Huge cheers and screams poured into the ears from all directions.
"beep--"
As the referee blows his whistle, the game begins.
Before the whistle blew, Liverpool high center Crouch had just passed the ball back to Fabregas, and Chen Mo, wearing the away white No. 10 jersey, had already swooped forward.
"Don't scare me."
Seeing Chen Mo running towards him, Xiaofa didn't hesitate. He took two steps forward to meet the ball. He gently moved the ball with his right foot and passed the ball to Alonso in front of him on the right. Then he grinned at Chen Mo, and then began to slowly move toward him. The position of the lower back is retreated.
Not only was Fabregas retreating, but Alonso also immediately distributed the ball to the right back after receiving the ball, and at the same time led the entire defense line back!
"This is."
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo frowned and immediately looked up to observe Liverpool's formation.
Under his high-altitude bird's-eye view, Liverpool's forwards Crouch and Torres were almost reaching the top of Arsenal's arc, while Liverpool's defenders, Fabio France and Alonso were all trailing in the backcourt!
Liverpool players almost covered the entire stadium!
"Are these guys trying to get me out of touch with the backcourt and then just pass the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt?"
"This is too targeted."
Chen Mo was speechless.
Liverpool's formation is completely designed for him and Arsenal.
The wider distance in depth will not only make him disconnect from the midfield and backfield, but also even if Liverpool's offense is not successful, because the depth is very long, and the offense is more about direct long passes to find the high midfielder in the frontcourt, the overall Backcourt players will not press too high.
If Chen Mo retreats to defend, even if he steals the ball and rushes with the ball, there will still be a long distance from Liverpool's defense. This distance is enough for Liverpool to react and defend.
Therefore, he, Chen Mo, can either only make long passes to counterattack, or he can only press in the frontcourt. However, because the depth is too long, Arsenal only has him, Chen Mo, Modric and the Trident in the frontcourt, while Liverpool has a small FA. Lonzo plus four defenders and goalkeeper.
Five tie-breaks are very difficult to grab.
Of course, there is no way to break the game. Arsenal just need to press forward with all their strength and press high. After all, the opponent's forward cannot stand on the offside line all the time. Arsenal's defender presses forward, and Liverpool's forward also needs to retreat, but Everything he could think of, his coach obviously thought of it too.
In front are a high forward and a high midfielder as the fulcrum. Alonso and Fabregas are both good at long passes, and the newcomer Torres is very fast.
If Arsenal presses too high, it will give Liverpool a chance to play one-on-one.
"It feels a bit like a mutant defensive counterattack that uses possession of the ball instead of defense. In any case, the core engine of this tactic is still Fabregas and Alonso. As long as they can't send long passes, Liverpool's system will not change. Get up, but Modric can't stop Alonso, and Alonso's long pass is more accurate than Fabregas."
Thinking of this, Chen Mo turned his head and looked at Modric, and when his eyes met, he slightly winked in Xiaofa's direction.
Liverpool's opening arrangement was quite unexpected, and was not part of their Arsenal's pre-match preparations. However, Modric has a top-notch football intelligence. After seeing Chen Mo's look, he was just slightly stunned, and then he immediately understood and moved forward. Running forward, Chen Mo moved from the front position on the right side to the back side on the left side to defend the stronger Alonso.
"What a decisive guy."
Seeing Chen Mo jogging nearby, the unshaven Alonso frowned slightly and passed the ball to the full-back.
At the beginning, Chen Mo went straight forward to press Xiaofa, which actually revealed that Arsenal did not expect that Liverpool would extend their formation so deep.
Although I understand that Wenger or Chen Mo, the brains of this team, will not find a way to deal with it, they are still too decisive!
It's only been three minutes since the game started. Why don't you take a closer look?
They also wanted to take advantage of the defensive mismatch at the beginning to catch Arsenal off guard, but they never expected that Chen Mo would not be given a chance.
Alonso felt a little uncomfortable.
Chen Mo didn't know how the other party felt, and he didn't have time to care about the mood of a big man.
After changing positions with Modric, he immediately began to expand his running range. Regardless of whether he could grab it or not, he just kept running and pressed Liverpool's entire left side!
Outstanding effect.
Both Chen Mo and Modric are physical monsters. Although Bale, Di Maria and Giroud are not known for their physical fitness, the average age of the three of them is only 18 years old.
This is an age where you can stay up all night for two days in a row but only need one sleep to regain your energy!
Soon, under the watchful eyes of all the fans, the five players began to run all over the field. Under their crazy pressing, although Liverpool did not concede many goals, it was visible to the naked eye that the players' emotions began to become more and more urgent, and the passes gradually became more and more urgent. Get edgy!
"Liverpool are in trouble."
"Yes, this formation is indeed a way to restrain Arsenal, but the problem is that Liverpool need to be able to control the ball stably in the backcourt. But you can see that except for Cesc Fabregas and Alonso, who played relatively easily, other Liverpool players faced This kind of situation where I almost have to kick the ball is still a bit uncomfortable.”
While the commentary was chattering away, Chen Mo became more and more excited as he ran on the court.
When another pressing forced Gerrard, who had moved in to take the ball, to pass the ball in a hurry and almost sent the ball out of bounds, a smile of success appeared on his lips.
Yes, this tactic can indeed restrain them, but all tactics are double-edged swords. There is no perfect tactic in this world!
Liverpool's core key now is ball control in the backcourt, but there are two problems with ball control in the backcourt. The first is high psychological pressure, and the second is the reduced depth space for backward passes.
A typical example is Barcelona. Barcelona controls the ball in the frontcourt, and even the forward players are involved in controlling the ball. Therefore, when they face a press, the two central midfielders Xavi and Deco can pass the ball to the midfielder, and the midfielder faces the opponent. Pressing can pass the ball to the defender. If the defender is not good enough, he can pass it to the goalkeeper.
This is equivalent to four or even five layers of buffer space, and the players are relatively separated.
But Liverpool has two midfielders controlling the ball, and because they are in the backcourt, the players are relatively densely positioned.
The smaller space means that it is easier for Chen Mo and the others to press. If Liverpool does not want to be intercepted, their passing frequency must be increased, but this is a great test of the players' personal abilities.
Not only Chen Mo understood this, but players at the level of Xiaofa and Alonso also knew it in their hearts. After catching their teammates becoming more and more uncomfortable as they played, they began to take the initiative to speed up!
When faced with Chen Mo's pressing again, Alonso did not continue to patiently mobilize Arsenal's defense with passes this time. Instead, he glanced at Gerrard secretly, and then directly drove forward with a big kick to find height. Sissoko is a tall midfielder of 1.91 meters.
"coming!"
Seeing the ball flying towards Sissoko, Gerrard's eyes lit up after being uncomfortable for a long time, and he immediately ran forward.
Defending him is Arsenal right back Clichy. Clichy is characterized by his fast speed and ferocious steals, but he is not strong and cannot resist Gerrard, who is cutting without the ball!
"The opportunity has come!"
Looking at the ball flying from the front left, and then looking at Gerrard cutting in front of the right, Sissoko, a high-profile midfielder with Hummels on his back, his eyes lit up, he straightened his chest and unloaded the ball, and did not wait for the ball to hit the ground before directing his left foot. He knocked the ball horizontally to Gerrard who was advancing forward. At the same time, he dropped his left shoulder and carried Hummels forward on his left shoulder.
And the moment he pushed forward, high center forward Crouch suddenly retreated and got behind Hummels!
"Damn it!"
Capturing this detail, Hummels' whole body tensed up instantly!
Sissoko pushed forward on the left shoulder, Crouch retreated on the right side, and Gerrard was dribbling the ball forward on the right front. In the blink of an eye, Liverpool relied on small tactics to cooperate with Hummels in the frontcourt. The center of the circle forms a partial three-on-one!
"Crouch is just used as a wall, I don't need to worry about him, but Gerrard and Sissoko."
Turning left to defend Sissoko, Gerrard can directly hit the wall with high center forward Crouch and pass Samuel into the penalty area. Turning right to guard against Gerrard, Sissoko can also hit the wall and enter the penalty area to take Chiellini away, creating space for the second forward Torres!
dilemma!
In the midst of this flash of lightning, Hummels' left eye suddenly caught a figure with a sullen head running back from the top of the arc to defend!
"So fast?!"
The moment Hummels saw the figure clearly, his eyes widened slightly, and without any hesitation, he turned right to defend Gerrard.
Sure enough, Gerrard, who had just turned around to reveal his body and advanced with the ball, stabbed with the toe of his right foot and the ball rolled straight towards high center forward Crouch!
At this time, Chiellini at the top of the arc has been taken away by the forward Sissoko, and Crouch is completely in one-on-one space with Samuel.
Without any hesitation, he stood at the top of the arc and blocked Samuel with his back. Crouch faced the ball rolling from the right and knocked it with his right foot. He directly knocked the ball to the left side and retreated in the same way. Then he inserted it diagonally into the top of the arc. , Torres, who has already relied on his explosive power to get rid of Ma Ma Ge by half a body!
Crouch knocked horizontally, turned right and moved forward at the same time!
"Yes!"
Seeing this scene, Gerald's eyes lit up!
Sissoko moved forward to take away Chiellini, and Crouch moved forward to take away Samuel. Although both of them were consciously protecting the center, Sissoko and Crouch were also consciously moving towards the sides. ah!
As long as Torres catches the ball, he has room to score in the middle, but just when Gerrard thought the tactic was going to succeed, the whole audience burst into exclamations!
Amidst the deafening screams, a black shadow quickly inserted in front of Torres, blocking Torres' body with his right shoulder, and hooked the outside instep of his left foot to steal the ball!
"Oh my God! It's Chen Mo! When did he return to defense?!"
"It's so scary! What speed is he doing?!"
"Liverpool's plan failed!"
"After Chen Mo defended Alonso, the distance from the backcourt wasn't that long!"
"Arsenal's counterattack is coming!"
The commentator exclaimed, and the Arsenal fans in the audience were instantly excited.
The dark shadow is Chen Mo!
Crouch had to hit the ball in the middle instead of directly to the feet of Torres. The ball was not fast and Chen Mo picked up and stopped it easily with his left foot.
When Gerrard rushed to grab the ball and was squeezed by Torres at his side, his abdominal muscles tightened to stabilize the center of gravity of his upper body. At the same time, he slightly moved the ball with the toes of his left foot to adjust the distance, and then stepped forward with his left foot. As a pivot, he twisted his waist 180 degrees, clenched his fists tightly, and hit the ball hard with his right foot!
Long topspin ball!
The ball is extremely fast!
Amid the exclamations of the fans in the audience, the ball shot towards the right front court like a missile, towards the front of Di Maria!
"Damn! What kind of monster is this?!"
Seeing with his own eyes Chen Mo retreated more than 30 meters to steal the ball like a strong wind, and then sent a through ball. Warnock, the full-back who was standing close to Di Maria, felt his scalp numb, but he did not hesitate and immediately Lower your center of gravity and stare at Dimaria who is flying towards you!
"It's not easy!"
Not only is it difficult to get past Warnock, but behind Warnock there is central defender Hyypia who is always ready to defend, so a strong breakthrough is likely to fail!
Without hesitation, he ran to the landing point of the ball. The ball had just dropped to the height of his knees. Di Maria turned sideways and lifted the arch of his left foot, sending the ball to the middle. He was there because he wanted to press on Xiaofa. He was too far forward and his speed was too high. Modric is not fast enough, and his retracement is not timely enough, but he can participate in the counterattack just right!
"Trouble!"
Fabric immediately hit Modric, and at the same time blocked the left side, preventing Modric from making consecutive stops. But in the next second, facing the ball flying from the right, he stood a little ahead of the center circle. Modric did not go for the ball, but turned sideways with the instep of his right foot to meet the ball!
No trips, no stops!
The ball hit Modric's instep, causing obvious relief, then refracted and bounced slightly backwards. There, it was Chen Mo who quickly moved forward after sending a long pass at the top of the arc, and Modric also moved forward quickly after sending the pass!
"Damn damn! He's too fast!"
Not only was Chen Mo cutting forward, Gerrard also immediately returned to defense after seeing Chen Mo send a long pass. However, looking at the ball rolling from the left front, he saw that the left side clearly started behind him, but only two seconds later. With a single kick, Chen Mo was thrown away from him and pulled further and further away. Gerald's eyes were filled with discomfort!
damn it!
It’s really impossible to run away!
The wind was howling in his ears, and Chen Mo didn't know that Gerald's balls were hurting. He rushed to the ball without hesitation and just kicked it!
In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed with the ball not far in front of Alonso.
"So fast!"
Seeing Chen Mo running wildly, Alonso instantly shifted his center of gravity downwards, his eyes fixed on the jumping ball, and at the same time he moved one step to the left!
Seal your left side!
Not only because Chen Mo is a right-footed player, but also because he had already observed that center Giroud on the back line on his left rear before pushing Chen Mo had a tendency to retreat and create a wall!
“Good awareness, but not enough!”
Alonso blocked the right side, and if he went to the left, it would not only be difficult to hit the goal directly, but he would also have to face the interception of the top center back Carragher, and it would also squeeze the space for left winger Bell to advance forward!
This is why Liverpool needs one of the Yuanyings who can lengthen the vertical space!
"The ball must be given to Giroud!"
In a flash of lightning, Chen Mo, who was running wildly, suddenly accelerated again!
The person accelerates, but the ball does not!
As Alonso's eyes gradually widened, Chen Mo instantly stepped on the left front of the ball with his left foot. At the same time, he lowered his right shoulder and pushed the arch of his right foot towards the rolling ball!
Rub rub!
Powerful right-handed ground ball!
The ball is extremely fast!
The speed is extremely fast!
The arc is huge!
Amidst the exclamations of the fans in the audience, the ball was thrown directly on the ground with a right bracket and half-moon scimitar, bypassing Alonso's left side and sending it to the feet of Giroud, who was holding Hyypia with his back!
"Oh my God! It was actually passed!"
"Chen Mo made a fool of himself with football!"
“This arc is so scary!”
The audience exclaimed, and countless Arsenal fans jumped up. Under everyone's gaze, Giroud put his hands behind his back to resist Hyypia, and at the same time stretched out his left foot to touch the ball, as if he was going to knock the ball to the right. Chen Mo was thrust in, but in the next second, he pressed down with the soles of his front feet.
pick!
Not to Chen Mo on the right!
Under the wrinkled eyes of Hyypia behind him, the ball bounced to the left. The next second, Di Maria, who was cutting without the ball, resisted Warnock with his right shoulder and ran towards him. He directly hooked the ball with his left foot!
"Girou Giroud Giroud, what will he do!"
"Oh! Beautiful pass! One kick! This is his characteristic!"
"Punctured!"
"Liverpool's defense is broken!"
"Di Maria is going to shoot!!!"
The commentator's voice rose an octave, and amid the exclamations of the fans in the audience, Di Maria cut into the right side of the Liverpool penalty area like a sharp knife that broke through the belly!
There was no choice. Goalkeeper Reina immediately blocked the right near post, but at this moment Di Maria directly turned sideways and pushed with his left foot!
The ball rubbed the hands of Reina who was rushing forward and sent it to the left side of the goal. The next second, Chen Mo rushed over and shot the empty goal with his right foot amidst the joyous celebrations of the Arsenal fans behind the goal!
"Chen Mo succeeded in pushing into the empty goal! The ball went in! The ball went in!"
"It's bending like a Buddha! Oh my God! It's so beautiful! Arsenal's offense is so smooth! I feel like I'm watching a Dove chocolate advertisement!"
"Beautiful! In the 23rd minute of the game, Arsenal scored the first goal in the away game! It was their No. 10 who scored the goal! Their captain - ChennnnnnnnnMO! So beautiful! Invincible! He scored this goal We did our best on both offense and defense!"
"No, no, no, it's not the ultimate."
"kindness?"
"Hahaha, for other players this is indeed the ultimate, but for Chen Mo, this can only be said to be a routine operation. He is really too strong, so versatile that you can't even understand it. I feel now that if you If you tell me that he is not from Earth, I might believe him, haha."
