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Chapter 232 Chapter 235 This is a trap
Strictly speaking, this is not the first time Lee Wooshin has sat on the bench to watch his team's game.

But obviously, this experience gave Li Yuxin a completely different feeling.

But this time he felt that he was completely isolated from the game and acted as a complete spectator, which made him feel very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

Because he discovered for the first time that when he was sitting on the bench, watching his team being bombarded by the opponent, watching his team being beaten into a mess by the opponent, but he himself was powerless, the feeling was too aggrieved and depressed.

Benitez is definitely in today's football. It's hard to say whether he is number one, but at least he is among the top tactical masters. He not only has a very good sense of targeted tactics, but he is also very good at learning and learning from .

Many people say that Liverpool is very similar to Chelsea last season, because Benitez often uses Gerrard, Harvey Alonso and Harman to form a three-back midfielder, which is very similar to Arsenal's 43l tactics last season.

Of course, the frontcourt was different. At that time, Chelsea had Ballack and Lampard in the frontcourt, Drogba as the center forward, while Liverpool had Riise and Luis Garcia in the frontcourt, and Baros as the center forward. Chelsea paid more attention to the flanks and the center, while Liverpool paid more attention to the wings.

This also has something to do with the general lack of offensive ability of Liverpool's full-backs. If the full-backs lack offensive ability, if two players with certain wing capabilities cannot be placed in the winger position, the entire team's wings will be completely destroyed. Disabled, and Harvey Alonso's excellent long pass scheduling will also lose its effect.

Therefore, Wenger and Li Yuxin feel that whether Benitez admits it or not, his Liverpool tactics are definitely cloning Chelsea's tactics, and then improve and adjust according to their own characteristics, and finally come up with Liverpool's tactics this season.

But this does not mean that Liverpool's tactics are worse than Chelsea's last season. From the perspective of personnel quality, Liverpool is undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage. After all, Chelsea's team is full of big names and the overall strength of the team is strong, but Liverpool is more practical. There is definitely a gap in the overall quality of the players.

Benitez's set of tactics has his superiority, that is, wing defense.

At the beginning, Arsenal used full-backs to advance forward to participate in the attack, relying on the team's domineering midfielder. Although this allowed Arsenal to maintain an overall balance, perform very well, and defend very well, it was always a weakness and deficiency. However, Liverpool, in turn, adopted a defensive full-back plus offensive winger.

Theoretically speaking, Liverpool's defensive full-back style of play can liberate the midfield to a certain extent, such as Xavi?

There are two sides to everything, there are advantages and disadvantages.

Adopting a combination of defensive fullbacks and offensive wingers, if the distance between the two is not properly grasped, it is likely to repeat the weakness of the previous Ajax period, that is, the sideways are out of touch. Regarding this, Bennett Si adopts a forward pressure tactic, defends in a high position, and presses the defense line forward, but in this way, the flexibility of defensive pursuit and turning is a problem.

The other one is that both Riise and Luis Garcia were assigned to the wing, and the distance between the striker Baros and the three defensive midfielders was too long, which directly led to the lack of strong attack in the center of Liverpool, and even directly caused Liverpool's offensive ability. missing.

Therefore, in many cases, Benitez gave Gerrard the greatest degree of freedom, allowing Gerrard to advance and participate in the offense at any time according to his own observations. However, Gerrard is not the type of player who connects the striker and the midfielder. Therefore, Liverpool's offense relies too much on the wing, which is another problem.

Another equally serious problem is Baros. As a striker, the Czech is obviously not suitable for single forward tactics, especially this kind of single center forward tactics at the top. Not only Baros is not suitable, Cisse , Pangler is also not suitable, Morientes is very suitable in theory, but his playing rhythm cannot adapt to the Premier League, and his performance is relatively average.

The defense of Wenger and Li Yuxin in this game obviously adopted the strategy of opening the side and locking the center.

The three lines maintain a compact formation, and the defensive center is concentrated in the middle. Once Liverpool advances to the side of the 30-meter area, Arsenal's two full-backs immediately maintain a close connection with the central defender, blocking the inward cut channel of Liverpool's side, forcing you to cross.

Baros is not a sturdy center after all. Under the restraint of Toure and substitute Gallas, Liverpool's headers can only be returned without success again and again, but it is difficult for the Czech to take even a little bit of advantage from Arsenal's defense.

In this game, Wenger's midfield formation has also changed. Alexander Song has become an important member of the team's defensive defense. He is always at the end of the three midfielders, while Fabregas and Parker use a large area of ​​running and pressing to intercept.

Here it is necessary to mention a very important consideration about the configuration of midfield defensive players.

In the eyes of many people, the defensive midfielder is divided into a defensive midfielder with an excellent position and awareness like Makelele, and a large-area running cover like Gattuso. I believe many people think that this is just a difference in defensive style, but I don't know if anyone has considered it, but this is actually the difference in the tactical system they adapt to.

The coverage area of ​​the stance-type midfielder is relatively small. If it is in some teams with poor pressing and pressing, his weakness will be exposed. That is, if Makelele goes to AC Milan to replace Gattuso, it will definitely be a tragedy, because the other three midfielders in AC Milan do not run and press much.

Therefore, in Real Madrid, when the superstars in front are no longer pressing, Makelele needs a partner with a wide range of movement, such as Elguera, Wenger and Li Yuxin. They even think that if it is a combination of Makelele and Beckham, the effect may be very good. At least there will be no rapid fall of the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship.

Gattuso, Diaby, and Davis are all covering midfielders who run in a wide range. Their biggest role is to fill the gaps, so the premise is that there must be gaps for them to run to fill.

For example, at Chelsea, many fans say that Essien likes to run around without wisdom. In fact, this is due to the players, but there is also a very important part of the team's tactics.

Wenger and Li Yuxin have always felt that every professional player has his fixed characteristics, and the most important thing for a head coach is to dig out the characteristics of the players, and according to the characteristics of the players, combine a set of stable tactical systems.

In the same way, the head coach needs to arrange different players and form different tactics according to different opponents in each game. This is the biggest role of the head coach.

In this game, Wenger arranged Fabregas, Alexander Song and Parker to start. This is indeed a helpless move. They all adopted a wide range of coverage and fighting. In addition, Cannavaro and Gallas both gave proper support to the midfield, which blocked Arsenal's lack of midfield positioning and weakness, and at the same time blocked Liverpool's offensive threat in the middle.

From reaching the final, Wenger spent ten days constantly instilling his tactical ideas for the final to the coaching staff such as Ten Carter and Roland. He focused on defense, counterattacked if he could counterattack, and defended to the end if he could not counterattack. He ensured that the game was dragged into a penalty shootout without conceding a goal.

And Wenger spent a full day rehearsing the penalty shootout. He collected the characteristics of all Liverpool players' penalty kicks, and handed over the penalty kick habits of all Liverpool players to Lehmann, and even specially asked people to imitate Liverpool players.

For Wenger, his ability to direct the game is limited. Facing a tactician like Benitez, what he can do is to ensure that the team can survive to the end as much as possible and strive to win the championship. Defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the safest way, and what the coaching staff has to do is to adjust the team's defensive structure.

For those who have followed Wenger for many years, such as the coaching staff, it is not difficult

This is the only limit Wenger can do.
The offensive and defensive transitions of the game went fast, very fast.

Although Wenger and Li Yuxin sat on the chairman's bench and failed to get first-hand data from the coaching staff, he could feel it because the possession of the ball was changing rapidly almost every minute. This also shows how fierce the competition is in the game, but it also reflects that the two teams have made great efforts in targeting.

The game process and enjoyment are still there, and it can even be said to be good, because the fast-paced game often makes fans mesmerized and forgets the time. However, according to Wenger and Li Yuxin, the offense of the two teams has not played its own characteristics.

After the end of the first half, there was still no change after the start of the second half, and the same tactics were still adopted.

Normally, Wenger and Li Yuxin would be worried about the continuous passage of game time, but in this game, he wished that the game time would go faster. It would be better to skip 120 minutes and go directly to the penalty shootout, because he felt that Arsenal would definitely win the penalty shootout than normal games.

With the fast pace of the game, the physical consumption of the players on both sides became more and more serious. Wenger and Li Yuxin saw Parker cramp after a defense on the bench. When he looked up and looked at the time, he realized that it had been more than 80 minutes and the game was about to enter overtime, but the two sides did not make substitutions at all.

This is because both sides are very clear that this game is obviously no longer a duel of tactics and player strength. The tactics of the head coaches of both sides have restrained each other very well and offset each other. It's not big, what's more important now is the contest of players' willpower.

If you make a substitution now, you have to bear the risk after the substitution, especially for Liverpool.

Wenger immediately replaced Parker with Diaby after Parker's leg cramps, and continued to adopt the same tactics, because both players belong to the kind of midfielders who run and press in a wide range.

Benitez also seemed to be aware of the problem. In the 90th minute, Luis Garcia was replaced by Kewell. The Spaniard also had cramps. Right, a bit like a right midfielder, Riise's position is a proper retreat, and he also plays a wide midfielder.

Pat followed Wenger and Li Yuxin's pre-match arrangement. After Diaby came on the field, Pat appropriately expanded the team's defensive range. On the one hand, he prevented the threat of Liverpool, and on the other hand, he also waited for the opponent to make mistakes.

I have to admit that Liverpool is indeed a team with very high tactical execution. Under the coaching of Benitez, the team's tactical quality is ridiculously high. After the whole game, there was not even a single threatening mistake. This makes it difficult for Arsenal to counterattack.

In the absence of Li Yuxin, the players did not dare to invest too much force in the counterattack. After all, if more troops are invested in the counterattack, the defense will definitely be weakened. As long as the timing is not good enough, Liverpool may seize the opportunity anytime and anywhere.

As the time passed, the players on both sides gradually appeared physical problems, especially after the end of the 90-minute official game, and began to enter the half-hour overtime game, the physical fitness of the players appeared frequently. The problem is that players keep cramping.

Liverpool took the lead in making adjustments. After entering overtime, Benitez immediately replaced Finnan with Smicer, and made Traore, Hyypia and Carragher form a back three. Obviously, he wanted to further strengthen the team's offense. Smicer's passing and organizational skills are very good. He went up to improve his ability to pass threatening balls

At the same time, Benitez replaced the underperforming Baros with Cisse. The Czech striker was suppressed by Arsenal's defense throughout the game. His performance was terrible and he was replaced as a matter of course.

Wenger and Li Yuxin had planned a series of changes for Liverpool before the game, allowing their assistants to make adjustments and choices according to the situation. Among them, after Liverpool switched to playing at the back three, the team should actively adopt a side counterattack strategy.

Therefore, as soon as Liverpool moved on this side, Arsenal also started to make substitutions. Deco came down, Evra came up, Gudjohnsen was pulled back to the midfield, Adebayor played in the center, Ribery went to the right, and Evra occupied the left.

After playing, Evra, who is more physically fit, has obviously become an important counterattack point for Arsenal. Franck Ribery is on the right and Evra is on the left. The speed of both players is a great threat to Liverpool's defense, making it difficult for the Red Army to devote all their energy to the offense.

In the 100th minute, Arsenal counterattacked with a long pass. Evra rushed forward quickly from the left. After getting the ball, he went down to the bottom line and made a pass.

Although they failed to score a goal, Arsenal seemed to have tasted the sweetness and quickly launched another attack, this time from the right. Eboue made a forward pass and made a pass. After Adebayor got the ball, he swayed Hyypia and volleyed quickly in a hurry. The ball was slightly higher.

Two consecutive offensives created threats, and immediately after, Bell also fell to the ground and had cramps. Arsenal immediately made a substitution. In the 103rd minute, Walcott replaced Bell to further strengthen the attack.

In the second half of overtime, Arsenal seemed to consciously strengthen the team's offensive, especially after Liverpool switched to a three-back tactic, the weakness of the wing was exposed. Van Persie, who was pulling the side, and Walcott, who was strong enough, kept attacking back and forth on the two sides.

But on the bench, Wenger and Li Yuxin couldn't sit still. He stood up from his seat and shook his head constantly. He didn't know if his players could see his movements. If they could, then they should know that this was a trap.

a most deadly trap

On the one hand, playing three backs is to strengthen the offense, but at the same time it also exposes the weakness of the wing defense; the problem is that Arsenal uses Liverpool's weakness on the wing to create opportunities, but at the same time it is also taking on the risk of being counterattacked by the opponent.

There are advantages and disadvantages, everything has two sides, and now Arsenal has obviously been consciously seduced by Liverpool to fight.

This is the advantage of the head coach standing on the sidelines to direct, and if Li Yuxin was there, he would definitely stop the players' actions immediately, but he is not the one standing on the field to direct
If you continue to play like this, the goal will be in danger!

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