Chapter 154： midfield strangulation

Chapter 154 Midfield Strangulation

Christmas is approaching, and the major European seasons have also reached the half-time off-season.

Of course, there is no winter break in the Premier League, and they still need to continue fighting.

In the Premier League, Liverpool still displayed a terrifying state, with a record of 11-3-1 disdain for the entire league.

This state, compared to the half-dead Red Army last season, has attracted special attention.

Next is Arsenal.

Arsenal's state this season is in a relatively stable trend.

gnawed at the point gap and didn't give Liverpool any breathing time at all.

This stance of chasing behind is the most irresistible.

It's just that in terms of lineup, Arsenal are going through a large rotation.

Walcott's state is ups and downs, Vermaelen has a tendency to get injured, and the team is researching new tactics. Therefore, although it seems to be stable, it is constantly taking out new things and trying to invest in them.

Of course, Arsenal fans are showing support for such a change.

For Arsenal fans, what they fear most is to remain the same and keep fighting for the fourth place.

Despite the constant ups and downs of the current arsenal, there are constant changes.

But it just shows that Arsenal are constantly making changes and finding the best posture.

Especially in midfield.

Arteta began to rotate in the tenth round of the league, and Cazorla and Lekai took on more of the team's organization.

Two new and young core players have injected energy into the Gunners, while also increasing their competitiveness.

Arsenal under the dual core showed a very high competitive state in the 15th round.

They slaughtered Cardiff 7-1.

ushered in the biggest climax since the entire league.

And this game completely eliminated the voices who criticized Arsenal for 'abandoning' Arteta. After all, the current state of Arsenal is much better.

The brand new Arsenal tactics give them a sense of stability!

Sturdy defense, before the opponent enters their own half, it can immediately form a multi-person defensive network under the deployment of Lucky to intercept.

Even if the opponent crosses over, there is still the double-layer protection of Lekai's single defense line and the back line.

This made it difficult for the opponent to break through Arsenal's defense.

On the other hand, when attacking, Arsenal's posture is much more unrestrained, rushing towards the opponent's penalty area like a hungry wolf.

When attacking, Le Kai no longer goes too deep, but more in the rear to protect and support, which also provides a layer of insurance for Arsenal's offense.

But the most exciting thing is the poor rhythm when changing offense and defense!

This is Lucky's strength!

Using the ability of foresight to assume the role of a metronome, in many cases, Lekai’s sudden pass can directly change the rhythm.

From fast to slow, from slow to fast!

This kind of rhythm difference gives the opponent a great sense of discomfort, but they have nothing to do. After all, Lekai is in the backcourt, and the pass coverage is very wide, so they can't limit it at all.

In the era when high-level pressing was not yet rampant in the Premier League, Arsenal’s play made the entire Premier League extremely uncomfortable.

In the face of this change, many media have said, ‘Arsenal and Wenger have found the right path, and the Gunners are gradually waking up! ’

In the Champions League, after six rounds of group matches, the top 16 places have been locked.

Group A: Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen.

Group B: Real Madrid, Galatasaray.

Group C: Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiacos.

Group D: Bayern Munich, Manchester City.

Group E: Chelsea, Schalke 04.

Group F: Dortmund, Arsenal.

Group G: Atletico Madrid, Zenit.

Group H: Barcelona, ​​AC Milan.

In the entire Champions League group stage, there was a big upset in Group B.

Juventus lost to the Turkish Super League team Galatasaray and missed the Champions League knockout round.

Home and away games, one draw and one loss, Juventus with Chiellini, Bonucci, Pirlo, Pogba, Vidal and Tevez produced extremely bad results.

In the two games, veteran Drogba and Sneijder played amazingly, which also made many people look at Galatasaray with different eyes.

In addition, the competition in Group F is more intense.

Group F is known as the death group, but their game has shown the situation of "two" thriving.

Dortmund and Arsenal have a 5-0-1 record in all six rounds.

They only lost one game each at each other's home court, and they won the rest of the game!

In terms of goal difference, Dortmund led Arsenal by 1 goal to win the group.

This also makes Arsenal feel extremely sorry.

If they score two more goals in the last game, they are first in the group.

But there is no regret medicine in the world!

The second in the group also appeared, but it was more difficult to play!

In the second place in the whole group, Arsenal became the hardest piece of bone.

The current Arsenal is in constant change and has shown an excellent state.

In this regard, the German media "Kicker" said:

"Arsenal has become the last opponent of a team that appears in the Champions League group first. No one wants to be told that their opponent is Arsenal after they have worked so hard to win the group."

"Compared to Manchester City's ups and downs in the group stage, Arsenal has been very stable, especially since February, when the main players have returned from injury, such Arsenal are definitely not those who aim to reach the top of Europe. The opponent the team wants to meet!"

"But Arsenal are there! There has to be a team against him!"

"This will be an extremely exciting match, this is a hard bone! Very hard! Very hard! Even if it is bitten, the opponent will have a tooth or two!"

Even the "London Sports Daily" complained about Arsenal.

"Arsenal should be in Group A! Manchester United didn't do well, despite coming first in the group, he couldn't get far in the Champions League. Rather than that, it would be better for Arsenal to qualify as the top of Group A, which would make the They get a better schedule!"

"Among the current Premier League Champions League teams, Chelsea and Arsenal are sufficiently competitive."

"The era of the Manchester City duo is over!"

This is also the view of many Premier League fans!

They do not deny the performance of Manchester City and Manchester United in previous seasons.

But in this season, the Manchester City duo have performed extremely poorly.

Manchester United in particular, after the departure of Ferguson, Moyes was unable to control the team, causing many problems.

Compared to the Manchester City duo, Arsenal and Chelsea led by Wenger and Mourinho are really hard bones.

There is one scary point missing from Arsenal in the past.

But now Arsenal have ushered in the explosion of Le Kai on the defensive end, no team can ignore this point.

Many times, facing Arsenal, you have to worry about how to deal with Lucky.

After all, he couldn't pass Lekai, which meant he couldn't score a goal.

Arsenal's wall has become a problem for many teams.

And now the conundrum comes to City's side.

Premier League round 16, Manchester City VS Arsenal!

In the face of Arsenal's current momentum, how should Manchester City deal with it?

And whether Manchester City will still show a bad game.

This game has also become the focus of the Premier League.

December 14, Manchester City, Manchester City Stadium.

Ah~~~~~~~~~!

More than 60,000 Manchester City fans made an annoyed voice.

First half, 14 minutes.

Arsenal was stole by Manchester City when attacking and launched a quick counterattack.

Yaya Toure delivers the ball to David Silva.

In this game, David Silva, who was in front of the right, had not yet completed his turn and ushered in Le Kai's marking.

Lucky put a lot of pressure on David Silva, and he couldn't turn around at all.

In the process of constantly pulling the ball from side to side, Lucky finally became impatient and pushed directly against his body, arrogantly grabbing the ball from David Silva's feet.

This steal doesn't have much technical components, it is a pure force, but because of this, Manchester City fans feel helpless.

Because when facing Lucky, they didn't seem to have a good way to break through him.

The only thing    can do is bypass Lucky.

But Lucky's excellent pre-judgment ability can always come to where the ball falls, which makes it difficult for them!

"After last season's FA Cup final, Manchester City once again ushered in the crazy strangulation of the Arsenal midfield!"

Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray shook his head and said; "Obviously, so far, Manchester City still can't find a way to break through Kai."

Lucky wandered in the middle circle.

The Manchester City fans booed loudly.

And when he had the ball, the boos were even louder.

This affected Lucky to a certain extent, and at the same time made him feel a little unhappy.

Lucky sank to observe the direction of the game.

also paid attention to the movement of his teammates.

Cazorla passed the ball back to Lucky. Just as Lucky received the ball, the opposing center Negredo rushed over to harass Lucky.

As a rare power center in football, Negredo has enough confidence in his tonnage.

But after he wrapped up with Lucky, he found himself completely unshakable.

And Lucky almost carried Negredo to finish the ball.

Seeing Lucky finish the ball, Negredo shook his head helplessly.

He was extremely depressed.

My own 85kg strong man couldn't shake Lucky, what kind of physical ability is this?

At the same time, he also somewhat understood what Aguero had entrusted to him before the game.

‘Don’t fight with that guy! That's just making trouble for yourself! ’

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