"Tony, you mean this Highbury stadium has it?" Karin thought about it and tentatively gave an answer.
"That’s right! I think in a pocket stadium like Highbury, every inch of the stadium can create more chances to score goals. Think about it. When Arsenal play at home, they put defense first to show the enemy’s weakness and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Only by firmly attracting the opposing players in the square half can they get a broader attack and create more chances to score goals in this small stadium. It is suspected that Chapman and Graham have done something and they have succeeded. "
"Well you say makes sense! If most Arsenal players always retreat to play defensive counter-attacks at half-court, I think no matter which team comes here, it will be a headache … But Tony, according to your statement, if Arsenal tactics want to ensure that they can get enough attacks at Highbury, then they will meet the guarantee of winning at the tactical level? "
"It should be true, but I’m afraid this turbulent Arsenal team will not have the patience to continue spending time with Florence," Zhuang Ge said, watching Graham return to the stadium. "If Graham wants to continue working at Arsenal, then this Cup Winners Cup is his lifeline. I guess he just changed Arsenal tactics in the dressing room to strengthen the team’s attack."
At this time, the Arsenal player announced the ball at half-time.
Sure enough, as Zhuang Ge expected, Graham couldn’t wait to be sent at half-time, and Paul Mohsen, who had just come out of rehab.
In the face of Fiorentina playing the same tactics as himself on the edge of class at half time, Graham really didn’t have the courage to work so hard to win in order to stabilize his position in the club. He was not willing to win a meaningless draw at Highbury Stadium, and even dared not bet that Arsenal could win Fiorentina away in the second leg.
After all, Graham is famous for coaching Arsenal’s defensive counter-attack tactics, which makes them somewhat out of tune with other Premier League teams-Arsenal is one of the few English teams without a high center, which makes Arsenal’s offensive ability worse.
Fiorentina didn’t make any personnel changes at half-time. It seems that Ranieri is determined to take care of himself and fight Graham to the end.
As a result, the half-court match was no longer as dull as the first 45 minutes. With the support of more than 30,000 Arsenal fans at the scene, the technical level was far less than that of the Fiorentina gunners. At the order of head coach Graham, they actually played a short cooperation at Highbury Stadium!
"Graham seems to have lost his head. If opponents scored by short penetration so easily, Florence would have been screened by other teams in Serie A." Commentators at the scene also expressed dissatisfaction with Graham’s tactical arrangement. "However, this situation is understandable. Mr. Graham is under great pressure now. If he can’t advance to the Cup Winners’ Cup final, he will be a fixed course at the end of the season."
At this time, the game went on in the fifth minute. Arsenal right-back Haider gave the ball to hartson hartson in the middle and stuffed it straight to Mason in front of him … But it’s a pity that the ball was robbed by crippa from Mason’s foot.
I spent several months in rehab, which caused my competitive state to plummet. How can Mohsen be crippa’s opponent at the peak of his career? At its peak, crippa was just strengthening Gattuso at the technical level!
Give up, they nest Arsenal get a lot of possession, but what can they do when most of the balls are in their own half?
Therefore, every time a Fiorentina player breaks an opponent’s ball and launches a counterattack, it will pose a great threat to Arsenal’s city gate!
Arsenal’s tight defense against Florence can be done, but Florence can always make a good transition between attack and defense, creating a murderous victory in an instant, and the balance has been tilted to the away game against Florence
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Half-time has passed for two minutes, and the score remains at
At this time, the Arsenal players who got the ball once again attacked Florence’s half.
This time, midfielder hartson made a beautiful turn and successfully got rid of effenberg’s defense. After that, he gave the ball to ian wright who was lurking at the top of the restricted area without hesitation.
The England international, who has only shot once so far and has only a limited number of times to get the ball, was dismayed to find that he was still in a defensive state before. He received the ball from hartson and three Florentine defenders showed their encirclement!
Ian wright looked at his left and right sides and rushed to help Lana and Dibiagio. He glanced at the corner of his eyes and defended himself behind him. Lala felt that it was too small to successfully break through these three joint defenses, so he took the ball with his back and returned it to hartson without making an attack.
Hartson was also depressed when he received the ball. We finally broke through a layer of defense and gave it to you. You didn’t do anything and brought it back! Isn’t this cheating teammates? !
Complaining is complaining, but hartson looked up for the ball, but defending effenberg didn’t give him a chance to continue organizing the attack. A clever steal snatched the ball from hartson’s foot and immediately gave it to djorkaeff, who once again launched a counterattack against Arsenal’s half!
Chapter 136 Highbury War (4)
"fight back! Florence opportunity! Come on, Arsenal boys! Don’t let the damn Italians get away with it! " Just as effenberg broke the ball, the live commentator exclaimed in Zhuangge headphones.
"Hey, is it okay to have such a tendentious explanation?" Zhuang song is very depressed to Karin asked.
Zhuang Ge’s question was exchanged for Karin’s supercilious look. "Isn’t it normal that the commentator has his own support team?" Moreover, this tendency can attract fans’ attention, create arguments and raise the visibility of the TV station. How can anyone be unhappy? "
"…" Zhuang Ge language He remembered that Huang Jianxiang’s classmate at the World Cup in Germany was "astounding" but was criticized by several "experts calling animals". Liu Tongxue even said that "there should be no subjective tendency in football commentary". What idiotic logic is this!
Do you think it’s unforgivable that two foreign teams play a match and the commentator leans towards one side? It’s not like China’s national team is playing …
If you have time to criticize the tendency of explanation, it is better to strengthen a commentator and train Zhuang Ge. When you heard some people explain, you just watched the game in silence …
Just as Zhuang Ge spoke out about the atmosphere in China, djorkaeff had rushed to the front of Arsenal’s restricted area with the ball, and it was Arsenal captain Adams who kept disturbing behind him.
Djorkaeff hid himself out of the corner of his eye, and found that several defenders of the other side were moving closer to him, trying to defuse the crisis, but the French didn’t give Arsenal the chance. When he rushed to the top of the restricted area, he suddenly stopped and turned behind him. Adams braked and didn’t directly cross the head. The French pulled a little distance. djorkaeff took this opportunity to swing his right foot to attack the goal.
At this time, in front of the home team, except Adams and Seaman, another player stopped Adams. At this point, he had to make a flying shovel to try to stop djorkaeff from shooting.
Just when Adams’ toe was about to touch the ball, he shot. djorkaeff’s right foot touched the ball first, but djorkaeff didn’t shoot, but …
"djorkaeff! Shoot! " The commentator who supported the home team shouted nervously, but soon changed his mouth. "No! This is not a shot! It’s a fake shot! Djorkaeff pushed the ball sideways with his right foot after attracting the attention of all Arsenal defenders! "
Buddy easily caught djorkaeff’s cross ball, paused and swept it in front of the door. Seaman calmly kicked a shot close to the ground with his right foot!
"Is batistuta! Followed by batistuta! He shot! "
Seaman did his best to disturb him and threw himself in the direction of the ball, but he was still a step behind because he had been staring at djorkaeff all the time.
"The goal! Nice ball! Nice shot! Batistuta! The 26-year-old Argentine striker scored the most goals in Florence this season, but Arsenal players seemed to have ignored him just now, so Batty scored a powerful shot to help Florence take the lead in the away game! " Even the commentator who supported Arsenal had to score a goal at this time to praise Batty. "The passive Arsenal has reached the brink of danger at home!"
Graham looked on the sidelines. Perhaps the coach who has been in the forefront recently realized that his coaching career at Arsenal would come to an end at the moment Batty scored …
The game is still going on, and perhaps many people, including Zhuang Ge, can enjoy the game with a more relaxed attitude except Graham and some impatient Arsenal players.
After the lead, the mentality of Florence defenders is obviously more relaxed, and it is more and more difficult for Arsenal players to get scoring opportunities.
Although the Arsenal people still made a brave attack on Florence’s gate with the encouragement of the home fans and all of you, they failed again and again. After the goal, Florence’s counterattack became more colorful. effenberg and djorkaeff cooperated subtly in the middle and the overall formation advanced rapidly, which made Arsenal’s defense line embarrassed.
Florence’s efficient counterattack also made Arsenal fans sitting in the stands appreciate the essence of unified Italian football. Even Florence’s well-organized and well-laid chain defense, which can be called an alternative art, made Arsenal fans realize what Italian defense is for the first time and sent out bursts of exclamation.
"Oh my God! I never thought that defense could play so beautifully … Although I am an Arsenal and Graham fan, I regret to tell you that perhaps Mr. Hillwood should consider hiring an Italian coach. Our defense is not at the same level as Florence. "
Although they are getting more and more impatient, Arsenal players with rich experience in Europe still have one last point in their hearts. They know very well that if the team can’t win at Highbury, the hope that Arsenal can win the game away from home will be very slim.
Graham, who had been motionless on the sidelines, also responded at the moment. When Arsenal got a set-piece in the frontcourt, Mohsen was called to the sidelines by him. After a whisper, he sent several substitutes with outstanding headers to the field to prepare for the last fight.
In the face of desperate Arsenal, Florence’s defensive pressure has increased, and the players’ defensive moves have become less gentle. Difficult defensive moves such as tackles have also appeared frequently.
After all, tackle is the last card of the defenders. Once this move is made, it means that the opponent must be stopped, otherwise it will easily give the opponent a single-handed ball opportunity, and this move is also easy to give the opponent some frontcourt goals.
Arsenal players also took full advantage of these opportunities, and successive header bombardments made toldo the busiest person in this stadium for a while.
However, the Arsenal people were unlucky. In the last fifteen minutes of the game, they got as many as 10 set pieces but didn’t score a goal.
In the end, Florence defeated the defending champion Arsenal in the first leg of the Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final and took a solid step towards the final.
Chapter 137 Move on
Due to the 26th round of Serie A this weekend, the Fiorentina players didn’t stay in London much, and immediately returned to Italy by special plane from Heathrow Airport after the game.
After a trip, Zhuang Ge also planned to go back with the team, but before leaving London, he left two general managers, kenyon and antonioni, to explain that the two were "continuing their inspection" in England.
Maybe someone will ask, if you look at the Premier League operation mode, can’t you just leave a kenyon? In fact, although kenyon is very professional in business, he has never run a football club before, so some of his ideas are likely to be different in reality.
Antonioni, on the other hand, can avoid this very well. He knows what will have a bad influence on the team and thus avoid some unnecessary troubles.
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On the afternoon of April 9th, Florence challenged Barry in the 26th round of the League.
Because Florence just had a big fight with Arsenal in London three days ago, many Florence players were very tired in the game, but Florence still beat Barry 2-0 in the away game. Corini, the substitute, scored the first goal in the 66th minute. Ten minutes later, another substitute player was temporarily transferred from the youth team. Tachinadi scored the victory with a set-piece opportunity.
In this game, Ranieri rotated the starting lineup to a certain extent. Although it has reached the key moment of the league at this time, he did not dare to risk letting Barty and others, who had already been lit by the physiotherapy center, force the field. You know, it’s only one year since Zhuang Ge warned him of player injuries. Ranieri doesn’t think he can compete with this top manager.
After winning this game, Florence tied Juventus in the standings for the time being-because the game of the Bianconeri Turin was scheduled to be held later.
In Florence, fans were anxiously waiting for a message from Turin, and finally it was late. Juventus unexpectedly lost to Turin, the younger brother of the same city, 1-2 in the "away game" (at this time, Juventus and Turin shared a stadium)! Silenzi, who performed heroically in the season, scored twice to help the Red Bull win the Turin Derby!
At the same time, relying on Turin to "help" Florence to successfully tie the Bianconeri with the remaining rounds in the league!
After playing this round of the league, Florence turned its attention back to the Winners Cup. Although it won a game away from home, who doesn’t know that English teams are all nerve knives? What if I let them have fun and kick and get turned over? Five years in Istanbul is proof …
However, it is also difficult to beat Arsenal at home. The English people are not angry at losing a game, and now they are still talking about how many lore opportunities they missed and the total score is behind. The Arsenal people will definitely fight for their lives in this game.
Although Zhuang Ge thought that Arsenal would be desperate, he didn’t expect that there was no way out. Graham actually planned to "fight hard" with Florence.