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Chapter 471: The Defensive End of Super Long Play
In fact, although Arsenal has always been a team with gorgeous offense, tacit cooperation and sharp cooperation, it makes people feel pleasing to the eye.But their defense is also very traditional, such as the Champions League final in [-]-it was also the only time Arsenal entered the Champions League final!

That season, Arsenal set a legendary record of not conceding a goal in the Champions League, but Arsenal's defense was still patchwork.For example, Ashley Cole, the world-class left back at the time, was seriously injured, and the full-back Clichy, who is now playing for Manchester City, was seriously injured. Even Flamini went to play as a left back.
It was such a situation that was not favored by others, but he still did not concede a goal in the final, and the opponents also had absolute giants such as Galacticos Real Madrid and Lady Juventus.At that time, Zidane was at his peak, and Juventus had just poached from Arsenal to introduce Vieira.
Moreover, in the final, the main goalkeeper Lehmann was sent off with a red card, and he was still able to compete with the legendary dream team Barcelona for 10 minutes with a goalless score of [-] minutes.
It can be seen that Arsenal also have defensive genes.

And the current Arsenal is very similar to the one in zero years. The central defender Vermaelen often misses the ball to give the opponent a lot of opportunities, and Koscielny often gives the opponent penalty kicks and pits the goalkeeper teammates by the way. Szczesny, the two midfielders Arteta and Flamini are old and are often beaten behind.
The reason is that it is different, but the unstable side is the side, and now the unstable is the middle!
But all in all, they are all doing a good job defending when they are not optimistic.
When Manchester City wanted to equalize quickly as before.But it's been 10 minutes of offense and the score still hasn't changed.This is different from the plot that was negotiated! !
The offense was ineffective, and Manchester City was in a hurry.Especially now that there are many substitutes and rotations of Manchester City players on the field, they are even more anxious.

After finally catching the main force and the core team absent, facing the giants Arsenal, they still want to use their excellent performance to win the favor of the new coach Manuel Pellegrini. From then on, they can also be promoted to a level in the team. The core dare not think, The standing main force is always fine.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny!
They can't even win against Arsenal, who are in the rotation, what an excellent performance!
So the anxious Manchester City began to attack more fiercely and fiercely, becoming more fierce and unable to open the situation, and the players of Blue Moon became even more anxious.

They're stuck in an endless loop!

Pellegrini didn't care about conceding a goal. After all, Manchester City's offensive power is strong, and Arsenal's defense is only five, well, maybe fifteen.Moreover, there are still some offensive players in the Manchester City camp that can be replaced, such as Nasri, one of the former captains who "run away from home" from the Gunners, and center Negredo.Aguero's injury has recovered in sevens and eighties, but to be on the safe side, Chilean engineers still dare not let Argentine Dakongyi play easily.

However, in the midfield, Yaya Toure's 80.00% physical strength can still be used as a substitute.

So the Chilean engineer was not worried at first, but as an excellent head coach, he can easily see some subtle changes in the team.For example, the Manchester City players who are anxious now, of course he knows that the more anxious the more dangerous.

Being led by one goal and two goals by the opponent is completely different.

So he took two steps forward towards the area commanded by the coach, wanting to remind his players.It's just that he hasn't spoken yet, and the situation on the court has changed suddenly again!

Manchester City, which is in a hurry, is always prone to mistakes. The inexperienced Xavi Garcia has no confidence in the front of the penalty area. Arsenal's defense is not intensive, and there are still some opportunities for long-range shots.

He passed the ball to the wing, and when Navas was beaten by Sagna and Chamberlain without a temper, he handed the ball to Jovetic, who has not had many opportunities until now.

The ball went to the wing and successfully crossed Arteta's defensive area.It's just that the running-in of Manchester City's lineup is obviously not in place. Jovetic didn't know that Javi Garcia was going to pass the ball to him. He ran forward when the Spanish midfielder passed the ball.

And Zabaleta did not follow up. As a command-level player, Zabaleta also saw the team's problems. In order to prevent being counterattacked by the opponent, he hesitated and did not advance to assist. is a little behind.

But it was this situation that led to Javi Garcia's pass passing empty, and neither Jovetic nor Zabaleta received the ball!
This Harvey is not the same as Harvey. He didn't fully see the situation and the movement of his teammates when passing the ball, so he should also bear some responsibility for this passing error!

The ball that Zabaleta and Jovetic did not receive was received by Monreal who stepped in. This side is his defensive area. When Arteta came to help defend, he became more courageous. Dare to step forward to intercept.

Zabaleta is definitely one of the top full-backs now. Although he is not young anymore, his rich experience is one of his valuable assets.

After discovering this mistake, the Argentine did not turn around and retreat to defend, because he knew that his turning speed and retreat speed could not keep up with Podolski here, even though the ball was not on Podolski at this time However, he believes that as long as he turns around, the ball will definitely be handed over to the German winger.

Zabaleta didn't turn around, and went straight up and stretched his feet to steal.

But Monreal was obviously faster than him, and the Spanish international gave the ball to Arteta without delay.The Gunners vice-captain didn't stick to the ball either, and gave the ball to Ozil in front of him.

Ozil is well aware of the importance of counterattack speed. As the core of the game, he did not choose to control the ball.Because his back is facing the attacking direction, if he takes the ball at this time, he has to turn around, and after he turns around, Fernandinho may come up, and if he delays on the Brazilian midfielder side , Harvey Garcia, Zabaleta, Milner and others who have already pressed up have time to return to defense.

Ozil not only has excellent skills, but also has a very high golf quotient.There is no doubt about it, he understands the importance of time.

Ozil's left foot followed the rolling ball and pulled it behind him. The ball's contact with the sneakers increased the rolling speed, and then rolled between Ozil's legs.

Fernandinho behind him didn't expect Ozil to do this at all, so when he reacted, the ball rolled between his legs.

After doing this action, Ozil immediately used his right foot as a supporting foot, turned to the right, and almost passed Fernandinho.

Behind Ozil and Fernandinho is Giroud. When Monreal steals the ball, Giroud has already started to look back at the situation and move forward to keep up.

Giroud saw Ozil's exquisite pass through the crotch, but he didn't catch it immediately, but used his body to block the young central defender Nastasic next to him, and then bypassed the Serbian central defender from the outside .

Nastasic's height is only 1.8 meters 1.9, while Giroud's height has gone to [-] meters [-], so when Giruka dominates the opponent, Nastasic's sight is completely blocked.

So he couldn't see the route of the ball at all, and he felt wrong when Giroud started running past him, but it was too late to pull the jersey at this time!

Giroud received the ball behind the opponent, then took a step, and after catching up with the ball again, he began to adjust his pace and rushed towards Manchester City's penalty area.

"Quasi-one-handed!!! Arsenal's quick counterattack, everything is coming to the extreme, the three-legged pass only took four seconds, Arsenal completed the transition from the backcourt defense to the frontcourt offense, and has already crossed the center line and entered immediately The frontier of the restricted area!!"

Kompany's position is in front of Giroud. He didn't go to the center line to sweep this time. When he found Nastasic following Giroud, he retreated a little.

So now he is running towards the penalty area while leaning towards Giroud.

Giroud's eyes are not only a goal and goalkeeper Joe Hart, he also saw Kompany diagonally ahead.The French center wants to accelerate past Kompany and then form a real one-handed one.

Manchester City captain Kompany naturally discovered this, so when he saw that the distance and position were similar, he fell to the ground and shoveled the ball at Giroud's feet.

Giroud's attention is now on Kompany, so he still has some preparations for this tackle in advance.So he immediately knocked the ball back with his heel, and then took off by himself.But when passing the ball, he missed the best time to dodge, and he was slightly taken by Kompany.He staggered and almost fell, but fortunately he managed to stabilize his body in time.

Giroud is not very clear about the situation behind him. When he passes the ball, he only relies on tactical drills during training. He is not sure whether there are teammates behind him, or whether his teammates can get the ball before the opposing defender. .

In fact, Giroud's worries were superfluous. The well-prepared Ozil got the ball before Fernandinho. Oh, be prepared.

Ozil dribbled the ball and came to Kompany who just got up from the ground in two steps. The Belgian is still half standing and half getting up.

The talented German midfielder is not sure if he will suddenly rush up from the ground to steal the ball when he rushes over with the ball. Not sure if it is still possible, and he does not intend to take risks.Of course, he didn't dare to pass the ball back to Giroud, because Giroud was in an offside position at this time, unless he could dribble the ball past Kompany in front of him.

Now that he decided not to take the risk on Kompany's side, he could only pass the ball.But Ozil is not sure that he will not hand the ball to Giroud who is offside. Instead of challenging the linesman's myopia, he might as well dribble past Kompany himself.

He sent the ball to the wing! !