My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 149 Meeting Dot Again
The dressing room at the Emirates Stadium was noisy. The players sat in front of their lockers and loudly discussed the game that had just passed.

You can still vaguely hear the singing from the stadium. Arsenal fans did not leave immediately after the game, but stayed in the stands to celebrate the victory.

"Anthony, smart kid." Giroud stopped Griezmann's shoulder with a smile on his face, "You always appear in the right place."

"And you can also pass the ball to me..." Griezmann scratched his cool blond hair, seeming a little uncomfortable with Giroud's enthusiastic posture, and moved away embarrassedly.

"Oliver, stop bullying young people." Arteta came over and teased.

"Please, Mikel, I'm not bullying Anthony." Giroud shook his head innocently, "I like this kid, he will be a good teammate of mine, and we can be selected for the French team together... right, Anthony? "

With that said, Giroud patted Griezmann hard on the shoulder again.

Griezmann's face was still a bit childish and his physique was not strong. He staggered under Giroud's enthusiastic movements and ran away in a towel.

"Look at what you've done." Arteta rolled his eyes at Giroud.

Not far away, Cazorla and Jorginho were talking about something shoulder to shoulder.

"Santi, I...I like your feet skills so much. If I had such skills, my range of activities would be much wider." Jorginho looked at Cazorla with an excited expression.

When he was in the Italian youth training, the coach instilled in them traditional Italian concepts, demanding positioning, cooperation, coordination, a lot of tactical details, solid defense...

From Cazorla, Jorginho saw another kind of football.

Cazorla was a little embarrassed to be praised, "Jorge, you are also a great player. You are very talented and your thinking is very clear. You know? When I am on the court, it is difficult for me to take care of all the players... But You can, you have the ability to sort out the offense and get the ball to the right places."

"We can be a good partnership." Jorginho extended his hand.

"Of course we can." Cazorla high-fived him.

In the corner of the locker room, two assistant coaches looked at the players with smiles on their faces.

"Winning is the best glue and the boys have bonded," Bergkamp said.

"And failure will also become a trigger for division in the locker room." Lillo shrugged, "I'm really curious about the atmosphere in the Chelsea locker room."

"Abramovich is used to firing coaches anyway. At worst, he will replace him." Bergkamp smiled maliciously.

"I hope Mr. Di Matteo can hold on a little longer."

"why?"

"Because it's so rare for a coach like him to rely on luck." Lillo smiled, "His luck will eventually run out. I don't mind if we lose one competitor."

Chen Yao pushed open the door to the locker room. The players' voices suddenly became quieter and they looked at their coach.

"Congratulations." He closed the door with a smile on his face, "Boys, your performance is great. I want to sincerely thank you. Without your efforts, these victories would not have been possible."

"Oh coach, what are you talking about?" Mertesacker drawled, "We need you to sit on the coaching bench and lead us to defeat every damn opponent."

We should...can do it, right?Chen Yao thought.

...October [-]th, Signal Iduna Park.

In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal faced Dortmund.

Chen Yao's originally good mood was cast into a shadow.

Two days later was the seventh round of the Premier League. He was only one point away from his [-]-point passing line. Chen Yao did not dare to be too confident and made appropriate rotations in the Champions League.

Aubameyang and Vardy replaced Griezmann and Giroud, and Aaron Ramsey and Marco Verratti also got starting opportunities.

Arsenal, which has rotated half of its lineup, is struggling on the road.

This is not the first time that the bearded Klopp has played against Chen Yao. In the Champions League group stage last season, the two teams were also assigned to the same group.

At that time, Klopp had no impression of Chen Yao. He didn't think highly of this low-key young coach. Klopp's only goal was to overthrow Bayern Munich.

In that game, Klopp was careless.

He did not send out his best players, nor did he use his best to play the high pressure he was accustomed to. As a result, Arsenal used a targeted backcourt to organize the offense to break Dortmund's tactics and gave him a game. defeat.

Now, Chen Yao has become the head coach of Arsenal, leading the team to stand at Signal Iduna Park again.

Under his command, Dortmund pressed forward resolutely and carried out the coach's will.

Arsenal's backcourt has encountered tremendous pressure. Dortmund's high-position pressing is even more extreme than Arsenal's. Klopp has trained this team for many years, and the gene of high-position pressing has been injected into Dortmund's bones.

With Lewandowski as the arrow, Gotze, Grosskreutz, and Reus each faced off against their opponents. Behind them, Gundogan and Bender also took turns to press, creating opportunities for Arsenal's backcourt. pressure.

It is difficult for Arsenal to patiently organize an attack from the backcourt. The ball distribution and connection between the back line and the midfield are extremely dependent on Vermaelen and Verratti.

And Vermaelen successfully crossed Dortmund's first pressing line and handed the ball to Verratti. Bender or other Dortmund players could always press up immediately and complete the back pressure on Verratti, allowing him to There was no way to turn around and push comfortably.

After the opening, Dortmund fought fiercely. The only few times Arsenal organized an attack, it was Verratti who turned around abruptly and used his stable base and skills to advance the attack.

Chen Yao knew that such an offensive organization was unsustainable.

In the 12th minute, Vermaelen made a mistake in passing the ball. The amount of advance he gave was a little short. Verratti happened to be short in stature and his legs were not long enough. He had no time to reach the ball and was intercepted by Royce.

Reus turned and powered past Carvajal along the sideline, sweeping the ball towards the center.

Dortmund under Klopp has no reservations when attacking on the counterattack.

Lewandowski stopped the ball and he could shoot, but his teammate had already penetrated into the penalty area.

The Polish center waited for a second, just long enough for Mario Gotze to get away from Kieran Gibbs who was following him.

Lewandowski passed the ball diagonally, Gotze touched the ball lightly while running, and dribbled the ball into the right wing of the penalty area.

Fifteen yards away from the goal, Gotze took a shot directly. The shot was on target and was blocked by Fabianski's hands.

(End of this chapter)