Chapter 165: Playing Against a Technical Team? We Are Familiar with This! [Subscribe! ]

Li Ang, who had started warming up smoothly with his teammates at the Emirates Stadium, probably couldn't have imagined it.

He just said hello to the reporters in a good mood, but it was directly written into the news, and it was even on the hot search of English football.

Fortunately, he didn't choose to backhand when he made the "V" sign, otherwise the British media might dare to accuse him of "discriminating against Arsenal".

To a certain extent, English reporters are indeed better at making things up than Spanish reporters.

Look, the game hasn't started yet, and the British media is definitely at the top level in Europe in terms of publicity and hype.

UEFA's senior executives are also smiling at the news.

The discussion of the two knockout matches between Juventus and Celtic and Paris Saint-Germain and Valencia last night was far less popular than the match between Real Madrid and Arsenal tonight!

The publicity of the British media is not to be underestimated.

Regardless of whether Milan and Barcelona agree or not, the battle between Real Madrid and Arsenal was directly given the title of the most exciting match in the quarter-finals.

Then many people who like to watch the spectators just like to follow the trend and watch the gimmick.

Many netizens who followed the trend, whether they were fans or not, turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast tonight.

Before the game started, as soon as the UEFA live source was turned on, the ratings data began to soar!

Chinese fans also turned on the TV or computer at more than three o'clock in the morning with pain and excitement.

However, not all fans chose to watch the Champions League live broadcast on the five channels they are most familiar with tonight.

A considerable number of old Premier League fans chose to open the live broadcast room of Sina Sports and watch the Champions League games on their computers.

And the reasons for watching Sina Sports live broadcast are also very consistent.

Because of Zhan Jun.

Since returning to China and joining Sina Sports in September last year, Zhan Jun has been known by more and more domestic fans with his professional knowledge reserves and excellent commentary ability.

If you say that most domestic fans had no choice to watch the game before, there was no better free platform except for TVB.

But now with the gradual popularization of computers, some domestic fans who have a choice will naturally pursue a better audio-visual experience.

This is not to say that He Wei and Duan Xuan are not good enough, but TVB often lets them lead the team.

It is not bad to have Coach Zhang lead the team at ordinary times.

But when they saw that Xu Yang was partnering with Duan Xuan tonight to commentate, many fans who could watch the game on the computer naturally preferred to watch Zhan Jun and Xie Hui's partner commentary.

The difference in the degree of understanding of the game was heard at the beginning.

In the Sina Sports studio late at night, as the live broadcast started, Zhan Jun and Xie Hui also gave an opening speech to the fans in high spirits.

As the players began to appear with the referee team, Zhan Jun also spoke about the recent performance of the two teams without any delay to introduce the status of the two teams to the fans.

".Arsenal has only tied with Liverpool in the last three league games. Facing Stoke City and Sunderland, Arsenal has won relatively stably. At present, the state of the whole team is recovering rapidly.

Before the game, Arsenal's head coach Wenger also said that he was quite satisfied with the team's preparations and was confident that he could play an efficient offensive and defensive performance at home."

"Yes, with the progress of the second half of the Premier League season, Arsenal's state is indeed visibly improving.

However, facing Real Madrid today, the psychological pressure on Arsenal players should still be relatively large. I hope they can maintain a good mentality while playing a tactical style."

The two talked about Arsenal's recent team status, and soon turned to Real Madrid and Li Ang.

At the end of the FIFA annual awards ceremony in early January, the entire Chinese sports circle was excited because Li Ang entered the top 20 of the Golden Ball Award!

In fact, it is difficult to say that it is the overall progress of Asian football just relying on Li Ang's brilliance.

But the birth of such a record is self-evident for the entire Chinese and Asian football.

At least with Li Ang, the new flag of Asian players after Park Ji-sung.

All the real fighters in the football career in Asia will get more sufficient motivation.

Xie Hui is one of the real doers who really want to devote themselves to the football career.

He is currently studying in Germany. He returned to China recently and wanted to take a two-month break before returning to Germany to continue his coaching courses.

But when he received the commentary guest invitation from Sina Sports, he still commented on the game between Real Madrid and Arsenal, and he agreed without saying a word.

Recently, he is interested in learning more about Li Ang's previous youth training experience and the process of loan training.

He is also happy to accept the opportunity to comment on Li Ang's important games with professional commentators like Zhan Jun.

As for Real Madrid's current tactical style, their discussion is just a taste, otherwise there would be too much to talk about, and the fans may not be happy to listen.

However, when talking about Real Madrid's recent performance and praising Leon, they both enjoyed the conversation and the fans were very happy to listen.

It was not until the players on both sides finished the opening ceremony and the captains of both sides began to fight for the right to choose sides that Zhan Jun took the time to explain the formation according to the starting players in the live camera.

".So for Arsenal, their starting lineup today is as follows:

The goalkeeper is Polish goalkeeper Szczesny.

In the central defender position, it is German international Mertesacker to partner with French central defender Koscielny, left back is Vermaelen, and right back is Sagna.

In the midfield, there are five players including Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Rosicky and Podolski!

The starting striker is the center forward Giroud.

For Arsenal, they made a big adjustment to the starting lineup today. The little tiger Walcott is on the bench. Maybe Wenger wants him to be a substitute.

"

"For Real Madrid, the starting goalkeeper today is still Casillas.

In the central defender position, Ramos and Pepe's partnership is the absolute first choice for Mourinho, left back Coentrao, right back Arbeloa.

In the midfield , Xabi Alonso and Leon stayed back, Modric played as central midfielder, and Ronaldo and Di Maria were on both sides of Modric.

Benzema was the only player on the front line.

There was no major adjustment in the starting lineup for Real Madrid, and Mourinho's lineup today was still very stable. "

After Zhan Jun's introduction, Xie Hui added:

"Both teams chose to use the 4-2-3-1 starting lineup today, but Ronaldo and Di Maria on Real Madrid can move forward to the front line at any time. In comparison, Arsenal's five midfielders should be more inclined to control the ball."

"Yes, Real Madrid should still pursue fast counterattacks and space pressure, which is also the offensive and defensive tactics that Real Madrid is best at now."

Leon in the field glanced at Cazorla standing opposite him, and smiled subconsciously again.

Cazorla looked at Leon and grinned, that is, there was a little intimacy in the smile of seeing an "old acquaintance", but also some helplessness.

In the last season at Villarreal and last season at Malaga, Cazorla and Li Ang have played against each other four times in the past two years.

Three times in La Liga and one in the King's Cup.

These four encounters have left Cazorla with a deep impression of Li Ang.

The two actually did not play against each other very often, after all, Cazorla was more active on the wing at that time, and Li Ang's main defenders were mostly players playing in the middle.

But just Li Ang's flank defense pressure has made Cazorla unforgettable.

Anyway, Cazorla didn't expect that he would transfer to Arsenal this season and still play against Real Madrid and Li Ang.

At this time, he could only say one sentence in his heart.

What a damn fate!

With the referee's whistle, this Champions League battle started on time, and Zhan Jun's voice also sounded at the right time.

"In the 12-13 season Champions League quarter-finals, the first leg of Real Madrid vs. Arsenal has begun! Coach Xie Hui and Zhan Jun will bring you a live commentary of the game on Sina Sports Video!

In this game, Real Madrid players wore dark blue away jerseys, while Arsenal wore classic red and white home jerseys!"

Xie Hui saw that Real Madrid, who first launched an offensive attempt, began to advance with the ball by Li Ang, and the tone of the commentary subconsciously became high:

"Li Ang is now controlling the ball and trying to push forward. Cazorla first pressed over to interfere with the defense. Li Ang started to speed up! Withstood Cazorla's interference and passed the ball to the right!"

Real Madrid did not play a long pass attack today, but Li Ang made a bold attempt to advance with the ball from his own half.

Cazorla did not stop Li Ang at the first time, which shocked Arteta who was lagging behind.

But at the moment when he moved forward, Li Ang decisively passed the ball.

Arbeloa rushed past Arsenal's right midfield defense line almost without any delay!

This made the Arsenal home fans, who had not even sat down yet, jump up from their seats again!

Arbeloa knocked the ball sideways at the moment when he was about to face Arsenal's left back Vermaelen.

Modric followed up and passed the ball to the middle, perfectly avoiding the defensive double-teaming of Arteta and Koscielny who were chasing back.

Li Ang, who had already run to the position at this moment, also directly picked the ball into Arsenal's penalty area.

Ronaldo, who cut into Arsenal's penalty area diagonally, was about to compete for the header, but he hit a "wall".

The one who came up to compete with Ronaldo was the 1.98-meter Mertesacker!

The German central defender's ability to intercept from the front is really outrageous. No matter how good Ronaldo is at jumping, he can't do anything against Mertesacker who stood in the defensive position this time.

Mertesacker used his height advantage to head the ball back to the midfield, but he didn't look too happy.

He started to yell loudly, reminding his teammates that they had to get into the game at this time.

The midfielders and backcourt players of Arsenal, who were previously stunned by Real Madrid's quick attack tactics at the beginning, were also in high spirits.

If you haven't played against each other, you can't really appreciate the strength of Real Madrid now.

When they watched the video of the match between Real Madrid and Dortmund before, they did feel that the rhythm of the two teams was very fast and the tactical competition was also full.

But in the end, it was just sitting in front of the screen and watching the video.

The Arsenal players were alert in their hearts, but they couldn't personally experience how fast the rhythm of the two teams was at that time.

Now they finally experienced it.

After recovering from it, I just felt cold sweat on my back!

The opening blitz didn't work, and of course the Real Madrid players felt it was a pity, but their speed of returning to defense was not slow at all.

Li Ang waited for Ronaldo for a while when retreating, and the two did not have much direct verbal communication.

Li Ang looked at Mertesacker, then looked at Ronaldo, Ronaldo pursed his lips and shook his head, and Li Ang made a "three" gesture.

After getting Ronaldo's nod of approval, Li Ang had no more questions and turned back to his own half, and had a brief exchange with Modric on the way.

This scene aroused the interest of many commentators and fans in front of the TV.

The communication between the two was straightforward and tacit, and it seemed that there was a tactical plan.

If Ronaldo's rush for the point was faster than Mertesacker's rush for the position, would Li Ang have discussed with Ronaldo about using the "No. 1" or "No. 2" offensive tactics?

Xie Hui looked at Mourinho, who was standing upright at the moment in the live camera, and his tone was full of interest.

"Mourinho seems to be well prepared today! I feel that there are more than three sets of offensive tactical plans alone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Arsenal organized a counterattack in the midfield, but Real Madrid's midfield defense line had been fully built at this time.

Ronaldo and Di Maria then returned to the center line and guarded the two wings, while Modric and Benzema interfered with Arsenal's ball carriers one after another.

Li Ang and Alonso will now stand in front and behind.

The defensive positions of all Real Madrid players are very solid, and the cooperation and defense between them are also very proficient.

When Arsenal's midfielders have the ball, Real Madrid has no intention of pressing forward to grab the ball, which forces Arsenal to invest more manpower in the offensive end.

But just when Arsenal spent four or five minutes to finally break into the hinterland of Real Madrid's half, Li Ang moved!

When Modric was chasing Cazorla, Li Ang also pressed forward to cooperate with Modric to double-team.

Cazorla quickly passed the ball to Rosicky in front of him on the right, and Li Ang also directly left Cazorla and turned to run towards Rosicky!

Ramsey, who had just crossed the center line at this moment, saw Li Ang's pursuit and attack clearly.

His first reaction was "Fast!"

This does not mean that Li Ang's absolute speed is very fast, but that Li Ang's explosive acceleration!

In terms of absolute speed, Arsenal's starting player Podolski is much faster than Leon.

But in terms of explosive acceleration, Ramsey feels that Prince Poldi is not even as good as Leon!

Rosicky was still observing the running positions of Podolski on the left and Giroud who was further ahead, but before he could pass the ball, a strong force came from his side!

The ball was lost first, and then the whole person was squeezed away!

Rosicky didn't have much defense, and fell to the grass with a slight stumble!

And in his surprised look back, he could only see the back of a dark blue number 10 leading the ball away!

"Leon——! Good ball! Li Ang's beautiful chase and steal! Rosicky was still careless, he couldn't think for so long when Li Ang was chasing back. Li Ang passed the ball again! Modric!"

In the high-pitched commentary of Zhan Jun, another quick counterattack of Real Madrid has started.

After Modric received the ball from Leon from behind, he boldly continued to move forward while the speed of Arsenal's defense had not yet increased!

In fact, he likes this exciting offensive feeling.

And playing against Arsenal also makes him more eager to attack.

Even though the teammate in front of him on the left is no longer the lightning-fast Bale, Real Madrid's overall counterattack speed is much faster than Tottenham!

In just two or three seconds, Modric was almost surrounded by Real Madrid players!

This means that his passing opportunities and choices have increased, but Modric did not send a threatening ball quickly.

He began to run to the side, forcing Arteta, who was lagging behind, to move closer to him.

At this time, in front of him, Ronaldo, who was once again targeted by Sagna and Mertesacker, seemed to have no threat.

But just when all Arsenal fans were almost relieved, Modric passed the ball!

Leon, who once again took the lead in the middle of Arsenal, became the focus of the audience at this moment!

Without Arteta in the middle, Cazorla and Ramsey were still desperately chasing back one meter away from Leon!

No one in the Arsenal midfield could stop Leon from facing the penalty area!

A choice was placed in front of the Arsenal defenders: press forward and intercept Leon's dribbling, or continue to retreat and bet that Leon was unable to handle this offensive opportunity on his own?

Mertesacker stared at Ronaldo and chose not to go out.

But Koscielny saw that Li Ang had adjusted his starting point outside the penalty area and seemed to be about to shoot from a distance, but he couldn't be as ruthless as his partner.

Koscielny left the penalty area, and Li Ang's right foot, which seemed to be about to hit the goal, changed the shot to a push and pushed the ball to the right side of Arsenal's slightly empty penalty area!

Vermaelen was restrained by Benzema's running position and couldn't return to his defense area in the first time.

Di Maria successfully cut in diagonally and led the ball. The next moment, he directly chose to shoot with his left foot!

With almost no one guarding, the quality of Di Maria's shot was quite high.

Even though Szczesny rushed to the far corner in the first time, Di Maria's shot was too close to the goal and the angle was too tricky!

The Polish goalkeeper failed to touch the ball. He knew very well that he couldn't even touch the ball skin.

This feeling made him very powerless!

But his first reaction at this moment was not the goal, but the time of the game!

"Has the game started for six minutes?"

Perhaps in response to Szczesny's inner doubts, the Sky Sports commentator exclaimed when he saw the ball enter the net!

"Sixth minute of the first half! God! The game just passed the sixth minute, and Real Madrid broke through Arsenal's door! And this is their second blitz attempt in this game!!!"

The surprised and disappointed Sky Sports commentator could only use exclamation to hide his emotions.

But at this moment in the Sina Sports studio, Zhan Jun and Xie Hui began to shout excitedly without any disguise!

"Leon assisted Di Maria to break through Arsenal's goal! Ronaldo and Benzema were baits in this attack! Modric scored in time, and Leon blocked beautifully! Arsenal's defense was fooled by Real Madrid!"

"No high balls, fast counterattacks on the ground, even Ronaldo is a tactical bait! Mertesacker may not have thought that this is Real Madrid's 'number three tactics'! Look how happy Ronaldo is laughing now!"

The two of them almost stood in line to celebrate in the studio.

But at this moment on the field, Leon was already laughing and hugging his teammates to celebrate!

They didn't expect the goal to come so early.

Arsenal is going to play the tactics of central control and offensive penetration today.

This set of play is actually not bad, and Arsenal can actually play against current technical teams, such as Manchester City and Barcelona.

After all, in terms of technology, Arsenal's midfield is absolutely first-class.

If they fight for possession of the ball, they will not be weak.

But the current Arsenal midfield and backcourt have a very serious problem.

Perhaps the results of last season made the professor feel less of a sense of crisis, so he did not make targeted transfers and signings during the summer transfer window last year and the winter transfer window this year.

Arsenal's waist is still not strong enough!

Arteta can be a metronome and a gearbox, but he is definitely not a meat grinder.

Even if his current defense looks good, he is still not a defensive beast waist.

And Real Madrid is the best at playing against such a technical team with lineup defects!

At the beginning, Real Madrid players were indeed prepared to defend for a while longer.

But after testing the defensive strength of Arsenal's midfield and backcourt, they no longer hesitated.

Just rush to the middle and tear open the defense line!

Mourinho was also smiling at this time, standing on the sidelines and clapping with satisfaction.

While clapping, Mourinho was also muttering.

"That's right, play Arsenal's middle, play Arsenal's middle today!"

I finally made up for today's 10,000-word update.

Alas, the foodie and the old father who came to the city today quarreled all night.

I can only say that I am exhausted.

There are too many things that we can't agree on.

I sent my old father away at the station and typed the last word.

When I was in the provincial capital before, I felt very tired because of work.

But now back in the county, the foodie found that it was not easy because of family affairs.

I will borrow some money next month and pay the down payment for the house first.

The foodie couldn't convince his parents, and now he can only follow their ideas.

In fact, the foodie is not old, but in the mouths of his parents, it seems that he has reached the age where he must start a family.

Alas, sitting at the station now, I feel very complicated. I nag a little, and I hope the big guys don't blame me.