Chapter 537： iron Man

When Drogba rushed out of the penalty area excitedly, Wenger, who was standing on the sidelines, slapped his forehead vigorously. Judging from the shape of his mouth, he was obviously cursing at the beginning of f.

This is a very rare gaffe for Professor Wenger, who has always been gentle and elegant!

No one thought that Wenger's team would play so badly at St. Mary's Stadium, even Wenger himself.

This is already the fourth goal of the game!

Tony Cross played the lead in this game and played so well!

Ten minutes ago, it was his diagonal pass and handed it to Hazard.

After the Belgian dribbled the ball in from the left, it attracted Arsenal's defensive attention, and then suddenly a diagonal pass to the right.

Gareth Bale drove the ball into the penalty area on the right, completely disrupting Arsenal's defense.

As a result, the Welshman made a cross in the middle, James Rodriguez deliberately missed it, and Hazard at the back point followed and pushed and scored, rewriting the score to three to zero!

And now, Hazard took the ball from the left and cut inward, to the center, and passed to James Rodríguez, who then split to the right, Danilo rushed to assault and scored after getting the ball. In the big restricted area, point before the low pass, Drogba scores a point in front of the goal!

Almost all of the four goals were related to the wing, which gave Wenger a feeling of collapse.

"Pat, you must make up the side lanes, you must make up!"

After approaching the coaching bench of the visiting team, Wenger looked a little frustrated.

Dignified and powerful in the Premier League, it was a shame and a shame to be beaten by the newly promoted horse to a score of four to zero, even in the away game!

What's more, judging from the current situation, Southampton is Arsenal's top four opponents in the league!

Judging from the situation this season, Manchester United and Manchester City are still strong, and Chelsea are also stable under the guidance of Benitez.

Rao Wenger has to admit that the overall strength of these three teams is above Arsenal.

Originally, the biggest competitor in the top four of the Arsenal League was Tottenham Hotspur, but the team is still in the process of adjusting, its performance is good, and it is temporarily ranked above Arsenal, but Wenger is very confident that it can suppress Under the opponent.

Only Southampton, relying on a series of consecutive victories, the Saints actually smashed to third place and even suppressed Chelsea.

This undoubtedly destroyed Wenger's plan!

As the head coach of Arsenal, Wenger knows better than everyone that losing the Champions League qualification will be a huge blow to Arsenal's finances. Therefore, in order to keep the top four in the league, signings during the winter break must be done!

Pat Rice nodded, indicating that he remembered it, and would remind him when he turned back.

"Bielsa is not easy!"

Wenger glanced at the front of the coach's bench. Bielsa, who was always on the sidelines directing the game, gave a cold snort.

"It's not that Southampton's bench is very thick, otherwise, his rotation can help the Saints through Christmas?"

The Christmas Devil schedule, playing three games in seven days, is a huge test for any team.

But Southampton just relied on tyrannical strength and the thickness of the bench to survive this devil's schedule.

Among the top-ranked teams in the league standings, only Southampton, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have two consecutive victories in the first two rounds of the Christmas Devil schedule, and Manchester City lost one game.

But in this round, Manchester United won and Chelsea lost. Arsenal had only used a 7-3 home victory to beat Newcastle and win Southampton with great momentum, and they could establish a good situation in the second half and narrow the points gap. .

But now, it has made Southampton a further step!

Think about it, it's really useless!

He raised his head and looked at the stadium, just in time to see Southampton's German midfielder Tony Kroos hugging his teammates with a smile, celebrating Drogba's goal, and can still hear their cheers.

"We are only one Tony Cross!" Wenger shook his head regretfully.

It's also to blame how he went wrong in the first place!

When Tony Kroos was at Bayern Munich, his performance was not eye-catching, nor was he playing the role of postponing organizer.

But after coming to Southampton, he switched to playing the organization's midfielder, only to stimulate his potential in one fell swoop.

Perhaps in the eyes of many fans, the retreat of Tony Cross represents that he is insulated from all personal honors.

But in fact, Bielsa's move has greatly broadened Tony Cross's development prospects.

The German midfielder is a very classical midfielder. He has fine skills at his feet, but his speed is average and his personal breakthrough ability is not strong. In the frontcourt, facing intensive defense, this is not his strong point, and it may even expose him. The weakness.

The slightly classical style of the No. 10 player has no room in the modern football tactical system!

Even in Bayern Munich, it is impossible to build a set of tactics centered on the traditional number ten around Tony Cross.

But the retreat, although he sacrificed part of his offensive ability, but activated his ability to organize, control the ball and control the overall situation.

In the current Southampton, Tony Cross is the midfield decision maker and controller.

This, in this game, fully manifested!

The horizontal dispatching ability is superb, the long and short passes cover every corner of the court, the team's offensive and defensive transition rhythm and the overall situation control ability are very good, such a midfielder is definitely Wenger's dream.

The only thing that can be criticized is Tony Cross's defensive ability as a midfielder.

But the most important thing is that this player is only twenty-three years old, and he is still scoring and improving quickly.

How precious is this in the current professional football world?

Looking back now, let’s not mention that Yang Huan strongly advocated the introduction of Tony Cross. It was the rumored Kaizi who helped him dig out his wallet. Even if it didn’t, 60 million pounds to introduce Tony Cross was considered worth it!

At the very least, from the current situation, Tony Cross is undoubtedly the most promising all-around technical midfielder.

As for Barcelona’s Busquets, his defensive position is better than Tony Cross. After all, he is a pure midfielder, but his ability to run, cover, pass threats and design the team’s offensive line Not as good as the Germans.

Perhaps this is also related to the existence of Harvey, but at least Tony Cross's performance in the last two seasons is indeed quite stunning.

And Tony Cross is too smart. Although he is a late organizer, he rushes up from time to time and takes a long shot, which makes people startled in a cold sweat and has an outstanding free kick technique.

"It's too easy for us to let the opponent pass through our midfielder and face Arteta directly. Once we face each other, whether it is Hazard, James Rodriguez or Gareth Bale, it will be determined by Arteta. tower!"

Pat Rice shook his head helplessly.

This problem is not new, it has always existed, but...

The Arsenal assistant looked at Wenger and sighed.

The Gunners coach always believes that as long as the front attack is smooth, the players' enthusiasm for pressing and oppression will come up, and Arsenal's ball control tactics can ensure the steady operation of the team's technical single midfielder.

In Chinese terms, this should be called the best defense!

Idealism kills people!

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With the referee's whistle, everyone was shocked by the almost one-sided competition for the Champions League qualification, and finally came to an end.

With four goals from James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale, Hazard and Drogba, Southampton won the team's nine-game winning streak with a four-to-zero home win over Arsenal!

At the same time, the three-game winning streak at Christmas also allowed Southampton to successfully get out of the devil's schedule.

While this relieved everyone in the entire St. Mary's stadium, they all cheered wildly.

Killed Arsenal, Southampton further secured the top four in the league.

For Southampton this season, as long as they qualify for the Champions League, it is considered a success!

After the end of this game, it was not the four scoring players who were selected as the best player of the game, but the midfielder Tony Cross.

When the result of the best selection of the audience was announced, all the fans in the entire St. Mary's Stadium stood up and cheered.

The German players showed their fantastic football skills in this game.

With his excellent tactical understanding ability, he completely controlled the rhythm of the game, led the Saints midfielder, and was able to suppress Arsenal's midfield. He scored consecutive goals in a short period of time and established the victory of the game.

With a retreat, the Saints midfielder was able to firmly control the situation and rhythm, making it difficult for Arsenal to organize a threatening offensive.

At the same time, he once again ran the most distance in the game, reaching 12.3 kilometers, and the pass success rate was as high as 95%. These two statistics are quite amazing.

More importantly, in all the competitions that Tony Cross has participated in this season, he averaged 11.8 kilometers per game, which is currently the first in the Southampton team to run per game, and it is an iron man!

When there is the ball, he will actively run in a large area to support his teammates, and when there is no ball, he will block the opponent's line of delivery by actively running.

Tony Cross's run may not be decisive, but it is very, very important!

As a result, after the game, Yang Huan came to the home team's locker room from the chairman stand for the first time. As soon as he entered the door, he ignored Tony Cross's wet body and sweat, and went straight to a bear hug.

"Good job, Tony, great!"

The latter held the best champagne in the audience with both hands, and was directly flattered by the embrace of Master Huan.

"And you, they are all too good, I like you!"

When everyone listened, they all laughed.

Young Master Huan said too much!

However, I am so glad to hear Master Huan’s appreciation!

"Now, the devil's schedule is finally over, everyone must hurry up and make adjustments, because the next will be the most decisive. All fronts will enter the final tug of war, which will become very tragic!"

Everyone nodded unceasingly.

The Christmas Devil schedule is just one of the tests for the Premier League teams.

The English Premier League schedule and the Cup match are not lost to the Christmas Devil schedule at all in difficulty.

Therefore, there are many dark polo teams that performed well in the first half, but after the Christmas schedule, they thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, but they became paralyzed and relaxed, directly ruining the painstaking effort of the entire season.

"I still said that, bonuses, I am not stingy, as long as you perform well, I will satisfy you!"

When the players heard about , they all burst into laughter.

Master Huan is bold!

May I ask, in the world, how many other masters can be as big as Huan?

"Okay, I'll just say so much, everyone prepare well, turn around, Wangjiang Pavilion, I will treat you!"

"Thank you, Master Huan!"

"It's great, Master Huan, you are so awesome!"

The players suddenly cheered and thanked.

Yang Huan waved his hand, turned and walked towards the door of the locker room, and when he passed by Bielsa, he gave a special exhortation.

"Lao Bei, come back to my post-match press conference and come to my office. Let's discuss something."

"Good!" Bielsa nodded and agreed.

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