After the game, Wenger was unhappy with Yello's red card. He said at the press conference that the second yellow card given by the referee to Yello was too harsh!
Many media were also discussing the red card after the game.
Because this is Ye Luo's first red card in his career so far.
Of course, there are also more media talking about Arsenal's great reversal - speaking of which, Arsenal has not had such a soul-stirring reversal in a long time.
People are praising Ye Luo's wonderful performance.
As for Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger, the old coach has been very clear. The team has reached a time when changes must be made.
The reversal of this game was thrilling, and it even relied on Ye Luo's killer kill to complete the reversal.
If the team's problems are not solved, will we still have to rely on such luck to win games in the future?
For a team that aims to compete for the championship, if such hidden dangers are not resolved, sooner or later it will become the trigger that brings down the team and causes the team to collapse at a critical moment.
Starting from the game against Manchester City, the team has now played eight games, five league games, two Champions League games, and one League Cup.
There are goals conceded in every game!
This problem is very serious!
Losing goals in every game indicates that the team's defense has major problems. If the team's offense had not covered up the defensive problems, Arsenal would not have achieved this result.
In other words, if it were not for Yello, Arsenal this season would probably fall to the middle of the league at the beginning of the season.
When the team resumes training.
Wenger frowned slightly on the sidelines of the training ground and stared at the players who were training.
"Our defensive system may need to make some changes."
Wenger said.
Assistant coach Steve Black nodded solemnly.
The team's problems have been placed on the desk of the coaching staff.
In fact, it can be summed up in two points.
The first is, of course, that the team currently lacks experience and the average age is too young.
The second is that the team now has too many "glass men".
Needless to say, Vermaelen, Diaby, and Gervinho are old injuries.
Two hours of charging and two minutes of use.
Arsenal's "Prince" Wilshere, who had high hopes before, was injured for the season against Wigan last season. He played two games as a substitute this season and is now missing training due to injury.
There are also two old injuries in Rosicky and Arshavin.
Arteta was originally quite durable, but as he got older, he began to be troubled by injuries.
The first problem is not a big one in Wenger's opinion.
The real key lies in the second question.
On the surface, Arsenal's lineup is quite good.
But what about excluding these glass people and old injured people?
Only young people with little experience are left.
It is actually really difficult to make the decision to exclude these players from the main lineup.
"There's very little room for change."
Blake said.
"The reason for conceding more goals is that the midfielder is too weak. Diaby cannot play, and Arteta cannot play either. If three midfielders are arranged, Cazorla will start and Coquelin will play as a single defensive midfielder. It’s not enough to protect the defense.”
Wenger nodded after hearing this.
Conceding too many goals is not necessarily a problem with the defense.
Now that Monreal has returned from injury, his position at left back is still very stable.
The centre-back partnership of Mertesacker and Koscielny cannot be said to be particularly bad.
There are many people who can play at right back, and Sagna and Jenkinson can play in rotation.
Candidates for other positions are slightly scarce.
On the surface Arsenal have a huge squad.
But there are only so many people who can really use it.
The Premier League's schedule is much more intensive than La Liga and Bundesliga.
Not only does the Premier League have one more cup to play, but there is also no winter break.
The Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League are four-front battles. If there are not enough rotations, it will not be able to survive.
"We need to make up our mind."
Wenger said.
"Wouldn't it be too hard on them?" Blake hadn't finished speaking yet.
Wenger turned around and said: "I will not give up on them. If they can stay healthy for a long time, they will win back the starting position!"
Blake was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, for Arsenal, leaving aside the issue of rotation, maintaining a stable main starting lineup as much as possible is the top priority.
If the starting lineup is unstable and one gets injured today and another gets injured tomorrow, the result will be that the team lacks stability and continuity on the field.
This is one of the reasons why Arsenal have struggled so much over the years.
"Beyond that, I plan to change the formation. Where do you think Ye's best position is?" Wenger asked.
"This." Blake thought about it seriously after hearing this question, then shook his head and said: "I don't know, I even think he can play any position in the frontcourt, whether he is left winger, right winger, center forward, shadow He can perform at the top level at forward and other positions!" Black said.
"You're right!" Wenger looked at the players training on the court and handed over the training tasks to other coaches.
Wenger and Black returned to the office together.
Wenger took out the tactical board and placed the chess pieces representing the players on the tactical board.
"4311?" Blake was stunned, why is there one person missing? Is the old man confused? Not quite like it?
I only saw Wenger pointing to the initial positions of the players on the tactical board and saying: "According to our starting arrangements in the past few games, in the midfield, with Diaby injured, Coquelin is the only one in the midfield. The midfielder who defends in the backcourt, this puts a lot of pressure on him! So..." Wenger pointed to three points lined up in the midfield.
"My idea is to arrange three midfielders to protect the defense and receive the ball!"
"Three midfielders?" Blake asked with some uncertainty.
"No, no, no, unlike the three defensive midfielders, we actually have a defensive midfielder and two central midfielders here."
"But what about offense? Do we only rely on these players in the frontcourt to attack?" Blake looked at the frontcourt and
"This position belongs to Cazorla, this position belongs to Giroud or Walcott!" Wenger said, pointing to the two 1's of 4311 in front.
"Where is Ye arranged?"
"You asked the key to the problem!" Wenger laughed, "I don't plan to arrange any position for him! He is free!"
"Free man?"
"Not a free agent, but almost there. When he needs to control the midfield, he will be in the midfield. When he needs to score goals, he will be in the frontcourt. In short, he will not have a fixed position. I need him to follow his own path. He has thoughts and wishes to play football, and any restrictions will suppress his strength!" Wenger said.
"4321 or 4312?" Blake stared at the tactical board.
"No, no, no, don't get into a fixed mindset. If he feels it is necessary, he can even appear on the midfielder line!" Wenger said.
"Will this put him under too much responsibility and pressure?" Blake frowned.
"I'm not worried at all!" Wenger was full of confidence. "I have great confidence in him. Do you know what the king of the ball is? This is the real king of the ball. This is how the king of the ball plays!"
"Aren't you worried about him being frozen?"
"Who? Who can freeze him?" Wenger said. He did not wait for Black to answer and continued: "We have three midfielders to protect the defense. It is absolutely solid defensively and at the same time, it completely unlocks Yelo's freedom on the offensive end. , I believe that even if we withdraw a player from the frontcourt, it will not affect the team's offensive sharpness!"
Blake looked at the tactical board.
In theory, Wenger's idea is indeed feasible.
Mertesacker and Koscielny are both tall central defenders who cannot turn quickly.
The previous goals conceded in consecutive games were related to this. Many teams in the Premier League chose to use deft forward players to face Arsenal's two central defenders, and achieved good results.
But that's not a problem with the two defenders because that's what they are.
Of course it would be best if there were two central defenders with complementary characteristics and a tacit understanding, but this combination is rare. Even if there is such a player, Arsenal may not be able to buy it-not to mention that the window is now closed. .
So Arsenal's coaches can only figure out what to do with the manpower they have on hand.
There is one more player in the defensive midfielder and one less player in the frontcourt.
While solidly defending, leave the offense in the frontcourt completely to Ye Luo.
This is undoubtedly a great trust in Yeluo's offensive ability, which is of course also a risk.
But judging from Ye Luo's ability.
He indeed has the potential to organize and attack in the frontcourt!
He can drop back to the midfield to participate in organization, and he can also press forward to score goals.
Of course, these are all theoretical things.
This change also requires the team to make some tactical training adjustments, as well as Yelo's own wishes.
Ye Luo's current status is here. If he is asked to change his playing style and position, he must communicate and discuss it.
"You want me to change positions?"
Ye Luo stared at the tactical board in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes, we have conceded goals in the last few games, so I plan to arrange an extra midfielder to protect the defense, but in this case..." Wenger looked at Yello: "Our offensive ability in the frontcourt may be compromised. weaken."
"So you plan to let me have a wider range of activities, taking into account both organizing offense and scoring goals?" Ye Luo showed a look of interest on his face.
Wenger has just shown him several offensive routines.
As a professional player, of course he knows very well that Wenger's arrangement is to leave the frontcourt offense completely to him. His authority will be maximized. There are no restrictions on him in the team's tactics. All players need to watch. Playing in his position.
Such an arrangement may put a lot of pressure on other players.
But for Ye Luo, he was only excited!
Because this arrangement seems to activate his abilities to the maximum extent.
Ye Luo's abilities are very comprehensive.
Sanluo template in hand.
Ronaldo is a center forward, Ronaldinho is actually more of an attacking midfielder, and Ronaldo is a winger.
Therefore, Ye Luo's own positional attributes are also very vague. At times, he will also carry out large-scale activities to drive the team's offense.
But these are special behaviors at certain moments on the court.
But now, Wenger is asking him to completely change his role!
"Boss, I will accept your arrangement. I don't have any problems."
Ye Luo said.
To be honest, he doesn't care about playing any specific position. And now Wenger is not weakening his authority on the court, but greatly liberating his performance on the court.
from now on.
He can even be called the team's "head coach" on the court.
How the team wants to play, how to attack, when to recycle, when to press, all decisions are made by Ye Luo himself.
Such trust moved Ye Luo very much.
After Ye Luo agreed.
Wenger also began to arrange the content of the tactical training for Jiang Xing.
For the Arsenal players, this arrangement is very surprising, but with Yello's personal ability here, no one will be dissatisfied.
not to mention.
At least during the training process, the team's performance was very good.
Because Ye Luo received a red card from two yellows to one red, he needed to be suspended for one game.
Originally, Arsenal could appeal. Although there is a high probability that this suspension will not be cancelled, the suspension will also be postponed for one game.
After considering the pros and cons, Arsenal decided not to appeal.
Because Arsenal's opponent in the eleventh round of the league is Everton at home, and their opponent in the twelfth round of the league is Chelsea, who is currently ranked second in the league.
And after playing Chelsea, the thirteenth round of the league was to challenge Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Even against powerful opponents, it was always on the away field.
Therefore, Arsenal would rather let Yello complete the suspension penalty in the eleventh round so that he can play in the twelve and thirteenth rounds.
However, the Premier League ban does not extend to the Champions League.
Therefore, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage on November 7, when Arsenal faced Schalke 04 at home, Yello still appeared on the stage.
Schalke 04 is not a weak team. They are Arsenal's strongest opponent in the group stage.
After three rounds of group matches, Arsenal scored 7 points with two wins and one draw, ranking second.
Because Schalke 04 also had two wins and one draw, ranking first in the group with its goal difference advantage.
Therefore, this game is a battle between the first and second teams in the group to compete for the top spot in the group standings.
Yello has scored four goals in the Champions League group stage this season, and his scoring rate is much lower than last season. Many media believe that Yello has "finally fallen back to normal levels."
The implication is that Yello's crazy performance in the Champions League last season was abnormal.
How could Ye Luo endure this?
In addition, this game largely determines the ranking of the group, and after playing this game, Yeluo had to wait for 10 days until the away game against Chelsea in the twelfth round of the league before he could play.
Therefore, in this game, Ye Luo was very motivated and seemed to want to vent all his strength.
Although Schalke 04 has performed very well in the Bundesliga in the past few seasons, they have always been able to finish in the top four.
But they also know that they do not have an advantage in strength against Arsenal this season on the road.
Therefore, they did not press out to attack Arsenal.
Their goal is to maintain a draw in this game, and then count on scoring more goals against the other two opponents in the group, and grab first place in the group with a goal difference advantage.
This goal is very realistic.
But how could Ye Luo let them succeed?
Therefore, Schalke 04's defense only lasted 19 minutes.
In the 20th minute of the game, Yelo shot furiously from outside the penalty area and blasted the ball into the goal.
This is his fifth goal in the Champions League this season.
Tied with Messi - but Barcelona has not yet played its fourth game in the group stage.
So Ye Luo couldn't relax.
And this conceded goal also made Schalke 04 a little less calm.
They originally expected to defend Arsenal so that Arsenal could not attack for a long time, but they did not expect that the goal was breached in less than twenty minutes.
Just when there was some confusion on Schalke 04's side because they lost the ball.
Ye Luo seized this opportunity.
In the 23rd minute of the game, he passed Monreal on the edge of the penalty area, then went straight into the penalty area, received Monreal's pass, and headed the ball into the Schalke 04 goal.
Arsenal leads 2:0 at home! !
After falling behind by two goals, Schalke 04 knew that their defensive strategy was completely bankrupt.
It wasn’t just the two-goal deficit that put them in a very difficult position.
But they had no choice but to discover that holding on tightly was of no use to Ye Luo.
Keep holding on and hope you get lucky and don't concede the ball again?
Or should we press forward bravely and hope that we can get a point back with good luck?
The head coach of Schalke 04, the Dutch Stevens, made a decision after hesitating for a moment: continue to defend, but strengthen the counterattack.
In other words, Schalke 04 still has to look for offense when it has the ball.
This decision is very wise, indicating that he has not lost his mind and has not rushed to attack-otherwise, with Yelo's state in this game, Schalke 04 will die miserably.
And if they continue to hold on, Schalke, the mighty Bundesliga powerhouse, will be a little too shameless.
So we have to continue to defend, but we can't defend to the death, but we have to be somewhat offensive.
However, although Schalke 04 launched some attacks, there were really few offensive threats.
Instead, he lost the ball again in front of the crazy Ye Luo.
Before the end of the first half, Yello's breakthrough created a free kick. Then he took the penalty himself and scored his first direct free kick goal after joining Arsenal!
"Ye Luo!!!"
The commentators roared in elongated voices.
"Beautiful arc! Beautiful goal! The football hits the dead center!"
"Hat trick! Hat trick!! Before the first half is over, Yello has already scored a hat trick! He has scored his seventh goal in the Champions League this season! He has surpassed Messi by two goals!"
"He is still the same Ye Luo! The Ye Luo who made the whole of Europe tremble under his feet!!"
amid the roars of the commentators.
The first half of the game is over.
There was a sense of relief among the Schalke 04 players.
But when they thought about the forty-five minutes left in the second half, they couldn't help but frown.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Schalke 04 failed to find any scoring opportunities in the second half.
Fortunately, Yelo did not continue to score in the second half - he returned to the midfield to find the feeling of playing in the midfield to prepare for the next game.
But even so.
Yello also completed two assists in the second half, assisting Cazorla and substitute Walcott to complete the goal.
As a result, Yelo's assists in the Champions League this season have reached 4 times.
He ranks first in both the scorer list and the assist list!
There has been such stable output for three consecutive seasons.
Nowadays, more and more people believe that Ye Luo is the best player in the world today!
(End of chapter)
