The goal did come a little quickly, though.

However, the Leicester City squad is not a rookie on the professional scene either.

They all understood that the game was 90 minutes and that the score of the game only matters when the whistle blows at the end of the game.

Therefore, the Blue Fox generals will not be stunned by the opening blitz, but because of this conceded goal, they will play with twelve points.

They realise that the Gunners, who are back at home and fourth in the league, are never good at it!

And Pearson, who was on the sidelines, also loudly encouraged his disciples:

"Come on!"

"Steady!"

"Don't rush!"

Playing away from home is already very difficult.

What's more, the opponent is facing Arsenal, who are in the race for four mode?!

It's just a goal conceded, you can chase it!

After kicking off again, Leicester City showed their attacking momentum.

However, compared to Leicester City's high pressing, Arsenal has changed from 4231 at the beginning to a defensive formation of 442 parallel positions.

Four Arsenal players, retreat into the midfield area and then shrink the defence.

The two backs, Rosicky and Coquelin, stood on the left and right sides of Ling Feng, waiting for an opportunity.

If you look closely, you can see that the four Arsenal players standing in parallel are only three or four meters apart from each other!

Obviously, Wenger also referred to Van Gaal's tactics to compress the space in the area to limit Ling Feng's play.

Moreover, Arsenal has more experience in defending in the low post.

With the Foxes passing around on the periphery of the formation, Arsenal's entire formation was well maintained.

In particular, the space in the middle is always kept very tight, not giving Ling Feng the opportunity to break through with the ball or send a straight stopper.

At this moment, the situation on the field has entered the stage of positional attack.

Leicester attack, Arsenal defend.

And Leicester City, on the other hand, is not in a hurry.

There are generally two ways to break the situation of positional attack:

Or, like Hazard, Neymar, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, who can move around in tight spaces and pass several people on their own to complete passes or shoots;

Either that, through a frontcourt fulcrum, attract the defense and create a numerical advantage for teammates in the local area!

The former, Leicester City can't do.

Because neither Ling Feng nor Mahrez in the team has super individual ability.

Ling Feng has speed and bursts, but his dribbling skills are average; Mahrez had a dribbling breakaway, but the pace and burst were a bit worse.

If Ling Feng has Mahrez's dribbling skills, or Mahrez has Ling Feng's speed and burst, he can easily tear through the opponent's defense with super personal ability!

But in the world, how can there be such a thing as the best of both worlds

Therefore, Leicester City can only choose the latter if they want to break down Arsenal's defense in positional battles.

That is, through a fulcrum in the front court, attract and contain the opponent's defensive center of gravity, so as to strive for more offensive space for teammates.

And this trick doesn't have to be done at all.

Because Ling Feng is on the field now, he is such a character!

With his own deterrence, he concentrated Arsenal's defensive focus in the middle, and the space between the two wings became very large.

Next, as long as Jesse Lingard and Riyad Mahrez play a dangerous attack on the flanks, they can also threaten the Arsenal goal.

So, for the next ten minutes, every time a teammate at the back passed the ball to his feet, he would directly divide the side and let the two wings handle the ball.

And sacrifice a little more, cruising in the middle lane, pulling more space for teammates.

As he ran, he did not forget to shout out to Jamie Vardy in front of him, interspersed with his movements, and disrupted Arsenal's defensive formation!

It's up to you!

Lin Huang!

Ma Dongmei!

However, Ling Feng invisibly overlooked a very important matter.

That is, with the current individual ability of Lingard and Mahrez, it is simply not enough!

After Ling Feng's guidance, Mahrez's passing ability is much stronger than his own at the same time.

Coupled with the already silky dribbling technique at the feet, he can also create a lot of threats through his own breakthroughs and passes on the right side;

But Lingard's individual ability on the left side is simply not enough to create a threat on the side!

Lin Huang's most suitable tactical play is to run, through a simple pass, as a ball transfer station for teammates, or to attack the second point of attack.

If he wants to break through and organize with the ball on the wing, he simply doesn't have the ability!

Moreover, it was the super-fast Bellerin who defended him.

You know, Bellerin broke Walcott's record for the fastest time in the Arsenal team!

Although his physical confrontation is average.

However, against Lingard, who also has no body, it is almost a complete explosion!

He could have used his pace and explosiveness to get stuck and break the ball faster than Lingard.

Or just go down to the ground and make a sliding tackle to scoop the ball off the touchline.

In modern football, where the game is becoming more and more spectacular and intense, speed is really a very important and visible talent!

Look at the little demon bought by Arsenal, you can see it.

Many of them are fast horses on the side, teenagers chasing the wind, what Walcott, Bellerin, Miyaichi Ryo and so on.

However, speed is only an important factor in determining a player's ability to establish themselves in the top flight.

If you have speed, no matter how fast, you can't stop the ball well, and you can't keep the ball with it, what's the threat?

And many speed players who rely on speed to play are more susceptible to injuries.

Once you encounter an injury and your body functions plummet, you will lose the only weapon you rely on, and you will often leave the field in disgrace.

Players who play with technology and ball quotient are better able to transform and continue to shine on the field.

However, with his inferior speed, Lingard could not take advantage of the right flank guarded by Bellerin.

On the contrary, his position has become a breakthrough for Arsenal's counterattack!

In the 34th minute of the game, Bellerin broke the ball directly at the feet of Lingard, and then made a soup and killed it from the back!

He pushed forward so fast that it was like a straight shot and he was in front of left-back Schlupp.

"What a speed!"

"The youngster Bellerin had a very eye-catching performance in this game! Not only did he completely freeze Lingard defensively, but he was also able to push forward with the ball"

At the same time, the "drinking brother" in the middle lane also made up for it and prepared to assist in defense.

However, at this moment, Bellerin did not, but passed the ball directly to the dog who received it in the middle.

The latter didn't stop the ball and sent a diagonal plug with his left foot to Schlupp's back!

Snapping twice, a simple hit the wall was two-by-two, and it broke through Leicester City's defense.

Bellerin overtook the chasing Schlupp from the outside and caught the ball in the area on the right side of the pitch near the baseline.

He even had plenty of time to look up and watch his team-mates in the middle of the pitch and then deliver a decently low cross!

Before the game, Arsene Wenger had told his disciples in advance to play as low as possible in his crosses, so as to avoid Leicester's two tall centre-backs.

And at the moment of Bellerin's cross, Walcott suddenly accelerated, and rushed out from behind the two central defenders, Hut and Morgan, and took the lead to the front point!

The ball is here, the people are here!

"Walcoat ~~~ shot!"

The little tiger just pushed the arch of his foot, and the high-speed rolling ball changed direction and ran into the back of the goal against the turf.

Schmeichel didn't even have time to react, only to hear a bang, and the ball hit the inside of the back post and bounced into the goal!

In the next second, with a bang, the stadium was once again occupied by the cheers of the home team's fans.

The visiting fans held their heads in their hands, unable to believe what they were seeing.

"The ball went in~~~"

"Arsenal's counterattack was too sharp!"

"Leicester's defense, under the attack of the Gunners, is simply vulnerable!"

Two to zero!

Before the first half was over, the visiting Leicester City was stunned by Arsenal's two simple but deadly counterattacks!

Some of the blue foxes will be at a loss, some will be surprised, and some will be surprised.

And many people can't help but recall Arsenal's concise pass in the FA Cup final!

At that time, it was also a seemingly simple pass, and the Gunners' offensive burned from the back to the front like a flame, straight to the hinterland penalty area of Leicester City, and sent the ball into the goal!

Arsenal, who are fighting for the fourth, is indeed invincible!

Seeing that Lingard could not take advantage of Bellerin's defense, Ling Feng could only move the team's main attack direction to the right side.

At the same time, Pearson on the sidelines was also aware of this, and couldn't help but call for right-back Simpson to provide more assists to support Mahrez.

However, what was supposed to be a two-wing tactic is now abandoned, and Arsenal are more relaxed to defend.

is also a passing tactic, but the playing styles of Arsenal and Barcelona are distinctly different.

Barcelona's passing control is the rhythm.

Because most of the time, Barcelona pressed the opponent in the half, and then constantly transmitted on the periphery, pulling space, looking for openings, to paralyze and disintegrate the opponent.

Then a sudden start, a deadly pass, and solve the battle!

Once the ball is lost in the front court, the player will play a high counter-attack on the spot, stifle the opponent's counterattack in the cradle, and continue to control the pace of the game.

And Arsenal's passing control, strictly speaking, is still the pursuit of a quick counterattack from defense to attack!

When attacking, most people run without the ball, creating multiple passing points for their teammates, and then quickly push the ground to the heart of the opponent.

When defending, it is advisable to defend in position.

Instead of pressing up front, move the defence back to draw the opponent's formation out and create space for your own quick passes.

The difference between the two may be equivalent to boiling a frog in warm water and cooking a cow.

Of course, no tactic is better, and the difference is only in the ability of the players.

The reason why Barcelona's passing control can be fast and slow has a lot to do with the strength of the players of the dream three Barcelona.

In the front court are the "King of the Gunners" Henry, Messi, "Cheetah" Eto'o, "Huluwa" Villa, Pedro and others;

The midfield and backfield are the historic midfield combination "Habaib", the historical defender combination Puyol and Pique in the backfield, plus the two fullbacks Alves and Maxwell with super assist ability;

The goalkeeper is five-time Zamora Award winner Valdés!

In every position, almost the best players of that era.

And Arsenal's passing control focuses on the word "fast"!

The latter has relatively greater requirements for running and physical fitness, so it is more necessary for young people to run actively to support the execution of tactics.

The high tactical consumption and high intensity of the game are also important reasons why the Arsenal demons have repeatedly been troubled by injuries.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, if Wenger has the starting lineup of Dream Three Barcelona, with the tactical talent of "professor", he can also play the passing and control tactics to the extreme and lead Arsenal to rule an era!

However, this assumption is just an after-dinner conversation after all.

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With two goals down in the first half, Leicester's players were in a bit of a hurry.

The whole formation was pressed even higher, and Ling Feng no longer just acted as a fulcrum, but increased the number of dribbles with the ball, intending to use his speed to force a breakthrough in the middle!

This does create some threats.

With Ling Feng's explosive power, it is not difficult to pass one-on-one.

However, if you can pass the first one, if you can't pass the second, you will be put down!

In the end, with little time left in the first half, his breakthrough earned his team two set-piece opportunities.

It's a pity that the foul was too far away from the goal to shoot directly.

However, through tactical coordination, Leicester City still completed the first shot of the game after Vardy countered offside.

It's a pity that the shot was too straight and was easily confiscated by Ospina.

In the end, with Arsenal defender Coquelin kicking the ball to the front, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half!

In the next second, the Gunners fans immediately gave warm applause.

Obviously, they were very happy with the team's performance today.

"The first half is over!"

'For Leicester, the first half was definitely not what they wanted to see. Hopefully they can get back some form in the second half."

At half-time, players from both sides returned to the locker room.

The blue fox generals were all panting, wiping their sweat without saying a word, or replenishing their water.

This ball made them recognize the gap between themselves and the Premier League giants again.

In the first half, both sides had five or five possession.

There was also a big difference in the number of shots on goal, with the home team having four shots on goal and the visitors having two shots on goal.

However, the quality of the shots is very different!

Arsenal had four shots on goal, all of which were on target, and scored twice.

The visitors, on the other hand, had only one on target from their two shots on goal.

In Ling Feng's view, the gap in the ability of the players is one thing, and the more important thing is the tactical game of the two head coaches, Wenger almost beat Pearson.

This game, if you don't make some changes, loses!

Apparently, Pearson thought the same thing.

As a result, he immediately chose to replace Lingard, who was defended by Bellerin, with Chris Wood, and partnered Jamie Vardy up front.

Then let Mahrez move to the left and Ling Feng to the right.

Change formation 442, fight to the death!

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Arsenal continued to resolutely enforce their first-half defensive tactics and look for counter-attacking opportunities.

After all, they are the leading side, and there is no need to rush at all.

It is worth mentioning that after seeing Ling Feng and Mahrez switch positions, Wenger seemed to be prepared and immediately waved his hand.

Whenever the attack couldn't open the way, Leicester moved Ling Feng to the right and used his pace and crosses to create a threat.

This regular tactical change is no secret to other Premier League teams.

Therefore, Wenger also responded directly:

With the assistant coach shouting loudly, Sanchez, who was on the left side of the front, also returned to the midfield area and came to the vicinity of Ling Feng.

The Gunners' entire tactical formation has also changed from 442 to 451 with more emphasis on defensive counterattacks!

The three Arsenal players around Ling Feng formed a triangular position, which vaguely surrounded him.

The purpose is very simple - lock Ling Feng!

(End of chapter)