i am gun king

Chapter 394 New Attempt

"Dark clouds cover the sun, but there is only a ray of light. With him, the gunners will never lose hope!"

Soon, Xinglang Sports took the lead in singing the praises of Buffon.Apart from Li Yuxin, more people from Arsenal finally stood up!

"The goalkeeper stepped forward in difficult times, and the Italian goalkeeper stabilized the morale of the Gunners."

"The weak gunners suffered consecutive defeats, and their solid defense kept them hopeful for a counterattack."

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Although some media are still criticizing Arsenal, their tone has weakened a lot.They also admitted that although Arsenal have encountered some temporary difficulties, as long as they have the best defense in the Premier League, the Gunners will definitely achieve a good result.

With Buffon's help, the public opinion environment has calmed down, and the Gunners' morale has gradually stabilized.More and more fans began to come to the Kearney training base to cheer for the Gunners and help them recover.

The league is a long process, no team will win from the first round to the last round.

A downturn can happen to any team.In difficult times, as long as you keep going, you will always see sunny days when the clouds clear and the mist clears.

Buffon believes this, and he wants to convince his teammates, his fans.

No matter when facing the media or in normal training, Buffon spared no effort to motivate his teammates, encourage them to train hard, and strive to regain the state of the game as soon as possible and return to victory.

"Gigi really deserves to be the captain of the Italian national team who is becoming more and more charismatic."

After witnessing Buffon's performance at this stage, almost all members of Arsenal's coaching staff were full of praise for him.

Three days after the match against Manchester United, Arsenal are about to usher in their next round of league opponents, West Bromwich Albion.

Before the game, the Gunners ushered in good news that their wing Bell has resumed training.

The unfavorable situation of the team in the recent games made Bell feel a little anxious.Therefore, he accelerated the speed of his rehabilitation training, striving to return to the football field as soon as possible, and help his team regain victory.

When Arsenal encountered difficulties, the Gunners did not fall because of it. Each of their players was doing their best and trying their best to help the team.

Buffon is like this, so is Bell.

With such a team atmosphere, Arsenal will never collapse like the media said.As long as they continue to work hard, they will definitely be able to regain victory and launch an impact towards a higher goal again.

However, Arsenal have added another injured man as Bale returns to training.The main right back Debusch was injured during training and withdrew from training midway.

According to the team doctor's diagnosis, he will miss the team's game for 10 to 15 days.

That said, Gunners fans will have to wait until Christmas to see Debussy back in action again.

In the absence of major generals, the Gunners sat at the Emirates Stadium and ushered in West Bromwich Albion.

Like Arsenal's opponent Swansea in the last round, West Bromwich Albion is not a strong team.According to common sense, it should not be a big problem for the Gunners to win.

However, Arsenal's recent state is very sluggish, and even Swansea cannot win.

Now against West Bromwich Albion, it is really unknown whether they can win.

Gunners fans held up banners inside the stadium ahead of the game.

"Chu, the failure is not your responsibility!"

The eyes of the fans are discerning. They can see clearly which player is performing well and which player is not performing well.They are very grateful for Buffon's initiative to stand up to protect the team, but this does not mean that they will really blame Buffon for the team's downturn.

From the first minute of this game, the Gunners encountered a tenacious block from West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion knows that their strength is definitely not as good as Arsenal.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Gunners have been in a downturn recently, they are not something West Bromwich Albion can compete with.They are playing away from home and trying to take all three points at the Emirates Stadium is an almost impossible task.

Therefore, from the first minute of the game, West Bromwich Albion began to stop the bus in front of the goal, intending to use the advantage of the number of defenders to score 1 point for the team away from home.

In other words, at the beginning, West Bromwich Albion was heading for a draw.

Their tactics were successful.At least, that was the case in the first half of the game.

; Throughout the first half, West Bromwich Albion has always been passive on the scene.However, no matter how hard the Gunners tried, there was still no way to break the opponent's goal.

In the face of dense defense, Arsenal players seem to have no good way.

Although Arsenal had the upper hand, there was no way to score.On the other hand, West Bromwich Albion, who were passive in the scene, fought back vigorously, and created a single-handed and a quasi-single-handed opportunity.

If it weren't for their lack of forward ability, coupled with Buffon's brave state, Arsenal might have fallen behind in the first half.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the Arsenal players looked a little frustrated.

Because, the score is still 0:0.

They worked hard for a full 45 minutes, but they never broke through the opponent's gate.

Arsenal fans were not satisfied with the team's performance in the first half.In the stands, already impatient fans began to boo, protesting the downturn of the team's offensive players.

Wenger also had a serious face when he walked into the locker room.

He was thinking of a way.

The 15 minutes of the halftime break passed quickly, and when the two teams re-entered the court, they began the contest for the second half of the game.

Judging from the lineup, the Gunners have not made any substitution adjustments.

However, after playing for a few minutes, careful fans discovered that Arsenal's tactical play was completely different from the first half.

Cazorla, Chamberlain, Ozil, and Arteta's midfield four-man combination remains unchanged, but Chamberlain's position is slightly advanced, and he has reached the position of the midfielder.

Walcott retreated from the striker to the right midfielder, Cazorla became a left midfielder, and Li Yuxin also retreated from the striker position and became a No. 9 and a half player.

460!

In the second half, the Gunners took the initiative to adjust their formation and put on a "no striker formation"!
When the team's offense was weak and the goal was delayed, Wenger chose to adjust the method not to add a striker, but to withdraw all the strikers and let them return to the midfield to take the ball, forming a formation without a fixed striker.

It can be said that Wenger made a bold adjustment.

If this adjustment does not have any effect, or the effect is not obvious, the professor will definitely encounter fierce criticism after the game.

Facing a weak team, instead of strengthening the offense, but withdrawing the striker, isn't this a sign of voluntarily giving up the victory?
After Wenger made this tactical adjustment, there are already impatient fans who can criticize the professor's conservatism on the forum.There are also reporters who can't wait to start writing articles, ready to laugh at Arsenal and Wenger.

"They must be afraid of losing, so they admit it!"

Everyone has this idea.

Is it really?

Has the Gunners really given up the pursuit of victory?

Judging from the game in the opening stages of the second half, it seems that this is indeed the case.

The new formation made the Gunners uncomfortable.

Walcott habitually stood in front, resulting in no space for wing breakthroughs.When Li Yuxin retreated, his position often overlapped with Chamberlain who was advancing forward, and he was easily marked to death by the opponent's defenders.

Coupled with the fact that there is no fixed striker in front, when the Gunners pass from the wing, they often lack the support of teammates in the center, exposing the shortcomings of the lack of tacit cooperation between the receiving players and the passing teammates.

In other words, the Gunners played worse in the second half than in the first half!
For such a situation, the fans must not be happy.In the stands, they started booing their team, protesting the chaotic attacking, conservative formation.

However, Wenger remained unmoved.

Regardless of whether the fans understand it or not, he asked his players to stick to the style of play in the second half and stick to the deployment he made during the intermission.

If you are not skilled in coordination, if you play for a while, you will naturally lose.Arsenal's players are high-level players, as long as they are given a little time, they can definitely play better and better.

Wenger believed that his tactics were not wrong, so he chose to stick to the end.

Amidst the boos, the Gunners' awkward offensive coordination continued.

West Bromwich Albion's conservative tactics gave the Gunners time to adapt new tactics in the game.And as time went by, the gunners' cooperation slowly became proficient.

Their new tactics slowly began to show their power...

Wenger's tactical adjustment is not a whim.

During this time, he has been thinking about the team's new tactical ideas.He had thought deeply about today's frontless formation.In the team training two days ago, he also arranged for his players to conduct similar special tactical drills.

It’s just that due to the tight time, the tactics are not very mature, the players haven’t practiced the new tactics for a long time, and there are some differences between the training match and the actual combat, etc., so when the “460” frontless formation was first set up, Arsenal’s players were still a little at a loss, and their performance on the field was not very satisfactory.

However, for high-level players, even if they cannot master all the new tactics for a while, they can still use their experience and talents to basically adapt to the new style of play and show the coach's tactical intentions.

Wenger's tactics may be more complicated, but the Gunners players are well aware of his tactical intentions.

"Go to the opponent's half and get the ball!"

This is the core of Wenger's new tactics.

In the midfield and the front of the opponent's penalty area, use the number advantage brought by the "460" formation to increase the number of individual breakthroughs and team cooperation in this area.

Offensive routines, player movement, area selection, etc., these specific tactical routines are not clear, and it doesn't matter.

As long as they remember the essence of Wenger's new tactics, the Gunners' players can still rely on their personal abilities to show the head coach's thinking.

The active retreat of the West Bromwich Albion players just gave the Arsenal players time to adapt to the new tactics.After more than ten minutes of actual combat drills, their cooperation in the frontcourt began to slowly find a feeling.

As a result, the players of West Bromwich Albion were in trouble.

In the first half, they only needed to guard the penalty area, keep a close eye on Li Yuxin, Walcott and other strikers, and guard against long-range shots from Arsenal players. Arsenal's offense would not pose too much danger to them.

However, after about 10 minutes in the second half, they found that the set of defensive tactics that they had originally formulated had no effect!
Staring at Li Yuxin?

Li Yuxin returned to the midfield after running. What should West Bromwich Albion's central defenders do?

keep up?
There are fewer people in the restricted area.

not follow?

With no one to mark, should he be in a daze in the penalty area?

Similarly, the West Bromwich Albion players who marked Walcott, Ozil, Arteta, and Chamberlain all encountered the same problem.

Arsenal's frontcourt players moved too flexibly. Players who were supposed to be forwards often ran back to their own half, while those midfielders frequently entered West Bromwich Albion's big penalty area.Such a flexible movement has caused a lot of trouble for West Bromwich Albion defenders.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the opponent's defensive formation, the Arsenal players seized the time and launched a fierce attack towards West Bromwich Albion's goal.

In the 58th minute, Arteta plugged in from the back row, forming a triangle position with Chamberlain and Walcott.

Arteta passes to Oxlade-Chamberlain, Oxlade-Chamberlain passes to Walcott, Walcott passes the ball to Arteta who runs in behind...

Non-stop ball, fast pass, fast forward!
After the small-scale quick cooperation of these three people, Arsenal's offense suddenly accelerated, which made West Bromwich Albion's defensive players very uncomfortable.

At the same time, Walcott and Li Yuxin also began to accelerate their off-ball running on both sides of the penalty area, which involved a lot of defensive energy of the opponent.

During a quick return, the West Brom players had a gap on the left side of the penalty area.

Arteta quickly spotted this opportunity, and he quickly passed the ball to Chamberlain who was running in that direction.

Chamberlain received the ball from Arteta, and he quickly observed the positioning of the defensive players around him.

At this time, there is only Garrett.Macaulay is still marking Chamberlain.The other West Bromwich Albion defensive players, the defensive attention is on the other Gunners players, and they are a bit far away from Chamberlain.

"This is an opportunity!"

Chamberlain thought to himself.

The center of gravity of the body is high, and Chamberlain made a gesture to pass the ball to Walcott who responded in the middle.

Arteta passed Chamberlain, and Chamberlain passed Walcott. Macaulay has seen such a triangle pass cooperation several times.Therefore, when Chamberlain made a pass, Macaulay didn't even think about it, and took a small step to the left, preparing to try to block Chamberlain's pass.

However, this time, he was fooled!

He smashed the ball with his right foot, and his body quickly flashed to the left. Chamberlain chose a personal breakthrough!
If you put this ball in, Chamberlain will enter West Bromwich Albion's penalty area without marking!

Danger!

McCauley had a warning sign in his heart.

However, he only reacted at this time, obviously a bit late.Due to the loss of the center of gravity of the body, Macaulay has been unable to prevent Chamberlain from breaking through in time.

Do you want to foul?

Macaulay extended his hand towards Chamberlain.

However, just as his arm was about to grab Chamberlain's, Macaulay hesitated.

He suddenly remembered Steve, the head coach before the game.Clark's exhortation, so Macaulay withdrew his hand again.

"Anyway, there are other teammates in the penalty area, so let him go in for the ball."

Before the game, Steve.Clark once told his defenders to try not to foul in the area 25 to 30 meters away from the goal.

Clarke told his players that Buffon, Arsenal's goalkeeper, is a very powerful free-kick specialist.Fouls in these threatening areas will give him the chance to score.

In order to avoid being directly scored by the opponent's free kick, West Bromwich Albion players are very cautious about fouling at the front of the penalty area.Can not foul, they try not to foul.

It is also for this reason that Macaulay did not choose to foul after being passed by Chamberlain, but let Chamberlain directly enter the penalty area.

If it is a player who likes to dive, when Macaulay reaches out, he will subconsciously fall to the ground.

However, it is clear that Chamberlain is not an actor.

He didn't care why Macaulay stretched out his hand and retracted it, as long as the opponent didn't stop him, he would go straight forward.

After entering the penalty area, Chamberlain quickly observed the positions of his teammates and opponents.

When the Swedish international Jonas.Chamberlain didn't panic when Olsen made up his defense. He calmly made a false shot and then knocked the ball across the middle.

While the opponent's defensive attention was focused on Chamberlain, Li Yuxin, and Walcott, Arteta suddenly advanced at high speed.

Near the penalty spot, Arteta received a pass from Chamberlain!
Golden opportunity for Arsenal!

Arteta did not hesitate, he raised his leg and shot angrily, the football roared, like a tiger out of the cage, and quickly rushed to the West Bromwich Albion gate!
Despite this.Foster responded immediately, but the ball was too fast, so he could only watch the ball hit the net.

"Gl! Arteta! Arteta! Mikel. Arteta!"

The commentators on the scene were suddenly excited.

At the Emirates Stadium, people have not seen the Gunners complete a goal for a long time.This ball broke the Gunners' scoring drought in the past 5 games!
it is good!
At the moment when Arteta completed the goal, Buffon exhaled, raised his arms, and cheered!
This goal was scored too timely!He greatly relieved the pressure in the hearts of the Gunners!

"Arteta! Arteta!"

The fans stood up one after another, shouting the name of the goal scorer and celebrating his goal together.

At this moment, there was only applause and no booing at the Amir Stadium!

Wenger stood on the sidelines with a smile on his face.

In the professor's view, the team's goal is a matter of time, and it is not worth celebrating.However, he is still very pleased with the players' spirit of not giving up.In particular, the unity of the team and the resoluteness in executing tactics made the professor very satisfied.

Although there are many voices criticizing the Gunners from the outside world, Wenger doesn't care.

Because most people are not as good at football as he is.

Wenger believes his team is fine.As long as the new tactical exercise is successful, his gunner will still be the ever-victorious team!

"This goal is just the beginning."

The professor said silently in his heart.

After a short celebration, Wenger turned his attention to the field again.

One goal cannot satisfy the professor, and he still looks forward to the second, or even more goals.He hopes that the recovery of the team's state can come more violently.

Will there be a second goal?

The professor didn't have to wait too long, and he soon saw what he was happy to see.

In the 66th minute, it was still Chamberlain's personal breakthrough in front of the penalty area.

Just like last time, still using the restraint of his teammates, he got a chance to single out West Bromwich Albion's defenders.

This time, Chamberlain, who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, made another breakthrough!

However, unlike last time, Jonas.Olson didn't let Chamberlain go.

He chose a passive foul.

Free kick!
The referee on duty made a decisive penalty.

At 28 meters from the goal, Arsenal won a free kick in the frontcourt.

At this time, the eyes of all Arsenal fans were on Li Yuxin, the world-recognized free kick master.

Although it is ridiculous to hype the scoring shortage of a super shooter, Li Yuxin has indeed failed to score in 2 games.

For this super shooter, it has been a long time since his last goal.

Arteta helped Arsenal break the team's scoring shortage just now, can Li Yuxin also break his personal "scoring shortage" now?

All Gunners fans are full of expectations.

They are looking forward to seeing the familiar Li Yuxin, the Li Yuxin flying in the stadium to celebrate.

(End of this chapter)