Chapter 170 Arsenal’s biggest weakness

Arsenal players sat scattered in the locker room, wiping their sweat silently, Ovemas sat in the corner, covering his head with a towel and sulking. This season, his performance was the number one left-handed in Europe. Even Giggs could not hide his sharpness, but in this game, he was watched by two 21-year-old young men - the tall Danish boy wrapped himself up with speed, while the shorter Chinese boy made up for any flaws that Glenshare might have exposed. In the first half, Ovemas did at least twice to dodge Glenshare's defense through an emergency stop, but the next thing was that Sun Jihai appeared in front of him and hooked away the ball that he controlled temporarily.

One has speed and the other has a defensive consciousness. When the two of them cooperated, they actually stared at the Dutch Flying Wing, which was invincible in the league this season. Even Ovemas himself thought of this, but this was not an illusion, but something really happened.

Borgkamp drank in small sips with a bottle of water. His skills were almost useless in the first half. The only good thing was that he felt much less pressure after changing positions. After all, compared to his physical fitness, Lenon and Murphy could not have the advantage in front of him. However, two midfielders with strong running abilities surrounded him and he had almost no room to get the ball. Moreover, even if all members of Leiden Oriental were recovering, even if he could avoid these two people through running positions, he would definitely face at least one Leiden Oriental player.

Arsenal has not encountered this situation in the Premier League, but those opponents in the Premier League will never let down their faces and all the players will retreat to defend. You should know that this will be booed to death in the Premier League, but there will be no problem with the opponent in front of them. No matter how they guard against each other, no matter if they win or lose, no one will say anything about them - from this perspective, the Premier League champion Arsenal is the one who is at a disadvantage.

"I think everyone should understand now that the opponents we face are not ordinary League One teams. I don't want to say that they are League One champions, nor do they want to say that they have set a point record in League One this season... You have seen their defense in the first half. Can League One team have such a calm and excellent defensive system? This is a very solid defense line, both in terms of tacit cooperation and personal defense ability, and they can maintain the defensive thickness of at least two players anywhere... To be honest, I don't appreciate this way of playing, but I admire them for being able to do this, approaching perfect defense... Although they sacrificed their offense."

When Wenger started talking, all the Arsenal players raised their heads and listened carefully to Wenger's words. They knew their head coach's temper. This was a coach who only said a few words before the game started. Most of the time he asked the players to think about how to play themselves. Before that, he had finished the most critical words.

"If you want to open a gap in this solid line of defense, you have to understand this line of defense." Wenger turned around and drew on the tactical board. When he turned around, he sighed. The young man in the locker room opposite was indeed very talented. Being able to deploy such a solid line of defense comparable to the Maginot line of defense on the court itself shows that he is not an ordinary person, but why are young people now becoming more and more interested in defense?

Wenger quickly drew the defensive formation of Leiden East on the tactical board: "The center of Leiden East's defense is in the penalty area. Their two central defenders have enough height and heading competition, so outside the penalty area, what they have to do becomes very simple, that is, to block our breakthrough and infiltration, and force us to only use crosses to deal with them, so what we have to do is not lead by them, to step back their feet and increase the chance of long shots, to resolutely break into the penalty area, and to increase the transmission of threatening balls... Dennis, you need to break more in the second half, Mark, you can switch positions with Palor, their left defense is a little worse, at least Jinklaze's defense is not as good as Glenshare, and you only have to deal with that young Chinese."

"Run, change positions, find gaps in their formation, and believe in their abilities. This season we are the best team in England. No matter how good Leiden Oriental's defense is, it is impossible for us to have no chance at all. As long as we calmly look for opportunities and play our abilities, there is no defense that we cannot break."

Speaking of this, Wenger stopped his explanation and looked at the watch: "Okay, there are still ten minutes left before the second half. Think about what to do in the second half."

"We were lucky in the first half, and it was really good." Xiao Ming smiled and pulled Murphy over: "Danny, can you shoot like this during training?"

Murphy touched his head embarrassedly: "It's hard, boss."

"That's okay, as long as you can play on the court!" Xiao Ming laughed and shot Murphy out, and then said to all the players: "You don't need to be jealous of Danny... You all performed great in the first half! We are a whole, moving towards a common goal. In the process of achieving the goal, each of us has made our best efforts, so if we win honors this season, glory belongs to all of us, Leiden East!"

Wenger asked his players to be calm in order to maximize the experience advantages of the veterans, while Xiao Ming tried every means to motivate the players' fighting spirit because young players' desire for honor often enables them to perform at a better level.

"In the second half, our goal is still to defend. I think no matter how powerful Wenger is, he didn't expect that we would set our goal on defense from the beginning. After the start of the second half, except for Robbie and Jozell ready to counterattack at any time, all other players must participate in the defense, stand in their own position and defend their own area. If they want to fall down from the 30-meter area, they will let them fall down, but as soon as they enter the 30-meter area... they will kill them for me!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming waved his hand fiercely and made a killing move, which really had the momentum of killing the battlefield...

"Kill them!" Daniel was the first to waving his fists, and the other players shouted were the ones who shouted. As players from Leiden East, they had no good feelings for the teams located in the west of London. Of course, they would not have much good feelings for the West Ham United, which is also located in the East...

"So we don't need to be too polite when defending in the second half. If you want to foul it if you want to foul it. They don't have any players with excellent free kick skills. As long as it is not a very dangerous place, it's okay to give them a few set pieces... But you have to pay attention to the scale. If you take yellow cards, you will increase your unnecessary concerns when defending. Of course, forced situations often occur. I think you should be able to grasp the scale." Xiao Ming continued.

The players nodded one after another. They are all famous players in the League One field now, and they have a lot of opportunities to play this season, not a fledgling young man.

"Other last thing we need to pay attention to is that Wenger will not watch their offensive points be blocked in the first half, but he has no players to switch, so the only thing we need to pay attention to in the second half is Ovemas, a winger who can left and right. He can exert great power no matter which side he is on, so he will definitely not be limited to activities on the left in the second half... If he goes to the right, Yespe, you and Jozell are replaced, you are the only player in our team who can compete with him in absolute speed, and Ovemas' most threatening point is his speed, so no matter what, you must entangle him! Neil, you are the same as Danny's mission, the only thing that needs to be dealt with is Borgkamp! Since the most threatening thing in their team are these two Dutch people, then we must make these two Dutch people unable to fly!"

"What are we flying? Our two-legged dragons can fly freely in the sky, and their cannon can only move clumsyly on the ground." Jin Kraze said with a smile. His words immediately resonated with other players. The captain made sense. Arsenal is very powerful, but they have no way to deal with us!

"I only have one request in the last forty-five minutes." Xiao Ming stretched out a finger and concluded his words: "I don't ask you to expand the score in the second half, I just ask you not to concede the ball in the second half! What I want is just victory, no matter how many goals I win - do you understand?"

"I understand!" Leiden Oriental players shouted with high fighting spirit. Although Arsenal's identity as the Premier League champion this season can definitely shock them, Xiao Ming's request offset this very well - I did not ask you to beat Arsenal all over the ground and get a so-called victory that makes everyone unable to speak. I just asked you to keep the victory in the first half. Sometimes low goals are not unhealthy, and unrealistic goals often make people lose their fighting spirit easily.

"Okay, let's go! Let's spend the last forty-five minutes of the season together!" Xiao Ming waved.

Following the players, Xiao Ming walked out of the player channel.

After walking through the dim player passage, the light suddenly shone in front of me, and the cheers flowing like a tide - all of this made Xiao Ming feel like a different world.

Lurked in the low-level English league for four years, just like a tiger lying on a deserted hill, lurking his minions to endure, hiding his forwards, and waiting for the opportunity. Now, in the last game before entering the Premier League, Leiden Oriental showed off his minions and officially let the princes of the Premier League know that there is such a team!

Xiao Ming may not care about the victory of this game, but he cannot ignore this opportunity to take the lead!

What Leiden Oriental players value more is the honor of the FA Cup championship!

After the second half, Leiden East, who was driving the ball, launched an attack first, but Arsenal did not give them any chance this time. After Jinklaze broke through, the ball assigned to Keane was cut by Adams around the front defense, and then Arsenal immediately launched an attack!

Soon, Xiao Ming saw that Ovemas, who had switched to the right, got the ball and was about to launch a counterattack, and Glenshare had already chased him.

Seeing the players from Leiden East surged back like a tide, Glenshare immediately entangled him after Daniel harassed Orwimas. Wenger, who had been calm, couldn't help but jump in his eyebrows.

This young man could actually think that Orvimas would switch to the right - is he already familiar with Arsenal to this level?

In this era, the position of wingers is generally fixed, and even Giggs only often moves on the left. If he is not quite familiar with Arsenal, how could he make targeted arrangements in advance during the halftime break?

I am so familiar with one of my opponents! And now I have only judged that their defense is organized and their defense is very tenacious and resolute! This is a conclusion that was drawn only through observations in the first half!

In professional games, mystery does not have much effect, but if the opponent's overall strength is not much worse than that of himself, but he makes him unable to understand the truth, such an opponent is terrible! Just as in the league, Manchester United's strength is not worse than Arsenal, and even better than Arsenal overall. He can defeat Manchester United three times in a row. In addition to Manchester United's lack of Roy Keane (because of injury) and Cantona (because of retirement), and lacking an experienced leader in the team, the biggest factor is that he has studied Manchester United thoroughly, while Manchester United still seems relatively unfamiliar with Arsenal!

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help but feel a trace of ominousness.

But what Wenger didn't know was that Xiao Ming guessed that Ovemas might frequently switch positions in the second half. The biggest factor was that he knew that Ovemas was a player who could left and right. In the 1998 World Cup, Ovemas had to appear in the right forward position due to Cenden's emergence. Despite this, he was still one of the best wing players in the World Cup.

With this understanding, and with the fact that Orvemas could hardly perform on the left in the first half, Xiao Ming could not guess that Wenger would let Orvemas switch positions frequently, then he would be a real pig head.

Of course, Xiao Ming is not a pig's head. Although he cannot compare with Wenger in terms of experience, calmness, erudition, etc., he has his own advantages and knows how to expand his advantages.

A blindfolded person, no matter how strong he is, will not surpass an opponent who may be weaker than him, but can fully see his movements.

This final has actually begun.

Fighting with the Royal Garden Rangers is to make Wenger feel that he is a young man who can't stand the slightest aggrieved. He constantly rotates the lineup in the few games after the FA Cup semi-finals, just to make Wenger unable to understand the overall strength of Leiden Oriental. Even before that, Keane was hidden just to make Wenger think that with Leiden Oriental's forward configuration, their best tactic should be offensive - all these methods are to make Wenger and his Arsenal turn blind in the dark, and Arsenal's high exposure will make them fully revealed under the scrutiny of Leiden Oriental!

This is a battle between a discerning man and a blind man, a battle between a brilliant knight and an assassin in the dark night.

Head-on confrontation, the knight may be able to smash the assassin into pieces within a few rounds, but in a specific environment, the sharp sword in the assassin's hand can constantly leave scars on the knight's body covered with thick armor, and finally make the knight fall to the ground in a frustrated manner without resisting.

Borgkamp finally received the ball under the entanglement between Lenon and Murphy. When he raised his eyes, he could not see where his teammates were. His eyes were full of Leiden East's blue jerseys.

Leiden Oriental's home jersey is all red, and away jersey is all blue. This jersey style shows the status of Leiden Oriental in the Walthamsto area. In English football, the supporters of the red jersey are often from the middle class, while the supporters of the blue jersey are from the working class and poor peasants. Leiden Oriental can use these two colors as its home and away jerseys, which only shows one thing-in-Walton Oriental's supporters, whether it is the middle class or the poor lower-middle peasants, are all supporters of Leiden Oriental!

While Borgkamp was watching, Lenon had already rushed towards him and lightly flashed past Lenon. Borgkamp passed the ball horizontally, and Pett, who assisted forward, swung his left foot, and made a powerful long shot!

Hypia saved and blocked the ball with his body. Stam next to him immediately grabbed the ball in front of Vieira, then looked at the situation in the frontcourt, kicked the ball away with a big foot.

"Beautiful job! Just keep guarding like this!" Xiao Ming shouted on the sidelines.

No one knows how many times this is the Leyton Oriental players have blocked Arsenal's long shot with their bodies. They are like a moving wall, blocking all the balls leading to the goal. In the frontcourt, Keane and Jinklaze, who are constantly running, threaten Arsenal's goal like daggers, making their slow-speed old defenders dare not press forward to attack.

On one side, there are seven or eight players defending, while on the other side, there are only five or six people who can invest in the offense. Even if the strength of the offensive side is greater than that of the defensive side, it is absolutely difficult to break through the defense side’s goal!

"This is Arsenal's biggest weakness!"
Chapter completed!