On a warm spring day, warm cheers floated over the stadium.
A shocking opening goal destroyed Ronaldinho's sure goal. With Chen Mo re-entering the game, Arsenal's morale improved significantly. However, Barcelona still had the upper hand.
Under the passing and running of Xavi Iniesta and others, Barcelona firmly controlled the ball.
There was no way, Xavi Iniestadeco and others already had strong ball control abilities, and Ronaldinho stopped pretending after discovering that it was difficult to find Chen Mo's blind spot and started to retreat more. Participate in midfield organization.
Not only Ronaldinho, but also Messi did not stay on the front line waiting for the ball after discovering Chiellini's strong fighting ability, and also retreated to respond.
"It's really hard to deal with."
"Do you feel the difference, you little piece of cake...ah!"
Just after a press, Iniesta immediately knocked the ball to Messi who ran out of the space. When he heard Iniesta's teasing words with squinting eyes, Chen Mo rolled his eyes and quietly tugged on Iniesta's arm. , causing the latter to scream.
"You guy, if you touch me again, be careful if I act like you!"
Iniesta rubbed his arms with a fierce expression on his fair face.
Chen Mo stepped back to observe the situation on the court and shrugged: "Forget it, you are so paralyzed that you can't act. It would be better if you replaced Puyol."
"Hum!"
Ever since they knew each other since they were children, Iniesta has never said that he beat Chen Mo. Iniesta's face turned dark and he immediately moved away from Chen Mo and started running to support him, but this time Chen Mo did not stick to his side.
"This pressing has no effect."
Chen Mo did not continue to follow Xiaobai, but instead turned his attention to Messi, who had just retreated to receive the pass, and then immediately pulled Chiellini with his running position and his long hair.
Messi and Ronaldinho are difficult to defend, and a big reason is that they can make sudden passes.
Needless to say, Ronaldinho is the top player in the world who ranks first in breakthrough ability.
Many people say that Messi is not fast. Indeed, in terms of long-distance running, Messi can only eat the exhaust of Chen Mo and Kaka, but Messi's instantaneous acceleration of ten or twenty meters at the start is extremely terrifying.
Yes, even in the eyes of Chen Mo, who uses cheats and practices every day, Messi's starting steps are still too fast, too fast for a human being.
The direct consequence of this is that when Messi retreated to an area near the midfield to try to get the ball, Chiellini did not dare to go around and intercept.
The top defense and the forward pass will expose the space behind Barcelona. Messi can run out of the space when Barcelona plays the ball behind him. However, without going forward to intercept, Messi can easily get and handle the ball when facing the midfielder.
To put it simply.
Delaying behind can prevent sudden attacks, but it cannot prevent passes.
Going forward can prevent passes, but it cannot prevent sudden attacks.
And when the opponent has a player who can handle the ball easily, it is difficult for Arsenal's pressing to be effective.
"However, there are ways to deal with it."
Thinking of this, Chen Mo turned his head to look at Henry and Di Maria on the front line, shouted loudly, and at the same time raised his right hand to fight back.
Soon, with all the fans watching, Henry and Di Maria retreated to both sides of the waist to help the two full-backs guard Messi and Ronaldinho!
"Is this .451?"
"Indeed, it's 451. It seems Ronaldinho and Messi put too much pressure on Arsenal's two wings."
Fans at the scene began to boo. In the commentary box, watching the changes in the positions of the players on the field, He Wei, who was wearing headphones, felt a little emotional. Huang Jianxiang next to him nodded and said: "There is no way, Messi and Ronaldinho are too versatile, Clichy and Chiellini struggled to limit them one on one.
Now that Henry and Di Maria are retreating to double-defense, Arsenal's defense must be more stable, but with the two wingers retreating so deep, the offensive firepower will definitely be weakened. "
"Indeed, I feel it."
It’s not about offensive firepower!
The commentator was chattering away, and on the sidelines, at the moment when Chen Mo was directing the team to change formations, Wenger, who had his hands on his chest, his eyes immediately became sharp!
The retreat of Arsenal's two wingers seems to weaken the attack, but where does Barcelona's current advantage come from?
It is the numerical advantage at the top of the arc given by midfielder Xavi, but Barcelona needs deep space, so central defender Musk also projects forward. At the same time, Barcelona not only needs depth and width, but also needs enough support in the midfield. players.
When attacking, Barcelona's two full-backs are also very high up, and Henry and Di Maria are very strong sprinters. If the opponent's full-backs press up, they can gain more space behind them!
It’s not about offensive firepower!
The key to the problem is physical fitness!
"Whether we can win or not depends on the next sixty or seventy minutes."
Taking a look at the LED scoreboard next to it marking 12:27, Wenger's eyes showed both anticipation and nervousness!
The retreat of Henry and Di Maria is not only to cooperate with the full-backs to guard Messi and Ronaldinho, but also a signal!
A signal to start the crazy pressing and high-frequency offensive and defensive switching tactics!
Taking advantage of the long-distance running skills of Henry and Di Maria, Arsenal can cut off the connection between Melo and Barcelona's midfield while maintaining a certain amount of firepower on the wing, but the problem is that this tactic consumes a lot of energy!
The high frequency of offensive and defensive transitions represents a high frequency of back and forth runs, infinitely swinging between offense and defense. Henry and Di Maria have to rush to the frontcourt on the offensive end, and retreat to their own penalty area on the defensive end, and they not only have to help defend Mei. Luo, and at the same time, he also has to restrict Barcelona's two full-backs who participate in the midfield organization!
This is very physically stressful!
Therefore, whether they can win the game depends on whether Arsenal can gain a big enough advantage before Henry and Di Maria run out of energy!
Just to see if the Arsenal midfielder headed by Chen Mo can suppress Haba Deco!
Wenger understands, and Chen Mo naturally understands too!
Soon, under the almost dull gaze of the fans in the audience, Chen Mo directly led Modric and Ma Ge to start the mad dog mode!
The whole place is running!
There is no such thing as taking one step to cut off the passing route. No matter who gets the ball from Xavi or Bai Deco, he will be defended immediately!
Outstanding effect!
Each league has its own style and characteristics. La Liga pays more attention to foot skills. Therefore, in terms of physical confrontation, players who are born and raised in La Liga or have been in La Liga for a long time are not as strong in physical confrontation as Premier League players.
Of course, there are pros and cons to physical confrontation.
The loose whistles in the Premier League make players strong in physical confrontation, but it also makes Premier League players naturally more brutal in their style of play. After all, most people will choose simpler and more effective methods when facing problems.
This is not a good thing.
Many balls are fouls according to the rules, and Premier League referees do not call them, but the Champions League is not the Premier League, and the sister-in-law of the Champions League referee is not so relaxed.
This also makes it difficult for many Premier League teams to play in the Champions League and their hands are tied. However, Arsenal's three midfielders are not the kind of muscle monsters who only know how to fight.
Whether it is Chen Mo, Modric or Pony Ma, both have their brains as the main body and their bodies as supplements, and they are both extremely capable at running!
As time passed bit by bit, Barcelona, which was cut off from the midfield and the front line, became more and more uncomfortable.
"Barcelona's situation is not good if this continues. I have the impression that Messi and Ronaldinho have not touched the ball for a long time. They are the two biggest threats to Barcelona's offense. If they cannot be involved in the offense, it will be too difficult for Barcelona to break the game. too difficult."
"That's right, but Henry and Di Maria did a good job of helping to defend them, and did you notice that every time Chen Mo blocked Iniesta and Xavi, he would also give priority to blocking them towards the wing. side!"
“Indeed, I think it’s mainly because the young Iniesta, Xavi and Deco are very capable of delivering penetrating balls, but their ability to forcefully attack difficulties is still weaker than those of traditional attacking midfielders.
Arsenal obviously thought of this as well. Hummels and Samuel have always been stuck next to Eto'o. In this case, even if Barcelona sends the ball behind Arsenal's two central defenders, Eto'o will Tuo'o couldn't get any space at all. "
"That's right, Arsenal's center faces little penetrating threat. Chen Mo and the others can really let go of the center a little bit when they're clinging to people! Wait! Deco was intercepted! He wants to find the wing. Messi but the ball was intercepted by Chiellini!"
"Oh! Look here! Chen Mo is running forward! After fighting for so long! Is the counterattack opportunity Arsenal wants finally coming?"
