankie?" At halftime, Karin raised her doubts to Zhuang Mingge.

"You're right, Karin. If I'm not mistaken, the length of the Highbury course is 5 meters shorter than the Frankie Stadium, and the short side is 2 meters narrower than the Frankie Stadium. Zhuang Mingge recalled the information about the stadium he had seen before and replied, "Arsenal has been at Highbury Stadium for more than 80 years, but only the legendary coach Chapman who invented the 'WM' formation and the current Graham have led the Arsenal team to success...... Karin, do you know this is weishenme? ”

"Tony, you're saying it has something to do with Highbury Field?" Karin thought for a moment and tentatively gave an answer.

"That's right! I think in a pocket game like Highbury, you can only create more chances if you make the most of every inch of space on the pitch. If you think about it, when Arsenal play at home, they put the defense first, show weakness, wait for opportunities to counterattack, and draw the opposing players firmly in their own half, so as to get more attacking space in this small stadium and create more scoring opportunities, there is no doubt that Chapman and Graham have done a little bit of it, so they have succeeded. ”

"Well, you have a point! If most of the Arsenal players were to stay in their own half and play counter-attacking, I think any team would have a headache when they came here...... However, Tony, according to you, as long as Arsenal's tactics ensure that they can get enough space to attack at Highbury, then they meet the basic guarantee of victory at the tactical level? ”

"It should be true, but the current Arsenal team in a period of turmoil may not have the patience to continue to spend with Fiorentina." Zhuang Mingge looked at Graham who was back on the pitch and said, "If Graham wants to continue to work at Arsenal, then this Cup Winners' Cup is his lifeline." I guess he changed Arsenal's tactics in the dressing room just now, and he should have strengthened the team's attack. ”

At this point, the Arsenal player kicked the ball and the second half began.

As Zhuang Mingge expected, at the beginning of the second half, Graham couldn't wait to send forward Paul Mawson, who had just come out of the drug rehabilitation center.

Faced with Fiorentina's same tactical play as himself in the first half, Graham, who was on the verge of resignation, really didn't have the courage to continue like this. In desperate need of a win to cement his position at the club, he was reluctant to settle for a modest draw at Highbury Stadium, let alone bet on Arsenal winning away at Fiorentina in the second leg.

After all, Graham's Arsenal are known for their counter-attacking tactics, which makes them a bit out of place with other Premier League teams – as Arsenal are one of the few English teams without a striker, making them far inferior in attacking prowess.

Fiorentina didn't make any changes at the start of the second half and it seemed that Ranieri was determined to use his housekeeping skills to take Graham to the end.

As a result, the second half of the game was no longer as dull as the previous 45 minutes, and in the cheers of more than 30,000 Arsenal fans at the scene, the Gunners, who were far inferior to Fiorentina, actually played a short pass at Highbury Stadium under the order of manager Graham!

"Graham seems to be really dizzy, if the opponent was so easy to score with their short passes, then Fiorentina would have been beaten into a sieve by other teams in Serie A." Commentators at the scene also expressed dissatisfaction with Graham's tactical arrangement, "but this situation is understandable, Mr. Graham is under a lot of pressure right now, and if he can't qualify for the Cup Winners' Cup final, then he will be out of class at the end of the season." ”

At this time, in the 50th minute of the game, Arsenal's right midfielder Heider crossed the ball to Hartson, who was receiving in the middle, and Hartson slotted it straight into Mawson in front of him...... But unfortunately, the ball was broken by Kripa, who was in time to steal, from the feet of Mawson.

Mawson, who spent several months in a drug rehabilitation center, which caused his competitive state to plummet, is the opponent of Krippa, who is at the peak of his career! When Kripa was at his peak, he was completely a strengthened version of Gattuso at the jishu level!

Arsenal who gave up on the defence and poured out of the nest gained a lot of time on the ball, but what can they do when most of the passing is concentrated in their own half?

Therefore, every time a Fiorentina player cuts off the opponent's pass and launches a counterattack, it will pose a huge threat to Arsenal's goal!

Arsenal were helpless in the face of Fiorentina's tight defence, but Fiorentina always used the moment of attack and defense to create a killing chance, and the balance of victory was already tilting in favor of Fiorentina playing away.

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20 minutes have passed in the second half, and the score is still 0:0.

At this point, the Arsenal players who got the ball attacked Fiorentina again.

This time, midfielder Hartson made a rare beautiful turn, and after successfully getting rid of Effenberg's defence, he didn't hesitate to give the ball to Ian Wright, who was ambushing at the top of the box.

The England international, who had only completed one shot so far and had the same limited number of shots, was frustrated to find that he had been unguarded until now, and the moment he received the ball from Hartson, three Fiorentina defenders opened up to him!

Ian Wright looked at Lanna and Di Biagio, who were rushing from his left and right flanks to help the defense, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Ferrara, who was defending close to him, and felt that his chances of successfully breaking through the three combined defenses were too slim. Therefore, with the ball on his back, he did not make any offensive moves, and reluctantly passed the ball back to Hartson.

Hutson, who received the ball, was also very depressed: We finally broke through a layer of defense and passed the ball to you, but you didn't do anything and passed the ball back! Isn't this pit your teammates?!

Complaining and complaining, the helpless Hartson had to look up to find space to pass the ball, but Effenberg, who returned to the defense, did not give him the opportunity to continue to organize the attack, a clever tackle, snatched the ball from the feet of Hartson, and then immediately passed the ball to Djokaeff, and launched a counterattack to Arsenal's half again!