Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 720 Failure
Arsene Wenger certainly didn't expect it when Newcastle went all out to attack early in the second half.

So when Newcastle created several shooting opportunities in a row, although Wenger looked calm, his heart seemed to be beating violently.

Wenger was relieved by Lehmann's outstanding performance. He had no time to react just now, but now he has a good way.

He stood up and gestured to captain Henry on the field. Henry nodded to show he understood.

Wenger's countermeasure is very simple, that is to launch a counterattack to knock down Newcastle's arrogance!
Just now Newcastle pressed very high when attacking, and both full-backs pressed up. If they don't suffer a little in time, it will be difficult to suppress after Newcastle's momentum rises.

A football game, to put it bluntly, is a war between suppression and counter-suppression, the competition for time and space, suppressing the opponent's offensive space, and maximizing one's own offensive space, this is the way to win.

Coaches like Wenger and Mourinho will naturally not pin their hopes of victory on illusory luck.

Lehmann took the goal kick, but this time he didn't kick it with a big foot, because although the two forwards of Arsenal in the frontcourt were tall, they had no advantage in the competition for the header, and the two defenders of Newcastle not only He is not at a disadvantage against any opponent in terms of height, and his header skills are also very good.

Sun Chenghai received the ball. After seeing Ribery rushing towards him, he quickly handed the ball to Fabregas in the middle. The ball was passed directly to Henry on the left side of the frontcourt.

Arsenal's counterattack was very fast. When Henry got the ball, only Maicon, Makelele and Dawson were defending in Newcastle's half, and Makelele had just returned from the opponent's half.

Maicon was almost freed by Henry in the blink of an eye. The French striker is at his peak. Although Maicon has good physical fitness, he still lacks some defense. General breakthrough.

As long as there is enough space, Henry's quick start breakthrough is quite difficult to deal with. Not only is his speed fast, but his ability to accelerate and quickly change direction is also second to none among active forwards. Good game of goals.

So when Henry took the ball and started to start, Mourinho and Pei Wei's hearts "clicked" at the same time.

At this location, at this distance, in this situation...

Sure enough, Maicon, who was the first to rush up, was quickly broken by Henry. Although he immediately turned around and chased after Henry, with Henry's acceleration, it was difficult for Maicon to catch up with him even if he ran without the ball. Len was running back as hard as he could, but he wasn't as fast as Maicon.

In other words, apart from goalkeeper Petr Cech, Dawson is the only one who can stop Henry from advancing now.

Reminiscent of the way Dawson was swayed by Henry in the first half, I am afraid that even Newcastle will not have too much hope.

Dawson went up to meet him. Needless to say, he also knew that his task was extremely important-to defend Henry's breakthrough and not let him pose any threat to the gate guarded by Cech-in fact, this is also It's not very difficult, at least now he hasn't entered the penalty area, and foul tactics can be used to stop him, but now that Dawson has a yellow card, he doesn't dare to make big moves.

In the current situation, if Newcastle still has one less player, I am afraid that the gods will not be able to help Newcastle win.

"I knew that Kufuor or Taylor should be used to replace him." Mourinho thought a little helplessly, at least Kufuor has much more experience, and he is not afraid of fouls.

Mourinho overlooked one thing-maybe Kufuor has more experience than Dawson now, but Dawson has the courage unique to young people-under the stimulation of courage, he may be able to do better than usual many things.

Dawson stuck it up cautiously, and did not rush up like a normal England defender, and was then shaken away by Henry with a small technique-he kept a not too long or short distance from Henry, because he was going to do it now. It's not stealing the ball, but slowing down Henry's speed.

Seeing Dawson's posture, Henry felt a little regret in his heart. He really hoped that Dawson could just pounce on him, and then he could easily shake him away. Now it seems that there will be no That's the case.

However, this situation is also a child's play for Henry. He has been one of the best forwards in the Premier League for so long. Of course, Henry does not only have a brush. He did not slow down, but started a series of small steps. The swaying-Henry once used such a dribbling method to score after swaying four Tottenham defenders in a row in the London derby. Although Dawson is very good, in Henry's view, he did not stop his own swaying. ability.

After making two consecutive fake moves that were quite realistic to break through the middle of the penalty area, Henry quickly moved the ball to the side. For a shooter like him, a smaller angle does not have much impact.

But Dawson's explosive power and reaction surprised Henry. After being shaken by Henry, Dawson moved sideways abruptly and stopped in front of Henry abruptly!

Henry dunked the ball back with some helplessness, and there was no chance to break through. After being blocked by Dawson, Maicon behind him had already chased back at high speed, and was about to form a double-team.

With a sweep of his eyes, Henry had already seen his partner Adriano outflanking from the other side, so he immediately chose to pass the ball - if he didn't pass the ball in time, Makelele would soon be back in place. The time is two-on-three, and the possibility of scoring will be much smaller.

Makelele, who was running wildly, felt that his lungs were "wheezing, wheezing" like an old bellows. When I reached the top of the arc in the penalty area, I happened to see Henry's pass flying past my eyes!

Before he had time to think about it, Makelele immediately left the ground with a flying tackle, and was about to break the ball in the middle!

The ball just hit Makelele's calf and bounced into the sky. Adriano reacted quickly and immediately jumped up and shot the ball in half-volley!

Cech made a wonderful save, touched the ball with his fingertips, and the ball changed direction and flew out of the baseline!
It wasn't until this time that Mourinho and Pei Wei let go of their concerns, while Wenger raised his hand violently with regret on his face.

But for Arsenal, this attack is enough to warn Newcastle not to be too arrogant-this is Highbury!

After this counterattack, Newcastle's offensive momentum has eased, and Arsenal did not attack as much as in the first half-it seems that the offense in the first half was also very exhausting for them.

But now this situation is very unfavorable for Newcastle. The leading Arsenal can just grind with Newcastle until the end of the game, but Newcastle does not have such capital.

The current situation has become like this. Newcastle desperately wants to strengthen their offense and use a fast-paced offense to find loopholes in Arsenal's defense, but Arsenal is desperately slowing down the pace of the game, taking it easy with Newcastle. Entanglement in the midfield, Newcastle will definitely suffer from such entanglement, because Makelele can't help much in offense, Essien is also stronger in defense than offense, and Arsenal's four midfielders are all technical. Players, even Vieira's skills are much better than Makelele's.

Faced with this situation, Mourinho quickly changed his tactical policy and asked Ribery to go forward to play as a winger. The midfield organization was handed over to Nie Fei alone, and he tried to pass through the midfield as quickly as possible against Arsenal. However, Campbell, whose state has declined significantly since the beginning of the season, has shown his peak state in this game. It seems that he will not lose the wind against the tall and strong Drogba. Lehmann, Newcastle still can't get a goal after a long pass for a long time.

Although the situation on the field seems to be evenly divided, as time goes by, the situation is developing in a direction that is not conducive to Newcastle-no one cares about the conceded goal when the first goal is conceded, but from now On, the first half Henry's goal in the field seemed decisive.

It's not that Mourinho didn't make adjustments. He replaced Makelele with Janus to strengthen the control of the midfield, and then replaced Drogba, who was eaten by Campbell, with Shearer, but still Unable to change the disadvantage on the field.

When there were 10 minutes left in the game, Mourinho broke the boat and replaced Bernard with the last striker on hand, Larsson, but Wenger also made an adjustment immediately, and Swiss central defender Senderos replaced Adriano, Gilberto Silva replaced Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal began to switch to full defense.

In the last 10 minutes, Newcastle launched a fierce attack, but Arsenal defended extremely tightly. Even goalkeeper Petr Cech joined the attack at the last moment, but there was still nothing to do with Arsenal's defense.

When the final whistle sounded, Mourinho had no choice but to accept the result of the defeat. He did not make any mistakes in the tactical arrangement, but the Arsenal players played surprisingly well in this game, while the Newcastle players probably Because the winning streak in the previous period led to a little slack, the players who are not as good as Arsenal in performance, and there is no obvious difference in strength, the performance of the players determines the victory of this game.

(End of this chapter)