January's Premier League fixtures have been nothing short of terrifying.

In 30 days, Arsenal have to play a total of eight games, basically less than one game in four days.

In other words, this month, Chen Mo is either on the way to the next city, or in the middle of the competition.

The schedule was scary, but it was okay.

Eight games, two of which are EFL Cup, two FA Cup, and just four in the league.

Arsenal are currently fighting for the top four, and in the league, Murdy Giroud and Olivier Giroud naturally have to be fully attended, but the EFL Cup and FA Cup are relatively less important.

Especially the EFL Cup.

The prize money of this cup is not high, and it is in the second half of the most intensive schedule.

Over the years, the Premier League's top clubs have sent substitutes to play in this cup competition, and Arsenal is naturally the same, and the starting points will probably be Nasri and Alexander Song, as well as the new addition Thiago Silva and others.

However, the FA Cup is more troublesome.

The FA Cup is almost as valuable as La Liga's Copa del Rey and Serie A's Coppa Italia.

It's more important, but here's the trouble.

The FA Cup is so high because the Premier League's top teams are competing for the title.

There are many strong teams, and you can't play without the main team, but the schedule of this thing is always stuck before and after the Champions League game, and Arsenal's bench depth is not enough.

If you don't go to the main team, you may not be able to play, and if you are in the main force, you can't deal with the Champions League knockout round with full power.

Tangled, Wenger is very tangled, and his tangle directly leads to the team's dressing room atmosphere has become a little screwed.

An honest man like Olivier Giroud naturally feels that he should be more stable and attack the FA Cup or the Champions League alone.

And someone like Bale, who has a more radical personality, feels that he can give it a go and go for the FA Cup and Champions League double.

When there is a divergence of ideas, cohesion naturally declines.

But soon, the whole team had nothing to worry about.

In the third round of the FA Cup on January 6, Arsenal played away to Burnley, Samuel and the opposing centre-forward fought for a high ball and hit his left ankle after landing in the air.

A cracked bone is not a devastating injury, but it will take a month of casting.

Samuel missed more than a month, which directly caused Wenger to give up the idea of fighting in the league, FA Cup and Champions League, and began to focus on the league and the Champions League.

And with Arsene Wenger's decision and the unification of goals, the atmosphere in the Arsenal team has gradually become high, and everyone is gearing up!

With such high spirits, Arsenal's record throughout January was very impressive.

On January 10, in the semi-finals of the English League Cup, Arsenal went to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham.

Chen Mo still started in this game, but this time he played not as a midfielder, but as a right winger.

Yes, right winger.

No way, to be honest, today's Di Maria is stronger in all aspects of skills because he started two years earlier than Bale, but Di Maria's physical fitness is not as durable as Bale.

In addition, for most of the first half of the year, because Chen Mo was injured, Wenger in order to keep the results, Di Maria played all the time.

Di Maria is under a lot of physical pressure.

So in this EFL Cup match against Tottenham, Arsene Wenger sent a combination of Nasri, Alexander Song and Rakitic in midfield, and the back line was the newly joined brother and daughter-in-law partner Giorgio Chiellini.

The effect is not bad.

Nasri's organizational and offensive ability is good, although it is still not as good as Chen Mo, but he is partnered with Alexander Song.

Many people see Alexander Song looking like a black brother, and he is playing in the back, and they feel that he is a defensive gate, but in fact, this guy has a very wave of ball, and he likes to plug in and join the attack very much.

Alexander Song's penchant for forward insertion just makes up for Nasri's lack of offensive ability at this stage.

Of course, there are only three people in the midfield, and two of them are involved in the attack, so there must be someone to cover it at this time.

And that's why Rakitic was able to start at Arsenal.

Because they are in the same national team as Modric, and the two are in Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively in a certain time and space, many fans like to compare the two, and then say that Rakitic is not as good as Modric.

Well, in terms of comprehensiveness and positioning at the core of the organization, Rakitic is indeed inferior to Modric.

But if it only talks about the importance of the two sides in the team's position, Rakitic is not inferior to Modric.

Rakitic's playmaking skills aren't top-notch, but his ability to wipe his ass is top-notch.

During the MSN period, Ha Bai was old and retreated, coupled with the aging of Alves, he couldn't go up and down, so Busquets's slow movement speed and small coverage area were completely exposed.

During that period, Barcelona's defense was able to stabilize, firstly, because MSN's firepower was too strong, and secondly, because Rakitic was too active.

Busquets flanked and behind him, and Alves stepped forward and then on the flank, and these areas were all run by Rakitic with aggressive running.

was kicked 8:2 by Bayern that year, and the midfield was completely penetrated, just because Rakitic did not play.

His positioning in Barcelona during the MSN period, and now in the Arsenal team, is actually somewhat similar to De Paul's positioning in Argentina, the data is not outstanding, but the role is very crucial.

The midfield combination of Nasri, Alexander Song and Rakitic is not very strong, but at least the characteristics of the players are complementary, and the offensive and defensive ends are relatively balanced.

In addition, although Chen Mo did not play a familiar midfielder in this game, his role in the front line is still very huge.

The midfield has the midfield benefits, and the forward line also has the benefits of the striker.

The midfielder can control the whole situation and have more control over the team and the tempo of the game, but at the cost of a lot of the time you need to pay attention to the defense, not as free as the striker and go wherever you want.

If you play in the midfield and run around, it is easy for the opponent to penetrate the midfield defense.

But now it's different, Chen Mo is playing in the front line this game, and he has very little defensive responsibility, he can run around at will and go to any area he feels can cause damage.

Don't underestimate this random run.

That's what Tottenham manager Juan de Ramos caught the shot.

In the eighteenth minute of the game, amid the exclamations of the fans, Chen Mo, who was active on the right side, suddenly shrank towards the middle and formed a double center forward with Giroud!

Not only is Chen Mo shrinking towards the side, but Bale also ran from the left winger position to the front area!

At the same time, left-backs Marcelo and Nasri inserted left and right into both sides of Tottenham's back line!

Marcelo, Giroud, Chen, Nasri

————— Bell ——————

Rakitic ————— Alexander Song

Chiellini – brother-in-law – Chlich

The four forwards completely held down the Tottenham Hotspur back line, and at the same time, Chen Mo and Giroud were not standing in parallel, but slightly behind a little bit more than Giroud!

Olivier Giroud.

- Chen Mo.

Bel!

Chen Mo's left is Tottenham's back!

The space is very small, but the trio has covered Tottenham's right back in a semi-encircled stance!

Without waiting for the Tottenham players to react, Bale, who had just run to the forward midfield position, had already received a direct plug from Rakitic, and in the next two seconds, the entire Emirates Stadium was completely boiling.

After receiving Rakitic's through ball, Bale, who was driven away by all the defenders around him, pushed the ball directly to Tottenham's right midfield, and at the moment of rushing in front of the opponent, Bale gently picked the ball to the right front with his right foot!

The ball rolled straight to Chen Mo, who resisted Tottenham's left midfield, and at the same time, Bale accelerated forward and passed over the right side of the back with a kick!

Rushing towards the left midfielder behind Chen Mo and the left central defender behind him!

In the next second, Chen Mo, who was holding the left back waist with his back, knocked lightly on the arch of his left foot against the ball rolling in front of him, and the ball popped up a folded line, passed under Bale's crotch, and was directly sent to the feet of Giroud, who also resisted the right central defender.

In the exclamation of the fans, Chen Mo and Bell completed an X-shaped run one after the other!

Tottenham's defence has been completely broken!

The audience was boiling!

"Fack! Who should I defend against?! ”

Looking at Bale from right to left, inserted to his left side, and looking at Chen Mo from left to right, inserted to his right side, Tottenham's left central defender was directly numb!

I don't know who to guard against!

But still that problem!

Tottenham are in a very tight position now, there is not a lot of passing space, just choke Giroud's passing route!

As soon as he thought of this, the Tottenham left central defender immediately turned his head to look at Giroud, but in the next moment, his whole body was numb again!

I saw that Giroud, the defending central defender, did not give a through ball, nor did he pick up the ball and hang it into the penalty area, but swept the ball with his right foot in front of him!

"Bang!"

There was a crisp sound, and in the sluggish gaze of Tottenham's left central defender, it was like a three-dimensional pinball, and the ball that popped up quickly bounced directly to the feet of Chen Mo, who was also rapidly moving forward!

The space is very small!

The distance between Giroud and Chen Mo is only less than one meter!

This space, this ball speed.

Can't stop!

But!

In the moment of commentary, the ball hit the instep of Chen Mo's left foot and stepped forward while running!

Instep microshock!

The Arsenal logo on the ankle of the black and gold sneakers is also slightly vibrating!

But the ball didn't bounce!

Chen Mo's left foot seemed to have glue on it, and it directly stuck to the ball!

When Chen Mo rushed into the penalty area in one step and stepped on the ground with his left foot, the ball gently fell half a step in front of Chen Mo's left foot!

What kind of foot does this horse feel???

Not to mention the Tottenham left central defender in this scene, even the Tottenham goalkeeper was stunned for a moment, but he was a professional goalkeeper after all, he didn't think too much in his mind at this time, he just leaned over immediately, his center of gravity fell towards his right leg, and he went to Chen Mo's side to block the near post!

But at the moment when his center of gravity changed, Chen Mo suddenly hit a horizontal knock with his left foot to the right, and in the next second, Bale scored with a shovel shot on the right side of the goal.

1 to 0!

Bell to Chen Mo, Chen Mo to Giroud, Giroud to Chen Mo, Chen Mo to Bell!

The four-legged pass completely penetrated the Tottenham backline!

And everybody's got a kick!

There is no doubt that even on the road, even at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium, such a regular goal is enough to ignite the enthusiasm of the fans.

When Bale rushed to the corner kick area where a handful of Arsenal fans threw a punch, many Tottenham fans in the stands also gave a round of applause!

Arsenal was celebrating, and on the sidelines, Tottenham manager Juan de Ramos was not idle, and immediately shouted at his team while gesturing on the sidelines and yelling at some tactics.

Beside him, I heard something like [Stick to him!] [Don't let him have room to catch the ball easily] In this case, wearing the newly buttoned down jacket that Kaoru Tsukichi bought for him, the corners of Wenger's mouth hooked up a smile.

"Stick to Xiao Mo?"

"Please, it's not for him to play in the EFL Cup."

Originally, according to Wenger's idea, Chen Mo would not start this game, but it was because of Di Maria's physical fitness problems that Chen Mo came up to play as a winger.

However, playing as a winger is not for Chen Mo to go to a single-point explosion, after all, it is too physical.

Arsene Wenger's true intentions were

Soon, as the game started, looking at Chen Mo's movements on the field, the Tottenham head coach clenched his fists fiercely!

Mistaken!

He asked the players to stick to Chen Mo, just to prevent Chen Mo from bursting at a single point, but Chen Mo didn't do this at all, but kicked the organizational side forward.

The main aim is to relieve the pressure on his team-mates to possess the ball through a one-touch pass, allowing Arsenal's midfield formation to press more high, pressing the ball near the Tottenham penalty area, and then providing a long-range shot and a threat of cutting off the ball.

To put it simply, Chen Mo is acting as a wingman for Nasri and others in the midfield, and the ball will not be at his feet most of the time.

Chen Mo is not the main attacker, but Tottenham has focused their defense on him.

There is no doubt that there is something wrong with Tottenham's tactical set-up.

In the 31st minute of the game, Chen Mo crossed from a 45-degree angle on the right side to find Giroud.

Giroud is tall and has strong confrontation ability, but unfortunately after Chen Mo went to the wing, Arsenal's middle did not have a player who could rush into the penalty area to help Giroud share the pressure of the header.

Eventually, in the middle of the two centre-backs, Giroud leaped high but didn't get on target, and the ball flew to the left side of the arc.

Under normal circumstances, the top area of the arc will be heavily guarded, but Tottenham's current focus is on Chen Mo on the right side, and with this lob, most of the Tottenham players have shrunk into the penalty area!

To the exclamations of the fans, Rakitic appeared at the drop of the ball!

Without any hesitation, Rakitic, who was the main means of attack, faced the falling ball and volleyed directly with his right foot!

Peach Blossom Shadow Falling Flying Sword!

There is no arc but the ball is extremely fast, and the long-range shot quickly drills into the top left corner of the goal!

Two to zero!

Thirty minutes, away to Tottenham Hotspur a 2-0!

And it was Rakitic's maiden goal at Arsenal!

Rakitic was ecstatic after the goal!

Throwing a flowing blonde hair, he rushed to the corner!

The Arsenal players celebrated again, and the funny thing was that the Tottenham coach pulled the players to the sidelines and made excited gestures while yelling at tactics.

But as soon as he finished arranging the tactics and patted the player's butt to signal cheering, the fourth official over there raised a sign to make a substitution.

Chen Mo was replaced by striker Theo Walcott, who Wenger bought for four million euros in the summer window a few months ago

No!

Why didn't I just set up a face-to-face sex tactic, and you will change people on your side?!

Looking at Chen Mo, who smiled and applauded Wenger, and then sat on the bench while drinking water and chatting with Henry Di Maria, the Tottenham coach was directly petrified.

The strength and strength can't be compared, and there are problems with tactics and tactics.

Not surprisingly, in the second half, Giroud headed in after receiving Bale's cross, and in the end, with three whistles from the referee, Arsenal won 3-0 at White Hart Lane.

After this game, not only the whole Arsenal team, but even the Arsenal fans online were excited.

Not because of the win over Tottenham, but mainly because the EFL Cup is a two-legged affair.

This game is 3-0, as long as Wenger does not travel through time and space to invite Dengbao in the second leg, then Arsenal is almost stable, and the main team can also get more rest.

In this way, in the league main force, the FA Cup main force and the substitute rotation, the English League Cup is mainly a substitute in the days, time passes little by little, and at the same time, the whole team has gradually found a stable rhythm of game and life, and the state is getting better day by day.

On January 12, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Birmingham City, a promoted company that had just been promoted to the Premier League this year, 4-0 at home.

On January 19, in the 23rd round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged West Bromwich Albion away.

This team refused to sign Chen Mo seven years ago, and then has been going back and forth between the Premier League and the Championship in recent years, and this season it is ranked first from the bottom of the Premier League, and the team that is about to be relegated has become a laughing stock in the mouths of major talk shows and football commentators before the game.

Many fans believe that if West Brom could throw an olive branch to Chen Mo, who was rejected by many Premier League giants and almost lost hope of playing. With Chen Mozhi's character of Entubao, not to mention staying in the team, it can at least bring tens of millions of euros in transfer fee income to West Brom.

But alas, things don't have ifs.

Before the game, many people in the football world also speculated that Chen Mo would score a few goals in this game.

However, it is a pity that this game is followed by the fourth round of the FA Cup, and Chen Mo was replaced by Wenger in the face of West Brom's boss Tie Qing after giving an assist.

An opponent of this level, let alone retaliate, is not even qualified to make the current Chen Mo mention 100% fighting spirit.

Time flies, with Arsenal's subsequent victories over Newcastle, Blackburn, Aston Villa and other teams, they returned to fourth in the league and squeezed Everton to fifth in the league, and the time also came to February 19.

In the 07-08 UEFA Champions League, the first leg of the much-anticipated quarterfinals, Arsenal's away challenge to Inter Milan is about to start at the Meazza Stadium.

[The Telegraph: The Avengers?! Now Inter is full of stars, but the interesting thing is that many players in the front, middle and back lines of Inter have had holidays with Chen Mo!

Striker.

Ibrahimovic: When I was at Manchester United, it was because of Chen Mo's brilliant performance that I directly hit Manchester United and had infighting, and then Ibrahimovic was sent to Inter by Ferguson! He himself has claimed in public more than once that he is eager to defeat Chen Mo!

Samuel Eto'o: Barcelona lost to Arsenal in last year's Champions League, and he became a scapegoat and a victim of Barca's reform!

Midfielder.

Deco: Staying and flying with Samuel Eto'o.

Vieira: He was once squeezed out of his position by Chen Mo and left Juventus, but the first year of his transfer happened to experience a phonegate incident, and then his career began to have violent ups and downs!

Although the remaining Cambiasso and Zanetti did not have a holiday with Chen Mo, and they were even teammates of the national team, this only made them know Chen Mo better than other players!

Backline.

Central defender Materazzi: Two years ago, Chen Mo injured his thigh in the Champions League round of 16 and was suspended for three months!

Right-back McConn: Since he was named a traitor by Chen Mo in his post-match interview two years ago, he has been ridiculed by Chen Mo's fans since then, and he must have a hot flame in his heart! I just don't know what kind of sparks will be sparked by the contest between him, an Arsenal traitor, and Arsenal Prince Bale!

In the end, the Avengers defeated Arsenal and defeated Chen Mo, or they became the white bones on Chen Mo's road to the top again! The answer to everything will be revealed in two days! 】

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