Since the end of the last round, Newcastle United has been preparing for the game.

The coaching staff has conducted repeated research on Arsenal's recent games, and has conducted a long discussion on Arsenal's personnel and style of play. The tactics have been prepared in advance, and the players are still involved in tactical training. drill.

The day before the game, the coaching staff determined the play and starting lineup.

Alledes was sitting in the office, staring at the tactical board in front of him. His body and head remained motionless. He reached out and grabbed the burger on the table accurately, put a big bite in his mouth, and then Put the burger back in place without blinking halfway.

It took two minutes or so for Alledes to finally move. He took a deep breath and sat down on the desk again, picked up the burger and ate it.

The burger was quickly wiped out.

Alledes felt that his thinking had become more sensitive. He recalled the tactics he played with Arsenal when he coached Bolton--

Defensive counterattack!

Bolton's strength is much worse.

Bolton only has the middle level of the Premier League at most, and Arsenal ranked first in the league's offensive game. He can only choose conservative tactics, let the players go **** the field, pay more hard work than their opponents, and have better status and luck. Spell out the victory.

Newcastle United is much stronger than Bolton, but there is still a gap with Arsenal.

This gap must be faced squarely.

So what is the way to play against Arsenal? The result of the coaching team's discussion is to play a balanced offensive and defensive 442, sit at home and use a stable style of play, perhaps be able to beat Arsenal.

Allades was hesitant.

If he could choose, he wanted to use "defense counterattack" without hesitation, and playing defense with a team that was good at attacking was the most advantageous option, but the team's situation was also awkward.

In Newcastle United's lineup, midfield and frontcourt can be described as 'gorgeous'. It can even be said that it is 'not worse than any team'. The ability level of the defender line will be one grade worse.

"This line of defense cannot be kept!" Everyone has the same conclusion.

Alledes also understands the weakness of the defensive line. Adopting a defensive counterattack will give opponents more opportunities to attack, and the disadvantage of the defensive line will be exposed to the maximum extent.

So they can only choose to play head-on.

‘Offensive and defensive balance’ is just a way of saying that it really kicks against a strong offensive team. As the pace of the game continues to accelerate, ‘offensive and defensive balance’ quickly becomes a counterattack.

This is what Alledes is worried about.

When the game became the "attack mode", the fight between the two sides became the goal-breaking efficiency. Even in the first four games, Newcastle United scored more goals, and he was not sure that the efficiency could exceed Arsenal.

Wenger said in an interview that it makes sense that Newcastle United's goal numbers are unhealthy. As long as the opponent limits Zhen Shaolong, the efficiency of the entire team will drop significantly.

Will it still be Arsenal's opponent?

"Damn Michael!"

Alledes swears Irving secretly. What makes him uncomfortable with Irving is that Irving has maintained ‘inefficiency’ for a long time. In the past, he only scored one goal.

If Irving is as efficient as Zhen Shaolong ...

Do not!

Even if only half of the efficiency, he can completely relax and just play against Arsenal head-on.

So far, Irving is the second striker in playing time, but he only scored one goal.

Allodes has his heart on Martins.

This is a helpless place.

The game against Arsenal is too important and has received too much attention. After the last round, it was expected by various media analysis. It is better to let Irving appear in the field.

"Just give him another chance!" Allades gritted his teeth, determined. "If not, let Martins come!"

Alladez shook his head helplessly, examining the planned starting lineup-

Frontline: Zhen Shaolong, Owen.

The main force of Milner on the left is stable, and Enzobia on the right is also worthy of trust.

The two midfielders are Barton and Bart.

Button ... this point?

"He can indeed try to start. The last pass to Zhen was beautiful." Alledes looked down with approval.

Smith played the left back and cooperated with Nzobia to increase the impact of the left. The other three defenders were Taylor, Rozenar and Karl.

"So be it!"

Allodes is determined.

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The afternoon before the game, Alledes announced the starting lineup and roster.

The starting lineup is a bit unexpected, and basically reasonable.

The two focal points of the team are Button's starter and Smith's transposition to the left back. But Button is originally a top-notch star. Smith is a versatile player on the field. The hard work is still convincing and the starter is also acceptable.

only……

Irving was a little unacceptable.

After listening to the list of starting lineups, Owen suddenly had a bad hunch, because Barton and Smith both started. These two guys are the people of the "Zhen Shaolong camp". They are also the same on the field. Zhen Shaolong passes the ball.

Milner ...

This kid seems to have betrayed!

Irving didn't have the slightest solution. He knew that his performance was difficult to say. It was good to start, and he had no right to interfere with the work of the head coach.

He can only accept.

Fortunately, there are Bart and Nzobia in the starting lineup. Should they pass more to themselves?

Owen smiled friendly at Bart.

Nicky Bart felt inexplicable and somewhat "disgusted" in his heart. Yes, he and Irving were not familiar with it. There was no personal friendship to say, and there was even some bad feelings. The bad feelings came from the hostility between Manchester United and Liverpool.

Bart was born in Manchester United youth training and Irving was born in Liverpool youth training.

Manchester United and Liverpool will not deal with it!

At the time, Bart's glorious time playing for Manchester United was catching up with Irving to become a "chasing boy". Both sides will not have a good attitude on the court.

Not talking about history.

In the process of playing for Newcastle United, Bart and Irving did not intersect. Last season Bart returned to Newcastle United, and Owen was almost injured for a season.

Bart is a player who desperately wants to pursue honor. He is also older. He knows that he has not been in a few years. How can a guy like Irving get a high salary, have no performance, have a bad status and seize the position, how can he feel good?

If he made a choice between Zhen Shaolong and Irving, he did not hesitate to choose Zhen Shaolong. Zhen Shaolong averaged two goals a game and was Newcastle United's No. 1 hero in the league!

The other player, the young Enzobia, is an excellent player in the team, but he is always overlooked. Because of his lack of language cells, he has played for Newcastle United for more than two seasons and can only do it with his teammates. communicate with.

and so……

Owen is really helpless.

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St James Park Stadium.

The players of Newcastle United and Arsenal stood on both sides of the court respectively. With the support of the audience fans, the referee blew the opening whistle.

The game officially started.

The crowd around the stands was overcrowded, and the shouts of more than 50,000 fans made the scene very boiling.

The two sides also played very passionately.

Newcastle United and Arsenal are not conservative, it seems that because of mutual understanding, both sides quickly invested in the game, the continuous offensive, defensive and defensive make the game particularly exciting.

The offense battle is the favorite of fans, the appreciation of the game will be greatly enhanced, the fans cheering in the audience will be louder than loud, as if there will be no interruption.

In the continuous offensive, the chance of striker players will often increase a lot, but Zhen Shaolong's feelings are not good, he finds that he is mainly marked by the opponent-

William Gallas!

From the first minute of the game, Gallas came to defend against Zhen Shaolong. He is a very strong player with rich experience. He is definitely the world's best defender, and everyone can support the entire line of defense. .

Guards of this level are a bit overkill for defending the opponent's forward alone.

then……

Zhen Shaolong became very difficult, he was difficult to receive the pass of his teammates, continuous pass of the teammates means continuous failure.

Newcastle United's previous offensives ended with him.

Sidelines.

Wenger sat steadily on the coach's seat, watching the opponent's offense on the court, stopping in the same position again and again, and couldn't help showing a confident smile, as if everything was under control.

This is a well-defined marking strategy.

Newcastle United's striker combination, Zhen Shaolong plus Irving, sounds very shocking, sweeping the Premier League completely no problem, but in fact, Irving's efficiency is not high, he is a kind of player who is afraid of injury, and some dodge on the field , Performance will naturally be affected.

As long as Zhen Shaolong is restricted, most of the other party's efficiency will be stuck!

Then, head to head!

Wenger believes that Arsenal's efficiency will be much higher than that of Newcastle United!

This is self-confidence!

However, the situation in the game, Arsenal is not dominant. Arsenal's strategy is to allow Gallas to mark Zhen Shaolong, even if other players do not work on defense, it is equivalent to the lack of a central defender, Gilberto has to Continuous retracement, even staying in the backcourt most of the time to ensure the stability of the entire defense line.

This is the case with football games.

There can be fewer people in the front court, and absolutely not in the back court.

The striker 'fights off' the central defender, his own efficiency is affected, the other party must also add defense, because the single central defender is very dangerous, the attacking side will always be beneficial, even if Irving's efficiency is not good, let him face a central defender alone, he may also throw Into the goal.

Gilberto stayed in the backcourt for a long time, Arsenal is equal to missing a person in the middle.

Fabregas was too tired to support alone, he faced the fight with Joey Barton in a row.

Fabregas is Arsenal's core midfielder and the core star of the entire team. His skills are certainly no problem. He is quite good and outstanding, but he is one-on-one with the "bad boy" Patton. He is also difficult to account for. How much is cheaper.

Fabregas' feelings are probably no better than Zhen Shaolong.

In the fifteenth minute of the opening, the two sides were equal.

Zhen Shaolong stood defensively in the frontcourt and was very depressed. The support of his teammates was very timely and in place. However, Gallas around him is indeed experienced and it is too difficult to pass the ground ball.

"Play the ball!"

"Highball!"

Taking advantage of the chance of a dead ball, Zhen Shaolong said to Patton, "If I play a high ball in front, maybe I can go to the door and fight for a point." He wanted to try it with "Must Kill".

If a teammate kicks the ball to the door in succession and finds a chance, as long as he misses a little, he will be able to activate "Survival" to score the ball.

Button did not understand, but nodded.

In the next five minutes, Barton and Milner hanged their feet in the penalty area, one time to find Owen ’s point, Owen failed to grab it, and the other was to find Zhen Shaolong ’s point, Zhen Shaolong was stuck in position, fighting for the opportunity nothing.

After losing twice in a row, Zhen Shaolong felt that he should remind his teammates to ‘normally kick’ and do n’t always pass the ball to himself. It is meaningless to waste opportunities again and again. He is still more used to waiting for opportunities.

When you think so, the opportunity comes immediately.

Zhen Shaolong was standing on the right side of the penalty area. After his teammates passed around on both feet, he ran to the middle of the penalty area. Patton fell over again and fell to the top of his head.

Galas's stuck position leaped for the first time.

At this time.

Zhen Shaolong flashed suddenly, remembering the ball control method of "Strike", and immediately jumped up high. The moment "Strike" shined, he immediately opened his skills.

Then he ignored the ball.

After trying his best to keep the landing stable, the "Strike" effect disappeared because of physical contact with Galas, but the "Football Follow Effect" also played a role. The ball landed steadily in front of him, and Zhen Shaolong immediately reacted and turned the ball towards He took a kick on the right and then quickly followed.

Others did not respond at all.

When Zhen Shaolong kicked the ball to the right, the experienced Galas ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ didn't even know where the ball was. After he jumped, he didn't make any effort, and he couldn't keep his balance on the ground. Fell to the ground.

The surrounding players also felt that Gallas could successfully make the clearance, and most people looked to the front.

Then ... what about the ball?

When several players looked around, they discovered that the football had reached the right side, and a Newcastle United player chased it and waved his right foot in the reverse direction of the rhythm.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"Boom!"

In their dazed surprise, the football has rushed towards the goal and drilled into the near corner precisely against the right post.

at this time.

Most of the talents reacted and found the player's number-number 13!

Zhen Shaolong!