There is a dream called football

Chapter 459 Defense is Physical Activity

Veteran Cocu is panting heavily with his waist thrust up. For him, this kind of game is already a bit tired.

And this feeling is not only shared by Cocu alone, his companions also have this feeling more or less, that is, there is a problem with physical fitness in the second half.

That's normal because Arsenal have always been in possession of the ball and PSV have always been in the passive side.

You must know that in the game, defense consumes more energy, while offense consumes less energy because it takes the initiative.

Koeman looked at his watch. It was still early in the second half, and only 10 minutes had passed. In this case, the substitution was obviously too early, so he could only wait and wait for changes on the court.

After all, Eindhoven is leading now, and when you have the lead in your hands, people will be conservative.

And Koeman thinks the same way. The idea in his mind is how to keep the 2-1 advantage, which seems to be the most important.

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Xiaofa took the ball on the left, and suddenly, several defensive players from PSV pounced on him, as if they wanted to hold Xiaofa down here.

And this situation is actually very unfavorable, because if Xiaofa loses the ball at this point, the opponent is likely to counterattack directly on Arsenal's left.

And Xiaofa was also a little flustered, he passed the ball in the middle, but the accuracy of such a pass in a hurry is often not high, and it was cut off by Cocu in the middle.

I thought it was possible to fight back, but when Cocu was about to pass the ball, someone stretched his leg to block.

Li Qiao! !
Cocu really didn't expect it, because there should be no defensive players around him, it was because he was too careless and mistook Li Qiao as a defensive player, and Li Qiao's execution of defensive tactics was also very good, as long as he was within his defense zone, he would desperately chase back, and because of this, Arsenal destroyed a very subtle fast break of the opponent.

Cesc Fabregas immediately ran over and patted Li Qiao on the shoulder, "Thank you for saving me. Otherwise, if the opponent succeeds in this counterattack, it would be considered my conceded goal."

Li Qiao laughed.

And Koeman began to re-examine this opponent. It is indeed different. It is not blindly attacking quickly, but on this basis, they will also actively defend.

Wait a moment! !

Isn't this actually the total attack and defense of Dutch football?

In other words, strong teams can do it. In short, Koeman puts the opponent's difficulty in a higher position, because he knows that as long as he is a little negligent, the ball may be reversed.

In the second half, Eindhoven played a lot less precise backcourt long passes, mainly because of the decline in physical fitness.

Some people may wonder, the decline in physical fitness does not affect the long pass, isn't that just swinging the leg on the spot to pass the ball?

But the decline in physical performance has a great impact on long passes, because professional players have a very complex structure, and their passes have been honed thousands of times, so as long as there is a slight problem, the whole process will get stuck. This is somewhat similar to a computer program.

In the second half, Kone and Tardelli could only raise their hands frequently, give thumbs up, and tell their teammates that the pass was really good.

But in fact, these passes are far away, and this is also helpless. Generally, teammates raise their hands to signal outrageous passes, because this is also a kind of comfort to teammates.

As the forward gave more and more thumbs up, Koeman began to make steady gestures, because this was already a waste of his own possession of the ball, which Eindhoven had worked so hard to win. If the big foot passed and the frontcourt could not hold the ball, then the possession of the ball would be lost immediately. In this case, it is actually tantamount to helping the opponent in disguise.

So after Eindhoven took control of the ball, they also started to stay in the backcourt for a while, making a few short passes, and only advancing if they had the opportunity.

"Sly," was Wenger's thought.

Because the slower pace of the game is more conducive to the defensive side, and what Arsenal want is to continue to improve the rhythm and make the atmosphere of the whole game tense, so that it is possible to score another goal and tie the score.

Culina controlled the ball. The Australian could be said to have harassed Li Qiao countless times in this game, but now it was Li Qiao who went to grab the ball at the opponent's feet.

In this way, Eindhoven's players are all like Culina, passing and blocking, one person can be used as two people, which is similar to the pick-and-roll in a basketball game, and in this case, the ball will get stuck a little bit, which is of course not good for a team that chases the ball smoothly.

At this moment, Wenger was ready to make substitutions, and he replaced two players in one go.

Both Babutista and Adebayor will play, so who will be replaced?

The next answer is that Fafa and Rosicky were replaced. Van Persie retreated to the left, and Babtista played the attacking midfielder.

Wenger's idea is quite right, and Eindhoven is actually preparing to make a substitution, and Sun Xiang is warming up.

This scene was too exciting for Chinese reporters, and the Chinese Derby seemed really likely to happen.

Sun Xiang was just warming up on the sidelines, and Koeman's replacement with him was more like changing a battery, increasing the physical strength of the defense line, which was already stretched.

Five minutes later, Koeman finally made a substitution, replacing Sun Xiang and removing the right back.

And fans in China immediately cheered on the forum-historical moment.

On the field, Sun Xiang naturally didn't have time to greet Li Qiao, the two of them could only look at each other from a distance, because the competition was too intense.

And Wenger's substitution had an immediate effect. Babtista was different from Rosicky. His confrontation ability was first-class. In the position of the attacking midfielder, he forcefully pushed the opponent away through his own confrontation and then completed a shot. The threat of a burst shot was quite great, forcing Gomez to make a wonderful save.

This is the role of Babutista and why Wenger replaced him. Wenger finally smiled, because many things on the pitch seemed to be moving in a direction that was beneficial to Arsenal.

Wenger believes that Adebayor and Baptista, the two black and hard, can finally solve the problem, and their physical confrontation will play a key role at the last moment.

And Adebayor was more daring to take the ball when standing on the forward line. At this moment, Li Qiao sent a very good curve ball from the side.

(End of this chapter)