Three to one at half-time!

As Henry slipped to the corner kick after the goal, the Arsenal fans were completely boiling!

Everyone was chanting Henry's name, but after roaring and kneeling, Henry immediately got up and smiled and pointed at Chen Mo who was running over!

"The heart of playing tactics is so dirty!"

"Haha, you guy is still struggling when he scores!"

"Hahaha, Harvey's expression is as uncomfortable now as if he had eaten!"

Laughing and teasing Chen Mo, Henry, who was rubbing Giroud with his left hand, rubbed Chen Mo's hair and glanced at Xavi, but Chen Mo just smiled and glanced at him, and high-fived Di Maria's little pony and Chiellini and others who came over one after another.

The fans were chanting Henry's name, and the Arsenal players who came to celebrate were the first to congratulate Henry, after all, this was a goal in the Champions League final, which is very important for the striker, but after congratulating Henry, they also laughed and rubbed Chen Mo's hair.

As the saying goes, the layman looks at the liveliness, and the insiders look at the doorway.

Rao is not all involved in this attack, and many players have not seen Chen Mo's hidden gestures, but under Arsenal's system, Modric will not take the initiative to step forward most of the time, and his responsibility is to connect the backfield with Chen Mo in the front.

Just now, Modric suddenly stepped forward to attract Xavi, and the sudden switch between Giroud and Henry caused chaos in Barcelona's defense, and the teammates present understood who was the "black hand" behind the scenes after a little thought.

This.

The Arsenal players on the pitch understood.

On the sidelines, Wenger, who was so excited that he roared at the top, understood, and Rijkaard, who was grim on the other side, understood.

"This kid"

"It's a pity."

Thinking of the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey that year, he blocked Chen Mo at the door of the toilet and told Chen Mo to seize the opportunity to perform well, only in this way can he find the team that wants him, and then look at the present.

Looking at Chen Mo's celebratory figure, Rijkaard's eyes were full of appreciation and helplessness.

When Chen Mo was just in the first team of Barcelona, his favorite was not Xavi, who had already stood in the starting lineup, nor Iniesta, who had already played famous, but Chen Mo.

This has nothing to do with strength, as a former world-class defender, he Rijkaard prefers a tough midfielder, and he also wanted to cultivate Chen Mo back then.

It's a pity that because of a non-European quota between the two sides, and now, the little guy who used to be unable to play the main force has played his team in the Champions League final.

"It's only been three years, it's a terrifying talent"

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The reaction of the people on the sidelines Chen Mo didn't know that all his attention was now in the game.

With Barcelona leading 3-1 in the first half, the entire Athens Olympic Stadium was completely in a frenzy.

However, with a sideways glance at the remaining minute of stoppage time, Chen Mo, who was back in position and waiting for Barcelona's kick-off, brushed his wet black hair behind his ears and applauded vigorously to remind his teammates not to relax.

Hearing the shout, Chiellini and the others instantly put away the smiles on their faces and waited for them.

Chen Mo's reminder is on the one hand, but also because Messi's side five is too terrifying, and all Arsenal players understand that once Barcelona is given a chance, the score will be rewritten!

It turns out that vigilance is right.

After the restart, Messi once again extended his range to win the ball and tried to recover a goal in the final stages of stoppage time, but alas, Chiellini did not leave him an inch, and Modric has been cautious in defending.

Forced to be helpless, Messi had to pass the ball back to Xavi, but Xavi didn't have a good way.

There is no way, Deco's mentality has collapsed.

Arsenal scored three goals in the first half, two of which were due to Deco mistakes, and Chen Mo finally seized the opportunity to counterattack.

This kind of disastrous performance, there is no doubt that as long as Barcelona find the right midfielder next season, Deco will have to find another way.

Mentality is a very key factor, just like going to work, there is an opportunity to increase wages and there is no opportunity to increase wages, then the mentality and enthusiasm of work are completely two different concepts.

The former can make the workers use themselves as cattle and horses, while the latter will only make people lie flat.

Under Chen Mo's careful observation, it is visible to the naked eye that Deco's enthusiasm has begun to decline, and his enthusiasm has declined directly to Barcelona's structural problems.

Barcelona's pass-and-control system has absorbed a lot of Cruyff's all-offense and all-defense philosophy, or the pass-control is a bit born out of the flavor of all-attack and all-defense.

The all-offense and all-defense tactics are literal, the whole team participates in the offensive organization, the whole team participates in the defense, and the players in each position are required to be all-round offensive and defensive, but this requirement is too harsh, and it almost takes eleven Chen Mo to play on the field to give full play to the maximum effect of this tactical system.

The similarity between passing and defending is that the whole team participates in the pass-and-run cooperation.

Getting more players involved in the passing and running provides a numerical advantage to pull the opposition into formation, which is why Pep Guardiola always uses a strikerless formation.

It's not that I like to use no forward, but the pass control needs to use the center to retreat to participate in the pass, otherwise there will be no numerical advantage in the midfield, and without a numerical advantage, the pass control will not be able to play.

In the final analysis, passing needs to create a numerical advantage in a certain area, and Deco's running enthusiasm has decreased at this time, which directly leads to the loss of one person in the Barcelona midfield.

Thankfully, there was not much time left in stoppage time, and the referee blew the half-time whistle as Thierry Henry's attempted shot from 30 yards out flew into the second stand.

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The first half ended the battle 3-1, and there were obvious problems in the Barcelona team, and the whole Arsenal team was very excited at half-time.

Even Bale, who didn't get the chance to play, was so excited that he couldn't do it, throwing a towel and singing, quite a bit of champagne in the middle of the game, but Chen Mo didn't stop it, just sat under the No. 10 wardrobe and took a sip of water, smiling and watching.

Their Arsenal squad is indeed young and prone to impetuousness, but in fact, like Di Maria and Little Ma, they have all started the World Cup final.

I have seen big scenes, the mentality is much better than that of ordinary 20-somethings, and Di Maria and Modric are still born with big hearts, and they can hardly see their exaggerated mistakes on the court, and they belong to the type of footing that becomes more stable at critical moments.

The main problems are Klich, Hummels and Giorgio Chiellini, the former is a veteran substitute who reached the Champions League final just after starting this year, and the latter two are similar, one was a starter at Bayern Munich and the other was only a starter at Arsenal last year.

However, Hummels was in good form today, defending Samuel Eto'o throughout the first half, and Messi's goal did wake up Chiellini.

The players are in good shape, not only Chen Mo, the captain, did not say anything, but Wenger also waited until the players gradually calmed down before starting to explain the problem.

It's still a cliché on the defensive end, but there's not much to talk about.

Defense and offense are different, offense is to find the opponent's flaws, sometimes the coach who has a clearer vision outside the field will have a miraculous effect in the second half, but the defense depends on personal ability, and the second is on the tacit understanding with teammates, such as creating offside, or predicting to fill the position.

Tacit understanding can only be grinded by time.

But that's the truth, Wenger still stood in front of the tactical board and muttered.

Based on Chen Mo's understanding of Wenger, it can be seen that although Wenger is excited and happy at this time, he is also very nervous, after all, Arsenal has been established for more than 100 years, but there is only one Champions League trophy in history, and this will probably be the second!

Amid Arsene Wenger's nagging, soon, the break ended.

After high-fives with Arsene Wenger and members of the coaching staff, Chen Mo led his teammates out of the locker room.

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"I really didn't expect Barcelona to score three goals from Arsenal in the first half."

"I thought about this, after all, Arsenal's attacking firepower is very strong, but I didn't expect Barcelona to score only one goal. Well, welcome back, welcome back, this is the scene of the 2006-2007 Champions League final, I am the commentator Huang Jianxiang. ”

"Hello everyone, I'm He Wei, now you can see that the players on both sides of the game have entered the field from behind us one after another, and the more exciting second half will start immediately!"

"Yes, you must know that this kind of Champions League final with four goals in half is rare, friends remember to prepare beer melon seeds.

Haha, okay, He Wei, let's continue the topic just now. You're right, Arsenal's offensive firepower is very strong, our prediction before the game is that Arsenal will score, but Barcelona's firepower is also very fierce, their forward line is actually more luxurious than Arsenal's! ”

"That's true, but football isn't about numbers. I feel that since Chen Mo scored the goal of the 100-meter run, the state of the Barcelona players has begun to be a little wrong, especially Deco. ”

'Yes, he made a lot of fatal mistakes in the first half, and both goals conceded were related to him, do you think it was because of the transfer rumours from the outside world? I watched the news before and said that Barcelona wanted to sell him. ”

"Quite possibly. Hey, I don't know if Rijkaard can adjust his mentality back at halftime, otherwise if he continues to play in the first half, Barcelona may be more than lucky. ”

"That's right, eh! Well, the referee has blown the whistle for the start of the game. Arsenal kick off, attack from right to left, and then let's get the camera on the pitch. ”

The commentary chattered, and on the field, as the referee blew the whistle, Giroud knocked the ball back to Chen Mo in the center circle.

"So positive?"

The ball was only halfway rolled, Iniesta had already pounced, seeing the fighting spirit on the opponent's face, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, did not hesitate, stepped forward to resist his position as soon as possible, and easily knocked the ball back to the central defender Samuel.

is still the old rule, at the beginning of the half, Chen Mo, who was on the ball control side, did not rush to attack, but ran to pass the ball while observing Barcelona's position.

"Sure enough, I didn't replace Deco."

Seeing that Deco was still on the field and the formation was the same as in the first half, Chen Mo, who had just knocked Samuel's return pass to Modric, knew it in his heart.

The depth of the Barcelona bench is good, and it is not impossible to change people if they want to make substitutions, but the key problem is the lack of a midfielder of Deco's level and quality.

If they replace Deco, they can only play a defensive midfielder, and then let Xavi move forward, but now the actor is still practicing in the second team of Barcelona, and the other defensive midfielders in the team are okay, but they don't have too strong passing ability.

The ability to pass and run is reduced, and Barcelona's offensive firepower will definitely decrease, and Barcelona is now behind and must attack.

"If Leo is not in good shape for this game, this kind of scene will be easy to deal with."

While running, Chen Mo kept thinking in his mind.

Barcelona players are short, the sprint speed is not fast, and because they are behind, they have to come out to grab, in this case, he Chen Mo directly led his teammates to play defensive counterattacks, after all, there is no high point in the Barcelona team that can head the ball, but Messi is too hot in this game.

Breaking the dense defense, one is a long-range shot, the second is a cross header, and the third is to rely on the individual ability of top players to open up the situation one-on-one or even one-on-two.

With him Chen Mo and Xiao Ma guarding the top of the arc, it is difficult for Barcelona to find long-range shooting opportunities, and there is no header for Barcelona, but Messi and Xiao Luo's heads-up ability is too strong.

"You can't put a bus, but you can't oppress from a high position."

It is very likely that the bus will be blasted by Messi and Xiao Luo at a single point, but the high pressure is more likely to have problems, after all, the high pressure needs to be pressed through the half, and in that case, a large space will be exposed behind him, and once the offensive mistake is made, it may be beaten by Barcelona with a single knife.

Of course, Arsenal's mad dog rush in the first half can continue to play, but the problem is that the two wide players are too physically demanding.

Even Di Maria, who was nine times a night, lay on the bench for a long time during intermission, and Henry, a middle-aged man of thirty, was speechless for a long time.

"It's a real headache, it looks like that's all it can be."

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Mo raised his hand and compared to three, seeing this scene, the Arsenal players on the field were stunned for a moment, but soon they all nodded.

Not long after, as Arsenal attacked, Di Maria received Modric's through ball and shot wide of the goal, and under the shocked gaze of fans around the world, Arsenal changed formation.

Forwards: Thierry Henry, Olivier Giroud.

Central midfielders: Luka Modric, Di Maria

Back: Brother Pony

Defenders: Chiellini, Samuel, Chenmo, Hummels, Klich.

"What's the situation?! Chen Mo went to play as a defender??? ”

The narrator is dumbfounded!

Not only the commentary, but all the fans in the stands were also stunned, but in the corner of the stands, Mourinho, who had been secretly observing, had a big change on his face and slapped his thigh.

"Fack! Arsene Wenger, is this old fox peeking at my notebook?! ”

"Chief, what are you talking about?"

Next to him, the assistant coach was a little puzzled, and Mourinho shook his head with disdain: "You don't understand!" After speaking, regardless of the assistant's painful expression, he turned his head and stared at the court intently, his face full of expectation and sourness!

Chen Mo plays central defender!

Bold!

It's weird!

But not without reason!

At least in his Mourinho's eyes, this is a very restrained style of play for a team with a high pressing style, a set of style of play that suits his concept of defense and counter-attack!

Chen Mo has little practice in defense, and his one-on-one defensive ability is not top-notch, but he has a great coverage, and his speed, bounce, confrontation, and turning speed are very good in all aspects!

In this case, Chen Mo is in the center, and the two central defenders can approach to both sides to help defend Xiao Luo and Messi.

This kind of thing can be done by many centre-backs, but why is Mourinho so excited?

Because the vast majority of central defenders can only play a defensive role!

In football, you can only play eleven players, one more on the defensive end and one less on the offensive end.

The five-back system will greatly weaken the team's offensive firepower, but Chen Mo's playing as a central defender can not only play a defensive role!

Chen Mo's passing ability is too strong, and his passing creativity is too strong!

What is the most important thing about defending a counter-attack?

The first is defense, with the central defender as the standard, Chen Mo's defensive ability is not strong, but it is also the kind that does not lag behind, which is enough.

The second is to catch the defensive counterattack after the attack!

At the moment when the attacking team has not yet switched from an offensive formation to a defensive formation, the side that is playing the defensive counterattack needs to seize the opportunity to get the ball to the attacking player's feet immediately!

When everyone is running, it's not everyone who can find that deadly passing route!

This kind of thing can only be handled by the midfield master, so when Mourinho's Chelsea breaks the ball and counterattacks, it will either directly look for the striker with a big foot, or the central defender will give the ball to the midfielder and then attack!

The former has an extremely high turnover rate, and long passes are not so easy!

The latter is more stable, but it is too procrastinating, which will give the opponent more time to run and defend.

Of course, there are also ball-type central defenders, but ball-type center-backs are not at the same level as top passers like Chen Mo, and!

The most important thing is that the central defender himself does not have the ability to carry the ball forward at high speed on his own, and all the defender needs to do is cut off the passing route, and there is no need to post too much!

But Chen Mo has!

Chen Mo can not only send a scalpel through the pass, but can even dribble the ball forward by himself!

How do you prevent this?

Barcelona's midfielders have to defend against Arsenal's midfielders, and the backfield players have to defend against Arsenal's strikers, so that Chen Mo has a large open space in front of him when he gets the ball, and he can sprint directly with the ball!

Chen Mo's lethality with the ball is how strong everyone understands!

At this time, either Harvey or Deco let go of the defender to top Chen Mo, or the center followed Chen Mo all the way back!

The former doesn't work!

Because Chen Mo has a strong passing ability, whether he puts Modric or Di Maria, Chen Mo can pass the ball at the first time, and the latter is even more uncomfortable!

The center striker is going to score!

Their normal running position is to try to stay away from the defenders, and when they switch between offense and defense, they can't be next to Chen Mo many times!

How can this be prevented?!

Sorry, this chapter is late, pay attention tomorrow.