Chapter 115: Firepower Release

"Arsenal's defense on the left wing was a bit too scattered, and Bellerín failed to follow up and restrict Sun at the first time. Obviously Arsenal focused too much on the right wing, causing the left wing to be ignored."

"And Tottenham relies on the speed of the left wing to continuously attack Arsenal's defense."

The commentator was analyzing the reason for the goal loss, and what he said was reasonable, but Arsenal focused more on Eriksen.

However, Arsenal's defensive ability on the left wing is not weak. Tottenham's ability to score this goal was largely due to their good play and created the opportunity to score this goal.

Continuous early crosses allowed Arsenal to adapt to this pattern, and then suddenly changed to cutting inside.

And it was a success!

Tottenham have obviously practiced this kind of tactical coordination, and it has worked.

Arsenal were caught off guard.

The entire White Hart Lane stadium was in jubilation.

Tottenham fans were cheering and shouting loudly, celebrating the goal.

Arsenal are conducting further discussions.

Lucky didn't scold or blame any players for this. He gave more comfort.

Unless it's a low-level mistake, Lucky rarely scolds his teammates.

On the contrary, this will further affect the mentality of teammates.

"The left wing must follow up immediately and make appropriate fouls. He cannot pass the ball so easily. He must exert pressure." Le Kai paused and said; "His breakthrough cannot be sustained. How long!”

Sun Xingmin's breakthrough was purely based on speed.

Every violent move will inevitably consume a lot of physical energy. It is impossible for Sun Xingmin to continue to perform such violent passes throughout the game.

This also shows that as long as Arsenal seizes the opportunity, they can find the time to counterattack.

Soon, Tottenham's players ended their celebration and returned to their own half.

Lucky could feel the high spirits of Tottenham players at this time.

Especially Son Xingmin, after tasting this once, he obviously wants to try it again.

Sure enough, the game restarted, and after Tottenham stole the ball, they once again carried out the same attack on the left wing.

"Sun Xingmin is here again, another violent incident!"

boom!

Kanter directly knocked over Sun Xingmin with the ball.

Son Xingmin lay on the ground and stretched out his hands to indicate that he had been fouled.

Kanter also stood up silently.

The referee found Kanter to warn him, and the latter nodded sincerely.

Kanter's attitude caused the referee to give up his plan to show a yellow card and instead issued a verbal warning.

The Tottenham players were not very satisfied with this, and they further put pressure on the referee, saying that this was a yellow card action.

However, the referee's decision did not waver at all.

Son Xingmin got up from kicking, and the pain in his calf made him walk with a limp.

Sun Xingmin frowned. Obviously Kanter did not intend to let him continue to break through like this on the wing, and the other party also gave him enough warning and pressure.

The most important thing is that Sun Xingmin's physical fitness has also declined seriously at this time, and he doesn't know how long he can last.

"Slow down the pace!"

Eriksson came over and said to Sun Xingmin: "You don't have to play like this every time, look for good opportunities."

Sun Xingmin nodded slightly.

It may be more effective to be virtual and real than to attack directly.

Arsenal and Tottenham both have their own obvious offensive characteristics.

When it is difficult for both sides to limit the situation, the next step is to test who has a better offensive game and who can seize the opportunity.

At this time, there were less than five minutes left before the end of the first half.

Both sides actually slowed down the pace together and did not engage in excessively fierce confrontation.

Obviously, they all want to put the key to victory in the second half.

Without the fierce confrontation, five minutes passed quickly.

When the referee blew the whistle, the players from both sides left the field.

The head coaches of both teams also immediately returned to the locker room to make tactical arrangements.

"Both of us are very aware of the offensive characteristics of both sides. The second half of the game will be an offensive competition environment. Let's see which side plays a better offense and which side can better seize opportunities!"

Pochettino said seriously to the Tottenham players.

As for Arsenal, Mourinho's words were similar.

Both sides are excellent coaches and their ideas coincide on some levels.

However, compared to Pochettino, Mourinho's on-field command is better.

"Strengthen the offense! In the second half, Wilshere comes off, Ramsey comes on, and Kai plays as a central midfielder!"

Mourinho hopes to use Lucky's passing ability to continuously put pressure on the opponent.

It is true that Mourinho is a head coach who advocates defense, but often such head coaches also know how to attack.

There are many ways to defend, mainly divided into active and passive.

Now Arsenal will take the initiative to defend.

They need to put more pressure on the opponent's half, so that Tottenham will have fewer attacks and fewer threatening shots.

This is because after Arsenal has a core midfielder, they can adapt to a variety of playing styles.

Mourinho's tactics will also show diversity.

After the two sides took a break, as the whistle sounded, the players from both teams walked out of the locker room one after another.

The commentators were quick to spot the changes in Arsenal's squad.

Wilshere comes off and Ramsey comes on.

Arsenal made substitutions at the beginning of the second half.

And Lucky's position directly came to the central midfielder, which was a signal for attack.

Seeing Arsenal's change of formation, Pochettino frowned deeply.

He didn't expect Mourinho to make such a decisive substitution. He was still thinking about changing in ten minutes, but Mourinho obviously didn't want to wait for ten minutes.

Lucky stood in the field and took a deep breath.

Tottenham will wait for ten minutes at most. These ten minutes are Arsenal's advantage period. They have to find a way to score.

"Kai came to the central midfielder position. Mourinho clearly expressed that Arsenal is going to speed up!"

Tottenham took the lead in kicking off. Arsenal players quickly rushed to the opponent's half and pressed fiercely.

Lucky also kept assisting defense. Every time Lucky ran, Tottenham players felt extremely uncomfortable. He was always able to get stuck in their passing line.

This also led to Tottenham's forward passes becoming less and more left and right sideways.

Tottenham wanted to widen the field, but Arsenal's two wingers kept interfering, and they didn't dare to take the risk of long passes.

In the case of short passes, Luka's repeated movements made them uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal put great pressure on Tottenham.

"Arsenal started to play more actively. Their frontcourt pressing made Tottenham uncomfortable. Eriksen had to retreat to receive the ball, but once he retreated, the wing was empty. Arsenal only needed to watch the left wing. In this case, Arsenal would not let Tottenham pass the ball to the left wing easily!"

After clarifying the opponent's offensive method, Arsenal played more three-dimensionally.

In this way of playing, Tottenham was defeated.

With Luka's deterrence in the midfield, they became more flustered.

In the 49th minute, 4 minutes after the start of the second half, Ali made a mistake when passing the ball back.

The force of the knock back was weaker.

Ali also immediately realized the problem and frantically retreated to try to regain control of the ball.

But he was pushed away by Leka, and facing the central defender Vertonghen who was rushing at the same time, Leka pulled the ball horizontally, pulled away, and directly stuffed the ball into the gap where Vertonghen fell.

And Aubameyang ran at full speed, he used his speed to beat the Tottenham full-back and chose to shoot directly at the ball.

The ball flew into the goal with a bang, and goalkeeper Lori reacted quickly and dragged the ball out of the goal.

Arsenal took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and threatened Tottenham's goal again.

Aubameyang failed to score, he looked up helplessly and sighed, this shot should have been grasped!

"Aubameyang was very upset. This was a good chance to score, but he failed to seize it! But Arsenal got a corner kick opportunity. Let's see how they design this corner kick!"

When Lekai ran towards the opponent's penalty area, he passed by Aubameyang, patted his shoulder and said, "Good shot!"

Although he failed to score, it was indeed a very good shot.

It just lacked some luck.

"Don't think about these problems, focus on the game."

Lekai reminded him, and then started to run into the penalty area to compete for the header.