Mister Legend

Chapter 542

Of course, this plug-in is not a panacea, and it can't change the injury situation that has become a fact.For example, Diego Llorente, who Li Moody hopes to return to the battle most now, will not be downgraded for his knee ligament tear symptoms, but will speed up his recovery after the effect of the medal takes effect.

However, this will already play a very important role. The Spanish central defender who was originally expected to recover in early December at the earliest is estimated to be able to return with full blood in mid-November.Although a prolonged injury will inevitably affect his competitive state, but using the next month plus the adjustment of the winter break, at least in the second half of the season, he can still play the role of the core of the defense, which is enough for Arsenal. Excited about it.

After the league game with Fulham, the time has entered November 2021. Perhaps due to too much interference from human social life, the temperature in the second half of this year is a bit abnormal. It is colder than the same period in history, as if it was earlier Into the general winter.

For example, on November 11rd, the temperature in London at 3:05 in the evening was only 30 degrees Celsius, accompanied by the cold wind that could cut people's faces, so that people who watched the game at the Loftus Road Stadium experienced the joy of enjoying a football feast. not easy.

This is a Carabao Cup quarter-final, with Queens Park Rangers playing against Arsenal at home. Since both teams are based in the British capital, this is an out-and-out London derby.

It's just that compared to the ecstasy of the home team's supporters after the draw results were released two weeks ago, the current fan atmosphere is completely opposite.At the beginning, I thought that due to the serious shortage of manpower in the lineup, the Gunners should not pay much attention to the tasteless League Cup. This left the Queens Park Rangers in the British Championship with an opportunity to be upset and advance.

But who knows that in less than half a month, Arsenal's injury situation has been greatly alleviated. Wilshere, Golovin, Beracino and others have come back one after another, allowing them to play in the midfield. The rotation of the field is finally no longer stretched.Although the defense line is still incomplete for the time being, and the defensive ability is still relatively weak, but at least the strength on the offensive end is already at the top level in Europe. For the team, it is really not good news.

There is no need for any professional to analyze it. Ordinary football fans can see that Li Moody will focus on offensive tactics for a period of time in the future. The strategy of substituting offense for defense will greatly enhance the enjoyment of the game, but at the same time there will be It may cause a tragedy with a large score and embarrass the weaker side.Obviously, Queens Park Rangers became the first unfortunate child.

After 10 and 6 minutes, the score of 1-[-] appeared on the large electronic display screen in the Loftus Road Stadium. Although the gun fans and those neutral people who watched the game through the live signal will be very happy with this result, the home team There was only deep pain and despair left on the faces of the supporters.

Although due to the opponent's strength and level, the outside world still has some reservations about the gold content of the Gunners' victory, but it cannot be denied that after the injury situation improved, this one of the Premier League's big6 finally revealed its return. A sign of the right track, the return of the defending champion will further increase the intensity of league competition, which is naturally a great thing for the entire league.

So in the following weekend, most qualified media across the country sent on-site reporters to the central part of England, hoping to observe the highlight of this round of the Premier League at close range, and even interview the gunman who seems to have gotten out of trouble All the soldiers and the man from the Celestial Dynasty who seemed to be extremely peaceful.

As a result, in the two press conferences before and after the game, they failed to obtain more information about Arsenal from Li Mudi and others. Even the entire football circle was concerned about the team's injuries. The answer to why the big reversal happened when he fell to the ground was not found out clearly, which made these uncrowned kings itch with hatred, but there was nothing they could do.

Fortunately, the excitement of this game was enough to attract everyone's attention, otherwise these well-known media really don't know how to deal with the masses of melon-eating people's desire to find out about Arsenal.

In this direct dialogue between the Foxes and the Gunners, both sides completely liberated their offensive capabilities, as if they didn't know what defense was, making the rhythm of the whole game like playing table tennis, making people dare not slip away at all.

For the home team, although Vardy, the pride of the city, is 34 years old and can no longer dominate the main force, Nigerian center Ishinacho has grown rapidly in the past two years. Just looking at the sense of grasping opportunities and the ability to finish the goal, the former star of hope for Manchester City can still gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Coupled with the support of winger Algeria international Ghazal on both sides and local star Demarai Gray, it is very difficult for Mustafi and Benatia, who has entered the final period of his career, to deal with it.

If in the past, there were two wingbacks assisting from the side, perhaps Arsenal's defense would not be so embarrassing.But Li Mudi obviously thinks that in the absence of multiple cores, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect no matter how strengthened this defense is, it is better to devote all energy to the offensive end, which is more cost-effective, as long as it can score more goals than the opponent Three points can be gained with one goal, and this is what the team needs most at the moment.

In order to avoid the advantage of Leicester City's defensive tower Harry Maguire, although the Gunners coach has deployed Chuma and Beracino today, a tall and fast double striker formation, the Spanish center is actually better. Many places play a restraining role, and the attack of the visiting team is mainly based on fast and flexible ground coordination. This allows small players such as Barco to take advantage of their agility and excellent foot skills, which is a bit bulky for the home team. The back line poses a great threat.

Seeing this situation, Moyes immediately gave up the defensive counterattack strategy formulated before the game, because he was worried that his defenders would be screened by the opponent's players, so he could only choose to accept Li Moody's challenge: attack against attack.

As a result, after a hearty confrontation, the two sides scored three goals each, and neither of them could subdue the opponent within 10 minutes, presenting a wonderful feast of goals for the fans.

Arsenal's instant record in the Premier League this season has changed to 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. They have been pulled down by Manchester City at the top of the list by a full 20 points. This is a gap of more than six victories. Just one-third of the way through the schedule, there was no hope of defending the title.

However, this does not hinder the status of this team in the hearts of fans all over the world, because in the next few weeks, the Gunners have maintained crazy offensive tactics, which made the games they participated in very good-looking. It won the love of many neutral fans.

On November 11, Arsenal ushered in a key battle in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, playing at home against Atletico Madrid, one of the favorites to win.Facing Atletico Madrid, whose defensive ability is the top in the entire world football, Li Mudi still did not make any changes to his strategy of focusing on offense and light defense, even in the unfavorable situation of conceding a goal shortly after the start of the first half , and there is no intention to recycle.

Fortunately, the final result was acceptable. A 2-2 draw helped the team rank third in the group with four consecutive draws after four games, three points away from Lyon in front of them. The difference is that as long as Simeone does not release water in the next round, then the favorites only need a two-game winning streak to squeeze out the French team and advance to the knockout round.

It is worth mentioning that the two goals scored by the Sheets turned out to be the game that Arsenal scored the fewest goals in a single game for more than 40 days from early November to mid-December. The terrifying offensive power is also enough to deter some teams who want to benefit from them.

Since the next ten days will usher in the national team match day, all Premier League teams will be suspended. The Gunners took this opportunity to gain additional adjustment time and ushered in two injuries during the period The return of them has improved their strength again.

After the return of the league on Sunday, 21st, the Gunners ushered in Burnley, which ranks No. 4 at the bottom of the league standings. With 1 win and 1 tie in the last two rounds, they barely climbed to the edge of the cliff for the time being, but they may be pulled back to the abyss by the team behind them at any time.

Facing Arsenal, which is far superior to himself in the away game, Burnley's local coach Danny Cowley will naturally not have any unrealistic ideas. Using the iron barrel to force a 0-0 game is because he led the team to London City's only thought.For this reason, he did not hesitate to arrange a 5-4-1 formation, and the defensive-active New Zealand international Chris Wood served as the lone forward. For this reason, he did not hesitate to put the team's top center Calum Wilson on the bench. superior.

It’s just that this defensive strategy lost its meaning early in the game. When the positional battle encountered a lot of difficulties, the home team broke the score with a corner kick from local central defender Holding in the opening No. 17 minutes In the stalemate in the game, the assist for him is naturally Barko, who has almost taken over all the team's set kicks.

The talented Argentine teenager has been recognized by the outside world as the current Premier League player following Iceland's great sniper Sigurdsson, Lewis Becker, who came from Chelsea's youth training and is now the core of Southampton's midfielder, and this season under Scholes. Another master of free-kicks after losing his place in Brazilian midfielder Andrés Pereira, who has used his divine right foot to score two direct free-kicks and seven times this season. Assists are Arsenal's most important offensive weapon when facing the opponent's intensive defense, and they are also the current favorite of Gunners fans. This season, they have won the Club's Player of the Month award three times in a row.

This time, Barko accurately sent the right corner kick to Holding's head, allowing him to swing his head and attack the goal under the pressure of the opponent's central defender. The credit for this goal is natural It should be divided equally between two people.

Although he conceded the goal first, Burnley's tactics did not change before the start of the second half. Danny Cowley obviously knew that once he directed the team to strengthen the attack, Arsenal's frontcourt players would seem to be liberated The restrained Sun Monkey is also full of firepower, and it is difficult for the visiting team to resist with the current defensive strength alone.Therefore, in order to preserve a possibility of a possible equalizer in the future, he still chose to continue to put the bus down.

And Li Mudi, who had a one-goal lead, did not continue to maintain the rhythm of the onslaught. After seeing that the opponent's defense was still stable, he ordered the home team players to play pass-and-control tactics. Players who are coming back soon are looking for a tacit understanding with their teammates to prepare for the upcoming games.

It’s just that the balance of the game was broken in 3 minutes. Golovin’s world-wave long-range shot helped the Gunners widen the point difference by two goals. While making the fans happy to see such a wonderful scene, they also Forcing Burnley to increase their offensive input.After the visiting team replaced Coventry's youth training and extremely fast England striker Callum Wilson, the two sides quickly played against each other.

However, the final result could not satisfy the Burnley people. In the rhythm that Arsenal is best at, Danny Cowley's team is obviously unable to compete with the opponent, especially the venue of the game is the Emirates Stadium, with more than 5 shots Fans' crazy support is more than just loud noise.

4 to 0, Li Mudi hardly made any decent command from the sidelines, the home team won this round of the league without bloodshed, and kicked Burnley back to the relegation zone.And 6 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses and 23 points also allowed Arsenal to return to the European League seat area after the [-]th round. Although they only overwhelmed Leicester City with a goal difference advantage, but This is enough to let the club, which has suffered various blows since the beginning of the season, breathe a little sigh of relief.

And considering the current point difference with several other Champions League teams except Manchester City, and the strong rebound of the team's performance after the signs of the injury situation continue to improve, people have reason to believe that even if the Gunners have been unable to complete the Premier League The feat of defending the title is over, but they still have the strength to hit the top four or even runner-up qualifications in the league. Trouble is coming for Liverpool, Tottenham and other teams.

No, when the quarter-finals of the League Cup ended on November 11, the outside world finally felt directly how terrible Arsenal is when the lineup is relatively neat.

The Gunners faced the powerful West Ham United in the away game. It was originally thought that it would be a fierce battle, but the result was that the visiting team used a hearty offensive to smash the Hammers' fairly good defense. The score of 5 to 1 let The London Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate 66000 people, has become the battlefield where the fans of the home team broke out and resolutely boycotted Pellegrini. The Chilean engineer who led the team's performance fell sharply this season was fired immediately and became the latest on Li Moody's killer list. victim.

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