There is a dream called football

Chapter 408 The impact of the second-rate Europe

Hamburg's home stadium has a capacity of about 5 people. Today, more than 7 people came. Don't doubt the Germans' love for football and the spending power of the Germans. As long as there are games in Germany, the stadium can basically be full.

In this case, the atmosphere of the stadium is nothing to worry about. Hamburg wore the traditional jersey, white top and red shorts, while Arsenal wore the away players, with blue as the main color.

After the start of the game, Hamburg was the first to show its strength. This should be the most normal routine. Generally, the home team will be stronger and worthy of their fans.

Serbian striker Liuboya is still very capable, tall, good at confrontation, and the most important thing is that he can control the ball under his feet.

Of course, from Wenger's point of view, he doesn't want such a player, mainly due to his lack of characteristics.

What the giants need is the top.

For example, speed, Henry, and Li Qiao are top.

Passing, Fabio, Rosicky are top notch.

Goalkeeper, Lehmann can also be considered top.

So Liu Boya can only play in the second-tier teams, because he is good at everything, but he can't do anything at the top.

However, this is also a player that Hamburg can afford. No matter how high the player is, whether it is salary or transfer fee, Hamburg cannot afford it.

Liu Boya's two-foot shot is not a special threat, but it cannot be said that he can completely relax.

Another striker, Sanogo, is not so much a striker as a winger, and he is still used to playing on the wing.

Wenger understood this at a glance. This guy lacked center forward training during his youth training. You must know that a center forward is a unique skill. First of all, he holds the ball with his back, so it is very important to be able to hold it.

Liu Boya is a typical center. Facing Zhulu, Liu Boya always leans first and then makes moves.

But soon, Arsenal found that Hamburg's offense was really rough. If there was a chance, it would pass through, and if there was no chance, it would be a violent shot.

This kind of offensive play is a little too simple, but the advantage is that it basically does not give Arsenal the opportunity to steal the ball and counterattack in the midfield.

Hamburg's offense must end with a shot, no matter how outrageous the shot is, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to leave enough time to run back.

The commentator Martin Taylor was amused, "The styles of the two teams are completely different. Arsenal can't wait for all 11 players to pass the ball to their feet, while Hamburg can't wait to shoot the ball as soon as it touches it, as if the ball is hot."

This football style is so exaggerated that Arsenal's ball possession rate has reached 88%.

This kind of ball possession rate makes Arsenal feel embarrassed, and this kind of ball possession rate is actually not conducive to offense. All the people in Hamburg are defending in the backcourt, and the offense becomes very difficult.

At this time, Hamburg's rough style of play also began to appear.

When De Jong was defending Rosicky in midfield, he kicked Rosicky's ankle. It was a bad kick and the referee immediately gave a yellow card.

Rosicky fell to the ground and didn't get up for a long time. The team doctor came in for an examination. The most feared thing about this kind of injury was not the tibia, but the knee.

The knee is like a rotating shaft, and the tibia is connected to the rotating shaft. Generally, the cruciate ligament strain of players is affected by the tibia, so De Jong's kick is like a shocking tiger, which has the meaning of intimidation.

Fortunately, this time Rosicky suffered a minor injury, it didn't matter, it just hurt.

Soon, De Jong and Li Qiao had a conflict on the wing again. This time, the Arsenal players couldn't hold back, and everyone gathered around.

"Want to fight?"

De Jong acted like a villain, and he is known in football as a villain.

"Boy, don't think that you are the only one who can kick people."

"Yeah, I just kicked someone, and I went for the ball."

"You are a coward."

"You're a coward."

The referee ran over. In this case, it is impossible to send off De Jong after two yellow cards turn into one red. But a verbal warning is necessary, because De Jong is like a spark, and he is likely to detonate the powder keg.

And the referee also knows what Hamburg, which is not as strong as the opponent, wants to do. This is a referee's responsibility-to understand the characteristics of the players on both sides.

After some sincere warnings, the game continued, but everyone knew that it was impossible to calm down after this game, because the emotions of both sides had already exploded.

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Last season, there were not many ways for Arsenal to break the dense defense, but this season is different, that is, the joining of Adebayor, Arsenal finally has a battering ram that can smash opponents.

Fabregas lobbed the ball into the penalty area. It is reasonable to say that Hamburg is not afraid. Kompany is an air bully player, but even if Adebayor faces Kompany, he can still have the air superiority. This is very scary.

When Adebayor hit the ball again and again, coach Dole couldn't sit still. It seems that there is too little research on Arsenal's Adebayor.

It's no wonder that Adebayor is not well-known at this time. He is a rookie in football and played in the French league last season.

But this is what Wenger is best at doing at Arsenal, that is, digging out unremarkable players, think about Xiaofa, Henry, Van Persie, these people are not all brought in by Wenger at a low price, and then become superstars.

With Adebayor as the fulcrum, Arsenal can hold the ball in the opponent's penalty area, and Henry can use the second point to do a lot of fuss.

Therefore, Hamburg's intensive defense cannot deny the ball thousands of miles away, and the ball can still often fly above the Hamburg penalty area.

And when the ball cannot stay away from the penalty area, then this is very dangerous, because theoretically the ball may be lost at any time.

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Another corner.

This is already Arsenal's fifth corner kick in the first half, and the opponent's data is zero.

However, in these five corner kicks, Rosicky always looked for the middle of the penalty area, and there was no change. The first point was also taken by Hamburg players.

This time Arsenal made a substitution, Fabregas took the corner kick, and Hamburg was also worried that the opponent's corner kick would change.

Sure enough, this time Xiaofa opened a back spot, and the back spot is usually for small players, and Li Qiao is in the back spot.

But the distance the ball crossed was too long. In this way, it was actually impossible to hit the goal with a header from the back point. Li Qiao lightly padded and headed towards the middle of the penalty area.

Adebayor, Toure, and Gallas are all grabbing points. This is the task of the big men, but Hamburg goalkeeper Kirstein is very good at controlling the high points in the penalty area.

Originally, I expected the opponent to make a mistake, but the German goalkeeper is not at the level of Asia. This basic skill is very solid and there is no problem at all, but no one expected that Kirstein's subsequent move was seized by Arsenal.

(End of this chapter)