Chapter 99 The Front Defender

Chapter 99 The Front Defender

The Luton players walked into the dressing room.

Luton was drawn to the visiting dressing room for this game, but despite this, the visiting dressing room at Wembley looked much better than the home dressing room at Worth Stadium.

In addition to the high-grade wood planks on the floor, there are wardrobes, leather chairs, a row of massage chairs next to them, a whole row of shower rooms at the back, and even a small swimming pool in the dressing room. The warm water kept pouring out from the center of the pool, spreading over the top and out the surrounding drains.

"Be careful when you're soaking in the pool and suddenly it's ice water!" Geoffrey said, pointing to Kanter, who looked at the pool with his mouth open.

"This is a common trick for the home team to deal with the visiting team!" Jeffrey leaned in front of Kante and threatened, "I heard that the visiting team's locker room at Stamford Bridge is intermittently supplied with cold water and hot water, so that the visiting team dare not take a shower in the locker room. ."

"The visiting dressing room at Old Trafford doesn't even have a shower room. The windows are very small and the ceiling is much lower than a normal house. It is very uncomfortable for people to walk in."

"I heard that when the Emirates Stadium was newly built, Wenger personally directed the construction of the visiting team's locker room, ensuring that it would make the teams who go to the Emirates Stadium extremely uncomfortable..."

The players spoke out what they had heard one by one.

"We won't be treated like this today?!" Kanter was obviously intimidated, and the tactics of these giant teams are more ruthless.

"Of course not. This is the National Stadium, and it is a neutral stadium. The home and away teams will not be treated differently. Even the locker rooms of the home and away games are different in size, but there are some on the home team, and we will definitely be here. Yes." Captain Kevin Keane said while rubbing Kante's head.

Kanter was clearly relieved, he'd been wanting to take a dip in that hot tub for a long time.

But not now, because the team's assistant coach John Aston has been urging players to warm up quickly.

"Hurry up!! Change clothes and shoes, you only have thirty minutes!! GOGOGO!!!!" John Aston has been doing this job for nearly 20 years, and he is extremely skilled. It's just that this is the first time he has said such a set of rhetoric at Wembley.

It doesn't look much different from other courses.

The players filed out, from the tunnel to the pitch.

Outside the stadium, there was already a lot of voices, and the stands were full. On both sides of the stadium, the fans of Arsenal and Luton were clearly divided.

Gao Bo did not go out with the players, and he remained in the locker room, preparing for his final work before the game.

He's already got Arsenal's starting line-up, and he's pretty much what he expected before the game, except for a few changes up front.

He originally thought that Van Persie, who had just announced his recovery from injury last week, would not start in this game, and the combination of Adebayor and Arshavin would likely be the partner of the striker.

However, judging from the starting list just obtained, Van Persie was still ranked in the starting lineup by Wenger. He and Adebayor formed a double forward and were at the top.

Arshavin also started, he is likely to serve as the right midfielder in this game, the left midfielder is Nasri, and the two players in the midfield are Alexander Song and the Spanish genius Cesc Fabregas.

At present, Arsenal has enough manpower in midfield and frontcourt. On the bench, Arsenal still have players like Walcott, Ben Turner, Denilson, Bella, etc., and they are back from injury. Diaby also sat on the bench.

Wenger on the back line really let the young goalkeeper Fabianski start. In terms of using young people, Wenger is still very courageous.

The centre-back combination is the partnership of Kolo Toure and Hiltvez,

Left back Gibbs, right back Ebb.

Send out the players who are out due to injury, which is basically Arsenal's main players.

Gao Bo wrote the names of these players on the play board according to the 442 position.

Luton has been preparing for this game for a long time, no matter what starting Arsenal change, Luton can come up with countermeasures.

Gao Bo took out his notebook, which was already densely filled with matters needing attention in this game, but because of the changes in Arsenal's starting lineup, he added a few more.

After doing this, Gao Bo opened the football card system.

The card system of this game still does not refresh the task. Gao Bo is still a little regretful about this. It seems that other than the first time he played against Chelsea, there is no reward for playing against this level of opponents....

Maybe after reaching the final and winning the championship?

Gao Bo is also not sure, but the cards still have to be equipped in this game, which is the source of his confidence against Arsenal - if there are no cards, the difficulty for Luton to deal with Arsenal has increased by more than an order of magnitude .

Equip cards!

[Match Card (Blue): The interception success rate of the whole team is increased by 15%]

This is the core card used by Gao Bo. The tactics that Gao Bo arranged for Luton are largely set around this card. If there is no such card, Gao Bo hopes that the midfield and frontcourt will be oppressive. It is very likely that the law will be broken due to the lack of individual ability of the players.

Players are the basis for executing tactics.

Next, Gao Bo chose another three cards.

[Match Card (Yellow): Heading ability increased by 7%, designated player "Jeffrey" to use]

[Game Card (Yellow): Shooting skill increased by 6%, designated player "Valdi" to use]

These two cards were also frequently used by Gao Bo, and the card he used next was a yellow card exchanged after a series of victories.

[Match Card (Yellow): The save success rate is increased by 7%, and the designated player "Claude Rondo" can use it]

Gao Bo has wanted this card for a long time. A good goalkeeper can make up half the team. Although Claude Rondo's comprehensive strength did not satisfy Gao Bo, fortunately the England goalkeeper responded quickly in front of the goal, so Gao Bo has always let Claude start as the main goalkeeper.

Arsenal are not a defensive team, they have always been known for flashy attacking football. And in the face of Luton, Wenger couldn't keep his face down to play defensive counterattacks.

Gao Bo can be sure of this, so this game for Luton, the keynote is to first contain Arsenal's offensive, and then look for opportunities to attack.

"Do you know your mission?"

The players have warmed up and returned. Gao Bo was standing in front of Hassan Ali at this time, looking at the young player he promoted from the youth academy and said.

"Defense behind Jamie," Hassan Ali exclaimed.

Gao Bo nodded: "Remember!! Defend in the frontcourt like in the backcourt, go and snatch their ball!"

"Understood, boss!!" Hassan Ali nodded.

Since you want to defend, then do it thoroughly!

The Arsenal team is very young. If they are allowed to attack and are played by these young people, it is really not easy for Luton to defend!

Of course, Luton's defense is not a simple formation of iron barrels in the backcourt, but starts from the striker and oppresses the opponent's ball carrier!

Arsenal are good at advancing the offense through ground cooperation, so Gao Bo decided to use this trick in this game after he tried the defensive player forward tactics in the last league match, in line with Luton's usual overall defense, The tactics of pressing the frontcourt may disrupt the offensive organization of a team like Arsenal!

Gao Bo let Hassan Ali play as an almost shadow striker. Of course, letting him play this position with such a physical and wide-ranging midfielder is not because of Hassan's offensive talent - if he has it.

The reason Gao Bo did this was to prevent Arsenal's backcourt from playing the ball in a relaxed manner. It is best to cut the connection between Arsenal's defenders and midfielders. This is the fundamental way to curb Arsenal's offensive.

"Danny!! You have a wider range of activities!" Gao Bo said to Drinkwater, and then he stood up: "The whole!! Be sure to pay attention to the whole!! The overall oppression, the overall retreat!! "

That's what Gao Bo has instilled in Luton all along.

Offense isn't just for forwards, and defense isn't just for defenders.

Defense starts from the forward line!