Father Green

Chapter 242: Atypical Southampton

After 8 minutes of the game, everyone was a little confused.

"Well, today's situation is a bit strange. Arsenal's ball possession rate is as high as 70.00%, but they have not shot a single shot so far. Although Southampton has less possession of the ball, they still do a good job of pressing in the frontcourt. But the success rate is not as scary as the previous few games."

"This does not mean that Arsenal's ball protection and pass success rate are much higher than Manchester United and Manchester City, nor does it mean that Southampton itself has degenerated. It is that the Saints are not as strong as the previous two. The field is so high, not to mention that the position of the all-round midfielder who should have been pushed up has not been pushed up, even De Bruyne, the midfielder, is more in the midfield."

"Charlotte is a tactical adjustment made against Arsenal? Or are De Bruyne and Pogba not capable of executing Southampton's tactics well? Could it be the personal characteristics of the two of them and the previous Lara Na and Wanyama are different?"

Wenger naturally noticed this difference, and cursed: "Shameless!! If he fights against Manchester City and Manchester United, he will fight vigorously, and if he fights against us Arsenal, he will be a coward!!"

Assistant Paco Rice was very helpless, and he also understood that the opponent was making a defensive counterattack.
The Emirates Stadium is full of boos from Arsenal's home fans. I don't know whether they are booing Southampton for not pressing out, or booing their own team. It's almost 10 minutes, and they have nearly 80.00% of the possession rate. to shoot
In fact, the Arsenal players are also very wronged. The "boss" said before that in this game, we should try to lose the ball as little as possible and control the ball more.If you shoot blindly, the ball will be given to the opponent.
"This is an atypical Southampton team." Zhan Jun could only choke out this sentence: "Although Charlotte's team has only played a few top league games, their vigorous offense, smooth cooperation, high-intensity These characteristics of the full-court press have been deeply reflected in the minds of the fans. So when they started to stabilize their formation and play defensive counterattacks, we were a little caught off guard.”

"Actually, Southampton is not playing conservatively today. Compared with other teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, they still retain a lot of offensive firepower. After all, they only have four defensive players in the penalty area. Nana often has seven or eight players in the penalty area, which is already very aggressive for the downstream teams, but the key is that they are Southampton!" Alan Hansen was also complaining, but he didn't know where to start.

The commentators are also very conflicted. It is very normal for a team that has not played in the top league for several years to play defensive counterattacks as a guest at the Emirates Stadium as a newly promoted team after coming to the Premier League. of.

But the problem is that they are Southampton. How long has it been since Southampton played so "conservatively" last time?Anyway, I have never seen this group of well-known commentators who often comment on the Premier League and the Champions League. After all, Southampton has been messing around in the English Championship and the League One these years.

I don’t know when it started, but the newly promoted Southampton has become the endorsement of offensive football and beautiful football in the hearts of commentators
Over time, Arsenal players will be under pressure.After all, they have the absolute upper hand in possession of the ball, and it is unreasonable that they can't even take a shot at home, right?

In the 10th minute of the game, the unbearable Arsenal players put Wenger's advice behind them.After all, the general will be outside, and the king's life is not affected by Nima. Who has seen a game where he has 80.00% possession of the ball and has not shot a goal after 10 minutes?

The most important thing is that the opponent is only one, soar! !class! !horse! !

Arsenal's attack pushed Southampton's forty yard point, Cazorla wanted to pass the ball into the opponent's penalty area, but found that the opponent's two midfielders had cut off his best passing line The positions of Lu and Podolski were not very good, so he chose to do it again.

The central midfielder Wilshere who stepped in got the ball, regardless of 21 [-], and directly kicked outside the penalty area!
This is a symbolic shot. What is a symbolic shot?A shot for the sake of a shot, or a shot that looks like a shot.

The football was directly higher than the crossbar, and the height was outrageous, so the goalkeeper Ter Stegen didn't even bother to take off.

After Wilshere swung this kick, he ran directly towards the backcourt. Obviously, he himself understood that the quality of the kick was too poor, or he simply wanted to be a leader and signaled to his teammates that they should shoot. It's time to shoot.

"We finally saw the first shot of the field was born, from Arsenal's youth attacking midfielder Wilshere, a beautiful anti-aircraft gun!! A higher point may be able to knock down the bomber." Andy. Gray sneered.

In fact, the ace commentator of Sky Sports is not having a good time during this period. He was accused of "discriminating against women" because he mocked female referees on the show before, so there were many protests and criticisms against him from the outside world, even Sky Sports Sports are debating whether to fire Andy Gray to appease fans and feminists.

In fact, Andy Gray has always been a big mouth, and he has offended many people, so after this incident, it can be said that everyone shouted and beat him.

Not long ago, Sky Sports just signed Manchester United general Gary Neville, who retired last season, and it is said that he is going to take over Andy Gray's job.

Southampton on the field did not start to attack after getting the ball. Instead, they learned from Arsenal's previous set of possession of the ball first.
Ter Stegen's goal kick was not a big kick directly, but a short one, which he handed over to Lovren in front of him.

Lovren originally wanted to tease Giroud with the ball, but he didn't expect the big man to be so fast, so he rushed forward.Fortunately, he passed the football, otherwise there would be trouble.

Jose Fonte took a few steps to catch up with the ball, and Lovren's ability to pass the ball was very good, but the accuracy was naturally less.

Charlotte grasped her face: "When I signed up before, I only paid attention to the solid central defender's defense, but I didn't expect to find a central defender with a better ability to play the ball. After all, our tactics still have great requirements for the central defender's ability to play the ball. .”

He blamed himself and said, "After all, he is young and inexperienced."

Dean Wilkins rolled his eyes: "Are you referring to Sang Huai? Isn't the task of our coaching staff to implement your tactical plan and then check for your omissions? How embarrassing are you to blame yourself?"

Charlotte glanced at Wilkins: "You think too much, Dean, I just blame you for not reminding me of this!"

Wilkins: "I @#￥!!!"

Ajestaran next to him cracked his mouth with a smile, and asked Martin Hunter next to him, "Have they always been this funny?"

Martin Hunt said with a smile: "Well, this is the daily life of our leader!"

Tony Cotton, who heard the discussion between the two, came up with a wonderful sentence: "Well, this is the daily life of Doubi!"

John Best heard it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately took out the small handwritten notebook and started recording.Garry Monk was speechless, and slapped the kid on the head: "What is there to remember?"

Best closed the notebook and patted his head aggrievedly: "You don't understand the world of fans!"

Gary Monk smiled, and turned his head to ignore this young man. There is no way to have a generation gap. But when he turned his head, he froze at random, and saw the impressive writing on the cover of the other party's notebook write
"Charlotte"

I'm stupid!What the hell is this? ?
Gary Monk murmured to himself: "Idiot, that's horrible!"

As soon as Jose Fonte had the ball, Cazorla pressed forward.The Portuguese central defender was also in a hurry and even slipped under his feet. Fortunately, he handed over the ball before slipping.

"Southampton's continuous turnovers are rare for them. Arsenal's frontcourt pressing is also very fierce, so the Saints' backcourt players must pay attention. If you don't pay attention, you will give the opponent a chance. .”

The Arsenal players saw that Southampton was a little underprepared under their own pressing. They thought this might be their opportunity, so the frontcourt pressing was more active.

Danny Rose was forced up by Podolski before he got the ball, and the Black Rose handed the ball to Schneiderlin who supported him.

Wilshere felt that this was an opportunity, and immediately rushed forward to press, his goal was directed at Schneiderlin who was holding the ball.

Ramsey wanted to remind his partner, but Wilshere had already rushed forward. He had no choice but to keep a reasonable distance from the opponent according to the formation.Fortunately, the opponent does not pose much of a threat, even De Bruyne is still behind, and there is nothing to be afraid of with Icardi in front.

Anyone who understands the ball understands that a set of mature tactics has requirements for each player's activity area, running position and reasonable distance between players.Talented players can make some changes according to the situation on the court and their own characteristics, but generally they are not far away.

Giroud pressed up, Cazorla, Podolski pressed up, and then Wilshere and Ramsey. In order to maintain the integrity of the formation, Gibbs, Modesat and Vermaelen almost followed. The man's back line also pressed up a few yards.

The Arsenal players didn't notice such a short-distance advance, or they didn't care if they noticed it.

Schneiderlin saw Wilshere, who was pressing forward in front of him, and the French midfielder made a pass to his left. Danny Rose just threw off Podolski and started forward.

The Arsenal players thought that they had been waiting for a long time for the opponent's wing attack to come. This was Schneiderlin's plan to kick the wall with Danny Rose.

Wilshere immediately jumped up and stretched his legs to intercept the opponent's pass, but Schneiderlin made a fake move. After seeing Wilshere take off, he decisively passed the ball to the center not far from the right. Field partner Pogba.

"Schneiderlin!! Nice fake move, just now I was saying that Southampton's midfielder made a lot of pass errors, and immediately the French midfielder played a fancy job, and the fake move swayed Wilshere away !"