Chapter 393 Arsenal's Greatly Changed Style

Arsenal's football style under Wenger has always been gorgeous and elegant, just like a peerless swordsman, white clothes beat snow, standing on the top of the mountain, entwined, with a sword coming from the west and taking the enemy's life.

However, judging from the period since the start of the game, today's Arsenal is like a swordsman who put down his sword, put on sackcloth, and turned into a rogue who is fighting against others. The contrast is so strong.

Whether Pires, Bergkamp, ​​or even the divine striker Henry, all turned into sappers, executed the strangulation tactics carefully formulated by Wenger in the midfield, and formed a midfield barrier with the most ferocious posture, not allowing an inch of land.

Who would have thought that the giant Arsenal, which has always been the representative of the Premier League's technical football, suddenly became a savage team that all League One teams are willing to lose.

But such a ferocious posture really made Notts County uncomfortable, and the offensive advancement was very unfavorable.

In fact, Notts County itself is the least willing to face a brutal team. After all, all the players in the frontcourt are skilled players, and these EU foreign players cannot compete with the British, even after two After many seasons of training, they may not be afraid when they play against a savage team, but they are still reluctant to face such an opponent if they can avoid it.

If replaced by other tough Premier League teams, Notts County will have to work hard in the midfield, but the strong overall strength will still allow them to win in the end, provided the luck is not too bad.

But in the face of Arsenal, who have put down their airs and changed from high-flying snow to a riba, Notts County played very awkwardly.

With Vieira sitting in the midfield and other players' desperate pressing, it is difficult for Notts County to pass the midfield quickly, and once they are strangled in the midfield and Arsenal, as long as Arsenal steals the ball, then Arsenal will immediately. It can organize a sharp fast break, seize the time difference in Notts County's offensive and defensive transition, and then directly threaten Notts County's goal.

In this case, Loew dared not let the players position too forward, and the three lines kept a distance as a whole, and could not act rashly.

Of course, Notts County's midfield strength is not something that Arsenal can easily pass through. Don't forget the engineer-type winger Kuyt. As long as he takes a step back, he can be directly used as a defensive midfielder.

As a result, the two sides are caught in the strangulation of each other in the midfield. You take a step forward, then I will push back immediately, and I will never let the opponent step into my dangerous area.

The first 30 minutes of the game was spent like this. Arsenal fought against Notts County with a counterattack attitude, but they also paid a certain price. In the fierce pressing, Gilberto Silva and Bergkamp They all received yellow cards, and on Notts County's side, Deco was also warned by a yellow card. Overall, it was a close match.

Loew frowned as he watched from the sidelines. He couldn't figure out whether Wenger's purpose was really to fight for control of the midfield and then suppress Notts County, or to complete the defense in such an alternative way, regardless of Wenger. What kind of purpose, it can be said that Notts County has not taken too much advantage.

Notts County is not afraid to play against Arsenal, but Arsenal's counterattack is obviously not pure, and has completely abandoned Arsenal's previous style, but the giant team has used the method of a fish-belly team to limit Noah. Barbara County, Loew does not know whether to admire Wenger or despise Wenger.

However, before Loew thought of Wenger's purpose, Arsenal's style suddenly changed. They didn't have too much entanglement with Notts County in the midfield, and the offense became gorgeous and fierce again.

The players in Notts County were a little caught off guard. They were still holding a brick stubble just now, and they were dancing in front of him in a blink of an eye. Can these two styles really be seamlessly connected?

Unprepared, Notts County's formation was a bit out of balance, and Arsenal quickly seized the opportunity to hit their own dangerous area, and the continuous wave of attacks made Notts County goalkeepers very embarrassed.

After the players finally reacted and withdrew to block Arsenal's attack, and defended the enemy from outside the country, they were stunned to find that the first half was almost over.

David, who understood the situation, couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Wenger. In the previous life, most people thought that it was the director of youth training to do a job suitable for Wenger, because he did have two brushes to promote and train young players. But in terms of overall coaching ability, especially on-the-spot commanding ability, he has been criticized all the time. Even Arsenal fans often ridicule Wenger.

But I have to admit that this first half may not be Arsenal's best half, but it showed Wenger's training ability to the fullest. You must know that no one has ever called Wenger a tactician in his previous life. In this half of the game, Wenger's tactical design is a classic.

If you simply compare the player configuration, David believes that Notts County, which has gradually matured, has surpassed Arsenal. If you count the thickness of the lineup, Arsenal will not know where they are left.

However, Wenger used a very reasonable tactical design, so that Arsenal did not suffer from a disadvantage in away games when facing Notts County. David doubted whether this was the peak performance of Wenger's coaching career.

Back in the locker room, although the Notts County players didn't show much frustration, most of them were a little gloomy. get up.

"I really don't know if the guys from Arsenal are pretending to be savages from the Hammer Gang. I used to think they played gorgeously, but today they seem to have changed. Look at this, Bergkamp gave me this. One foot, it's about to swell up!" Sneijder sat on the stool, took off the shin pads, and shouted with a depressed expression.

"Who knows, you said your body is swollen, but I'm all blue!"

"Yeah, who knows how Arsenal became like this today, if they continue to play like this in the future, it will be lively!"

"Those guys who are like girls played so bloody, I think we can be a little more ruthless in the second half. Anyway, after this game, there are no particularly strong opponents. Just fine!"

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The players discussed at length. Generally speaking, Arsenal’s performance in the first half subverted their impressions and perceptions, but if Arsenal continued to use the tactics of the first half in the second half, they would have adapted. Half-time and the players who had some eye on Arsenal's weaknesses will definitely teach Arsenal a hard lesson. (To be continued.)