Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 718 Highbury's Cheers
Not only Wenger attaches great importance to this game, but Mourinho also attaches great importance to it.

In order to prepare for this game, he did not send all the main players in the last round of the league. Ibrahimovic and Nie Fei only played in the second half. This is an adjustment made to ensure their physical fitness and state.

Mourinho knows that games at Highbury have always been difficult, and Highbury is not a big stadium, which has its disadvantages, that is, Arsenal’s income from stadium operations has never been much, otherwise Arsenal would not It will tighten money to build a new stadium, but small has its advantages. The atmosphere at Highbury Stadium has always been very lively.

In particular, he is very aware of Wenger's character. Although the gap between Arsenal and Newcastle is relatively large, it is not enough to make Wenger give up this game-he believes that Wenger is not willing to lose to himself twice in a season. .

When he got Arsenal's playing list, he was even more sure of this.

Goalkeeper Lehmann, defenders Sun Chenghai, Campbell, Toure, Ashley Cole, midfielders Pires, Ljungberg, Vieira, Fabregas, and the double forwards consist of Henry and Adriano.

This is definitely Arsenal's strongest lineup. It is precisely because of this lineup that Arsenal blocked and killed gods and Buddhas in the first nine games of the season. , It is because there will always be one or two people injured in this lineup and unable to play, which has caused Arsenal's performance to fluctuate continuously.

However, this does not make Mourinho feel intimidated, because he has a main lineup that is not inferior or even superior.

Goalkeeper Cech, defenders Maicon, Dawson, Lucio, Bernard, midfielders Makelele, Essien, Nie Fei, Ribery, forwards Ibrahimovic and Drogba.

Perhaps the degree of tacit understanding is not as good as the lineup that Wenger spent three years carefully building, but tacit understanding does not need much at the club level, just enough, and this lineup is younger and more youthful than Arsenal's main lineup. Energetic!
Of course, the outcome will only be known on the court.

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When Arsenal and Newcastle players appeared in the Highbury stadium, there was a huge cheer from the stands at Highbury.

Despite the recent poor situation, Arsenal fans still support their team very much, especially as the defending champion and a veteran team, they are unwilling to lose to the "upstart" Newcastle anyway.

When the referee Dunn blew the whistle to start the game, a huge sound wave swept through the stands immediately.

The first kick-off was the home team Arsenal.

If Newcastle's two midfielders are typical midfielders, then Arsenal's two midfielders are technically offensive players. Needless to say, Vieira is one of the best midfielders in the world, both offensive and defensive. , and although Cesc Fabregas is only 17 years old, he has played for Arsenal for two seasons. Although his defense is not outstanding, his skills, overall situation and strong offensive ability on the court can make Arsenal It is easy to forget one's age.

In previous games, Wenger generally would not send the two of them to play at the same time, and always put a defensive midfielder beside them such as Flamini and Gilberto Silva to protect them , and sending both of them to play at the same time this time proved Wenger's determination to play offensive tactics at his home court.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to such a formation. Both of them have strong offensive and organizational skills, which means that the attack launched by Arsenal is more difficult to prevent, but Vieira has never been a midfielder who does dirty work. , and Cesc Fabregas' thin body also inhibited his excellent performance on the defensive end. Sending them in the middle of the midfield means that there must be loopholes in defense.

After going back and forth a few times, the ball fell to Cesc Fabregas' feet, and the young Spaniard calmly held the ball in midfield, watching his teammates move.

Essien rushed forward aggressively. Unlike Arsenal, Newcastle's two players in the middle of the midfield were more tasked with defense, and the task of organizing offense was given to the two wingers, so although Newcastle and Arsenal played The formations are all parallel positions in the midfield, but they are very different in tactics.

Seeing Essien rushing up, Cesc Fabregas wisely did not fall into a physical confrontation with him, but after shaking a gap, he distributed the ball to Henry who was pulled to the side.

Henry stopped the ball and turned around. He didn't give Makelele time to defend, and directly distributed the ball to the left.

Maicon was attracted by the cross-cut Pires, Ashley Cole quickly inserted, and after receiving the ball, he went directly to the bottom and passed the ball far to the left side of Newcastle's penalty area!
Ljungberg appeared on the spot, he did not stop the ball, because Bernard was very close to him, but directly headed the ball into the penalty area!
Adriano's running position attracted the attention of Newcastle's two central defenders. Vieira quickly inserted from the backcourt and volleyed directly near the penalty spot!

Petr Cech made a miraculous save. His height advantage was fully demonstrated in this save. First, he blocked the ball with his palms, then got up quickly, and pressed the ball firmly under him before Henry made a follow-up shot. The cheers that Arsenal fans were about to issue turned into sighs!
"Arsenal created a good chance in just one minute, Cech's magical performance killed the goal!"

"Pay attention to their back row!" Cech yelled at Makelele and Essien, and then threw the ball.

Soon Newcastle also completed an attack. After Ibrahimovic pulled back and picked a pass from the right, Nie Fei forced a cut into the penalty area under Cole's defense. Unfortunately, his pass was intercepted by the accurate Lehmann. Newcastle's attack was ineffective. Come back with success.

After each attack, the two sides began to become cautious and constantly entangled in the midfield. The midfield strength of both sides was very strong. In addition, each happened to have a striker who was used to organizing attacks after retreating, which directly led to the The battle for midfield was fiercer than ever.

It was not until 10 minutes later that the two sides had their first shot. Pires broke through and passed back. Henry took a long shot 30 meters away from the goal. Makelele interfered with the national team teammates very well. The long-range shot went too far, and the Newcastle fans booed, but it was quickly suppressed by the Arsenal fans with even greater applause.

Five minutes later, Dawson kicked Vieira behind the ball, booed everywhere in the stands, referee Dunn showed him a yellow card, Dawson walked back dissatisfied and muttered: "Damn, Obviously he brought his feet closer..."

"Okay, you have to be careful, if we eat another one, we will be in trouble!" Lucio pushed him on the back and said loudly.

"I know, I will be careful." Dawson nodded: "This guy is really cunning."

Henry's direct free kick bypassed the wall, but not Cech's hand, and the Czech goalkeeper easily confiscated it.

During this period of time, Arsenal's offense was very fierce, and Newcastle had to come back to help defend from the two sides.

"It's a bit difficult for Dawson to keep an eye on Henry." Pei Wei said: "It's okay to just stay in the penalty area, but if Henry pulls out, he will be in trouble. Our two defensive midfielders are also under a lot of defensive pressure, so we can't help him. busy."

"It is true, but their defensive pressure is equally great... Campbell is attracted by Drogba, Toure is not Ibrahimovic's opponent. Now we will see who can grasp the opportunity better." Mourinho said with a frown.

It seems that Wenger is determined to use offense to suppress Newcastle's counterattack. Newcastle's two strikers are not fast. In fact, the two wingers Nie Fei and Ribery are the most threatening when counterattacking. Now that Arsenal has gradually gained the initiative in the midfield, the two full-backs are forced to go back to help defend, and the threat of natural counterattacks is much reduced.

"It seems that the professor has been preparing for this game for a long time. No wonder he would rather risk weakening the defense and arrange four offensive players in the midfield! What should I do?"

Mourinho thought quickly, on the field at this time, Arsenal launched an attack again!

The ball landed at Vieira's feet, and Makelele went up to meet him. The midfielder partners of the French national team now have their own masters on the field, and naturally they will not be polite to each other.

Although he is more than 20 centimeters shorter than Vieira, Makelele believes that his physical fitness will not be worse than his opponent, so he chose to post it immediately, making it difficult for Vieira to organize the ball smoothly!
But Vieira is equally familiar with him-he knows the consequences of being entangled by this compatriot, but he didn't intend to rely on his own breakthrough to organize the offense.

When Makelele rushed up, Vieira raised his foot and passed a through ball!

Fabregas didn't know when he had rushed to the front of the penalty area, and Vieira's pass found him smoothly!
Essien came up to defend Cesc Fabregas, but the Spaniard came up and passed the ball directly to the penalty area!

The ball fell precisely between Newcastle's goalkeeper and defender, and Henry rushed forward the moment Fabregas passed the ball!

Dawson was a step slower, Henry had thrown off his defense and caught up with the ball!

Dawson, who didn't dare to foul, didn't have time to stop Henry's shot. After Henry caught up with the ball, he made a beautiful push with his left foot. Cech couldn't save Newcastle again this time, and the ball flew into the goal against his fingertips!
At the moment Henry scored, there was a huge cheer from Highbury!
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