Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

"aoaoaoooooo——"

As players from both sides of the match came to the 80,000-person stadium in Shanghai to warm up, a long-lasting momentum erupted above the stadium.

When Arteta, who serves as Manchester City's assistant coach, came to the stadium, many Arsenal players took the initiative to walk over and give the former captain a hug.

Martin and Arteta still had their arms around each other and chatted for several minutes.

Not long after, the starting lists of both sides appeared on the official website of the International Champions Cup, and the fans waiting in front of the TV instantly became excited.

Almost all the main players brought by us are on stage!

Arsenal is still in the 4231 formation from last season.

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech

Defenders: Monreal, Van Dijk, Mertesacker, Bellerin

Midfielder: Xhaka, Coquelin

Midfielder: Gnabry, Martin, Walcott

Forward: Welbeck

Manchester City under Guardiola also uses a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Caballero

Defenders: Kolarov, Otamendi, Adarabioyu, Clichy

Midfielder: Fernandinho, Yaya Toure

Forward: Sterling, David Silva, Navas

Forward: Aguero

……

After a forty-minute warm-up, the players from both sides quickly returned to their respective locker rooms to make final preparations for the Premier League derby in the International Champions League Dragon Country Division, which started on time at 7:30 p.m.

19:30 Imperial City time.

"Beep~"

Ma Ning, one of the few international-level referees in the Dragon Kingdom, blew his whistle to signal the start of this friendly warm-up match.

Manchester City, who had a kick-off advantage, did not rush to attack, but played in the way Guardiola is good at playing.

Pass control!

Although Martin plays as a midfielder in this game, he still has defensive responsibilities.

He formed the equivalent of a three-midfielder configuration with Xhaka and Coquelin, which made Guardiola frown while sitting in the coaching bench.

This situation was encountered when facing Real Madrid coached by Mourinho when coaching Barcelona many years ago.

Unexpectedly, Wenger would also use it.

However, compared to Mourinho's three-back defensive system, Wenger's tactics are more flexible.

There is nothing special about defense until you switch from defense to offense.

With the presence of Xhaka, Arsenal does not need to rely too much on Martin when switching from defense to offense. It is equivalent to having two starting points for counterattacks, leaving Manchester City players with no time to defend when switching from offense to defense.

If Welbeck hadn't missed Martin's exquisite through ball, Arsenal would have opened the scoring.

Guardiola couldn't sit still. He got up and went to the coach's technical area.

Wenger was still sitting on the coach's bench with his legs crossed, looking like he was sure of victory.

He can't wait to see the three midfielders of Martin + Xhaka + Kante.

In his opinion, the combination of the three people is perfect.

When compatriot Kanter adapts to this tactical system, Martin can devote more energy to offense.

Xhaka has no problem sorting out the offense, can also serve as a metronome, and has a height advantage. Kanter is responsible for interception and transition.

At that time, Martin will basically not need to take care of any defense.

Arsenal's beautiful football will once again be presented to the world.

One of the few shortcomings is that Xhaka can sometimes be irritable, but Wenger believes that Xhaka will gradually change his shortcomings under the influence of Martin.

Manchester City's attack ended hastily, and Arsenal organized another attack.

Central 5 commentator He Wei gave a wonderful comment: "Guardiola has just taken charge of Manchester City, and the team has only been assembled for a short time. It is normal for the players to not understand Guardiola's tactics. I believe that as time goes by, Manchester City players He will gradually adapt to Guardiola's advanced passing football."

Arsenal performed very well on both ends of the offense and defense. Xhaka was getting along with the team for the first time in the game, and the tacit understanding was a bit lacking, but he gradually found a feeling under Martin's combing and connection.

"Martin is really a super six-sided fighter! A super versatile midfielder."

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray couldn't help but praise it.

"This is also the fundamental reason why Arsenal won all competitions last season. He is the kind of person who can help his teammates around him to complete the transformation while performing extremely well."

Henry, who served as the commentator, smiled and said: "This summer's transfer window has made key additions in the midfield and central defenders. As long as we can buy a world-class forward in the forward line, I can guarantee that Arsenal will be the best in the 2016-2017 season." It will be invincible! It is not impossible to refresh the 49-game unbeaten record in the league created that year."

"Haha~ Thierry, do you regret being born ten years earlier?"

Andy Gray said with a half-smile.

"I was born ten years later, and I have Martin behind me to deliver the bombs. I'm not exaggerating. 50 goals in a single season is not a problem at all."

Henry said it confidently.

Arsenal/Henry fans watching on Sky couldn't agree more.

Because Henry is the kind of person who can not only seize opportunities, but also create opportunities for himself and then convert them into goals.

The International Champions Cup match at the 80,000-person stadium in Shanghai continued. Both sides were affected by the lack of state support in the first warm-up match before the start of the new season. Opportunities were created but no players were able to seize them.

Wenger is not satisfied with the team's performance, but he is dissatisfied with the forward line's poor ability to seize opportunities. Therefore, he hopes that Gargitis can buy a forward who meets the requirements as soon as possible.

Lyon has made it clear that it will not sell Lacazette this summer, Napoli's asking price for Higuain is too high, Aubameyang does not fit the current team's tactics, and there are not many top forwards left to choose from...

Gnabry, Walcott and Welbeck missed opportunities one after another, and Martin, who was responsible for delivering artillery shells, felt a little itchy.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Bellerin received Xhaka's pass from the right and passed directly.

Otamendi jumped high in front of the penalty area and pushed the football out.

Walcott, who was in the right corner of the penalty area, was a little flustered by the oncoming David Silva and Clichy.

"Give me!"

"left!"

Hearing the familiar shout, Walcott quickly used the arch of his right foot to pass the ball to the left to the right side of the top of the penalty area.

The on-site director happened to give a shot that covered the 30-meter area of ​​Arsenal's attack.

CC5 commentator He Wei's voice suddenly rose an octave higher: "Martin——"

The eyes of Dragon Kingdom fans and Arsenal fans in the 80,000-person stadium became particularly expectant.

The quality of the ball that Walcott passed was not good, and the turf was uneven. There was an obvious continuous jump when it rolled over.

But Martin has a very good feel for football. His right foot hit the middle and lower part of the football that bounced off the ground at the junction of the instep and the outer instep.

It was too late for Fernandinho to block the ball with his body. He only heard the crisp and muffled sound of [Boom].

Then he saw the football passing by him at high speed like lightning, heading straight for the upper right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Caballero had no time to react. All he could do was follow the football with his eyes until it hit the snow-white net in the upper right corner of the goal...