Chapter 265 Reversal!!

18? 18!

Wenger sat in the home team coaching booth, crouching, watching the Chelsea players in blue jerseys celebrating wildly on the field. In the stands, Chelsea fans were also cheering wildly. These two numbers emerged in his mind.

The first 18 is a question mark, but the second 18 is an exclamation mark.

This is a question raised by many media before the game, because Chelsea has not won 17 games against Arsenal in the past few years. They have not defeated Arsenal for many, many years. This is a psychological advantage for the Gunners.

After Ye Qiu arrived this season, the new coach and new players, after drastic reforms, this psychological pressure has been weakened a lot, but Arsenal's psychological advantage has not been weakened much. Until the last two rounds of league duels, Arsenal has not been able to beat the opponent, and they are at a disadvantage on the field, which makes Arsenal a little panicked.

Wenger has no doubt that this year is the most promising year for Arsenal to win the Champions League and Premier League titles, not only because the team is in excellent form, but also because the main players including Henry, Vieira, Pires are in their prime. Once this year is over, there will be no chance again.

But what was unexpected was that Chelsea suddenly emerged.

In the Premier League, Arsenal fell behind Chelsea, and Wenger did not have enough solutions for this, because the league relies on accumulation, so he could only chase after it and wait for Chelsea to make mistakes, but in the European Champions League, Wenger was ambitious to eliminate Chelsea and win the Champions League.

As long as Chelsea is passed, whether it is Real Madrid or Monaco, it will not be a problem!

In order to prepare for the first round of the match with Chelsea, Wenger was painstakingly planning. First, he deliberately created doubts before the game, creating signs that Reyes, Ljungberg, Gilberto Silva, Ashley Cole and others were absent due to injuries, and even many of his own people thought that this was true, but in the end all these people played.

He boldly replaced Bergkamp with Reyes in the starting lineup. Wenger rarely uses such a risky approach, but the results are very obvious. Reyes scored the only goal in the first half, which was also a surprise weapon in Arsenal's offense.

In defense, Wenger had already made various targeted arrangements and arrangements for Chelsea's main offensive players before the game. He and his coaching staff almost exhausted all possibilities.

But in the end, he missed only one person, that is, Chelsea's No. 18, Claude Makelele!

It is not surprising to miss Makelele, because the French midfielder is best at defense. His last goal dates back to the 99/00 season when he played for Celta, but in those two years at Celta, he played 70 league games and scored 3 goals.

In addition, in recent years, as Makelele's position has been constantly moving back, he has almost been isolated from scoring goals, which makes many people even doubt whether Makelele can score goals? Many people also subconsciously equate Makelele with scoring, saying that this is impossible.

But I believe that countless people have overlooked a fact. Makelele is definitely a professional player with very solid basic skills, regardless of defense. Such a player can still score as long as he is given a chance.

From the top of the arc to the goal, it is less than 20 meters, is it far?

For the current professional players who can shoot at a range of 30 meters, 20 meters is very short!

So, when Makelele's shot broke Lehmann's goal, Wenger's first reaction was impossible, and his second reaction was dejection, because he had calculated everything, but he missed Makelele.

He should have thought of it long ago, because Deco's position was very far back. When Lampard and Davis were both pressing forward, how could Deco not press forward? The only explanation is that he deliberately did not press forward, and the reason for this was to create space and opportunities for Makelele to press forward.

When Arsenal's defense was focused on Deco, Lampard and Davis, Makelele, who had been stationed in front of the back line, suddenly pressed forward and completely disrupted Arsenal's rhythm. In the end, everyone found that no one was marking Makelele.

No. 18, 18 games unbeaten, is there still hope?

Wenger could clearly feel that the players' chests were losing energy quickly with Makelele's shot. Their physical strength was already close to exhaustion, and now the opponent equalized the score, which made them feel very annoyed and helpless.

But the terrible thing is that Wenger obviously didn't have many tricks in his hands, because his team was built around the French gang. Keown was old on the back line, Senderos and Clichy were immature, and Siga had many problems. There were only two substitutes, Edu and Parlour, in the midfield, and only two substitutes, Bergkamp and Wiltord, on the front line.

The depth of the bench has always been one of Arsenal's most fatal problems and the reason why the team has repeatedly collapsed in March and April, but Wenger has never thought about further expanding the team's lineup and bench depth. Of course, there are also financial budget issues of the team, and another reason is that Wenger has never been good at rotation.

Perhaps, it is because Wenger is an economics major and has his own ideas about finance, but it is undeniable that Arsenal's main lineup is indeed very strong, but the depth of the bench is obviously insufficient. Whether compared with Manchester United or Chelsea, Arsenal's bench can even be described as weak.

Of course, Wenger also has his own considerations, that is, if the control-type play adopts a rotation policy, the team's performance will definitely fluctuate, because the substitutes are definitely not as good as the main players, and for the team that adopts a ball-control-type play, the rotation and the appearance of the substitutes will lead to more mistakes in the team's control and passing.

Ye Qiu also adopted a control-type play this season, but he did not pursue ball control or smooth offense, but pursued high-intensity pressure, and once he could not open the situation quickly, he would transfer the ball to the front court and give it to Ronaldinho, or find Drogba through the side of the full-back forward, and then open the situation, so he can rotate appropriately.

But it is obvious that no matter how Arsenal changes, it cannot do without Henry, Pires, Vieira and others. The existence of these people determines that Arsenal's style of play must be ground control flow. If it is ground control flow, can Parlour rotate with Ljungberg?

Of course, technical players can also be introduced from the beginning of the season to rotate, but the problem is that this type of players are not cheap.

The reason why many things in the world cannot be solved is not because the parties involved cannot understand it, because if they cannot understand it now, they will understand it sooner or later. No one is hopelessly stupid. The real problem is that everyone can understand it, but there is no solution.

Perhaps, after the construction of Arsenal's new stadium is completed, Wenger will be able to show his strength!

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Ye Qiu noticed Wenger's face full of sorrow, and now he is the one with a smile on his face. It can really be said that the situation has changed.

After the score was tied, Arsenal's morale had dropped rapidly, and as the game continued, Arsenal players' physical strength was rapidly fading. Wenger didn't seem to want to make substitutions yet, but it was estimated that he would soon.

"Arsenal should start to adjust, right?" Ten Cate said beside Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know, it depends on how determined Wenger is. He doesn't have many cards to change. The current lineup is the strongest lineup he can form. If he makes substitutions, it means replacing Reyes with Bergkamp, ​​but how much effect can it achieve?"

This is the difference in team formation strategy. Many people say that Ye Qiu is good at playing cup games. In fact, it is because Ye Qiu's team formation strategy has always focused on changes. For example, if Chelsea now requires changes, it is very simple. Ribery and Joe Cole replace Davis or Makelele, and the team can immediately change the formation, and can also play 4231 and 433 depending on the situation.

But looking at Arsenal's bench lineup, there are almost no such substitutes available.

This has always been the biggest problem of Wenger's Arsenal. A lineup can fight to death. The main players are very strong, but you can never rely on a main lineup to conquer the world. In fact, in this season, the reason why Arsenal can remain unbeaten is that the main lineup rarely has injuries. This is a very important reason.

But this also leads to the accumulation of Arsenal's main lineup with the accumulation of events. In addition, there is no winter break in the Premier League. Even if Wenger tries to arrange substitutes and youth teams to play in the FA Cup and League Cup, the main players are still very tired. How can they have strong combat effectiveness?

Not good at rotation, insisting on playing with the main lineup to the end, this is why Wenger implements the strategy of signing a year after the age of 30, because the phenomenon of premature aging caused by excessive fatigue of players is not surprising, and in the past life, Wenger has lost many more promising stars than the stars he cultivated.

Many times, fans are easily covered by certain things. For example, when they see Arsenal starting to be the home of the little devil, they think Wenger is very good at cultivating young players. This is because they only see part of it and don't see the rest.

Of course, Ye Qiu has always been very sure that Wenger is absolutely great for Arsenal!

"If he doesn't move, we won't move either. If he moves, we will move with him!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

At this point in the game, Chelsea has taken control of the overall situation, and Ye Qiu has no worries at all. After equalizing the score, Chelsea has an away goal in hand, and the pressure is on Arsenal. It depends on how Wenger resolves the situation and whether he has the courage to press forward.

Ye Qiu has enough confidence in his team's defense, so he hopes that Arsenal will press forward.

But some things are not what he wants. Wenger never made a substitution, and Chelsea didn't make a substitution. Ye Qiu just attacked for a while after equalizing the score, and then asked the players to continue to maintain pressure, but appropriately relax the pressure and pressing on Arsenal.

The so-called appropriate means to continue to wear down the physical strength of Arsenal players.

For this kind of technical team, when the physical energy is consumed to a certain extent, the body can no longer effectively complete the standard technical movements, which will lead to the technical movements being out of shape. Once the technical movements are out of shape, the number of passing errors will increase, which will inevitably bring some risks.

Ye Qiu did not make substitutions because he knew that the initiative was in his hands. If he continued to consume, Arsenal would sooner or later have problems.

He believed that Wenger also knew this, but the Frenchman should be worried about how to make substitutions!

For a head coach who has very rich experience and has led a team to play in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, every adjustment and every substitution in the game must have its own purpose, so that it can be conveyed to the players.

The two substitutions have contradictory purposes and will only leave the players at a loss in the end.

Therefore, the head coach always believes in a principle at this time, to adapt to changes by staying the same, because many times, blind and purposeless substitutions and adjustments will only bring counter-effects in the end.

As for those who want to create luck by substituting people and thus break the deadlock, Ye Qiu can only say that he should buy lottery tickets, maybe the probability of winning the lottery will be higher.

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Everyone can easily see the smoke coming from Henry's head, which means that the French forward is very angry now.

This game was hailed by Wenger as Arsenal's most important game so far this season, but Henry was completely dumb in this game, and could even be said to have no performance at all. How could he not get angry? ?

The reason why he didn't show any performance was very simple, it was the person in front of him!

The bunch of hair on the forehead is standing straight up. I don’t know how much hair wax I put on it to style it. What’s strange is that after so many hairs, it’s still not messy. And underneath the straight hair, there is always a picture that looks better. The face looks like a sneer, the eyes are small, the nose is small, and the ears are small. It is a villain, and it is extremely ugly.

But what makes Henry angry is that no matter where he moves, this person always follows him, his eyes always staring at him, as if he is telling himself very firmly, I will definitely stare at you!

If it were normal times, Bergkamp would have taken the initiative to seek cooperation when he saw Henry being marked by his opponent. But in this game, his partner was replaced by Reyes. The Spanish teenager was called the new player by many Arsenal fans. Henry, because he also likes to roam on the left, but in Henry's view, Reyes, who was fixed on the right in this game, couldn't even cooperate with him.

2 vs. 2, Henry Garreyes vs. Triga Cannavaro. Except for one goal, the former was almost completely defeated!

No matter where the ball comes from, Chelsea's defense always seems to be able to restrain and disintegrate it. Especially after conceding the ball, they obviously become more focused and do not relax even for a second. This makes Henry feel annoyed and his temper comes out. , and getting more and more irritable.

When he pulled the ball to the left and was double-teamed by Maicon and Terry, he saw that Reyes did not approach him like Bergkamp, ​​seeking cooperation, but was waiting for him in the middle of the penalty area. When the pass was passed, Henry was immediately furious. He wanted to pick up this Spanish kid, slap him in the face, and ask him, why did you let me pass the ball to you?

It's not that Henry is acting big, or that he bullies newcomers, but that he is very popular now!

So Henry saw that he could not break through the double-team of Maicon and Terry, so he made a direct pass and passed the ball over. He was thinking, don't you want to pass the ball? Pass the ball to you!

Cannavaro was obviously prepared. The ball landed at a bad spot. Because of the restrictions of Maicon and Terry, the passing route was frozen a lot. However, Reyes was obviously not prepared. He was waiting for Henry to give him a pass. He passed the ball so that he could directly attack Cannavaro, but he did not expect that the Italian judged the landing point before him and headed the ball to the left.

Evra quickly moved forward after receiving the ball. When he met Ljungberg, he passed directly to Davis.

The Dutchman made a diagonal pass from the center to the left. After getting the ball, he quickly looked for a connection with Ronaldinho, and successfully passed the ball to the Brazilian's feet. At this moment, Ronaldinho's position was exactly right. Between Lauren and Kolo Toure.

Strictly speaking, Chelsea's counterattack speed is not fast, but it is played very cleverly.

When Ronaldinho flew to the left wing after Davis received the ball, he cleverly cut inside. On the one hand, he gave up the left wing to Davis, and on the other hand, he went to find Lauren and Kolo Toure's gap, and at this moment, Lauren has to guard against Davis, unable to form a double attack with Kolo Toure.

Davis passed the ball to Ronaldinho's feet, but Kolo Toure reacted very quickly. He immediately got behind Ronaldinho, but the Brazilian used He leaned against Kolo Toure, and since he was already standing in the penalty area, Kolo Toure did not dare to foul and nimbly moved the ball to his left with his feet.

Ronaldinho's left side was the right side of the goal. At this time, Drogba had already ran over to seek cooperation. I don't know how the Brazilian saw Drogba. In short, with his move, the ball happened to reach Drogba. In front of Ba, the Ivorian stretched out his right foot and let the ball seem to hit his instep. It bounced directly and fell behind Kolo Toure.

Kolo Toure, who was looking at Drogba, realized something was wrong at this time, because Ronaldinho, who was originally blocking him, suddenly disappeared from his side like a loach. Sliding by with no sound, he actually had a one-two with Drogba on the penalty area line that hit the wall.

Ronaldinho got the ball about 10 meters away from the goal. Facing the panicked Lehmann, the Brazilian made a skillful fake move, tricking Lehmann into thinking he was about to take off and made a save. action, but he chose to flexibly poke the ball directly into the lower left corner of the goal, 2:1!

The whole process was done in one go. Before anyone could react, Ronaldinho, who already knew that he had poked the ball into the goal, rushed out of Arsenal's penalty area quickly, opened his arms, opened his big mouth excitedly, showing his mouthful of buck teeth, and celebrated the goal with abandon.

At this time, cheers suddenly rang out, and everyone realized that the ball had gone in!

Then, everyone couldn't help but burst into even more enthusiastic cheers, because Chelsea had reversed the game!!!