20demayo Chapter 472
Chapter 472
Arsenal's crazy attack finally got a response in the ninth minute.
Mascherano's lateral pass to Alves was intercepted by Hleb.
Bringing the ball to the vicinity of Leeds United's penalty area, Hleb passed the ball to the middle.
Fabregas received the pass in the middle and shot directly.
This tricky shot caused Neuer to lose the ball, and then Adebayor, who was ambushed in the Leeds United penalty area, seized the opportunity and made a supplementary shot to score!
"Adebayor! Emmanuel Adebayor!!" Martin Keown shouted, "He opened the scoring for Arsenal! He helped Arsenal get this crucial away goal! Now the initiative has come to Arsenal, and Leeds United's pitiful advantage has disappeared!"
After scoring, Adebayor didn't care about his former club.
He ran directly to the corner area, and his Arsenal teammates followed him. A group of people hugged each other and celebrated the goal despite the deafening boos from Elland Road.
"Leeds United is in trouble..." Seeing that Lineker was angry and didn't want to speak, Jon had no choice but to liven up the atmosphere in the studio, "The total score is 1:2. It is foreseeable that Arsenal, who have gained the advantage, will most likely return to the defensive state. Wenger's five defenders will be very useful at this time!"
"I don't know what Silva is doing." After Jon finished speaking, Lineker threw his headphones on the table in anger, "Even if Arsenal's offensive is fierce, there is only one striker in the penalty area. Can't the Brazilians see such a tall black guy? Can he miss people?"
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The Arsenal bench was also very excited.
When Adebayor scored, Wenger and Primorac jumped up from the bench, rushed to the sidelines and waved their arms vigorously, as if to vent the pressure in their hearts.
After a celebration.
Primorac looked at Wenger.
"Arsene, we are already ahead! Do you want them to hold back?"
Wenger's face was full of smiles.
Everything was just as he expected! A goal was scored within ten minutes of the start, and now the initiative of the game was in the hands of Arsenal.
He glanced at the disciples who were celebrating wildly in the corner area.
Wenger shook his head: "Don't panic, Leeds United is not in the state at all, and we are in the right momentum. Shrinking the defense will affect morale. Try to score another goal, and then we will retreat to defend!"
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At this time, on the other side of the field.
Li Shiguang also held a small meeting with Rivaldo and Simeone.
"Boss, I think they will definitely retreat to defend next. Should we motivate the players and let them push forward as much as possible?" Simeone said anxiously.
"Not necessarily." Li Shiguang shook his head, with no expression on his face. "Today Arsene will definitely emphasize defense, but I don't think it's at this time. Arsenal is in a strong momentum now. If it were me, I would definitely take advantage of this momentum to kill the opponent!"
Thinking for a while.
Li Shiguang first turned his head to look at Wenger, who had stopped celebrating and was also standing on the sidelines talking to Primorac, and then looked at Rivaldo.
"Ferreira, tell the players to leave only Didico in front and let Gareth and Fernando retreat to the center line to help defend. If they press forward like they did just now, then seize the space behind them to counterattack!"
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After the game resumes.
Just as Li Shiguang guessed.
Arsenal continued to maintain high pressure on Leeds United's backcourt, which was not only the same as before the goal, but even more fierce.
But this is normal.
Wenger did not give instructions to retreat, and the team had just scored a goal and was in a high morale atmosphere.
In the hearts of Arsenal players.
They are now terribly strong!
Under the command of Li Shiguang, Bale and Torres have withdrawn.
Leeds United has added manpower in the midfield.
Alonso, who served as the commander today, naturally has more channels to pass the ball.
Although Arsenal still maintained a high-intensity press, Leeds United was no longer repeatedly intercepted by these crazy Arsenal players as before.
Not only that.
As the game time became longer and longer, the disadvantages of Arsenal's high-pressure tactics gradually emerged.
High-pressure tactics.
The players need to keep running and rushing up, and it is not enough for one person to rush up, but all the players of the entire team, except the goalkeeper, must keep rushing up at the same frequency.
This ensures that the opponent's player with the ball picks the ball out and passes it to another player, and then immediately has his ownThe other teammate rushed up to rob.
It is this kind of pressing that never stops like a tide that can cause the opponent to be in a hurry when dribbling or passing the ball, resulting in mistakes.
But this tactic also has limitations, that is, it consumes a lot of physical energy for the players, and it is almost impossible to maintain this intensity of pressing throughout the game.
Twenty-five minutes before the game.
As long as the ball is on the Leeds United side, no matter who the football is at, there will be two or three Arsenal players who will immediately surround them, almost in a state of ball to people.
But after twenty-five minutes, these young men of Arsenal gradually became a little overwhelmed.
In this situation.
Leeds United finally found an opportunity.
The game was in the 29th minute.
Mascherano got the ball in the backcourt of Leeds United.
Alonso knew the playing style of his teammate, fierce tackling and accurate positioning, but delicate dribbling was not his specialty.
So when he saw Hleb and Adebayor rushing towards Mascherano.
In order to prevent his teammates from being intercepted.
Although he was also surrounded, Alonso still waved to Mascherano for the ball.
Mascherano was very decisive and passed the ball directly to Alonso.
Alonso wanted to take the ball forward after getting it, but as soon as the ball reached his feet, Fabregas and Dias rushed towards Alonso, and Adebayor, who didn't get a good deal from Mascherano, was also eager to move.
Modric was not on the court, so Alonso became Arsenal's key defensive target.
Faced with this situation.
The Spanish midfielder was also helpless.
Looking up and observing the running positions of his teammates in front, Alonso turned around and passed the ball back to right back Alves, and then continued to retreat and run, while running, he also reached out to Alves for the ball.
Alves wanted to dribble forward after getting the ball, but he also knew that in the face of Arsenal's pressing, he could only pass the ball near the midline at most, and most likely back.
So Alves had to pass the ball back to Alonso, who had retreated about ten meters.
These passes were not actually fast.
They were not the kind of quick short passes in a small area.
This also made the rhythm on the court look a bit slow.
But just when everyone thought that Alonso would continue to slowly pass the ball with his teammates to look for opportunities after getting the ball.
On the left side of Leeds United, which no one noticed.
A white figure had changed from a stroll just now to... a jog!