Strong Waist

Just five days after Christmas, December 30th ushered in the 20th round of the Premier League.

As usual, Arsenal fans went to the Emirates Stadium early, but this time, their expressions were particularly heavy.

The club's continuous injuries are like a haze hanging over everyone at Arsenal.

Injuries to Wilshere and Cazorla hampered Arsenal's offense.

Arteta's injury completely destroyed Arsenal's passing and control system.

Arsenal fans are extremely depressed.

Why are injuries concentrated in the midfield? Can't it be more symmetrical? Either as an avant-garde or as a defender, can't we share the pressure?

Of course, no injuries are the best case scenario.

But the three current Arsenal midfielders are all injured and lying on the hospital bed.

Take a look at Arsenal's current midfield configuration.

Lucky, Diaby, Ramsey and ‘Zhang Juzheng’.

Which of these four people can hold the ball and play out of Arsenal's passing system?

It’s impossible to even think about it with your butt.

Arsenal fans are worried!

With this lineup, they have no idea how to arrange it and how to prepare for the next game.

This also made Arsenal fans generally depressed.

But even so, they still went to watch the game at home.

So what if?

What if there is some chemical reaction?

In this round of games, they are going to play the 'Magpies' Newcastle United.

Newcastle's performance this season is still unsatisfactory. If it were Arsenal before and playing at home, they would have no reason to lose.

But now, midfielders are injured one after another, and they don't know how to win.

As the game approached, Arsenal fans stared intently at the starting lineup.

They want to see Cazorla or Arteta or Wilshere, whichever one will do.

They hoped the club was playing an April Fools' joke on them.

Even though today is not April Fools' Day.

But Arsenal's starting lineup told them that this injury is a fact!

Arsenal (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Mannone.

Defenders; Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Jenkinson.

Midfielder: Chamberlain, Ramsey, Lucky, Diaby.

Forwards: Suarez, Walcott.

Newcastle United (4-2-1-2-1):

Goalkeeper: Krul.

Defenders: Thornton, Pelch, Coloccini, Simpson.

Midfielder: Bigirimana, Tiote, Malvo, Obertan, Cisse.

Forward: Demba Ba.

"With this formation, are we going to play defensive counterattack?"

The on-site commentator George Adams said in surprise.

Wenger's Arsenal has never played a defensive counterattack, especially when playing at home.

Wenger advocated the theory of 'football at the feet'. He despised all defensive counterattack tactics and felt that they were an insult to the sport of football.

Wenger believes that football must take the initiative and be played with enough passion.

But just such a professor has put up a defensive counterattack formation, which shows how bad the club's situation is.

The Arsenal fans also had their mouths open and wanted to curse, but they suddenly became discouraged.

What else?

Instead of playing defensive counterattack, rely on these people to play passing and controlling?

This is impossible.

If you want to stabilize the status quo and wait for the return of other main players, you can only use more conservative defensive counterattack tactics.

And this tactic has also been called a 'score-saving weapon'!

However, they did not expect that Wenger would come up with such a set of tactics.

In the press box in the stands, the reporters were crazy with joy.

Wenger actually adopted defensive counterattack tactics, which was novel enough.

Previously, Wenger had criticized this tactical system in a high-profile manner, saying that it was killing the artistry of football.

And now, Wenger has slapped himself.

How could this not be exciting?

They've all already thought of tomorrow's title.

Once the report is published, I think it will trigger a good response.

Wenger will become the laughingstock of others!

Thinking of this, the reporters began to take pictures frantically.

Lucky stood in the court, waiting for the game to start.

In all directions, flashing lights flashed from time to time.

These reporters were probably crazy with joy.

Lucky curled his lips in displeasure, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Guys! Everyone is waiting to see our jokes!"

The Arsenal players turned to look at Lucky.

At this time, Lucai raised his arm, clenched it into a fist, and waved it fiercely.

"Show them something awesome!"

Hey!

The Arsenal players grinned slightly, showing silent smiles.

At this time, Vermaelen shouted: "Gunners!!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Ready to fight!!"

In the Sina Sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was also commentating on the game.

"This is the 20th round of the Premier League in the 2012/2013 season, Arsenal's home game against Newcastle United!"

"Arsenal, playing at home, abnormally adopted a defensive and counterattack formation. Director Zhang, what do you think of this?"

Director Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Wenger was also forced to run out of options. If Cazorla, Wilshere, or Arteta were left for him, he could play in a pass-and-control system. But these Arsenal midfielders now, Who can hold the ball? What else can they do if they don’t play defensive counterattack? They still want to qualify for the Champions League next season!”

Zhan Jun continued; "Then what role do you think Lucky plays in this lineup?"

Zhang Lu guided; "It should have a certain weight. After all, defensive counterattack is the foundation. If you want to counterattack, you must ensure that the defense can be stable. We have seen Lucai's previous performance. He is not the core of offense and defense, but he is There should be enough weight resources to tilt the proportion!”

Zhang Lu's words are very conservative.

After all, he is the first Chinese player to play for a wealthy club, and he has just become a starter. It is a bit unreliable to directly put him at the core of offense and defense.

Of course, both Zhang Lu and other Chinese fans hope that Lucky can play a more important role.

And Wenger is not a conservative person. The professor has made bold decisions and training methods many times. Although most of them failed to succeed, the small part that succeeded was enough for Arsenal to make a lot of money.

Therefore, Zhang Lu said this, but he is already looking forward to Lucky's role in the game.

In the Arsenal coaching bench, Wenger stood on the sidelines. He was also a little worried and nervous.

Can this lineup be produced?

Whether Lucai can withstand the pressure and become a qualified offensive and defensive core, this game will give the answer.

So does Patrice.

Compared to Wenger, his relationship with Lucky is closer.

After all, during the more than a year of getting along day and night, he watched Lucai improve again and again, and reached where he is today.

For Patrice, Lucai is the disciple he has not yet polished, but is the one he is most looking forward to.

This feeling even Fabregas failed to give him.

The core of offense and defense at 18 years and 9 months old!

Cesc Fabregas doesn't get this treatment either.

But even if we catch up, there is nothing we can do!

In this system, Lucky's defense and passing ability are crucial.

Whether he can connect the whole team depends on Lucky's performance.

There are many amazingly talented players in football, and there are also little monsters who are as bright as shooting stars but disappear soon.

Patrice doesn’t want Lucky to be the latter.

He hopes that Lucky can become the backbone of Arsenal and the future of Arsenal.

Therefore, even though he is only 18 years old, many people still place expectations on him.

Pressure is motivation!

child! Everything is determined by your performance!

In the east stand, players in black jerseys such as Meadows and Billy were equally nervous.

Billy rubbed his hands: "Let me see! Arsenal! Don't admit defeat!"

Meadows' expression was serious, his gaze fixed in Lucky's direction.

This Chinese guy always gave him a very special feeling.

And this feeling may be verified in this game.

Is it the same as what he thinks?

So do other fans.

They saw in the stadium that the referee had withdrawn from the center circle and Newcastle United forward Demba Ba was about to pass the ball back. The Arsenal fans burst into loud cheers.

"Forward!! Gunners!! -"

At the beginning of the much-anticipated game, Newcastle United did not choose to attack aggressively after the kick-off, but instead passed back and waited for opportunities.

For Arsenal, Suarez and others pressed in the frontcourt, and the rest did not step forward.

Lucky was cruising behind the center circle, constantly turning his head to observe the space behind him.

Since there are enough people in our own half, the gaps are basically filled.

But Newcastle was smart and began to move to the left and right sides.

Lucky reads the flow of the game and observes the movements of every Newcastle player.

The 4-2-1-2-1 formation is a tactical formation with balanced offense and defense.

The first '1', which is Malvo's position, is very important. This is the first line of defense and requires a player who is good at fighting and has a certain long-range shooting ability.

The two forwards fly together, and the frontmost '1' Demba Ba needs to have strong personal abilities.

Then he can break open the defense and complete the shot.

When retreating, it can be passed to the left and right wings to carry out ferry work.

But the problems with this lineup are also serious.

That is because the stance is too rigid and the distance between the midfielders is too large, making it easy to be intercepted when passing the ball.

Lucky couldn't help but licked his lips, wouldn't the opportunity come now?

Newcastle's hesitation caused Arsenal's midfield to move forward as a whole and began to launch a fierce high press in the frontcourt.

And this also puts Newcastle players under tremendous pressure.

At the same time, they also saw a reduction in the size of the opposing backcourt.

‘You can fight! ’

Malvo looked in the direction of Demba Ba and found that no one was standing next to him.

This is an opportunity!

Immediately, Malvo directly chose a long pass.

The ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards Demba Ba.

Demba Ba occupied the landing area and raised his head ready to receive the ball.

Due to Xiang Yang's glare, Demba Ba narrowed his eyes slightly.

Suddenly, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

The next second, with a 'bump' sound, the ball that was in the air disappeared.

Demba Ba opened his mouth slightly

Where is the ball?

He turned around and saw a player wearing Arsenal's No. 4 jersey, charging towards his own half with the ball!

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