The players on the pitch were torn together by Olivier Giroud's celebration around the pitch.

However, Wenger on the sidelines didn't care about this, as long as Chen Mo didn't make a move, it means that the situation on the field is still under control.

Wenger pinched his chin and frowned at the assistant coach next to him: "How do you feel?" ”

"Marcelo is still a little nervous? Just what I captured, he didn't grasp the opportunity to plug in at least three times, and there seemed to be no brainwave between him and Xiao Mo. ”

"Hey, it's all my fault."

The assistant coach frowned slightly, and Wenger nodded and sighed.

A two-goal lead.

The advantage is very big, and there is a high probability of winning this game, but he is actually not too excited now.

There was a lot of luck in this goal.

Marcelo forced his way down the wing, and the Tottenham defenders didn't lose their position when he sent the cross, and even his cross was not looking for Giroud who was the goal, but preparing to reverse the triangle back to Chen Mo at the top of the arc.

It was only Marcelo's cross that hit the front of the Tottenham full-back's calf, flew into the air, and fell right to the back post, before Giroud headed it over.

Luck is a part of football, but to be honest, Arsene Wenger doesn't really care too much about winning or losing this game.

What he wants to see is a tactical combination that Arsenal can play with consistent output, not this kind of luck goal.

But

In the 60-odd minutes since the game, Arsenal have not played the way he wanted.

In addition to the fact that Arsenal has changed their tactics this year, the players do need time to run in, and the pressure on some new players is very high.

It is very difficult to change the tactical style of play, even if Chen Mo has to adapt to it, it will take a lot of hard work.

Therefore, from the day the team assembled, the whole Arsenal team has actually been in a very tense and high-pressure preparation environment.

The internal atmosphere is depressing, and the outside media hype is still worse.

And the person who has been talked about the most by the media is Marcelo.

Marcelo had only played in the Brazilian league for two years before, and although the statistics and performances were very good, it was a Brazilian league after all, and there was not much attention.

jumped from the Brazilian league to Arsenal, which just won the Champions League last season, and is still the main starter.

This is a huge identity change for Marcelo, who is very nervous about himself from the slums, and the outside media is also very curious about him as a player.

But at first, it was just curiosity.

After all, Arsenal is known to be poor, and Arsene Wenger's penchant for young people is also known.

Over the years, Wenger has successively used 16-year-old Chen Mo to play the absolute core, 18-year-old Di Maria started, and 18-year-old Bale started.

Getting 18-year-old Marcelo to start now is not a big deal.

At the press conference at the start of the season, a reporter asked him why Wenger did not continue to bring in reinforcements and whether there would be problems this season.

As a result, he came with a sentence [The strongest man is already in the array!] 】

The most self-defeating!

What he meant by saying this was actually talking about Chen Mo, but he had already said on countless occasions that Chen Mo was the best player he had ever seen, and there was not much talk about it on Chen Mo.

So.

Under the instigation of the media of Cha Hei traffic, the meaning of this sentence was misinterpreted as - Wenger said that Marcelo is the strongest reinforcement this summer!

This kind of distortion of the truth is easy to see through, but there are really a lot of fools in this world, and there are more people who like to coax others to be unlucky.

All of a sudden, the doubts about Marcelo can be said to be overwhelming, and there was a lot of uproar in the outside world.

The tremendous pressure made Marcelo, a laughing boy, almost autistic.

And Marcelo's form is in trouble, which directly causes the whole Arsenal team to become very constipated.

The main reason is that Chen Mo has not been fully liberated.

Chen Mo's 1V3 crushing pass in the first half is something that can be met but not sought, and one of the ten games can be met with high incense.

With a normal rhythm of the game, Chen Mo very much needs his teammates to help him share the pressure.

This shared pressure is not only to help take away the defenders, but more importantly, teammates must also understand Chen Mo's intentions, and wait for opportunities to create kills when Chen Mo attracts a lot of defensive attention!

The most typical example is Chen Mo's first goal.

Ferguson was right, Chen Mo's violent trip at that time had already attracted Tottenham full-back Lennon to the bag.

Full-back Lennon adducted into the middle and gained space against Lennon's full-back Marcelo.

At that time, Marcelo only had to resolutely cut forward diagonally, towards the end of the Tottenham penalty area, and he didn't even need to actually touch the ball.

As long as the Tottenham players know that he provided Chen Mo with a passing point, Chen Mo will not say that he must fight to the end alone.

After all, when Chen Mo had a passing point, Tottenham central defender Woodgate didn't dare to go up to Chen Mo like before.

The reason is simple.

Going over the top will allow space to leak behind him, and Marcelo is in front, if Woodgate goes up and can't make a block, then Chen Mo can penetrate the Tottenham defence with a straight kick.

As long as Marcelo stepped forward, Woodgate could only retreat sideways, and Chen Mo had another long-range shot.

The defenders on the other side will definitely have to fill in the front of the box, in which case Di Maria on that side will get space again.

But because Marcelo didn't plug in, Chen Mo could only rush alone, and Woodgate, who lost the threat behind him, could pull Chen Mo from close range to prevent Chen Mo from shooting from a distance.

Chen Mo lost the threat of long-range shooting, and the Tottenham defenders on the other side did not need to fill in, causing Di Maria to lose space.

And the cause of all this chain reaction is simply because Marcelo did not step forward.

"Hey, sure enough, it was too reluctant for him to start as soon as he came up."

Looking at Marcelo, who was obviously celebrating on the field, but did not have a too relaxed expression on his face, Wenger shook his head helplessly.

Don't look at Marcelo now playing in the Premier League, but he is actually only 18 years old.

This age is placed on the average person, that is, the age of high school students.

What's more, Marcelo is different from Beldi Maria of the same age.

Bale played in Arsenal's youth academy for two years and was a substitute for two years, experiencing a lot of big scenes, and has a strong sense of belonging and honor to Arsenal.

Di Maria is because he is Chen Mo's hometown, and there are many Argentine players in the team now, so his sense of belonging and security is naturally very strong.

And Marcelo

"No relatives, no reason, no roots."

.

"Fack! These Tottenham guys, let me hit the high and low outside and give them two strokes! ”

"Okay, okay, I haven't been screamed for sixty minutes, what are you anxious about."

"Boss, you're so good-hearted! How do you say it in the Dragon Country? Oh, Holy Maiden's Heart! ”

That's called a bodhisattva."

What a hell of a saint's heart!

Arsene Wenger was a little worried on the sidelines.

On the pitch, Arsenal's celebration had just ended.

After pushing and pushing Tottenham for a long time, Chen Mo was speechless when he heard Giroud's words.

After being brutally defended by Tottenham for more than 60 minutes, he was naturally a little unhappy, even his calf was scratched by shoe spikes, and blood stained red tights.

However, on the day of the team's training camp, when he learned that Wenger was going to change this style of play, he was actually mentally prepared.

Although he was also the absolute core before, he used to belong to 70% of the organization of the attack and 30% of the individual breakthrough.

Organising the attack is more dependent on one-foot passing and running off the ball, and the number of violations in this case is of course relatively small, but now it is different, and 60% of his offensive options under this tactic have become individual breakthroughs.

How can there be a personal breakthrough that is not targeted.

Don't look at the front Neymar tumbling out of the earth, and then there is the shaker that everyone has to kick twice.

From a purely tactical point of view, being kicked actually proves that they played a tactical role, because no professional player wants to choose to foul defend without committing a foul.

But

"It's still a little painful."

Lifting the red jersey and taking a look at the reddened abdominal muscles that had just been hit by the elbow of Tottenham defender Jokora, Chen Mo grinned while returning to his position, and at this moment, Marcelo, who had his head down and didn't know what he was thinking, walked by.

"I fought with Tottenham and this guy hasn't even gotten out of his nerves."

Seeing the somewhat numb expression on the other party's face, Chen Mo's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look, he put down the corner of his clothes and trotted forward, put one hand around the other party's neck and smiled: "What do you want buddy." ”

"Ahh Uh, nothing. ”

At this time, there was no exploding head, but Marcelo, who had short round hair like Henry, rubbed the tip of his nose with his index finger and smiled.

What a non-frank guy.

Chen Mo complained in his heart, but because of Xiao Luo and Kaka, he had a good impression of the Brazilians, so he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, there's nothing to pretend, Bell, they were all about the same as you when they first came." Well, come to my house tonight for a barbecue and I'll call the big guy again to celebrate our first win of the season. ”

"This"

Rao had long heard that Chen Mo was very good to the newcomers in the team, but at this time, when he heard Chen Mo invite him to a party at home, Marcelo was still stunned, and a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes: "Thank you." ”

"Haha, thank you, since you're here at Arsenal, we're a group. Okay, don't put a face on your face, and then kick a little more relaxed. Go and enjoy the football first, and then think about the old man's tactical set-up. ”

"Yes!"

"Haha, come on!"

Looking at Chen Mo, who patted himself on the shoulder and walked away with a smile, Marcelo secretly clenched his fists, and some different emotions flashed in his eyes.

But

With the resumption of the game, Marcelo's form still did not pick up.

Trying to get rid of tension is not something that can be solved in a sentence or two, not to mention that because of Wenger's [most ready] speech, every time Marcelo touches the ball, the Tottenham fans in the stands will let out deafening boos.

The boos of more than 30,000 people, imagining that every Monday when the school flag is raised, you stand on the rostrum to give a speech, and then the classmates in the audience are scolding you for being ugly, you can probably feel the pressure of one-fifth or even one-tenth of Marcelo.

Although it can be clearly felt that Marcelo is playing more actively, whether it is the feeling of his feet or his thinking, it is obviously still a little stiff.

Marcelo's state did not come out, which not only affected Chen Mo, but also affected the entire midfield operation of Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger has two basic tactical demands on Marcelo.

First.

If the opposing wide attacker returns to the defense to pick up Chen Mo, then the left wing-back Marcelo, who has been relieved of the defensive task, needs to go up to the winger position to help pass the ball and take the assistant defender away.

With Marcelo on the left wing, the original left winger Bale was freed up to move sideways to the middle to suppress the opposition centre-back.

There is no need to look for confrontation, Bale is fast, so he put the club on the front line and waits for the ball behind him, and the central defender does not dare to let go of him easily, and goes up to the top to defend Chen Mo.

The second.

If the opposing striker doesn't go back to pick up Chen, then Bale will continue to stay on the wing.

Marcelo needs to move towards the midfield area.

Marcelo, who came from South America, has a great sense of foot and a good sense of passing.

He can move into midfield to help take on some of the pressure of passing and receiving the ball for some of the midfielders.

In this case, Brother Xiao Ma and they have the opportunity to press forward, to the front court or even the front line to help Chen Mo relieve the pressure.

Both tactics are very basic, and to put it bluntly, they provide a numerical advantage in the attacking end by pressing the full-backs, which is used by almost every team that plays attacking football.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City is a prime example.

One of the features of Manchester City's game is that a number of midfielders, including Ilkay Gundogan, are often present in the opposition box.

Moving forward can certainly increase the lethality, after all, there are more people in the attacking end, but the problem is that the midfielder will fall into a numerical disadvantage, whether it is passing the ball or defending, it is a troublesome matter.

So at this time, it is often a full-back who moves forward to the midfield to fill the numerical disadvantage in the midfield, while the other full-back forms a V-shaped line with the double central defenders.

This is actually why full-backs like Lahm and Kimmich, who have played under Pep Guardiola, can be transformed into a central midfielder later, because they actually did a lot of midfield work before they transformed into a central midfielder.

There is no doubt that Arsene Wenger's tactical requirements for Marcelo will give Arsenal more tactical options, and at the same time, it will indeed strengthen Arsenal's attacking power.

But the problem is that it requires Marcelo to have a clear sense of what to do and when to do it, and to know where his team-mates need him to go and when.

Otherwise, it is very easy for Bale to not move laterally to the penalty area, but he Marcelo is in advance to the winger position and overlaps with Bale's running.

Or it was clear that the team needed more midfielders to press at this time, but he Marcelo did not enter the midfield to help fill the void.

How to make a choice, this is actually awareness, but it's like taking a driver's license, it's okay to practice casually, but it's easy to make mistakes when you go to the test room.

It's often difficult to make the right decisions when you're nervous.

Marcelo was still a little nervous, but fortunately, Chen Mo's state was indeed very explosive in this game, not only the desire to attack was extremely strong, but his physical condition was also full.

Tottenham simply didn't dare to let him go one-on-one.

Under the threat of Chen Mo's strong lethality, even if they are two goals behind, Tottenham is still a little restrained in attack.

Advantage!

Arsenal are about to win their first league game.

But

When Arsene Wenger replaced Flamini with Rakitic in the 73rd minute, Arsenal's tactical system collapsed.

Flamini doesn't have a lot of attacking prowess, so he doesn't get forward most of the time, and Arsene Wenger doesn't ask him to get forward too much.

In this case, Arsenal's attacking firepower will be reduced, but they will play more consistently.

But with Rakitic it's a different story.

Rakitic is not as good defensively as Flamini, but he is characterized by his ability to run and his attacking sense of movement is better than Flamini's.

Arsene Wenger came up for Rakitic to get him to press more.

The frequent pressing of Korakitic directly led to more pressure on Marcelo, who needed to fill in for him!

Under the watchful eyes of the fans and countless coaches who were watching the game, with Rakitic on the pitch, Arsenal's midfield began to appear visibly chaotic!

In the 75th minute of the game, the Arsenal goalkeeper drove a long pass with a big foot, and Giroud resisted the defender with his back to unload the ball in the front line.

Seeing this, Chen Mo went to pick up Giroud as soon as possible, and seeing that Chen Mo was about to get the ball, Tottenham still used multi-person trapping tactics.

Under the bag, it was difficult for Chen Mo to get the opportunity to receive the ball, and Bale immediately moved towards the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area to help Chen Mo contain the defenders.

Bale adducted the centre-forward, and Marcelo had to go to the winger position to provide width, and Marcelo did just that.

But the egg hurts.

Marcelo was supposed to replace Rakitic in the middle of the defense, but maybe he was nervous, he went up too fast, and before Rakitic retreated from the forward position to the midfield to take on the defensive task, Marcelo had already run to the winger position!

One is pressed forward, and the other is not back yet!

Time difference!

In less than two seconds, because of the tacit understanding between Marcelo and Rakitic, Arsenal's left midfield area has a huge defensive vacuum!

And this vacancy was successfully caught by Tottenham.

Tottenham's back, who was supposed to help defend Chen Mo, immediately changed direction to force Giroud.

Giroud is close to 1.95 meters tall, he can't work at his feet, and his ability to protect the ball mainly comes from his strong body that can resist the opponent behind him, but in the face of this kind of two, he grabbed the horse one after the other.

In the end, the ball was cut off by the Tottenham midfielder, and at the moment when the back waist broke the ball, Tottenham's right midfielder had already moved to the back of Arsenal's left midfield!

No, the back is plugged straight, the full-back who has no defensive interference at all runs wildly with the ball, and after hitting the Arsenal penalty area, he knocks back the triangle, and Tottenham center Robbie Keane grabs the goal in front of the goal.

Two to one!

Tottenham Hotspur recovered a goal in the 75th minute of the game!

Amid the roars of the commentators and the cheers of the Tottenham fans, Tottenham did not rush to celebrate after the goal, but immediately fished the ball out of the goal and ran back to the midfield!

Don't celebrate at all!

This Tottenham Hotspur player may not be well-known, but they are all experienced professionals who have played in the Premier League for several years!

How can they not understand that Arsenal's system is wrong at this time?!

Even if they can't see it, how can Tottenham manager Martin Joel on the sidelines not see it?

Without this ability, how can you lead the team to finish fifth in the Premier League?

The team recovered a goal, Martin Joel was extremely excited and clapped wildly on the sidelines, blushing and thick-necked, yelling at the Tottenham players to continue to strengthen their physical confrontation and speed up the pace of the game!

The results are outstanding!

In the 93rd minute of the game, in the last minute of stoppage time, Rakitic once again inserted from midfield to the front line to help contain the central defenders.

Chen Mo, who got a one-on-one opportunity, deceived the marking Jokola with a shoulder-sinking left on the left side of the arc, pulled back his center of gravity and flicked the ball to the right, and then stepped forward to meet the ball with a right-footed shot!

The arc was great, but it was a pity that Tottenham goalkeeper Robinson made a brilliant save and made a flying save to touch the ball with his fingertips.

The ball, which changed its trajectory, hit the top right corner of the goal and bounced to the wing, where the Tottenham full-backs quickly launched a counter-attack.

Di Maria's reaction was very quick, though!

"I'm not as fast as him!"

Looking at Di Maria rushing in, the Tottenham full-back knew that he couldn't outrun the opponent with the ball, and he wanted to drive the ball to the front of the field at the first time, but at this moment.

"Sure enough, it's still there!"

In the excited eyes of the Tottenham fullbacks, there was a huge gap in Arsenal's left midfield!

Or the left midfield back area!

There was Arsenal's defence, but there were no Arsenal players to defend at this time, only Tottenham defender Malblanck, who was cutting forward without the ball!

Malblanc was unmarked, and he took the ball to face the Arsenal backline, and Arsenal's three-man back line composed of two central defenders and wing-back Klich has been held down by their Tottenham Hotspur double striker and left midfielder!

Twin strikers.

Left midfielder, midfielder!

Four Tottenham attacking players run along the middle!

And Arsenal only have three defenders in the middle!

Without any hesitation, the Tottenham full-back sent the ball straight in front of Malbranke, and the next second he knew he sent the pass, Marcelo left the wing to fill the gap left by Rakitic's advance!

Amid the boos of Tottenham fans on the sidelines, Marcelo rushed back to chase back, but unfortunately it was too late, Tottenham were fifth in the league and were originally a French team.

They couldn't afford to miss the chance to play three, and in the end, Malblanc drove to the top of the arc and sent a through ball behind Chiellini, where Tottenham striker Robbie Keane slid home from the left.

Tottenham equalised late in the game!

【Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur~~~】

【Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur!】

(Glory to Tottenham Hotspur!)

【And the spurs go marching on!】

Tottenham Hotspur forge ahead!

【Tottenham are the greatest team the world has ever seen!】

Tottenham are the greatest team in the world! ）

Amid the roar of the commentators, and the three whistles of referee Atkinson, Tottenham fans instantly turned into a sea of joy.

Every Tottenham fan stood shoulder to shoulder, with their backs to the pitch and cheering.

The atmosphere of the Tottenham fans was extremely enthusiastic, and the small group of Arsenal fans were all in pain, looking at each other and finding that each other's faces were in disbelief.

Drawn at the last minute of the game!

This is definitely not the ending they wanted!

There was a boiling on the sidelines, but Chen Mo didn't care about these off-field factors.

"The previous idea was still too radical."

"Gotta take your time."

Just chased back to the front of the penalty area, Chen Mo gasped, glanced at the Tottenham players who were united, and then at Marcelo, who knew that he was out of position and lost the goal, so he was very frustrated and worried, and then at Rakitic, who didn't know if he was cutting forward at the right time, and was also a little nervous and gnawing his hands.

There was no frustration in Chen Mo's eyes.

This north London derby is highly valued by Tottenham fans and players.

But to be honest, in his Chen Mo's eyes, this game is used for training.

It's best to win, and it's not so uncomfortable to lose.

After all, his goal is to win the championship.

If they can't play the tactics that best suit their Arsenal side, even if they beat Tottenham here, they won't be able to beat Liverpool, Manchester United and those European opponents afterwards.

Those are the opponents that Arsenal must show their best condition and the most suitable tactics to have a chance to beat!

But

"After this game, these two little guys will probably be besieged by reporters."

Glancing at the nervous Marcelo and Rakitic, Chen Mo hesitated for a moment and sighed.

After exchanging jerseys with Tottenham defender Jokora, who came up to shake hands and hit his chest, Chen Mo walked to the players' tunnel with his shirtless and threw the opponent's jersey on his shoulder.

However, when passing by Wenger's side, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows.

"Let me go for the post-match interview."

"Well, no?! You're going for an interview? ”

Hearing Chen Mo's words, Wenger's eyes widened in surprise.

Chen Mo doesn't like to be interviewed is something that everyone knows, and even after winning the Copa America and the Champions League, Chen Mo doesn't want to face reporters very much, but Chen Mo now takes the initiative to ask for an interview.

Feeling Wenger's surprise, Chen Mo brushed his wet black hair behind his head and tilted his head back: "No way, Henry's old guy is injured." If I don't stand up against the pressure at this time, maybe tomorrow there will be two more new patients in the psychological rehabilitation center in London. ”

I actually wrote this chapter with some hesitation.

In terms of tactical play, I feel that it is too detailed, and it may seem like it is more difficult, but if I don't write or omit it, I always feel that something is missing.

I hope you guys give some advice or something.

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