The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 432
In the Kearney training base, Wenger was sitting on an office chair with his back to the desk and facing the window. Below was Arsenal’s training ground, but there were no players training at this time, but Wenger was still right. Staring at the training ground in a daze.

Arsenal started the season really well, which is what Wenger has always been.

As Ferguson said, Arsenal before the winter break were champions, but after the winter break Arsenal couldn't even qualify for the Champions League.

This is a bit of an exaggeration, but it also speaks of Arsenal’s biggest problem. The start is always very eye-catching and amazing, but after the winter break, especially in the final sprint, Arsenal lost themselves time and time again. The advantage created with great difficulty was even reversed in the end.

At the last moment of last season, the reason why Arsenal failed to enter the Champions League was that many people said that it was because Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool both won, but they did not see that even if they lost, Arsenal could score. Champions League?
You lost to West Ham United yourself, even if your opponent loses, you still can't make it to the Champions League!

Arsenal's start to this season is as eye-catching as ever, with four wins and one draw. This start shows Arsenal's good competitive state, but it also makes many people worry, that is, whether Arsenal will go back to the past few years. What about the old way?
Wenger is also facing the large training ground downstairs at this moment, thinking about this issue.

In fact, whether it is a person or a head coach, at his level, self-knowledge is no longer difficult. He is very clear about his own problems, but sometimes it is one thing to be clear, but it is difficult to change the inertial thinking and work habits.

"Do you know what your biggest problem is? You are too stubborn and cautious, so we can easily guess what you will do. Therefore, in the eyes of many of us, you have no secrets at all! "

Wenger couldn't help but hear what Ye Qiu said to him, which made him very unconvinced, but he had to admit that being stubborn and cautious was his usual style.

"Since you say I'm stubborn and cautious, then I won't be stubborn, and I'll show you if I'm not cautious!" Wenger showed a vindictive smile, and he also wanted to see if he was not stubborn or cautious What will it be like when.

Thinking of this, assistant coach Pete Rice knocked on the door of Wenger's office and walked in, "Arsena, are you looking for me?" After saying that, he walked to Wenger's desk.

"This is the lineup and tactics I want to play against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, please help me to see!" Wenger turned around and gently pushed a document on the desk to Pepe. In front of Teresa.

The latter opened the file, and after a glance, he was a little surprised, and immediately read it more carefully.

"Back to 442?" Pete Rice lost his voice in surprise at first, but he looked more carefully.

Wenger's starting lineup is still 442, the goalkeeper is Almunia, the defense is Clichy, Gallas, Kolo Touré and Sagna, and the midfielder is Hleb, Arteta, Flamini and Eboue, the frontcourt is the double striker combination of Adebayor and Walcott.

Over the years, as the tactics of the Premier League have gradually caught up with the mainland, they have begun to consciously move closer to the four lines. After claiming to return to the four lines, the old traditional Premier League coaches such as Ferguson and Wenger are also constantly improving. Like Ferguson, he has not adjusted the reform of Manchester United's tactics over the years.

The same is true for Wenger. He has always wanted to reorganize Arsenal's tactics, but he was limited by the player lineup before, but after gradually letting go of core players such as Henry, Pires, and Vieira over the years, although the overall strength of the team It has also declined, but the tactical system has improved, and even Wenger began to consciously play 4231 tactics.

But now returning to 442, this has to be said to be an adventure, but Wenger's adventure is obviously not just this step.

Defensive pressure!

This is the most shocking word for Pat Rice after reading this plan, because Wenger's so-called defensive line forward is not just to advance a little bit, but to advance very far to ensure that the team can compress The entire midfield of Tottenham Hotspur used the forward pressure of the overall formation to suppress the opponent, leaving Tottenham Hotspur no time and space to steal the ball and counterattack.

The purpose of doing this is naturally for offense, because after being pressed up, the team's offense can play the greatest threat, and Wenger arranged for Walcott and Adebayor to start. These two players are also very targeted. They are to make a fuss about Hangeland and Thiago Silva of Tottenham Hotspur.

If Arsenal really successfully used such a starting tactic to control the game, then it is conceivable that Tottenham Hotspur will play very passively, because Wenger's approach is almost desperate.

But if there is a gain, there are risks, and the risks brought about by such a desperate approach are also very large, that is, the physical consumption of the players, and Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack, especially the through ball behind the ball.

Beckham's long pass ability is very good, but in the tight high-intensity pressure, his ball efficiency is not very fast, so in Wenger's set of tactics, the effect of Beckham will be Contained, but Fabregas's midfield through ball, the effect may be greater, this is Arsenal's defensive focus.

"Pate!" Wenger also noticed the rather weird look on his assistant's face, and smiled somewhat bitterly, "Perhaps what I said will make many people, including you, feel uncomfortable, but we have to One thing to admit, right now we don't have much advantage against Tottenham Hotspur, and in many ways, we are at a disadvantage."

After hearing this, Pat Rice frowned first, and then looked at Wenger with some admiration. At the very least, he had to admit this. For a person like Wenger, it was very, very difficult. In fact, except for some Except for those who don't want to admit it, most people can see that Tottenham Hotspur's strength is not inferior to Arsenal, on the contrary, it may even be better than Arsenal.

"When we are at a disadvantage, if we still follow the original inertial thinking to fight against Tottenham Hotspur, then we will definitely die miserably. Ye Qiu is too capable of targeted tactics, he knows very well How we will fight, he must also have a targeted arrangement, so if we want to defeat each other, we can only take risks and change our formation!"

Pete Rice always felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it, because Wenger, who has always been known for his stubbornness, said that he would change his team, why did it sound strange?

But he has no doubts about the sincerity of Wenger's words, because Arsenal failed to qualify for the Champions League last season, and Wenger was under a lot of pressure. If there is no improvement this season, Wenger might be criticized by the board of directors. So facing the most direct Champions League competitor, Wenger does not want to lose.

Wenger's eyes were fixed on his assistant all the time. He saw Pater Rice's eyes and understood something from it. He smiled bitterly and said, "We have to admit that now The Premier League is not the Premier League of a few years ago, or even a year ago."

"In the past, the strongest teams in the Premier League were us and Manchester United. The championship was always hovering between our two teams. Later, Chelsea rose and Liverpool revived. It's clearly different, Tottenham Hotspur have broken the balance of the past."

After hearing this, Pat Rice immediately chuckled, "Arsena, that team is now in the relegation zone."

Wenger also smiled, but shook his head at the same time, "Never underestimate this team, Pete, he carries Ye Qiu's hope, he will be our strongest competitor in the next few years, even, he has hope To become the strongest team in the Premier League in the future, as long as they maintain the current momentum of improvement."

There are many players in the Tottenham Hotspur team that Wenger admires very much, such as Cesc Fabregas, Messi, and Van Persie. They are all outstanding, but Wenger missed them for various reasons Now, as a competitor, Wenger naturally dare not underestimate this team.

"Ye Qiu often said that he studies me very well, this time I want to see if he is really what he said, or if he can really guess how I want to play this match! "

Pat Rice looked at Wenger, and what he read in Wenger's eyes was provocation, a passion he hadn't seen for a long time.

Perhaps, in the past few years, the calm of the Premier League and the lack of threat of Arsenal have worn away some of Wenger's vigor and passion, and also made him lack some fighting spirit, but now, it is a matter of the life and death of the team, and he is obviously re-emerging. Pick up the passion of the past.

Just like when he landed in the Premier League and was ambitious to overthrow the Manchester United dynasty!
Ye Qiu really didn't expect that Wenger's first attack would be an unreasonable fast break.

Returning to the team's familiar 442 formation, Adebayor and Theo Walcott were arranged in the frontcourt. Wenger obviously did not think about being conservative or defending at White Hart Lane. Instead, he attacked directly in one breath.

"Is he really dying?" Mauro Tassotti looked on in surprise.

After the start of the game, Arsenal's defense line was pressed very high, and the two full-backs also actively pressed forward to directly participate in the attack. Coupled with Hleb and Eboue on the two wings of the frontcourt, Arsenal actively pushed forward. Through the pressure of the defender to complete the numerical advantage in the frontcourt, and carry out more effective and smooth ball control.

Perhaps it was because they saw that Arsenal were aggressively attacking away from home at the start of the game. More than 3 Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane were very indignant, and they all shouted at the Arsenal players. There were boos from the crowd, and at the same time they were cheering for the players of the home team, and the stadium seemed very lively.

With the dominant scene at the beginning of the game, Arsenal began to use their advantages to threaten Tottenham's goal. In the 3rd minute, Eboue completed a cross from the right. Bayo blocked the position with his body, grabbed the header before Hangeland, and Arteta followed up with a volley.

Petr Cech stood very steadily in front of the goal line. When Arteta volleyed, he flew quickly, hugged the ball directly, and completed a beautiful flying save!

The Czech goalkeeper stood up from the ground. He noticed Ye Qiu's gesture and signaled him to hold on and not to worry, so he hugged the ball directly, avoiding Adebayor who was pressing tightly in the frontcourt, and at the same time Reach out and hold your teammates.

Perhaps seeing that Tottenham Hotspur consciously wanted to delay time and slow down the pace, Arsenal began to shrink back consciously.

However, as soon as Tottenham Hotspur threw a goal kick, Arsenal immediately pressed forward again. A quick through ball, trying to tear through the Arsenal defense, but Gallas stuck in position and intercepted the ball from halfway.

The ball soon fell to Adebayor's feet again. This time Adebayor and Walcott crossed positions. The former faced Thiago Silva. The Togo striker took the ball and faced Looking at Thiago Silva, he wanted to make a direct face-to-face breakthrough, but unexpectedly, Thiago Silva made a quick and clean kick, and directly tackled the ball.

Hleb got the ball and gave it to Walcott in the penalty area. The England teenager kicked directly, but it went wrong.

Ye Qiu saw Arsenal's offense from the sidelines, especially this kind of attack that was almost desperate, he was really surprised, because it really didn't look like Wenger's style at all, but he just appeared in Arsenal Na's body.

"Now the ball is basically turning in our half, which is not good for us!" Mauro Tassotti analyzed.

Ye Qiu nodded, "This is his plan, he wants to force us to fight!"

While speaking, Ye Qiu pointed to the field, "Look carefully, their three lines are all pressed up and kept very compact, suppressing our midfielder. If you do the restriction by shrinking and the running of the players, they do it by pressing up to keep the formation compact."

Mauro Tassotti reacted immediately after hearing this, "Then we can hit the back!"

Ye Qiu nodded, "Yes, in theory we can play from behind, but in reality, Beckham is not very good at through balls, he is good at long passes, but his passes need space, so as long as the formation is tight enough, Someone was harassing and influencing Beckham, our passing efficiency was greatly reduced, and Cesc Fabregas was also closely marked."

If you carefully observe Beckham's passing, it is not difficult to find that his passing is often stopped and passed, which is the reason why he has such high accuracy. Ferguson also said back then that it is necessary to ensure that Beckham's passing To improve the success rate of the ball, you have to give him time and space to pass after stopping the ball, so he is arranged on the wing.

Ye Qiu's strategy was to delay the completion, but now Arsenal pressed forward, further suppressing Beckham's space.

Sometimes it is like this. You clearly know and see that there is a large space behind the opponent, but it is difficult for you to grasp it. First, Tottenham Hotspur do not currently have possession of the ball. Second, Arsenal’s The pressing was well done.

"This is a desperate way of playing. He made it clear that he didn't want to defend and played against us!" Mauro Tassotti understood it. The offense of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur is absolutely in the Premier League They made it into the top three, and the other team is Manchester United, so if it is really a confrontation, it is not certain who will win and who will lose.

"They didn't have the confidence to defend our offense. Our defense has problems, and their defense may not be so good!" Ye Qiu said with a smile. Both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur's defense had problems.

If Tottenham Hotspur's defense is mainly that the team tends to attack, and there are still obvious loopholes in the defense, then the problem of Arsenal lies in the lack of tacit understanding of the players. Both Clichy on the left and Sagna on the right Obviously not reassuring, even the combination of Kolo Toure and Gallas is not satisfactory.

Tottenham Hotspur's offense was the strongest in the Premier League last season. Even if Ruud van Nistelrooy is gone now, in the eyes of discerning people, Tottenham Hotspur's offense has been revitalized instead, and now there is still that team The team dare to say that they can defend against Tottenham Hotspur's offense?

Ye Qiu smiled, "Actually, Mauro, we should be proud. Being able to force our opponents to adopt such extreme tactics also indirectly proves our success, doesn't it?"

"Let's talk about it!" Ye Qiu glanced at Wenger in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, "It's really a confrontation, and we don't know who will win!"

But not long after Ye Qiu finished speaking, Arsenal launched another attack. This time, Arteta stepped forward and received a cross from Eboue from the right. After getting the ball, he turned sideways to the left. In two steps, he quickly split to the left, and Hleb has already run out of space on this side.

I saw that after the Belarusian got Arteta's pass, he stopped, rubbed, and rubbed an overhead pass.

In the penalty area, Adebayor had already run between Thiago Silva and Hangeland at some point, like a cheetah lying in ambush waiting for an opportunity. , Immediately rushed forward quickly, and Hleb's pass was just right over Thiago Silva's head.

In the penalty area, Adebayor, who had already leaped up, met the ball and hit the top of his head lightly. He knocked the ball in the opposite direction. Cech was powerless against such a header and could only watch the ball helplessly. Enter the net, 1:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"In the 17th minute, Arsenal scored the first goal, Adebayor's header scored!!!" Andy Gray cheered loudly, apparently also applauding for Arsenal's goal.

"After the start of the game, both sides played very openly, without the slightest conservativeness, but adopted a confrontational battle, but Tottenham Hotspur seemed a little passive, especially in organizing the offense. Arsenal shot four times after the opening, Created a goal and Tottenham haven't found an effective attacking pattern until now."

After seeing Adebayor's goal, Wenger on the sidelines excitedly clasped his hands vigorously, and laughed loudly and applauded the players. As he expected, both Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur treated him like this. Surprised by the almost suicidal style of play, even a little unexpected, so he seemed very passive after the opening, and was taken the lead by Arsenal!

"Wenger's team formation in this game is very risky, but the rewards are also very rich. Currently, the away game is 1:0 ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, and the home team has not performed very well since the start. We Next time, we should take a closer look to see if Ye Qiu will make appropriate adjustments."

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