Chapter 154 Midfield strangle

  Christmas is approaching, and the major seasons in Europe have also reached the half-offseason.

   Of course, the Premier League does not have a winter break, and they still need to continue fighting.

   In the Premier League, Liverpool is still showing a terrifying state, leading the entire league with a record of 11-3-1.

  This state, compared to the half-dead Red Army last season, has attracted extra attention.

   followed by Arsenal.

  Arsenal's state this season is in a relatively stable trend.

   Clinging on to the points gap, he didn't give Liverpool any breathing time at all.

   This attitude of chasing behind is the most unrelenting.

   It's just that in terms of lineup, Arsenal is going through a large number of rotations.

  Walcott's state is fluctuating, Vermaelen has a tendency to get injured, and the team is studying new tactics. Therefore, although it seems to be stable, they are constantly taking out new things and trying to invest in them.

  Of course, Arsenal fans are supportive of such changes.

  For Arsenal fans, what they fear most is that they will remain unchanged and maintain a state of competing for the fourth.

   Despite the current Arsenal's constant ups and downs, constant changes.

   But it also just shows that Arsenal is constantly making changes to find the best posture.

  Especially in midfield.

   Arteta began to appear in a rotation state in the tenth round of the league, and more of the team's organization was borne by Cazorla and Lucky.

  Two brand-new and young core players have injected vitality into the Gunners and at the same time increased their competitiveness.

  Arsenal under dual-core showed an extremely high competitive state in the 15th round.

   They slaughtered Cardiff 7-1.

   ushered in the biggest climax since the entire league.

  And this game completely made those who criticized Arsenal's "abandoning" Arteta disappear. After all, the current state of Arsenal is much better.

  The new Arsenal tactics give them the feeling that they are stable!

  With a solid defense, before the opponent enters the half court, Lucky can immediately form a multi-person defense network to intercept.

  Even if the opponent passes by, there is still the double protection of Le Kai's single line of defense and the back line.

   This makes it difficult for the opponent to break through Arsenal's defense.

   On the other hand, when attacking, Arsenal's posture is much more bold and unrestrained, rushing towards the opponent's penalty area like hungry wolves.

   When attacking, Lucky will not go too deep, but will protect and support more from the rear, which also provides a layer of insurance for Arsenal's offense.

   But the most exciting thing is the rhythm difference when the offense and defense change!

  This is Lucky's strong point!

  Using the ability of foresight to act as a metronome, in many cases, Lucky's sudden pass can directly change the rhythm.

   From fast to slow, from slow to fast!

   This rhythm difference gives the opponent a great sense of discomfort, but they have nothing to do. After all, Lucky is in the backcourt, and the pass coverage is extremely wide, and they can't limit it at all.

  In the era when high-position pressing was not yet rampant in the Premier League, Arsenal's style of play made the entire Premier League extremely uncomfortable.

  Faced with this change, many media said that ‘Arsenal and Wenger have found the right path, and the Gunners are gradually waking up! '

   In the UEFA Champions League, after six rounds of group matches, the top 16 places have been locked.

  Group A: Manchester United, Leverkusen.

  Group B: Real Madrid, Galatasaray.

  Group C: Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiacos.

  Group D: Bayern Munich, Manchester City.

  Group E: Chelsea, Schalke 04.

  Group F: Dortmund, Arsenal.

  Group G: Atletico Madrid, Zenit.

  Group H: Barcelona, ​​AC Milan.

   Throughout the UEFA Champions League group stage, Group B had a big upset.

  Juventus lost to the Turkish Super League team Galatasaray and missed the Champions League knockout round.

  Home and away, one draw and one loss, Juventus, with Chiellini, Bonucci, Pirlo, Pogba, Vidal, Tevez, has produced extremely poor results.

   In the two games, the veteran Drogba and Sneijder played amazingly, which also made many people look at the Galatasaray team differently.

   In addition, the competition in Group F is even more intense.

  Group F is known as the death group, but their game showed the situation of the 'two' thriving.

  Dortmund and Arsenal have all handed over a 5-0-1 record in the six rounds.

   They only lost one game at each other's home court, and won the rest of the games!

   In terms of goal difference, Dortmund led Arsenal by 1 goal and took the top spot in the group.

   This also makes Arsenal feel extremely sorry.

  If they score two more goals in the last game, they will be first in the group.

   But there is no regret medicine in the world!

  The second place in the group also appeared, but it was more difficult to play!

  In the second place in the entire group, Arsenal became the most difficult piece of hard bone.

  Arsenal today is in constant change and has shown an excellent state.

   In this regard, the German media "Kicker" stated:

  "Arsenal has become the last opponent that a team that appears first in the Champions League group will not want to encounter. No one wants to be told that their opponent is Arsenal after they have worked so hard to win the group."

"Compared to Manchester City's ups and downs in the group stage, Arsenal has been very stable, especially after entering February, the main players have returned from injury. This kind of Arsenal is definitely not those who aim to reach the top of Europe. The opponent the team wants to face!"

   "But Arsenal are there! A team has to face him!"

   "This will be an extremely exciting match. This is a hard bone! Very hard! Very hard! Even if it is crushed, the opponent will lose one or two teeth!"

   Even the "London Sports News" complained for Arsenal.

"Arsenal should be in Group A! Manchester United's performance is not good. Although he appeared first in the group, he could not go far in the Champions League. Instead of this, it is better to let Arsenal advance as the top of Group A. They get a better schedule!"

   "Among the current Premier League Champions League teams, only Chelsea and Arsenal are competitive enough."

   "The era of Manchester City duo is over!"

   This is also the opinion of many Premier League fans!

   They do not deny the performance of Manchester City and Manchester United in previous seasons.

  But in this season, the performance of the Manchester City duo is extremely bad.

  Especially for Manchester United, after Ferguson's departure, Moyes was unable to control the team, which led to many problems.

   Compared with the Manchester City duo, Arsenal and Chelsea led by Wenger and Mourinho are the real hard bones.

  Arsenal in the past lacked a scary point.

  But now that Arsenal has ushered in Lucky's big explosion on the defensive end, no team can ignore this point.

  Many times, when facing Arsenal, they have to worry about how to deal with Lucky.

   After all, being unable to pass Lucky means that a goal cannot be scored.

  Arsenal's wall has become a problem for many teams.

   And now this problem has come to Manchester City.

  The 16th round of the Premier League, Manchester City VS Arsenal!

  Facing Arsenal, which is now gaining momentum, how does Manchester City deal with it.

   And whether Manchester City will still show a bad game state.

   This game has also become the focus of the Premier League.

  December 14, Manchester City, Manchester City Stadium.

  Ah~~~~~~~~~!

  More than 60,000 Manchester City fans at the scene made annoyed voices.

  First half, 14 minutes.

  Arsenal was intercepted by Manchester City during the attack and launched a quick counterattack.

  Yaya Toure passes the ball to David Silva.

  In this game, David Silva, who was on the right, was marked by Le Kai before he could complete his turn.

   Lucky put a lot of pressure on David Silva, he couldn't turn around at all.

   In the process of constantly pulling the ball left and right, Lucy finally got impatient and pushed hard with his body, grabbing the ball arbitrarily from David Silva's feet.

  This steal does not have much technical content, it is pure force crushing, but because of this, Manchester City fans feel helpless.

  Because when facing Le Kai, they really don't seem to have a good way to break through him.

  The only thing that can be done is to bypass Lucky.

   But Lucky's excellent predictive ability can always come to the ball's landing point, which makes it very difficult for them to deal with!

   "Following last season's FA Cup final, Manchester City once again ushered in the crazy strangling of Arsenal's midfielder!"

  Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray shook his head and said; "Obviously, so far, Manchester City still can't find a way to break through Kai."

   Lucky is wandering in the middle circle.

  The Manchester City fans booed a lot.

   And when he got the ball, the boos got louder.

   This affected Lucky to a certain extent, but also made him feel a little uncomfortable.

   Le Kai settled down to observe the direction of the game.

   At the same time, pay attention to the running position of teammates.

   Cazorla passed the ball back to Le Kai, and as soon as Le Kai received the ball, the opponent's center, Negredo, rushed over and harassed Le Kai.

   As a rare and powerful center in football, Negredo has enough confidence in his own tonnage.

  But after he entangled Le Kai, he found that he was completely unshakable.

   And Lucky almost carried Negredo on his back to complete the work of delivering the ball.

  Seeing Lucky complete the ball, Negredo shook his head helplessly.

  He was very depressed.

  I, a strong man weighing 85 kilograms, failed to shake Le Kai. What kind of physical ability is this.

  At the same time, he also somewhat understood Aguero's entrustment to him before the game.

  ‘Don’t fight that guy! That's just asking for trouble! '

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