Father Green

Chapter 243: The Art of War in Football Tactics
Pogba, who received the ball, saw the gap behind the opponent's center, and he kicked up and sent a direct pass.

The football flew into the air and went behind the two central defenders of Arsenal. At this time, Icardi started instantly and rushed from Modesat's left when he turned around.The German central defender turned pale with fright, reached out to pull the opponent's jersey but it was empty.

"Icardi! One-handed!!"

The Argentine took the ball and took a step and went directly to the opponent's penalty area.Szesny abandoned the goal and attacked, and the two met at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Icardi made a gesture to hit the goal and swung his left leg.Szesny didn't dare to be careless and rushed over immediately, but Icardi knocked the ball to the right with his left foot, and then wiped the opponent.

Charlotte, who saw this scene on the sidelines, clenched his right hand tightly, and he knew that the ball probably had it.

Icardi, who had already passed Szesny, formed an empty goal. He took the ball to the penalty spot and pushed directly to score.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Unbelievable! Argentine striker Mauro Icardi scored the first goal for Southampton at No. 11 and a half minutes into the game!"

"There were too many accidents in this ball. First of all, Southampton's own foot in the backcourt almost made a mistake and gave the opponent a chance. But there were mistakes. The Saints took advantage of the opponent's heavy pressure and Pogba sent a ball. Ji's exquisite long pass penetrated the opponent's defense, and then Icardi successfully turned offside to form a one-handed one. Merdesart's turn was too slow. Although Szesny abandoned the goal and attacked, he was deceived by the opponent's fake action , and finally the Argentine scored an empty goal!"

"This is Southampton's first goal in this game, and it is also the second total shot of the two teams so far! Arsenal must have never imagined that Southampton, who did not rush to attack, would use It's a way of piercing through its own door."

"Icardi would like to thank Pogba for this ball. The French teenager's vision is too wide. He clearly saw Icardi and the two central defenders in front of him."

"Icardi's performance in these four rounds has been wonderful. Although he came off the bench against Manchester City in the first round, he also had a wonderful performance. Then he scored goals against Wigan Athletic and Manchester United. It is also the first record for the team against Arsenal. The Argentine is already the team's second scorer. After Lambert left for Liverpool, Icardi perfectly took over the banner left by the veteran and challenged Played the important role of striker!"

"Yes, many Southampton fans were still opposed to Charlotte selling the heroes of the team before the season, but now I don't think they will miss Lambert and Al Ganassi, after all, Icardi and Aubameyang, Rodriguez have proven themselves stronger than their predecessors."

Charlotte was a little surprised by Pogba's pass, because Pogba is not the type of pass like a scalpel. He is more good at short pass coordination and kicking the wall.So when Pogba passed the ball, Charlotte thought he was delusional. The ball was passed by De Bruyne.

Seeing Pogba and Icardi embracing tightly, the Arsenal assistant coach Paco Rice cursed secretly: "Unlucky!"

And Wenger frowned and rubbed his chin thinking: "Why do I feel that this ball is not luck and accident? It was planned by the opponent for a long time?"

Paco Rice almost jumped up in fright: "Can't you? They act so well? What if Lovren or Jose Fonte failed before? This is in their backcourt, Giroud and Podolski has the ball and can face the goal."

Wenger hesitated: "I don't know, it's not just about good acting skills, but also the courage to dare to play with fire in your core area, and also have the strength to deal with emergency rescue after the acting fails."

Wenger couldn't tell, he just felt that the other party wanted to hit this point intentionally.

"There is still plenty of time, let the boys pay attention, and don't give the other party a second chance."

After the game restarted, Charlotte saw that Arsenal began to become cautious, and they also paid more attention to the defense in the middle. Considering the problem of Modesat's slow turn, Gibbs' position here was still intentionally oriented. Lean on the inside line.

"Sure enough, it's a cunning fox, who understood the problem so quickly?" Charlotte wondered inwardly.But he was not worried, and made a gesture to signal the team to continue playing like this.

Then the atypical Southampton team came back again. It was still an unstoppable frontcourt press without the ball, but after getting the ball, it seemed calm and the frontcourt players seldom ran. , completely relying on the passing of the midfielder to kill the opponent's offense.

"Sure enough!" Wenger finally fully understood: "The other party is trying to lure us to press on, telling the boys not to be fooled!"

Paco Rice nodded and immediately implemented Wenger's arrangement.

After seven or eight minutes of the game, Wilkins came to the sideline and whispered in Charlotte's ear: "The opponent is really calm, this is their home court!"

Charlotte smiled: "This is Wenger!"

Wenger has always been a very rational head coach, although his team also advocates offensive football, and their pass and cut cooperation is also very good-looking, and even more effective passes than the previous Barcelona.But when encountering tactical problems, the professor will immediately choose to refuse to fall into the opponent's trap.

For example, now, Charlotte wants to seduce Arsenal to attack, but Wenger just doesn't let the other side do what he wants, rejecting this huge temptation.

The game once went on to the No. 307 minutes of the audience, and the score was still zero to one.During the period, the two sides had several chances to hit each other, but they failed to grasp them, and then the two teams came to a stalemate.

The difference is that Arsenal mostly solve the problem through the sideways, but Charlotte has done a good job of defending the sideways before, and the opponent has nothing to take advantage of.Letting Lallana go to the wing is to strengthen the defense of the wing. His speed is fast enough, but his tactical execution is very firm.

At the same time, the number of times Danny Rose and Carvajal advanced was significantly reduced compared to the previous games. Southampton's two wings unexpectedly started to defend in peace.

But in the offense, they are more in the middle. Pogba and De Bruyne firmly grasp the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions. At the same time, there is Sturridge who cuts in from the wing, Sturridge Although the position is on the wing, in this game he is more active in the center, a bit like a second forward position.

There is Schneiderlin who is behind them to give them the bottom line, so the frontcourt players are also free.

"This is definitely an abnormal Southampton team, who actually gave up the wing and played in the middle?! I think I may have watched a fake Southampton game." Zhan Jun also said jokingly.

"This little bastard is coming from the middle!!" Wenger gritted his teeth: "He must have made the arrangement after knowing that Mikel (Arteta) and Abramovich (Diaby) can't play!"

"Shall we move to the middle?" Paco Rice suggested.

Wenger took a look at his old friend. Paco Rice was a very good player in the player era, and the opponent was also very good in the position of assistant coach, but if he wanted to be put in the position of head coach, his old friend would Not enough to watch.

"Football is a game of exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, using my strengths to attack the other's weaknesses. Now our strengths are on the side, and our shortcoming is on the middle, while the opponent is exactly the opposite of us. We lost Mikel and Abramovich, and the opponent also lost Obama. Mei Yang and the Colombian." Wenger didn't say it directly, and reminded his assistant in this way.

Paco Rice nodded: "I see!"

Arsenal's offense is still concentrated on the wing. Although there are Wilshere, Cazorla and Ramsey in the center, the professor is not at ease with them.Cazorla is a highly creative organizational midfielder, but defense is not what he is good at, let alone Wilshere.Therefore, among the three-man team in the middle, Wenger only felt more at ease with Ramsey.However, after the "broken leg" incident two years ago, the genius Wilson still has psychological shadows, so he dare not place all bets on him.

As for Southampton, seeing that the game was about to enter the halftime break, they didn't work so hard, and started to kill time.

"Honestly, this game might seem a bit boring to neutral fans, after all, the two teams have occupied most of the possession time and there is not much ups and downs. This is very surprising, because these two teams They are all representatives of offensive football and gorgeous football, and they actually dedicated such a boring game together.”

An attack by Arsenal was resolved by Southampton, and Schneiderlin stopped Walcott with a very beautiful interception.However, when the French midfielder handed over the ball to De Bruyne, Wilshere, who was forced up, broke the bottom line.

Charlotte pushed Pog to the sidelines: "Have you seen the opponent's defense strengthened in the middle?"

Pogba nodded, he is young, not stupid.During this period of time, the opponent's middle lane has indeed been strengthened a lot, and even Cazorla has gone back to help.

"Don't worry about it, the first half is coming to an end soon. Haven't you been practicing long shots? Show me your practice results for the past half year!"

Pogba's eyes lit up: "Just look at it, boss!"

Danny Rose throws the ball out of bounds and the position gets into a scrimmage.Lallana finally passed the ball, and De Bruyne in the center felt that the left side was too crowded, so he will pass to the right.

Sturridge just got the ball, before he brought it up, Gibbs who followed up came up and directly put down the black swan.

The referee showed Gibbs a yellow card. His tackle just now was not small, and he didn't tackle the ball, but he knocked someone down.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines also played a 1-minute stoppage time sign. There was no injury in the first half, and both teams were playing ball possession, so naturally no time wasted.