Chapter 102 Thrilling
Chapter 102 Thrilling
Arsenal really don't have to worry.
Because apart from the one time when Fabianski played with fire, Arsenal's goal had not been tested much.
In the face of Luton's frontcourt pressing, the big deal for Arsenal's players is to make a clearance. Anyway, after Luton regains the ball, the attack is very simple.
Luton's offense is not as complicated as Arsenal's. Gao Bo advocates simplicity in offense. Basically, after a few passes, he must try to threaten the ball again, or shoot long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
If you look at the statistics, in the ten minutes of the game, Luton has scored the ball more than Arsenal in the 30-meter area, and even Luton is ahead of Arsenal in shooting - the game In the sixth minute, Drinkwater completed a long-range shot from the perimeter. Counting the previous Vardy’s words, Luton now has two shots, but Drinkwater’s long-range shot is higher. The beam, did not pose any threat.
However, the spectators watching the ball did not feel that Luton had any advantage on the scene. After all, Arsenal took control of the ball for most of the ten minutes. Luton was very active in the midfield and frontcourt, and the players continued to pay and run. Moved, but did not grab the ball.
"Arsenal's passing is getting smoother..." John said next to Gao Bo, frowning.
Gao Bo was also a little nervous at this time. He still underestimated the strength of Wenger's team. Compared with Chelsea and Manchester City, Arsenal is obviously a better ball-handling team, and there is no panic under such pressing.
Yes, despite the rise of Chelsea now, Arsenal was a strong team in the Premier League a few years ago, and they are second only to Manchester United in the number of Premier League titles.
Gao Bo wanted to make Arsenal's pass misses by pressing in the frontcourt, but it was clear that Arsenal were in good shape today. They were a little flustered at the beginning, but now they have become more and more calm.
The pass kept mobilizing Luton's players, and Arsenal played a game of possession on the pitch.
"Luton's strength is still far weaker than Arsenal. Now on the court, Arsenal seems to be at ease. Luton's players can only follow the ball and run, and I don't know if their physical fitness can support it." said at the commentary.
As Letkinson spoke, Arsenal organized an attack.
Cesc Fabregas suddenly pulled off the left side. He took the ball from Gibbs on the left side and turned around. Then he looked at the front and put a long diagonal pass and found the right side. Arshavin!
Arsenal quickly saw the weakness of Luton. In addition to the weak wing, Luton's frontcourt pressing will also make his team's defense in the backfield weak. As long as there are enough accurate long passes, Arsenal can then hit the ball directly into Luton's backline.
The Russian tsar stopped the ball firmly, and now only left-back Solo Davis is defending him.
Solo Davis is of course incomparable to Arshavin in terms of personal ability, so he was easily passed by Arshavin!
"Arshavin!!!!"
Letkinson stood up in the stands, and there were cheers from Arsenal fans in the stands.
After Arshavin succeeded, he glanced at the situation in the penalty area and prepared to pass the ball.
Arshavin glanced at Kante who had just completed the tackle. This was one of the key players of the opponent that the old man had emphasized before the game. It seemed that he really had some strength. He really didn't see when the other party came over. In fact, when Arshavin made a long pass, Kante had already started.
His anticipation was good, so when Arshavin passed Solo Davis, he filled the spot.
Now it was the Luton fans' turn to cheer, as Kante made a crucial defence.
Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief.
Weakness in strength is really uncomfortable. Arsenal's transmission and control cooperation, so that the frontcourt pressing arranged by Gao Bo before the game does not seem to have achieved very good results.
When you get it, do you want to retract it and put it in an iron bucket to fight back?
Gao Bo wavered a little, and immediately rejected it.
It's too early, it's not easy to hold on for 90 minutes, and if there is an iron barrel, then Arsenal's two centre-forwards will be happy.
Especially Adebayor, the Togo center has a physique no less than Drogba. With a height of 193 cm, he has a strong ability to work in the air.
Jeffrey and George Parker are not Adebayor's opponents if Arsenal are allowed to play the ball unscrupulously on both sides to find the center.
Compared with the two central defenders, Gao Bo still trusts Kante more.
Kante's large coverage gave Gao Bo the confidence to continue his frontcourt pressing tactics. But now Luton will start defending Arsenal's corners.
Cesc Fabregas took the ball away.
Adebayor is obviously the key player. George Parker, who is as tall as Adebayor, closely follows his opponent, while Jeffrey is defending his Dutch fellow Van Persie.
Cesc Fabregas is here for Van Persie.
Compared with Adebayor, Van Persie's body is not so strong, and Van Persie is not really good at header grabbing points.
Jeffrey leaped high and cleared the ball over Robin van Persie.
Luton's counterattack failed because Drinkwater was just about to turn around when he got the ball and was overturned by Alexander Songfang.
The referee called a foul, but did not give Alexander Song a card.
This made Gao Bo on the sidelines very dissatisfied. He held up the posture of playing cards and pointed to Drinkwater who was sitting on the grass while rubbing his thighs.
"Yellow card!!! This is a yellow card!!!" Gao Bo jumped on the sidelines, but the referee ignored him, and the fourth official just squinted his eyes. As long as Gao Bo did not leave the technical area, the fourth official did what he did in spite of.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Gao Bo had to mumble a few words, turned around and sat back on the coach's seat.
Wenger has been watching Gao Bo's performance in the coaching bench.
Are young people now so expressive? Wenger shook his head.
Wenger doesn't know now that in another year or two, coaches like Gao Bo who are rich in body movements on the sidelines, and even more exaggerated, will spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain...
"Well done lad..." Van Persie complimented his Dutch compatriot Geoffrey before turning away.
Although it is an admiration, it is so harsh to hear Jeffrey's ears, because Van Persie's tone of words is like an adult admiring a child for doing a math problem of "one plus one equals two" Same.
Jeffrey tried to retort, but Van Persie had walked away.
Facing the famous Dutch star like Van Persie, Jeffrey was still a little nervous, but he just took the ball away from Van Persie's head, which made Jeffrey calm down a little.
Gao Bo sat on the coach's bench. Although Arsenal just created an offensive threat, this is actually his preferred rhythm.
Because the game has been played for more than ten minutes now, Arsenal have not attacked many times, and neither of the two sides has a shot that hit the door frame. If this rhythm of the game continues, the first half may be so tepid.
However, Gao Bo's wishful thinking failed, and Wenger also stood on the sidelines and called Arsenal's offensive commander Cesc Fabregas to come over for a face-to-face instruction.
Arsenal have to take the initiative to change!
Soon, the game scene changed.
Cesc Fabregas goes to the wing
Arsenal began to pass the ball directly forward and fast on the wing, and Arshavin got the chance again!
This time, he diddge a little from the attacking angle and made a cross! ! !
"Adebayor!!!!"
In the exclamation of the commentator, Adebayor grabbed in front of George Parker and headed the ball to the goal!
Gao Bo jumped up from his seat in shock.
At this time, Claude Rondo made an incredible save!
He almost instinctively reached out to the left, left the ball inside the box, and was cleared by the recovered right-back Mitchell Piran...
"Claude Rondo!!!! Oh.... What a wonderful save!!" Letkinson grabbed the microphone in the stands with a shocked face, "Arsenal almost scored a goal!!"
Gao Bo felt that his heart was still beating, until he saw Mitchell kick the ball off the sideline, he calmed down a little.
It was... so thrilling.
Gao Bo called out the football card system.
The save success rate increased by 8%...
Maybe without this, the goal is going to be scored, my luck is good, and Luton's luck is also good...
But you can't count on luck in the game.