novelhk Chapter 378
Chapter 378
When Li Shiguang came out of the locker room again and walked into the Emirates Stadium, the entire Emirates Stadium was already full.
More than 60,000 spectators filled the stands, especially the South Stand, where a huge Arsenal iconic cannon tifo had been unfolded. The home team's fans kept singing, gradually pushing the atmosphere in the stadium to a climax!
At this time, in the Sky Sports studio, two commentators were also discussing heatedly.
"Hello everyone! After half a month, the battle of the Premier League has started again. Welcome to lock on our channel. Next, we will bring you the focus of the 14th round of the 2007-2008 Premier League, the first-ranked Arsenal vs. the second-ranked Leeds United at home! I am your old friend Lineker!"
"Hello everyone! I am Jon!"
As soon as Jon finished speaking, Lineker rubbed his hands excitedly: "I have waited for half a month and finally waited for this game. Jon, how do you say that there is no home team today. From your point of view, who do you think has a greater chance of winning?"
"Without any emotional color, I think Arsenal has a greater chance of winning."
"Oh? Why?"
Jon cleared his throat, pulled out a data table directly from the computer next to him, and began to express his opinion: "The two teams have achieved unbeaten records in the last three games, which shows that the two teams have been in a stable state recently, but this international match day has changed this pattern. Arsenal On the Arsenal side, although most of the main players were called up, I counted and found that Lehmann was the only one who played two full games for the national team for a total of 180 minutes, but he is not the main goalkeeper of Arsenal now. So, at least in terms of physical fitness, Arsenal's players were not greatly affected by the international match day. "
"But Leeds United is different." Jon pointed to the data on the other side, "Look, Ibrahimovic, Alves, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano all played two full national team games. In addition, the injuries of three key players, Modric, Lahm, and Adriano, will definitely affect Li's deployment! In addition, they are playing away today, so no matter from which angle, Arsenal must have the advantage..."
"Although this is the truth, at least Kaka..." Lineker, a fan of Li Shiguang, was about to refute, and the voice of the director in the headset interrupted him.
The next second.
Arsenal's starting lineup also appeared on the computer screen in front of the two.
Lineker, who was interrupted, saw that the broadcast had already shown the player tunnel in the stadium, so he had to interrupt his words and get to the point: "Okay, audience friends, the two teams have come out of the locker room. Next, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."
"First is the home team Arsenal! Wenger used the 5-4-1 formation that he has used more this season! The starting goalkeeper is Almunia, three central defenders, Gallas is in the middle, Kolo Toure and Sagna are on the left and right, two full-backs, or wing-backs, Eboue on the right and Clichy on the left! The four midfielders are lined up, from left to right, they are Rosicky, Fabregas, Flamini and Hleb, and the one at the front is the old Leeds United player, Adebayor!"
"Next is the starting lineup of Leeds United, eh...?" Seeing the starting lineup of Leeds United, Lineker took a quick look and immediately interrupted what he was about to say with a light exclamation.
Seeing this, Jon next to him quickly took over the conversation.
"Lee, who is playing away, uses a 4-4-2 formation today! Neuer is still the starting goalkeeper, and the four defenders, from left to right, are Sun Jihai, Kompany, Cannavaro and Alves. The four midfielders, Mascherano and Toni Kroos are the double defensive midfielders, in front of them, is the combination of James Rodriguez and young Reus, and the two forwards are Ibrahimovic and Fernando Torres!"
"What's going on!?" Jon had just finished reading Leeds United's starting lineup, and Lineker, who couldn't help but ask immediately, "Lee moved Sun Jihai to the left, Alonso was on the bench, Kroos started, and Reus played as a front midfielder, and Kaka didn't make the big list!? What is this operation!? Why don't I understand it!?"
"Well... It's easy to understand that Li moved Sun Jihai to the left." Jon frowned, "Lahm is injured, Mills' personal ability is a little poor, it's okay to play against weak teams, but if he plays against Arsenal, he will be the first.If the attack is not strong enough, Leeds United's left side will be broken into a sieve! As for Sun, although his ability to move forward is slightly worse, his defensive ability can be regarded as above-average among the Premier League full-backs. Whether it is Hleb or Eboue, Sun can fight with them! As for why Kroos started, it is probably as I said just now. Alonso played two full national team games and his physical reserve is still a little lacking. "
"I can understand these two points." Pointing to Reus in the picture, Lineker was still puzzled, "But what is the operation of Reus playing as a front midfielder! ? I have never seen Lee put him in this position! Isn't he a winger! ? What about Kaka! ? Didn't he return to Leeds a long time ago! ? After resting for so many days, it shouldn't be that the physical reserve is not enough! "
Jon did not answer Lineker's question immediately, but took the paper list handed over by the staff next to him and looked at it, then said: "It seems that the news in The Sun yesterday is true. Kaka should be injured. Look at the substitutes of Leeds United. Kaka is not even on the game list!"
"Ah? But wasn't he warming up on the field before? I don't think he is injured!" Lineker's face was full of surprise.
"Then I don't know. This may be a smoke bomb that Li put for Wenger..."
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At this time, Wenger was also frowning and sitting in the coach's seat, looking at the two teams who had already taken their positions on the court and were waiting for the referee to blow the opening whistle.
As soon as the Leeds United players came out of the player tunnel, he noticed that Kaka was not in the starting lineup. Li Shiguang's arrangement surprised him a little.
After a while.
When he found that Reus and Rodriguez were standing in the front midfielder position, Wenger's face was full of disbelief.
Before the game, he and Primorac had made many guesses and previews about Li Shiguang's lineup today, and even Wang Chu had taken it into consideration.
But the only thing he didn't expect was that Li Shiguang actually let Kaka sit on the bench wearing a vest today, and Reus played as a front midfielder.
Wenger had only seen Reus play as a winger before.
Can he play as a front midfielder? Or how does he perform in this position? What are the characteristics of his play?
Wenger knew nothing.
He turned his head to look at Li Shiguang who was whispering with Simeone.
An inexplicable sense of crisis suddenly surged into the heart of the French coach...