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Chapter 881 Gunner Myth Youth Storm

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Because Cesc Fabregas was absent from the match due to accumulated yellow cards, Li Huan put on Arsenal's captain's armband.

When exchanging team flags and badges and guessing goals, Li Huan was booed all over the sky and behaved generously, without any timidity, making people think that he seemed to have been the captain for many years.

After the start of the game, the fans who were going to watch the offensive battle of the two teams fell into deep disappointment, because Arsenal had no intention of attacking at all, hoarding heavy troops in the backcourt, making it clear that they wanted to fight Barcelona's counterattack.

Guardiola thought that the professor might adopt defensive counterattack tactics, but the Gunners' crazy performance at the Emirates Stadium still confused Guagua. He thought that even if the professor was conservative, he would not go too far. After all, the outside world is now calling this game As the pinnacle matchup of world football, the big PK of art football football.It is impossible for the professor to disregard his reputation and status in world football.

However, the facts surprised Guardiola. The professor actually formed a 451 formation. Only Bendtner was in the front. Nasri and Walcott shrank back very much, although it cannot be said that this is an iron barrel formation. , but the intention to fight back based on defense can be seen even by fake fans.

No matter what formation the opponent plays, there is only attack for Barcelona, ​​​​they are two goals behind and have no choice.

Arsenal played defense based on the backcourt, Barcelona fully grasped the offensive initiative, and the flames of war burned to Arsenal's half at the beginning.They want to use their powerful center penetration ability to break through Arsenal's dense defense.

However, Arsenal is also ready today. The four defenders stand in position and do not lose their positions easily. The five midfielders run wildly in the half and strengthen the defense of each position. The obvious increase in fouls, especially the fouls against Harvey and Iniesta, made it very difficult for Barcelona to run the ball. It often stopped after a few passes. What made Barcelona passive was that the German referee Stark's law enforcement was quite He simply turned a blind eye to some small moves, which made the Barcelona players who were eager to score into anxiety.

The game lasted 10 minutes, and the ball basically ran in Arsenal's half, but the sum of the shots from both sides was only two, and they were all aimless shots from Barcelona, ​​and Almunia even made a save. Don't do it.

The Barcelona fans at the scene were very angry at Arsenal's passive game. Whenever Arsenal players took the ball, huge boos came from the stands, but the Arsenal players didn't care. The foul was still a foul. Foot clearance continues with big foot clearance, resolutely abandoning the offensive tactics adopted in the previous game.

Seeing Guardiola's depressed face, Wenger's expression was relaxed and he was in a good mood. In the first game, he had already proved to the world that Arsenal's offensive football is equally great. He didn't need to prove anything in this game , What he needs is a championship. If Fabregas is there, he may not be so conservative. The Spaniard's suspension has strengthened the professor's tactical arrangements.

In fact, the more important thing is that Professor Wenger has learned the lessons of Hoffenheim's defensive counterattack that eliminated Arsenal and Barcelona in a row last year. Wenger believes that Arsenal, which also has Li Huan, can also take advantage of the few scoring opportunities and the big backcourt. area of ​​space.

Seeing that Arsenal adopted a half-court intensive defensive tactic, guest commentator Stoichkov said: "Barcelona must speed up the passing and receiving of the ball so that they can find the opponent's defensive flaws. It is best to score in the first half." The ball, otherwise Arsenal's defensive confidence will grow stronger and stronger."

The on-site commentator Muto said: "The key problem now is that Barcelona can't play fast. Arsenal's five players in the midfield, Rosicky and Walcott must defend, which makes Barcelona's offense find no space."

Stoichkov, who was known as the Human Torch, said angrily: "The German referee Stark's penalty is too loose. He should have played his cards earlier so that Arsenal players will not commit fouls so unscrupulously."

Arsenal's defensive ability cannot be compared with that of Manchester United and Chelsea. This is why Guardiola does not think the professor will stick to the defense. However, after the first half began, Arsenal adopted a method of hard work to make up for weakness, and strengthened the running of the midfield. , the five midfielders ran desperately, Barcelona's passer Xavi was stared at in turn, Iniesta was fouled wildly, Messi had a rare chance to get the ball in the frontcourt, and had to retreat to get the ball. Everything made up for Arsenal's lack of defensive ability.

On the defense line, because the veteran is not there, Sylvester is just a substitute. Captain Li Huan has become a well-deserved core of the defense. The right side he guards is unbreakable. Defense zone, unless a hasty cross.In the middle, Barcelona's center forward is not Ibrahimovic, but Bo Yang, who is 1.7 meters tall. The high-altitude pass is tantamount to molesting Bo Yang, and it will have no effect.

Li Huan stuck to the right side, Xavi and Iniesta in the center were marked to death, and Barcelona's attack could only rely on Messi and Alves on the other side.

But it is impossible for the professor not to mark Barcelona's most threatening player. Walcott is a full-back most of the time. Although Tiger is not a real defensive player, he is fast and can be used as a crap stick. Messi and Alves are not safe.

Seeing that most of Arsenal's defense is completed by diligent running, Guardiola's mood is a little better. He does not believe that Arsenal can run the whole court like this. Barcelona can use pass scheduling to make Arsenal's Physical fitness wears down.

The game was at a stalemate. After 20 minutes, the score was still 0:0. Arsenal didn't take a single shot. Barcelona shot four times, none of which were within the range of the goal frame.

Arsenal's lack of a shot does not mean that Arsenal has not threatened Barcelona's defense. Wenger believes that Barcelona's ability to break through dense defenses is not strong, and the central defender is a big loophole, so once the ball is grabbed, no matter what 21 [-] is a big Hit directly behind the opponent's defense line, find Bendtner, use Bendtner as a bridgehead, and return to Li Huan and Walcott who are plugging in at high speed, end an attack in the fastest and simplest way, and then continue to invest defense.

Because there was a small flying knife hanging above Barcelona's head, Max and Milito dared not foul Bendtner in the 30-meter area, which gave Bendtner a chance to control the ball and hand it over to his teammates.At this time, the speed of Li Huan and Walcott became very deadly, and Barcelona's defense and midfield had to desperately return to defense.So although Arsenal did not form a shot, once a shot is formed, it is almost a chance to face the goalkeeper directly.The danger of Barcelona is no less than that of the besieged Arsenal.

Half an hour later, Barcelona's offense still hasn't improved. They can only circle around Arsenal. Usually at this time, Barcelona's central defenders Puyol and Pique will advance to form assists and break the opponent's man-to-man defense.The two central defenders of Barcelona did not dare to act rashly for such a long time in the opening game today, because Milito and Max do not have the assist ability of Pique and Puyol.

Look at the half an hour of the game, Arsenal has been unable to form an effective attack, the long pass from the backcourt was either passed to Valdez, or was cleared, Marcos couldn't help it, he drove straight in with the ball , Killed Arsenal's restricted area.

Because Arsenal is basically man-to-man defense, Marcos who suddenly stepped in was unmarked and only defenders stepped forward. This would inevitably leave an offensive player from Barcelona. When Marcos saw Messi was exposed, He was overjoyed and hurriedly passed the ball.

If it was Harvey who passed the ball, Messi would definitely be able to receive the ball and become a threat, but Marcos is just a defender, his passing speed is too fast, and he is a little far away from Messi, so Messi was physically used by Diaby Squeeze away and miss the ball.

Diaby did not control the ball. Before the game, Wenger emphasized that all players must have the ability to quickly turn the situation from defense to offense. Today, Diaby's handling fully meets Wenger's requirements. He directly passed Bendtner.

When Diaby passed the ball, Li Huan and Walcott immediately started at high speed, and today's counterattack task fell on them.

This time Diaby's quick long pass was finally accurate once, and the ball was snatched by Bendtner. Milito's header was more than ten centimeters behind Bendtner, and he couldn't touch the ball first. Bendtner was downed, but the referee Stark followed the usual principles and ignored it.

Fortunately, Bendtner did not intend to stop the ball, he directly ferryed the ball to the wing.

Li Huan grabbed the ball at the speed of a [-]-meter sprint when the ball was about to go out of the sideline, and then ran to the bottom line as fast as lightning.

When Diaby made a long pass, the Barcelona players also began to chase back desperately, but even if they started at the same time, who could be faster than Li Huan and Walcott.

The speed of Xavi and Iniesta is scumbag, Marcos assists up, and the old Mexican has no ability to chase back. Milito and Bendtner just got up, and only the midfielder Keita came back in the whole Barcelona , but Arsenal had Li Huan and Walcott lightning from the wing.

2 against 1.
The entire Camp Nou stadium was silent, hundreds of thousands of eyes were staring at Li Huan who was dribbling the ball, and the nervous heart was about to jump out of his chest. Arsenal formed an attack, which was a fatal attack.

After Li Huan penetrated to the side of the penalty area at high speed, he saw that Keita was standing in the middle. He wanted to pass the ball, but he could only pass the high-altitude ball. Walcott ran so fast, whether he could handle the ball well was a problem.To be on the safe side, Li Huan immediately cut inward along the front of the penalty area.

Li Huan cut inside, and Keita had to make up for it to prevent Li Huan from shooting.

Walcott also started to slow down, ready to respond to Li Huan's pass.

At this time, Li Huan saw that Valdez had already attacked. He didn't pass the ball, and immediately rubbed the ball. The ball flew over Keita's head, and then flew past Valdez who had already attacked into the penalty area, floating like fallen leaves. Goal.

1: 0.
Li Huan rewrote the score.

The huge Camp Nou stadium was dead silent, and nearly [-] Barcelona fans were silent. They could only watch Li Huan frantically cover his ears and ask for applause from the fans.

(End of this chapter)