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Chapter 348 Arsenal is over!

"Arsenal directly pushed forward to the outside of the penalty area to defend, Evra passed directly to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, Van Persie pulled from the inside of the penalty area to outside, and Kloe Toure approached immediately."

"A dexterity gets rid of it, pretty, Van Persie breaks through Kroo Toure, crosses from the bottom, dangerous

"Rooney, the ball is in"

"Chelsea's second goal in the first half was a breakthrough cross from Van Persie on the left. Rooney beat Ashley Cole from the back point and headed the ball, scoring the second goal of the game for Chelsea."

"This will undoubtedly also determine the trend of this game. We can see that Chelsea's entire left offensive is very active, from Joe Cole to Evra to Evra quickly breaking along the left. Arsenal's right defense was completely defeated by Chelsea and had no ability to resist."

"I don't know how many times Arsenal has exposed defensive flaws on his right. We also noticed that last season, Arsenal performed very stably, helping the team maintain an unbeaten double-center-back combination. Kloe Toure performed as well this season, but Sol Campbell has experienced a significant decline."

"After being broken from the right, he conceded goals. Arsenal's right defense, Lauren and Kloe Toure should bear certain responsibilities, but as Campbell, who has always been an important weapon for Arsenal's defense of high balls, should also bear responsibilities. His condition is really bad."

Amid the cheers of all Chelsea players on the scene, the game seemed to be completely biased towards Chelsea.

Arsenal was indeed very balanced and stable last season, without any major flaws, but that was because Arsenal had few injuries, which led to this team being able to play all over the world with a set of lineups last season, and even at the beginning of this season, Arsenal's performance was very eye-catching.

But when you want to use a set of lineup to restrain all enemies, you must be mentally prepared, because your enemies will also attack you based on the weaknesses and shortcomings of your set of lineup.

Campbell and Vieira's decline in form, coupled with the injuries of Gilberto Silva, Edu and other players, have caused Arsenal's defense to have considerable problems, especially the protection of both ribs. No matter how outstanding Flamini is, he still cannot replace Gilberto Silva's role in defense.

Also, as Borgkamp gradually became a substitute this season, Reyes was promoted to the main force by Wenger, but the characteristics of Reyes and Borgkamp are different. The Dutch Ice Prince can effectively retreat to assist the midfield and connect the midfield and the front line after Arsenal's wing attack was curbed, but Reyes is obviously not good.

So, when Arsenal's most proud left offense is curbed by the opponent and has a key defense, how can Arsenal's offense be played? This has become a very serious direction, and it can even be said that many strong teams will use it.

Arsenal was eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich, which was actually seen through by the Bundesliga giants. Magath used defense to freeze Arsenal's left, then used Arsenal's disconnection between the midfield and the front line, adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, and then completely blocked Arsenal in the first leg and finally defeated his opponent.

Wenger obviously didn't know the problems facing the team, but he had no choice.

The professor has always been bad at rotating and using bench lineups, which has not happened in one day or two. Moreover, in the past two or three years, Arsenal's main lineup has almost not changed much, and the stability of the main lineup has directly led to Arsenal's tactics being too single.

"Arsenal didn't catch up with the good time." After Ye Qiu took a 0 lead, he knew very well that this game had ended early. Arsenal's defeat was not because of this game, but was destined long ago.

Tencart listened on the side, but it had a different taste. "The player's style is more traditional, and it belongs to the style before and after the turn of the century. However, in the past two or three years, the European football style has changed every year, and Arsenal has been unable to keep up."

Pire and Lyonberg are both more traditional wing forwards, not the type of winger that they admire very much now. Moreover, both players lack the absolute strength of losing one-on-one opponents, and they are both team players, so they basically like to lean in the middle.

Arsenal's truly impactful offensive point is the left side, and the left side combination of Ashley Cole and Henry is the most fast and impactful one. Once this side is limited, Arsenal's entire offensive system will become very heavy and lack effective means to break the deadlock.

Vieira intervenes after inserting? Then you have to open up the space for him in the frontcourt to achieve the effect

Originally, after an unbeaten season, such a team should start to seek change actively, because Reyes is just the first step. The team should also introduce a right-wing road with impact and ability to break the deadlock to help the team speed up the overall tactics.

To be honest, with double midfielders composed of Vieira and Gilberto Silva, plus arrow characters like Henry, and stars such as Ashley Cole, Kloe Toure, as long as the team is properly reorganized at the tactical level, this team will definitely be more competitive than it is now.

When he thought of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but feel sorry for Wenger. He even thought that after Arsenal left Vieira in his previous 2005U season, Wenger directly promoted Fabregas to play the core of the midfield. After Arsenal reached the Champions League final, there may not be no factors that made the team's overall tactics become light after Vieira.

Nowadays, football tactics pay more and more attention to integrity and compactness. Light and agile players are obviously more advantageous than big players, especially some players with delicate foot skills and flexible body, because in the same narrow gap, light and agile players are obviously able to exert their strength.

"Is this really a South locker room full of curses in the Millennium Stadium?"

After entering the intermission with a 0 lead, Ye Qiu pushed open the door of the locker room, but deliberately took a step back, looked up at the sign on the door of the locker room, and then walked in with a smile after confirming that he had not taken the wrong path.

Many people say that there is a curse in the South locker room at the Millennium Stadium, but Chelsea cannot feel the so-called curse at all here, because in the face of absolute strength, the curse cannot exist at all.

Therefore, after hearing Ye Qiu's doubts, Chelsea players did not react much, but instead many people laughed.

"You were very good in the first half, the right defense was very good, and the left offense was quite powerful. Arsenal no longer has any way out. They can only choose to push up and attack in the second half, so we need to adjust our strategy appropriately."

As Ye Qiu spoke, the players gradually calmed down and began to pay attention to listening to the head coach's words.

"In the second half, we still adopted a stable and defensive strategy to let Arsenal attack. From the midfield, we must force their offense to our right as much as possible and let them attack our right. As long as their players have not changed, we will continue to use this style of play."

Rhythm, this is an important factor in determining the outcome of a game.

Chelsea controlled the rhythm and situation in the first half, letting Arsenal attack on its right and then counterattack through the left. Not only Chelsea players have adapted to this rhythm, even Arsenal players have adapted to it, and if they want to break this rhythm, it is often very difficult.

As Ye Qiu said before, Arsenal only has one main lineup that is worthy of trust, and the others are either young players such as Krish and Sendros, or veterans like Borgkamp. For Wenger, there are not many people who can be trusted, and even fewer players can be trusted by him and change the situation on the court.

Why do some people say that Arsenal is not good at playing against the wind this season? Because against the wind not only tests the players' fighting spirit and will, but also tests the tactical changes of a team. Arsenal's biggest shortcoming is his insufficient bench lineup.

Alan Hansen ridiculed Ferguson and said that Manchester United could not win the championship with a group of children, but Ferguson was able to sweep the Premier League and European arenas with his class. But being able to do it ten years ago does not mean that you can still do it ten years later. The football environment is different. Where did the tactics back then be as meticulous as it is now? Such a systematic one?

When you don’t have enough changes in your hands and when you don’t have enough chips in your hands, how do you change?

"We have to play more patiently in the second half. If Arsenal is willing to play, it will be the best. We are happy to accompany you, but if they choose to stay steady, then we don't mind spending time with them, because we have time."

The reason why Ye Qiu always likes to seize the initiative is because he knows very well that when you have the initiative, you will be able to get more chips to deal with the response from your opponent.

If he only had L balls in his hand now, he wouldn't be as relaxed as he is now, but now he has the balls and he is fully qualified to play slowly with Arsenal with chips, because there are still many people sitting on his bench.

In fact, after the start of the second half, Wenger did not change his game strategy at all, and he did not change his game at all.

The only thing Arsenal did was to put more effort into fighting for control of the game, while Ye Qiu waved his hand to signal the team to retract appropriately and adopt a steady and counterattack strategy. However, when Arsenal wanted to speed up the offensive rhythm, Ye Qiu kept calling on the players to slow down the rhythm and not be anxious.

Arsenal's football is very important in terms of liquidity, so it is very important to defend their offense to destroy their liquidity. Once the pace is fast, it is inevitable to give Arsenal more space.

Regarding Chelsea's targeted defensive strategy, especially the practice of cutting the connection between the midfield and the front line, Wenger quickly replaced Lungberg with Borgkamp. The latter's performance in this game was very average. His right was suppressed by Chelsea's left and did not perform well, so it was natural to replace him.

After replacing Borgkamp, ​​Arsenal immediately made adjustments. Pirelli went to the right, Reyes still played on the left, Henry and Borgkamp formed a double striker, among which the Dutch Ice Prince's position was appropriately retreated to assist the midfield.

This is obviously an adjustment to Chelsea's layout, and the purpose is to reconnect the team's offensive routines.

Once Wenger changed, Ye Qiu immediately changed, but did not make substitutions, but only made adjustments at the tactical level. However, as always, all players must maintain patience and not be provoked by Arsenal.

Another important factor in Arsenal's poor ability to play against the wind is the psychology of this team.

As Ye Qiu said before, the outside world's impression of Arsenal has always been very contradictory, not just outside conflicts. Arsenal itself is actually very contradictory, because they are a little confused about what role they should play.

Wenger always emphasizes that Arsenal is the team that has been violated by opponents the most, and Arsenal plays the best football in the Premier League and should be protected. But in fact, Arsenal's offense is not as good as Chelsea, defense is not as good as Chelsea, and fouls are not as many times as Chelsea, but their red cards and fouls are more than Chelsea.

As early as last season, Arsenal was one of the teams with the most red cards in the Premier League, known as the red card team. The situation has improved this season, but the team's winning and fouls are still among the best in the Premier League.

Isn't this ironic?

A team that always complains to the outside world that they have been fouled and violated is actually the team that has the most fouls and violated opponents, and plays two completely different roles.

In fact, as long as you study Arsenal, it is not difficult to find that when the team's offense is smooth, such as when they slaughter Everton, they can play very gentlemen, they play in liquid penetrating football, and they actively create opportunities and murderous intent through running and passing and receiving.

But when their attack is contained or even at a disadvantage, they will become impatient and tyrannical.

It seems that now, first Vieira hit Fabregas, then Lauren lit up the soles of Evra, and both of them received a yellow card, but this yellow card obviously failed to effectively stop Arsenal's temper.

The same contradiction is actually Arsenal’s tactics at this moment. Should we attack or defend?

0 lag behind, Wenger did not adjust his tactics, but it caused a difference in the mentality of the players. They wanted to attack because only offense can ensure equalization or even reverse the championship, but they were afraid of losing the ball again, because Chelsea began to consciously shrink and fight back.

They all know very well that they only need one goal to turn the situation around. As long as the score is scored, they will see the dawn of victory again. They only need one goal to change everything, but they are also afraid because as long as they concede another goal, it will be complete despair.

Sometimes, the players' complex mentality comes from the head coach's hesitation, which will also affect the game trend.

Compared with Arsenal's contradictions and hesitation, Ye Qiu's Chelsea seems very unified.

In terms of fouls, Ye Qiu insisted from beginning to end, and did not hesitate to fouls when it was necessary. However, for some unnecessary fouls, it should be minimized. No matter what, he opposes any form of fouls against the opponent's body, which is also the reason why Chelsea ranked last in the Premier League in card wins.

Ye Qiu, who has always been highly recognized by the outside world, always pays great attention to the changes in the players' centrality in the game and then takes advantage of the situation, because unless it is in some extreme environments, forcibly reverse the team and players' game mentality, which will cause the players to be at a loss.

Ye Qiu has made mistakes in commanding the game, and even caused the team to lose or be tied. However, he still feels that he must be decisive at any time to make any decision, because for a football game, any adjustment of the head coach is a double-edged sword, and there are good things and bad things.

As long as you make a decision quickly and unify the player's thinking, the situation will often not be too bad. On the contrary, many times you are hesitant and want to do this but are afraid of that, and it is often the most likely to happen.

It's like driving. When passing a fork in the road, the reason why novices are prone to accidents is often because they hesitate, think about it but dare not pass it, and think about it but have thought about it. The master is different. They will first quickly give some signals to the car coming from the opposite side, such as poking a head out and telling the other party that I want to pass it and the other party gives in, you leave. If the other party doesn't give in, you step on the brakes.

When the game was in the UR minute, Rooney came on the court. Messi, who was on the left, hit the left, and in a quick counterattack, he had a big foot on the left and directly found Ribery on the right. The Frenchman used Ashley Cole to lose his position in defense, quickly got rid of the defense and got the ball, passed the ball with a pass from the penalty area. Van Persie grabbed the point 7 meters in front of the goal, and won another goal for Chelsea.

The game has completely lost its suspense

After conceding 3 goals, Arsenal no longer has a chance to reverse

But in this extreme environment, Arsenal forced a nearly crazy offensive. In the first minute, Kloe Toure took advantage of a tactical corner kick opportunity to volley in front of the goal, and scored a goal for Arsenal.

This is also the last goal of the game, and the score of the game was finally locked in l

The moment the referee Sdales blew the whistle to the end of the game, Arsenal players fell on the court, many of them covered their faces and cried because they were two consecutive seasons, only one step away from the championship, but ended up getting nothing, which made them feel frustrated and broken.

The past two years can be said to be the best in Arsenal since Wenger took over Arsenal, the team has the strongest strength, and it should be the two years when it is easiest to achieve results. But in these two years, the team has encountered an embarrassing situation of gaining nothing.

If the team finally became the most tragic runner-up in history with an unbeaten record and could retain the confidence and confidence of the players, then this season, the team did not continue to invest, and the team's strength did not improve at all, but instead weakened, which eventually made some players in the team who were hungry for the championship lose patience.

What's even more serious is that more and more players are approaching the 30th mark, and Wenger's rules for signing a year after the age of 30 will also appear in them, which will undoubtedly force more Arsenal players to re-examine their future in the team.

Looking at the Thousand Years Stadium, this group of players who fell to the ground and cried bitterly, as long as they had a little insight and analytical ability, a thought would arise in their minds.

Arsenal is finished
Chapter completed!
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