novelhk Chapter 210
Chapter 210
Li Shiguang also noticed the change in Arsenal's formation. Fabregas retreated to form a two-man defense with Gilberto. Although the distance from the Leeds United goal was further, he at least had a chance to pass the ball under Gilberto's protection and support.
After he retreated, Rosicky and Hleb's range of activities was no longer limited to the wing. After the start of the second half, their range of activities became wider and they had repeatedly come to the middle to support Fabregas.
Since he started using technical defense midfielders such as Modric in the Premier League, many teams that saw the effect have begun to try it. For example, Ferguson tried to let Rooney play as a front midfielder or central midfielder, and then put Scholes in the backcourt to partner with Carrick as a defense midfielder. And after Moyes introduced Arteta, he also let him, who was originally a left midfielder, try to play as an organizing defense midfielder.
Wenger, who has always paid more attention to technical flow and teamwork, is naturally unwilling to lag behind. Fabregas, who has a strong plasticity, has long been transformed by him into a versatile midfielder. After retreating to a lower position, he does not seem to have any discomfort.
Seeing Fabregas easily get rid of Toure's pressure after a two-on-one with Gilberto on TV, Norman frowned: "It seems that Wenger should have found a way to deal with Leeds United's high-pressure pressure. Now Toure alone can no longer limit Fabregas."
"Yeah." Eddie Gray also agreed with Norman's view, "From these few minutes, Arsenal's midfield has indeed been revitalized. Next, it depends on how Li will adjust it. After all, running like a hunter all the time will also consume a lot of players' physical energy."
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In Li Shiguang's observation, the game lasted for more than 10 minutes, and the score on the field remained unchanged at 0:1, but Arsenal was no longer as restrained as in the first half. They had completed several threatening attacks. If Walcott and Van Persie hadn't been a little bit off, the score would have been equalized long ago.
Until the 67th minute, Leeds United was still implementing Li Shiguang's high-pressure tactics in Arsenal's half.
The Arsenal players, who were already used to it, also passed the ball back and forth. A few seconds later, the ball was passed back to Lehmann standing in front of the goal.
Ibrahimovic got the advantage in the first half. When he saw Lehmann got the ball, he immediately rushed in again and rushed towards the old German actor.
At the same time, Fabregas, who was retreating, also ran to the right side of the penalty area. Not only that, he almost didn't feel Yaya Toure, who was following closely behind him, and waved to Lehmann for the ball after approaching the penalty area.
Such an obvious action, not to mention Toure, even Ribery, who was still behind, could see it clearly.
Near the penalty area, there were no other defensive players nearby, and Lehmann passed the ball from the front of the goal. When these three conditions were combined, Toure and Ribery simultaneously had a picture of the entire Leeds United team hugging together to celebrate the goal... If this could be cut off, it would be great!
So the two of them didn't exchange secret signals, and they rushed towards Fabregas at the same time.
In front of the goal line, Lehmann had already seen Yaya Toure and Ribery running towards Fabregas. But the old German actor, who was singled out by Wenger for criticism during the halftime break, passed the ball to Fabregas fearlessly with the mentality of "a friend dies but a poor man dies!"
Seeing this, Toure immediately rushed towards Fabregas, intending to use his body to directly knock Fabregas away from the position of receiving the ball.
"Good opportunity!" Eddie Gray saw Toure rushing towards Fabregas and immediately shouted excitedly.
A look of surprise also climbed onto Norman's face. As long as the ball was taken down, Leeds United had a 99% chance of leading by two goals!
When the ball was about to reach Fabregas' feet, Toure also bumped into him. In the sight of everyone, Fabregas was knocked forward two steps by Toure.
"Beautiful, the referee didn't blow the whistle!" In Eddie Gray's eyes, Toure had completed a perfect steal.
But Toure was a little surprised. He had been fighting with Fabregas for almost a whole game. This guy was not as strong as him, but he was not so vulnerable! He didn't use much strength just now because he was afraid of being called for a foul by the referee, but this guy's reaction was a bit too much! ?
Something is wrong!
Toure quickly moved his eyes to Fabregas's feet.
What? Where's the ball?
He tilted his head and saw that Klich on the sideline had caught Lehmann's pass and started running towards Leeds United's half with the ball! When his eyes turned back to the front, Fabregas, who was just stumbling in front, had taken advantage of the opportunitySeeing that he hadn't reacted, he turned around and rushed to the midfield.
After a few steps, Clichy passed the ball back to Fabregas, who was no longer defended!
Seeing this scene, Eddie Gray's tone instantly changed from joy to panic: "Toure didn't get the ball. This was a trap deliberately created by Fabregas! What did I just say! Hunters often appear in front of the world as prey!"
Although Norman was also very nervous, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at Eddie Gray. What the hell did you say?
"Go back to defense!"
On the sidelines, Li Shiguang also anxiously yelled at his players. Because Leeds United was pressing in the frontcourt just now, their entire defense line was pressed very forward. Now Arsenal's sudden speed-up caused most of Leeds United's players to not react yet.
But Fabregas did not give Leeds United a chance to react. After receiving the ball, he only slightly blocked the ball, then adjusted his pace and kicked the ball forward along the grass with a long pass.
At the moment the ball came out of the gun, Van Persie and Walcott also kicked their feet at the same time, quickly rushed out from behind the center line, and went straight to the landing point of the ball.
Walcott blocked Fabregas's pass with his right foot about 30 meters away from the Leeds United goal, and then he pushed the ball forward with his left foot, and rushed to the Leeds United penalty area with the ball.
"It's over!" Eddie Gray had already grabbed his hair, closed his eyes and dared not look anymore, "This is an absolute one-on-one, only Neuer can do it!"
Neuer saw Walcott dribbling the ball towards the penalty area, decisively gave up the goal, and waved his hand towards him. The two almost met outside the small penalty area. Neuer had lowered his body's center of gravity, and spread his hands around him to expand his defensive range. The expression on his face was as ferocious as his predecessor Kahn, trying to use this method to intimidate the young player in front of him who had just turned 17.
But Walcott did not give Neuer a chance to bluff himself. He gave up the Premier League debut goal that was about to be scored, and instead knocked the ball horizontally to Van Persie who was inserted on the left.
Facing this cake that had been fed to his mouth, Van Persie just stretched out his left foot and gently blocked the football into the door of Leeds United!
1:1
Arsenal finally equalized the score in the second half...