Extraordinary football jersey

Chapter 457 Attack!

"After shrinking for 45 minutes, Arsenal finally couldn't bear to counterattack."

"Look, they started to push the formation forward, but they don't know if their changes can reverse the disadvantage?"

"They will have more chances to score, but at the same time they will allow more chances for the opponent to score. It's really difficult to say whether this change is good or bad."

The change of Arsenal's position after the start of the second half cheered the outside world, thinking that they had finally waited for the good show they wanted to see.

But as the second half progressed, the outside world soon discovered that although Arsenal's formation was pressing up, they did not show what the outside world wanted to see in their offense.

"Strange. Why did the Arsenal team attack, but why did it make people feel that there was not much difference from the first half when they were attacking?"

"Is Arsenal's offense so weak against Barcelona's defense?"

"It's really incomprehensible. How can the Arsenal team attack? It's better to say they pushed the defense forward."

That's right.Arsenal's strategy after the start of the second half was really to push the defense forward.

Wenger calls this behavior active defense.

The real purpose is the same as the first half, or to consume the Barcelona team.Wenger felt that it was really difficult for Arsenal to score goals before Barcelona's physical problems.At the same time, in order to reduce the threat to your penalty area, it is best to push the consumption battlefield to the midfield.

And this approach is exactly what many teams are implementing in the face of Barcelona.

So, when everyone thought Arsenal were going to attack heavily, they were actually defending aggressively.According to Wenger's requirements, the players on the field maintained the defensive posture of the first half in the midfield, and at the same time made crazy presses.

It is said that Barcelona's KITI-KATA system is the least afraid of pressing.In many cases, it will turn the opponent's grab into a trap to break through the opponent's overall defense.

But that was all a few years ago.Since Xavi and Iniesta, the two midfield masters have left one after another, they can no longer achieve the effect of walking monkeys to lure the opponent's defense and then deliver a fatal blow.

Messi is actually the sharp knife used by the Barcelona team to break through the opponent's defense. Before launching a strong attack in the KITI-KATA system, the key is to control the ball.After leaving Harvey and Iniesta, it is already difficult to sustain it with only one Busquets in the midfield.

After Arsenal's high-pressure press in the midfield, the effect was amazing.

Not how many tackles they produced, but how much they forced Barcelona to panic when they had the ball.

Without Xavi and Iniesta's ball possession and offensive and defensive scheduling, Barcelona did not force Arsenal to have many loopholes except for being able to guide their feet in the midfield.

In the face of crazy pressing, the Barcelona team can only give the ball to Messi in many cases.

Where is Messi most frightening?
The Messi corridor at the front of the restricted area.

In that area, a sudden strong attack can often bring huge lethality.But in the midfield, no matter how strong Messi is with the ball, no matter how good his breakthrough is, where can he go?

What's more, under the key care of Torreira and Kolasinac, Messi seems to be playing football with a 100-pound oil bottle at any time.

There is no doubt that Messi has been greatly consumed.At the same time, it also made his performance gradually less powerful.

For a while, the Barcelona team could no longer achieve the siege of the first half.Even if they maintain the advantage of possession, the threat they pose to Arsenal's goal has also been greatly weakened.

Judging from this situation, Arsenal's changes in the second half still had a great effect.However, it is puzzling that they seem to be more keen on defense.

If the defense is done well, the chances of offense will naturally increase.But even if the Arsenal team steals the ball in the frontcourt, they are not determined enough in offense.

"It's really strange. Arsenal are clearly launching a high-pressure press in the frontcourt, but why are they so indecisive when attacking?"

"Could it be that they don't have confidence in themselves?"

"Or are they just pressing for the sake of pressing?"

Many people are very puzzled about the situation on the court.But the last sentence really touched Wenger's true thoughts today.

So, even a lot of Arsenal fans were screaming 'Go on.Go up, how many more people will enter the restricted area! ' and the like.But the Arsenal players on the field still seemed not very active in the offense.

In this way, a strange balance and glue is maintained on the court.The two sides are fighting more, and the threatening offensive has decreased significantly.

As time goes by, this sign becomes more and more obvious.One is the decline in the physical fitness of both sides, and the other is that the Barcelona team has a ball in hand, and the desire to attack is not so strong.

This situation is not good news for the lagging Arsenal team.Many Arsenal fans looked anxious.They almost wish they could go up and kick themselves, or go up and kick the player's ass so that the players can participate in the attack.

At this moment, Wenger looked at his watch, then came to the sidelines and made his first different tactical gesture of the game.

Yang Daye finally saw Wenger in the technical area again.When seeing Wenger's gesture, the whole person couldn't help but get excited.

"The time has come!"

"Brothers, the time has come. Our real attack can begin." After seeing Wenger's gesture, Yang Daye shouted excitedly.

"Great, let's start attacking!" All the Arsenal players who got the news became excited like Yang Daye.

They endured for most of the time. They gritted their teeth and fought hand-to-hand with their opponents for so long, and finally waited for the time to counterattack.

Up front, many of them especially wanted to run into Barcelona's box and attack when their side had the ball, to try and score goals.But Wenger's repeated explanations during the halftime break made them endure it.

"The biggest threat to the Barcelona team is Messi. As long as there is no problem with his physical fitness for 1 minute, we can't attack rashly for 1 minute."

"Only when Messi can't run is when we really counterattack."

Now Messi really can't run anymore.However, Arsenal also paid a great price: Kolasinac and Torreira couldn't run anymore.These two have been replaced by Ramsey and the newly joined Henrichs.

"attack!"

Arsenal's formation is still the same, but suddenly it gave everyone a different feeling.Everyone seemed to be buffed suddenly and became more active.

(End of this chapter)