Extraordinary football jersey

Chapter 344 Chasing Manchester City

The next day, Yang Daye followed the Arsenal team to Southampton, a port city in Hampshire in southeastern England.

I just nervously adapted to the venue for a day, and then the No. 16 round of the Premier League kicked off immediately.

The opponent is Southampton.This season's Southampton team has played well so far, temporarily ranking No.12 in the Premier League standings.It can be regarded as a mid-level team, not weak.

In terms of overall strength, the Southampton team is definitely not as good as the Arsenal team.But what surprised Yang Daye was that Southampton's defensive strength far surpassed Arsenal's.And there is also a defender with a strength level as high as bright gold-No. 17 Van Dijk.

When studying the video before this, Yang Daye felt that this Van Dijk was very powerful.When I saw the real person, I found out that it turned out to be of the bright gold level, which was really unexpected.

"I'm really envious of having such a level of defender!"

The strongest defender in the Arsenal team, Mustafi, is only at the gold level, and he is currently injured and unable to play.Compared with Southampton's defense, Yang Daye found that Arsenal was far from truly strong.

Another thing worth mentioning is that there is also an East Asian face in the Southampton team-Maya Yoshida from Japan.

Yang Daye was very curious about him. After careful observation, he found that although the opponent did not reach the light gold level, he also had the dark blue level.This strength is still very strong in Asia.

From Maya Yoshida, the strength of the Japanese national team can be seen for the first time.Coupled with the fact that Shinji Okazaki, who is also at the deep blue level, made Yang Daye feel a little more afraid of the Japanese team in his heart.Previously, Yang Daye had never played against the Japanese team, but it was inevitable that he would meet in games like the Asian Cup in the future.

Seeing Yoshida Ma's strength, Yang Daye decided that after the game, he should pay attention to the ongoing East Asian semi-finals and get to know the Japanese team's substitutes.

"Hey, the gap between Chinese football and Japanese and Korean football is really huge. When will they catch up as a whole?" Yang Daye couldn't help feeling a little sad about Chinese football.His own appearance is not a normal situation.Players from other formal channels can't compare with the players of these two opponents.

However, Yang Daye didn't worry too much about it, after all, he got used to it.He quickly picked up his mood and started the real contest after warming up.

As soon as the game kicked off, Southampton's defense really made Yang Daye feel great resistance.Especially that Van Dijk was really brave. Sanchez, who was the forward striker, almost scolded his mother under his care.

Southampton's defense is a bit difficult to crack, but there are opportunities, and everyone is quite confident.

The Southampton team is relatively weaker in offense, but it can also create threats.Fortunately, this time Arsenal is no longer a three-back formation.

The formation of 3421 seemed too vulnerable in the game against Manchester United, which made Wenger, who learned from the pain, decide not to stick to this weak defense formation.In this game, he tried the formation of 4231.

The four-back formation finally gave Arsenal some improvement in their defense.In the face of Southampton, he still did a good job defending in a short period of time.

As the game progressed, Wenger found that this change of formation was the right choice.His worries about lack of competitiveness in the midfield and weakened offensive power in the frontcourt did not appear.

After changing to 4231, Ozil served as the front midfielder and organized the attack with all his strength.And he made Iwobi the left midfielder, which also significantly increased Arsenal's firepower on the left wing.This also keeps Arsenal's surplus of wing attacking players from being left vacant.

In the 4231 formation, Arsenal played very little.Since Yang Daye joined the Arsenal team, he has not played in this formation, so everyone is inevitably a little unskilled in the execution of tactics.Facing Southampton's first-class defense, they still couldn't fully exert their firepower at the beginning.

As a result, although Arsenal had a chance, they failed to score the goal.After the first half, they failed to score a goal.

0:0, this is the report card handed over by both sides in the first half.

This is still somewhat unsatisfactory for the Arsenal team, which has already set its goal on the Premier League throne.The Southampton team at home is quite satisfied with this.

At halftime, Wenger was not dissatisfied.Instead, after pointing out some things that were not done well, I encouraged everyone to continue working hard in the second half.

After the break, the second half began soon.

Since both sides did not concede a goal in the first half, it seems that there is no need to make too many adjustments.Therefore, after the two sides returned to the field, they still maintained the lineup of the first half.

After the start of the second half, the Arsenal team significantly strengthened their offensive.But Southampton also stepped up their defense.This made the Arsenal team not gain the advantage it should have in terms of overall strength in a short period of time.

Southampton patiently fought back defensively.The Arsenal team realized that they could not win quickly, so they had to patiently look for opportunities under the organization of Ozil.For a while, the two sides seemed to be evenly matched.

However, after playing for 10 minutes in the second half, Yang Daye finally regained the feeling he had when he played 4231 in the West Brom team.He started to get angry.

In this game, he is also one of the key defenses.When he played at his full potential, Southampton could not suppress the threat he posed.And as his threat increased, it also drove Arsenal to get more opportunities in other directions.As a result, they gradually gained the upper hand.

When the game came to No. 60 two minutes, Yang Daye cooperated with Ozil, Iwobi and Sanchez in the frontcourt, and finally he hit the ball with his heel to Sanchez who ran into the penalty area.This time, Sanchez put the ball into the goal cleanly.

Gaining an advantage, Arsenal took the opportunity to take the initiative on the field.

Subsequently, the Southampton team also had to attack.This increased the pressure on Arsenal's defense, but it also gave Arsenal more opportunities in the frontcourt. Unfortunately, they failed to grasp several good opportunities later.Iwobi, who has been squeezed out of a lot of playing time because of Yang Daye's rise, wasted an excellent opportunity.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 0:1. Arsenal won this game.

Although it was only a small victory by one goal, everyone was very satisfied with the away win against Southampton, which had a very good defense.

Wenger is also very satisfied with this game.This game did expose the team's unfamiliarity with the new formation, but it gave him hope of improving Arsenal's overall combat effectiveness.

As long as he continues to be proficient in this formation, Wenger believes that Arsenal will get better and better.

"Come on. Continue to win next game." After returning to the locker room, everyone gathered together and shouted.

Now Arsenal's goal is clear: to catch up with Manchester City in points.

(End of this chapter)