Football giants

Chapter 532 Chief Designer
Toni Kroos appeared in Arsenal's half when the frontcourt players pressed heavily and the team took a high press.

He has played as a late midfielder for more than a season and played dozens of games.

In the past dozens of games, he is also constantly summing up his experience and insights, and at the same time trying to make up for his own shortcomings.

For example, his slow playing style has changed a lot in the past year or so.

Now his style of play is much more concise.

But this simplicity is the progress he has made while maintaining his own characteristics!

In the Premier League this season, the team introduced Modric. After the early season, he found that he and Modric were getting more and more in tune. He also learned a lot from the Croatian.

But, Modric is Modric and Toni Kroos is Toni Kroos.

He will never be Modric and vice versa!

With Southampton's unstoppable winning streak in the Premier League this season, the double midfielder formed by Toni Kroos and Modric has become the focus of countless fans and a topic of relish.

Some people even quarreled on the Internet about who is the core and who is the deputy between Toni Kroos and Modric. As everyone knows, both of them are the offensive and defensive transition hubs of the team, and there is no distinction between the core and the deputy.

Since there are two people, there must be some division of labor and cooperation.

Although Toni Kroos' defense has improved a lot compared to when he was in the Bundesliga, he still can't play alone, so he needs the cooperation of his teammates, but Modric doesn't, so in this respect, the Croatian is very eye-catching.

Modric is more familiar with the Premier League, his running ability and defensive ability, as well as his ability to get rid of and drive the ball, play a key role on both ends of the offense and defense, so Bielsa gives Modric more room to play tactically.

Therefore, it can often be seen that Modric dribbled the ball into the frontcourt to help the team open up the offensive situation, and even passed a threatening ball, followed by seeing him retreat to his own defense line to participate in the defense.

Modric is also better at dealing with the impact of Premier League players.

These are Modric's advantages!
But what about Toni Kroos?
When Modric is receiving and dribbling the ball in front, Toni Kroos needs to be behind the Croatian and act as a contact point. Once the front attack is weak, Toni Kroos is the first consideration for his frontcourt teammates to pass back.

When the Croatian retreated to the defense line to participate in the defense, Kroos needed to stand in front of the defense line, connect the defense line and the midfielder, and act as a defensive midfielder to protect the defense line.

Tactical roles prevent Toni Kroos from being as free and eye-catching as Modric.

Does that mean that Toni Kroos is not as good as Modric?
wrong!

The division of labor is different!

Many people don't know that every cooperation on the football field is carefully designed.

And Toni Cross is the chief designer of Southampton!

When he feels that the team's rhythm needs to be slowed down, he will tell his teammates through gestures and back and forth passes that we need to slow down the rhythm.

Because even if the ball is passed to the front, it may be difficult to create a threat.

Therefore, at this time, the teammates in the frontcourt of the team will actively withdraw to respond, including the frontcourt trident.

But as long as he finds a weakness in the opponent's defense, he will take the initiative to push his position forward.

At this time, every pass of his foot represents the direction of the team's attack.

Giving it to David Alaba on the left means that the team will launch a fierce attack on the left.

To the right, it means that the team will attack from the right.

To Modric, to Vidal, and even directly to Ibrahimovic and Drogba, all represent the team's offensive direction.

These are the tactical roles of Toni Kroos!

Of course, it is not absolute.

Modric himself also has an excellent overall situation view and passing ability, so with him on the court, Toni Kroos is much easier on both ends of the offense and defense, and he appears to be more at ease.

But in this game against Arsenal, Bielsa made a rotation and replaced Modric with James Rodriguez.

Not only that, Southampton adopted targeted tactics, with James Rodriguez in a very high position, cruising behind Drogba, and at the same time holding back Arsenal's lagging organizer Arteta.

The starting left winger Hazard's position is lower than that of James Rodriguez, and Gareth Bale at the right winger position is more of a reverse-footed winger who cuts in from the right.

In the midfield, there is no good partner Modric, replaced by Vidal who goes straight up and down.

As far as Vidal is concerned, he is better than Modric in terms of running ability, defensive ability, and even offensive ability.

But only in terms of organization, response and passing, Vidal is not as good as Modric.

This puts Toni Kroos in the midfield with heavy tasks and a lot of pressure!
Once Vidal presses up, then Toni Kroos will become a single midfielder!

For the Germans who are not very good at defense, can the pressure not be too great?
Fortunately, Hazard, James Rodriguez, Vidal, Drogba and Gareth Bale are all actively participating in the press and oppression, which relieved Toni Kroos' defensive pressure.

Judging from the opening stage, Southampton pressed heavily, creating a huge threat to Arsenal.

Especially the oppression of James Rodriguez and Drogba in the middle of the frontcourt caused big trouble for Arsenal's two central defenders and the delayed midfielder Arteta.

Toni Kroos was at the back. When he saw Arsenal's strong pressure after the opening of Southampton, the left back Vermaelen's side exposed a problem, he couldn't help but feel happy, the opportunity has come!

So, after receiving the ball from his teammate, he saw an opportunity and transferred a diagonal pass to the right.

After Gareth Bale carried Vermaelen with his body on the right, facing a pass from Toni Kroos, his chest stopped, his left foot was pushed to Vidal, and he turned and rushed forward quickly.

Vidal also understood and passed the ball immediately.

After the ball passed Vermaelen, it fell in front of Gareth Bale, and the Welshman sprinted to catch it.

After receiving the ball, Gareth Bale dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

Arsenal's defense line has also returned to the penalty area. Mertesacker followed Drogba as if facing a formidable enemy, while Koscielny stood on the line of the penalty area, followed Gareth Bale, and blocked the Welshman's inside route.

Everyone knows that once this left foot cuts in to the shooting range, his left foot hits the goal, but it is quite threatening!
Gareth Bale has scored a lot of these goals so far this season!
Seeing that there was no chance for the Welshman, he had no choice but to force a breakthrough, but in fact he knocked the ball to Vidal, who was following behind, and rushed into the penalty area to grab a point.

After receiving the ball, Vidal avoided Vermaelen and made a diagonal pass to the right.

In this game, the starting right back Danilo was very fast. The Brazilian, who was rushing from the right side, caught up with Vidal's pass and went down to the bottom line.

Suddenly, there was an enemy in the restricted area!
Whether it is Drogba or Gareth Bale, they are quite threatening scoring points!

Danilo just glanced at the box to see James Rodriguez raise his hand outside the box.

Arsenal's secrets are sparse, and there is no defense at the front of the penalty area!
Now there is a drama!

So, I heard a bang, and Danilo made a low pass. Instead of going to Drogba and Gareth Bale as the Arsenal players thought, the ball fell to the front of the penalty area.

I saw James Rodriguez quickly follow up, and he volleyed directly with his left foot!
Danilo passed the ball quite well, and James Rodriguez's volley was also very beautiful!
I saw the ball draw a strange arc, bypassing the crowd in the penalty area, and went directly into the upper left corner of Arsenal's goal. Szczesny was beyond his reach!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

Accompanied by the commentator's long sound of the goal, more than 3 Saints fans in the entire St. Mary's Stadium rushed out of their seats, cheering loudly and shouting the name of James Rodriguez!
"In less than 8 minutes of the opening, Southampton, through an excellent high press, forced Arsenal to be close, there was a problem, broke through the Gunners' goal, and made a fantastic start!"

"One to zero, goal from James Rodriguez!"

After the Colombian player scored a goal, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly, waving at the fans in the stands.

Behind him, Southampton's players rushed forward.

So beautiful, isn't it?

Such a volley, such a goal, can be called a world wave!
It's even comparable to Zidane's Flying Immortal, isn't there?

While the entire stadium was boiling, Yang Huan in the chairman's stand stood up excitedly from his seat and applauded vigorously. Such a world wave goal is really awesome!
"James Rodriguez is indeed very good. I heard that he is only 21 years old!" David Bernstein also praised with a smile.

Southampton's youth army is the most beautiful landscape in the Premier League this season.

Not only James Rodriguez, but also Pogba, Ravel Morrison, Hazard, Neymar, Sturridge and other players have performed quite well.

"He entered this world wave, and he must have become famous in one fell swoop after the game!"

"Who said it wasn't? This goal is indeed wonderful, and the best goal of this round must have been missed!"

"The ball feels so good, it's hard to hold that kind of ball!"

"Well, that's why he is said to be talented!"

Martin Hunt was also very pleased with James Rodriguez's goal, but he was more concerned about the improvement of another player, that is Toni Kroos.

"Master Huan, Toni Kroos has made great progress. The interception before the goal was that he blocked the passing line in the middle, forcing Arsenal to transfer the pass to the wing, and Southampton could intercept it. Once this side was intercepted, the other side immediately made a diagonal long pass to plan an attack, which is quite good!"

Yang Huan also nodded with a smile, "Belsa is also quite satisfied with his progress. He is a smart man with a strong learning ability and obvious progress. This season is considered to be enlightened!"

Martin Hunt smiled and nodded too.

Toni Kroos was introduced at a cost of 6000 million pounds. The team has high hopes for him, and Bielsa usually gives him little advice and trains him specially.

Now it seems that he has indeed improved significantly!

"Arsenal's game is suspended!" David Bernstein shook his head and sighed.

The Gunners are not good at fighting against the wind. Now they are playing away and conceded a goal shortly after the start. Now Wenger's team will be in big trouble!

Yang Huan also smiled slightly.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of confidence!
At St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton has the confidence to kill any opponent!

(End of this chapter)